MWA - Maranatha World Airways (Philippines)

Maranatha Aviation formerly known as Maranatha World Airways-MWA is Philippine based airline also has many bases in other nearby countries such as Japan, Taiwan, and Alaska (US).
The word Maranatha is that from the Aramaic word which means "come, our lord!"
== History ==
Founding
In 1958 The Airline was founded as Pentecostal Air Corps as acquired DC-3 aircraft to operated along side with large airlines 
File:Pentecostal Air Corps 1958-1963.png|1958 - early 1960s
File:Pentecostal DC-3 1958 at Loakan Baguio.jpg|1958 Pentecostal Air Corp Opens one of their first route to Baguio that until now the route is still active for Regional
Upgrade
1960-1969 The Airline Bought DC-8 and B707 aircraft to open the first International Routes not only for Asian Routes, but also for trans-Pacific routes and European Routes. The Airline Also buys 20 NAMC YS-11 from Japan.
Wide-body era and Change Name
On 1970 The Airlines Change it’s name to Maranatha International Airlines or M.I.A
File:Retro 70s.png|Logo Between 1969-1995
In the early 70 the airline expands its routing from only domestic to international, and start buying dozens of Boeing B737-200 ADV and Bac One-11.
On 1977 The Airline Bought 20 B747-200B and 25 DC-10 to Substitute for the narrow body B707, and DC-8 
1980s-1995 Further Expansion, and Introduction to Airbus
The Airline starts ordering the Airbus Aircraft since the A300 program has started. The Airline also Leased one Concorde a supersonic jetliner In late 1970s until 2003
In 1983 The Airline Bought 15Airbus  A300-600, 15 Boeing B757-200 ,20 B737-500/600(in the 90s) aircraft, and retiring the old DC-3 aircraft 
In 1990s The airline bought the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Boeing B747-400 replacing the DC-10 and old B747-200B
The Airline also converted some of it’s DC-8 into Freighter and opening the Maranatha Cargo Airlines
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New Transitions 
The Airline once again change its name from MIA - Maranatha International Airways to MWA - Maranatha World Airways, It also change it's ICAO from MIA to MWA considering changing it’s livery into more modern design. The Airline Open it’s new Routes to the rest of Europe, Latin American, and some places in Africa and Arabs countries 
The Airline also Bought Boeing B737-500 to replace the Bac One Eleven and B737-200s 
In early 2000s The Airline Retired all of its B747-200B and DC-10 and B707 to replace with the new A320 Aircraft and A340-500 On 2005 then MWA expands it Freighter fleet with new B747-400ERF,MD-11F soon for B747-8F and B777F.Considering the conversion of A300-600 into Cargo, and selling the rest of its A300 fleet,and expanding the  freighter routes, and adding a new hubs to Clark International Airport a former US Airbase, and to Anchorage, Alaska in US.
In 2008 Then Airline Bought A330-300s to support the Arabian Routes and even Some Asian Routes
In year 2010 MWA is now expanding it’s Hubs to Naha, Okinawa and Haneda Tokyo Areas While the fleet is expanding Because of Airport Congestion In Manila Area. At the same time opening it’s 2nd Regional Hub to Mactan-Cebu Airport.
In 2015 New Livery Branding was Introduce I was given a nickname as “The Clean Livery”.
The airline also acquire many Aircrafts such as A350-900,B787-8,A320NEO,A321NEO
In 2016 MWA rebrand their Regional airline Into “Maranatha Connection” from “Maranatha Regional Express”, And Renewing the Fleet with ATR72-600,A220-300 and from it’s mainline  the older A320-200 to replace with A320NEO from the Mainline fleet.
In 2018 MWA Rebrand the Cargo into Maranatha Cargo, and acquire the B747-8F,B777-200F and Converting all of older B747-400 into B747-400BCF and all of it’s MD-11.
Also In 2018 MWA is now make It’s First Partner Airline with GAI - Green Airlines .Inc That is also base in The Philippines.
