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FLIGHT, 17 April 1939 557 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY. nical assistance of the German CondorSyndicate, for the operation of local services. The company now has an extensive routesystem in Brazil and also operates services to New York, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. In1951 Varig took over Aerea Geral, which was operating about 1,500 miles of domesticservices. More than 80 per cent of Varig's capital is held by company employees, eitherprivately or through the Foundation of Varig employees. There is a small governmentholding. Head Office: Porto Alegre, Brazil.Executives: Ruben M. Berta, president; Goetz G. Herzfeldt, maintenance director;Oscar Siebel, administration director; Harry Schuetz, administration director; Walter Heuer,administration director; Erik de Carvalho, administration director; Paulo Dietzold, tech-nical assistance director; Rubens Bordini, instruction director; Erni Peixoto, telecom-munications director; Rudi Schaly, co-ordina- tion director. Fleet: five L.1049G, 12 Convair 240, 14Curtiss C-46, 23 DC-3. On order: two Boeing 707-420, two Caravelle. VASP—see Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo S.A. Vestlandske Luftfartselskap A/S. (West-Norway Airlines) was founded, mainly by Bergen shipping interests, as a private com-pany in 1947. Their services were last year taken over by Braathens. Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo S.A.—VASP wasfounded in 1934 and began scheduled opera- tions in 1935. Most of the company's stock washeld by the Sao Paulo city, State and Municipal Bank although it has been reported that con-trol has since 1956 been acquired by Varig. The company operates over more than 7,000miles of domestic routes. Head Office: Sao Paulo, Brazil.Executives: Col. Oswaldo Pinto, president; J. Castilho Cabral, vice-president.Fleet: 15 DC-3, 17 Scandia, one Beechcraft. On order: five Viscount (current). Vias Internas Orientalis—VIO has recentlybeen established to operate internal services from Quito down to points east of the Andes.Head Office: Quito, Ecuador. Fleet: three Cessna. West African Airways Co. (Nigeria) Ltd.—WAAC, an associate of BOAC, was formed in 1958 to take over the Nigerian operationsof West African Airways Corporation which had been founded in 1946 by the West Africanterritories of Nigeria, Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone and the Gambia. Most of thecompany's network is in Nigeria but regional services extend as far west as Dakar while aLondon service is operated with Britannias chartered from BOAC. The company is con-trolled by the Nigerian government, minority shares being held by BOAC and Elder Demp-ster Shipping Line. Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria.Executives: R. W. C. Baker-Beall, chairman; D. Malcolm Brown, general manager; R. R. R.Allen, chief engineer; A. A. Cooper, secretary/ chief accountant; J. P. S. Bailey, traffic manager.Fleet: eight Heron, one Dove, eight DC-3. Westair is the operating name adopted by theAviation Corp. of Seattle. Charter services only are operated.Fleet: three C-46. West Coast Airlines Inc.—WCA was foundedin 1941 under the laws of the State of Washing- ton for the operation of passenger, mail andexpress services in the Pacific Coast area, but the C.A.B. held the application over until afterthe war and only granted certificates in 1946. The company took over Empire Air Lines inWashington, Oregon and Idaho. Head Office: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.Executives: N. Bez, president; G. Hamilton Beasley, executive vice-president; R. A. Duwe,secretary/treasurer; E. B. Code, vice-president operations; T. Croson, vice-president sales.Fleet: 14 DC-3, six Friendship. West Coast Airways Ltd. is a new operator fly-ing scheduled services between Hokitika and Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier, Haast andMilford Sound. Head Office: Hokitika, New Zealand.Fleet: two D.H.89, one D.H.82, one Cessna 180. Western Airlines Inc.