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471FLIGHT, 20 April 1956 ^^**^*»« The prototype Rolls-Royce Dart powered Fokker F.27 Friendship- Aer Lingust is among the airlines which have placed orders. WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY . .. ization took place in 1954 when K.L.M.'sshares were bought up. Services are operated within and between the islands of the republicand to Singapore, Bangkok and Manila. Head Office: Djakarta, Indonesia.Executives: Dr. M. Soetoto, president; Dr. R. Sugoto, and D. K. van Houten, joint managingdirectors. Fleet: 14 Heron, 12 DC-3, eight Convair 340,eight Convair 240. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:405,000 passengers; 9,100 tons of freight and 2,400 tons of mail carried; 35,600,000 ton-miles flown; 3,600 staff. Financial details not available. Gibbes Sepik Airways, Ltd., are operators ofscheduled and non-scheduled services in New Guinea. Junkers Ju52/3ms have been pur-chased from Sweden and these will shortly replace or supplement the present Norsemanfleet. Head Office: Goroka, Territory of New Guinea.Executives: R. H. Gibbes, managing director; M. J. C. Gibbes, director; V. W. Cox, generalmanager/secretary; E. Cross, chief engineer. Fleet: four Norseman; two Ju52/3m; on order,one Ju52/3m (May 1956). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:18,861 passengers; 2,378 tons of freight and 59 tons of mail carried; approx. 943,050 ton-miles flown; 121 staff. Financial details not available. Gibraltar Airways, Ltd., formed in 1947 asa B.E.A. subsidiary with B.E.A. holding 51 per cent of the stock and M. H. Bland and Co.,Ltd., holding the remainder. Operations be- tween Gibraltar and Tangier and later to Spainand Spanish Morocco were maintained by D.H.89 aircraft. In October 1953 an agree-ment was concluded whereby B.E.A. under- takes all flying operations with a DC-3.Gibraltar Airways now operates only between Gibraltar and Tangier but the DC-3 also fliesconnecting services between Gibraltar and Madrid on certain days, thus providing higherfrequency services to and from London. Head Office: Gibraltar. Executives: Sir George Gaggero, O.B.E., chair-man; The Earl Amherst, M.C., deputy chairman.Fleet: one DC-3 owned and operated by B.E.A. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:17,483 passengers; 20 tons of freight and 21 tons of mail carried; 2,050 freight and mailton-miles flown. Other details not available. Guest Aerovias Mexico, S.A. was foundedin 1946 and in 1948 the company opened a service to Madrid but this was later aban-doned. The company's latest venture was the opening of a route linking Mexico and Windsor,Ontario. Constellations purchased from Qantas are used on this route, which is flown twiceweekly, as well as on the service every week- day from Mexico to Miami. A DC-4 flies aonce weekly service between Mexico and Panama. The company also hopes to operateinto New York. The company trades as Guest Airways Mexico.Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico. Executives: W. Guest, president; G. L. Mon-teiro, director, traffic and sales. Fleet: DC-4, L-749 Constellation. Results for year ended December 31st, 1954:19,103 passengers; 673,000 freight ton-km and 76,000 mail ton-km flown; total ton-km4,736,000; 252 staff. Financial details not available. Guest Airways—see Guest Aerovias Mexico,S.A. Guinea Airways, Ltd., now operate servicesin the Adelaide area of South Australia. Origin- ally formed in 1927, the company did remark-able work in the New Guinea goldfields until this was ended by the Japanese. A route hadalso been established from Darwin to Adelaide. After the war the newly formed State-ownedTrans-Australia Airlines drove Guinea Airways off this route and caused its decline to thestatus of a small operator. Head Office: Adelaide, South Australia.Executives: S. Powell, chairman; C. A. Win- dow, secretary; Capt. N. S. D. Buckley, chiefpilot. Fleet: five DC-3, two Auster.Results for year ended December 31st, 1955: 90,424 passengers; 1,329.7 tons of freight and89.2 tons of mail carried; other details not available. Gulf Aviation Co., Ltd., was formed in 1950by Mr. F. Bosworth. The company became a subsidiary of B.O.A.C. in the following year.Five services are operated daily between Bahrein and Dhahran and there are also services fromBahrein to Doha, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Head Office: Bahrein. Executives: G. Beeby