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, Quezon City 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. [2] [3]
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 Batanes, Cagayan and Isabela to launch the Northern Luzon Aeronautical Highway. [4] The aeronautical highway was a project of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is a cousin of the company's founder. [5]
Its initial routes included flights from Tuguegarao to Maconacon, Isabela and Basco, Batanes, flights from Cauayan, Isabela to Maconancon and Palanan, Isabela, as well as a flight from Laoag to Batanes. [6] In June 2010, the company began offering flights to Baguio via Loakan Airport and Boracay via Caticlan Airport. [7] [8]
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 Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft to conform to international standards. It resumed operations on 29 May 2011. [9] [10]
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