Pacific Aviation will provide Passenger Service and Flight Operations handling on behalf of Jet Airways at San Francisco International Airport when they begin services to the west coast in June, 2008. The airline, which recently won the Excellence Award for the ‘Best Full Service Airline in India’ for the year 2007 by the Air Passengers Association of India, will operate daily, Boeing 777-300 service Mumbai-Shanghai-SFO. Pacific Aviation strongly welcomes the opportunity to serve as Jet Airways’ handling partner on this exciting and important route.
Pacific Aviation is pleased to announce that it will begin offering services at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in May 2008.
Pacific Aviation has been awarded the contract to provide Passenger Services on behalf of Air Tran Airways in Sea-Tac Airport beginning May 6th. The Company has been Air Tran's service provider in SFO for the past two years and is excited about expanding its relationship with them with the opening of a new station.
The Company looks forward to bringing its unique brand of service and Commitment to Excellence to the airline community at Sea-Tac.
Cathay Pacific has awarded the contract to provide Passenger Services for its flights at Los Angeles International Airport to Pacific Aviation. The two companies enter into an agreement that is indicative of their common goals and which creates a foundation on which the partnership can continue to flourish in the future. Pacific Aviation will take over the handling of Cathay’s flights effective May 16, 2008, and looks forward with great anticipation to a strong partnership with Cathay Pacific Airways.
It was an eventful year at Pacific Aviation with every department having enjoyed some measure of growth.
It began with the Transport Department’s move to a larger facility on La Cienega Blvd. and the establishment of a permanent base there.
In May, the Flight Operations Department began providing Aircraft Dispatch services to ANA and Malaysia Airlines. Shanghai Cargo Airlines followed during the summer with Flight Operations, Crew Administration, Load Control and Ramp Coordination.
As the summer came to a close, so did the transportation services for the Interim Business Class Lounge at LAX, which finally closed in October after a year in operation. Although a challenging project, the IBCL afforded Pacific Aviation the opportunity to demonstrate its reliability while providing scheduled services to the Premium passengers of the many fine carriers at the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
The requirement for transportation on the airfield at LAX did not end with the IBCL. In September, the company was contracted by the City of Los Angeles to provide scheduled transportation services to the remote gates from the Tom Bradley International Terminal. The request for these temporary services came at short notice but the company was able to meet the challenge and exceed expectations throughout the term of the project.
The fall proved to be even more exciting as Pacific Aviation had the honor of beginning Passenger Service handling on behalf of KLM in San Francisco on October 28th. Passenger Handling start-ups for Japan Airlines and Malaysia Airlines in LAX followed only four days later. Despite the heavy workload associated with three nearly simultaneous start-ups, one airline official commented, “This is the smoothest startup I have ever experienced”.
The Directors wish to express their gratitude to the many individuals and organizations that entrusted Pacific Aviation to provide services on their behalf during this past year. Sincere thanks are also due to the company’s highly dedicated Management Team, without whom these successes could not have been achieved.
Light is an unending symbol of hope and holds, deep spiritual significance for people during Deepawali. Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and many others in India and around the world light lamps in celebration, symbolizing the victory of good over evil.
Pacific Aviation's Air India team at LAX, celebrated Deepawali in its true spirit. The check-in counters were decorated with traditional Diyas and Torans, Sweets were distributed to all passengers and the team were attired in traditional Indian outfits to welcome the festival of light and spread joy and happiness around.
Pacific Aviation was honored by being selected as the partner to provide Passenger Handling services for Malaysia Airlines' flights at LAX beginning on November 1, 2007.
Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, is recognized as one of Asia's largest, flying more than 48,000 passengers to some 100 destinations across 6 continents every day. The airline holds a lengthy record of service and best practices excellence, having received more than 100 awards in the last 10 years.
Pacific Aviation has been working with Malaysia Airlines since it began the handling of its Flight Operations services in May of 2007 and is now looking forward to expanding on its excellent relationship with the carrier at Los Angeles International Airport.
Pacific Aviation has been awarded the contract to provide Passenger Handling services on behalf of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at San Francisco International Airport.
Founded in 1919, KLM is one of the world's oldest and most reputed airlines. The Airline merged with Air France in 2004 in a business model that is unique in the aviation industry. Under the Air France-KLM holding company, both KLM and Air France operate as network airlines: via hubs, or transfer airports, the Sky-Team Alliance members maintain a worldwide network of services to European and intercontinental destinations.
