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1952
1952 - 1371.PDF
16 May 1952 593 Central Northern Airways, Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Routes: Local. Fleet: Lockheed, Fairchild, Waco, Cessna, Avro Anson, Noorduyn Norseman and other types. Chicago and Southern Air Lines,* Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. Routes: Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, Hous ton, Kansas City, New Orleans and other U.S. cities, Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela; mileage 5,000. Fleet: 3 Lockheed Constellations, 5 Douglas DC-4S and 1* DC-3S. China National Aviation Corpora tion (CNAC), China. No information available. Christensen Air Service, Anchor age, Alaska. Routes: Local; mileage 75. Fleet: Noorduyn Norseman, Grumman Widgeon and Waco. CMA (Compania Mexicana de Avia- cion, S.A.), Mexico City, Mexico (subsidiary of P.A.W.A.). Routes: Domestic and to California and Cuba; mileage 5,000. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-6s, 5 DC-4S and 10 DC-3S. Colonial Airlines, Inc., New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: In the Eastern States and to Bermuda and Canada; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-4S and 8 DC-3S. Commercial Air Services (Pty.), Ltd., Johannesburg, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. Routes: Local. Fleet: 1 D.H. Dove, and Cessna 120, 140, 170 and 195. Compania Cubana de Aviacion, S.A.,* Havana, Cuba (subsidiary of P.A.W.A.). Routes: Domestic, and to Miami, Bermuda, Portugal and Spain; mileage 6,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S and 6 DC-3S. Compania de Aviacion Faucett, S.A., Lima, Peru. Routes: Domestic services; mileage 3,000. Fleet: Doug las DC-4S and DC-3S. Compania Dominicana de Avia cion, S.A., Ciudad Trujillo, Domini can Republic. (Associate ofP.A.W.A.) Routes: Domestic and to Puerto Rico and Florida; mileage 350. Fleet: 5 Curtiss Commandos and 2 Douglas DC-3S. Connellan Airways, Ltd., Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Austra lia. Routes: Local services; mileage 5,500. Fleet: D.H. Rapides. Consorcio Nacional de Trans- portes Aereos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Consists of Central Aerea, Ltda., Organisacao Mineira de Trans- portes Aereos (OMTA), Transposes Aereos Nacional, Ltda., and Viacao Aerea Brasil, S.A. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Continental Air Lines, Inc., Den ver, Colorado, U.S.A. Routes: In Denver, New Mexico, Texas, Okla homa and Kansas; mileage 2,500. Fleet: 5 Convair-Liners and 10 Douglas DC-3S. COPA (Compania Panamena de Aviacion, S.A.), Panama City, Panama (Associate of P.A.W.A.). Routes: Local. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-3S. Cordova Air Service, Inc., Cor dova, Alaska. Routes: Local. Fleet: Noorduyn Norseman, Cessna T-50 and other small aircraft. Corps d' Aviation de l'Armee Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti. Routes: Local; mileage 500. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Beech 18s. Cosara (Societe des Transports Aeriens de l'Extreme Orient), Saigon, French Indo-China. Routes: Local; mileage 2,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-6s. CSA (Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie, n.p.)*. Prague, Czechoslovakia (the Czech national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Roumania and Sweden; mileage 6,000. Fleet: IL 12s and Douglas DC-3S. Cyprus Airways, Ltd.,* Nicosia, Cyprus. (An associate of B.E.A. and B.O.A.C.) Routes: To Egypt, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Lebanon, Persian Gulf, Sudan and Turkey; mileage 2,500. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S. Deccan Airways, Ltd.,t Hyderabad, India. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S. Delta Air Lines, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Routes: To Chicago, Miami, New Orleans and Fort Worth; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s, 7 DC-4S and 19 DC-3S. DETA (Divisao de Exploracao des Transportes Aereos),* Lourenco Mar ques, Mozambique. Routes: Domes tic and to Durban, Johannesburg and Salisbury; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-35, 6 D.H. Doves, 5 D.H. Rapides, 2 Lockheed Lode stars, 1 Lockheed 14 and 1 Junkers Ju 52/3m. DHY (Devlet Hava Yollari), Ankara, Turkey (Turkish State Air Lines). Routes: Domestic and to Cyprus, Egypt and the Lebanon; mileage 2,500. Fleet: 31 Douglas DC-3S. DTA (Divisao des Transportes Aereos),* Luanda, Angola. Routes: Local and to Lec-poldville; mileage 2,500. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, D.H. Rapides and Stinson Reliants. East African Airways Corpora tion,* Nairobi, Kenya. (An associate of B.O.A.C.) Routes: In East Africa and to South Africa; mileage 3,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, Lockheed Lodestars and D.H. Rapides. