Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. was a cargo airline based in Pasay City, 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. PEAC was also an affiliate airline of TNT Airways, with PEAC operating TNT leased BAe 146 aircraft.
History
On October 9, 1990, Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines, Inc. was officially formed and on the 20th of December 1991 was granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate scheduled international all-cargo services.On the September 1, 1999, the airline came to a cargo agreement with local airline, Air Philippines. During 2002 the airline operated freighter flights to Hong Kong using A300F type aircraft leased from the Turkish Airline, MNG Airlines, freighter flights to Taipei using a Boeing 727F and domestic freighter flights to Cebu and Clark utilizing another B727 freighter.
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.
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. By the end of 2010, the company ceased operations.
Services
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines 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. 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. 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.In June 2006, PEAC resumed its three times weekly Angeles-Clark – Taipei all-cargo services, utilizing a B727-200F freighter. 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.
Former destinations
Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines served the following Destinations. This also included cargo flights with their Air Philippines Agreement. The Airline also offers its 727 aircraft for charter services.[Philippines]
- Luzon
- *Angeles
- *Legazpi
- *Manila
- *Puerto Princesa
- *Tuguegarao
- Visayas
- *Bacolod
- *Cebu
- *Dumaguete
- *Iloilo
- Mindanao
- *Cagayan de Oro
- *Davao
- *General Santos
- *Zamboanga
[Republic of China] (Taiwan)
- Taipei
[People's Republic of China]
- Hong Kong
[Singapore]
- Singapore
[South Korea]
- Seoul
[Indonesia]
- Jakarta
Fleet
Aircraft | In Service | Origin | Notes |
Boeing 727F | 727-100F: 0 727-200F: 0 | ||
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F | 0 | ||
Boeing 747-200F | 0 | ||
Boeing 747-400F | 0 | ||
Antonov An-12 | 0 | ||
Antonov An-26 | 0 | ||
Antonov An-30 | 0 | ||
Ilyushin Il-76T | 0 | ||
Airbus A300-600F | 0 | ||
Saab 340B | 0 | ||
Shaanxi Y-8F-300 | 0 | ||
Indonesian Aerospace CN-235-220 | 0 | ||
Antonov An-32 | 0 | ||
Antonov An-72AT | 0 | / | To be fitted with winglet upgraded by PADC |
Ilyushin Il-96-400T | 0 | ||
Boeing 767-300F | 0 | fitted with blended winglets | |
Airbus A330-200F | 0 | ||
Boeing 747-8F | 0 | ||
Total | 0 in service | - |
References:
Former
- 4 Bae 146
- 1 Airbus A300F
- 1 Boeing 737-200F
Accidents and incidents
- 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. It was initially reported to be operated by PEAC but was operated actually by Interisland Airlines.