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1955
1955 - 0304.PDF
304 FLIGHT ADEN AIRWAYS, LTD., Aden.x\ (Owned by B.O.A.C.). Operates some 6,000 miles of routes in Arabia,Africa and Near East with six DC-3s. Aer Lingus Tta. (Irish Air Lines),Dublin (Associate of B.E.A.). Operates services between Dublinand Shannon and from Ireland to England, Scotland, Isle of Man,Wales, Channel Islands, France and Holland. Fleet: four Vickers-Arm-strongs Viscounts and 12 Douglas DC-3s. In 1954 Aer Lingus carried336,192 passengers and flew 8.7m ton-miles. Aeroflot, Moscow. The Sovietnational airline. Routes throughout U.S.S.R. and to bordering countrieswith Il-12s ; Li-2s (Russian DC-3s)and other aircraft. Aerolineas Argentina^ (ArgentineAirlines), Buenos Aires. The prin- cipal Argentine airline, operatingdomestic services and to West Africa, Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Ger-many, Holland and United. Kingdom. Fleet: six Douglas DC-6s, fiveDC-4s, 18 DC-3s, four Convair 240s and six Short Sandringhams. In 1954the airline carried 280,683 passengers. Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A., MexicoCity. Operating domestic routes with eight DC-3s, three Convair 340s anda DC-4. Aero Nord Sweden A.B., Stockholm.Newspaper and limited domestic pas- senger services with Lodestar andConsul. Aeronorte (Empresa de TransportesAereos Norte do Brasil, Ltda), Sao Luiz. Services in North Brazil withPercival Princes. Aero Transportes, S.A., MexicoCity. Local services with three DC-3s. Aerovias Brasil (Empresa de Transportes Aerovias Brasil, S.A.), Rio de Janeiro. Domestic services and routesto Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Venezuela and U.S.A. DC-4s, DC-3sand C-46s. Aerovias Ecuatorianas, C.A., Quito.Local services and to Panama and U.S.A. DC-3s and Boeing Strato-liners. Aerovias Guest, S.A.. Mexico.Operates from Mexico City to Florida with a fleet of three DC-4s. Pas-sengers carried in 1953 totalled 39,000. Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia,S.A., Bogota. (An affiliate of Pan American World Airways.) Operatesin South America and from South America to Jamaica, the U.S.A.,Bermuda, Azores, Spain, France. Portugal and Germany. Fleet: threeL.1049E Super Constellations, one Constellation 749A, 13 DC-4s, 36DC-3s and five C-46s; one L.1049G on order. A subsidiary, Aerotaxi,Ltda., has 12 Cessna 195s and three Beavers. Last year the parent line,known as Avianca, carried 836.636 passengers and flew some 43m ton-miles. Aerovias "Q" S.A., Havana. Oper-ates from Cuba to Florida with three DC-3s and three C-46s. Last yearthe company carried 108,207 passengers. Aerovias Reforma, S.A., MexicoCity. Domestic routes with DC-3s. Aerovias Transcontinentales, S.A.,Mexico City. Domestic routes with DC-3s. Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A. (Aven- sa), Caracas. (Associate of P.A.W.A.) Aer Lingus Viscount flagship at Dublin Airport. WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Operators of Scheduled Passenger, Mail and Freight Services Domestic routes with 17 DC-3s, threeDC-4s and three Convair 340s. Last year's traffic: 287,066 passengers and6,250,000 ton-miles. Aigle Azur, Paris. Services to Indo-China, French Equatorial and West Africa and Madagascar with BoeingStratoliners, five of which were in service in 1953, when the airlinecarried 9,563 passengers. Air Atlas—Air Maroc (CompagnieCherifienne de Transports Aeriens). Casablanca. Services in North Africaand to France, Italy and Switzerland with five DC-3s and four DC-4s; afifth DC-4 is due for delivery this month. Last year the airline carried90,171 passengers and flew 5.3m ton- miles. Air Ceylon, Ltd., Colombo. Servicesto India with DC-3s. Air France (Compagnie National?Air France), Paris. Operating one of the largest route-mileages in theworld with European network, ser- vices to North and South America,throughout Africa, to the Near, Middle and Far East and Australia.Fleet: three de Havilland Comet lAs, 12 Vickers-Armstrongs Viscounts, 20Constellation 749As, nine Super Constellations. 20 Douglas DC-4s, 37DC-3s, 11 Breguet Provence and five Morane 733 trainers. On order: tenL.1049Gs and one Provence. Last year Air France carried 1,551,605passengers. Air-India International Corporation,Bombay. The Indian international long-distance airline linking Indiawith Egypt, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, the United King-dom, Aden, East Africa, Hongkong and Singapore; routes to Tokyo andCanton are planned. Soon to open services to Tokyo. Fleet: four Con- stellation 749As and two Super Con-stellations. On order: three Super Constellations (now in process of de-livery). Last year Air-India Inter- national carried 30,556 passengersand flew 11,073,000 ton-miles. Air Jordan, Amman. Services fromAmman to Jerusalem, Cairo, Beirut, Damascus and Dhahran with threeDC-3s. Air Laos, Vientiane. Local serviceswith one Stratoliner, seven DC-3s, two Bristol 170s and one Beaver.Last year Air Laos carried 26,458 passengers,Air Liban, Beirut. Service in Near East with five DC-3s and twoLanguedocs. Airlines (W.A.), Ltd., Perth. Ser- Libya, France, Switzerland, Greece,the Lebanon, Egypt, Portugal, Vene- zuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina,Sudan and East Africa. Fleet: three Convair 340s, four Douglas DC-6Bsand four DC-4s. Allegheny Airlines, Inc., Washing-ton, D.C. Eastern States local-ser- vice with 15 DC-3s. Traffic for 1954:276,833 passengers and 4,411,722 ton-miles.American Airlines, Inc., New York City. Operates extensive system fromEastern seaboard to California with services extending south to MexicoCity. The company is the largest airline in the world, as the followingfigures show: revenue earned in 1954, $214,766,204; revenue-miles flown, Heron 1 of Braathens S.A.F.E. (Norway). Bristol 170 of Aviacon y Commercio (Madrid). vices within Western Australia withfour Doves. Airtaco, A.B., Stockholm. News-paper and limited domestic passenger services with Lockheed twins.Air Vietnam, Saigon. Local services and to Hongkong and ThailandDC-3s, DC-4s and Bristol 170. Alaska Airlines, Inc., Anchorage.Domestic routes and to U.S.A. DC-3s, DC-4s and other types.Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau. Local services with seven Geese, oneWidgeon, one Catalina, one Vega, one Pacemaker, two P»cers and oneSeabee. Traffic last year: 42,533 passengers and 483,214 ton-miles.Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Inter- nazionali), Rome. (Associate ofB.E.A.). Operates services between Rome and Turin and from Italy to 99,736,407; passenger-miles flown,3,456 million. The number of pas- sengers carried by A.A. last year wasapproximately 6m. At September 30th the fleet consisted of 76 Con-vair 240s, 50 DC-66, 25 DC-6Bs. 24 DC-7s, nine DC-4s and three DC-6As. Ansett Airways, Pty., Ltd., Mel-bourne. Network of services to Hay- man Is., Hobart and Lord Howe Is.The fleet consists of six DC-3s, two Sandringham flying-boats and 2 Con-vair 340s. Last year Ansett carried 165,465 passengers and 5,750 tonsof freight. Arab Airways (Jerusalem), Ltd.,Amman. (Associate of Aden Air- ways.) Routes from Amman toneighbouring countries and to Aden with three DC-3s. Last year's traffic:
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