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506 FLIGHT, 8 April I960 The second of PanAm's fleet of Boeing Intercontinental* AIRLINES....... OF THE WORLD industrial relations; A. L. Wheeler, vice-president and counsel. Employees: 1,900.Fleet: five Convair 340, 32 DC-3. North Japan Koku KK has inaugurated alimited domestic network. Head Office: Hokkaido, Sapporo.Fleet: three Cessna, one DC-3. Northeast Airlines Inc—NEA serves the NewEngland area and has routes extending from Montreal through Boston, New York, andWashington to Florida. The company was established by the Boston and Maine CentralRailroads as Boston-Maine Airways, and ser- vices were begun between Boston and Water-ville on August 11, 1933. The present name was taken in 1940. Boeing 707-331s leasedfrom TWA fly non-stop between New York and Miami during the Florida winter season.Executives: James W. Austin, president; D. W. H. MacKinnon, vice-president engineer-ing and maintenance; A. A. Lane, vice-presi- dent operations; H. Heard, vice-presidentfinance; R. H. Keer, vice-president personnel; R. P. Lane, treasurer.Fleet: U DC-3, 10 DC-6B, 10 Viscount 798. Northern Airlines operate intrastate services from Fargo, North Dakota, to Minot andDuluth. Head Office: PO Box 1041, Fargo, NorthDakota. Fleet: Aero Commanders. Northern Consolidated Airlines was foundedin 1945 to integrate the operations of a num- ber of small airlines in southwest Alaska. Thecompany has about 3,000 miles of routes for scheduled and non-scheduled flights.Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Executives: R. I. Petersen, president/generalmanager; James M. Dodson, special assistant to president; S. B. Fitzhugh, vice-president/treasurer; V. R. Davis, secretary/general traffic manager; W. R. Rice, operations man-ager; L. P. Fritz, general sales manager. Employees: 160, Fleet: 10 Cessna T-50, three F-27B, oneBeechcraft D-18S. Northern Wings—Les Ailes Du NordLtee operates non-scheduled services in eastern Canada and a regular service of about 400 milesfrom Seven Islands to Blanc Sablon on the Quebec/Labrador border. A subsidiary com-pany, Northern Wings Helicopters Ltd oper- ates three Bell 47G-2 Troopers on charter.Head Office: Seven Islands, PQ, Canada. Executives: J. Cauchon, president; J. Brown,vice-president; Wilbrod Bherer, secretary- treasurer; W. G. McElrea, general manager.Employees: 65. Fleet: two DC-3, two Canso, one Otter; fourBeaver, three Norseman, one Beech D-17S, three Bell 47G-2 Troopers. Northwest Airlines Inc—NWA was incorpor-ated on August 1, 1926, as Northwest Airways and mail services were begun between Minnea-polis/St Paul and Chicago on October 1 that year, using a leased Curtiss Oriole and aThomas Morse. The company's first owned fleet consisted of three Stinson Detroiters pur-chased in 1926 and the first passenger services were opened in July 1927. The present corporate name was adopted in1934. For publicity purposes the airline trades as Northwest Orient Airlines. By 1945 a trans-continental route had been established and in 1947 the company began services to the FarEast. In 1948 Washington and Honolulu were added to the network and in 1950 Edmontonand Formosa were added. The present system comprises 20,000 miles of routes stretchingfrom coast to coast of the USA; into Canada and Alaska; to Hawaii; and across the Pacificto Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Manila, For- mosa and Hong Kong. In 1958 Northwestwas given permission to extend its domestic network to Florida. Head Office: St Paul, Minnesota, USA.Executives: C. Hunter, chairman; D. W. Nyrop, president; M. S. Mackay, executivevice-president; F. C. Judd, vice-president operations and engineering; G. M. Bain, vice-president sales; L. S. Holstad, comptroller; W. J. Eiden, treasurer.Employees: 6,000. Fleet: 17 DC-7C, eight Stratocruiser, 17 DC-6B, seven DC6A, 11 DC-4, four DC-3. On order: five DC-8, 18 Electra (current). Okanagan Helicopters Ltd was founded in1947 by Carl Agar to conduct fruit-spraying by helicopter. Development of mechanicalsprayers necessitated a switch of emphasis to other activities. Two important operationstoday are provision of transport for Alcan's construction scheme at Kitimat and patrol ofoil pipelines. In 1955 Okanagan expanded by acquiring Kenting Aviation's fleet of 16 Bell47s and seven S-55s and by acquiring Canadian Helicopters Ltd. A subsidiary, United Heli-copters Ltd, is based at Torbay, Newfound- land, and operates two S-55s on charter.Together with its associated companies, Okana- gan is the world's largest operator of heli-copters. The Abitibi Power & Paper Co, through Canadian Helicopters, is believed tohave a substantial share in this company. Okanagan has applied for a licence to operateRotodyne services between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. Head Office: Vancouver, BC, Canada.Executives: G. W. McPherson, president; Carl Agar, vice-president research/training; A.Stringer, vice-president operations; H. Greene, secretary/treasurer. Fleet: 