Filipinas Orient Airways
Filipinas Orient Airways, Inc. was founded by originally Lebanese refugee family Karam (later Caram) in the Philippines in 1964, under Republic Act No. 4147.[1] FOA was granted the franchise to provide air transport service in the Philippines and between the Philippines and other countries on June 20, 1964, despite legal opposition by Philippine Airlines. [2]
Service
A Filipinas Orient Airways Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R at Manila International Airport in 1974.
FOA - also known as "Fairways" - started their domestic flight operations in the Philippines on January 5, 1965 using DC-3 aircraft .
Their early days appear to have been crash-ridden with the loss of four DC-3 and one DC-6 within the first 4 years of operation.
They went on to operate Sud Aviation Caravelles and Nord 262, later to be replaced
by NAMC YS-11.
Their flight operations were ended after the declaration of Martial Law by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on 21 September 1972.[3]
Philippine Airlines eventually took over the planes and routes of FOA.
Accidents and incidents
On 23 April 1969, Douglas DC-3A PI-C947 was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident at Roxas City Airport. All 31 passengers and crew survived.[4]
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Manila, Philippines