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Orient Airways Ltd. (Urdu: اورینٹ ایَیر ویز لمیٹڈ) was an airline established in 1946 with its base in Calcutta, Bengal, British India. The airline shifted operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in 1947, [ 2 ] and was rechristened as Pakistan International Airlines in 1955.
Filipinas Orient Airways, Inc. was an airline founded by the 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 ...
Founded on 29 October 1946 by Mirza Ahmad Ispahani and Adamjee Haji Dawood as Orient Airways, the airline was initially based in Calcutta, British India, before shifting operations to the newly independent state of Pakistan in August 1947. Orient Airways was nationalised to form the Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC). [4]
On 11 March 1955 Orient Airways was merged with a proposed airline of the Pakistan Government and turned into Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, the national airline of Pakistan. [5] The company expanded into multi-dimensional business activities including jute, tea, textiles, engineering, shipping, matches and plywood. [ 2 ]
March 26: A Douglas C-47B (registration VR-AAA) operated by Aden Airways crashed on landing at Hadibo, Yemen; all 17 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. [11] March 26: A Douglas C-47A (registration AP-AAH) operated by Pakistan International Airlines crashed near Lowery Pass, Pakistan, killing 22 of 26 on board. [12]
Fil-Asian Airways: R1: RDV: FILASIAN: 2013: 2015: Filipinas Orient Airways: FE: 1964: 1972: Merged into Philippine Airlines: Grand Air: 8L: GDI: 1994: 1999: The airline was forced to close because of a debt problem. Iloilo-Negros Air Express: 1932: 1947: Merged with Philippine Airlines and revived in 2001 to INAEC. Island Transvoyager: ITI ...
In 1963, the national airline PIA (which evolved from the Calcutta-based Orient Airways) launched scheduled helicopter flights between Dacca and regional cities. For short-haul operations in East Pakistan's delta region, PIA set up a network of scheduled helicopter routes, using Sikorsky S-61Ns. The first commercial flight took place on 25 ...
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), formerly the Orient Airlines Association, [1] is a trade association of major scheduled international airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region. Established in 1966 with headquarters in Makati , Philippines, the association has moved to its present headquarters in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. [ 2 ]