In 2020 MWA introduce the Maranatha Aviation as the new Branding for the whole brand, and making it as One Airline with 3 branches, The same year MWA opens the Polar Routes.
=== 2020-2021 Pandemic and Recovery ===
MWA Closes many of Its Routes  to prevent spreading of the virus, and accessing only for Cargo Flights
as many routes are close MWA decide to retire all of it’s A340-500 and selling the A330-300 fleets to other airline.
In 2021 The Airline decide to order A330-800NEO. The A330-800NEO is a bit shorter the A330-300 
Because of the pandemic, they will be able to reduce the number of passengers flying, so they thought that they would use a short plane but it would save fuel so as not to affect the company's expenses.
2022
File:MWA 2022 New.jpg
Maranatha Aviation decides to change the livery again. they added a gray accent to the rear fuselage of the plane next to the navy blue color, at the same time they changed the name from MWA to MARANATHA, this livery will be called Billboard style inspired by Pan Am.
== VATSIM ==
MWA also Operates for VATSIM Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network. Is a network that you fly with other people around the world in real time with real ATCs. We also follow the real world flying procedure as well as how we operate our aircraft, and do our navigation and more. You can track some of our aircrafts using VATSCAN for Mobile and VATSPY for PC. To learn more about VATSIM please check out their website.
== Destinations ==
Further Information: List of Maranatha World Airways Destination
Maranatha World Airways operates a primary hub (Manila International Airport, and Clark International Airport for Cargo Operations), Two Regional Hubs (Mactan-Cebu International Airport, and Davao International Airport), and overseas hubs (Naha International Airport, Tokyo Haneda International Airport, New Chitose International Airport, Vladivostok International Airport, and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport for Cargo). The airline flies to destinations in Asia, North America, Oceania, Middle East, and Europe
== Fleet ==
Maranatha World Airways Fleet
Aircaft 	In service	Orders	Remarks
Airbus A320-200 	19 	 	To be retired by 2024 To replace by A320NEO
Airbus A320NEO 	24 	 	
Airbus A321NEO 	26 	 	Used for East Asian Routes
Airbus A330-300 	3 	 	13 were transferred at Aero Panay 
To be retire by 2025 Including (RP-C331M) the Rolls Royce Engine on the fleet
Airbus A330-800NEO	10 	 	To Replace Airbus A330-300 Fleet.
A330-900NEO 	16 	 	To Replace the A330-300, and adopting it's routes
A340-600 	4 	 	Acquire from Pentecostal/GKB Aviation Leasing
Airbus A350-900 	30 	 	Assigned for European Routes,and Nothern American
Airbus A380-800 	1 	 	Leased from Wala International
Boeing B737-MAX8 	16 	 	Replacing old A320-200 with IAE engines
Boeing B747-400ER 	15 	 	To be retired by 2030 
To be replace by Boeing B777-9
Assigned for American Routes Excluding Nothern Latin America
Boeing B777-300ER 	13 	 	
Boeing B777-9 	 	25 	Replacing old Boeing B747 and B777-300ER
Boeing B787-8 	12 	 	Assigned for Nothern Asian,Hawaiian,Oceania routes
2 B787-8 acquired from BVA/Vidal Air
Boeing 787-9 	8 	 	
Boeing B787-10 	6 	 	
Boom Overture 	 	4 	Commercial Supersonic Jetliner after the Concorde
Maranatha Connection (Regional)
Aircraft 	In Service	Order	Remarks
Airbus A320-200	15 	 	Transferred from Mainline
Tobe retired by 2025 To replace by 
Airbus A220-300
Airbus A220-300	26 	4 	
ATR-72-600 	17 	 	
