FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0512.PDF
528 FLIGHT, 18 April 1958 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. another associate, conducts servicing. The Hunting Group also controlssubsidiaries engaged in aircraft manufacture and in aerial survey. Head Office: London Airport, Middlesex. Executives: M. H. Curtis,managing director; E. H. Baker, secretary; Capt. L. B. Greensted, tech- nical director; D. J. Platt, commercial manager; J. Robinson, salesmanager. Fleet: three Viscount, nine Viking, three York. On order: two Britannia 315, two DC-6A. Independent Air Travel, Ltd., founded in 1956, is engaged only oncharter services. Head Office: Hum Airport, Bournemouth. Executives: Capt. M. K.Kosubski, managing director; Capt. Lloyd, operations manager. Fleet: seven Viking, two DC-4. Jersey Airlines, Ltd., in which B.E.A. acquired a 25 per cent sharein 1956, operates scheduled services linking the Channel Isles to Lon- don, Manchester, Southampton, Bournemouth and Exeter in the U.K.,to Paris, St. Brieuc, Dinard, Nantes and Cherbourg in France and to Bilbao. Head Office: 4 The Parade, St. Helier, Jersey. Executives: M. L.Thomas, chairman/managing director; B. W. Gardiner, T. C. Chandler, R. L. Weir, directors; J. S. Cunningham, secretary. Fleet: seven Heron,one Wayfarer, two Rapide. Lancashire Aircraft Corporation, Ltd.—see British Aviation Services. Manx Airlines—see British Aviation Services. Morton Air Services, Ltd., fly scheduled services from Croydon toRotterdam, Le Touquet and the Channel Isles, and also conduct charter and ambulance nights. Olley Air Services is a subsidiarycompany. Head Office: Croydon Airport, Surrey. Executives: T. W. Morton,chairman/managing director; J. Fargher, secretary; Peter Eskell, com- mercial manager. Fleet: one Heron, eight Dove, three Rapide, twoConsul. Olley Air Services, Ltd., a subsidiary of Morton Air Services, Ltd.,operates a scheduled service to the Channel Isles in co-operation with Morton.Head Office: Croydon Airport, Surrey. Executives: T. W. Morton, chairman/managing director; J. Fargher, director; S. Carter, secretaryand commercial manager. Fleet: see Morton Air Services. Orion Airways, Ltd., operate charter services from Blackbushe. Head Office: Blackbushe, Hants. Executives: P. E. Palmer, chairman and managing director; J. Hughes, commercial manager; H. Biddle, technical director. Fleet: one Viking. Overseas Aviation (Channel Islands), Ltd., operate non-scheduledservices, particularly on behalf of Continental operators. Aircraft are maintained by B.K.S. at Southend. The company is a subsidiary ofMr. R. Myhill's Overseas Aviation, Ltd., which conducts charter ser- vices, concentrating on sky-writing. Head Office: 26 Hill Street, St. Heller, Jersey. Executives: R. Myhill,chairman; D. Ludby, P. de V. Stevens, directors; B. Dromgoole, manag- ing director. Fleet: three Viking. Scottish Airlines, Ltd., is engaged on charter services for passengersand freight and on a scheduled service between Prestwick and Ronalds- way.Head Office: Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire. Executives: I. C. Grant, general manager; D. McConnell, secretary; W. A. Wilkinson, technicalmanager. Fleet: two York, one DC-3. On order: five Twin Pioneer. Silver City Airways, Ltd.—See British Aviation Services. Skyways, Ltd.—scheduled services fall into three groups: the"Crusader" service from London to Cyprus via Malta; coach-air ser- vices from London to Paris, Nice, Vichy and Brussels; and the freightservice for livestock from Stansted to Beauvais. Skyways' trooping services include frequent flights to Singapore in co-operation withAirwork, Ltd. Head Office: 7, Berkeley Street, London, W.I. Executives: Sir WavellWakefield, chairman; Erick Rylands, managing dirctor; A. J. Henderson, secretary; J. M. Twiss, general manager administration; H. P. Snelling,general manager commercial; E. Barker, general manager financial. Fleet: 14 York, four DC-3. Starways, Ltd. operate charter services and a scheduled serviceLondon - Liverpool. Head Office: Speke Airport, Liverpool. Executives: P. H. Wilson,chairman; J. A. Wilson, director. Fleet: four DC-3, one DC-4. Transair, Ltd., was last year awarded the first Viscount troopingcontract, operating between the U.K. and the West Mediterranean. The company conduct intensive mail and freight services under long-term charter and also engage on inclusive-tours, on ad hoc charter nights and on a seasonal scheduled service, London to Jersey. Trans-air is controlled by Airwork, Ltd. Head Office: Croydon Airport, to April 1958, subsequently at GatwickAirport Executives: