we just got back in manila from caticlan. we were on board flight 879 of asian spirit 1pm. we had a very uncomfortable flight...it was as though a drunk driver was in chrage! from the time we sat down till take off...it was like riding a roller coaster and can you imagine the landing....what horror. all the passengers were alert and feeling the discomfort.though the trip to boracay from manila flight was comendable last feb 8..now i have mixed feelings about rifing with asian spirit again....has anyone experienced this?
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Dear ManilaLPD,
why not file a report or complaint with Asian Spirit, and kindly post Asian Spirit%26#39;s response (if any)? I%26#39;m sure many would be interested. Is it not also possible, though, that turbulence or other conditions (storm, etc.) may have caused the erratic flight?
GeoVan
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That happened to me when my hubby %26amp; I went to Boracay in 2003. What do you expect, the plane is turbo propelled? My husband swore he will never take that flight again. And since it was my idea, I got all the blame LOL
Fast forward to 2006, my sister and her friends were clutching rosaries on their flight to Caticlan. So rattled they were that they switched to PAL for their return flight to Manila.
I have never flown with Asian Spirit Before but from your flight description, As 3cia mentioned the fleet Asian Spirit run are a little more outdated than both PAL and CEB. Being a short flight and Turbo Prop aircraft means that pilots decide not to cruise at a high altitude, its a waste climbing ( having a higher fuel Burnoff) then just descending, As alot of the time due to the location of the Philippines in relation to the Equator your going to get bad weather, thunderstorms with there associated turbulence lighting and heavy rain. I doubt you%26#39;ll ever get a smooth flight on that particular leg Manila-Caticlan.
That was a good technical explanation JetPilot. In fairness, we experienced a bumpy ride on board a PAL flight in 2002. We were seated at the tailend of the plane. It was really like on a roller coaster. It was sunny but suddenly, there was a turbulence. My friends were just laughing it of, maybe because we knew we were in a ';bigger plane';?
Jetpilot: are you a computer pilot? I%26#39;ve had dozens of very smooth and quiet flights in the Philippines, despite location to Equator, trade winds, monsun winds, etc.
I am a licenced Australian pilot, I never said all flights would be rough! Even though you fly in a larger plane it doesn%26#39;t really make all that much difference, turbulence isn%26#39;t scared of the big planes, lol. From my studies in meteorology there are many factors which will determine if a particular route is smooth or not, things like time of the day or year in which you fly, afternoons seem to be the worst time to fly in the tropics. Those big puffy clouds you see in the skies over the Philippines often before a thunderstorm starts is usually a good indication to expect a bumpy ride. As I said though there are many factors which will determine the smoothness of a particular route.
You are correct. I had besides of the majority quiet flights, quite some scary flights with landing in a terrible tropical thunderstorm, turning back in Caticlan back to Manila due to sudden very low and very dark clouds, rain and wind, etc. However, these are the disadvantages of flying and that not only in the Philippines.
i rode asian spirit to caticlan last december even with many negative feedbacks years ago. flight went well even with the turboprop plane. on our way back, we encountered a ';turbulence'; but we almost didnt feel it.
i rode an even smaller plane (19 seater) to palawan and that went well as well.
ManilaLpd,
the hard landing may also have been due to the fact that Caticlan has a relatively short runway.
Cebu Pacific and Asian Spirit are presently collaborating on extending the runway in Caticlan.
GeoVan
We are planning to take the Asian Spirit flight to Caticlan on June 1-4, but after reading this thread, I%26#39;m kinda scared since we%26#39;ll be bringing our toddler with us and she might get scared. I just learned that Asian Spirit has two kinds of flights to Caticlan- one that takes about an hour and the other one a jet plane that takes about 35 minutes. I am leaning towards taking the aircraft with the shorter travel time, but would the smoothness of the ride be affected by this? Also, the quicker jet plane is bigger that their regular plane in the sense that the jet can accommodate 100 pax. Please advise whether or not I should go with Asian Spirit or just opt for Cebu-Pacific%26#39;s Caticlan route. Any feedback on CEB will be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks super.
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