Filipinas Orient Airways, Inc. was an airline founded by the originally Lebanese refugee family Karam (later Caram) in the

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in 1964, under Republic Act No. 4147. 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

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. The company slogan was ''The Nation's Flag Carrier.''

Service

Filipinas Orient Airways Caravelle Volpati

FOA - also known as "Fairways" - started their domestic flight operations in the

on January 5, 1965 using DC-3 aircraf

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

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and

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, later to be replaced by

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. Their flight operations were ended after the declaration of

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by then Philippine President

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on 21 September 1972.

eventually took over the planes and routes of FOA.

Fleet

* Douglas DC-3A *

Destinations

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 Roxas Airport ( Hiligaynon: ''Hulugpaan sang Roxas'', Tagalog: ''Paliparan ng Roxas'') is a domestic airport serving the general area of Roxas City and the province of Capiz, in the Philippines. The airport is currently classified as a Class 1 p ...

. All 31 passengers and crew survived.

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