G. H. Freeman, chairman/managing director; C. W. Bebb, operations manager; H. S. Perren, commercial manager.Fleet: 11 DC-3, two Viscount 804. On order: one Viscount 804. The Overseas Carriers A digest of the world's air transport operators, their routes, executives and fleets Aaxico Airlines, Inc., took its present nameon December 31, 1956, having previously worked as American Air Export and ImportCompany. The company is an all-cargo carrier flying scheduled services between New Yorkand New Orleans, and between New Orleans and Detroit. Head Office: Miami, Florida, U.S.A.Executives: Howard J. Korth, president and general manager; E. P. Odenwalder, secretary/treasurer; J. G. Helvey, vice-president; Oliver F. Stern, vice-president cargo sales (NewYork). Fleet: three C.46F. Acoriana, see Sociedade Aeriana de Trans-portes Aereos, Ltda. Aden Airways, Ltd., a wholly owned sub-sidiary of B.O.A.C., operate local services and international routes ranging from Cairo andDamascus in the north to Nairobi in the south. The company was incorporated on March 1,1949, and became self-accounting under its own board of directors on October 1 of thatyear. Head Office: Khormaksar, Aden.Executives: S. Broad, general manager; L. Bennett, commercial manager; R. Haseldine,secretary/accountant. Fleet: eight DC-3, one D.H.89. Aer Lingus, Teoranta, began operations in1936 with a D.H.84, which was used on the Dublin-Bristol route. The company now oper-ates a fleet of Viscounts and DC-3s on routes linking Ireland with Britain, Holland, Belgium,France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Under an agreement signed in 1956, B.E.A. holds 10 per cent of the shares of AerLingus and co-operates with the company on certain routes between the United Kingdomand Ireland. Head Office: Dublin, Republic of Ireland.Executives: P. Lynch, chairman; J. F. Demp- sey, general manager; Capt. J. C. Kelly-Rogers,deputy general manager; Capt. W. J. Scott, operations manager; O. Hone, traffic manager;J. Gorman, secretary. Fleet: four Viscount 707, 13 DC-3, three Vis-count 808. On order: seven Friendship (1958). Aerlinte Eireann, Irish Air Lines, are dueto begin operations between Ireland and the U.S. in April 1958 using chartered SuperConstellations. Aero Ypenburg is a Dutch company engagingin various aspects of civil aviation. Itself a sudsidiary of Luchvaart Technische HandelnijSchreiner and Co., N.V., Aero Ypenburg has four subsidiaries concentrating on particularfields: Aero-Contractors (owned jointly with N.V.M. ter Behartiging van Vervaersbelangen—a consortium of de Deli Spoorweg, Gulderse Tramweg and Maarse and Kroon) will startregular helicopter services in Rotterdam this summer, and already conducts helicoptercharter services; Aero-Coop (owned jointly with "Centraal Bureau") provides helicoptercharter services in connection with land re- clamation; Aero-Camera specialises in aerialphotography; Aero-Cargodoors is an aircraft handling organisation.Head Office: Rotterdam, Netherlands. Executives: B. Schreiner, E. Schreiner.Fleet: one Piper Apache, four Bell 47, one Djina. On order: four Kolibrie. Aeroflot-Grazdanskij Wozdusnyj Flot is theSoviet airline, but it is not truly comparable with the airlines of the West, as in addition tooperating passenger, freight and mail services, it is responsible for all aspects of civil aviation.Among its many activities are agricultural, survey and ambulance flying. In 1929 thepioneer Soviet airlines were amalgamated to form Dobrolet, which in 1932 was reorganizedand became Aeroflot. The airline now operates an extensive route network within the U.S.S.R.,to neighbouring Communist countries and to Pekin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki. TheTu-104 is already in use to Copenhagen. Later in 1958 this aircraft is planned to start servingLondon and Delhi. Head Office: Moscow, U.S.S.R.Executives: Marshal P. F. Zhigarev, director general; Lt. Gen. N. A. Zakharov, deputydirector general. Fleet: Tu-104, 11-14, 11-12, Li-2, An-2, Po-2,11-20, Yak 12R and other types. Aero Libia is reported to be in the processof formation and will become Libya's national airline. Alitalia is probably associated with thisnew venture. Head Office: Tripoli, Libya.Fleet: on order, Convair 440, DC-3. Aerolineas Argentinas-Empresa del Estado. was founded as a state corporation in May 1949by the Ministry of Transport to take over the operations of FAMA, ALFA, Aeroposta andZONDA. The airline maintains a domestic network and international services to neigh-bouring South American countries, Cuba, the U.S.A. and Europe.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
