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592 # FLIGHT THE WORLD'S AIRLINES A Directory of Operators and their Fleets THE names, headquarters, routes and equipment detailed here cover all known operators of regular scheduled passenger services based on the latest available information. Operators of non-scheduled or freight or mail-only services are not included. An asterisk indicates that the company mentioned is a member of I.A.T.A., while a dagger indicates asssociate membership. Route mileage is shown to the nearest 500 miles for companies operating 500 or more miles of unduplicated routes. The full fleet is not always shown, only aircraft normally used on scheduled services being listed. British "independent" companies are listed on page 591. Aden Airways, Ltd., Aden (owned by B.O.A.C.). Routes: Local and to Ethiopia, East Africa, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria; mileage 6,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DG-3S. Aer Lingus Teoranta,* Dublin, Eire (Associate of B.E.A. and B.O.A.C). Routes: Domestic and to the United Kingdom, France and Netherlands. Fleet: 13 Douglas DC-3S; 4 Bristol 170s being delivered; 4 Vickers- Armstrongs Viscounts on order. Aero O/Y (Finnish Air Lines),* Helsinki, Finland (the Finnish national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Denmark, Germany and Sweden; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 8 Douglas DC-3S. Aero Africaine (Societe Africaine des Transports Tropicaux), Algiers, Algeria. Routes: To France, French West Africa and French Equatorial Africa. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S- and Lockheed Lodestars. Aero Geral, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic; mileage 1,500. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S and 4 Convair Cansos. Aeroflot (Grazdanskij Wozdusznyj Flot), Moscow, U.S.S.R. (the Soviet national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Austria, Bulgaria, China, CzecRosIovakia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Poland and Rumania; mileage 50,000. Fleet: IL 12s, LI 2s (Soviet DC-3S) and smaller types. Aerolineas Argentinas (Argentine Airlines),* Buenos Aires, Argentina (the Argentine national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Chile, Cuba, Europe and U.S.A.; mileage 35>500. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s, 6 DC-4S, 26 DC-3S, 5 Convair-Liners and 5 Short Sandringhams. Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S and DC-3S. Aeronorte (Empresa de Transportes Aereos Norte do Brasil, Ltda.), Sao Luiz, Brazil. Routes: In Northern Brazil. Fleet: 4 Percival Princes. Aero Portuguesa, Ltda.,* Lisbon, Portugal. Routes: Lisbon to Tangier and Casablanca; mileage 1,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Aerovias Brasil (Empresa de Trans portes Aerovias Brasil, S.A.), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic and to Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Miami and Venezuela; mileage 12,000. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-4S and 21 DC-3S. Aerovias Equatorianas, C.A., Quito, Ecuador. Routes: Domestic and to Miami. Fleet: Boeing Strato-jiners and Douglas DC-3S. Aerovias Guest, S.A.,* Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Mexico to Miami; mileage 1,000. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-4S. Aerovias "Q," S.A., Havana, Cuba' Routes: Domestic and to Florida; mileage 500. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S and 2 Curtiss Commandos. Aerovias Reforma, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domestic; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. Aerovias Transcontinentales, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Aigle Azur, Paris, France. Routes: France to Tunis and Morocco; French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa and French InSo-China. Fleet: 5 Boeing Stratoliners and 12 Douglas DC-3S. Air Algerie, Algiers, Algeria. Routes: Domestic and to France, Majorca and Switzerland; mileage 1,000. Fleet: 1 Breguet 761, 3 S.N.C.A.S.O. Bretagne and 11 Douglas DC-3S. Air Atlas, Casablanca, Morocco. Routes: Domestic and to France; mileage over 2,000. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S and 2 S.N.C.A.S.E. Langue- doc. Air Ceylon, Ltd.,* Colombo, Ceylon. Routes: Domestic and to India. Ceylon-Europe and Ceylon-Australia services operated by Australian National Airways (which has holding in Air Ceylon); mileage 12,500. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S; 2 DC-4S operated by A.N.A. Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France).*—See page 586. Air-India, Ltd., Bombay, India. Routes: Domestic and to Ceylon and Pakistan; mileage 4,000. Fleet: 7 Vickers-Armstrong Vikings, 12 Doug las DC-3S and 1 Douglas DC-4. Air-India International, Ltd.*— See page 586. Air Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Routes: To Cyprus, Egypt and the Lebanon. Fleet: 2 D.H. Doves and Airspeed ^Consuls. Air Liban,* Beirut, Lebanon (suc cessor to Compagnie Generate de Transports—C.G. de T.). Routes: Lebanon to Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Syria; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S and 1 S.N.C.A.S.E. Languedoc. Air Maroc, Paris, France. Routes: Morocco to France, Germany and Switzerland; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S, 4 Curtiss Com mandos, 3 S.N.C.A.S.O. Bretagne and 1 S.N.C.A.S.O. Corse. Air Services of India, Ltd., Bom bay, India. Routes: Domestic; mile age 2,000. Fleet: 8 Douglas DC-3S and 2 S.N.C.A.S.O. Corse II. Air Vietnam, Saigon, French Indo-China. Routes: Domestic and to Hongkong and Thailand; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S.DC-4S and 3 Bristol 170s (chartered from Air France). Airlines (W.A.), Ltd., Perth, Western Australia. Routes: In Western Aus tralia; mileage 4,500. Fleet: 3 D.H. Doves and 2 Avro Ansons. Airways (India), Ltd., Calcutta, India. Routes: Domestic; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 8 Douglas DC-3S. A.L.A.S.A. (Aerovias Latino Ameri-canas, S.A.), Tabasco, Mexico. Routes: Domestic; mileage 500. Fleet: 1 Douglas DC-3. Alaska Airlines, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. Routes: Domestic and to the United States. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S, DC-3S and other types. Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau, Alaska. Routes: Local. Fleet: Grum man Gray Geese. Alaska Island Airlines, Petersburg, Alaska. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Grumman Widgeon and Wacos. Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Inter-nazionale), Rome, Italy (an associate of B.E.A.). Routes: To Malta and Tripoli, Greece and the Lebanon, East Africa and South America. Fleet: 4 -Douglas DC-4S and 1 DC-3 (chartered from LAI). AU-American Airways, Inc., Wash ington D.C., U.S.A. Feederline with routes in the Eastern States. Fleet: n Douglas DC-3S. Alpts-Provence (Societe de Trans ports Aeriens Alpes-Provence), Mar seilles, France. Routes: To Djibouti and Bangui. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Convair Liberators. American Airlines, Inc.,* New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: Domestic and to Canada and Mexico; mileage 8,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-6s,DC-6Bs DC-4S and Convair-Liners; 25 DC-7S on order. Ansett Airways, Pty., Ltd., Mel bourne, Victoria, Australia. Routes: Local and to Brisbane, Sydney and Tasmania; mileage 2,500. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. Arab Airways Association, Ltd., Amman, Jordan. Routes: To Egypt and the Lebanon; mileage 500. Fleet: D.H. D/agon Rapides and Airspeed Consuls. Arctic Wings, Ltd., Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Routes: Regular services in Hudson Bay area and occasional mail services, as far north as Arctic Bay. Fleet: 2 Noorduyn Norseman, 1 Avro Anson and 1 Aeronca Champion. Arkia-Airlines in Israel, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel (Israel's domestic air line). Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Curtiss Commandos. Associated Air Taxi, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Routes: Local ser vices. Fleet: Not known. ATSA (Aero Transportes, S.A.), Caracas, Venezuela. Routes: Mexico City to Monterrey. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Australian National Airways, Pty., Ltd.t See page 586. Avensa (Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A.), Caracas, Venezuela (an associate of P.A.W.A.). Routes: Domestic; mile age 1,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S and 16 DC-3S. Avlanca (Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S.A.),* Bogota, Colombia (a subsidiary of P.A.W.A.). Routes: In South America and to Europe and the United States; mileage 8,000. Fleet: Lockheed Constellations, 8 Douglas DC-4S and 24 DC-3S. Aviateca (Empresa Guatemalteca de Aviacion), Guatemala City, Guate mala. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S. Aviacion y Comercio, S.A.,* Madrid, Spain. Routes: Domestic and to France, Canary Islands and West Africa. Fleet: 6 Bristol 170s; 3 more on order. Bahamas Airways, Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas, B.W.I. Routes: Inter- island and to U.S.A., Cuba and Jamaica. