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18 April 1958 541 inaugurated in July 1950. In 1957 LAI wasmerged into Alitalia (see). At the time of the merger LAI's system included domestic andEuropean operations and routes to Boston, New York, Tel Aviv and Teheran.Head Office: Rome, Italy. Executives: In process of re-organization.Fleet: two DC-6B, three DC-6, 13 DC-3, 10 Viscount 785, four L.1649A. Linee Aeree Italiane, S.p.A.—see Alitalia. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana—LAV wasfounded in 1933 when the Venezuelan Govern- ment took over the routes and equipment ofthe Cie. Gle. Aeropostale which had begun operating in Venezuela in 1930. LAV beganflying with Latecoere 28 monoplanes and the first new type to be introduced was the Electra.LAV, which took over TACA de Venezuela in 1952, now has more than 10,000 miles ofroutes in Madrid, Miami, New York, Panama, Rome and Trinidad. Taca de Venezuela stilloperates as a separate company. Head Office: Caracas, Venezuela.Executive: Col. L. Calderon, president. Fleet: three Viscount, four L.1049G, oneL.1049C, two L.749, 18 DC-3, two Martin 2-0-2, four C-46, one Lodestar. Linjeflyg A.B. was founded in 1934 as A. B.Bjorkvallsflyg and in 1944 became Skandina- viska Aero A.B. (Scandinavian Airways, Ltd.).Later S.A.S. paid the company about £10,000 to change its name to Airtaco. The presenttitle was taken in 1957. Newspaper services are flown from Stockholm to Sundsvall/Harnosand, Karlstad, Trollhattan, Gothenburg, Alvesta, Malmo and other Swedish destina-tions and the company is allowed to carry pas- sengers to Stockholm on the return flights fromsome of the points served. Charter and ambu- lance work is also undertaken. Linjeflyg isjointly owned by S.A.S. and two leading Swedish newspapers.Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden. Executives: C.-H. Hpljfors, managing director;T. Andersson, flight superintendent; A. Ericsson, traffic and sales manager.Fleet: nine DC-3, four Lodestar. Lloyd Aero Boliviano S.A.—L.A.B. wasfounded by German colonists on September 14, 1925, and opened in that year a route betweenCochabamba and Santa Cruz. Junkers F13s were used on these first services. The companywas taken over as the Bolivian national airline in 1941 and Panagra was given a contract toadminister the airline. The government of Bolivia now holds 50 per cent of the stock ofL.A.B. The airline operates a network of domesticservices and also routes to Arica in Chile, and Salta,. Argentina. Head Office: Cochabamba, Bolivia.Executives: Edmundo Gonzalez, president; Rodolfo Galindo, general manager.Fleet: 10 DC-3, two DC-4, six Boeing B-17. Lloyd Aereo Colombiano. L.A.C. is a smallcompany operating internally within Colombia. In 1956 an order was placed for three Vis-counts, but delivery was never taken (one of these three aircraft was subsequently pur-chased by LANICA). L.A.C. is reported to be currently in the process of liquidation.Head Office: Bogota, Colombia. Fleet: DC-3, Cessna 310. Loftleidir, formed in 1944, has operated ser-vices within Iceland and between Iceland and other European destinations, but now confinesits activities to the operation of North Atlantic services between New York and Scandinavia,Germany and Luxembourg via Iceland. Fares are substantially below I.A.T.A. rates,although the sectors east of Iceland have I.A.T.A.-agreed fares. Braathens S.A.F.E. Air-transport of Norway works closely with the Icelandic company. In spring 1958 Loftleidir's capital wasdoubled (from two to four million kroner). Head Office: Reykjavik, Iceland.Executives: K. Gudlaugsson, chairman; A. Eliasson, general manager.Fleet: three DC-4 (including one leased from another airline). On order: two Electra. Loide Aereo Nacional S.A. was establishedin its present form in 1951 by amalgamation with Lineas Aereas Paulistas and TransportesAereos Bandeirantes. Nearly 10,000 miles of route are operated within Brazil, many second-class services being flown. Embhzone i the cedar tree of Lebanon is OD-ACW, one of Middle East's seven Viscount732s. Head Office: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Executives: Col. M. G. Jacques, president; Ildeu Pereira, general and operations manager.Fleet: 2f Curtiss C-46. On order: four DC-6. Los Angeles Airways, Inc., was incorporatedon May 11, 1944. The company began a mail service circuit in the San Fernando Valleyon October 1, 1947, and thereby became the first scheduled service helicopter operator.Two further circuits were opened, one on October 15 and the other on January 8, 1948.A shuttle service was also established between the Los Angeles post office roof and the Inter-national Airport. Passenger services were in- augurated in November 1954 and these servicesnow link 11 points with Los Angeles Inter- national Airport—S-55s are used on theseservices and the S-51s operate the mail