UAEMNL

5J · hub Manila (MNL) · independent

Hand carry on Cebu Pacific

Philippine domestic reach beyond Manila.

Ask for a routing All airlines we fly

RouteUAE → MNL

Typical flying time8h 40m

Distance≈6,900 km

Typical outcomeNext-Morning

One person beats a parcel networkon Cebu Pacific

The freight chain is not slow because aircraft are slow, it is slow because a consignment waits at every handover. A courier removes the queues, not the kilometres.

OnBoard CourierOne person. One seat. One signature.

CollectedIn the cabin Delivered in on Cebu Pacific, same day or next morning

Conventional air freightA parcel in a system, every handover is a queue.

Drop-offAcceptance cut-off Build-upFlight Break-downCustoms Delivered, day 3 to 5

0h24h48h72h96h+

When a seat beats a parcel, the full comparison →

Firm quote in 15 minutes

Tell us what has to fly. We answer with a flight and a price.

Five short questions. A dispatcher replies with a named departure, the delivery hour and one fixed price, day and night.

One named courier from collection to signature
Customs cleared in person on arrival
Licensed UAE company, proper VAT invoices

Operational route facts

Last reviewed: August 2026, carrier line-ups and frequencies are indicative and change with seasonal schedules; your quote is priced on the day’s actual flights.

How the flying actually works

Non-stop links into Manila (MNL) from the Gulf departure bank, the quote names the exact flight and day-of-week validity:

DXBEmirates (daily or better)

AUHEtihad (daily)

DOHQatar Airways (daily)

DXBCebu Pacific / PAL (daily)

Alternative gateways nearby

, No practical alternate within 250 km, this airport carries the lane alone

When the primary airport’s timing loses, a late bank, a curfew, a fog morning, the quote compares these alternates with the true road leg included, and names the winner.

220countries and territories on the desk

500+airports a courier can be booked into

15 minfrom your message to a firm price

24/7the operations centre is awake

Three departure boards, one desk: Emirates, flydubai and Etihad for on Cebu Pacific

A hand-carry is only as fast as the next departure. The desk watches three boards at once and books the one that lands first, then holds the one that leaves next.

Emirates

The night bank out of Terminal 3

Between one and four in the morning Emirates pushes back a wave of widebodies from Terminal 3 that reach Europe before the first meeting and Asia by the afternoon. For on Cebu Pacific that wave is the reason a courier confirmed at eight in the evening is still delivering the next day.

Widebody only, non-stop to 140 plus cities

flydubai

The short sectors, several times a day

From Terminal 2 flydubai runs the one to five hour sectors: the Caucasus, Central Asia, East Africa, the Balkans, the subcontinent. Where a widebody leaves once a day, flydubai often leaves three times, which turns a missed slot into a ninety minute delay rather than a lost day.

Frequency is the fallback

Etihad

Abu Dhabi as the second runway

Ninety minutes down the E11, Etihad leaves from Zayed International with its own bank of departures and, for the United States, immigration cleared before boarding. When the Dubai departure for on Cebu Pacific is gone, the desk looks at Abu Dhabi before it looks at tomorrow.

US preclearance at AUH

The desk holds no allegiance to a carrier. The booking goes to whichever board puts a courier at on Cebu Pacific first, at a fare the quote can carry.

on Cebu Pacific: every hour it waits is an hour it is not moving.

Five questions, one fixed price, a named flight. The desk answers within 15 minutes, day and night, and you decide.

Price it now How it works

Cebu Pacific in the network the desk measures

Computed on 2026-09-07 from AeroDataBox scheduled route statistics. The desk holds departure schedules for 571 airports, and for the 5J code that yields 74 city pairs across 50 of them. It is a measured sample of the published timetable and not the whole of it. Frequencies move with the season, and a quote is priced on the flights running the day you ask.

50airports on this carrier

16countries and territories reached

74scheduled city pairs held

444average daily flights across them

The schedule the desk holds carries the 5J code on 74 city pairs, reaching 50 airports in 16 countries and territories. Some of those sectors are flown by Cebu Pacific and some are sold under its code and flown by a partner, which is how the published timetable states it and how a booking has to be read. 96 per cent of those airports sit on Asian time zones, and the next largest block is on Australian time zones.

