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Old 15th January 2010, 02:27 AM
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Koror- Newly formed airline Pacific flier suffered a stumbling block in its bid to launch international flight services to the Philippines after the FAA refused to grant it a foreign air carrier's permit.

The FAA decision prompted the Palau-based carrier owned by Aviation Matters to suspend and defer its flight plans from Koror to Brisbane, Manila and Guam scheduled for January 12 launch due to ownership issues as found by the FAA, an airline executive said Monday.

"We are still waiting for the FAA's approval but unfortunately they wont be coming any time soon due to some technical and legal issues with them" says Eckert Seamans, Legal representative for the airline.

Pacific Flier Airline is supposed to start flight on January 12 using an Airbus A310-300 from Hi Fly-Transportes Aereos, S.A, a Portuguese-based leasing firm. But Continental Micronesia protested said application on grounds of ownership as effective control of the airline belongs to HiFly, a charter airline based in Lisbon Portugal.

The FAA said that while Aviation Matters, the holdidng company of Pacific Flier, is incorporated in Palau, majority of its owners are not citizens of the island making it a foreign controlled airline. Due to ownership issues, the operators permit was denied killing the airlines hope of flying the pacific skies under the current corporate regime.

"We already filed a petition to the FAA for an exemption to the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) for a foreign air carrier permit and they are pending resolution" says Seamans.

While the airline waits for its approval, they were prevented from selling airline tickets for the proposed destination until a permit is issued.

The leased aircraft (cn495) with registry CS-TEI is capable of accommodating 18 business and 176 economy passengers says Shane Styles, the airline’s marketing head.

"The Airbus 310 is supposed to arrived from Lisbon to Clark airport in Manila via Dubai tomorrow as it start scheduled flight to Koror" says Styles. One way fare from Clark has been pegged at $230 per person and $459 return, exclusive of government taxes.

Pacific flier scheduled departure every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday from Palau to Manila Clark at 7:00 AM with arrivals at 10:35AM for a travel time of 2 hours and 30 minutes. Schedule for departures from Clark is every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday leaving at 5:40PM arriving Koror at 7:10PM Local time. It was then scheduled to leave for Brisbane in Australia and back to Koror before proceeding to Guam and back to Koror then Manila in that rotation.

Styles said that flyers were already circulated to travel agents in a 16-page brochure offering packages in Guam and Palau but the airline's booking engine was disabled by FAA preventing them to take online bookings.
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Any updates on this airline? I see the website is basically down.
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PacificFlier the latest international airline to launch in Australia has announced that it will begin services between Brisbane and Micronesia by the end of the month.


With its inaugural service commencing on the 31st of March, just in time for the Easter public holidays, Brisbane to the Philippines through the Republic of Palau.


“A long time in the planning and making, PacificFlier.com has been able to inaugurate a schedule of charter services with the full backing of the government of the Republic of Palau,” said PacificFlier in a statement.


PacificFlier operates one Airbus A310-300 flown in a two cabin configuration of Economy and Premium Economy. 18 Premium Economy seats offer 54" pitch and 21" width, while the rest of its economy seats offer 32" pitch and 18" width.
and PAL restarts BNE this month
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PR start this thursday 18/3
Tiger start sunday 28/3
and PI on the 31st

Three new carriers to BNE in 13 days, thats pretty good!

And GA have said that they will return to BNE in october.
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it is not MNL, it is CLK, (ie using Clark - Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, which is 100km north of Manila)
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CLK is Clinton Regional in Oklahoma.

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Anyone know where the A310 currently is?
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KOROR (Palau Horizon) – Pacific Flier announced on Tuesday that it is ready to take off on March 30 from Philippines.

Shane Styles, the airline’s marketing chief said the new Republic of Palau based airline will commence services on March 30 to coincide with this coming Easter.

The inaugural flight will be on March 30 from the Clark Field, located at the northern part of the Philippines.

For the first three flights, the airline is offering a special rate of $339 round trip.

The regular airfare meanwhile will be $399.

The new airline is also offering services from Palau to Brisbane, Australia and said that its services to Guam will begin in May.

For the Brisbane flight, on the March 31 flight, the airfare is $399. For the April 11 flight, the airline is offering an airfare of $499 and after that the regular price will be at $599.

Pacific Flier Airline is supposed to start flight on January 15, however Federak Aviation Administration failed to grant the airline an air carrier’s permit due to ownership issues.

The airline has 18 business and 176 economy passenger seats.

“A long time in the planning and making, PacificFlier has been able to inaugurate a schedule of charter services with the full backing of the government of the Republic of Palau. PacificFlier wants to acknowledge its appreciation for the support it has received from the Government of The Republic of Palau,” Styles said in a statement.

Pacific Flier scheduled departure is every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday from Palau to Clark at 7:00 a.m. with arrivals at 10:35 a.m.

Passengers living in Manila can take a shuttle bus for free provided by the airline.

Two check-in baggage, weighing 70 lbs. each are also allowed by the airline for each passenger.

Schedule for departures from Clark is every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday leaving at 5:40 pm arriving Koror at 7:10 pm, local time.
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VH-VNK operated the inaugural Tiger Airways flight into Brisbane this morning operating TT8112 from Adelaide.

VNK should be arriving back in Brisbane shortly from the inaugural rotation to Rockhampton. However it appears it has been delayed.
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What's that got to do with Pacific Flyer?
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Old 29th March 2010, 12:46 PM
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I think this thread has started to discuss other new carriers at BNE.

Back on topic--Pacific Flier is going to offer 2x 70lbs bags?
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