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1953
1953 - 0314.PDF
312 FLIGHT THE WORLD'S AIRLINES La Nica (Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua, S.A.), Managua, Nicaragua. (An associate of Pan American World Air ways.) Routes: Local; mileage 1,000. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 1,698,414. LANSA (Lineas Aereas Nacionales Consolidadas, S.A.), Barranquilla, Colombia. (Aviancaaffiliate.) Routes: Domestic. Fleet: 16 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 7,560,000. LAV* (Linea Aeropostal Venezolana), Caracas, Venezuela. Routes: Domestic and to Cuba, Peru, the U.S.A., Curacao, Barbados and Trinidad. Fleet: 4 Lockheed Constellations, 2 Martin 2-o-2s and 20 Douglas DC-3S. Leavens Bros. Air Services, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. Routes: Leaming ton to Pelee Island. Fleet: 2 Cessna Cranes. Liberian National Airways, Robertsfield, Liberia. Routes: Local. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S and de Havil-lani Dragon Rapides. Linea Aerea Taca de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. Routes: Domes tic and to Colombia. Fleet: DC-3s. Loftleidir h.f. (The Icelandic Air lines), Reykjavik, Iceland. Routes: Domestic and to Scandinavia, Ger many and the U.S.A. Fleet: Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-3, Convair Canso, Avro Anson V and Grumman Goose. Loidc Aereo Nacional S/A, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; mileage 6,000. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Curtiss C-46S and Douglas DC-3S. Los Angeles Airways, Inc., Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Routes: Helicopter mail services in Los Angeles area. Fleet: 3 Sikorsky S-51S and 3 Sikorsky S-55S. 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, 12 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, t Lockheed Electra and 5 Avro Ansons. Malayan Airways, Ltd.,* Singapore, Malaya. (Associate of B.O.A.C.). Routes: Domestic and to Indonesia, Thailand, French Indo-China and other points. Fleet: 11 Douglas DC-3S and 2 de Havilland Dragon Rapides. Traffic ton-miles 4,100,000. 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. Mandated Airlines, Ltd., Lae, New Guinea. Routes: Local. Fleet: Doug las DC-3S, de Havilland Dragon Rapides and Doves. Maritime Central Airways, Char-lottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Routes: Services in the Maritimes. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S, 1 Curtiss C-46 and 1 Convair Canso. Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Polgari Legiforgalmi), Budapest, Hungary (the Hungarian-Soviet airline). Routes: Domestic and to Czechoslovakia and Roumania; mileage 2,000. Fleet: 10 LI 2S (Soviet DC-3S). Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc.—be came part of Braniff International Airways, August 16th, 1952. Midway Airlines, Chicago, III., U.S.A. Routes: Metropolitan air taxi service from Chicago Airport to down town Chicago and Northbrook suburb. Fleet: 2 Cessna 195s. Middle East Airlines Co., Beirut, Lebanon. Routes: To Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Arabia, Jordan, Kuweit, Bahrein, Qatar and Cyprus. Fleet: 7 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 3,075,102. Misrair S.A.E.,* Cairo, Egypt. Routes: Domestic and to Aden, Eritrea, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jerusalem, Kuwait, the Leb anon, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Switzer land, Syria and Turkey; mileage 11,822. Fleet: 4 Languedocs, 7 Vickers-Armstrongs Vikings, 1 Beech 18, I Beech Bonanza and 1 Miles Gemini. Traffic ton-miles 2,780,000. Mont-Laurier Aviation Co., Ltd., Roberval, Quebec, Canada. Route: Roberval to Dore Lake. Fleet: Con vair Cansos, Noorduyn Norseman and D.H. Fox Moth. Mohawk Airlines Inc., Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. (late Robinson Airlines). Routes: Local in New York State. Fleet: 10 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 1,875,060. National Airlines, Inc.,* Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Routes: New York and Washington to Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami and Havana, and New Orleans to Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami; mileage 2,300. Fleet: 7 Douglas DC-6s, 6 DC-4S and Lock heed Lodestars. On order: 14 Con vair 340s, 8 Douglas DC-6Bs and 4 Douglas DC-7S. New York Airways, Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: Heli copter mail and cargo services Newark to La Guardia and New York International Airport, and between La Guardia and Bridgeport. Fleet: 3 Sikorsky S-55S. To be ordered, 4 Sikorsky S-sss. New Zealand National Airways Corporation,* Wellington, New Zea land. Routes: Domestic and to Nor folk Island. Fleet: 22 Douglas DC-3S, 4 de Havilland Herons (in course of delivery), 6 D.H. Rapides and 3 Moths. North Central Airlines, Inc., Min neapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. Routes: Between Chicago and Hibbing. