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FLIGHT, 17 April 1959 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. Following non-scheduled flights to the FarEast the company operated regular scheduled services between Norway and Hong Kongfrom 1949 until early 1954, when the licence was not renewed by the Norwegian Govern-ment. The company now concentrates on scheduled internal services. Braathens alsocollaborates with Loftleidir in the operation of its Europe - Iceland - North America services.With the liquidation of Vestlandske Airways in spring 1958 the routes flown by this companywere taken over by Braathens. Head Office: Oslo, Norway.Executives: L. G. Braathen, president; B. G. Braathen, vice-president; E. Froysaa, commer-cial manager; J. Rad, operations manager. Fleet: two DC-4, two DC-3, two Heron, oneF-27. On order: two F-27 (current). Bradley Air Services Ltd. operate non-sche-duled services, mostly in Ontario. Head Office: Carp, Ontario.Executives: R. L. Bradley, president; E. Hall, vice-president.Fleet: three Cessna 180, seven Norseman, 11 others. Braniff International Airways Inc. Theoriginal Braniff company was founded in 1928 by Paul and Tom Braniff; and the line's firstaeroplane, a Stinson Detroiter, bore the title Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airline on its fuselage.In 1929 the airline became part of the Univer- sal Aviation Corporation and in 1930 BraniffAirways was organized as an independent company. The word International was addedto the title in 1948, when services were begun to Havana and Lima. The airline now operatesmore than 14,000 miles of routes in the United States and to South America. The SouthAmerican routes are via the west coast to Lima, from where they branch to Sao Paulo and Riode Janeiro, La Paz, Asuncion and Buenos Aires. In 1952 Mid-Continent Airlines wasmerged with Braniff. Head Office: Exchange Park, Dallas, Texas,U.S.A. Executives: C. E. Beard, president; F. Jones,chairman; J. W. Miller, executive vice-presi- dent; R. V. Carleton, vice-president operations;O. W. Crane, treasurer. Employees: 5,113.Fleet: 10 DC-6, 25 Convair 340; 12 DC-3, six DC-7C, six Convair 440, two C-46, twoL.049. On order: nine Lockheed Electra, five Boeing 707. British Colonial Airlines—see British Hon-duras Airways. British European Airways Corporation—see page 531. British Guiana Airways Ltd.—BGA. In 1934A. J. Williams, a U.S. citizen, began charter operations in British Guiana with a single-engined Ireland flying-boat. British Guiana Airways was founded by Mr. Williams tooperate regular subsidized services in 1939. The company now flies numerous domesticservices. Head Office: Box 102, Georgetown, BritishGuiana. Executives: Lt-Col. A. J. Williams, O.B.E.,managing director; H. E. Wendt, general manager.Fleet: four DC-3, two Goose. British Honduras Airways Ltd.—BHA boughtthe assets of the Airline Division of British Colonial Airlines on October 24, 1956, andis operating the internal services worked by the earlier company. Head Office: Box 186, Belize, British Honduras.Executive: Col. T. S. Baker, manager. Fleet: two Cessna 180, two Cessna 170. British Overseas Airways Corporation—see page 531. British West Indian Airways Ltd.—BWIA is awholly owned subsidiary of BOAC. The company was originally organized in 1940 andbegan operations with one Lodestar. In 1947 British South American Airways acquired con-trol of BWIA and this passed to BOAC when it took over BSAA. In 1949 BOAC took overBritish Caribbean Airways and merged its operations with those of BWIA. An extensivenetwork of Caribbean services is now operated. Viscounts are used on the major routes. Head Office: 17 Chacon Street, Port of Spain,Trinidad, W.I. Executives: Sir Errol dos Santos, president;H. O. B. Wooding, chairman; J. H. Rahr, general manager; Capt. P. W. Kelshall, assist-ant general manager, technical; Capt. B. P. O'Duffy, operations manager; B. F. Pantin,general sales manager; W. Girling, manager traffic and agency stations; M. J. Martinez,secretary. Employees: 1,234.Fleet: five Viscount; three DC-3. Butler Air Transport Ltd.—BAT was foundedin 1934 to operate a Charleville - Cottamundra service connecting with the Imperial Airways/Qantas England - Australia route. The airline was registered as a public company in 1952.Last year saw control of this company (and of a subsidiary, Queensland Airlines) passing toAnsett Transport Industries. Butler Air Trans- port operates about 9,000 miles of routes fromSydney to towns in N.S.W. and Queensland. Head Office: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.Executives: R. Ansett, chairman/managing director; Capt. S. Middlemiss, general manager;K. N. Hillyar, secretary; O. F. Pitts, commercial manager, Capt. C. C. Henry, operationsmanager; K. H. Goddard, technical manager; D. G. Todman, sales manager.Employees: 152. Fleet: three Convair 440, five DC-3. BWIA—see British West Indian Airways. Byerly Airlines operates a regular service fromJacksonville, Illinois, to Peoria where it con- nects with Ozark