ATR 72-200 	11 	 	
Maranatha Cargo
Aircrafts 	In Service	Orders	Remarks
Airbus A300-600F 	6 	 	One is Operated by Polar Air (Fictional Only)
Airbus A321NEO P2F 	14 	 	
Boeing B747-400ERF 	10 	 	
Boeing B747-400BCF 	4 	 	Formerly Operated by Maranatha World Airways in the 90s
Boeing B747-8F 	10 	 	
Boeing B757-200BCF/SF 	4 	 	Formerly Operated MWA, and Wala International and 2Gow Aviation then takeover by
LTAS Corp, But operated by Maranatha Aviation. All B757 Belongs to LTAS Corps
Boeing B767-300F 	10 	 	4 Aircraft are in DHL Hybrid Livery
Boeing B777-200F 	26 	 	
McDonnell Douglas / Boeing MD-11F/ERF	18 	 	
Airbus A380-800P2F 	1 	 	First A380 Freighter in the virtual world
Formerly Operated by Live Love /Rabu Bandori Airways
Historical Fleet
Aircraft 	Total	Introduced 	Retire
Douglas DC-3 	15 	1958 	1975
Douglas DC-8 	18 	1960 	1990-1018
NAMC YS-11 	20 	1967 	1987-1998
Boeing B707-320C 	15 	1962 	2017
Douglas DC-10 	25 	1976 	1994-2000
Boeing B747-200B 	20 	1978 	1997
BAC One-Eleven-600 	30 	1978 	1998-2012
Concorde 	1 	1986 (Leased) 	2003
Airbus A300-600 	15 	1986 	2006 (Some of them are Cargo)
Boeing B737-300 	20 	1984 	1998
Boeing B737-500 	6 	1997 	2002
Boeing B757-600 	15 	1999 	2009
McDonnell Douglas MD-80	10 	1986 	2000
Douglas DC-8F 	10 	1986 	2019
Lockheed L1011 Tristar 	10 	1986 (Leased) 	1992
Boeing B757-200 	12 	1995 	2008
Airbus A340-500 	8 	1997 	2019-2020
Boeing B747-200BCF 	2 	2000 (Converted from Passenger Ex-Malakas Air)	2004
Boeing B777-200ER/LR 	3 	2003 (Leased from Wala Leasing) 	2006 (Brought back to lessor for New B777-300ER).
ATR 42 	10 	2004 	2017 (Replaced by ATR 72)
C130-30 	1 	2020 	2022 Donate to Airforce (Not Mention)
== Livery ==
=== Former livery ===
The First Livery was in 1960s all the way to early 1970s was only bare metal with Yellow Strip on the windows with Percostal Air Corps on the side.
The MWA former "1970s Colors" or "Retro Color" Consist of Eurowhite at the top Metal Grey at the bottom and, Blue strips for the lower windows with the M.I.A Maranatha International Airlines Text on each side . All aircraft wearing this livery are either retired or repainted. on 2020 one Boeing B747-400ER was in this Livery. 
The Second Livery change was in 1995. That livery called as "90s Colours" or "Gray 1995" was consist on of Indigo, Yellow and Grey for whole Fuselage with newly change name M.W.A Maranatha World Airways on each side, One B747-400ER is also repainted with "90s colours"
=== 2015-2022 ===
The current was change in 2015 from Grey livery. The livery is consist of "Dark Navy, Grey and Eurowhite" on Its Tail With Dominant Eurowhite for the Fuselage, The MWA test is painted in Dark Navy is Maranatha World Airways overlaying. The "Operated By: Maranatha Aviation" is painted on Left Front part of Fuselage, There are each Bible Verse written on the Right Middle Front side of Fuselage, and also for the each nicknames are also written on Right Front part of the fuselage. The livery earned a nickname "The Clean Livery" but there are no official name for the current livery.
=== 2022 ===
They added a gray accent to the rear fuselage of the plane next to the navy blue color, at the same time they changed the name from MWA to MARANATHA, this livery will be called Billboard style inspired by Pan Am.
=== Special livery ===
There are few special livery on the fleet such as "Aviador PH Airline Alliance Fleet","Pacific Freight Alliance/Group" for B777-200F,"Let's move it Together" for B747-400ERF