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482FLIGHT, 13 April 1961 Port ofAeroflot's fleet of Tu-IO4s at Moscow WORLD AIRLINES SURVEY . . . and some 40,000 miles of international routes.These extend to neighbouring Communist countries and to London, Paris, Brussels,Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Hel- sinki, Cairo, Kabul and Delhi. In terms of passengers carried, Aeroflot's1959 total of more than 20 million is equivalent to the combined passenger totals of American,Eastern and TWA for that year. A sixfold increase is planned in the period 1958-65,during which piston-engined aircraft should be phased out and 90 airports either built orreconstructed. Aeroflot's operations range from long-haul Tu-114 services across Russiato helicopter flights from the Moscow heliport to Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport—20 suchflights are operated daily. Head Office: 9 Razina St, Moscow, USSR.Executives: General Y. P. Loginov, director- general; Lt-Gen Georgi S. Shchetchikov, firstdeputy chief. Fleet: Tu-114 Rossiya, Tu-104, Tu-124, 11-18Moskva, An-lOA Ukraina, 11-14, 11-12, Li-2, An-2, Po-2, Yak 12R, Kamov Ka 15, Mil' Mi-4and Mi-1 Moskvich helicopters. Aerolineas Argentinas-Empresa del Estado was founded as a state corporation in May 1949by the Ministry of Transport to take over the operations of FAMA, ALFA, Aeroposta andZONDA. These companies ceased operations on December 31, 1949, and merged to formAerolineas Argentinas. The airline maintains a domestic network and international services toneighbouring South American countries, Cuba, the USA and Europe. Aerolineas is con-sidering the purchase of six ex-Capital Vis- count 745s. Head Office: 185 Paseo Colon, Buenos Aires,Argentina. Executives: A. E. Llavallol, chairman; BrigM. Moragues, president; Dr A. M. Lago- marsino, vice-president; J. Carlos MasonLugones, general manager; E. W. Metcalfe, director of operations; G. A. Zalazar, economicplanning manager. Fleet: four Comet 4, four DC-6, six DC-4, fourConvair 240, 14 DC-3, six Sandringham. On order: nine Avro 748 series 1. Aerolineas Chilenas, until January 1, 1961,an affiliate of Transporte Aereo Costa Atlan- tica, is a newly formed Chilean carrier thatoperates a weekly C-46 passenger service from Santiago to Miami and another weekly C-82A.Packet all-freight service on the same route, stopping at Arica, Lima, Guayaquil, PanamaCity, Caracas and Kingston. Other freight services are operated between Salta (Argentina)through Chile and Bolivia to Asuncion in Paraguay, and on the Buenos Aires - Cordoba -Rio Cuarto - Mendoza - Santiago route; pas- senger services are also flown on this route.Internal freight services are flown from Santiago south to Puerto Montt.Head Office: Casilla 13, 724, Santiago, Chile. Fleet: Curtiss C-46, Fairchild C-82A. Aerolineas Ini y Cia SA—Ini Airlines was formed in 1958 and is owned entirely by mem-bers of the Ini family, who have large-scale manufacturing and textile interests in Argen-tina. Ini Airlines was authorized to operate from Buenos Aires to Miami and Santiago deChile, and the first scheduled Ini flight left for Miami on January 8, 1960. DC-4s were usedinitially, stopping at Antofagasta, Lima, Guayaquil and Panama City, the fares beingbelow IATA rates. Ini Airlines is now a mem- ber of IATA, and operates a twice-weeklyservice with an ex-American Airlines DC-6 from Buenos Aires to Miami via Santiago,Lima and Panama. Head Office: Corrientes 1994, Buenos Aires,Argentina. Executive: Jose Ini, president.Fleet: one DC-6, one DC-4. On order: one DC-6A/B. An order for two Caravelle 6s isbeing negotiated. Aerolineas Mexicanas SA operated domesticservices linking Mexico City with points in northern and central Mexico, but last summerthis carrier's routes were taken over by Aero- naves de Mexico, and it has now ceasedoperations. Head Office: 52 Paseo de la Reforma, MexicoCity, Mexico. Executives: R. Alcantara, president; R.Torres, operations manager. Fleet: five DC-3, two DC-4. Aerolineas Nacionales SA was founded in1958 to operate