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FLIGHT, 3 May 1957 595 Miami route. In 1954 the airline concluded anagreement with Trans-Caribbean Airways whereby a DC-6 and flight crews would besupplied for the Miami service. Services are now operated between Panama and Miami andbetween Panama and Lima via Guayaquil. Head Office: New York, U.S.A.Executives: H. Barletta, president; V. Inch- austi, secretary /treasurer /operations manager.Fleet: DC^. 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; to Gerona, Isleof Pines, twice daily; and to Key West, Florida, thrice daily. Head Office: Havana, Cuba.Executives: M. Cuevedo, president /general manager; M. Rodriquez, traffic manager;J. E. A. de Rogato, operations manager. Fleet: 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 asBogotd in Columbia. Countries now served are Cuba, British Honduras, Guatemala, Sal-vador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.Head Office: St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A. Executives: V. V. Carmichael Jnr., presidentand 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 31, 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; R. van den Branden, vice-president traffic and sales; A. J.Lanz, chief of maintenance; J. Saiz, chief accountant. Fleet: five Convair 340, 17 DC-3, three C-46.Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 294,623 passengers; 11,285,000 kg of freightcarried; 946 staff. Other details not available. Air Algerie—-see Compagnie Generale deTransports Aeriens Air Algerie. Air Atlas-Air Maroc. Compagnie Cheri-nenne de Transports Aeriens, operates services in North Africa and between North Africa andFrance, Spain and Switzerland. The airline was founded in July 1953 by the amalgamationof the Casablanca-based Air Atlas and Air Maroc companies. Air Atlas was formed in1946 and began operations with Junkers 52/ 3ms and Air Maroc was founded in 1947 andbegan scheduled services in 1949. Head Office: Casablanca, Morocco.Executives: M. Laraki, president; A. Faurous, director general; P. Valent, administrativedirector; F. Legras, commercial director; M. Delluc, technical director.Fleet: four DC-4, four DC-3. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:137,344 passengers; 3,028,765 kg of freight and 521,768 kg of mail carried; 12,978,362 ton-kmflown; 384 staff. Financial details not available. 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 in 1956 using aK.L.M. Constellation painted in Air Ceylon colours but with Dutch registration.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 31, 1955:28,595 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 Chile/Lyon Air—Sociedad de Trans-portes Aereos, Ltda., is a new company which has recently begun operation of scheduled ser-vices between Santiago and Arica and between Santiago and Panama City via Lima andGuayaquil. Head Office: Santiago, Chile.Fleet: C-46. Air France FRANCE. -see Compagnie Nationale AIR 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 1, 1953, A.I.I, became a State-owned cor-poration with the continuing responsibility of operating Indian long-distance internationalair services. The company began operation of a weeklyBombay-Cairo-Geneva-Londbn service in June 1948. A.I.I, now operates daily services be-tween India and England. Rome, Paris, Zurich, Diisseldorf, Prague, Beirut andDamascus have been added as calls on this route while Delhi and Calcutta have beenadded as Indian terminals. The airline also operates services to Bangkok, Hong Kong,Tokyo, Madras, Singapore, Sydney, Karachi, Aden and Nairobi.Head Office: Bombay, India. Executives: J. R. D. Tata, chairman; B. R.Patel, general manager; S. K. Kooka, traffic manager; A. C. Gazdar, technical director;N. J. Pavri, controller of accounts. Fleet: three L-749 Constellation, eight L-1049,one DC-3. On order: three Boeing 707-420 (1960). Results for year ended March 31, 1956: 62,079passengers; 1,257,343 kg of freight and 422,189 kg of mail carried; revenue ton-miles flown,21,452,852; total costs, £5,249,230; total revenue, £5,278,307; 3,395 staff. Air Jordan Co., Ltd., was founded in 1950by local interests and services were begun with Airspeed Consuls. In 1953 Transocean AirLines acquired an interest in Air Jordan and DC-3s were introduced. The airline nowoperates from Jerusalem and/or Amman to Cairo, Damascus, Beirut, Kuwait, Benghazi,and Tripoli (Libya). Head Office: Amman, Jordan.Executives: A. Z. Nuseibeh, chairman; A. M. cl-Qutob, general manager; S. R. Kochenderfer,executive director. Fleet: DC-3, Curtis C-46. Air Laos was formed in 1952 by Air France,Aigle Azur and local interests. Air France sub- Air - India Inter- national's Lockheed Super Constellations are now operating daily services be- tween England and India and also flying between Bombay and Sydney, Australia.
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