Cebu Pacific Cuts Aircraft Ground Emissions with Bridge-Mounted Power at Clark Airport

Cebu Pacific has become the first airline to use bridge-mounted power at Clark International Airport, allowing parked planes to draw electricity and air conditioning from the jet bridge instead of running their auxiliary power units (APUs). APUs burn jet fuel while planes sit at the gate, so switching to ground power cuts both fuel costs and carbon emissions from airport operations. The move is a small but measurable step for aviation decarbonization, which has few easy wins beyond ground operations. The bigger question is whether Cebu Pacific will expand this to other airports and whether the power feeding the bridges comes from clean sources. If the airport grid is still fossil-heavy, the emissions benefit is reduced, but the fuel savings remain real.