The longest sector held for the carrier is Manila (MNL) to Riyadh (RUH) at about 7,778 km, and the shortest is Cebu (CEB) to Iloilo City (ILO) at about 173 km. 60.8 per cent of the pairs are under 1,500 km. This is a short sector operator, which for a hand carry out of the Gulf means it is almost always the second leg of the routing rather than the first. The airport that appears most often on those pairs is Manila (MNL), on 47 of them, which is 63.5 per cent of everything held under this code.

The thickest sector under the code is Cebu (CEB) to Manila (MNL) at about 35.7 movements a day, which across a full day is roughly one every 0.7 hours. On a sector at that cadence a missed departure costs a wait rather than a night. 31 of the 74 pairs run four or more times a day and 10 run once a day or less. The second figure is the one that matters when a consignment leaves the factory late, because on those sectors the desk will quote a different carrier rather than promise an hour it cannot hold. After Manila (MNL) the code leans on Cebu (CEB) on 15, Davao City (DVO) on 9, Angeles City (CRK) on 6 pairs respectively, and those are the airports a dispatcher looks at second when the first routing is full.

The sectors that carry the 5J code most often

From	To	Country	Flights a day	km	Open it
Cebu CEB	Manila MNL	the Philippines	35.7	567	the pair page
Davao City DVO	Manila MNL	the Philippines	26.4	964	plan this
Manila MNL	Malay MPH	the Philippines	23.4	305	plan this
Iloilo City ILO	Manila MNL	the Philippines	20.4	439	plan this
Manila MNL	Zamboanga City ZAM	the Philippines	18.9	851	plan this
Bacolod City BCD	Manila MNL	the Philippines	18.5	468	plan this
Manila MNL	Tacloban City TAC	the Philippines	18.4	567	plan this
Hong Kong HKG	Manila MNL	the Philippines	17	1,146	the pair page
Cagayan de Oro City CGY	Manila MNL	the Philippines	17	755	plan this
Manila MNL	Singapore SIN	Singapore	14.6	2,375	the pair page
Manila MNL	Taipei TPE	Taiwan	13.1	1,175	the pair page
Seoul ICN	Manila MNL	the Philippines	11.7	2,609	the pair page
Legazpi DRP	Manila MNL	the Philippines	10.4	326	plan this
Dumaguete DGT	Manila MNL	the Philippines	9.9	627	plan this
Cebu CEB	Davao City DVO	the Philippines	9.7	399	plan this
Butuan City BXU	Manila MNL	the Philippines	9.4	786	plan this

The 16 sectors the 5J code appears on most often, out of 74. Flights a day is the average daily scheduled movement on the busier of the two directions, as held on 2026-09-07. The schedule lists a code against a sector whether the carrier operates it or sells it, so read this as where the code can be booked. Distances are great circle, computed from the published coordinates of the two airports.

Where 5J meets the UAE gateways

Cebu Pacific is one of the carriers a courier can board without leaving the Emirates. The desk holds 1 pairs under this code touching Dubai (DXB), so a booking can start at a UAE counter and stay on one ticket to the delivery city.

UAE airport	To	Country	Flights a day	km	Open it
Dubai DXB	Manila MNL	the Philippines	5.6	6,906	plan this

Night restrictions on the airports the 5J code uses

A hand carry is bought for the hours it saves, and an airport that will not take a movement after a certain hour can spend those hours back. 9 of the 50 airports this code is booked through carry a restriction the desk holds in writing, checked 2026-09-07. Exemptions and seasonal variations exist, and the desk confirms the position with the airport or the carrier before it books.

Hong Kong (HKG), night operations. Operates around the clock. Night departures to Europe and the Gulf are routine.
Singapore (SIN), night operations. Operates around the clock.
Tokyo (NRT), night restrictions. Scheduled movements are limited between 23:00 and 06:00 local; late departures usually route through Haneda instead.
Seoul (ICN), night operations. Operates around the clock.
Shanghai (PVG), night operations. Operates around the clock.
Taipei (TPE), night operations. Operates around the clock.

Published lanes that carry the 5J code

The site publishes a page for 346 courier lanes. Cebu Pacific appears in the schedule on one of them, and the one it flies most is Dubai to Manila at about 5.6 movements a day. That overlap is the honest test of whether a carrier is useful to this desk rather than merely famous.

Dubai to Manila, about 5.6 scheduled flights a day on the busier direction, 6,906 km.

The countries the 5J code opens

Of the 16 countries and territories reached, 7 are reached at a single airport, which for a courier means one airport of entry and a road leg for everything else in that country. The deepest is the Philippines with 24 airports on this code. The country desk for Philippines sets out the customs practice, the working hours and the road legs behind these airports.

