Lionair (Philippines)

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| founded = 2011

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| ceased = 2020[https://airlinehistory.co.uk/airline/lionair-2/ Lionair] airlinehistory.co.uk, accessdate September 20, 2020

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| bases = Ninoy Aquino International Airport

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| website = {{citation |url=http://www.lionairinc.com/ |title=Official website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330035738/http://www.lionairinc.com/|archive-date=March 30, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2022 }}

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Lionair, Inc., operated as Lionair, was a charter airline and a general aviation company that operated in the Philippines with base operation in Pasay.{{Cite web | url=http://lionairinc.com/website/contact.html | title=Lionair Incorporated - Private Jet, Executive Jets, AirCharter, Jet Charter with Guaranteed prices}} It operated charter passenger using fixed-wing and rotary-winged aircraft.

History

On August 2, 2011, the Philippine Senate conducted a hearing on the alleged involvement of the company in the sale to the Philippine National Police of used helicopters that were described as brand new.{{Cite news |author=Gutierrez, Angelo L. |title=Suppliers pin Mike Arroyo to PNP choppers deal |work=The Philippine Star |date=August 2, 2011 |url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=63&articleid=712536 |accessdate=August 3, 2011}}

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) had grounded Lionair in late March 2020, after a second fatal crash in just over six months.

Fleet

Accidents and incidents

On September 1, 2019, a Beechcraft Super King Air 350 on a medevac mission from Dipolog crashed into a resort in Calamba, Laguna, due to engine failure. The aircraft, registered as RP-C2296, was written off. All nine passengers on board died.{{cite news| url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/09/02/1948378/laguna-plane-crash-9-dead |title=Laguna plane crash: 9 dead |work= Ed Amoroso, Emmanuel Tupas |agency= The Philippine Star |date=September 2, 2019 |accessdate= September 2, 2019}}
On March 29, 2020, a Lionair IAI Westwind plane registered as RP-C5880{{cite tweet|number=1244498919167418368|user=PhilippineStar|title=The airline involved in the accident of RP-C5880 is Lionair, Inc., a charter airline operating and registered in th… |date=March 30, 2020}} caught fire and exploded, while taking off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, killing all eight people on board. The aircraft was on a medevac mission to Tokyo, Japan.{{cite news

|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lion-air-plane-explosion-kills-eight-in-philippines-including-1-canadian-1.5514065 |title=Small plane explosion kills 8 in Philippines, including 1 Canadian |work=CBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=March 29, 2020 |access-date=March 29, 2020}}

References

Category:Defunct airlines of the Philippines

Category:Airlines established in 2011

Category:Airlines disestablished in 2020

Category:Defunct charter airlines

Category:Companies based in Pasay

Category:Philippine companies established in 2011

Category:2020 disestablishments in the Philippines