Asian Spirit

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Asian Spirit
IATA
6K		 ICAO
RIT		 Callsign
Asian Spirit
Founded 1996
Hubs Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Focus cities Mactan-Cebu International Airport
Fleet size 11
Destinations 22
Parent company Asian Spirit, Inc.
Headquarters Manila, Philippines
Key people Antonio G. Buendia, Jr. (President), Joaquin Ernesto L. Po (Executive Vice-President)
Website: http://www.asianspirit.com

Asian Spirit is an airline based in Manila in the Philippines. It operates scheduled domestic tourist services, usually flying routes not serviced by major airlines such as Philippine Airlines. Its main base is Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila.

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The airline was established in September 1995 by the Airline Employees Cooperative (36 Filipino nationals, mostly former Philippine Airlines employees). It started operations in April 1996 and its first routes were from Manila to the present-day towns of San Jose, Malay (serving Boracay), Virac, Daet, Tablas, and the cities of Cauayan and Masbate . Towns and cities serviced by the airline are usually regarded as secondary and tertiary routes, which are usually not serviced by major airlines.

Asian Spirit has the distinction of being the first airline to serve Boracay. It became the Philippines's fourth flag carrier (after Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific and Air Philippines) in 2003.

Today, Asian Spirit operates from its hubs in Manila, Cebu, and Davao to towns and cities throughout the Philippines. The airline remains wholly employee owned.

Since April 2, 2006, Asian Spirit flies to Palau three times weekly from Davao.

On December 7, 1999, the company suffered a fatal accident when one of its aircraft crashed between Bayombong in Nueva Ecija and Cabarroguis in Quirino. The plane was headed for Cauayan Airport in Cauayan City, killing all 15 passengers on board and 2 crew. The accident forced the closure of the Manila-Cauayan route, which remains closed to this day.

Asian Spirit operates services to the following destinations (as of December 2006):

The Asian Spirit fleet includes the following aircraft (at November 2006):

  1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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