Philippines (24 airports), Japan (4 airports), Vietnam (3 airports), Thailand (2 airports), China (2 airports), Taiwan (2 airports), Australia (2 airports), Indonesia (2 airports), Malaysia (2 airports), Saudi Arabia (1 airports).

Where to go next on the 5J network

Each of the 50 airports above has its own atlas entry with the full destination list, and each of the 74 sectors can be opened in the calculator with the flying time, the distance and the delivery hour worked out. Start with the atlas entry for Manila (MNL), the route calculator with Dubai to MNL already filled in, the carrier index for the other 236 airlines the desk lists and the airport atlas itself.

Where Cebu Pacific fits in an OBC routing

Cebu Pacific is based in Philippines and operates from Manila (MNL) independently of the global alliances. For us a carrier is not a brand preference, it is a departure time. We book Cebu Pacific when it has the next seat that gets your consignment there, and we combine it freely with any other airline on the same routing because we hold no alliance membership and no exclusive contract.

Cabin baggage reality

This is a low-cost carrier, so cabin baggage limits are tighter and enforced more strictly than on a full-service airline. We confirm the allowance for the exact flight before quoting, and where a consignment does not fit we book an additional seat or a different carrier rather than gambling at the gate.

Connections

Where a single Cebu Pacific sector does not reach the destination, the courier connects, and stays with the consignment on every leg, so it is never handed over in transit.

How we book

An ordinary passenger seat on the open market, in the courier's own name, matching the passport exactly. Premium cabins when the consignment or the schedule justifies it.

Customs is separate

The airline moves the aircraft; the courier declares the goods. Entry rules are per country, not per carrier, see our country guides.

Why frequency matters

A carrier with three rotations a day turns a missed departure into a short wait. That is worth more on a deadline than a marginally faster aircraft.

Independence

No alliance, no exclusivity, no volume commitment. The schedule decides, not a supplier agreement.

Destinations and markets this carrier serves for us

Airline timetables change constantly, so rather than reprint a schedule that will be wrong next month, here is what is useful: the markets where Cebu Pacific regularly appears in our routings, and the pages that describe those lanes in detail. If you need a specific city on Cebu Pacific, ask and we will check the live schedule.

Country page: Philippines →Manila Cebu Cebu (CEB)

Markets in Asia-Pacific:

China Hong Kong SAR Japan South Korea Taiwan Singapore Malaysia Thailand Vietnam Indonesia All countries →

On board courier vs air cargo

Whether the seat is on Cebu Pacific or any other carrier, this is what a courier changes compared with the hold of the same aircraft.

✓ On board courier

A person in a seat

Leaves on the next available flight, often within hours of your call, 24/7.
One named courier holds the consignment from collection to signature.
Travels in the aircraft cabin wherever the airline, cargo classification and security rules permit it; the transport configuration is confirmed before booking.
No warehouse, no consolidation window, no overnight sort.
Customs cleared in person, questions answered at the counter, immediately.
Same-day delivery is realistic on most sectors out of the UAE.
Built for high-value, fragile, temperature-critical goods and originals.
Proof of delivery with signature, ID check and a photograph within minutes.
A human being you can call at any point of the journey.

✕ Air cargo & express freight

A parcel in a system

Waits for the next consolidation and space allocation, not for you.
Passes through many hands: hub, build-up, ramp, break-down, delivery agent.
Rides in the hold, frequently sitting in a warehouse overnight.
Each handover is a queue, and each queue is where hours disappear.
Cleared in a batch by a broker; one query can idle the shipment for a day.
Next day at best on most lanes, two to three days if it is held.
Chain of custody is a scan history, not a person with the box.
Signed for by whoever happens to be at the door.
Right answer for heavy, bulky or non-urgent freight, and we will say so.

To be straight about it: air cargo is not a bad service, it is a different one. It moves weight cheaply and it does that extremely well. A hand-carry buys back hours, and it is worth paying for exactly when an hour of delay costs more than a seat on a plane, which is the case far more often than most shippers assume, and far less often than most courier companies claim.

The full comparison, with costs →

Questions about flying Cebu Pacific

What clients and couriers ask when they see this carrier on an assignment.

01Are you an agent or partner of Cebu Pacific?

No. OnBoard Courier is an independent courier management company. We buy ordinary passenger seats on the open market and hold no agency, contract or partnership with any airline. Airline names and marks belong to their owners and are used here only to describe the routes these assignments travel on.

