Cebu Pacific put a newly delivered Airbus A321neo aircraft into commercial service on Wednesday, November 11, targeting full-year passenger volume above the 26.9 million travellers it flew in 2025.

The aircraft, nicknamed the Dreamer Plane, features custom exterior livery designed by Cebu artists Johanna Deutsch and Mark Joseph Deutsch of Happy Garaje to mark the airline’s 30th year of operations. Domestic operations began with routes connecting Manila to General Santos and Cebu.

The newly inducted single-aisle jet arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, November 8, following a ferry flight from the Airbus manufacturing plant in Hamburg, Germany. The delivery precedes a larger capacity expansion scheduled over the coming months.

Management confirmed that the carrier expects to receive a widebody aircraft around December or January. A further batch of seven narrowbody aircraft is scheduled for delivery during 2027 to service domestic and regional capacity.

The special exterior paint scheme represents the carrier’s first custom livery since the early 2000s, when it operated promotional aircraft wrapped for Manila, Cebu, and Davao. Applying detailed artwork to commercial fuselages requires strict technical compliance, leaving critical sensors, emergency exits, and aerodynamic control surfaces free of non-standard coatings.

The livery includes a visual tribute to founder John Gokongwei Jr., depicting him on a bicycle to reference the business empire he established across aviation, food production, retail, and commercial property. Gokongwei would have reached 100 years of age in 2026.

Chief marketing and customer experience officer Candice Iyog indicated the airline plans a second special livery, though she declined to release details or timing for that airframe.

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