KLM operates daily non-stop service between San Francisco and Amsterdam. Pacific Aviation is pleased to be its newest handling partner on the west coast, and looks forward to this opportunity to build a stong partnership with one of the world's finest airlines.
Pacific Aviation was honored recently by being selected to provide Passenger Handling Services on behalf of Japan Airlines at LAX. The contract is set to begin on November 1, 2007. The company has provided transportation services for JAL crews for several years but this will be the first opportunity to expand its relationship with the One World member. The entire Pacific Aviation team is very pleased and excited about having the opportunity to "Dream Skyward" with Japan Airlines.
In April 2007, Pacific Aviation was awarded contracts to provide Flight Operations services to All Nippon Airways and Malaysia Airlines at LAX. Startup for both contracts is set for mid-May.
Pacific Aviation has been providing Flight Operations to ANA at its SFO station for the past seven years. The entire Pacific Aviation team is pleased to have the opportunity to expand their valued relationship with ANA into LAX.
This will be the company's first opportunity to serve Malaysia Airlines and to establish what all involved expect will be a strong and successful relationship.
Pacific Aviation has been involved in Flight Operations services since 1998 and is dedicated to providing "The most thorough and professional Flight Operations services in the region."
In December 2006, Pacific Aviation hosted a holiday cocktail party at the “Top of the Radisson”. The event was a great success with friends and colleagues from around the LAX airport community in attendance, including airline management and representatives from various government agencies. We also enjoyed having special guests from SFO present for the event.
Special thanks go to all those who came to spend their evening with us. We hope to see you all next year!
Last December, Pacific Aviation hosted a holiday party for its LAX employees. Staff from every department enjoyed great food, games, dancing and a lot of very loud chanting! The company’s entire LAX team had the opportunity to spend time together and “let loose” in a casual environment. (...which they did!)
To say the event was a success is truly an understatement and we wish to thank all those who put in their time and effort to make it all happen. It will be an effort to improve upon this event next year but certainly all involved will be eager to try.
Pacific Aviation is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to provide Passenger Services on behalf of Airtran Airways at San Francisco International Airport. Airtran presently operates three daily flights from SFO. The change in handling will coincide with Airtran’s upcoming move to Terminal 1, which is scheduled to take place in October 2006. Pacific Aviation is proud to welcome Airtran Airways as its customer and looks forward to building a strong relationship between the two companies.
LAXTEC Corp. has awarded the Interim Business Class Lounge (IBCL) transportation contract to Pacific Aviation. During the TBIT Lounge Reconstruction Project, LAXTEC Corp. will build an Interim Business Class Lounge near the American Airlines (formerly TWA) hangar. Under the agreement, Pacific Aviation will transport Business Class passengers on behalf of 13 participating carriers between the Tom Bradley International Terminal and the new IBCL. Pacific Aviation will provide busses to run continually for approximately 17 hours per day over the term of the agreement, which is estimated to last approximately 8 to 12 months.
In the summer of 2006, two international carriers were added to the list of airlines for which Pacific Aviation provides crew transportation. Pacific Aviation now provides transportation services to 16 scheduled airlines around Los Angeles International Airport, making over 500 scheduled trips per week. In order to maintain its on-time performance and offer maximum comfort to its passengers, the company has recently added several new large vehicles to its fleet and has plans of adding additional vehicles as operations continue to expand.
Every Halloween, Philippine Airlines-LAX invites Pacific
Aviation staff to dress for the occasion. 2005 was no
exception!
This Halloween, members of our Passenger Service team once
again expressed their creativity with a wide array of costumes, while still delivering top notch service to the
Passengers, who very much enjoyed the show. One passenger was
quoted as saying, "This is the best experience I have ever
had at an airport."
Thanks to Philippine Airlines for their support, to our
staff
for their participation and to the passengers for sharing in
the fun!
In 2005 a formal event was held to celebrate the company’s 10th anniversary. It was an evening filled with live music, fun & games, attended by Management and staff of Pacific Aviation along with our many valued clients and special friends.
Thanks to all those in attendance, especially those who traveled a great distance to join us for this memorable evening!
New Station Opening