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, Convair Catalinas and Grumman Gray Geese. Barrier Reef Airways, Pty., Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Routes: Brisbane to islands off the Queensland coast; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 2 Short Sandringhams and 2 Convair Catalinas. Bharat Airways, Ltd., Calcutta, India. Routes: Domestic and to Burma, Singapore and Thailand; mileage 4,500. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-4S and 11 DC-3S. Bonanza Air Lines, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Nevada and Arizona. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S. Braathens South-American and Far East Airtransport A/S. (S.A.F.E.), Oslo, Norway (Norwegian independent operator). Routes: Nor way to India, Thailand and Hong kong; mileage 12,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-4S and 1 DC-3; 2 D.H. Herons on order for domestic routes. Braniff International Airways,* Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Routes: To Chicago, Denver, Memphis, Browns ville, other U.S. cities and through South America to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro; mileage 10,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s, 9 DC-4S and 16 DC-3S. Bristol Bay Airlines, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Routes: Local. Fleet: Bel- lanca Skyrocket, Stinson Station-wagon and Reliant. British Guiana Airways, Ltd., Georgetown, British Guiana. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-3S and 3 Grumman Gray Geese. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd.* (Associate of B.O.A.C.).—See page 587. British European Airways Cor poration.*—See page 585. British Overseas Airways Cor poration.*—See page 585. British West Indian Airways, Ltd., Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I, (owned by B.O.A.C.). Routes: In the West Indies and to Florida; mileage 5,000. Fleet: Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings and Lockheed Lodestars. Butler Air Transport, Pty., Ltd., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Sydney to country districts; nuleage 3,000. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S and 5 Avro Ansons. Byers Air Service, Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. Routes: "Local. Fleet: Stinsons and Cunningham-Halls. California Central Airlines, Bur-bank, Cal., U.S.A. Feederline routes in California. Fleet: 5 Martin 2-o-2s. Canadian Pacific Airlines, Ltd.*— See page 587. Capital Airlines, Inc., Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Routes: Extensive net work in Eastern States and to New Orleans, Memphis and Minneapolis; mileage 4,000. Fleet: Lockheed Con stellations, Douglas DC-4S, DC-3S and Super-DC-3s. Caribair (Caribbean Atlantic Air lines, Inc.), San Juan, Puerto Rico. Routes: Domestic and to Dominican Republic and Virgin Islands; mileage 390. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S. Caribbean International Airways, Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas, B.W.I. Routes: Jamaica to Cayman Islands and Florida. Fleet: Convair Catalinas. Caspar Air Charters and Agen cies, Ltd., Entebbe, Uganda (in association with E.A.A.C.). Routes: Local. Fleet: D.H. Rapides. CAT (Civil Air Transport), Taipeh, Taiwan (Formosa). Routes: For- mosan domestic routes and to Japan, Hongkong, French Indo-China and Thailand. Fleet: Skylarks (Curtiss Commandos) and Douglas DC-3S. Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd., Hongkong. Routes: Hongkong to Manila, French Indo-China, Labuan and Singapore; mileage 5,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S and DC-3S. CAUSA (Companja Aeronautica Uru-guaya, S.A.), Montevideo, Uruguay. Route: Montevideo-Buenos Aires; mileage 219. Fleet: 2 Short Sandring hams and 3 Short Hythes. Central Aerea, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.—See Consdrcio Na- cional de Transportes Aereos. Central African Airways Corpora tion,* Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Routes: In Central Africa and to South Africa; mileage 7,000. Fleet: 9 Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings and 5 D.H. C. Beavers. Central Air Transport Corpora tion (CATC), China. No information available. Central Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. Feederhne routes in the Central Southern States. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S.
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