Freedom Air (Guam)

For the former New Zealand airline, see Freedom Air. For the Delta Connection carrier, see Freedom Airlines.

Freedom Air (Aviation Services, Ltd.)

IATA ICAO Call sign FP FRE FREEDOM
Founded	1974 (1974)
Ceased operations	2013 (2013)
Hubs	Guam Saipan
Headquarters	Barrigada, Guam
Key people	Joaquin Flores (General Manager, Owner)
Website	www.freedomairguam.com

Freedom Air was an airline based in Barrigada, Guam,^[1] operated scheduled passenger and cargo services in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Its headquarters is located in Guam's Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.^[2]

The airline operated scheduled FAR part 121 passenger service between Guam, Rota and Saipan using a 30-seat Shorts 360 aircraft. Part 135 operations serve the Saipan-Tinian route using Piper Cherokee aircraft. It also operated cargo services using a Shorts 330 cargo conversion aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

Destinations

Guam (United States)

• Guam – Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (Main Hub)

Northern Mariana Islands (United States)

• Rota – Rota International Airport
• Saipan – Saipan International Airport (Hub)
• Tinian – Tinian International Airport

Fleet

The Freedom Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007):^[2]

• 1 Shorts 330-200 Sherpa Cargo configuration
• 1 Shorts 360-300 (30 Seat passenger configuration)

As of August 2006, the airline also operated:^[3]

• Piper PA-31 Navajo (7 Seat passenger configuration)
• Piper PA-23 Aztec (6 Seat passenger configuration)
• Piper PA-28 Cherokee (6 Seat passenger configuration)
• Cessna 172 Skyhawk (3 Seat passenger configuration)

See also

• Pacific Island Aviation (Another defunct airline of this region, operated from 1988 to 2005)

References

1. "Airline." Yellow Pages Inc. 12 of 354. Retrieved on February 10, 2010.
2. Flight International 3 April 2007
3. "Freedom Air fleet detail". Archived from the original on 2008-08-07. Retrieved 2008-06-09.

External links

• Official Freedom Air website