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1957
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612 FLIGHT WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY . . . 972,995 passengers; 10,970 tons of freight and4,464 tons of mail carried; 127,591,000 revenue ton-km flown; total revenue, £21,984,550;8,291 staff. Scheduled Skyways System operates threeservices a day between Fayetteville and Little Rock. Head Office: Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.Fleet: Cessna 180. No traffic figures available. Seaboard and Western Airlines, Inc., is awell established scheduled cargo carrier. The company began operations in 1951 and onApril 10, 1956, began scheduled North Atlantic operations between New York andShannon, London, Glasgow, Brussels, Amster- dam, Hamburg, Cologne, Weisbaden, Diissel-dorf, Frankfurt, Nuremburg, Stuttgart, Munich, Paris, Geneva and Zurich in Europe.Seaboard has interline agreements with many U.S. and foreign scheduled airlines. B.O.A.C.is general sales agent for Seaboard and Western in the United Kingdom.Head Office: New York, U.S.A. Executives: R. A. Norden, president; A. V.Norden, executive vice-president /treasurer; C. D. Brell, vice-president operations; W. P.Neth, vice-president traffic/secretary. Fleet: 10 L-1049, four DC-4, one C-46.Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 9,443,000 ton-miles flown on scheduled freightservices; 57,000 passengers and 6,266,000 freight ton-miles flown on military contracts;operating costs, £6,407,807;operating revenue, £6,702,315; 857 staff. Servicio Aereo de Honduras, S.A.—SAHSA,was founded in 1945 by Honduras private interests and Pan American Airways. Opera-tions w^re begun in October 1945. The com- pany operates a network of routes in Hondurasand a route between San Pedro and Belize in British Honduras. In 1953 SAHSA acquiredall the stock of TACA de Honduras but the latter concern continues to operate as a separ-ate company. Head Office: Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Executives: R. Z, Romero, president/general manager; H. M. Posas, first vice-president; F.Lardizabal, treasurer; H. Maradiaga, secretary. Fleet: seven DC-3. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:82,813 passengers; 4,722,102 kg of freight and 243,515 kg of mail carried; 82,763 ton-kmflown; total costs, £403,909; total revenue, £436,291; 239 staff. Servico de Transportes Aereos. Little isknown about this company but it is believed to be operating regular services between theislands of Sao Tome and Principe off the west coast of Africa. Head Office: Sao Tome, Province of SaoTom£ and Principe, Portuguese West Africa. Executive: V. C. Cortes, chief executive.Fleet: three D.H.89, one Tiger Moth, one Piper Super Cruiser, one Autocar.Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 738 passengers; 3,375 kg of freight and 761 kgof mail carried; 10,075 ton-km flown; 26 staff. Other details not available. Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul Ltda—Cruzeiro. This airline's history goes back to December 1927 when Syndicate Condor Ltdawas founded by German interests. A coastal route was established from Belem through Riode Janeiro and on to Buenos Aires and across the Andes to Santiago in Chile. From Natalsouth this formed part of the German route to South America opened in 1934. Dornier Wai,Junkers F13 and W34s were used by Condor and later Ju 52s and Focke Wulf Condors cameinto service. In 1942 the company was re- organized, cleared of German control and givenits present name. The company now operates more than 12,000 miles of routes in Brazil andbetween Brazil and neighbouring countries. Head Office: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Executives: Dr. J. B. R. Dantas, president; J. Q. V. de Carvalho, commercial director;Col. F. A. Rocha, operations director. Fleet: 34 DC-3, four Convair 340, four BeechAT-11. On order: 10 Frye Safari. Results for year ended December 31, 1955: One of Tasman Empire Airways fleet of four Douglas DC-6s seen over the New Zealand Southern Alps. These aircraft maintain the services between New Zealand and Australia. 387,343 passengers; 7,740,000 freight ton-kmand 331,000 mail ton-km flown; total revenue ton-km 28,800,000; 3,868 staff.Financial details not available. Slick Airways, Inc., is one of the largest U.S.scheduled cargo carriers. Its services include transcontinental operations from Boston andNew York to Los Angeles and San Francisco, most flights serve Chicago. 33 cities are served.A very high percentage of the company's flying is done at night in order to provide overnightdelivery services. Slick was founded in 1946 and began operation as a contract cargo carrier.Scheduled services were authorized in 1949. Head Office: Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.Executives: Robert J. Smith, president; John E. Muhlfield, vice-president sales and traffic;Henry P. Huff Jnr., vice-president operations and maintenance; Alwin Johnson, vice-presi-dent finance; Herman Ruppel, treasurer; John W. Walbert, secretary. Fleet: eight DC-6A, eight DC-4, 13 C-46. Onorder: five DC-6A (1958). Results for year ended December 31, 1956:192,502,363 passenger-miles (on contract and international charter); 47,615,721 freight and787,754 mail ton-miles flown; total ton-miles, 64,741,344; total costs, £7,802,780; totalrevenue, £7,938,072; 1,585 staff. Sociedad de Transportes Aereos Ltda.