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1957
1957 - 0592.PDF
594 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY . . . "Flight" photograph Three of Aeroflot's Tu-104 turbojet airliners seen on a visit to London Airport. This type is in service on the Prague-Moscow-Peking route. Three have been ordered by Czechoslovak Airlines. (reported to total 230,000 route miles), routesto neighbouring Communist countries and to Pekin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki andKabul. Ju-104s are in service on a number of routes including Pekin-Moscow-Prague.Head Office: Moscow, U.S.S.R. Executives: Marshal P. F. Zhigarev, directorgeneral; Lt. Gen. N, A. Zakharov, deputy director general. Fleet: Tu-104, 11-14, 11-12, Li-2, An-2, Po-2,11-20, Yak 12R and other types. 11-20 turbojet- powered aircraft may still be operating domesticmail and freight services. Aerolineas Argentinas-Empresa del Estado.,or Argentine Airlines as it is more generally known, was founded as a state corporation inMay 1949 by the Ministry of Transport to take over the operations of FAMA, ALFA, Aero-posta and ZONDA. The airline maintains a domestic netv-ork and international services toneighbouring South American countries, Cuba, the U.S.A. and Europe.Head Office: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: A. E. Llavallol, chairman; ViceComodoro A. Becher, vice-chairman; J. Carlos Mason Lugones, general manager; D. P.Albano, operations manager; G. A. Zalazar, economic planning manager.Fleet: six DC-6, five DC-4, four Convair 240, 16 DC=3, seven Sandringham,Results for year ended December 31, 1955: 327,808 passengers; 1,532,859 kg of freight and492,577 kg of mail carried; total ton-km flown 39,087,756; total costs, £7,900,873; totalrevenue, £4,958,723; 5,623 staff. Aerolineas Mexicanas S.A., is operatingdomestic services linking Mexico City with Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Leon, San Luis Potosi,Saltillo, Monclova and Piedras Negras. Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico.Fleet: DC-3. No other details available. Aeromaritime—see Union Aeromaritime de Transport. Aeronaves de Mexico, S.A. was founded onSeptember 1, 1934, and began operating be- tween Mexico City and Acapulco. Its early fleetconsisted of a three-engined Stinson, three Bellanca Pacemakers and a Fairchild 24. Theairline now has a route network of about 6,500 miles within Mexico. In 1952 Aeronavesbought LAMSA (founded in 1934) from United Air Lines and in 1954 the companyalso acquired 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: 15 DC-3, three DC-4, four Convair 340, Constellation.Results for year ended December 31, 1954: (including Aerovias Reforma). 213,248 pas-sengers; 1,700 tons of freight and 195 tons of mail carried; about 1,500 staff. Other detailsnot available. Aero-Nord Sweden A.B., operates schedulednewspaper and limited passenger services within Sweden. Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden.Executives: P-S. Holmstrom, managing director. Fleet: one Lodestar, one Oxford,Staff 19. No other details available. One of the fleet of Curtiss C-46s used by Aaxico Airlines on their scheduled freight services. 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: Commandante L. Gomes, presi- dent; N. Freire, general manager.Fleet: four DC-3. Aero O/Y—Finnair was founded in 1923and began operations, with single-engined Junkers-F13 floatplanes, in 1924. Landplaneoperations began in 1936 when airports became available. After the war Aero O/Y developedits European routes which culminated in the opening of a service to London in 1954. TheFinnish internal network is one of the most extensive in Europe, fares are very low andthe growth of traffic in recent years has been phenomenal. The company has an extremelyhigh reputation for regularity and punctuality. Head Office: Helsinki, Finland.Executives: L. Grandell, president; B. Aulin, vice-president technical; A. NystrSm, vice-president commercial. Fleet: two Convair CV-440, three ConvairCV-340, nine DC-3. On order: one CV-440. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:333,066 passengers; 1,657,351 kg of freight and 566,210 kg of mail carried; 24,010,014 ton-kmflown; total costs, £2,838,518; total revenue, £2,864,261; 1,083 staff. Aerotaxi—see Aerovias Nacionales deColombia. Aero Transportes., S.A.—ATSA. Foundedin 1943 and began scheduled services in 1944. Services were suspended in the following yearand resumed in January 1947. The company now operates a return service on weekdays be-tween Monterrey 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-3.Traffic statistics not available. Aerovias Ecuatorianas C.A. (AREA), wasfounded in 1949 and began operations in 1951. AREA took over the routes formerly workedby Aero Transporte Ecuatoriano and Trans- andia Ecuatoriana. The company is believedto be operating an internal route network but no recent news is available.Head Office: Quito, Ecuador. Executives: L. Arias, president; A. Arias,general manager. Fleet: Boeing Stratoliner, DC-3, Anson,Navion. On order : one Friendship (1958). Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia — AVIANCA claims to be the oldest airline inthe Americas—and, in fact, it was formed (in 1940) as the result of a merger of S.C.A.D.T.A.(founded in 1919) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. S.C.A.D.T.A. was founded byGerman interests but in 1931 Pan American Airways acquired an 80 per cent interest—which was, however, reduced to 64 per cent at the time of the merger. The company operatesdomestic services and services to Venezuela, Ecuador, Jamaica, the U.S.A., Bermuda,Portugal, Spain, France and Germany. In 1951 Avianca acquired the second largest Colombianairline LANSA and in 1952 also took over SAETA. A wholly owned subsidiary, AerotaxiLtda, operates Cessna 195 and Beaver aircraft to areas which cannot be served by largeraircraft. 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, 11 C-47. Results for year ended December 31, 1955:903,645 passengers; 67,845 tons of freight and 659 tons of mail carried; 71,239,000 ton-kmflown; total costs, £12,170,885; total revenue, £12, 881,191; 5,011 staff. Aerovias Panama Airways was founded in1951 as Aerovias Interamericanas de Panama, S.A. (Avispa), and began operations mainly asa cargo carrier using C-46s leased from the Colombian company Lineas Interamericanas.In 1952 the company was designated by the Panama Government to operate a Panama-
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