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.t New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: Extensive network in the Eastern and Southern States and to Puerto Rico and Mexico; mileage 7,000. Fleet: 14 Lockheed L-J049 Super-Constellations, 20 L-649 and L-749 Constellations, 25 Douglas DC-4S, 29 DC-3S; Martin 4-0-4S coming into service and L-1049C Super-Constellations on order. East-West Airlines, Ltd., Tam- worth, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Inland route, Brisbane-Sydney; mile age 500. Fleet: 3 Lockheed Hudsons and 2 Avrn Ansons. El Al (Israel Airlines, Ltd.),* Tel Aviv, Israel. Routes: Israel to London and other European centres, U.S.A., East and South Africa. Fleet: 3 Lock heed Constellations, 2 Douglas DC-4S and Curtiss Commandos. Ellis Air Lines, Ketchikan, Alaska. Routes: Domestic; mileage 288. Fleet: 6 Grumman Gray Geese. Empire Air Lines, Inc., Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. Ethiopian Air Lines, Inc., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (the Ethiopian national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Aden, Egypt, Kenya, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan; mileage 7,000. Fleet: 2 Convair-Liners and 9 Douglas DC-3S. Federation Air Service, Singapore, Malaya (operating in association with Malayan Airways, Ltd.). Routes: Kuala Lumpur to Singapore and local services. Fleet: D.H.C. Beavers. Fiji Airways, Nandi, Fiji. Routes: Local. Fleet: 2 D.H. Rapides. Flugfelag Islands, H.F. (Iceland Airways),* Reykjavik, Iceland. Routes: Domestic and to the United Kingdom and Denmark. Fleet: 1 Douglas DC-4, 3 DC-3S, 1 Convair Catalina, 2 Cansos, 1 Grumman Gray Goose, 1 D.H. Dragon Rapide and 1 Noor duyn Norseman. Frontier Airlines, Inc., Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Colorado, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3S. Garuda Indonesian Airways N.V., Djakarta, United States of Indonesia (the Indonesian national airline). Routes: In Indonesia and to Manila and Singapore. Fleet: 8 Convair- Liners, 22 Douglas DC-3S and 8 Convair Cansos; 14 D.H. Herons on order. Gibbs-Sepik Airways, Port Mores by, New Guinea. Routes: Services in New Guinea. Fleet: D.H. Dragons and Noorduyn Norseman. Gibraltar Airways, Ltd., Gibraltar (subsidiary of B.E.A.). Route: Gib raltar to Tangier. Fleet: 3 D.H. Rapides. Gulf Aviation Co., Ltd., Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf. Routes: Local. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, Avro Ansons and D.H. Dove. Guinea Airways, Ltd., Adelaide, South Australia. Routes: Within South Australia and to N.S.W. and Victoria; mileage 1,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S. Hamiata (Sino-Soviet Aviation Cor poration), Alma Ata, U.S.S.R. Routes: Alma Ata to Hami; mileage 500. Fleet: Li 2s. Hawaiian Airlines, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii. Routes: Inter-island. Fleet: 13 Douglas DC-3S. Helicopter Air Service, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Short-haul mail operator. Routes: Helicopter mail services in Chicago area. Fleet: 6 Bell 47s. Himalayan Aviation, Ltd., Cal cutta, India. Routes: Domestic and to Afghanistan and Iran; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3s. Hong Kong Airways, Ltd., Hong Kong. Route: Hong Kong to Formosa. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S. Iberia (Lineas Aereas Espanolas),* Madrid, Spain (Spanish national air line). Routes: Domestic and to France, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, West Africa, South America and Cuba; mileage 20,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S, DC-3S, Jun kers Ju 52/3ms, Airspeed Consuls and D.H. Rapides; 4 Bristol 170s on order. Indian National Airways, Ltd., New Delhi, India. Routes: Domestic and to Burma, Nepal and Pakistan; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 6 Vickers- Armstrongs Vikings and 7 Douglas DC-3S. Iranian Airways Co., Teheran, Iran. Routes: Domestic and to Persian Gulf, Pakistan and India. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S, 3 D.H. Doves, 2 Fairchild Argus, and Curtiss Commandos. Iraqi Airways,* Baghdad, Iraq. (An associate of B.O.A.C.) Routes: To Persian Gulf, Egypt, the Lebanon and Syria. Fleet; 3 Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings and 3 D.H. Doves. Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Nihon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha), Tokyo, Japan. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Martin 2-0-2 and Douglas DC-4. Jugoslovenski Aero Transport (JAT),* Belgrade, Yugoslavia (the Yugoslav national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Austria, France, Germany, Greece and Switzerland. Fleet: 8 Douglas DC-3S and 2 Short Sealands. Kallinga Air Lines, Calcutta, India. Routes: Domestic; mileage 197. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S. Karhumaki Airways (Veljekset Kar- humaki), Kuorevesi, Finland. Routes: Domestic and to Sweden. Fleet: Lockheed Lodestars. K.L.M. (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij).*—See page 587. Korean National Airlines, Pusan, Korea. