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FLIGHT, 13 April 1961 495 WORLD AIRLINES SURVEY . . . Georgian Bay Airways Ltd was founded in1946 to conduct charter flying in Ontario. The company concentrates on the carriage of hunt-ing and fishing parties. Head Office: Parry Sound, Ontario. Canada.Executives: F. Powell, president, T. Mitchell, secretary. Fleet: three Norseman, six Cessna 180, three Aeroncas. Ghana Airways Ltd was formed in 1958 totake over the former Ghana operations of West African Airways, and began these operations onOctober 1 of that year. The company operates Herons on internal services and DC-3s onregional services, and operates Britannias with BOAC on the Accra - London service.Ghana Airways was jointly owned by BOAC and by the Ghana government, but the latterhas now bought BOAC's 40 per cent holding. Head Office: Ghana House, PO Box 1636,Accra. Executives: J. Mercer, chairman; Capt P.Wood, general manager; L. C. Giles, deputy general manager; J. Williams, chief engineer;Capt Gavin-Robinson, chief pilot. Fleet: two DC-3, two Heron, six 11-18, twoBritannia 305/310. On order: two VC10, two Boeing 707-420. Gibbes Sepik Airways Ltd were operators ofscheduled and non-scheduled services in New Guinea, but this carrier merged with MandatedAirlines in the spring of last year and became, like Mandated, a subsidiary of W. R. Car-penter Holdings Ltd. Mandated took over the routes and equipment of Gibbes Sepik.including two Junkers Ju52/3ms purchased from Sweden in 1956, and Gibbes Sepik ceasedto operate as a separate company. Both Gibbes Sepik and Mandated were acquired byAnsett Transport Industries at the beginning of this year. Head Office: Goroka, Territory of NewGuinea. Executives: A. M. Anthony, manager; V. W.Cox, secretary; J. Bone, accountant; F. Newell, chief engineer.Employees: 127. Fleet: two Ju52/3m, three Norseman.Gibraltar Airways Ltd started operations at the end of 1930, when the chairman of theBland Line, Mr (later Sir) George Gaggero, formed it as an offshoot of M. H. Bland & CoLtd. A Saro Windhover flying boat operated to Tangier for two months, but the servicewas suspended as uneconomic. The company was dormant until 1947, when it recommencedoperations as a BEA subsidiary, with BEA holding 51 per cent of the stock and M. H.Bland & Co Ltd the remainder. M. H. Bland now holds a majority 51 per cent interest,BEA retaining a 49 per cent holding. Opera- tions between Gibraltar and Tangier and laterto Spain and Spanish Morocco were main- tained by D. H. Rapides. In October 1953an agreement was concluded whereby BEA undertakes all flying operations. GibraltarAirways now operates only between Gibraltar and Tangier, using BEA Viscounts; Van-guards will be introduced later this year. Head Office: Cloister Building, Gibraltar.Executives: Sir George Gaggero, chairman; The Earl Amherst, deputy chairman; J.Victory,secretary. Cillhain Airways Pty Ltd was an Australiancarrier operating an Anson service between Mackay, Queensland, and Lindeman Island.This carrier ceased operations a year ago. Head Office: 7 Sydney Street. Mackay,Queensland. Fleet: one Anson 1, one Stinson L-5.Globe Air Ltd is a Swiss charter operator registered in 1957, and started operations lastwinter with an ex-BEA Ambassador. Head Office: Basle Airport, Switzerland.Fleet: one Ambassador. Golden Gate Airways is a recently-formedintra-state carrier operating twice a day between San Carlos, San Francisco and Lakelahoe/Squaw Valley in California. Head Office: 715 Marin Street, Vallejo, Calif.Fleet. Beech D-18S. Golden Isles Airlines operates services fromBrunswick/St Simons Island in Georgia southwards through Florida down to CapeCanaveral and Fort Lauderdale. Head Office: St Simons Island, Georgia.fleet: Dove. Lufthansa's European services are operated by Viscount 814s and Convair 440s Great Lakes Airlines Inc is one of the larger USnon-scheduled and supplemental carriers, and does a good deal of transatlantic charterflying. It is associated with Currey Air Transport Ltd and Nevada Aero Trades is aholding company for equipment operated by these two carriers.Head Office: Burbank, California. Fleet: two DC-6B, one DC-6A, two DC-4. Guest Aerovias Mexico SA was founded1946 and in 1948 the company opened a ser- vice to Madrid but this was later abandoned.The company flies between Mexico City, Guatemala City. San Jose. Panama/Balboaand Caracas, and also between Mexico City. Miami and Bermuda. Three ex-SAS DC-6swere in 1959 planced on a service from Mexico to Lisbon. Madrid and Paris, but these havebeen replaced on transatlantic services by ex-Thai Super Constellations acquired throughSAS, which provides technical and operational assistance to Guest. The Paris service, withstops at Miami and Bermuda, is currently operated by Mexicana Comet 4Cs.Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico. Executives: Winston Guest, president; G. L.Monteiro, vice-president/general manager; J. S. Nothnagel, general manager traffic/sales.Fleet: one DC-4, two L.749A Constellation, two C-82 Packet, three DC-6, three L.1049G. Guest Airways—see Guest Aerovias MexicoSA. Guiana Air Ltd operates non-scheduled andcharter services in British Guiana. Head Office: Georgetown, British Guiana.Fleet: one Tri-Pacer, one Cessna 175, one Cessna 172, one Cessna 140. Gulf Aviation Co Ltd was formed in 1950 byF. Bosworth. The company became a subsi- diary of BOAC in the following year. Up to35 services a week are operated between Bahrain and Dhahran and there are alsoservices from Bahrain to Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai. Sharjah and Muscat.Head Office: Bahrain. Executives: G. B. Thomson, chairman; CaptA. Bodger, general manager/secretary; Capt D. W. Pallett. chief pilot; P. R. Williams, chiefengineer. Fleet: two DC-3. four Heron, three Dove. Hawaiian Airlines Ltd was founded in January1929 as Inter-Island Airways. The Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co held 76 per centof the original stock, services were begun in November 1929 and Sikorsky S-38C amphi-bian biplanes were used. S-43 monoplane amphibians entered service in 1935. The pre-sent title was adopted in 1941 and it was in that year that DC-3s were first introduced. Theairline's services link Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kauai and Honolulu (on Oahuisland). Many inter-island freight services are operated. Hawaiian Airlines can claim two distinc-tions: they were the first American scheduled carrier to employ all-cargo aircraft on freightservices (S-43 amphibians were used) and their safety record is unique, the airline havingnever had a single fatal accident in the 30 years' service of operation since its foundation.Head Office: International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii. Executives: Stanley C. Kennedy, chairman;Arthur D. Lewis, president; Brian Cooke. vice-president finance; Jack C. Tobin, vice-president sales; Lyman C. Conant, vice-presi- dent industrial relations; William M. Crilly,vice-president maintenance and engineering; Wayne O. Richardson, secretary/treasurer.Employees: 700. Fleet: one DC-6C. seven Convair 440, fiveDC-3. two DC-3 (cargo). Hawkair (Pty) Ltd is a South African charteroperator that was bought in 1960 by W. Sterne of the Aviation Corporation of Africa (Pty)Ltd. who are Beechcraft distributors for Africa. Hawkair operates from Rand Airport.Germiston. Head Office: PO Box 8632, Johannesburg.Fleet: one Bonanza. Helicopter Services Ltd operates various typesof charter service in New Zealand. Head Office: Hamilton, New Zealand.Fleet: three Hiller UH-12B. Helicopter Utilities (Pty) Ltd was founded in1957 and operates helicopters on charter, concentrating particularly on survey work.Head Office: Bankstown Airport, NSW, Australia.Executives: L. C. Williams, managing director; F. Tarr. chief engineer.Employees: 11. Fleet: four Bell 47G2 Trooper. Helikopter Service AS, founded in 1956 asScancopter Service AS, operates non-scheduled helicopter services in Norway. Much of thiscompany's work is connected with survey. Head Office: PO Box 78, Skoyen, Oslo,Norway. Executive: M. H. Hancke, general manager.Employees: 16. Fleet: two Bell 47G, three Agusta-Bell 47J. Hunting-Clan Air Carriers was formed by themerger of Hunting-Clan African Airways (Pty) Ltd and Air Carriers. HCAA, a subsi-diary of Hunting-Clan Air Holdings Ltd, operated normal scheduled services withinCentral Africa, and also inclusive tour services from Salisbury and Johannesburg to resortson the Mozambique coast. The company ceased operations on December 31, 1959,because its Central African domestic services were not profitable, and merged with AirCarriers and its subsidiary, Victoria Falls Airways, the latter operating a fleet of threeRapides. Last summer Hunting-Clan Air Carriers merged with Commercial Air Ser-vices (Rhodesia) to form a new company. United Air Carriers, to concentrate on charterand tourist flying. Fleet: two Apache, two Tri-Pacer. Hiirkus Airlines is a Turkish operator ofnon-scheduled and charter services. Head Office: Ankara, Turkey.Fleet: four Rapide. Iberia, Lineas Aereas de Espana was establishedin 1940 as successor to LAPE. Originally the Spanish Government owned 51 per cent of thecapital with other Spanish interests and Deutsche Lufthansa holding the other 49 percent. All stock was subsequently acquired by the Government. Iberia began as a domesticoperator but has in addition to its internal services others to London, Paris. Frankfurt,Geneva, Rome and Lisbon. Long distance services are operated to New York, Mexico,Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.Services are also operated to Tangier, North Africa, Las Palmas and West Africa.Head Office: Madrid, Spain. Executives: Dr Tomas Delgado, chairman:D. C. G. Lucia, general manager; F. Iglesias, chief engineer; J. M. Ansaldo, chief flightoperations; J. Viniegra, general secretary. Employees: 3,754. Fleet: five L.1049G, seven DC-4, 15 DC-3,four Bristol 170, seven Convair 440, two Ju52/3m, one D.H.89, three Consul. Onorder: three DC-8 series 50, four Caravelle 6R. Imperial Airlines is a US non-scheduled carrierthat has recently acquired an ex-Capital Airlines Constellation.Fleet: one L.049 Constellation, two C-46.
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