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FLIGHT, 17 April 1959 551 ^^ ; •:•.-• '•'?* • <>'<•'• •'" •..:•. • !&• ffijp Viscounts have now taken over PAL's trunk routes WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. Pioneer Air Lines—see Continental AirLines. Pioneer Aviation Corp. was founded in 1953 and operates non-scheduled services withinIndonesia. Head Office: Djakarta, Indonesia.Fleet: one Beaver, one Cessna. PLUNA—Primeras Lineas Uruguayas deNavegacion Aerea began operations as a private company in 1936 but in 1943 it was re-organized, with the Government taking a 49 per cent interest. The Government share laterrose to 83 per cent and subsequently 94 per cent, before becoming completely Govern-ment-owned in 1951. Pluna operates domestic services and routes to the Argentine, Bolivia,Brazil and Paraguay. Head Office: Montevideo, Uruguay.Executives: Col. E. B. Vaeza, president; D. D. Cibils, general manager; R. Langon, assistantgeneral manager; M. Artagaveytia, inspector general. Fleet: six DC-3, four Heron, three Viscount770. Polskie Linie Lotnicze—see LOT. Primera Linea Aerea Santefisinas—PLAS was formed last year and operates between BuenosAires and Santa Fe. Head Office: Santa Fe, Argentina. Fleet: one DC-3, three L.10. Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea—see PLUNA. Provincetown-Boston Airline Inc. operatesfeeder services between Provincetown Muni- cipal Airport and Logan Airport, Boston.Head Office: Provincetown, Mass., U.S.A. Executives: J. C. van Arsdale, president/treasurer. Fleet: two L.10, two Cessna 190. "Q" Airways—-see Aerovias "Q," S.A. Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.—QEA wasfounded in January 1943 by QANTAS and Imperial Airways for the operation of theSingapore - Brisbane section of the England - Australia air route then about to be established.QANTAS (Queensland and Northern Ter- ritory Aerial Services) was founded on Novem-ber 16, 1920, and on November 2, 1922, the company opened its first service betweenCharleville and Cloncurry. This was the first air service in eastern Australia and it was oper-ated by Armstrong Whitworth FK.8 biplanes. Qantas now operates a network of routes inthe southwest Pacific and New Guinea areas; to Europe; to the Philippines, Hong Kong andTokyo; across the Indian Ocean to South Africa; and, since taking over BCPA in1954, a trans-Pacific route to Honolulu, San Francisco and Vancouver, British Columbia.In 1957 this service was extended to the U.K., making Oantas a round-world carrier.Head Office: 70 Hunter St., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.Executives: Sir Hudson Fysh, chairman; C. O. Turner, chief executive/general manager; Capt.G. U. Allan, deputy chief executive/general manager; Capt. R. J. Ritchie, technical director;C. W. Nielson, commercial director; F. C. Derham, finance director/secretary.Employees: 6,093. Fleet: 16 L.1049G, five DC-4, eight DC-3,four Otter, one Beaver, one Drover. On order: seven Boeing 707 (1959), four Electra (1959). Quebecair Inc. was incorporated in 1947as Rimouski Airlines Ltd. and took its present name in 1953. Services are operated acrossand on either side of the St. Lawrence from Montreal in the west to Sept lies, Lac Barbeland Schefferville in the east. Head Office: Rimouski, P.Q., Canada.Executives: R. Crevier, president; B. Ste. Marie, general manager; M. Tessier, secretary. Fleet: two F-27, six DC-3, two Canso, oneC-46, one Beech 18. Queensland Airlines Pry. Ltd. was the nametaken by Aircrafts Pty. Ltd. in 1947 when Butler Air Transport acquired control of thecompany by purchasing 93 per cent of the out- standing stock. Working under its separateidentity, Queensland Airlines has a 2,700 mile network of services in Queensland and southto Sydney, N.S.W. Head Office: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Executives: R. S. Adair, managing director; D. C. McDonough, traffic manager; M. B.Mitchell, operations manager; A. Probert, chief engineer. Fleet: three DC-3. RAI—see Regie Aerienne Interinsulaire. RANSA—see Rutas Aereas Nacionales S.A. RAS—see Rutas Aereas de Colombia. Real S.A. Transposes Aereas was founded in 1946 and by a series of mergers and acquisi- tion of interest in other airlines the