Asia Pacific Airlines is a

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headquartered in

Tamuning, Guam Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon ( ch, Tamuneng) is a village located on the western shore of the United States territory of Guam. The village of Tamuning is the economic center of Guam, containing tourist center Tumon, Harmon Indus ...

, USA. It operates cargo charter services from

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

and Honolulu. Its main base is Guam International Airport.

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. March 27, 2007

History

The airline was established on June 5, 1998, and started operations with the

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on June 3, 1999. It was formed as Aero Micronesia, Inc. and is an affiliate company of the

Tan Holdings Corporation Tan Holdings Corporation is a holding company with operations on Guam, USA, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), which is also a territory of the United States, in the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and more recent ...

. The primary aspect of the airline's operation is the shipment of US Mail, and other cargo, throughout

Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, ...

, as well as the importation of fresh high grade tuna for transshipment to worldwide fish markets. As of January 2015 the airline has begun the process of bringing the

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into service as part of fleet modernization and expansion.

Destinations

Asia Pacific Airlines flies to the following destinations:

Fleet

Current fleet

The Asia Pacific Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2021):

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft as of August 2016: *2

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*1 Boeing 727-200F Super27 *1

Accidents and incidents

*On February 26, 2016, a

(registered N86425) landed in

Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport , also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, east of the capital city of Hagåtña (formerly Agana) in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is ...

from

Pohnpei Pohnpei "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')" (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, Proto-Chuukic-Pohnpeic: ''*Fawo ni pei)'' is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnp ...

without a nose wheel landing gear.

References

External links

Official website
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