Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. was a cargo airline based in Pasay, Philippines. The carrier served domestic services from the Philippines with two Boeing 727 freighter aircraft. The airline also had an agreement on selected routes flown by Air Philippines.[1] PEAC was also an affiliate airline of TNT Airways, with PEAC operating TNT leased BAe 146 aircraft.[2][3]
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| Founded | 9 October 1990 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 30 December 2010 | ||||||
| Hubs | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Clark International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 17 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Pasay, Philippines | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
editOn October 9, 1990, Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. (PEAC) was officially formed and on 20 December 1991 was granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to operate scheduled international all-cargo services.[1]
On the September 1, 1999, the airline came to a cargo agreement with local airline, Air Philippines.[1] During 2002 the airline operated freighter flights to Hong Kong using A300F type aircraft leased from the Turkish Airline, MNG Airlines,[4] freighter flights to Taipei using a Boeing 727F and domestic freighter flights to Cebu and Clark utilizing another B727 freighter.[1]
In the period 2007 to 2011, PEAC was the fifth largest cargo carrier in the Philippines with a market share of 3.17%, transporting 23.3 million kilograms.[5]
But on March 19, 2010, its air operator's certificate was suspended, and eleven days later on March 30, the airline was added to the European list of banned air carriers until June 25, 2015.[6] By the end of 2010, the company ceased operations.[7]
Services
editPacific East Asia Cargo Airlines (PEAC) served domestic and regional destinations around the Philippines and surrounding region with a fleet of 727 freighter aircraft and a variety of leased aircraft. The airline also had an agreement with domestic carrier, Air Philippines, to codeshare selected cargo operations to airports that Air Philippines operates to.[1] During a tie-up with TNT, PEAC leased four Bae 146 aircraft from TNT Airways, at the end of the lease in 1999 the aircraft were returned to Europe.[8] The TNT-PEAC joint-venture also considered re-locating the airline's hub from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport to nearby Olongapo's Subic Bay International Airport.[9]
In June 2006, PEAC resumed its three times weekly Angeles-Clark (Angeles City) – Taipei all-cargo services, utilizing a B727-200F freighter.[10] This was in addition to PEAC's five times weekly service between Cebu and Angeles-Clark utilizing a B727-100 freighter with aircraft registry RPC-5353, operating since 2002.[10]
Former destinations
editPacific East Asia Cargo Airlines (PEAC) served the following Destinations (May 2008). This also included cargo flights with their Air Philippines Agreement.[11] The Airline also offers its 727 aircraft for charter services.[12]
Republic of China (Taiwan)
editReferences: [16]
Fleet
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(not including Boeing 737 Cargo flights operated on behalf of Air Philippines)
Former
edit- 4 Bae 146 (Lease from TNT Airways)[21][22]
- 1 Airbus A300F[4]
- 1 Boeing 737-200F[23]
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 21 April 2010, Flight 7815, an Antonov An-12 with registration UP-AN216, crashed on approach to Clark International Airport, Philippines, after a fire broke out in flight.[24] It was initially reported to be operated by PEAC but was operated actually by Interisland Airlines.[25]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e PEAC History
- ^ TNT opens Asian cargo hub in Manila Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Kitty Hawk Inc, Form S-1, Filing Date Jul 17, 1996". secdatabase.com. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Give PEAC a chance, says carrier
- ^ Liza Almonte (September 26, 2012). "Cebu Pacific tops 2007–11 air cargo throughput". www.portcalls.com. PortCalls Asia - Asian Shipping and Maritime News. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Philippines > Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines - PEAC". aviation-safety.net. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines Airline Profile". centreforaviation.com. CAPA Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ Bae 146 - News Archive 1999 Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Taking over
- ^ a b c PEAC Resumes CRK ops
- ^ Domestic Schedule
- ^ PEAC Charter
- ^ Air Philippines/PEAC Air Agreement routes
- ^ PEAC Domestic Freighter Flights
- ^ PEAC Regional Freighter Flights
- ^ a b Explosive Progress by TNT
- ^ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- ^ Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines 727-223(F) - RP-C5355 - 2008
- ^ "PEAC Aircraft Gallery". Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ TNT considers Subic Bay tie-up with FedEx
- ^ Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines Fleet History
- ^ BAe 146/Avro RJ Operators Archived 2008-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Details and Fleet History
- ^ "Crash: ATMA AN12 at Mexico on Apr 21st 2010, fire on board". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 12BP UP-AN216 Barangay Laput, Mexico, Pampanga". aviation-safety.net. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
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Media related to Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines at Wikimedia Commons- Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines official website