company is now the largest airline in South America. Subsidiaries include Aerovias Brasil, Aeronorte and TAS. In addition to its Brazilian services Real operates to the Argentine, Uruguay, Trinidad, Venezuela and Miami. Unduplicated route mileage is 70,000 miles and total staff numbers about 7,500. Head Office: Sao Paulo, Brazil. Executives: Linneu Gomes, president; Dr. L. C. Andrade, director engineering; Dr. A. J. Filho, director legal. Fleet: 84 DC-3, 14 Convair 440, six Convair 340, 10 C-46, three DC-4, four L.1049H. On order: four Convair 880. Reeve Aleutian Airways Inc. This concern was founded in 1932 but operated mainly charter services until 1948 when the C.A.B. granted the company a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Services are oper- ated from Anchorage through the Aleutians to Attu and the company is authorized to fly on an irregular basis between any of its certificated points and the Pribilof Islands. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Executives: R. C. Reeve, president; Robert L. Hanson, vice-president; Margaret Rutledge, secretary; Janice M. Reeve, treasurer. Fleet: three DC-3, one Sikorsky S-43, one Goose, one DC-4.Regie Aerienne Interinsulaire—RAI began services in 1951, linking points in the SocietyIslands, some of which were previously served by Air Tahiti and TRAPAS. Points served,apart from Papeete in Tahiti, are Huahine, Raiatea and Bora Bora. The French airlineTAI has recently acquired a controlling share in RAI.Head Office: Papeete, Tahiti. Executives: Chief of the Service of PublicWorks and Mines; Agent of Messageries Mari- times; R. Yvernat, manager.Fleet: one Catalina. Resort Airlines Inc. is a U.S. non-scheduledcarrier that specialises in the operation of inclusive holiday tours to the Caribbean. Thecompany is controlled by the Townsend Investment Co. Head Office: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.Executives: Thomas B. Wilson, chairman and chief executive officer; Morris M. Townsend,president; Douglas P. Larsen, vice-president operations; James F. Murray, vice-presidentcomptroller; Van B. Nixon, vice-president maintenance, John P. Simpson, secretary;Clinton Davidson, treasurer. Employees: 120.Fleet: 11 DC-4. Riddle Airlines Inc. is a leading all-cargooperator, serving the U.S. East Coast, the Mid- West and Puerto Rico. Cargo operations beganbetween Puerto Rico and New York in 1947, and in 1951 the company became a certificatedall-cargo carrier linking various cities in Puerto Rico via Miami. In 1955 Riddle was certifi-cated to serve 13 additional cities in the U.S. The company also has a U.S.A.F. contractworth £3i million to fly cargo between bases from Maine to Florida and as far west as Texas.The majority shareholder in Riddle is Mr. Arthur Vining Davis. Head Office: Box 535, Miami, Florida, U.S.A.Executives: George L. Giles, president; H. T. Weaver, regional vice-president New York;E. T. Thompson, Jr., snr. vice-president/ treasurer; Jane B. Love, secretary; C. L. Hood,vice-president traffic and sales; N. H. Golden, vice-president maintenance and engineering.Employees: 668. Fleet: two DC-4, 31 C-46. On order(provisional): four Argosy. Rumanian State Airlines—see TAROM. Royal Air Cambodge opened operations onNovember 1, 1956, and is flying services from Phnom-Penh to Siem-Reap, Saigon, HongKong and Bangkok. Head Office: P.O. Box 539, Phnom-Penh,Cambodia. Executives: Huot Sam Ath, chairman; JeanFlorent, general manager. Employees: 42. Fleet: DC-3. Royal Air Maroc (was Air Atlas-Air Maroc)operates services in North Africa and between North Africa and France, Spain and Switzer-land. The airline was founded in July 1953 by the amalgamation of the Casablanca-basedAir Atlas and Air Maroc companies. Air Atlas was formed in 1946 and began operations withJunkers 52/3ms and Air Maroc was founded in 1947 and began scheduled services in 1949.Head Office: Casablanca, Morocco. Executives: M. Laraki, president; A. Faurous,director general; P. Valent, administrative director; F. Legras, commercial director; M.Delluc, technical director. Fleet: four DC-4, three DC-3, one L.749. Onorder: one Caravelle. Soon to appear on the Kangaroo service, the Boeing 707
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