internal services within Costa Rica. No recent news of this carrier is avail-able. Head Office: San Jose, Costa Rica.Executives: Capt M. E. Guarra, president. Fleet: one C-46. Aerolineas Peruanas SA—APSA operates low-fare DC-6 services from Miami and Mexico City to Buenos Aires. There are two services aweek from Miami via Panama City, Guaya- quil, Talara (Peru), Lima and Santiago, andtwo a week from Mexico City via Tegucigalpa, Guayaquil, Lima and Santiago. An order fortwo Electras placed last year has been can- celled because of financing difficulties.Head Office: 700 Avenue Nicolas de Pierola, Lima, Peru.Fleet: one DC-6, two DC-3, one C-46. Aeronaves del Balsas SA—ABSA was formedin 1959, and operated services from Mexico City to Morelia, Uruapan, Colima, Manzanilloand Guadalajara and from Morelia to Huet- amo, Ajuchitian and Iguala. It is not knownwhat equipment is used. This carrier is believed to have ceased operations.Head Office: 2a Degollado No 109, Morelia, Mexico. Aeronaves de Mexico SA was established onSeptember 1, 1934, and began operating be- tween Mexico City and Acapulco. Its early fleetconsisted of a three-engined Stinson, three Bellanca Pacemakers and a Fairchild 24. Theairline now has a route network of about 6,500 miles within Mexico. In 1952 Aeronavesbought LA MSA (founded in 1934) from United Air Lines and in 1954 the company alsoacquired Aerovias Reforma, which had been founded in 1945. In 1956 Aeronaves placedBritannias into service between Mexico City and New York. Since 1958 Aeronaves andMexicana have been working in close asso- ciation, the Britannias also have been placedon to Mexicana's service to Los Angeles. In 1960 Aeronaves acquired the routes of Aero-lineas Mexicanas SA. Head Office: Mariano Escobeda No 491,Mexico City, Mexico. Executives: A. D. Lombardo, president; C.Ramos, general manager; J. P. y Bouras, director-general; R. L. Johnson, operationsmanager; M. Munoz, traffic and sales manager. Fleet: two Britannia 302, two L.749A, sixDC-6, three DC-4, 26 DC-3. On order: one DC-8 series 50. Aeronorte—Empresa de Transporter AereosNorte de Brasil SA began operations in 1950 and operates a network of feeder services inthe north-east of the country. Percival Prince aircraft were used originally but the presentschedules are worked by DC-3s. In 1953 Real acquired control of the company but Aeronorteworks as a separate division. Head Office: Sao Luiz, Brazil.Executives: Commandante L. Gomes, presi- dent: N. Freire, general manager.Fleet: four DC-3. Aerotaxi is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofAvianca (Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia) and operates Cessna 195s and Beavers toareas of Colombia that cannot be served by larger aircraft. Charter work is also under-taken, and in 1959 approximately 100,000 passengers were carried by Aerotaxi.Head Office: Medellin, Colombia. Fleet: four Cessna 195, 15 Beaver. Aerotechnique SA operates non-scheduledservices from Algeria. Head Office: 21 Boulevard Marcel Duclos,Algiers. Executives: L. Challe, president; H. Lustin,managing director. Fleet: three DC-3, two Consul, two BeechG-18, six Broussard, seven Super Cub, one Auster 5. Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino SA—ALAwas founded in 1957 to operate regular ser- vices using four Aero Commanders betweenBuenos Aires and Rosario. After some initial difficulties the company was reorganized andDC-3s were put into operation. In 1958 ALA took over Transatlantica, a newly-formedcompany planning to operate DC-4s to Miami. ALA's present operations are confined to anetwork of domestic routes in northern Argen- tina based on Rosario and international servicesto Mar del Plata, Punta del Este and Monte- video in Uruguay, and to Asuncion in Para-guay. Fleet: C-46, five DC-3. Aerovias Brasil SA—see REAL SA. Aerovias CA Servicios Apurioe operates internalcharter services within Venezuela. Fleet: one Beaver, six Cessna 180. American Airlines are introducing into service turbofan Boeing 72ORs
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