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462 FLIGHT, 20 April 1956 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY . . . Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A. was founded onSeptember 1st, 1934, and began operating be- tween Mexico City and Acapulco. Its early fleetconsisted of a three-engined Stinson, three Bel- lanca Pacemakers and a Fairchild 24. Theairline now has a route network of about 6,000 miles within Mexico. In 1952 Aeronavesbought LAMSA (founded in 1934) from United Air Lines and in 1954 the company alsoacquired Aerovias Reforma, which had been founded in 1945. Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico.Executives: A. D. Lombardo, president; C. Ramos, general manager; R. L. Johnson,operations manager. Fleet: 20 DC-3, one DC-4, four Convair 340.Results for year ended December 31st, 1954: (including Aerovias Re forma). 213,248 pas-sengers; 1,700 tons of freight and 195 tons of mail carried. Other details not available. Aero-Nord Sweden A.B., operates schedulednewspaper and limited passenger services within Sweden. Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden. Executives: P-S. Holmstrbm, managingdirector. Fleet: one Lodestar, one Oxford, two PiperCub; on order one Lodestar, five Piper Cub (April 1956).Results for year ended December 31st, 19SS: 117,523 ton-km flown; 14 staff.No other details available. ., : : :. ,.- Aeronorte—Empresa de Transportes AereosNorte do Brasil, S.A., began operations in 1950 and operates a network of feeder servicesin the north-east of the country. Percival Prince aircraft were used originally but the presentschedules are worked by DC-3s. In 1953 Real acquired control of the company but Aeronorteworks as a separate division. By early 1955 the Aeronorte route mileage exceeded 4,000miles. Head Office: Sao Luiz, Brazil.Executives: names not available. . - Fleet: DC-3.Traffic statistics not available. Aerotaxi—see Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia. Aero Transportes, S.A.—ATS A. Foundedin 1943 and began scheduled services in 1944. Services were suspended in the following yearand resumed in January 1947. The company now operates a daily DC-4 service betweenMonterrey and Brownsville/Matamoros. Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico.Executives: R. O'Farrill, president; H. J. Filshinger, general manager; J. P. Centella,sales manager. Fleet: DC-4. '•' :" ' Traffic statistics not available. Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia —AVIANCA claims to be the oldest airline in the Americas—and, in fact, it was formed (in1940) as the result of a merger of S.C.A.D.T.A. (founded in 1919) and Servicio AereoColombiano. S.C.A.D.T.A. was founded by German interests but in 1931 Pan AmericanAirways acquired an 80 per cent interest— which was, however, reduced to 64 per cent atthe time of the merger. The company operates domestic services and services to Venezuela,Ecuador, Jamaica, the U.S.A., Bermuda, Portugal, Spain, France and Germany. In 1951Avianca acquired the second largest Colombian airline LANSA and in 1952 also took overSAETA. A wholly owned subsidiary, Aerotaxi Ltda, operates Cessna 195 and Beaver aircraftto areas which cannot be served by larger aircraft. Head Office: Bogota, Colombia.Executives: J. G. R. Jaramillo, president; J. A. Gonzalez, executive vice-president; F.Carrizosa, financial vice-president; S. Pretelt, administrative vice-president; H. Wild, vice-president traffic and sales. Fleet: four L-1049G, one L-749A, 13 DC-4,23 Hi-per DC-3 and 11 C-47. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:918,921 passengers; 67,845 tons of freight and 659 tons of mail carried; 71,328,092 ton-kmflown; total costs, £12,170,885; total revenue £12,881,191; 5,000 staff. An Air France Lockheed L-749 Constellation at Beirut International Airport. Aerovias Panama Airways was founded in 1951 as Aerovias Interamericanas de Panama,S.A. (Avispa), and began operations mainly as a cargo carrier using C-46s leased from theColombian company Lineas Interamericanas. In 1952 the company was designated by thePanama Government to operate a Panama - Miami route. In 1954 the airline concluded anagreement with Trans-Caribbean Airways whereby a DC-6 and flight crews would be sup-plied for the Miami service. The route has now been opened and is flown twice weekly ineach direction. Head Office: New York, U.S.A.Executives: H. Barletta, president; V. Inch- austi, secretary/treasurer/operations manager.Fleet: DC-6 supplied by Trans-Caribbean Airways. , Traffic statistics not available. • Aerovias "Q," S.A.