Vanilla Air waited until 25 December to launch its first new route of 2016 from its main base at Tokyo Narita (NRT). On that day the LCC (which is fully-owned by All Nippon Airways) began a daily service to Cebu (CEB) in the Philippines. Competition on the 3,277-kilometre route comes from Philippine Airlines (with double daily flights) and Cebu Pacific Air (with four times weekly flights). Vanilla Air has recently added two more 180-seat A320s to its fleet giving it a total of 11 of the type. From Tokyo Narita the airline now serves seven destinations with at least daily flights; three in Japan, two in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and now Cebu. With this new route, Vanilla Air becomes the eighth carrier to connect Japan and the Philippines. It has just under 3% of seat capacity between the two countries, well behind Philippine Airlines (52%) and Cebu Pacific Air (16%).
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