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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0514.PDF
530 FLIGHT Air Li ban last year acquired this DC-6C by arrangement with Sabena. WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. Aerovias Venezolanas, S.A.—AVENSA.,operates domestic passenger and freight ser- vices with DC-3s and Convairs; two Convairservices a week between Venezuela and Miami via Jamaica; and a weekly C-46 operated cargoservice 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.Head Office: Caracas, Venezuela. Executives: H. L. Boulton, president; A. Boul-ton, acting president/general manager; G. O. Tucker, vice-president operations; R. van derBranden, vice-president traffic and sales; J. Saiz, chief accountant. Fleet: five Convair 340, two Convair 440, 18DC-3, three C-40. On order: five F-27. Aigle Azur Extreme-Orient (was Aigle AzurIndochina) now operates only non-scheduled services from Saigon. Fleet: five Stratoliners, five DC-3, two Bristol170, one C-46, two Beaver, three Otter. Air Algerie=7S« Compagnie Generate de Transports Aeriens Air Algerie. Air Atlas-Air Maroc, see Royal Air Maroc. 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: L. M. Fernando, managing direc-tor; K. de Croos, traffic manager; F. B. W. Goonewardena, accountant; W. A. E. Mola-mure, chief engineer; G. E. Ferdinand, chief pilot. Fleet: two DC-3, one L-749 (chartered fromK.L.M.). Air France—see Compagnie Nationale AIRFRANCE. 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.LI, became a State-owned cor-poration with the continuing responsibility of operating Indian long-distance internationalair services. The company began operations of a weeklyBombay - Cairo - Geneva - London service in June 1948. A.I.I, now operates daily servicesbetween India and England. Rome, Paris, Zurich, Dusseldorf, 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, Aerovias Nacionates de Colombia's Lockheed Constellation L.749A. 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 trafficmanager; A. C. Gazdar, technical director; N. J. Pavri, controller of accounts.Fleet: five L.1049E, three L.1049G, one DC-3, On order: three Boeing 707-420 (1960), twoL.1049G. Air Ivoire was established by T.A.I, in 1956and operates services in French West Africa with Rapides to connect up with TAI's mainservices. Head Office: Abidjan, French West Africa. 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 Amman to Cairo, Damascus, Beirut, Kuwait, Benghazi,and Tripoli (Libya). Head Office: Amman, Jordan.Executives: A. Z. Nuseibeh, chairman; R. M. Stanley, general manager.Fleet: three DC-3, one C-46, one Rapide. Air Laos was formed in 1952 by Air France,Aigle Azur and local interests. Air France sub- scribed 30 per cent of the original stock andAigle Azur 20 per cent. Services are operated from Vientiane to a number of places in Laosand to Saigon, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Head Office: Vientiane, Indo-China.Fleet: six DC-3, two Bristol 170, two Strato- liner, two Otter, one Beaver. Air Liban was founded in 1945 as Com-pagnie Generale de Transport and took its present title in 1951. Air Liban is an associateof Air France and operates services between Beirut and Accra, Aleppo, Cairo, Dahran,Doha, Fort Lamy, Jerusalem, Jeddah, Khar- toum, Kuwait, Lagos and Nicosia.Head Office: Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: A. Schnaoui, president; H. Naccache, director general; J. Serrant, com-mercial director. Fleet: three DC-3, two DC-4, one Languedoc,two DC-6. On order: one DC-6. Air Madagascar was founded in 1947 andoperates a network of services within Mada- gascar. The company is a subsidiary of T.A.I.Head Office: Tananarive, Madagascar. Executives: M. Vernier, director general; M.Callu, asst. director; M. Meyer, chief pilot; M. Lossignol, chief of technical services.Fleet: three DC-3, five D.H.89, one Cessna, On order: five SrouBsard. Aktaco—see Linjeflyg. Air Vietnam was founded in 1951 to takeover domestic and regional services previously operated by Air France. The VietnameseGovernment holds 50 per cent of the stock and Air France holds 33 per cent. Air Vietnamflies domestic services and to Laos, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Head Office: Saigon, Indo-China.Executives: N. yan Khai, president; M. Bruyant, vice-president.Fleet: six DC-3, four Bristol 170, two DC-4. A.L.A.—Sociedad de Transportes Aereos,Ltda., operates scheduled services between Santiago and Africa and between Santiago andHavana, Cuba, via Lima, Guayaquil and Panama. The possibility of a merger withCinta is being discussed. Head Office: Santiago, Chile.Executives: E. Sepulvedo, general manager; A. Elliot, chief operations.Fleet: one C-46, one DC-4. Alaska Airlines, Inc., adopted its presenttitle in 1944, having been founded in 1937 as Star Air Lines Inc., to take over Star Air Ser-vice, which had been doing charter work for several years; the latter had acquired McGeeAirways, which was founded in 1932. In 1942 and 1943 Star Air Lines took over Pollack AirLines, Lavery Airways and Mirow Air Service. Alaska Airlines, which has an eitensiveAlaskan route system and also serves Seattle and Portland, still uses the title "Route of theStarliners." Head Office: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.Executives: Charles F. Willis, Jnr., president; Homer W. Robinson, chairman; R. J. Norris,treasurer. Fleet: two DC-4 owned, one leased, one DC-3,three C-46, six Norseman, four Cessna 180. On order: three DC-6A. Alaska Coastal Airlines operate a networkof domestic services based on Juneau. The air- line was formed in 1939 as a partnership byAlaska Air Transport, founded in 1935, and Marine Airways, founded in the following year.Head Office: Juneau, Alaska. Executives: S. B. Simmons and O. F. Benecke,
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