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1961
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FLIGHT, 13 /1/>W/ 1961 485 WORLD AIRLINES SURVEY . . . survey DC-3, two Sandringham, one Model 28-5ACF Catalina. Airlines of New Zealand Ltd, until recentlyknown as South Pacific Airlines (NZ), is a newly-formed airline started by pilots ofNZNAC and in which Ansett Transport Industries has secured a minority holding.Airlines of New Zealand will not fly in direct competition with NZNAC, but will offer faresbelow those of NZNAC. It is planned to begin operations with two DC-3s leased fromAirlines of New South Wales. Airlines of South Australia Pty Ltd is the namenow adopted by Guinea Airways Ltd which operates services radiating from Adelaide topoints in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. Originally formed in 1927 toprovide air transport to the goldfields just discovered in New Guinea, Guinea Airwaysstarted operations with a de Havilland D.H.37 freighter and continued with Junkers W.34 andG.31 freighters, the latter featuring a dorsal hatchway lift lOin long x 5ft wide toaccommodate heavy mining equipment. In one single month of 1931 more freight wascarried in New Guinea than the rest of the world's airlines totalled for the entire year, butGuinea's airlift to the goldfields was ended by the war. A route was also operated betweenDarwin and Adelaide prewar, but after 1945 the newly formed State-owned Trans-AustraliaAirlines drove Guinea Airways off this route and in recent years the company's operationshave centred on Adelaide. In 1959 Guinea Holdings, the holdingcompany for Guinea Airways and Guinea Investments Ltd was taken over by AnsettTransport Industries Ltd and the airline is no longer managed by TAA.Head Office: Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia. Executives: L. Connelly, general manager;C. A. Window, secretary; Capt J. A. Still, operations manager.Employees: 60. Fleet: two Convair 440, four DC-3, one J/5PAutocar. Airnautic GECA started charter operations in Europe in 1958, and last year operated ascheduled service with Vikings five times a week between Paris and Pau.Head Office: 156 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.Fleet: three Boeing 307 Stratoliner, five Viking, one Douglas DC-2. Airtaco—see Linjeflyg. Airways (India) Ltd is entirely engaged onnon-scheduled charter flying. Frequent ser- vices are operated to the Andaman Islands.Head Office: 31 Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta Executives: K. K. Roy, director; S. G.Rangaswamy, manager. Fleet: three DC-3, one Catalina. Alaska Airlines Inc adopted its present title in1944, having been founded in 1937 as Star Air Lines Inc to take over Star Air Service,which had been doing charter work for several years. The latter had acquired McGee Air-ways, which was founded in 1932. In 1942 and 1943 Star Air Lines took over PollackAir Lines, Lavery Airways and Mirow Air Service. Alaska Airlines has a route networkstretching from Fairbanks and Anchorage to Nome and Kotzebue in the north-west, while"Golden Nugget" services operated by DC-6Cs link Portland and Seattle to Fair-banks and Anchorage. Head Office: 2320 Sixth Av, Seattle, Washing-ton, USA. Executives: Charles F. Willis Jr, presidentand general manager; R. W. Gilbert, execu- tive vice-president; Morell E. Sharp, vice-president administration; LeRoy H. Peterson, vice-president services.Employees: 414. Fleet .'four DC-6C, four DC-4, three C-46,two Beech C-18S, five Norseman, four Cessna 180. On order: one Convair 880 Model 22M. Alaska Coastal Airlines operates a network ofdomestic services based on Juneau. The airline was formed in 1939 as a partnership by AlaskaAir Transport, founded in 1935, and Marine Airways, founded in the following year. Alaska Coastal's two Super Catalinas differfrom standard in being modified to CAB Transport Category requirements. Two 1,900h.p. Wright R-2600 Cyclones are fitted instead of Twin Wasps, improving cruising speed andsingle-engine performance. In place of the blister turrets, special Sun Domes are fitted togive passengers a picture window view of the scenery. Head Office: 2 Marine Way, Juneau, Alaska.Executives: S. B. Simmons and O. F. Benecke, co-managers; B. G. Olson, traffic manager;H. F. Gruening, operations manager. Employees: 150. Fleet: two Super Catalina, eight Goose, oneBellanca Pacemaker seaplane, one Cessna 195 seaplane, three Cessna 180 seaplanes, oneHoward DGA-15P. Aiisud—Compagnia Aerea Meridionale opera-ted a seasonal service in the summer of 1959 between Salerno and Ischia. It is not knownwhat equipment was used. This carrier has now ceased scheduled operations.Head Office: Calata San Marco 13,Naples,Italy. Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane was originallyformed in 1946 as a joint British-Italian venture with BEA holding 30 per cent of theoriginal capital. Additional capital was called up in 1955 and BEA sold one-third of itsinvestment to BOAC. In 1957 Alitalia was merged with LAI, taking over its routes onNovember 1 that year, the capital being in- creased from L4.500m to L10,000m and laterto L25,OOOm. BOAC returned its share to BEA. which now has a 6.75 per cent holding.Alitalia operates a European network, domestic services in Italy and routes to South.North and East Africa, Brazil. Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Canada, the US, theMiddle East, Pakistan and India. Caravelle services started on May 25, 1960. from Rometo London, and DC-8 services to Canada and the USA in June 1960 and to South Africain November. DC-7F all-cargo flights go from Rome, Milan and Shannon to New York,and from Rome to Beirut and Teheran. Head Office: 92 Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski,Rome, Italy. Executives: Count Dr N. Carandini, presi-dent; Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, vice-presi- dent; Ing B. Velani. general manager; Dr D.Saracino, vice-general manager; Dr R. Cappelletti, commercial manager; Ing G.Rimer, technical manager; Ing Venturini, special affairs manager. Fleet: four DC-8, four Caravelle, 14 Viscount785, two DC-7F, three DC-7C. six DC-6B, three DC-6. six Convair 440. four DC-3.On order: six DC-8. ten Caravelle. All American Airways Inc—see Saturn AirwaysInc. All Nippon Airways Co Ltd was established inMarch 1958 through the merger of Far Eastern Airlines (a subsidiary of C. Itoh) andJapan Helicopter. The company operates feeder services from Osaka, Tokyo andFukuoka to 18 other points in Japan. Head Office: Tokyo, Japan.Fleet: two Viscount 744 (leased from Vickers), three Convair 440, four Dove, nine DC-3,five Bell 47, one Piper Tri-Pacer, one J/5G Autocar, three Heron (leased from JapanAir Lines). On order: six Viscount 810, three F-27. Allegheny Airlines Inc was established in 1937as Ail-American Airways. The company pioneered "pick up" air mail services usingStinson Rehants with collection attachments. These services were worked under contractwith the post office and from 1940 under CAB certification. By 1946 nearly 6,000 miles a daywere being flown at 94 per cent regularity. The system extended from Philadelphia in the eastto Cincinnati in the west and Charleston in the south to Jamestown, NY, in the north. Therewere four flights a day. The service was with- drawn in 1949 after nearly 15 million mileshad been flown. Ail-American began normal scheduled passenger services in 1949, andbecame Allegheny Airlines in 1953. Perman- ently certificated routes now extend fromDetroit and Buffalo through Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Con-necticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. Eland-engined Convair 540sare now operating the Pittsburgh - Phila- delphia route. Allegheny purchased 14ex-National and United Convair 340s and five of these arc being re-engined with Elands.In October 1959 Allegheny introduced com- muter services between Pittsburg and Phila-delphia, in which a 36 percent rebate is avail- able to passengers buying "no reservation"tickets. Commuter services have been very successful, and now extend to Boston andProvidence. Head Office: Washington DC, USA.Executives: L. O. Barnes, president; E. K. Arnold, vice-president/secretary; D. L. Miller,vice-president traffic and sales; W. J. Short, vice-president/treasurer; R. G. Dinning, vice-president. Fleet: ten DC-3 owned, six Martin 2-0-2,JtwoMartin 2-O-2A, five Convair 540. Aloha Airlines Inc (formerly Trans-PacificAirlines) was founded in June 1946 and began a passenger and cargo service in July of thatyear. The airline was awarded a five-year temporary certificate as a scheduled operatorin 1949, and the certificate was renewed for a second five-year period in 1954. In 1956 theCAB awarded the airline a permanent certi- ficate as a scheduled carrier. The airline has arecord of perfect safety since the beginning of its operations. In November 1958 the airlineofficially changed its name from Trans- Pacific Airlines Ltd to Aloha Airlines Inc,the latter name more accurately describing the nature of the airline's inter-island opera-tions in Hawaii. On January 3. 1961. Aloha completed thephasing out of its DC-3 "Vistaliners," and became the second certificated US carrier tohave an all-turbine powered fleet. Head Office: PO Box 3769, Honolulu Inter-national Airport, Honolulu. Hawaii. Executives: Ruddy F. Tongg. chairman of theboard; Hung Wo Chin, president; K. F. C. Char, executive vice-president; R. H. King,senior vice-president traffic and sales; J. M. Brown, vice-president operations; O. McCraw,asst vice-president passenger service; C. H. Bowman, asst vice-president sales; H. C.Wong, secretary; H. S. Yoshioka, asst treasurer.Employees: 400. Fleet: six Fairchild F.27. Cubana's long-haul services are operated by Boeing 707s and these Britannias
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