—WAL claims to be theUnited States' oldest airline, having been founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. OnApril 17, 1926, air mail services were begun between Los Angeles and Las Vegas and SaltLake City and on May 23 that year the first passengers were carried over the route. WesternAir Express was part of the original TWA when it was formed in 1930 but Westernregained its independence in 1934. The pre- sent name was legally adopted on March 11,1941. WAL now operates 9,150 miles of routes in the Western and mid-West states.International routes extend across the Canadian border to Edmonton and southwards toMexico City. Head Office: Los Angeles International Airport,Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A. Executives: T. C. Drinkwater, president; D. P.Renda, vice-president legal/secretary; J. J. Taylor, vice-president/treasurer; S. R. Shatto,vice-president operations; M. W. Landes, vice- president service; S. Gewirtz, vice-presidentadministration; A. F. Kelly, vice-president sales. Employees: 2,547. Fleet: 27 DC-6B, 6 Convair 240, two DC-3.On order: nine Electra (1959/60). Western Alaskan Airlines Inc. recentlyreceived a licence to operate within Alaska between Ugashik and Clark's Point. Wheeler Airlines Ltd. is Canada's oldestairline, having been founded in 1921. The company is mostly engaged in non-scheduledoperations but also operates two scheduled services from Montreal to St. Jovite, Val d'Orand Great Whale River. Head Office: Montreal Airport, P.Q., Canada.Executives: F. H. Wheeler, president; R. Rych- licki, managing director; J. Lavery, treasurer;D. Melliship, assistant general manager. Employees: 230. Fleet: three DC-4, four DC-3, two C-46, twoCanso, two Otter, three Beaver, three Norse- man, one Cessna 180, one Beech D-18, sixTBM-3, six Stearman. Wideroe's Flyveselskap A/S. is an old-established company engaging in many forms of air activity including charter flying and airsurvey. Wideroe's operated various pioneer air services around the Norwegian coast beforethe war, and for several years since the war the company has been operating the north Norwayservices for SAS. Routes, flown in summer, are Bodo - TromsS, Bodo - Narvik, Tromso -Andsvann and Tromso - Vadso. Head Office: Oslo, Norway.Executive: V. Wideroe, general manager. Fleet: four Otter and six Norseman onscheduled services and two Lockheed 12A, two Seabee, one B-26, one Piper Cub. Wien Alaska Airlines Inc. operates an ex-tensive network of passenger, freight and mail services throughout most of Alaska. Operationsare concentrated in the Fairbanks area with longer routes stretching to Nome in the westand Point Barrow on the north coast. The company has operated under its present titlesince 1936. Previously it had operated since 1929 as Northern Air Transport; its originaloperations began in 1924. Head Office: Fairbanks, Alaska.Executives: S. Wien, president; G. B. Rayburn, executive vice-president and treasurer; F. Wien,vice-president operations; A. E. Hagberg, vice- president traffic; R. M. King, secretary.Fleet: five C-46, one DC-3, five Norseman, 10 Cessna (types 170, 180, 195). On order:two F-27. Woods Airways Pry. Ltd. was founded in 1947and began scheduled operations in July 1948. The company's only route is that betweenPerth and Rottnest Island—a distance of 26 miles. Twelve services are flown in each direc-tion every week and extra services are operated on demand. Head Office: Perth, W. Australia.Executives: Capt. J. Wood, managing director; G. L. S. Williams, secretary.Fleet: two Anson. World Airways Inc. is a certificated U.S.supplemental carrier concentrating on trans- Pacific operations and ballistic missile routesupport. Head Office: Oakland International Airport,Oakland, California. Executives: E. J. Daly, president; W. R. Boyd,executive vice-president; V. J. Daly, vice-presi- dent/treasurer.Fleet: two DC-4. On order : two DC-6. World Wide Airlines Inc. operates charterflights from Miami. Head Office: Box 1.95, Miami, Florida.Executives: N. Korer, president; C. R. Leach, vice-president.Fleet: three C-46. World Wide Airways Inc. operates charterflights from Montreal. Head Office: Dorval, Montreal, Canada. Executives: J. G. McVicar, president;L. McVicar, secretary/treasurer; M. Weugh, vice-president.Fleet: five C-46, three Canso, three DC-3, one Beech, one S-51, three others. World Wide Helicopters Ltd. is one of theworld's leading charter operators of helicopters. A-F Helicopters Inc., Agricultural HelicoptersInc., World Wide Helicopters Inc., World Wide Air Services, Bahamas Helicopters (U.K.)Ltd. and World Wide Helicopters France, are wholly owned subsidiaries.Head Office: 85 Rue Jouffroy, Paris 17, France. Executives: W. Wilson, operations manager.Fleet: 25 helicopters and 12 fixed-wing aircraft. Yemen Airlines. Little is known about thiscompany. A DC-3 operating under this title crashed in Italy in autumn 1958. Zambezi Airways Ltd. operates charter flightsfrom Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, using three Rapides. Head Office: Box 2, Livingstone.Executive: H. D. Hooper, manager. Zantop Air Transport Inc. is a U.S. non-scheduled carrier. Head Office: Inkster, Michigan.Executives: D. A. Zantop, H. W. Zantop, partners.Fleet: three DC-3, one C-46. A Western DC-6B over California
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