02Will my consignment definitely fly Cebu Pacific?

Only if that is genuinely the fastest option for your deadline. We book whichever carrier departs next with a seat and a cabin allowance that fits.

03How much can a courier carry on Cebu Pacific?

This is a low-cost carrier, so cabin baggage limits are tighter and enforced more strictly than on a full-service airline. We confirm the exact allowance for the specific flight before quoting.

04Can I fly as a courier on Cebu Pacific?

If you are in our network, yes, couriers fly whichever airline the assignment requires. We book and pay the ticket and pay a fee per completed assignment.

Need a routing that uses Cebu Pacific?

Send the two ends and the deadline. We will check the live schedule across every carrier and come back with the fastest realistic option.

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Why a courier on Cebu Pacific rather than a cargo booking

Every logistics option is a trade between cost, speed and control. Sea freight gives up speed. Air cargo gives up control. A charter gives up cost. An on board courier is the only option that keeps speed and control and pays for them with the price of a passenger ticket, which is why it exists at all.

It is also worth saying what the service does not fix. It does not make a permit appear, it does not make a sanctioned party acceptable, and it does not make an undeclared battery legal. Where those are the problem, a courier only makes the problem arrive faster, which is why the screening happens before the quote.

The other thing being bought is answerability. When a customs officer has a question about a shipment, the shipment cannot answer, so it waits for someone who can. When the question is asked of a courier standing at the counter with the invoice in their hand, it is answered immediately. That is not a marketing claim; it is the entire operational advantage compressed into one sentence.

What that adds up to for Manila is a service you should use when the deadline is real and ignore when it is not. We would rather tell you to send it as express freight and keep the relationship than sell you a courier for a box that could have travelled overnight anyway.

How an assignment routed over Manila runs

A Manila assignment is not complicated, but every step has a failure mode, and the difference between an operator and a broker is whether those failure modes were planned for before the courier left the house.

Minute 0 to 15

You tell us what it is

The first conversation is short and specific: contents, declared value, collection address, delivery address in Manila, and the real deadline rather than the comfortable one. If there are batteries, powders, liquids, biological material or anything regulated in the box, that is the moment to say so, not at the check-in desk.

Minute 15 to 45

We screen it and price it

We check three things at once: whether we may lawfully carry it, whether Philippines will let it in without a permit we do not have, and whether it physically fits an aircraft cabin. Only then do you get a fixed price, and the price includes the ticket, the courier fee, transfers and a hotel where an overnight is unavoidable.

Hour 1 to 3

A named courier is assigned and booked

We name the courier and the flight before you pay, not after. That means a real person with a passport valid well beyond the trip, the visas the Manila routing needs, and a record of assignments they have already closed cleanly.

Hour 2 to 4

Collection, sealing and documentation

Collection is a documented handover, not a pickup. Identity checked, contents verified against the invoice, seal applied and numbered, photographs taken, and the file opened. From that point one named person holds the consignment until someone in Manila signs for it.

In flight

The consignment stays in the cabin

Once airborne, the job is simply not to let go. The consignment stays in the cabin for every sector; where the routing to Manila connects, the courier remains airside with it rather than clearing and re-entering.

On arrival

Customs, then a signature

Clearance at Manila (MNL) happens with a person standing at the counter who can answer questions about the goods on the spot, which is the whole reason a query takes minutes here and a day in the cargo channel. Then the delivery, in person, against signature and ID.

The paperwork that decides how fast Manila goes

Nothing delays a hand-carry as reliably as a document that says something different from the box. This is what we prepare with you before the courier leaves, and why each piece matters at Manila (MNL).

Seal and photographic record

A numbered tamper-evident seal applied at collection and checked at delivery, with photographs at both ends. It costs nothing and it settles every argument about whether a package was opened between the two points.

Proforma invoice for non-sales

Repairs, exhibition goods, replacements and samples still need a document with a realistic value on it. The value is what the goods are worth, not what you would like the duty to be, an understated value is a customs offence in Philippines rather than a negotiating position.

Named consignee with authority

Someone in Manila must be entitled to receive the goods and, where clearance requires it, able to act as importer of record. A delivery address without an authorised person behind it is where otherwise perfect assignments stall.

Certificates and permits

Certificates of origin, health and phytosanitary certificates, dangerous goods declarations, export licences for dual-use items, import permits for regulated categories. We identify which of these Philippines wants for your specific commodity at the quoting stage, because discovering it at Manila (MNL) is far too late.

