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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.[2] It operated charter passenger using fixed-wing and rotary-winged aircraft.[2]

Not to be confused with Lion Air.

The lead section of this article may need to be rewritten. (August 2020)

Lionair, Inc.

Founded	2011
Ceased operations	2020[1]
Operating bases	Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Website	Official website, archived from the original on March 30, 2020, retrieved April 27, 2022

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.[3]

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.[1]

Fleet

• Cessna Citation 500
• IAI Westwind I
• IAI Westwind II
• Beechcraft B200 King Air
• Let L-410 UPV
• Robinson R44

Accidents and incidents

• On September 1, 2019, a Beechcraft Super King Air 350 on a medevac mission from Dipolog City 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.[4]
• On March 29, 2020, a Lionair IAI Westwind plane registered as RP-C5880[5] 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.[6]

References

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