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FLIGHT, 13 1961 Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stav- anger, Oslo and Helsinki. The company trades under the name Icelandic Airlines— Loftleidir.Fares are below IATA economy rates, although the sectors east of Iceland haveIATA-agreed fares. Head Office: Reykjavik, Iceland.Executives: K. Gudlaugsson, chairman; A. Eliasson, general manager.Employees: 320. Fleet: three DC-6B, one DC-4. Loide Aereo Nacional SA was founded onAugust 24, 1949, by amalgamation with Lineas Aereas Paulistas and Transportes AereosBandeirantes. Loide operates nearly 10,000 miles of routes in Brazil from Porto Alcgrein the south to Macapa in the north and along the Amazon as far as Manaos. Many second-class services are flown. Head Office: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lufthansa—see Deutsche-Lufthansa AG. Lufttransport Unternehmen GmbH—LTU was founded in 1955 as Lufttransport Union,the present name being adopted in 1958 to avoid confusion with another company. LTUconcentrates on inclusive tours and freight nights but has also operated on behalf ofvarious scheduled carriers. Head Office: Frankfurt. W. Germany. Executives: C. Conle. chairman; E. Seibert, W. Sachsenberg, directors; E. von Manteuffel,commercial manager; H. Wittenberg, technical manager.Employees: 190. Fleet: one Bristol 170 Mk 21, two Viking, oneCessna 310, one A.35 Bonanza. On order: one F.27 Freightship. Luxembourg Airlines has been designated bythe Luxembourg Government as the country's flag carrier, and is expected to start operationsshortly on routes from Luxembourg to Paris, Overseas National operate a feet of DC-6As, DC-6Bs and DC-7s. This is a DC-6B Executives: Col M. G. Jacques, president;Newton Lagares da Silva, technical director; Jose Bugarin Maloper, administrative director;Anelio Goncalves Moles, commercial director. Emplovees: 1,025.Fleet: four DC-6C, seven DC-4, 12 Curtiss C-46. Lone Star Airlines is a recently formed intra-state carrier that operates high-frequency services with ex-TWA Martins between Dallasand Houston. Head Office: Love Field, Dallas, Texas.Fleet: two Mortin 4-0-4, three Martin 2-0-2. Long Island Airways Inc used to operateservices between New York (La Guardia) and Montauk Point on Long Island, but ceasedoperations last spring. Head Office: MacArthur Airport, Ronkon-koma. New York, USA. Los Angeles Air Service Inc is a US non-scheduled and supplemental carrier awarded a two-year operating certificate in January 1959.One of the DC-6Bs is at present leased to Pacific Southwest Airlines.Head Office: Burbank, California. Fleet: two DC-6B. Los Angeles Airways Inc—LAA was incor-porated on May 11, 1944. The company began a mail service circuit in the San FernandoValley on October 1, 1947, and thereby became the first scheduled helicopter airline.A shuttle service was also established between the Los Angeles post office roof and the Inter-national Airport. An air express-by-helicopter service was inaugurated in 1953 and passen-ger services were begun in November 1954; these services now link 16 points with LosAngeles International Airport. Seven-passen- ger S-55s are used on most nights, but will bereplaced by turbine-powered S-62s and S-61Ls. Head Office: Los Angeles, California, USA.Executives: C. M. Belinn, president; J. T. Kane, vice-president and treasurer; Mervin F.Bagan, vice-president/assistant to the presi- dent; F. W. Milam, vice-president transporta-tion; Martin J. Burke, secretary; R. L. Brom- berger, flight operations manager; Robert P.Hubley, passenger traffic manager. Emplovees: 121. Fleet: two S-62, five S-55, two S-51. On order:fiveS-61 (1961-62). Frankfurt, Zurich and Amsterdam using twoor perhaps three second-hand Convair 240s. The company has no aircrew but intends torecuit, and will probably employ, Luxembourg nationals wherever possible. Discussions havebeen held with KLM regarding technical as- sistance; the previous Luxembourg Airlinesceased operations in 1958. and was provided with technical assistance and equipment initi-ally by Scottish Aviation Ltd (as from 1947), and more recently by Seaboard and WesternAirlines. Head Office: Luxembourg Airport. Luxem-bourg. MMA—see Mac.Robertson-Miller Airlines. Macao Air Transport (Hong Kong) Ltd was formed in 1948 and now operates a Catalinaon a regular service between Hong Kong and Macao Island.Head Office: Hong Kong. Mackey Airlines Inc, now operating scheduledpassenger services from Florida to the Baha- mas, was incorporated as Mackey Air Trans-port in 1946. Scheduled operations were approved in 1952 and inaugurated on January2, 1953. Head Office: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.Executives: J. C. Mackey, president: L. J. Povey, vice-president; J. H. Popham, secre-tary; H. H. Johnson, traffic manager. Fleet: three DC-3, two DC-4, two Goose. Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines Ltd—MMAbegan operations on October 1, 1955, follow- ing the merger of Mac.Robertson MillerAviation Co (Pty) Ltd and Airlines (WA) Ltd. The former, a successor to the CommercialAviation Co founded by Capt H. C. Miller shortly after the 1914 war, started operationson October 3, 1934, with a D.H.84 Dragon service between Perth and Daly Waters.Airlines (WA) Ltd began operations between Perth and Wiluna via Kalgoorlie in 1935, andthe two companies built up extensive experi- ence in airline operation throughout the lengthof the west coast of Australia and its allied inland districts. It is over this entire area thatMMA operates scheduled services. MMA is also responsible for Air Beef Pty Ltd in whichair transport makes possible a reduction of two years and more in the marketable age ofbeef, thus increasing the meat productivity 499 of the central Kimberley area. Nearly 2mpounds of meat, edible offal and hides were flown between Derby and the Glenroy abba-toirs during the 1960 season. On December 28, 1959, MMA commenced""Jetstream" services with a Friendship originally intended for TAA; the purchase of asecond Friendship is contemplated. Head Office: 194 St George's Terrace, Perth.Western Australia. Executives: R. F. Rushton, chairman; C. N.Kleinig, managing director: H. C. Miller, regional director; E. C. Gare, secretary;K. Cohen, operations manager. Employees: 398.Fleet: one F.27/2 Friendship, six DC-3, one Dove, one Anson. Madang Air Services Ltd is a subsidiary ofMandated Airlines Ltd. and operates non- scheduled and charter services from Madang,New Guinea. Together with Gibbes Sepik and Mandated, Madang Air Services was acquiredby Ansett Transport Industries at the beginning of this year. Head Office: Madang, New Guinea.Fleet: one D.H.84 Dragon, two Cessna I82A, two Cessna 170B. one Cessna 190. Madras Presidency Airways (Private) Ltdoperates charter services from Madras. Head Office: Madras. India.Fleet: two Rapide, one Argus. Malayan Airways Ltd, founded in 1947, isassociated with BOAC and Qantas who are itsmajor shareholders. Other shareholders are the Governments of the Federation of Malaya,Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo. Viscounts operate between Singaporeand Kuala Lumpur, Djakarta and principal points in the Borneo territories. Theseservices arc supported by DC-3s in the Federa- tion of Malaya and in Borneo. DC-3 servicesare operated to Medan, Sumatra, and to Bangkok. Beavers were withdrawn fromservice in April 1960 and the twice-weekly Singapore-Hong Kong service operated by anL.1049G chartered from Qantas was dis- continued Lit the end of the year.Head Office: Airways House, Raffles Place, Singapore. Executives: Capt R. P. Mollard, generalmanager; K. R. Hamilton, deputy general manager; A. A. Cooper, secretary/chiefaccountant; Capt J. R. Brown, operations manager; A. G. Boehm, traffic manager; S. H.Edwards, engineering superintendent. Employees: 1,372.Fleet: two Viscount 760, nine DC-3. Malev-Magyar Legikozlekedesi Vallalat wasfounded in March 1946 as Maszovlet (Magyar- Szovjet Polgari Legikozlekedesi Tarsasag)with a Hungarian and Soviet holding in the capital. Operations commenced on October 15,1946, and it was converted into a state- owned Hungarian company in 1954 when thepresent title was adopted. Services are opera- ted internally and from Budapest to Amster-dam, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Copenhagen, London, Moscow, Paris,Prague, Rome, Sofia, Stockholm, Tirana, Warsaw, Vienna and Zurich.Head Office: V. Vorosmarty-ter 5, Budapest. Fleet: four 11-18, at least nine 11-14, also Li-2. Malta Airlines—see page 509. Mandated Airlines Ltd was founded in 1936as a subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & Co Ltd, the aviation assets of which were taken over byQantas in 1934. Mandated became an inde- pendent company, and in 1937 the airline wasawarded a contract for passenger, mail and cargo work in New Guinea. Mandated nowoperates scheduled services from Lae to points including Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby andRabaul, besides local services from Wewak and Madang. Mandated acquired GibbesSepik Airways in the spring of 1960, and Mandated, Gibbes Sepik and Madang AirServices Ltd were acquired at the end of 1960 by Ansett Transport Industries.Head Office: Lae, New Guinea. Executives: J. B. Sedgers, managing director;C. Bailey, A. Anthony, G. Washington, J. I. Cromie. directors; H. J. Hindwood, manager;C. Brien, secretary. Fleet: eight DC-3, three D.H.84. On order:two Piaggio P.166.
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