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Northeast Airlines, Inc., Boston Mass., U.S.A. Routes: Serves New York, Montreal, and New England. Fleet: 4 Convair 240s and 9 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 8,233,657. Northern Consolidated Airlines, Anchorage, Alaska. Routes: Local; mileage 2,000. Fleet: Includes Doug las DC-3S. Northern Wings, Ltd., Seven Is lands, Quebec, Canada. Routes: Local. Fleet: Noorduyn Norseman, Beech, Avro Ansons, and Convair Cansos. Northwest Airlines, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. Routes: Trans continental U.S. network and to Honolulu, Alaska, Japan, China and the Philippines; mileage 17,555. Fleet: 10 Boeing Stratocruisers, 18 Douglas DC-4S, and 2 Douglas DC-3S. Nuveeacao Aerea Brasileira (N.A.B.), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic. Organisacao Mineira de Trans-portes Aereos (OMTA), Belo Hori- zonte,Brazil.—See Consorcio Nacional de Transportes Aereos. Orient Airways, Ltd., Karachi, Pakistan. Routes: Between East and West Pakistan and to India and Burma; mileage 5,511. Fleet: 3 Con vair 240s, 18 Douglas DC-3S, 1 Beech-craft and 2 Stinson L-5S. Traffic ton-miles 5,762,180. Overland Air Services (Pty.), Ltd., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Local; mileage 330. Fleet: Lodestars. Ozark Air Lines, Inc., St. Louis, Mo, U.S.A. Feederline routes in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee. Fleet: 10 Douglas DC-3S. Pacific Northern Airlines, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Routes: In Alaska and between U.S.A. and Alaska. Fleet: Douglas DC-4S, Doug las DC-3S and Lockheed 12s. Traffic ton-miles 6,719,773. Pacific Northern Airlines, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Routes: In Alaska and between U.S.A. and Alaska; mileage 1,700. Fleet: 2 DC-4S, 4 DC-3S and 3 others. Panagra (Pan American-Grace Air ways, Inc.),* New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. (Associate of Pan American World Airways.) Routes: In and through South America from Buenos Aires to Panama and Miami; mileage 8,784. Fleet: 6 Douglas DC-6s, 2 Douglas DC-6Bs, 4 Douglas DC-4S and 10 Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 17,910,923. i Pan American World Airways, Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. Routes: Extensive world network, from U.S. to Central and South America, Europe, Africa, India, China, Malaya, Aus tralia, New Zealand, Japan, Honolulu, and Alaska; mileage 60,218. Fleet: 28 Boeing Stratocruisers, 20 Lockheed Constellations, 48 Douglas DC-6Bs, 3DC-6AS, 60 DC-4S and 16 Convair 240s. On order: 3 de Havilland Comet 3s. Panair do Brasil, S.A.,* Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Subsidiary of P.A.W.A., principal Brazilian inter national airline.) Routes: Domestic and to Argentina, Chile, Europe, the Near East, Paraguay, Uruguay and West Africa; mileage 20,500. Fleet: 7 Lockheed Constellations, 19 Doug las DC-3S and 4 Convair Cansos; 4 de Havilland Comet 2s on order and option held on 2 Comet 3s. Philippine Air Lines, Inc.,* Manila, Philippines (the Philippine national airline). Routes: Inter-island services and trunk routes to Europe, U.S.A., and Japan; mileage 24,soo. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-6Bs, 4 DC-6s, DC-3S and 6 Convair 340s (on delivery). Piedmont Airlines, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. Feederline routes in North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Vir ginia and West Virginia. Fleet: 14 Douglas DC-3S. Pioneer Air Lines, Inc., Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Routes: Local services in Texas and New Mexico. Fleet: 9 Martin 2-0-2S. Traffic ton-miles 5,128,361. Pluna (Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navigacion Aerea), Montevideo, Uruguay. Routes: Domestic services and to Brazil and the Argentine; mileage 1,300. Fleet: 5 DC-3S. Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Some domestic and to New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, Japan, Malaya, India, Ceylon, South Africa and Europe; mileage over 20,000. Fleet: 6 Lockheed Constellations, 5 Douglas DC-4S, 13 DC-3S, 4 de Havilland Drovers, 4 Short Sandringhams and 3 Convair Catalinas. On order: 3 Lockheed Super Constellations, Quebecair Inc. (late Rimouski Air lines, Ltd.), Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. Routes: Local. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S, 3 D.H. Beavers, I Beech 18 and 1 Cessna Crane. Queen Charlotte Airlines, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Routes: Services in British Columbia (southern area). Fleet: Douglas DC3S and Convair Cansos. Queensland Airlines Pty., Ltd., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Routes: In Queensland and New South Wales. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. REAL (Redes Estaduais Aereas, Ltda.), Sao Paulo, Brazil. Routes: Domestic and to Paraguay; mileage 3,000. Fleet: 28 Douglas DC-3S and 4 Curtiss C-46S. Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. Routes: To the Aleutians. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. S.A. Viacao Aerea Gaucha (Savag), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Sabena (Societe Anonyme Beige d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne—Belgian Airlines),* Brus sels, Belgium. Routes: European and African networks and between Bel gium and New York, Israel, Belgian Congo and Johannesburg; mileage 50,000. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-6s, 7 DC-4S, 6 Convair 240s, 25 DC-3S, 4 Doves and 3 Bell 47 helicopters. On order, 8 DC-6Bs and 2 DC-6As. Traffic ton-miles 38,900,000. SATA (Sociedade Acoriana de Trans portes Aereos, Lda.), Ponta Delgada, Azores. Routes: Local; mileage 380. Fleet: 2 de Havilland Doves. Saskatchewan Government Air ways, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Routes: Local. Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Routes: Domestic and to Egypt, the Lebanon, Syria and Persian Gulf. Fleet: 12 Douglas DC-3S and 5 Bristol 170s. Scandinavian Airlines System,* Stockholm, Sweden. (Comprising Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Air Lines.) Routes: European network, Scandinavian domestic services and between Scandinavia and North and South America, East and South Africa, Near and Middle East, Pakis tan, India, Burma, Thailand and Japan; mileage 59,674. Fleet: 8 Doug las DC-6Bs, 12 DC-6s, 9 DC-4S, 18 DC-3S, 6 Saab Scandias and 2 Junkers- JuS2/3ms. On order, 6 DC-6Bs. Traffic ton-miles 93,600,000. Servicio Aereo de Honduras, S.A. (SAHSA), Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Associate of Pan American World Airways.) Routes: Within the Re public of Honduras; mileage 2,644. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S. Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Routes: Domestic and to Buenos Aires; mile age 10,500. Fleet: 2 Douglas DC-4S and 31 DC-3S. Skoga, Pekin, China. Route: Pekin-Moscow in conjunction with Aeroflot. Slick Airways, Inc., San Antonio, Texas. Routes: Transcontinental freight services and transatlantic ser vice for P.A.W.A. Fleet: Douglas DC-6As and Curtiss C-46S. SOBELAIR (Societe Beige de Trans ports par Air, S.A.), Brussels, Bel gium. Routes: Non-scheduled be tween Belgium and the Belgian Congo. Fleet: 5 Douglas DC-3S. Sociedad Aerea del Tolima, S.A. (Saeta), Bogota, Colombia. Routes: Local; mileage 1,760. Fleet: 4 Doug las DC-3S. South African Airways,* Johannes burg, Union of South Africa. Routes: Domestic and to Southern Rhodesia, Mozambique, Kenya, Sudan, Italy, Germany and United Kingdom; mile age 15,374. Fleet: 4 Lockheed Con stellations, 7 Douglas DC-4S, 3 Douglas DC-3S and 11 Lockheed Lodestars. Traffic ton-miles 13,448.644. South Coast Airways (Pty.); Ltd., Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia. Routes: Local; mileage 272. Fleet: DC-3S and Lockheed Electras. Southern Airways, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Routes: Services in the Southern States. Fleet: 10 Doug las DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 2,152,345. South West Air Transport (Pty.), Ltd., Windhoek, South West Africa. Routes: Local. Fleet: Ryan Navions. Southwest Airways Company, South San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Feederline routes in California and to Medford, Oregon. Fleet: 10 DC-3S and 4 Martin 2-0-2S. STA (Servico de Transportes Aereos), Sao Tome, Gulf of Guinea. Routes: Local; mileage 350. Fleet: 2 de Havilland Dragon Rapides and I Auster Autocar. Sudan Airways, Khartoum, Sudan. Routes: Domestic; mileage 3,000. Fleet: de Havilland Doves and Auster. On order, Douglas DC-3S. Traffic ton-miles 427,682. Swissair* (Swiss Air Transport Co., Ltd.), Zurich, Switzerland. Routes: European network and between Switzerland and Egypt, Israel and New York; mileage 23,202. Fleet: 3 Douglas DC-6Bs, 4 Convair 240s, 3 DC-4S, 13 DC-3S and 3 D.H. Rapides. On order, 3 DC-6Bs. Traffic ton-miles 23,700,000. Syrian Airways Company, Damas cus, Syria. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3s. TABSO (Bulgarski Vzduszni Linii), Sofia, Bulgaria (the Bulgarian-Soviet airline). Routes: Domestic. Fleet: LI 2s (Soviet DC-3S); reported to have IL 12s. T.A.C. (Empreza de Transportes Aereos Catarinense, S.A.), Florian- opolis, Brazil. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S. Taca de Costa Rica, S.A., San Jose, Costa Rica. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: 4 Douglas DC-3S. Taca de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Routes: Domestic. Fleet: Douglas DC-3S.
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