Thompson, chairman;G. F. W. Parker, general manager; K. H. N. Bulmer, chief pilot.Fleet: believed to be four Dove, including two Dove hired from B.O.A.C.More than 16,000 passengers were carried in 1953 and in the financial year 1954-55 thecompany's profit was £5,954. Hawaiian Airlines, Ltd., was founded inJanuary 1929 as Inter-Island Airways. The Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company held76 per cent of the original stock, services were begun in November 1929 and Sikorsky amphi-bian biplanes were used. The present title was adopted in 1941 and it was in that year thatDC-3s were first introduced. The airline's services link Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai,Kauai and Honolulu on Oahu. Head Office: Honolulu, Hawaii.Executives; S. C. Kennedy, president; D. Watson, vice-president-controller.Fleet: six Convair 340, 10 DC-3. In 1954 Hawaiian carried nearly 390,000 pas-sengers and more than 10,000 tons of freight and mail. Helicopter Air Service, Inc., has authoriza-tion to operate helicopters to any point within 50 miles of Midway Airport, Chicago, and hassince 1949 been operating shuttle mail services between the roof of the main Chicago postoffice and Chicago Municipal Airport. This shuttle is operated at high frequency and, inaddition, a number of mail flights are made on weekdays over three circuits, each of whichserves a large area. Passenger services are con- templated when the company's S-55s are de-livered later this year. Head Office: Chicago, 111., U.S.A.Executives: J. S. Gleason, Jnr., president/trea- surer; C. W. Moore, executive vice-president;J. C. Brogan, vice-president/secretary. Fleet: six Bell 47G; on order, three S-55 (May,June, July 1956). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:1,558 tons of mail carried; 28,458 ton-miles flown; total costs, £163,210; total revenue,£182,850; 47 staff. Hong Kong Airways Ltd. was formed in1947 by B.O.A.C. for the operation of services linking the Corporation's trunk routes withChina. After the communist conquest of China, B.O.A.C. sold the company to JardineMatheson and Co., Ltd., the present owners. Hong Kong Airways now operates servicesbetween Hong Kong and Formosa with a char- tered DC-4. Connecting services to Japan areoperated by Northwest Airlines. H.K.A. will fly the entire route after receipt of its Viscountsnow on order. Head Office: Hong Kong.Executives: H. D. M. Barton, chairman; B. Smallpiece, director; Hon. D. C. Geddes, direc-tor; M. A. Snowball, director. Fleet: one DC-4 (chartered); on order, twoViscounts (December 1956, March 1957). Results for year ended December 31st, 195S:6,739 passengers; 260.32 tons of freight and 20.9 tons of mail carried; 524,929 ton-milesflown. Financial details and number of staff not available. IBERIA—see Compania Mercantil AnonimaIBERIA. Iceland Airways, Ltd.—see FlugfelagIslands h.f. Icelandic Airlines Loftleidir, formed in 1944,has operated services within Iceland and be- tween Iceland and other European destinations,but now confines its activities to the operation of North Atlantic services between New Yorkand Scandinavia, Germany and Luxembourg via Iceland.Fares are substantially below I.A.T.A. rates, although the sectors east of Iceland haveI.A.T.A.-agreed fares. Braathens S.A.F.E. Air- transport of Norway works closely with theIcelandic company. Head Office: Reykjavik, Iceland.Executives: K. Gudlaugsson, chairman; A. Eliasson, general manager.Fleet: three DC-4. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:16,800 passengers; 174,282 tons of freight and 23,139 tons of mail carried; 7,709,907 ton-kmflown; 125 staff. Financial details not available. Indian Airlines Corporation was formed in1953, taking over on August 1st that year the services previously operated by a number ofprivate airlines. Operating 23,600 miles of routes in India and to Afghanistan, Burma,Ceylon, Nepal and East and West Pakistan, the Corporation's operations are divided intothree areas with bases at Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi. I.A.C. is responsible for all Indian internalservices but Air-India International flies a few such services as part of its international net-work. Most of the A.I.I, revenue from internal sectors is passed to Indian Airlines.Head Office: New Delhi, India. Executives: S. Prasada, chairman; Y. N. Varma,secretary; B. Narayan, financial controller;
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