flights to and from Chicago.Head Office: Peoria, 111., U.S.A. Executives: R. M. Byerly, president; W. M.Staker, vice-president; J. J. Geils, secretary- treasurer.Employees: 18. Fleet: L. 12, Bonanza. CAAC—-see Central African Airways Corp. or Civil Aviation Administration of China. California Central Airlines was founded in1947 as an intrastate carrier and now operates services linking San Diego, the Los Angelesairports, San Francisco and Oakland. Head Office: Burbank, Cal., U.S.A.Executives: Col. C. C. Sherman, president/ director of operations; E. K. Sherman, secre-tary/treasurer. Fleet: two DC-3, two C-46. California Eastern Aviation Inc. has wide-spread interests in the aviation industry. An Airways division carries out charter operationsand has a cost-plus contract with Transcon- tinental S.A. to provide aircraft and crew fortheir Buenos Aires - New York service. This division also plans to commence scheduledtrunk services within the U.S., and various route applications have been put before theCAB. Another division operates freight train- ing schools for the USAF. Two subsidiarycompanies—Land-Air Inc. and Air Carrier Service Corp.—are engaged respectively onthe manufacture of electronic equipment and on the marketing abroad of American aero-nautical products. Canadian Pacific Air Lines—CPAL wasfounded in 1942 by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way to acquire ten of the "bush" airlines, bestknown of which was Canadian Airways. CPAL operated a network of services in westand northwest Canada; a smaller network in the Winnipeg area; and a third system in Que-bec and Labrador. These were part of the over- all CPR system including railways and ships.In 1949 the company opened two trans-Pacific routes, the first via Honolulu, Canton andFiji to Sydney, and the second via Anchorage, Shemya and Tokyo to Hong Kong. In 1955 atrans-Polar route was opened between Van- couver and Amsterdam. The eastern Canadaservices have now been taken over by TCA. In 1957 a transatlantic route was opened toMadrid and Lisbon. The airlines' main trunk routes now extend from Sydney and Aucklandto Amsterdam via Fiji, Honolulu and Van- couver and from Buenos Aires to Hong Kongvia Lima, Mexico City, Vancouver and Tokyo. There are also services between Madrid andMexico via Toronto and Montreal. The Canadian government has granted CPAL per-mission to operate a daily service between Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.Head Office: Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Executives: G. W. G. McConachie, president;R. W. Ryan, executive vice-president; H. B. Renwick, vice-pres. traffic; R. B. Phillips, vice-pres. administration; H. D. Cameron, general manager operations.Employees: 2,400. Fleet: 12 DC-6B, six Britannia 314, five Con-vair 240, six C-46F, six DC-3, one Otter. Capital Airlines Inc. can trace its history backto April 1927 when Skyline Transportation Company began flying mail between Pitts-burgh and Cleveland. The following year Skyline was taken over by Pennsylvania Air-lines and passenger services were begun. In 1936 Pennsylvania Airlines and Central Air-lines (then flying Detroit - Washington mail services) merged to form Pennsylvania-CentralAirlines. The present name was adopted in 1948. Capital was a pioneer of air coach ser-vices and also the first U.S. airline to introduce turbine-powered aircraft. The network coversthe eastern, north eastern and southern states. Head Office: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Executives: Gen. D. H. Baker, president; R. G. Lochiel, vice-pres./treas.; J. B. Franklin, vice-president operation. Fleet: 58 Viscount, 10 Lockheed L.049, 12DC-4, 18 DC-3. On option: nine Convair 880. Capitol Airways Inc. is one of the leading U.S.large irregular carriers. This company recently applied unsuccessfully for a permit to operatescheduled services between the Great Lakes region and Florida.Head Office: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Executive: J. F. Stallings, president.Fleet: 20 C-46, three L.749. Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines Inc. — Caribairwas founded in 1939,and in June that year took over the operations of its predecessor, Powel-son Air Service, which had started scheduled services late in 1938. The company nowoperates services within Puerto Rico and to the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands.Head Office: Box 6035, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Executives: D. Trigo, president; J. Sierra, vice-president operations; R. B. Forrest, vice- president traffic; B. Trigo, vice-president.Fleet: four DC-3. Carsair Air Service Ltd. was founded in 1955to operate non-scheduled service in New Guinea. Operations are reported to have been suspended since late in 1958.Head Office: Jacksons Airstrip, Port Moresby, New Guinea.Executives: R. Carswall, chairman. Fleet: two Anson, one Avro 19, one L.10, oneBeechcraft, one Norseman. A Canadian Pacific Britannia at Hong Kong
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