Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines
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| Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines | ||
|---|---|---|
| IATA Q8 |
ICAO PEC |
Callsign Papa Echo Charlie |
| Founded | 9 October 1990 | |
| Hubs | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | |
| Secondary hubs | Diosdado Macapagal International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 2 | |
| Destinations | 17 | |
| Headquarters | Pasay City, Philippines | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.peacairlines.com/ | ||
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. is a cargo airline based in the Philippines. The carrier serves domestic services from the Philippines with their Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 Freighter aircraft. The airline also has an agreement on selected routes flown by Air Philippines.[1] PEAC was also a affiliate airline of TNT Airways, with PEAC operating TNT leased Bae 146 aircraft.[2][3]
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[edit] History
On October 9, 1990, Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. (PEAC) was officially formed and on the 20th of 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]
[edit] Services
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines (PEAC) serves Domestic and Regional destinations around the Philippines and surrounding region with a fleet of 727 freighter aircraft. The airline also has 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 where returned to Europe.[5] The TNT-PEAC joint-venture also considered re-locating the airlines HUB from Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Nearby Olongapo's Subic Bay International Airport.[6]
On June 2006, PEAC resumed its three times weekly Angeles-Clark (Angeles City) – Taipei all-cargo services utilizing a B727-200F freighter.[7] This is 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.[7]
[edit] Destinations
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines (PEAC) serves the following Destinations (May, 2008). This also includes Cargo flights with their Air Philippines Agreement.[8] The Airline also offers it's 727 aircraft for charter services.[9]
[edit] Southeast Asia
[edit] East Asia
References: [10] [11] [7] [12]
[edit] Former Destinations
References: [13]
[edit] Fleet
As of May 2008 the Pacific East Asia Cargo fleet includes [14] :
(not including 737 Cargo flights operated on behalf of Air Philippines)
References: [15] [16] [17] [13]
[edit] Former Fleet
- 4 Bae 146 (Lease from TNT Airways)[18][19]
- 1 Airbus A300F [4]
- 1 Boeing 737-200F[20]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e PEAC History
- ^ TNT opens Asian cargo hub in Manila
- ^ Kitty Hawk Inc
- ^ a b Give PEAC a chance, says carrier
- ^ Bae 146 - News Archive 1999
- ^ Taking over
- ^ a b c PEAC Resumes CRK ops
- ^ Domestic Shedule
- ^ 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
- ^ TNT considers Subic Bay tie-up with FedEx
- ^ Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines Fleet History
- ^ BAe 146/Avro RJ Operators
- ^ Details and Fleet History
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