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. PEAC was also an affiliate airline of TNT Airways, with PEAC operating TNT leased BAe 146 aircraft.TNT opens Asian cargo hub in Manila

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. During 2002 the airline operated freighter flights to Hong Kong using A300F type aircraft leased from the Turkish airline, MNG Airlines,Give PEAC a chance, says carrier 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 (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. 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 were returned to Europe.Bae 146 - News Archive 1999 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.Taking over

In June 2006, PEAC resumed its three times weekly Angeles-Clark (Angeles City) – Taipei all-cargo services, utilizing a B727-200F freighter.PEAC Resumes CRK ops 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 (PEAC) served the following Destinations (May 2008). This also included cargo flights with their Air Philippines Agreement.Domestic Schedule The Airline also offers its 727 aircraft for charter services.PEAC Charter

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)

References: Air Philippines/PEAC Air Agreement routesPEAC Domestic Freighter FlightsPEAC Regional Freighter Flights

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)

References: Explosive Progress by TNT

Fleet

+ Pacific East Asia Cargo fleet Flight International, 3–9 October 2006AircraftIn ServiceOriginNotesBoeing 727F727-100F: 0727-200F: 0McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F0 (2 on leased from BAX Global)Boeing 747-200F0 (1 operated for Veteran Avia)Boeing 747-400F0 (2 leased from Atlas Air)Antonov An-120 (1 leased from ATRAN)Antonov An-260 (2 on leased from Aerogaviota)Antonov An-300 (1 on lease from Polet Flight)Ilyushin Il-76T0 (1 on leased from Abakan-Avia)Airbus A300-600F0 (2 on leased from FedEx Express)Saab 340B0 (1 leased for IBC Airways)Shaanxi Y-8F-3000 (13 on order)Indonesian Aerospace CN-235-2200 (6 on order)Antonov An-320 (3 on order)Antonov An-72AT0 (27 on order)/To be fitted with winglet upgraded by PADCIlyushin Il-96-400T0 (6 on order)Boeing 767-300F0 (3 on order)fitted with blended wingletsAirbus A330-200F0 (3 on order)Boeing 747-8F0 (4 on order)Total0 in service (10+ on order)

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

References: Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines 727-223(F) - RP-C5355 - 2008TNT considers Subic Bay tie-up with FedEx

Former 4 Bae 146 (Lease from TNT Airways)BAe 146/Avro RJ Operators 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.

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