Indonesian airline Manunggal Air has taken delivery of former Asian Spirit BAe 146-100 RP-C2999 (msn E1009) as PK-VTM. The 146 was prepared for the airline and painted by Indopelita Aircraft Services at Pondok Cabe during December. The 146 will complement Manunggal Air’s Transall C.160 and Antonov AN-26 aircraft on cargo […]
PRISMA Aviation Services has brokered the sale of former Asian Spirit BAe 146-100 RP-C2999 (msn E1009) to Indonesian airline Manunggal Air. RP-C2999 was repossessed by her owner, Tropical Worldwide Holdings Ltd, when Asian Spirit defaulted on her lease. The 146 will complement Manunggal Air’s Transall C.160 and Antonov AN-26 aircraft […]
When he bought Asian Spirit in May, Filipino businessman Alfredo M. Yao indicated he intended to modernize the airline’s fleet, which included two BAe 146-100s, RP-C2994 (msn E1005) and RP-C2999 (msn E1009), with a third, N146AP (msn E1015), on the way. Rather than attempting to renegotiate the leases on the […]
Philippines BAe 146 operator Asian Spirit is to be merged with rival domestic airline South East Asian Airlines (Seair). Both airlines are being acquired by Filipino businessman Alfredo M. Yao. Yao reportedly bought Asian Spirit from its owner, the Airline Employees’ Cooperative (AEC), for about PHP1 billion (US$22 million) in […]
PRISMA Aviation Services arranged for the sale of BAe 146-200 RP-C2997 (msn E2178) from Monsanto Enterprises Ltd to First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting. E2178 is currently operated by Asian Spirit, but the airline wants to focus their BAe 146 fleet on the smaller series 100. First Kuwaiti plan to use […]
Philippines airline Asian Spirit has indicated that it plans to add two more BAe 146-100s to its fleet, one to provide increased capacity and one to replace a series 200. Asian Spirit currently operates two BAe 146-100s (RP-C2994 msn E1005 and RP-C2999 msn E1009) and one -200 (RP-C2997 msn E2178). […]
A planned lease of BAe 146-200 VH-NJJ (msn E2184) to Philippine airline Asian Spirit appears to have fallen through. The 146 had previously been operated by National Jet Systems (NJS) on QantasLink services, but was returned off-lease to BAE Systems in November 2005. After post-lease maintenance in Adelaide, she had […]
Philippine airline Asian Spirit is planning to add international services to its network of domestic routes. The new service will link Davao, on the island of Mindanao, with Palau, in Micronesia. The airline is also studying several other international routes. Asian Spirit operates two former National Jet Systems BAe 146-100s […]
Asian Spirit‘s recently delivered BAe 146-200, RP-C2995 (msn E2034 ex VH-NJW), was damaged when it went off the runway at Catarman, on the island of Samar, on 14 November. She was arriving from Manila on flight 6K 587 with 32 passengers and 6 crew members. She apparently aquaplaned on touchdown […]
Filipino airline Asian Spirit has agreed to lease an additional BAe 146 from BAE Systems. The former National Jet Systems series 200, RP-C2995 (msn E2034), was delivered on 7 July. This lease is an addition to the previously-announced deal for four 146s. Asian Spirit’s Executive Vice President, Jack Po, indicated […]