—"Q" Airways, wasfounded in October 1945 and began operations in 1946 to Key West and Gerona. Presentoperations are from Havana to West Palm Beach, Florida, twice a week with DC-3s; toGerona, Isle of Pines, twice on weekdays with DC-3s; and to Key West, Florida, thrice onweekdays with C-46s. Head Office: Havana, Cuba.Executives: M. Cuevedo, president/general manager; M. Rodriquez, traffic manager;J. E. A. de Rogato, operations manager. Fleet: DC-3, three C-46.Traffic statistics not available. Aerovias Sud Americana, Inc., was foundedin 1949 as a contract cargo carrier operating a route from Tampa, Florida, to Havana.Scheduled services were begun in December 1952 with routes extending as far south asBogota in Colombia. Head Office: St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A.Executives: V. V. Carmichael Jnr., president and general manager; D. M. Benson, vice-president/director flying; R. C. Minor, vice- president maintenance; P. . E. Dixon Jnr.,vice-president sales; J. D. Rains, secretary/ treasurer. Fleet: six Curtiss C-46.Results for year ended December 31st, 1955: 5,880,055 freight ton-miles flown; total costs,£691,528; total revenue, £696,494; 129 staff. Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A.—AVENSA.,operates domestic passenger and freight services with DC-3s and Convairs; two Convair servicesa week between Venezuela and Miami via Jamaica; and a weekly C-46 operated cargo ser-vice from Caracas to Miami, returning via Kingston. The company was formed in 1943by Venezuelan interests and Pan American Air- ways. Regular services were begun in 1944.LAV is believed to have a financial interest in AVENSA. Head Office: Caracas, Venezuela.Executives: H. L. Boulton, president; A. Boul- ton, acting president/general manager; G. O.Tucker, vice-president operations. Fleet: three Convair 340, three DC-4, 19DC-3, two C-46. In the year June 1953-May 1954 nearly 250,000passengers were carried. Air Algerie—see Compagnie GSneiale de Transports Adriens Air Alg6rie. Air Atlas-Air Maroc. Compagnie Cheri-fienne de Transports Aeriens, operates services in North Africa and between North Africa andFrance, Spain and Switzerland. The airline was founded in 1953 by the amalgamation ofthe Casablanca-based Air Atlas and Air Maroc companies. Air Atlas was formed in 1946 andbegan operations with Junkers Ju 52/3ms and Air Maroc was founded in 1947 and beganscheduled services in 1949. Head Office: Casablanca, Morocco.Executive: Gen. C. Molinier, president/ general manager.Fleet: three DC-4, six DC-3. In 1953 nearly 90,000 passengers were carried. Air Ceylon, Ltd., founded by the CeylonGovernment in 1947, in that year opened ser- vices between Ceylon and India. In 1949 aroute to London was opened. In 1951 Air Ceylon was made an independent companywith the Government holding 51 per cent of the stock and Australian National Airwaysholding 49 per cent. A route to Australia was opened, thus providing a through Australia -Ceylon - London service; this route was aban- doned in 1953 but in co-operation with K.L.M.the route to Europe (serving London and Amsterdam) was reopened this year.Head Office: Colombo, Ceylon. Executives: J. L. M. Fernando, managing direc-tor; K. de Croos, manager/secretary; F. B. W. Goonewardena, accountant; W. A. E. Mola-mure, chief engineer; P. B. Mawalagedera, chief pilot.Fleet: two DC-3. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:26,286 passengers; 264.5 tons of freight and 11.6 tons of mail carried; 880,490 ton-kmflown; total revenue £1,075,940; 200 staff. Costs not available. Air France—see Compagnie Nationale AIRFRANCE. Air-India International was formed as alimited company in June 1948 with Air-India Ltd. holding 51 per cent of the shares and theGovernment of India 49 per cent. On August 1st, 1953, A.I.I, became a State-owned corpora-tion with the continuing responsibility of operating Indian long-distance internationalair services. The company began operation of a weeklyBombay-Cairo-Geneva-London service in June 1948. A.I.I, now operates six weekly servicesbetween India and England. Rome, Paris, Zurich, Dusseldorf and Beirut have been addedas calls on this route while Delhi and Calcutta have been added as Indian terminals. The air-line also operates services to Bangkok, Hong- kong, Tokyo, Madras, Singapore, Karachi,Aden and Nairobi. Prague and Damascus have been added to the routes this year and theairline has plans to operate North Atlantic services, probably in 1957.Head Office: Bombay, India. Executives: J. R. D. Tata, chairman (portrait,p.483); B. R. Patel, vice-chmn./gen.mgr.; S.K. Kooka, traffic manager; A. C. Gazdar, opera-tions and engineering manager; N. J. Pavri, controller of accounts. Fleet: three L-749 Constellations, five L-1049,one DC-3; on order, three L-1049G (1956/57). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:
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