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Sea Air

 

 

 

South East Asian Airlines Intrernational (SEAIR-I) is the Philippines’ premier leisure airline. The airline received its corporate registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 25 March 1995 mainly to operate aircraft leasing, chartering and few domestic scheduled flights. In May 1995, the airline was registered with the Clark Special Economic Zone to operate services in the Clark-Manila-Subic area and to tourist destinations throughout Luzon and the Visayasregions. It has had continual route expansion and opened a hub in Zamboanga City in 2002.

 

On 16 December 2010, Tigerair enter the Philippines market by proxy, without setting up an airlines in Philippines. Instead, Tigerair goes into partnership with SEAir, whereby Tigerair will lease aircraft to SEAir, and SEAir will operate the aircraft in SEAIR'S livery, using SEAIR'S pilot and cabin crew. Seats on the flight operated by SEAIR using aircraft leased from Tiger will be sold and marketed by Tiger for SEAIR. 

 

In February 2011, Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd, parent of Tigerair, purchase 32.5% shares of SEAir Inc. They increase the shares to 40% in August 2012.

In December 2012, CAB approved SEAir's application to form SEAir International. SEAIR will fly domestic and long-haul international route. It will be a full-service airline focusing on leisure destinations. SEAIR is an independent operation from Seair Inc. which has now rebranded as “Tigerair Philippines.” “The two carriers have some common shareholders but it is not a unit of the other. Seair-I was formed to take on the turboprop division which was excluded in the share sale with Tigerair. Founded in 1995 as SEAir or South East Asian Airlines, it became Tigerair Philippines after the Singapore-based low-cost carrier, Tigerair acquired a 40% ownership share. Following approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, SEAir Inc was renamed "Tigerair Philippines" on 7 June 2013.

 

In January 2014 Tiger Air Philippines was acquired by cebu pacific together with all of it shares. Now SEA AIR is an independent airline again and operates 2 model of airfleet the Dornier 328’s , the fastest Jet Props in the region and the boeing 737 which use only use for freighter the only dedicated cargo aircraft in the country today.