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484 FLIGHT, 20 April 1956 Abdel Bagi Mohd, gen. manager, Sudan Airways. Grant W. 6. McConachie,president, C.P.A. Count Dr. Carondini, chairman, Alitalia. J. H. Carmichael,president, Capital Airlines. Delos W. Rentzel,chain, and pres., Slick Airways. WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY president engineering and maintenance; D. R.Petty, vice-president flight operations; C. Barkes, vice-president finance and property;R. W. Ireland, vice-president traffic adminis- tration; S. P. Martin, secretary; A. M. deVoursney, treasurer. Fleet: 13 DC-3, 19 DC-4, 42 DC-6, 20 DC-6B,25 DC-7, 55 Convair 340; on order, 30 DC-8 (1959-60), 23 DC-7 (1956-57), 17 DC-6B(1956-57), five DC-6A (1956). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:5,574,533 passengers; 44,746 tons of freight and 29,503 tons of mail carried; 463,731,030ton-miles flown; total costs £75.301,673; total revenue £84,134,967; 18,331 staff. Uraba, Medellin and Central Airways, Inc.—UMCA operates Convair 240s thrice weekly between Balboa and Medellin. UMCA wasfounded in 1931, is a Pan American World Airways' subsidiary and operates its serviceswith aircraft leased from P.A.W.A. Head Office: Medellin, Colombia.Executives: E. Balluder, president; R. G. Ferguson, treasurer; J. A. Mannion, secretary.Fleet: Convair 240 leased from P.A.W.A. Traffic statistics not available. VARIG—sec S.A. Empress de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense VASP—see Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, S.A. Vestlandske Luftfartselskap A/S. (WestNorway Airlines) was founded, mainly by Bergen shipping interests, as a private com-pany in 1947. Considerable charter work and ambulance flying is done, and since 1951 V.L.S.has operated scheduled flying-boat services over two routes, Bergen-Alesund-Molde-Kristian-sund-Trondheim in summer and Bergen- Haugesund-Stavanger throughout the year. All services were suspended during this win-ter. This summer it is proposed that the flying- boat services shall be resumed, and that land-plane services will be operated between Bergen and Trondheim, and Bergen and Stavanger.Head Office: Bergen, Norway. Executives: S. Liby, managing director; A.Wagner Larsen, chief engineer; R. F. Rasmus- sen, chief pilot. Fleet: two Sealand,, two Seabee; on order, oneHeron, two Twin Pioneer (1956 or 1957). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:9,534 passengers; 82 tons of mail carried; 171,761 ton-km flown; 20 staff. Other detailsnot available. Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo, S.A.—VASP, wasfounded in 1934 and began scheduled opera- tions in 1935. Most of the company's stock isheld by the Sao Paulo city, State and Munici- pal Bank. The company operates over about3.000 miles of domestic routes, and has no less than 60 flights a week in each directionbetween Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The airline flies both 2nd and 3rd class services.Head Office: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Executives: J. V. de Faria Lima, president;J. Castilho Cabral, vice-president; O. P. Pinto, director / executive.Fleet- Saab Scandia, DC-3. In 1954 VASP carried more than 250,000 pas-sengers and flew more than 5,500,000 revenue ton-miles. West African Airways Corporation, an asso- ciate of B.O.A.C., was founded in 1946 by the West African territories of Nigeria, GoldCoast, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. Most of the company's network is in Nigeria but ser-vices extend as far west as Dakar and the unduplicated route mileage is about 7,000. TheCorporation developed extensive second-class services with its former fleet of Bristol 170sand, in fact, passengers on some routes are predominantly African.Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria. Executives: R. W. C. Baker-Beall, chairman;Lt-Col. M. L. P. Mostert, general manager; A. S. M. Furmiss, deputy general manager;R. R. R. Allen, chief engineer; A. A. Cooper, chief accountant; Capt. A. L. Greenacre, chiefpilot. Fleet: eight Heron, four Dove, two Bristol 170.Results for year ended March 31st, 1955: 59,982 passengers; 1,621,528 ton-miles flown;total aircraft operating costs, £708,933; total traffic revenue, £611,920; 1,006 staff. West Coast Airlines, Inc., was founded in1941 under the laws of the State of Washing- ton for the operation of passenger, mail andexpress services in the Pacific Coast area, but the C.A.B. held the application over until afterthe war and only granted certificates in 1946. The company took over Empire Air Lines in1952 and now operates 2,000 miles of routes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.Head Office: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Executives: N. Bez, president; G. HamiltonBeasley, executive vice-president; R. A. Duwe, secretary/treasurer; E. B. Code, vice-presidentoperations; T. Croson, vice-president sales. Fleet: 14 DC-3. Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:196,178 passengers; 99,533 freight ton-miles and 47,839 mail ton-miles flown; 3,323,249total ton-miles flown; total costs, £1,333,256, total revenue, £1,263,647; 413 staff. Western Airlines, Inc., claims to be theUnited States' oldest airline, having been founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. OnApril 17th, 1926, air mail services were begun between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and SaltLake City and on May 23rd that year the first passengers were carried over the route. Wes-tern Air Express was part of the original TWA when it was formed in 1930 but Westernregained its independence in 1934. The pre- sent name was legally adopted on March 11th,1941. WAL now operates 5,525 miles of routes in the Western and mid-West states. Oneroute extends across the Canadian border to Edmonton. Due to a strike WAL's serviceshave been suspended since January 9th. Head Office: Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A.Executives: T. C. Drinkwater, president; P. E. Sullivan, vice-president/secretary; J. J. Taylor,vice-president/treasurer; S. R. Shatto, vice- president operations; M. W. Landes, vice-president-service. Fleet: eight DC-6B, nine Convair 240, sixDC-4, eight DC-3; on order, 13 DC-6B (1956-57). Results for year ended December 31st, 1955:1,092,578 passengers; 5,435 tons of freight and 4,897 tons of mail carried; 54,999,000 ton-miles flown; total costs £9,645,000; total revenue £11,085,035; 2,130 staff. Wheeler Airlines, Ltd., is Canada's oldestairline, having been founded in 1921. The company is mostly engaged in non-scheduledoperations but maintains an Anson-operated service on weekdays between St. Jovite andMontreal. Head Office: St. Jovite, P.Q., Canada.Executives: F. H. Wheeler, president; R. Rych- licki, general manager; J. Bancroft, treasurer;G. Fitzgerald, secretary. Fleet: Includes DC-4, C-46, Canso, Norseman,Beaver, Anson 5, Cessna 195 and Boeing 75 (for crop spraying). Traffic statistics not available. Wideroe's Flyveselskap og Polarfly A/S. isan old-established company engaging in many forms of air activity including charter flyingand air survey. Wideroe's operated various pioneer air services around the Norwegian coastbefore the war, and for several years since the war the company has been operating the northNorway services for S.A.S. This year Wideroe's will operate all the S.A.S. floatplane servicesnorth of Bodo. Head Office: Oslo, Norway.Executive: V. Wideroe, general manager. Fleet: one Otter and three Norseman onscheduled services and three Oxford, two Cessna, one Beaver, one Fairchild M-62A,one Luscombe Silvaire, one Piper L-4, one Seabee, one Wideroe Polar. May operate theS.A.S. Ju 52/3mW on northern routes this summer. Wien Alaska Airlines, Inc., operates an ex-tensive network of passenger, freight and mail services throughout most of Alaska. Operationsare concentrated in the Fairbanks area with longer routes stretching to Nome in the westand Point Barrow on the north coast. The company has operated under its present titlesince 1936. Previously it had operated since 1929 as Northern Air Transport; its originaloperations began in 1924. Head Office: Fairbanks, Alaska.Executives: S. Wien, president; G. B. Raybura, executive vice-president and treasurer; F. Wien,vice-president operations; J. P. Whaley, vice- president traffic; R. M. King, secretary.Fleet: four Curtiss C-46, two DC-3, six Norse- man, 10 Cessna (types 170, 180, 195).Results for year ended December 31st, 1955: 16,431 passengers; 1,565 tons of freight carried;1,593,040 ton-miles flown. Woods Airways Pty., Ltd., was founded in1947 and began scheduled operations in July 1948. The company's only route is that be-tween Perth and Rottnest Island—a distance of 26 miles. Twelve services are flown in eachdirection every week and extra services are operated on demand.Head Office: Perth, W. Australia. Executives: Capt. J. Wood, managing director;G. L. S. Williams, secretary. Fleet: two Avro Anson. Results for year ended June 30th, 1954: 3,597passengers; 3.1 tons of freight and 0.3 tons of mail carried; other details not available. NOTE: the following Mexican airlines havenot been included in detail as no recent inf orma- is available: Aeronaves de Michoacana, S.A.;Aeropostal Mexicana, S.A.; Aerovias Contreras; Compania Tabasquena de Aviacion, S.A.;Lineas Aereas del Sur; Lineas Aereas Guer- rero-Oaxaca, S.A.; Linea Aereas Picho; LineasAereas Unidas, S.A.; Los Chenes, S.C.L.; Servicio Aereo Leo Lopez T.; Servicios Aereosde Chiapas, S.A. de C.U.; Transportes Aereos de Jalisco; Transportes Aereos Mexicanos,S.A.; Transportes Aereos Terrestres, S.A.; Transportes Aereos Yajalon, S.A.
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