WCC Aviation, Inc., operating as Sky Pasada, is an airline based in Binalonan,

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owned and operated by the Guico family. Founded in 2010, it primarily serves the northern

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provinces of

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and Isabela as well as Baguio City from its hub at Binalonan Airport.

History

SkyPasada started in 2005 as the WCC Pilot Academy (now WCC Aeronautical and Technical College), an aviation school established by World Citi Colleges, which was an educational institution in Cubao,

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founded by the Guico family of Binalonan, Pangasinan. In 2008, the aviation school began operating from a private airstrip that the family built in Binalonan. On 19 February 2010, the Guico family founded SkyPasada and began offering charter flights to various destinations in Northern Luzon after it signed a memorandum of understanding with the provincial governments of

and Isabela to launch the Northern Luzon Aeronautical Highway. The aeronautical highway was a project of

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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is a cousin of the company's founder. Its initial routes included flights from

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to Maconacon, Isabela and

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, flights from Cauayan, Isabela to Maconancon and Palanan, Isabela, as well as a flight from Laoag to Batanes. In June 2010, the company began offering flights to

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via

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and

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via Caticlan Airport. On 1 July 2010, the airline temporarily suspended operations after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines ordered the company to repair its fleet of two

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aircraft to conform to international standards. It resumed operations on 29 May 2011.

Destinations

As of July 2024, Sky Pasada flies to the following domestic destinations: * Basco - Basco Airport * Binalonan - Binalonan Airfield * Calayan - Calayan Airport * Cauayan - Cauayan Airport * Laoag -

Laoag International Airport Laoag International Airport is an airport serving the general area of Laoag, the capital city of the province of Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. It is the only airport in Ilocos Norte and is the northernmost international airport in the Ph ...

* Maconacon - Maconacon Airport * Palanan - Palanan Airport *

- Tuguegarao Airport *

Fleet

As of April 2024, Sky Pasada's fleet includes the following aircraft:

Incidents

* On 9 February 2012, Sky Pasada flight SP0633, a Let L-410 operating from

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, overran the runway due to strong winds. As a result, the landing gear of the aircraft was destroyed.

References

{{Airlines of the Philippines Airlines of the Philippines Companies based in Quezon City Airlines established in 2010 Philippine companies established in 2010