Royal Air Philippines

Royal Air Charter Service, Inc., operating as Royal Air Philippines, is a Philippine-registered budget airline. The company was established on 22 August 2002 as a chartered airline. It began operations as a budget airline on 14 December 2018, with an inaugural flight from its hub in Clark, Pampanga to the resort island of Boracay in Aklan.

Not to be confused with Royal Air.
Royal Air Philippines
IATA ICAO Callsign
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FoundedAugust 22, 2002 (2002-08-22)
HubsClark International Airport (Clark)
Focus citiesKalibo International Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations14
Parent companyRoyal Air Charter Service, Inc. (RACSI)
HeadquartersManila Office: Unit 707-5 Columbia Complex Bldg., Ninoy Aquino Ave., Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Clark Office: Bldg 7549, Clark International Airport Passenger Terminal Bldg., Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles, Pampanga Philippines
Key peopleEduardo C. Novillas (CEO)
Websitehttp://flyroyalair.com/

The airline currently operates a fleet of an Airbus A319-100, Airbus A320-200 aircraft, and provides domestic and international non-scheduled airline and cargo services to Manila, Lal-lo, Caticlan, Clark, Cebu, Nanning, Kalibo, Kunming, Shenzhen, and Macau.

History

The airline begun operation on August 22, 2002 as a charter airline. Royal Air Philippines entered in the scheduled commercial operation on December December 14, 2018 with its inaugural flight from Clark to Caticlan and return flight to Clark. Currently, its main hub is at Lal-lo Airport in Cagayan Valley.

Prior to its regular flights, the then RACSI, negotiated with the Department of Tourism, an agency of the government to establish a regular Macau-to-Subic Bay charter run.[1]

Destinations
Airport Area Served Notes/References
Godofredo P. Ramos Airport Caticlan
Clark International Airport AngelesHub
Cagayan North International Airport Lal-lo
Kalibo International Airport KaliboFocus City
Kunming Changshui International Airport Kunming
Macau International Airport Macau
Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong
Mactan-Cebu International Airport CebuHub
Ninoy Aquino International Airport Manila
Nanning Wuxu International Airport Nanning
Sihanouk International Airport Sihanoukville
Shenzhen Baoan International Airport Shenzhen
Yichang Sanxia Airport Yichang
Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport Zhangjiajie

Fleet
Royal Air Charter Fleet[2]
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 2 — 150 ex-Lanmei Airlines
Airbus A320-200 1 — 180
BAe Avro RJ100 3 — 97 ex-SWISS
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References
  1. De Vera, Analou (July 28, 2018). "DOT working with Royal Air Charter Service for Macau-Subic chartered flights". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  2. "Royal Air Philippines Fleet Details and History".
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