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3io FLIGHT, 6 March 1953 THE WORLD'S AIRLINES T HIS directory of airlines is based on the latest obtainable /headquarters; routes operated; unduplicated route mileage; fleet; information and includes all known operators of regular and (where available) traffic ton-miles for passengers, mail and scheduled passenger and freight services other than the freight for the calendar year 1952. Aircraft used for training and British Corporations (pages 308-9) and independents (pages development work have not been included. 314-5). An asterisk indicates that the compa&y mentioned is a full In order of presentation the facts given are the name by which member of I.A.T.A. (International Air Transport Association), the airline is usually known, then (if different) the full name; while a dagger indicates associate membership. Aden Airways, 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 DC-3S. Aer Lingus Tta.,* Dublin, Ireland. (Associate of B.E.A.). Routes: Dom estic and to the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3s; 4 Bristol 170s. On order, 4 Vickers-Armstrongs Viscount 707s. Traffic ton-miles 7,008,000. Aero Africaine (Societe Africaine des Transports Tropicaux), Algiers, Algeria. AH services suspended at time of going to press. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Lockheed Lodestars. Aeroflot (Grazdanskij Wozdusznyj Flot), Moscow, U.S.S.R. (The Soviet national airline.) Routes: Domestic and to Afghanistan, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Finland, E. Germany, Hungary, Iran, Poland and Rumania; mileage 50,000. Fleet: IL izs, LI 2s (Soviet DC-35) and smaller aircraft. Aero Geral, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic; mileage 1,345- Fleet: Curtiss C-46S. Aerolineas Argentinas* (Argentine Airlines), Buenos Aires, Argentina. (The Argentine national airline.) Routes: Domestic and to Chile, Cuba, Europe and the U.S.A.; mileage 35,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s, 6 Douglas DC-4S, 20 Douglas DC-3S, 5 Convair 240s and 6 Short Sandring- hams. Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S and DC-3S. On order, 3 Convair 340s. Aeronorte (Empresa de Transportes Aereos Norte do Brasil, Ltda.), Sao Luiz, Brazil. Routes: In Northern Brazil. Fleet: 4 Percival Princes. Aero O Y—See Finnair. Aero Portuguesa, Ltda.,* Lisbon, Portugal. Routes: Lisbon to Tangier and Casablanca; mileage 1,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3 and Lockheed Lode star. 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, 21 DC-3S and 6 Curtiss C-46S. Aerovias Guest, S.A.,* Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Mexico to Miami; mileage 1,276. Fleet: 2 Doug las DC-4S. Traffic ton-miles 2,771,109. Aerovias "Q" S.A., Havana, Cuba. Routes: Domestic and to Florida; mileage 500. Fleet: 7 Douglas DC-3S and 2 Curtiss C-46S. Aerovias Reforma, S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domestic; mileage 3,652. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3S. Aerovias Transcontinentales, S.A. Mexico City, Mexico. Routes: Domes tic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Aigle Azur, Paris, France. Routes: France to Tunis and Morocco, French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, Madagascar and French Indo- China. Fleet: 5 Boeing Stratoliners and 12 Douglas DC-3S. Air Alg^rie,* Algiers, Algeria. Routes- Algiers to France, Majorca and Switzerland; mileage 1,000. Fleet: 1 Breguet Deux-Ponts, 6 S.O. 30P Bretagnes and s Douglas DC-3S. Air Atlas (Compagnie Cherifienne de l'Air), Casablanca, Morocco. Routes: Morocco to Algeria, Spain and France; mileage over 2,000. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S and 2 Languedocs. Air Ceylon, Ltd.,* Colombo, Ceylon. Routes: Domestic and to India. Ceylon-Europe and Ceylon-Australia operated by Australian National Air ways (which has holding in Air Ceylon); mileage 12,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-3S. 2 Douglas DC-4S operated by A.N.A. Air France* (Compagnie Nationale Air France), Paris, France. Routes: Paris to North, Central and South America, Central Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Near East, French Indo china, Japan and New Caledonia. Local routes in Europe, the Mediter ranean area, French Africa, Mada gascar and French West Indies; mileage 146,000. Fleet: 23 Lockheed Constellations, 24 Douglas DC-4S, 37 Douglas DC-3S and 15 Languedocs. On order, 3 de Havilland Comet iAs, 10 Lockheed Super-Constellations, 12 Vickers-Armstrongs