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.

History

On 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.

On the September 1, 1999, the airline came to a cargo agreement with local airline, Air Philippines. freighter flights to Taipei using a Boeing 727F and domestic freighter flights to Cebu and Clark utilizing another B727 freighter.

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 (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. 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 (Angeles City) – 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. The Airline also offers its 727 aircraft for charter services.

Philippines

  • Luzon
  • Angeles City (Clark International Airport)
  • Legazpi (Legazpi Airport)
  • Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
  • Puerto Princesa (Puerto Princesa Airport)
  • Tuguegarao (Tuguegarao Airport)
  • Visayas
  • Bacolod (Bacolod–Silay International Airport)
  • Cebu (Mactan–Cebu International Airport)
  • Dumaguete (Sibulan Airport)
  • Iloilo (Iloilo International Airport)
  • Mindanao
  • Cagayan de Oro (Laguindingan International Airport)
  • Davao (Francisco Bangoy International Airport)
  • General Santos (General Santos International Airport)
  • Zamboanga (Zamboanga International Airport)

Republic of China (Taiwan)

  • Taipei (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport)

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People's Republic of China

  • Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Airport)
  • Hong Kong (Kai Tak Airport)

Singapore

  • Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport)

South Korea

  • Seoul (Incheon International Airport)

Indonesia

  • Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)

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Fleet

thumb|right|PEAC Boeing 727-100F in 2006

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|+ Pacific East Asia Cargo fleet

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!style="width:150px;" |Aircraft

!style="width:60px;" |In Service

!!style="width:40px;" |Origin

!Notes

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|Boeing 727F

|727-100F: 0<br>727-200F: 0

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|McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F

|0 (2 on leased from BAX Global)

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|Boeing 747-200F

|0 (1 operated for Veteran Avia)

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|Boeing 747-400F

|0 (2 leased from Atlas Air)

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|Antonov An-12

|0 (1 leased from ATRAN)

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|Antonov An-26

|0 (2 on leased from Aerogaviota)

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|Antonov An-30

|0 (1 on lease from Polet Flight)

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|Ilyushin Il-76T

|0 (1 on leased from Abakan-Avia)

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|Airbus A300-600F

|0 (2 on leased from FedEx Express)

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|Saab 340B

|0 (1 leased for IBC Airways)

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|Shaanxi Y-8F-300

|0 (13 on order)

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|-

|Indonesian Aerospace CN-235-220

|0 (6 on order)

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|-

|Antonov An-32

|0 (3 on order)

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|Antonov An-72AT

|0 (27 on order)

|/

|To be fitted with winglet upgraded by PADC

|-

|Ilyushin Il-96-400T

|0 (6 on order)

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|Boeing 767-300F

|0 (3 on order)

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|fitted with blended winglets

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|Airbus A330-200F

|0 (3 on order)

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|Boeing 747-8F

|0 (4 on order)

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!Total

!0 in service (10+ on order)

!

|}

(not including Boeing 737 Cargo flights operated on behalf of Air Philippines)

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Former

  • 4 Bae 146 (Lease from TNT Airways)
  • 1 Airbus A300F It was initially reported to be operated by PEAC but was operated actually by Interisland Airlines.

References