Mosphil Aerowas anairlinebased inMakati,Manila,Philippines.It operated domestic passenger and cargo services around the southern Philippines, primarily fromZamboanga International Airport.[2]
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2006 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 2006[1] | ||||||
| Hubs | Zamboanga International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Parent company | Mosphil Aero inc. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Makati,Philippines | ||||||
| Key people | Glenn Lamela | ||||||
The airline has shown interest in focusing on the special region known as theBIMP-EAGARegion (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, East Asean Growth Area). There have been air pacts and agreements in this region, that Mosphil intended to take advantage of. Routes to and from Davao, Kota Kinabalu and Manado, Indonesia, were likely in the future, according to Lamela, the airline's sales and marketing director.[3]
History
editMosphil was founded in 2005 and the airline started operations in November 2006, backed by Russian interests.[2]Mosphil Aero planned the start of aZamboanga City-Sandakan-Kota Kinabaluroute on 30 August 2006. Aircraft initially were operated by Russian crews while the Filipino pilots underwent training at the Antonov Training Center inKyiv,Ukraine.[4]Following a test flight in late August 2006, Mosphil Aero operated its first commercial flight from Zamboanga to Sandakan and back on 12 November 2006 using anAntonov An-24aircraft with a Russian crew.[3]Mosphil Aero's operation lasted slightly over two months.[5]
Destinations
editMosphiloperated the following services (at November 2006):[3]
Fleet
editAs of March 2009[update]theMosphil Aero fleetincluded the following aircraft:[6]
References
edit- ^out of businessArchived2021-05-18 at theWayback Machinech-aviation, access date 20 September 2020
- ^ab"Directory: World Airlines".Flight International.2007-04-10. p. 52.
- ^abc"Mosphil Aero finally takes off with Zamboanga-Sandakan flight".Mindanao Economic Development Council.Retrieved2007-06-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Mosphil Aero sets maiden flight to Mindanao by end August".Philippine Information Agency Press release.2006-08-11. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-09-27.Retrieved2007-06-20.
- ^BIMP-EAGA DEVELOPMENTS FROM 2006-2010Archived2016-12-12 at theWayback Machineminda.gov.ph, access date 20 September 2020
- ^"Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)".Flight International:29–90. 2009-04-14.