36 Bell 47, 20 S-55, one S-58. On order :one Rotodyne. Olsen Air Transport—see Fred Olsen Air-transport Ltd. Olympic Airways SA took over TAE NationalGreek Airlines' assets and commenced operations on April 6, 1957. TAE wasfounded in 1951 by the amalgamation of TAE, Hellenic Airlines and AME. Because of finan-cial difficulties the company was taken over by the Greek Government in June 1955.Olympic is owned by A. Onassis. Domestic services link all the principal cities and islandsof Greece while international services are operated between Greece and Italy, France,Germany, Switzerland, England, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, the Lebanon and Egypt. LastJuly Olympic signed a consortium partnership agreement with BEA, providing for joint Cometoperations between London, Athens and points east. Olympic Comet services are due to startin April. Head Office: 6 Othonos Str, Athens, Greece.Executives: Th. Garofalidis, president; S. Damaskinos, general manager; J. Papadakis,sales manager; Ch. Mayrokefalos, traffic manager; C. Danis, technical manager; M. Brahalis, financial manager; C. Hondros, opera-tions manager. Employees: 1,573.Fleet: four DC-6B, two DC-4, 13 DC-3. On order : three Comet 4B (current), two DC-8. Ontario Central Airlines Ltd—OCA operateamphibious and regular charter services in North Western Ontario from bases at Kenora,Ball Lake, and Red Lake, Ontario. Head Office: 221 Main St, Kenora, Ontario.Executives: B. Lamm, president and general manager.Employees: 35. Fleet: eight Norsman, one Grumman Goose,four Cessna 180 and one Canso PBY5. Ostermans Aero AB was formed in 1943 andhas since 1947 been operating helicopters. Most of the company's work is of a contract naturebut every winter since 1948 Ostermans have operated regular mail service between Stock-holm and numerous points in the Stockholm archipelago. This service has been operatedwith very high standards of reliability and regularity. During 1955 the company operatedS-55 services, for a short time, between Sweden and Denmark.Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden. Executives: N. Billing, managing president. 'Employees: 100 Fleet: one S-55, 17 Bell 47, two Seabee.Overseas National Airways Inc is one of the largest supplemental carriers in the USA.DC-6A/Bs are operating daily transatlantic services and ex-American Airlines DC-7soperate across the Pacific, military charter flying being ONA's principal source ofbusiness. Head Office: Friendship International Airport,Maryland. Executives: G. W. Tompkins, president; J. R.Forrest, vice-president/treasurer; A. Goldberg, vice-president, operations and maintenance;W. A. Hardenstine, assistant vice-president, Atlantic Operations; M. K. Farmer, assistantvice-president, Pacific Operations. Fleet: 12 DC-7, four DC-6A, one DC-6B.Ozark Air Lines Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri on September1, 1943, and filed applications for CAB certifi- cate to serve 28 cities in six states. Charterand intra-state services in Missouri were oper- ated in 1944 and 1945. Ozark was awarded athree-year certificate in 1950, took over the assets and staff of Parks Air Lines and beganscheduled operations between St Louis and Chicago on September 26, 1950. The company now has permanent certifica-tion and operates 5,273 miles of routes serving 48 cities in ten Mid-West states.Head Office: St Louis, Missouri, USA. Executives: L. Hamilton, chairman /president;J. H. FitzGerald, executive vice-president and general manager; F. Jones, vice-president andtreasurer. A. G. Heyne, secretary. Fleet: 24 DC-3, three F-27. : . PAB—see Panair do Brasil. " "•" PAD—see Philippine Aviation Development. PAL—see Phillipine Air Lines. PIA—see Pakistan International Airlines. PLUNA—Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea began operations as a private company in 1936 but in 1943 it was reorgan- ized, with the Government taking a 49 per cent interest. The Government share later rose to 83 per cent and subsequently 94 per cent. PLUNA became completely Government- owned in 1951 and now operates domestic services and routes to the Argentine, Brazil and Paraguay. Head Office: Montevideo, Uruguay. Executives: S. O. Landoni, president; R. Langon, general manager; J. Oliver, under general manager; D. E. Tassino, general traffic and sales manager; V. Tiboni, maintenance and engineer manager; A. Safons, general treasurer. Employees: 685. Fleet: three Viscount 769, six DC-3. Pacific Air Lines was founded as Southwest Airways Company in 1941 and began airline operations at the end of 1946 when it opened its San Francisco - Los Angeles route. The company now has 2,260 miles of routes all within California, except for its services to Medford and Portland in Oregon and to Las Vegas, Nevada. Southwest was a pioneer of the quick turn-round at intermediate points with stops of only one to two minutes. A* refuelling stops the turn-round time is six
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