flights. Route mileage 296.Head Office: Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A. Executives: C. M. Belinn, president; M. J.Burke, secretary; J. T. Kane, treasurer; R. L. Bromberger, flight operations manager.Fleet: five S-55, two S-51. LOT—see Polskie Linie Lotnicze. Lufthansa—see Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. Mackey Airlines, Inc., now operatingscheduled passenger services from St. Peters- burg, Miami, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale andWest Palm Beach to Nassau in the Bahamas, was incorporated as Mackey Air Transport in1946. Scheduled operations were approved in 1952 and inaugurated on January 2, 1953.Applications have been filed for routes to Havana and other places in the Caribbean area.Head Office: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A. Executives: J. C. Mackey, president; L. J.Povey, vice-president; J. H. Popham, secretary; H. H. Johnson, traffic manager.Fleet: four DC-3, two DC-4, two Goose. On order: two Fokker Friendship (delivery,spring 1958). MacRobertson Miller Airlines, Ltd., wasbrought into being in 1955 by the merger of MacRobertson-Miller Aviation Co. (Pty.), Ltd.,and Airlines (W.A.), Ltd. MacRobertson- Miller Aviation was founded in 1927 and wassuccessor to the Commercial Aviation Co., founded by Capt. H. C. Miller shortly afterthe first war. Airlines (W.A.) was established in 1935 and the two companies had extensiveexperience in the operation of airlines through- out the length of the west coast of Australiaand the allied inland districts. It is over this entire area that M.M.A. operates scheduledservices. Head Office: Perth, Western Australia.Executives: R. Rushton, chairman; C. N. Kleinig, managing director; H. C. Miller,regional director; J. W. Cameron, executive director; E. C. Gare, secretary; K. Cohen,operations manager. Fleet: five DC-3, three Dove, three Anson. Magyar LSgikozIeked&i VaUalat—MALEVwas founded as Maszovlet (Hungarian - Soviet Air Traffic Company) in 1946. The U.S.S.R.withdrew its interest in 1954 and the present title was then adopted. The airline now oper-ates an 1,850-mile network within Hungary and to Sofia, Berlin, Warsaw, Budapest,Prague, Bucharest, Vienna and Belgrade. Head Office: Budapest, Hungary.Fleet: Li-2. Malayan Airways, Ltd., founded in 1947, hasas its main shareholder Blue Funnel Line, Straits Steamship Co., and B.O.A.C. (with aminority interest). DC-3s operate from Singapore to points in Malaya and to Medan,Palembang, Bangkok, Sarawak and North Borneo. North Borneo - Brunei - Sarawaklocal services are operated with D.H.89s. Internal services operated by Federation AirServices from Kuala Lumpur were taken over in March 1958.Head Office: Singapore. Executives: F. L. Lane, chairman; R. P. Mol-lard, managing director; J. Skeldon, manager; A. G. Beohm, traffic manager; S. H. Edwards,engineer superintendent. Fleet: 11 DC-3, three D.H.89. MALEV—see Magyar Legikozlekedesi VaUalat. Malta Airlines, The. This concern is anassociate of B.E.A. and consists of the Malta Airways Company, Ltd., and its wholly ownedsubsidiary Air Malta, Ltd. B.E.A. operates the routes of Malta Airlines between Maltaand Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Cor- sica and Libya. The B.E.A. shareholding is34 per cent. Head Office: Valetta, Malta G.C.Executive: Lt-Col. R. Strickland, chairman. Fleet: B.E.A. aircraft supplied and operated byagreement. Mandated Airlines, Ltd., was founded in1936 as a subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter and Co., Ltd., the aviation assets of which weretaken over by Qantas in 1934. Mandated be- came an independent company, and in 1937 theairline was awarded a contract for passenger, mail and cargo work in New Guinea. Man-dated now operates scheduled services from Lae to eight points including Goroka, Wau,Port Moresby and Rabaul. Charter and other work is also undertaken.Head Office: Lae, New Guinea. Executives: J. B. Sedgers, managing director;C. Bailey, A. Anthony, G. Washington, J. I. Cromie, directors; H. J. Hindwood, manager;C. Brien, secretary. Fleet: five DC-3, three D.H.84. Maritime Central Airways, Ltd., is a privatecompany which began regular service in 1941 between Charlottetown on Prince EdwardIsland and Moncton, New Brunswick. With its mixed fleet the company undertakes charterwork and maintains regular services to New Glasgow, Halifax, the Magdalen Isles, Sum-merside, Moncton, St. John, Fredericton, Goose Bay, Gander and St. John.Head Office: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Executives: F. T. Briggs, president; C. F.Burke, vice-president; W. F. Gaudet, personnel and traffic manager; A. M. Clark, secretary/treasurer; H. S. Jones, operations manager. Fleet: seven DC-3, three DC-4, three C-46,one York, one Beaver, three Beech C-18S. On order: two DC-6B.
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