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FLIGHT, 13 April 1961 503 an extensive network of scheduled and non-scheduled routes throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Terri-tories and Alaska. PWA has also been one of the prime contractors operating the extensiveairlift in connection with defence projects in Canada's extreme north. PWA operates severalscheduled services based on Vancouver and Prince Rupert. Head Office: Vancouver, BC, Canada.Executives: Karl J. Springer, chairman and president; D. F. Granger, secretary/treasurer.Employees: 650. Fleet: 'three DC-4, five Super 46C, five DC-3,five Anson 5, four Otter, 17 Beaver, three Cessna 180, one Cessna 182. Pakistan International Airlines Corporation—P1A was founded by the Government of Pakistan on April 1, 1955, when PI A tookover Orient Airways. As a company PIA had been founded in 1951 and its first actualoperations were between East and West Pakistan in June 1954. A service to Londonwas begun in early 1955. The corporation is responsible for the operation of all serviceswithin Pakistan and regional services to Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Rangoon. Athrice-weekly service between Karachi and London is operated via Teheran, Beirut,Rome and Geneva by a Boeing 707-320 Intercontinental leased from PanAm. Oneof these services is due to be extended to New York with effect from the first week ofMay 1961. Head Office: PIA Building, Karachi Airport,Pakistan. Executives: Air Cdre M. Nur Khan, managingdirector; Enver Jamall, operations director; J. S. Mirza, commercial manager; A. Z.Rahman, comptroller; M. M. Salim. plan- ning manager; Capt S. U. Kureishi, groundoperations manager; Capt A. Masood Khan, flight operations manager; and CaptSaid-ud-din, administrative manager. Employees: 5,137. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320 (leased), threeL.1049C, two L.1049H, three Viscount 815, three F-27 Friendship, nine DC-3.On order: two F-27. Panair do Brasil SA—PAB. In October 1929the Brazilian Government authorized New York, Rio & Buenos Aires Inc (NYRBA) tooperate services in Brazil, and Nyrba do Brasil was created as a Brazilian subsidiary. Aservice was begun between Rio de Janeiro and Belem. In August 1930 Pan American Airwaystook over both NYRBA and Nyrba do Brasil and the latter became Panair do Brasil onSeptember 15 that year. PAB developed ser- vices with Sikorsky S-38 and ConsolidatedCommodore flying-boats. These were later replaced by Fairchild 91s and Sikorsky S-43sand, although Panair now operates an extensive Brazilian and South American route networkwith Constellations, Catalinas still operate the Amazon routes. Panair also operate servicesfrom South America to London. Frankfurt, Paris, Rome. Lisbon, and Beirut. "Friend-ship Flights" between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro via Ilha do Sal and Recife are operatedin conjunction with TAP. These are limited to Brazilian and Portuguese nationals, andfares are well below IATA rates. Head Office: Santos Dumont Airport, Rio deJaneiro, Brazil. Executives: Manoel F. Guimaraes. president;Dr C. P. de Mello, director superintendent; Dr A. T. Filho. secretary.Employees: 4,610. Fleet: two DC-8. 12 L.049, four DC-7C,five Convair PBY-5A. On order: two DC-8. Pan American-Grace Airways Inc—Panagrawas founded in 1928 by the W. R. Grace shipping company and Pan American Air-ways, the initial name being Peruvian Air- ways. In 1929 Panagra was awarded a mailcontract for a route from Panama down the west coast of South America and across theAndes to Buenos Aires. By the end of 1929 the complete route was in operation. The com-pany now serves New York through interchange agreements with PanAm and National Air-lines. Operating over the routes of the three companies Panagra DC-8s will be introducedon May 3, 1961, and will fly daily "El Inter- americano" services between New York andBuenos Aires via Miami, Panama and Lima, while DC-7Bs serve Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Riddle's Argosies entered service early this year. In the foreground is a C-46 Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. A weekly DC-7Ball-cargo service runs from Miami to Santiago. Head Office: 135 East 42nd St. New York.Executives: A. B. Shea, president; D. Camp- bell, vice-president/general manager; T. J.Kirkland, vice-president operations; L. H. Clifton, vice-president/comptroller; C. S.Collins, vice-president traffic and sales. Employees: 1,224. Fleet: four DC-8, five DC-7B, one DC-7B.freighter, two DC-6B, one DC-4 (leased from PanAm), one DC-3. Pan American World Airways Inc—PanAmis the only major US airline concerned entirely with overseas operation. Pan AmericanAirways Inc was founded in March 1927 and began operation of its first route, betweenKey West and Havana, in October 1927. Fokker monoplanes were used. PAA extendedits operation throughout the Caribbean and built up flying-boat services, which by 1931had reached the Argentine. PAA was a great pioneer of transocean flying and by 1935had established services between San Fran- cisco and Manila via Honolulu, Midway,Wake and Guam. Hong Kong was served from 1936. In 1937 New York - Bermudaservices were opened in co-operation with Imperial Airways and in the same year thetwo companies began transatlantic survey flights. Passenger service began in 1939.The airline now operates a route network covering about 69,000 miles, serves all con-tinents and has regular round-the-world flights. Pan American took its present title in1949. Pan American operates the 6,000- mile long Atlantic missile range from Floridainto the South Atlantic under contract to the United States Air Force and an electronicenvironmental test facility in Arizona under contract to the United States Army. Inter-national Hotels Corp, organized by PanAm in 1946 at the suggestion of the US Govern-ment, operates hotels in Latin America, the Caribbean, Beirut, Vienna and Melbourne.Head Office: New York. USA. Executives: Juan T. Trippe, president; RogerLewis, executive vice-president administration; Wilbur L. Morrison, executive vice-presidentLatin American Division; Harold E. Gray, executive vice-president Overseas Division;Robert B. Murray, executive vice-president; John C. Leslie, vice-president and assistantto the president; Hubert A. Schneider, vice- president and general counsel.Employees: 28,900. Fleet: 17 DC-8, 17 Boeing 707-321, sixBoeing 707-331, 15 Stratocruiser, 40 DC-6B, four DC-4, 15 DC-7C, six Boeing 707-121, seven DC-7B, two DC-3, two DC-6A, 13DC-4 (cargo), ten DC-7F. On order: four DC-8, three Boeing 707-321 and five Boeing707-321B. Papuan Air Transport Ltd—Patair was foundedin 1952 and operates non-scheduled and charter services from Port Moresby.Head Office: Port Moresby, New Guinea. Fleet: one DC-3, three Piaggio P. 166. twoAnson, one Fox Moth. Paraenses Transportes Aereos SA was foundedin 1957 and started a scheduled service between Belem, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro,Pedro Afonso, Rio Branco, Port Velho, Christalandia, Cuiaba, Goiana, Campo Grandeand Sao Paulo are also served. Head Office: Belem, Brazil.Executives: A. Ramos, president; F. de Barros. director.Fleet: C-46. Paraguayan Air Services. Little is knownabout this company except that it operates a Douglas DC-4. Parsons Airways Ltd operate charter services,mostly in Ontario and Manitoba. Head Office: PO Box 120. Kenora, Ontario. Executives: H. J. Parsons, president; W. K.Parsons, secretary-treasurer. Employees: 9.Fleet: two Norseman, one Cessna 180, one Cessna 170. Paul Mantz Air Service is a US non-scheduledand supplemental carrier awarded a two-year operating certificate in January 1959.Head Office: Burbank, California. Fleet: one DC-3. Persian Air Services commenced operations in1955 with Yorks, technical assistance being provided initially by Skyways. More recentlySabena has provided technical assistance and equipment, and the emphasis of PAS'soperations has shifted from freighting to passenger carrying. Last summer a weekly707 service between Teheran and Brussels via Geneva was inaugurated, and this issupplemented by the weekly DC-7C services from Teheran to London via Geneva,Paris or Brussels. DC-4 all-freight services are operated from Teheran to Brussels viaAbadan and Basle, and also to Beirut. Head Office: 114 Ferdowsi Avenue, Teheran,Iran. Fleet: 707-329s and DC-7Cs leased fromSabena. Pharazyn Air Charters, registered in 1955,operates charter and taxi services, especially
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