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1960
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FLIGHT, 8 April 1960 515 Executives: R. W. Cox, president; R. L. McSweeney, secretary. Fleet: three DC-6A, 13 DC-4. Universal Airlines is the operating nameadopted by S.S.W. Inc, a US charter operator. Head Office: Burbank, California.Fleet: two DC-4, two C-46. On order: two DC-6A. Uraba, Medeliin Central Airways Inc— UMCA operates Convair 240s thrice weeklybetween Balbao and Medellin. UMCA was founded in 1931, as a Pan American WorldAirways' subsidiary and operates its services with aircraft leased from PanAm.Head Office: Medellin, Colombia. Executives: E. Balluder, president; R. G.Ferguson, treasurer; J. A. Mannion, secretary. Fleet: Convair 240 leased from PanAm. Varig—SA Empresa de Viacao Aerea RioGrandense was founded in 1927, with the tech- 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. Varig began Caravelle services to New York on December 21 last.Head Office: Porto Alegre, Brazil. Executives: Ruben M. Berta, president;Goetz G. Herzfeldt, maintenance director; Oscar Siebel, administration director; HarrySchuetz, 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, two Caravelle III, 10 Con-vair 240, 14 Curtiss C-46, 23 DC-3. On order: two Boeing 707-420. Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo SA—VASP was founded in 1934 and began scheduled opera-tions in 1935. Most of the company's stock was held by Sao Paulo city, State and MunicipalBank although it has been reported that con- trol has since 1956 been acquired by Varig. One of United's DC-8$ over Son Francisco 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: five Viscount 827, 16 Scandia, 15 DC-3,one Beechcraft 18. Vias Internas Orientalis—VIO has beenestablished to operate internal services from Quito down to points east of the Andes.Head Office: Quito, Ecuador. Fleet: three Cessna. West Coast Airlines Inc—WCA is the oldestUS local service airline in point of actual ser- vice. WCA was founded in 1941 under thelaws of the State of Washington for the opera- tion of passenger, mail and express services inthe Pacific Coast area, but the CAB held the application over until after the war and onlygranted certificates in 1946; operations began on December 5 that year. In August 1952WCA took over Empire Air Lines, inaugur- ated in September 1946. WCA was the firstairline in the world to operate Friendships, with which services were started on Septem-ber 28, 1958. WCA now serves 62 cities along 3,832 route miles in Washington, Oregon,Idaho, California, Montana and Utah. Head Office: Boeing Field, Seattle 8, Wash-ington, USA. Executives: N. Bez, president; H. Sheurer,executive vice-president; L. J. Hawkinson, secretary-treasurer; E. B. Code, vice-presidentplanning and engineering; S. R. Severtson, vice- president operations; T. Croson, vice-presi-dent community and public relations. Employees: 820. Fleet: six Fairchild F.27, 14 DC-3. • ,• ••-•• ••'.- West Coast Airways Ltd commenced opera-tions in November 1956 and flies scheduled services between Hokitika and Franz JosefGlacier, Fox Glacier, Haast and Milford Sound. Head Office: Hokitika, New Zealand.Fleet: two D.H.89, one D.H.82, one Cessna 180. Westair is the operating name adopted by theAviation Corp of Seattle. Charter services only are operated.Fleet: three C-46. Western Airlines Inc—WAL claims to be theUnited States' oldest airline, having been founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. On West Coast's Friendships serve Washington, Oregon, and neighbouring states April 17, 1926, air mail services were begunbetween Los Angeles and Las Vegas and Salt Lake 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 Western re-gained its independence in 1934. The present name was legally adopted on March 11, 1941.WAL now operates 9,150 miles of routes in the Western and mid-West states, flying as far eastas Minneapolis/St Paul, northwards across the Canadian border to Calgary and Edmonton andsouthwards to Mexico City. Head Office: Los Angeles International Air-port, Los Angeles, California, USA. Executives: T. C. Drinkwater, president; D. P.Renda, vice-president legal/secretary; J. J. Taylor, vice-president treasurer; R. S. Shatto,vice-president operations; M. W. Landes, vice- president service; S. Gewirtz, vice-presidentadministration; A. F. Kelly, vice-president sales. Fleet: nine Electra, 27 DC-6B, six Convair 240,two DC-3. On order: three Boeing 720, three Electra. Two Boeing 707-139 to be leased fromBoeing. Western Alaskan Airlines Inc operates servicesradiating from King Salmon, south-west Alaska, formerly operated by Pacific NorthernAirlines and calling at Dillingham, Levelock, Koggiung, Egegik, Pilot Point, Ugashik, Clark'sPoint, Ekwok and Igiugig. Fleet: Bonanza, Grumman amphibian. Wheeler Airlines Ltd is Canada's oldest airline,having been founded in 1921. The company is mostly engaged in non-scheduled operations,but also operates two scheduled services from Montreal to St Jovite, Val d'Or and GreatWhale River. The TBM-3 Avengers and Stearman biplanes are used for forest spraying.Head Office: Montreal Airport, PQ, Canada. Executives: F. H. Wheeler, president; R. Rych-licki, managing director; J. Lavery, treasurer. Employees: 230. Fleet: three DC-4, four DC-3, four C-46,three Canso, two Otter, two Beaver, three Norseman, one Cessna 180, one Beech D-18,seven TBM-2 Avenger, seven Boeing-Stear- man Model 75. Wideroe's Flyveselskap A/S is an old-estab-lished company engaged in many forms of air activity including charter flying, air ambulanceand air survey work. Wideroe's operated various pioneer air services around the Nor-wegian coast before the war, and for several years since the war the company has beenoperating the north Norway services for SAS. Routes flown in summer are Narvik-Svolvaer-Gravdal - Bodo, Bardufoss - Tromso - Alta - Hammerfest - Kirkenes - Vadso, Bodo andNarvik - Harstad - Tromso. Head Office: Oslo, Norway.Executives: V. Wideroe, general manager. Employees: 350. Fleet: four Otter seaplanes and seven Norse-man seaplanes on scheduled services and two Lockheed 12A, one Seabee, one Douglas B-26Invader, one Piper Cub, one Cessna 180. Wien Alaska Airlines Inc operates an exten-sive 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. Wein, president; G. B. Rayburn, executive vice-president and treasurer; F. Wein,vice-president operations; A. E. Hagberg, vice- president traffic; R. M. King, secretary.Employees: 230. Fleet: two F-27, five C-46, one DC-3, oneBeech C-18S, five Norseman, 10 Cessna (types 170, 180, 195). 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. Woods, managing director;G. L. S. Williams, secretary. Fleet: two Anson.
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