Viscounts and 12 Breguet Deux-Ponts. Traffic ton-miles 137,957,000. Air-India International, Ltd., Bom bay, India. Routes: Bombay. Delhi and Calcutta to Egypt, Italy, Switzer land, Germany, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Aden and Kenya. Fleet: 4 Lockheed Constellations; 1 Douglas DC-4 of Air-India used on E. Africa tourist services. On order, 2 Lockheed Super Constellations. Air-India, Ltd., Bombay, India. Routes: Domestic and to Ceylon and Pakistan; mileage 4,220. Fleet: 7 Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings, 11 Douglas DC-3S and 1 Douglas DC-4. Traffic ton-miles 7,300,000. Air Jordan Co., Amman, Jordan. Routes: To Cyprus, Egypt, the Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-3S, 1 Curtiss C-46 and 2 Airspeed Consuls. Air Liban,* Beirut, Lebanon. Routes: Lebanon to Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Persian Gulf, Jordan and Saudi Arabia; mileage 4,000. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S and I Lan-guedoc. Airlines (W.A.), Ltd., Perth, Western Australia. Routes: In Western Aus tralia; mileage 4,500. Fleet: 4 de Havilland Doves. Air Maroc, Paris, France. Routes: Morocco to France, Switzerland and Italy. Fleet: 4 Curtiss C-46S and 6 S.O. 30P Bretagnes. Traffic ton- miles 1,353,000. Air Services of India, Ltd., Bombay, India. Routes: Domestic; mileage 1,918. Fleet: 8 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 1,342,000 Air Sud, Montpellier, France. Routes: Montpellier to Oran, Algiers and Casablanca; mileage 1,242. Fleet: 3 Lockheed Lodestars. Air Tahiti, Papeete, Tahiti, Pacific Ocean. Routes: Local. Fleet: Gru- man Mallard. Air Vietnam, Saigon, French Indo-China. Routes: Domestic and to Hong Kong and Thailand; mileage 2,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, Doug las DC-4S and Bristol 170s. Airways (India), Ltd., Calcutta, India. Routes: Domestic and to Pakistan; mileage 4,251. Fleet: 17 Douglas DC-3S and 2 de Havilland Doves. Traffic ton-miles 9,410,000. Alaska Airlines, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. Routes: Domestic and to the U.S.A. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3s, 3 Douglas DC-4S, 3 Curtiss C-46S and many small aircraft. Traffic ton-miles 4,968,813. Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau, Alaska. Routes: Local. Fleet: 6 Grumman Goose, 1 Convair Canso. Traffic ton-miles 377,598. Albury Air Services, Albury, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Albury- Holbrook-Wagga. Fleet: Not known. Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Inter- nazionali), Rome, Italy. (Associate of B.E.A.). Routes: To Malta, Tripoli, Greece, the Lebanon, Egypt, East Africa, Portugal and South America. Soon to France, Switzer land, Germany and the United Kingdom. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-4S and 1 Douglas DC-3 (chartered from L.A.I.). On order, 4 Douglas DC-6Bs and 3 Convair 340s. Allegheny Airlines, Inc., Washing ton, D.C., U.S.A. Feederline with routes in the Eastern States. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3S. American Airlines, Inc.,* New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: Domestic and to Canada and Mexico; mileage 10,825. Fleet: 50 Douglas DC-6s, 17 Douglas DC-6Bs, 78 Con vair 240s, 13 Douglas DC-4 freighters. On order, 8 Douglas DC-6Bs, 3 DC-6As and 25 DC-7S. Traffic ton-miles (including charter) 358,004,371- Ansett Airways, Pty., Ltd.,t Mel bourne, Victoria, Australia. Routes: Melbourne to Adelaide, Brisbane, Hamilton, Hobart, Sydney and Warrnambool. Fleet: 6 DC-3S. Arab Airways Association, Ltd., Amman, Jordan. Routes: To Egypt and the Lebanon; mileage 500. Fleet: de Havilland Dragon Rapides and Airspeed Consuls. Arctic Wings, Ltd., Churchill, Mani toba, Canada. Routes: Regular ser vices in Hudson Bay area and occa sional mail services as far north as Arctic Bay. Fleet: 2 Noorduyn Norse man, 1 Avro Anson and 1 Aeronca Champion. Area-Aerovias EcuatorianasC. A., Quito, Ecuador. Routes: Domestic and to Miami. Fleet: 2 Boeing Stratoliners, 2 Douglas DC-3S, and 3 Ryan Navions. Traffic ton-miles 1,156,880. "Arkia" Airlines in Israel, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel. (Israel's domestic airline). Routes: Domestic. Fleet: 2 Curtiss C-46S. Associated Air Lines, Vancouver, B.C. Routes: Local services. Fleet: Not known. ATSA (Aero Transportes, S.A.), Mexico Citv, Mexico. Routes: Do mestic; mileage 1,849. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3s. Australian National Airways, Pty., Ltd.,t Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Routes: Extensive net work in Australia linking Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth and other points; mileage 14,449. Fleet: 9 Douglas DC-4S, 28 Douglas DC-3S and 3 Bristol 170s. Avensa (Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A.), Caracas, Venezuela. (An associate of Pan American World Airways.) Routes: Domestic; mileage 1,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S and 19 Douglas DC-3S. On order, 3 Convair 340s. Aviacion y Comercio, S.A.* (Aviaco), Madrid, Spain. Routes: Domestic and to Tangiers, France, Algeria and the Canary Isles. Fleet: Bristol 170s and Languedocs. Avianca* (Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia, S.A.), Bogoti, Colombia. (An affiliate of Pan American World Airways, Inc.). Routes: In South America and to Europe and the U.S.A.; mileage 28,844. Fleet: 2 Lockheed Constellations, 8 Douglas DC-4S, 26 Douglas DC-3S, 5 Curtiss C-46S, i Convair Canso. On order, 3 Lockheed Super Constellations. Traffic ton-miles 37,800,000. Aviateca (Empresa Guatemalteca de Aviacion), Guatemala City, Guate mala. Routes: Domestic; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s. Baca Airlines, Jefferson City, Mis souri, U.S.A. Routes: Local. Fleet: Beech 18s. Bahamas Airways, Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas, B.W.I. (Subsidiary of B.O.A.C.) Routes: Inter-Island. Fleet: Convair Cansos and Grumman Goose. Barrier Reef Airways, Pty., Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. See Ansett Airways, Pty., Ltd. Bharat Airways, Ltd., Calcutta, India. Routes: Domestic and to Burma, Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Douglas DC-4S. Bonanza Airlines, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Nevada, Arizona and California. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton- miles 1,062,475. Braathens South-American & Far East Airtransport A.S. (S.A.F.E.), Oslo, Norway. Nor wegian independent operator. Routes: Norway to India, Thailand, Hong Kong and Stavanger-Oslo; mileage 18,000. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S, 1 Douglas DC-3 and 2 de Havilland Herons. On order, 2 Super Constella tions. Traffic ton-miles 3,960,000. Braniff International Airways,* Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Routes: In the north from Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago south to Kansas City, St. Louis and other middle U.S. cities, to New Orleans, and Dallas, and Houston and other Texas points. From Memphis in the east to Denver in the west. Also from U.S.A. to Cuba, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and the Argentine; mileage 18,942. Fleet: 9 Douglas DC-6s, 8 Douglas DC-4S, 11 Convair 340s, 2 Convair 240s and 32 Douglas DC-3S. On order, 15 Convair 340s. Bristol Bay Airlines, Bristol Bay, Alaska. Routes: Local. Fleet: Bellanca Skyrocket, Stinson Station Wagon and Stinson Reliant. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd.,* Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Sydney and Aukland to Vancouver via Fiji, Canton Is., Honolulu and San Fran cisco; mileage 9,749. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-6s. On order, 3 de Havilland Comet 2s. Traffic ton-miles 7,600,000. British Guiana Airways, Ltd., Georgetown, British Guiana. Routes: Domestic and to British West Indies. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and Grumman Goose. British West Indian Airways, Ltd., Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I. (Owned by B.O.A.C.) Routes in the West Indies. Fleet: Douglas DC-3, Lockheed Lodestar, Vickers-Arm strongs Viking. On order, 3 Vickers- Armstrongs Viscounts. Butler Air Transport, Pty., Ltd., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Sydney to country districts; mileage 3,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S, de Havilland Herons and Avro Ansons. California Central Airlines, Bur-bank, California, U.S.A. Scheduled intra-State airline with routes in California. Fleet: 5 Martin 2-o-2s, t Lockheed Constellation and 1 DC-3 Canadian Pacific Airlines, Ltd.,* Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Routes: In Eastern and Central Canada, from British Columbia and Alberta to the far north, and trans-Pacific to Tokyo, Auckland and Sydney; mileage over 25,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-6Bs (to total 4), Douglas DC-4S, Douglas DC-3S, and smaller aircraft. Soon to enter service, 2 de Havilland Comet iAs. On order, 5 Convair 340s, 2 Douglas DC-6As.
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