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608 FLIGHT, 3 May 1957 New York Airways were the first airline to introduce the Sikorsky S-S8. This type flies on the company's services linking the New York airports. WORLDTAIRLINE DIRECTORY . . . Navegacao Aerea Brasileira, N.A.B., was established in 1939 and began operations in1941 over a coastal route linking Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza. In 1948, when the routemileage had reached nearly 5,000, financial difficulties caused the suspension of operations. The company began work again in 1951 and at present NAB serves a coastal route fromRio to Vitoria, and an inland route to Belo Horizonte. Head Office: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Executives: Cmdr. G. X. de Oliveira, general manager. Fleet: DC-3. Traffic statistics not available. Nederlands Nieuw Guinea Luchtvaartmaat-schappij "De Kroonduif' N.V., is a new com- pany operating local services based on Biak."De Kroonduif" is managed by K.L.M. from which company its DC-3s are chartered. Thisairline was the first to confirm an order for Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneers.Head Office: The Hague, Holland. Executives: managed by K.L.M.Fleet: three DC-3 (chartered from K.L.M.), four Beaver. On order: three Twin Pioneer(1957). Results for year ended December 31, 19S6:17,100 passengers; 358,100 kg of freight and 74,800 kg of mail carried; total ton-km flown823,000; 148 staff. Financial details not available. New York Airways, Inc., was formed in1949 with the object of operating scheduled helicopter services in the New York area. Mailoperations between the New York airports were inaugurated on October 15, 1952. Mail ser-vices were subsequently opened to suburban areas, and passenger services Unking New YirkInternational, La Guardia and Newark airports began on July 8, 1953. In addition to its air-port links the company now serves the New York area, New Jersey and Connecticut.Regular service to and from Manhattan began on December 5, 1956. Head Office: La Guardia Airport, New York.Executives: R. L. Cummings, Jnr., president; H. Brock, vice-president; W. W. Hogan,treasurer; John H. Slate, secretary. Fleet: three Sikorsky S-58, five S-55, oneBell 47H. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:42,971 passengers; 1,140,031 kg of freight and 526,081 kg of mail carried; 109.757 ton-milesflown; financial details not available; 186 staff. New Zealand National Airways Corporation —NAC. This company was founded by Actof Parliament in 1945 to take over and expand the operations of Air Travel (N.Z.), Ltd., CookStrait Airways, Ltd., and Union Airways of New Zealand, Ltd. Following the change ofGovernment in 1949 an attempt was made to sell NAC but this was not successful. NACoperates over 3,679 miles of routes in and between North and South Islands.Head Office: Wellington, C.I., New Zealand. Executives: Sir Leonard Isitt, chairman; J. S. Hunter, deputy chairman; J. J. Busch, general manager; H. C. Walker, operations manager; W. J. Jennings, commercial manager; C. W. Labette, engineering superintendent. Fleet: 25 DC-3, four Heron, three D.H.89. On order: three Viscount 807. Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 469,616 passengers; 8,205,599 kg of freight and 548,220 kg of mail carried; 17,168,896 ton- miles flown; 1,416 staff. Financial details not available. North Central Airlines, Inc., was foundedin 1944 as Wisconsin Central Airlines. Appro- val for the operations of routes from Chicago tocities in Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and Upper Michigan was given in 1946 and opera-tions were begun with Lockheed Electras in February 1948. The company adopted its pre-sent name at the end of 1952, now operates 3,241 miles of routes in the Great Lakes area,serving 51 cities in nine States. NCA may acquire Lake Central Airlines adding 28 citiesand 1,986 route miles to its system. Head Office: Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.Executives: H. N. Carr, president; B. Sweet, secretary/treasurer; F. N. Buttomer, vice-president traffic and sales; A. D. Niemeyer, vice-president operations; R. H. Benido, vice-president maintenance and engineering; A. E. Schwandt, vice-president industrial relations.Fleet: 25 DC-3. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:546,654 passengers; 2,249,781 kg of express and 1,250,039 kg of mail carried; total costs,£2,807,075; total revenue, £2,846,068; 987 staff. Northeast Airlines now serves die NewEngland area and has routes extending from Montreal through Boston, New York, andWashington to Florida. The company was founded by the Boston and Maine and MaineCentral Railroads as Boston-Maine Airways, and services were begun between Boston andWaterville on August 11, 1933. The present name was taken in 1940.Head Office: Boston, Mass., U.S.A. Executives: George E. Gardner, president;D. W. H. MacKinnon, vice-pres. engineering and maintenance; A. A. Lane, vice-pres. opera-tions; H. Heard, treasurer; R. H. Kerr, vice- pres. personnel; Ann Wood, special asst. topresident; E. Breed, director of sales; C. H. McKenney, director of traffic.Fleet: 12 DC-3, six Convair 240, one C-46, 10 DC-6B in course of delivery. On order:five Britannia (October-November 1957). Results for year ended December 31, 1956:592.967 passengers; 1,506,000 kg of freight, 1,015,000 kg of express and 671,000 kg of mailcarried; 11,576,066 ton-miles flown; total costs, £3,831,639; total revenue, £3,678,640; 1,167staff. Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc., wasfounded in 1945 to integrate the operations of a number of small airlines in southwest Alaska. The company now has about 3,000 miles ofroutes worked by scheduled and non-scheduled flights. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska.Executives: R. I. Petersen, president/general manager; S. B. Fitzhugh, vice-president/ treasurer; V. R. Davis, secretary/generaltraffic manager; W. R. Rice, operations man- ager; L. P. Fritz, general sales manager.Fleet: four DC-3, 11 Cessna T-50. On order: three Friendship (1958/59).Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 18,984 passengers; 2,071,137 kg of freight and802,850 kg of mail carried; 1,651,388 ton-miles flown; total costs, £1,074,162; total revenue,£1,153,215; 165 staff. Northern Wings, Ltd.—Les Ailes du Nord Ltee, flies non-scheduled services and is be-lieved to operate a scheduled route of about 400 miles from Seven Islands to Blanc Sablonon the Quebec/Labrador border. Head Office: Quebec, P.Q., Canada.Executives: Dr. G. Cyr, president; Me. H. Beaupre, secretary; J. L. Roy, controller; T.Coghlan, general manager. Fleet: two DC-3, two Canso, two Norseman,two Beaver, one Beech 17, one Anson V. Northwest Airlines, Inc., was incorporatedon August 1, 1926, as Northwest Airways and mail services were begun between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago on October 1 that year, using a leased Curtiss Oriole and a ThomasMorse. The company's first owned fleet con- sisted of three Stinson Detroiters purchased in1926 and the first passenger services were opened in July 1927. The present corporate name was adopted in1934. For publicity purposes the airline trades as Northwest Orient Airlines. By 1945 a trans-continental route had been established and in 1947 the company began services to the FarEast. In 1948 Washington and Honolulu were added to the network and in 1950 Edmontonand Formosa were added. The present system comprises 20,000 miles of routes stretchingfrom coast to coast of the U.S.A.; into Canada and Alaska; to Hawaii; and across the Pacificto Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Manila, For- mosa and Hong Kong.Head Office: St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. Executives: C. Hunter, chairman; D. W.Nyrop, president; M. S. Mackay, executive vice-president; F. C. Judd, vice-presidentoperations and engineering; G. M. Bain, vice- president sales; L. S. Holstad, comptroller;W. J. Eiden, treasurer. Fleet: three DC-7C, four L.1049G, nine Strato-cruiser, 14 DC-6B, 18 DC-4, sk DC-3. On order: six DC-6B (1957-58), 11 DC-7C(1957/58). An order for 707s or DC-8s is forthcoming. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:1,427.063 passengers; 27.485.130 freight and 24,497,831 mail ton-km flown, total ton-kmflown, 211,897,302: total costs, £25,099,728; total revenue, £27,383,292; 5,573 staff. Olympic Airways—see National Greek Air- lines, T.A.E. Ostermans Aero A.B., was formed in 1943and has since 1947 been operating helicopters. Most of the company's work is of a contractnature but every winter since 1948 Ostermans have operated regular mail service betweenStockholm and numerous points in the Stock- holm Archipelago. This service has beenoperated with very hirfi standards of reliability and regularity. During 1955 the companyoperated S-55 services, for a short time, be- tween Sweden and Denmark.Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden. Executive: N. Billing, managing president.Fleet: two S-55, 10 Bell 47, one Djinn 1220, three Seabee, one Norseman. Osterreichische Luftverkehrs A.G., (Aus-trian Airlines), is the new Austrian airline founded in April 1956 by agreement betweenAir Austria and Austrian Airwavs, neither of which had begun operations. The capital ofthe new company is reported as £3,000.000. Scandinavian Airlines Svstem and Fred OlsenAirtransport each have 15 per cent interests in the new company which is expected to beginEuropean operations on June 1. Head Office: Vienna, Austria.Fleet: Initial operations are expected to be with Fred Olsen Airtransport Viscounts. Ozark Air Lines, Inc., was incorporatedunder the laws of the State of Missouri on September 1, 1943, and filed applications forC.A.B. certificate to serve 28 cities in six states. Charter and intra-state services in Missourioperated during 1944 and 1945. Ozark was awarded a three-year certificate in 1950, took
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