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may i ask if who is the present manager of asian spirit in puerto princesa city? pls response. thank u.

This may be a little bit too late for comment (nine-month gap), but the manager of Asian Spirit ticketing office in Puerto Princesa City is a Mr. Leonardo Tianco. --Akira123323 06:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Destinations section, and other things

I looked at the Asian Spirit Schedule valid 15 Nov - 30 Nov 2006, which lists destinations serviced as:

  • Domestic from Manila hub: Caticlan, Basco, Baguio, Busuanga, Calbayog, Catamaran, Davao, Masbate, Pagadian, San Fernando, San Jose, Surigao, Virac
  • Domestic from Cebu hub: Cagayan de Oro, Caticlan, Surigao, Tandag, Siargio
  • International from Manila: Palau

International from Davao: Palau

The Asian Spirit Destination map only shows domestic destinations. It shows Clark as a destination from Manila, does not show Surigao as a destination from Manila and shows Caticlan aliased as Boracay. It also shows a planned Zamboanga hub serving Tawi-Tawi, Jolo, and Davao.

The Destination section of this page shows Angeles (DSIA) as a destination; aliasing that to its more widely-known name as Clark international Airport would be useful, IMO. It also shows Malay (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport); aliasing that to its more widely known names of Caticlan and Boracay would be useful IMO. It also shows San Jose, Antique (Evelio Javier Airport), contradicting the Asian Spirit destinations map, which shows their San Jose destination apparently located in Oriental Mindoro. That location contradicts the Wikipedia List of airports in the Philippines, which lists airports in towns named San Jose only in the provinces of Antique and Occidental Mindoro. Looking at Mapquest, I see a San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, but none in Oriental Mindoro.

This section also lists destinations in Macau(PRC) and in Kaohsiung(Taiwan), plus a planned destation in Sandakan(Malaysia) which I cannot find mentioned on the Asian Spirit web site.

The History section says that the airline flies to 32 towns and cities throughout the Philippines, which does not match the info in the Destinations section. Also, the page provides a lot of detailed info which is unsupported by cites.

Could some of this be verified, corrected if needed, and information sources cited? -- Boracay Bill 03:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Destination section, again

I see that User:PikDig has reverted my recent revision to the Destinations section without explanation. PikDig, why was my revision reverted? This airport, which is the tourism gateway to Boracay Island, is known to travelers and is referred to by Asian Spirit as Caticlan Airport. You have it listed as Malay (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport). Yes, Caticlan is one barangay of the municipality of Malay, Aklan, but few airline travelers are aware of that. Yes, the official name of the airport is as you list it, but nobody knows it by that name. Even the wiki page List of airports in the Philippines lists that airport as "Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (Caticlan Airport)". My revision which you reverted listed it that way. actually, I think that it should be listed in the Asian Spirit wiki page as: Malay (Godofredo P. Ramos Airport) (Caticlan airport, gateway to Boracay island). That would not only be completely factual, but would also be much more useful to readers of the page than the way it is presently listed.

Also, I note that you have made some revisions to the Destinations section of the page which contradict info posted in the Flight Schedules section of the Asian Spirit website. It would be useful if, in line with WP:Cite, you would cite your sources. -- Boracay Bill 23:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dubious assertion

I've tagged the assertion, "Asian Spirit has the distinction of being the first airline to serve Boracay." as {{Dubious}}. I personally flew from Caticlan to Manila on a scheduled flight with another airline in 1992 or 1993 -- years before Asian Spirit began operations. The aircraft was a Britten-Norman Islander. I'm not sure of the airline name, but it was probably Pacific Air. As I recall, several small airlines flew between Manila and Caticlan back then. Perhaps there is some nitpicky distinction by which Asian Spirit could be called "first" (e.g., something like, "Asian Spirit was the first regularly-scheduled passenger airline operating out of Manila Domestic airport to serve Caticlan/Boracay") but, as a practical matter, Manila-Caticlan scheduled airline passenger service was available years before Asian Spirit began operations. -- Boracay Bill 00:08, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asian Spirit Angeles service vs. Wikipidia verification standards

I dropped in to the Asian Spirit office here in Boracay today and asked about Angeles service. They told me that all Angeles operations have been shut down. As I am a WP:V fanatic, I urge contributers to this article not to acdept my unsupported word about this but, rather, to rely on sources such as the the official Asian Spirit website. -- Boracay Bill 11:04, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Accident

There was an other accident today or yesterday. This was a runway overrun. 81.182.157.191 (talk) 08:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)