Aboitiz Air was a cargo airline

Cargo airline

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 based in Pasay City

Pasay City

The City of Pasay is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It is bordered on the north by the country's capital, Manila, to the northeast by Makati City, to the east by Taguig City, and Parañaque City to the south.Pasay City was one of the original four...

, Manila

Manila

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, the Philippines

Philippines

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. It operates transport of bulk cargo

Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, as a liquid or as a mass of relatively small solids , into a bulk carrier ship's hold, railroad car, or tanker truck/trailer/semi-trailer body...

 and express parcels throughout the Philippines. It has been rebranded as 2GO.

Code data

• ICAO Code: BOI
• Callsign: ABAIR

History

The airline was established on 28 January 1988 as a joint venture by Aboitiz and Andres Soriano. The company signed a memorandum of understanding

Memorandum of understanding

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 on marketing and sales activities for domestic cargo operations with Cebu Pacific

Cebu Pacific

Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific Air, is based on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport , Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It offers scheduled flights to both domestic and international destinations...

 in August 1997. It also leased all the cargo holds of Cebu Pacific's Douglas DC-9 aircraft. It was wholly owned by Aboitiz One.