Aboitiz Air

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Aboitiz Air is a cargo airline based in Pasay City, Manila, the Philippines. It operates transport of bulk cargo and express parcels throughout the Philippines.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Fleet 4 References

[edit] Code Data

• ICAO Code: BOI
• Callsign: ABAIR ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established on 28 January 1988 as a joint venture by Aboitiz and Co and A Soriano. The company signed a memorandum of understanding on marketing and sales activities for domestic cargo operations with Cebu Pacific in August 1997. It also leases all the cargo holds of Cebu Pacific's Douglas DC-9 aircraft. It is wholly owned by Aboitiz One.

[edit] Fleet

The Aboitiz Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006):

• 1 NAMC YS-11A-100
• 2 NAMC YS-11A-200
• 3 NAMC YS-11A-500 ^[2]

As of January 2005:

• 1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

Airlines of the Philippines

Passenger Airlines: Air Philippines • Asian Spirit • Cebu Pacific • Corporate Air • Interisland Airlines • Philippine Airlines • South East Asian Airlines Cargo Airlines: Aboitiz Air • Asia Overnight Express • Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines Charter Airlines: A Soriano Aviation • Air Link International Airways • Pacific Airways Defunct: Aerolift Philippines • Air Ads • Air Manila International • DragonAir • Filipinas Orient Airways • Grand Air International • Laoag International Airlines