Spirit of Manila Airlines Corporation, operated as Spirit of Manila Airlines, was a

low-cost airline A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

based in Roxas Sea Front Garden in

Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 440,656 people. Due to its location j ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. Its main hub was

Clark International Airport Clark International Airport ( pam, Pangyatung Sulapawan ning Clark; fil, Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Clark; ), known as Diosdado Macapagal International Airport from 2003 to 2012, is an international airport covering portions of the cities of ...

. The airline's tagline/slogan was: "I am going home".

History

After the airline was established in 2008, operations between Clark International Airport and Taipei began in October 2011 with two flights each week. The airline soon developed a poor reputation as low passenger numbers led to it delaying or cancelling flights. The airline ceased operations in 2012 after only three months of flights.Former Spirit of Manila Preps for Relaunch
retrieved 10 April 2016 In 2016, its Airline Operator Certificate, a license to operate an airline under Philippine laws was resurrected under a different brand name Pan Pacific Airlines.

Destinations

Spirit of Manila Airlines served the following destinations: *Philippines **

Angeles City , anthem = Himno ning Angeles (Angeles Hymn) , subdivision_type3 = District , subdivision_name3 = , established_title = Settled , established_date = 1796 , established_title1 = Chartere ...

Main Hub * Republic of China (Taiwan) **

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport is an international airport serving Taipei and northern Taiwan. Located about west of Taipei in Dayuan District, Taoyuan, the airport is Taiwan's largest. It was also the busiest airport in Taiwan before t ...

Fleet

The Spirit of Manila Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

References

External links

Official site
{{Airlines of the Philippines Defunct airlines of the Philippines Airlines established in 2008 Airlines disestablished in 2012 Defunct low-cost airlines Companies based in Pasay Philippine companies established in 2008