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Philippine Airlines was created by a group of businessmen led by Andres Soriano, one of the country's leading industrialists. One month after being merged by a group of Filipino businessmen, a twin-engine, five beech 18 aircraft flew into the sky from Nelson Airport in Makati to Baguio. PAL became the first Asian airline to fly across the Pacific Ocean when it operated a Douglas DC-4 charter flight, the first of several flights that originally carried 40 U.S. military personnel home. Each crossing took 41 hours, with refueling in Guam, Wick, Kvadrin, and Honolulu. The Philippines and the United States have signed an air treaty. Among other things, the treaty limits the Philippines to one Pacific route that Philippine Airlines has opened, while American Airlines is allowed to exchange two routes. It also gives Manila and a fifth freedom right outside Manila, while the Philippines only allows traffic to and from the United States.