Commercial invoice

The document customs actually reads. It needs a plain description of the goods, the real value, the currency, the terms of sale and the full names and addresses of both parties. “Samples, no commercial value” is not a customs value and it is the fastest way to turn a twenty-minute clearance at Manila (MNL) into an afternoon.

Tariff classification

The HS code decides the duty, the permits and sometimes whether the goods may enter Philippines at all. We would rather agree the classification with you before departure than watch an officer choose one for us, because the officer's choice is the one that stands.

What a Manila courier actually costs, and why

We do not publish a price list, because a fixed table would be a lie: the same box on the same route costs differently at four hours' notice than at two days'. What we can do is be exact about which levers move the number, so nothing in the quote is a surprise.

Visas and positioning

If the routing to Philippines needs a visthe courier does not hold, either we assign a courier who does or we position one, and a global network exists precisely so that the answer is usually the first option rather than the second.

How much notice you give us

A seat bought four hours before departure costs what a seat bought four hours before departure costs. Nothing about that is a courier margin, it is simply the airline's pricing curve, and it is the single largest variable in a Manila quote.

The ground legs at both ends

Collection in the Emirates and delivery beyond Manila (MNL) are part of the job, not an extra. Where the delivery address is a long drive from the airport, or a second domestic sector is needed, we price it in from the start instead of stopping at arrivals.

What is always included

Ticket, courier fee, airport transfers, the hotel where an overnight is unavoidable, the documentation work and our operations desk being awake for the whole journey. What is not included is duty and tax in Philippines, and anything you ask for after departure that changes the routing.

Declared value and insurance

All-risk cover is priced on the declared value of the goods, and it is the number that matters, airline liability under the Montreal Convention is a fraction of what most courier consignments are worth. Understating the value to save a little on cover is a false economy the first time anything goes wrong.

Distance and sector count

A direct flight to Manila is one ticket and one risk. A two-sector routing is cheaper on paper and more expensive in practice, because every connection is a chance to lose the consignment's schedule. We quote the routing we would actually fly, not the cheapest one that technically arrives.

Every quote we send is fixed before departure and contains the flight, the courier's fee, transfers and, where an overnight cannot be avoided, the hotel. The things that can change it afterwards are the things you control: a change of destination, a change of goods, or a delay at your end that costs the booked flight. Duty and tax in Philippines sit with the consignee unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

Dubai skyline at dusk — From the pearl divers to the departure gates, this coast has always moved what the world was waiting for.
The story of the Gulf

What can go wrong on a Manila assignment, and what we do about it

Every operator has these problems. The difference is whether the answer was decided in advance or invented at the counter. This is our answer to each of them, written down before you need it.

The declared value is challenged

It happens, and it is survivable when the invoice is realistic and consistent with the goods. It is not survivable when someone wrote a convenient number. We check this before departure precisely because there is no way to fix it afterwards.

The consignment is larger than described

Measured at collection, not at the gate. If it will not fit a locker we buy a seat for it there and then and tell you the revised number before the courier moves, rather than improvising at check-in.

The flight is cancelled

Not a crisis, a routine. Before the courier leaves for the airport we already know the next two departures that could carry the consignment to Manila, on any carrier, from any of the seven UAE airports. Rebooking is a phone call, not a rescue operation.

The connection is missed

This is why we build routings above the minimum connection time rather than at it. Where a connection is genuinely tight, the courier holds the consignment airside and takes the next available service rather than clearing into a country they were only passing through.

Customs asks a question

A person can answer it. That single fact is most of the difference between a hand-carry and a cargo booking: a query at Manila (MNL) that would idle a shipment for a day gets resolved at the counter in minutes because the person who knows what is in the box is standing there.

The consignee is unreachable

We confirm the receiving party and a working phone number before the courier departs, and we agree a fallback in Manila, a second authorised person, or a secure hold, so that a delivery does not fail because someone went into a meeting.

How jobs like this actually run

Illustrative cases, patterns from daily OBC work, details generalised for client confidentiality.

FashionMXP → DXB

Runway samples finished in Milan on Thursday, the show was Saturday.

Atelier pickup18:00

Morning departure09:35 +1

Backstage19:20 +1

✓ Every look on the rail before the rehearsal.

BankingZRH → DXB

Instruments that required a named carrier and a witnessed handover.

Vault release10:05

Non-stop13:40

Counter-signed22:10

✓ Both signatures on one timeline.

