FAT Taiwan Inc. (遠東航空股份有限公司 Yuǎndōng Hángkōng Gǔfènyǒuxiàngōngsī), doing business as Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT, 遠東航空 Yuǎndōng Hángkōng), is an airline with its head office in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China).
Established in 1957, it operated domestic services from Taipei and Kaohsiung to five regional cities and international services to Southeast Asia, South Korea and Palau. Its main base was Taipei Songshan Airport. After a chain of financial crises broke out in early 2008, the airline publicly announced its bankruptcy and stopped all flights on and beyond 13 May 2008. The airline restarted its services on April 18, 2011.
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... On 24 February 1969, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a Handley Page Dart Herald, crashed near Tainan City ... On 31 July 1975, Vickers Viscount B-2029 of Far Eastern Air Transport crashed at Taipei Songshan Airport killing 27 of the 75 people on board ... The Viscount was leased from FAT On 22 August 1981, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103, a Boeing 737, broke up in flight ...
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