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1960
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FLIGHT, 8 April 1960 Overseas Carriers A Comprehensive Directory to over 450 Operators, Large and Small Aaxico Airlines Inc took its present name onDecember 31, 1956, having previously worked as the American Air Export & Import Com-pany. Aaxico is an all-cargo carrier and used to fly scheduled services between New York,Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans, but regular services were suspended last summer.Aaxico is contemplating the purchase of two AW.650 Argosies.Head Office: Miami, Florida, USA^. Executives: Howard J. Korth, president; E. P.Odenwalder, secretary/treasurer; J. G. Helvey, vice-president and general manager; Joe A.Young, vice-president operations and main- tenance; Oliver F. Stern, vice-president cargo sales (New York). - Fleet: C-46. ';'"~ ."^i^-T*-:'• ; •"• ":^- AB Aerotransport—see SAS. ALA—Sociedad de Transportes Aereos Ltda—see CINTA. APA—see Aerovias Panama SA. AVENSA—see Aerovias Venezolanas SA. AVIANCA Aerovias Nacionales de Colombiaclaims to be the oldest airline in the Americas and, in fact, it was formed (in 1940) as theresult of a merger of SCADTA (founded in 1919) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano.SCADTA was founded by German interests but in 1931 Pan American Airways acquiredan 80 per cent interest—which was, however, reduced to 64 per cent at the time of themerger. The company operates domestic ser- vices and services to Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru,Jamaica, the USA, Puerto Rico, Panama, Bermuda, Portugal, Spain, France and Ger-many. In April 1954 AVIANCA acquired the second largest Colombian airline LANSA andin 1952 also took over SAETA. A wholly owned subsidiary, Aerotaxi, operates fourCessna 195 and 15 Beaver aircraft to areas which cannot be served by larger aircraft.Another subsidiary, Companies Heh'copteros Nacionales de Colombia (Helicol) is jointlyowned with Keystone Helicopter Corp. Head Office: 7a Carrera, Nos 16-4, Bogota,Colombia. Executives: J. G. Restrepo Jaramillo, president;S. P. Martinez, executive vice-president; J. B. Alarcon, secretary general.Fleet: two L.1049E, three L.749A, 10 DC-4, 26 Hi-per DC-3 and C-47, 15 Beaver, fourCessna. AVIATECA — Empresa Guatemalteca deAviacion was founded by the Guatemala Government in 1945 to take over Aerovias deGuatemala, which had been founded in 1939, and which began operating in 1940. The com-pany operates about 3,700 miles of routes radiating from Guatemala City, to points inGuatemala and also to Miami, Houston and New Orleans. Head Office: Guatemala City.Executives: Col A. Gemmell, president; Col J. R. Mendoza, operations manager.Employees: 291. Fleet: two DC-4, five DC-3, one NorthropYC-125, one C-46, one C-82A Packet. AVISPA—see Aerovias Panama SA. ." AYC—see Aviacion y Comercio. Acoriana—see Sociedade Acoriana de Trans- portes Aereos Ltda. Actividades Aereas SA has been formed tooperate scheduled and charter services from Panama. No recent news of this carrier isavailable. Adastra Airways (Pty) Ltd operates air surveyand photographic services in eastern Australia. Head Office: 39-45 Vickers Av, Mascot, Sydney, NSW.Executives: Gp Capt H. T. Hammond, general manager; L. B. Pares, asst. general manager.Employees: 89. Fleet: two Anson, three L.14, one DC-3. Aden Airways Ltd, a subsidiary of BOAC,operate international routes ranging from Bahrein in the north, Mombasa in the south,and Khartoum in the west. Additionally, they operate regional services to French Somalilandand an intricate network of domestic services within the protectorates of Aden and BritishSomaliland. The company was incorporated on March 1, 1959, and became autonomousunder its own board of directors on October 1 of the same year.Head Office: Khormaksar, Aden. Executives: H. W. C. Alger, general manager;D. F. Classey, commercial manager; J. H. Gell, secretary/accountant G. E. Dyer, chief pilot;G. G. Farnsworth, chief engineer; E. M. Tu-104s are in large-scale service with Aerotlot ' V.. Pickles, staff and administration manager; A. G.Eager, supt. stations and traffic; H. L. Sikka, commercial planning supt.Employees: 437. Fleet: seven DC-3, three Argonaut. Aer Lingns Teoranta began operations in 1936with a D.H.84, which was used on the Dublin - Bristol route. The company now operates afleet of Viscounts, Friendships and DC-3s on routes Unking Ireland with Britain, Holland,Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Switzer- land, Italy, Portugal and Denmark. BEA holdsalmost five per cent of the shares of Aer Lingus and co-operates with the company on certainroutes between the United Kingdom and Ireland. Head Office: O'Connell Street, Dublin, Repub-lic of Ireland. Executives: P. Lynch, chairman; J. F. Demp-sey, general manager; Capt J. C. Kelly-Rogers, deputy general manager; James Gorman,assistant general manager; M. J. Dargan, assistant general manager (commercial); P. J.Brennan, secretary; J. Moran, financial con- troller; Capt W. J. Scott, assistant generalmanager (technical); Capt P. McCormack, chief engineer; J. Beard, telecommunicationsmanager; Capt S. Williamson, operations manager and chief pilot.Employees: 1,962. Fleet: six Viscount 808, one Viscount 805,seven Friendship, five DC-3. Aerlinte Eireann, a sister company of AerLingus, was incorporated in 1947 to operate a transatlantic air service between Ireland andthe United States. The original plans were shelved but the project was re-activated inApril 1958 when the company opened a trans- atlantic service from Dublin via Shannon toNew York. The service was later extended to Boston. At present all the shares are held byAer Rianta and the services are closely integrated with Aer Lingus. At presentAelinte operates with three L.1049Hs on char- ter from Seaboard & Western. From Decem-ber 1960 the first of the company's Boeing 720-048 jets will commence operations.Head Office: O'Connell Street, Dublin, Repub- lic of Ireland. Executives: J. Leydon, chairman; J. Dempsey,general manager; Capt J. C. Kelly-Rogers, deputy general manager; James Gorman,assistant general manager; M. J. Dargan. assistant general manager (commercial); CaptW. J. Scott, assistant general manager (techni- cal); J. Moran, financial controller; James O.Leet, vice-president, North America; P. J. Brennan, secretary. Employees: 117 (Aer Lingus staff act also onbehalf of Aerlinte Eireann). Fleet: three L.1049H (leased from Seaboard &Western). On order: three Boeing 720-048. Aero Contractors NV is a Dutch companyengaging in various aspects of civil aviation. Itself a subsidiary of Luchtyaart TechnischeHandel Maatschappij Schreiner & Co NV, Aero Contractors has four divisions concen-trating on particular fields. Aero Contractors will start regular helicopter services in Rotter-dam this summer, and already conducts heli- copter and fixed wing charter services in theMiddle East, Dutch New Guinea, North Africa and Nigeria. Aero Coop (owned jointlywith the "Centraal Bureau") provides heli- copter charter services in connection with crop-spraying. Aero Camera specialises in aerial photography and Aero Cargodoors is an air-craft handling organization. Aero Contractors Co of Nigeria Ltd is a subsidiary which hasbeen founded recently in Nigeria, and carries
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