Pacific Air Express

Pacific Air Express
IATA ICAO Callsign
PE PAQ SOLPAC[1]
Founded 1993
Operating bases Brisbane Airport
Fleet size 1 B737-300F
Destinations Brisbane/BNE, Honiara/HIR, Nauru/INU, Port Vila/VLI, Port Moresby/POM
Company slogan The south pacific's international cargo airline
Headquarters Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Website www.pacificairexpress.com.au

Pacific Air Express is an airline based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It operates cargo services to Honiara, Nauru and Port Vila; and charter flights in the South Pacific area. [2][3] Its main bases are Brisbane Airport and Honiara International Airport.[4]

History

The airline was established in 1993 by Australian expatriate Gary Clifford (General Manager) and a business partner from the Solomon Islands. The airline was originally based in Honiara, but relocated due to civil unrest in 1999. It had 35 employees as of March 2007.[4]

Fleet

The airline currently uses Boeing 737-300F aircraft which are in the Toll Priority livery, owned and flown by Airwork, to operate its services.[3][5]

Previously operated

References

  1. ↑ Airline Code PAQ, airframes.org Retrieved 17 December 2009
  2. ↑ Pacific Air Express website route map page retrieved 2010-06-21.
  3. 1 2 "Vanuatu gets new dedicated air freighter service". Vanuatu Daily Post. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-06-21.
  4. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 60.
  5. ↑ Pacific Air Express website aircraft specifications page retrieved 2010-06-21.
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