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Not known. LAB (Lloyd Aero Boliviano), Cocha- bamba, Bolivia. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. LACSA (Lineas Aereas Costarri- censes, S.A.), San Jose, Costa Rica (subsidiary of P.A.W.A.). Routes: Domestic and to Panama, Nicaragua, Cuba and the U.S.A. Fleet: Douglas DC-js and Curtiss Commandos. LADE (Lineas Aereas del Estado), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings and Douglas DC-3S. LAI (Linee Aeree Italiane, S.p.A.), Rome, Italy. Routes: Domestic and to France, Trieste, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunis and New York. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-6s and DC-3S. Lake Central Airlines, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Routes: Local. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Beech Bonanzas. LAMSA (Lineas Aereas Mexicanas, S.A.), Mexico City, Mexico (in association with United Air Lines). Routes: Domestic; mileage 1,500. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. LAN (Linea Aerea Nacional, Chile),* Santiago, Chile. Routes: Domestic and to the Argentine and Uruguay. Fleet: Martin 2-0-2S, Douglas DC-3S, Lockheed Lodestars, Electras and D.H. Dragon Rapides. La Nica (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua, S.A.), Managua, Nicaragua (an asso ciate of Pan American World Airways). Routes: Local; mileage 1,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. LANSA (Lineas Aereas Nacionales, S.A,), Barranquilla, Colombia (in association with Avianca). Routes: Domestic and to Cuba and U.S.A. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S and 13 DC-3S. LAV (Linea Aeropostal Venezolana),* Caracas, Venezuela. Routes: Domes tic and to Cuba, Peru and U.S.A.; mileage 7,000. Fleet: 4 Lockheed Constellations, 2 Martin 2-0-2S and 20 Douglas DC-3S. Leavens Brothers Air Services, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. Route: Leamington to Pelee Island. Fleet: Cessna Crane and Aeronca Sedan. Lineas Aereas del Pacifico, Ensen- ada, Mexico. Routes: Domestic ser vices; mileage 1,500. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Linea Aerea del Pacifico Sur, Ltda. (Lipa-Sur), Santiago, Chile. Routes: Local. Fleet: D.H. Dragon Rapides. Linea Aerea Taca de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Routes: Domes tic and to Colombia. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Loftleidir, H.F. (Icelandic Airlines), Reykjavik, Iceland. Routes: Domes tic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Convair Catalinas. Loide Aereo Nacional S/A, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Curtiss Commandos. Los Angeles Airways, Inc., Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Short- haul mail operator. Routes: Heli copter mail services in Los Angeles area. Fleet: Sikorsky S-5is; S-55S on order. LOT (Polskie Linie Lotnicze),* Warsaw, Poland (the Polish national airline). Routes: Domestic and to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Rou mania, and Sweden; mileage 4,500. Fleet: About 30 Douglas DC-3S and 4 IL 12s. MacRobertson - Miller Aviation Co., Pty., Ltd., Perth, Western Australia. Routes: In Western Aus tralia and to Northern Territory; mileage 5,000. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-3S, 1 Lockheed Electra and 5 Avro Ansons. Malayan Airways, Ltd., Singapore, Malaya (an associate company of B.O.A.C.). Routes: Domestic and to Sumatra, Thailand, French Indo- China, Burma, and other services. Fleet: 7 Douglas DC-3S and 3 Air speed Consuls. . • Malta Airlines, The, Valetta, Malta. Routes: To Benghazi, Cairo, Catania, Rome and Tripoli. Fleet: Vickers- Armstrongs Vikings owned and oper ated by B.E.A. Maritime Central Airways, Char- lottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Routes: Services in the Maritimes. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S, 1 Curtiss Commando and 1 Convair Canso. Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Polgari Legiforgalmi), Budapest, Hungary (the Hungarian-Soviet airline). Routes: Domestic and to Czechoslovakia and Roumania; mileage 1,500. Fleet: 10 LI 2s (Soviet DC-3S). Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc., Kan sas City, Missouri, U.S.A. Routes: In the Central States; mileage 3,500. Fleet: 3 Convair-Liners and 19 Douglas DC-3S. Middle East Airlines Co., Beirut, Lebanon. Routes: To Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-3S. Midway Airlines, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Feederline routes: Chicago Airport's shuttle service. Fleet: 3 Cessna 195AS. Mid-West Airlines, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota. Fleet: Cessna 190s. Misrair, S.A.E.,* Cairo, Egypt (the principal Egyptian airline). Routes: Domestic and to Aden, Cyprus, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jerusalem, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria and Turkey; mileage 8,500. Fleet: S.N.C.A.S.O. Languedocs and Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings.
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