PharmaAUH → LHR

Validation samples at 2 to 8 °C for a London reference lab, data-logger sealed.

Cool-chain packed16:30

In the cabin21:05

Lab signature08:20 +1

✓ Chain of custody and temperature log unbroken.

Times are typical for these lanes; every job gets its own named flight and timeline before you confirm.

How it moves

The next flight out, not the next batch

Your consignment is booked on a named flight, boarding within hours.

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Estimate your price, live, before you talk to anyone

An indicative calculation on the OBC-One pattern: airline seat, courier duty, hotel where the routing needs one, transfers and handling. Pick any of the airports we serve, adjust the settings, the breakdown updates as you go. Nothing here is a binding price; the airline fare on the day decides the final number.

Departure hub

Destination airport

What is travelling? Weight: 5 kg More than 23 kg, second courier Service

How urgent?

Indicative total ,

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This sends exactly what you configured above, nothing to retype, no commitment. Indicative figures only; a person confirms the real fare and timing.

Aircraft wing above the clouds — From this tarmac a courier can reach six continents before tomorrow night.
The geography that built Dubai

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Shipment type

Ready date & time

Who is booking

Company

What does the company do?

Your name

Phone

Email address

What is in the consignment?

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Where to go from here

Hand carry on Cebu Pacific is one chapter of a larger network. OnBoard Courier moves time-critical consignments with vetted on-board couriers departing 24/7 from all seven UAE airports to 584 destinations across 219 countries. Choose the service that fits, classic hand-carry, AOG for grounded aircraft, medical and pharma, next flight out or high-value goods, then check entry requirements and customs by country and how an assignment actually runs, minute by minute.

Prefer to compare first? Read when a seat beats a parcel network, browse the industries we move for or scan the airlines the couriers the desk places fly with. If you travel often yourself, flying as an OnBoard Courier pays per completed assignment. For anything urgent, the fastest route is the quote form above, answered by a person, day or night.

One person beats a parcel networkon Cebu Pacific

Tell us what has to fly. We answer with a flight and a price.

Operational route facts

How the flying actually works

Alternative gateways nearby

Three departure boards, one desk: Emirates, flydubai and Etihad for on Cebu Pacific

The night bank out of Terminal 3

The short sectors, several times a day

Abu Dhabi as the second runway

on Cebu Pacific: every hour it waits is an hour it is not moving.

Cebu Pacific in the network the desk measures

The sectors that carry the 5J code most often

Where 5J meets the UAE gateways

Night restrictions on the airports the 5J code uses

Published lanes that carry the 5J code

The countries the 5J code opens

Where to go next on the 5J network

Where Cebu Pacific fits in an OBC routing

Cabin baggage reality

Connections

How we book

Customs is separate

Why frequency matters

Independence

Destinations and markets this carrier serves for us

On board courier vs air cargo

✓ On board courier

✕ Air cargo & express freight

Questions about flying Cebu Pacific

01Are you an agent or partner of Cebu Pacific?

02Will my consignment definitely fly Cebu Pacific?

03How much can a courier carry on Cebu Pacific?

04Can I fly as a courier on Cebu Pacific?

Need a routing that uses Cebu Pacific?

Why a courier on Cebu Pacific rather than a cargo booking

How an assignment routed over Manila runs

You tell us what it is

We screen it and price it

A named courier is assigned and booked

Collection, sealing and documentation

The consignment stays in the cabin

Customs, then a signature

The paperwork that decides how fast Manila goes

Seal and photographic record

Proforma invoice for non-sales

Named consignee with authority

Certificates and permits

Commercial invoice

Tariff classification

What a Manila courier actually costs, and why

Visas and positioning

How much notice you give us

The ground legs at both ends

What is always included

Declared value and insurance

Distance and sector count

What can go wrong on a Manila assignment, and what we do about it

The declared value is challenged

The consignment is larger than described

The flight is cancelled

The connection is missed

Customs asks a question

The consignee is unreachable

More questions about carrying a consignment on Cebu Pacific

01Do you handle customs at Manila (MNL)?

02Is the consignment insured?

03Does the consignment ever go into the hold?

04What do you need from me to start?

05How quickly can a courier leave for Manila?

06What happens if the flight is cancelled?

07How is delivery proven?

08Can you collect outside the UAE?

How jobs like this actually run

The next flight out, not the next batch

Join the OBC network, become an on board courier

Estimate your price, live, before you talk to anyone

Get a quote for this route

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I need to send something

I want to fly as a courier