— See Air Chile/Lyon Air. Sociedade Acoriana de Transportes Aereos,Ltda.—SATA. This company began opera- tions in 1948 and now has 313 miles of routes.Nine services a week are operated between Sao Miguel and Santa Maria and three flights aweek serve Terceira. Head Office: Sao Miguel, Azores.Executives: General managers: Bensaude and Ca., Ltda.Fleet: two Dove. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:7,321 passengers; 58,794 kg of freight and 48,471 kg of mail carried; 168,579 ton-kmflown; 35 staff. Financial details not available. Sociedade Anonima Viacao Aerea Gaucha—SAVAG. Founded in 1946 as a private com- pany to operate services in the State of RioGrande, the original fleet consisted of three Lodestars. Present routes are from PortoAlegre to Livramento; Rio Grande to Porto Alegre and Bage; and Sao Paulo to Bage.Cruzeiro do Sul supplies SAVAG with crews and provides maintenance, technical assistanceand also handles reservations. Head Office: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.Executives: E. C. Becker, president; V. V. de Fonseca, vice-president; T. Fruet, operationsmanager. Fleet: DC-3.Traffic statistics not available. Societe Aerienne de Transport GnyaneAntilles—SATGA (French Guiana Air Trans- port), flies local services in French Guiana.Cayenne, St. Laurent, St. Georges, Mari- pasoula and Saul are served by scheduledflights. Delice is served on request for cargo or ambulance calls. Head Office: Cayenne, French Guiana.Fleet: D.H.89, Vultee L-13. Societe Caltidonienne de Transports Aeriens"Transpac", operates services between Noumea and Isle of Pines, Lifu, Uvea andMare. Head Office: Noumea, New Caledonia.Executives: H. G. Martinet, president; H. C. Coursin, manager; J. A. Lafargue, chief pilot;M. A. Couillaud, chief engineer. Fleet: three D.H.89.Results for year ended December 31, 1956: 5,886 passengers; 19,015 kg of freight and4,386 kg of mail carried; 82,395 ton-km flown; total costs, £21,188; total revenue, £23,020;16 staff. South African Airways was formed in 1934to take over Union Airways, and the airline is owned and controlled by the Governmentthrough the South African Railways and Har- bours Administration. In 1935 the new air-line acquired South West African Airways. SAA now operates an internal network ofroutes and also has services to Rhodesia and Europe. A new Johannesburg-London routevia Leopoldville, Kano and Algiers was opened earlier this year. Head Office: Johannesburg, Transvaal, Unionof South Africa. Executives: D. H. C. du Plessis, general man-ager; D. M. Robbertze, deputy general man- ager; J. G. Grove, asst. gen. man.; J. D. T.Louw, airways manager. Fleet: three DC-7B, four L-749A, seven DC-4,six DC-3. On order: seven Viscount 813. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:267,288 passengers; 1,521,404 kg of freight; 1,339,404 kg of mail; 11,003,338 tonne-kmflown; total costs, £S.A.6,744,940; total revenue, £S.A.7,593,228; 2,271 staff. Southern Airlines, Ltd., was founded inApril 1955 and operates services from Mel- bourne to Sale, Bairnsdale, Shepparton, Ben-alla, Warrnambool, Tocumwal, Kerang, Swan Hill, Flinders Island and Balranald. Free in-surance is provided for all passengers with signed valid tickets. Head Office: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fleet: Dove, Anson. Southern Airways, Inc., was founded in July1943 and began operations in June 1949. Twenty-eight cities are served in the states ofGeorgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ten- nessee, Florida and North and South Carolina.Permanent certification was granted in May 1955. Head Office: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.Executives: F. W. Hulse, president; C. M. Britt, vice-president sales; W. S. Magill, vice-president operations; G. Estey, secretary/ treasurer.Fleet: 13 DC-3. Results for year ended December 31, 1956:188,873 passengers; 591 kg of mail carried; 3,354,974 ton-miles flown; total costs£1,421,686; revenue £1,410,206; 482 staff. South West Air Transport (Pry.), Ltd., hasfor several years been operating feeder services connecting with South African Airways' flightsat Windhoek. The present operations include five weekly services between Windhoek andOtjiwarongo, Outjo, Tsumeb and Grootfontein and a twice weekly service between Windhoekand Walvis Bay. Head Office: Windhoek, South West Africa.Executives: P. H. M. Du Plessis, chairman; G. T. van Rooyen, manager; A. K. L. Finke,chief engineer. Fleet: Ryan Navion, D.H.89.Results for year ended December 31, 1955: 2,500 passengers carried; 11 staff. Otherdetail not available. Southwest Airways Company was foundedin 1941 and began airline operations at the end of 1946 when it opened its San Francisco-LosAngeles route. The company now has 1,300 miles of routes all within California, except forits services to Medford in the south of Oregon. Southwest was a pioneer of the quick turn-round at intermediate points with stops of only one to two minutes. At refuelling stops theturn-round time is six minutes. Head Office: San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A.Executives: L. Hayward, chairman; J. H. Connelly, president; T. R. Mitchell, executivevice-president; A. W. Johnson, vice-president/ treasurer; R. E. Costello, vice-president trafficand sales.
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