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FLIGHT, 13 April 1961 511 Santiago, thus providing a link with TACA'sassociate company Aerolineas Chilenas and the latter's Santiago - Miami services. Aero-lineas Chilenas and TACA became separate companies as from January 1, 1961 althoughthey maintain a pool agreement on routes between Chile and the Argentine. Zurichhas now been substituted for Rome as a traffic stop, and Stratocruisers have replaced theDC-6Bs; a DC-6A all-cargo service has recently started between Santiago and Frank-furt. TACA has also taken over the routes radiating from Mendoza formerly operatedby Lineas Aereas de Cuyo SA, together with the latter's equipment. Head Office: Avenida Segurola 2157, BuenosAires, Argentina. Fleer: Stratocruiser, DC-6A, Convair 240,Lodestar. Transportes Aereos Buenos Aires SA operatesa network of services radiating southwards from Buenos Aires as far as Tres Arrayos.Head Office: Avenida Codoba 949, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fleer: four Beech 18, one Cessna T-50, oneCessna 170. Transportes Aereos Catarinense SA—TACoperates coastal routes north from Florian- opolis to Rio de Janiero and south fromFlorianopolis to Porto Alegre and Bage. Cruzeiro do Sul provides TAC with crews andtechnical assistance. Head Office: Florianopolis, Brazil.Executives: Dr J. D. F. Lima, president; G. M. Lins, vice-president/secretary.Fleer: one DC-3. Transportes Aereos da Guine Portuguesa—TAGP operates internal services within Portuguese Guinea and an international routefrom Bissao to Dakar, Ilha do Sal (Cape Verde Islands).Head Office: Bissao, Portuguese Guinea. Fleer: two Rapide, two Cessna 170, one Heron. Transportes Aereos da India Portuguesa—TAIP operates services from Goa to Karachi, Bahrain, Damascus, Beirut, Malta and Lisbonwith DC-4s and also from Goa to Beira and Lourenco Marques via Karachi, Aden andDar-Es-Salaam. Damao and Diu in Portu- guese India are also served.Head Office: Goa. Execurives: Maj A. G. Solano d'Almeida,director. Fleer: one Heron 2, two Viking, two DC-4. Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde was formedto operate services in the Cape Verde Islands. Fleet: two Dove, one D.H.89, one GrummanWidgeon. Transportes Aereos de Chile—see Transa ChileLtda. Transporres Aereos de Timor—TAT operatesservices between Dili and Baucau in Portu- guese Timor and Darwin, Australia.Head Office: Dili, Portuguese Timor. Fleet: DC-3 (chartered from TAA), two Dove. Transportes Aereos Jalisco—TAJ operatestwo DC-3s on charter services within Mexico. Transportes Aereos Mexicanas SA—TAMSAoperated services from Merida to Cozumel and Chetumel in Yucatan and to Belize inBritish Honduras, but last summer these routes were taken over by Compania Mexicanade Aviacion and it is believed that TAMSA no longer exists as a separate company.Head Office: Calle 62, No 518, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.fleet: two Fairchild C-82, two DC-3. Transportes Aereos Militares—TAM operates some domestic services in Peru. Services arecarried out by the Peruvian Air Force. Head Office: Lima, Peru.Executives: Col C. Ramos, director; Capt H. Diaz, technical manager.Fleer: eight DC-3, six D.H.89, three Stinson, one Beechcraft, four Canso, four Beaver. Transportes Aereos Nacionales SA—TANAirlines was founded by Honduras private interests in 1947 for the operation of contractcargo flights. The company built up sub- stantial cargo traffic and in 1950 scheduledpassenger and freight operations were begun. There is now a small US private holding in thecompany. TAN's routes now serve Miami, El Salvador, Guatemala, British Honduras, inaddition to Honduras. Head Office: Tegucigalpa, Honduras. United DC-8s are used on US transcontinental domestic services and to Honolulu Executives: M. Brooks, president; R. Alvarez,secretary; C. W. Shelton, vice-president. Fleer: five C-46. Transportes Aereos Orientales—TAO operatesregional services in the Oriente district of Ecuador, and started operations in 1958.Twenty-two centres are served by TAO; 11 by a Ju 52/3m and the rest, with short airstrips,by a Cessna 180 and Norseman. Head Office: Quito, Ecuador.Fleer: one Junkers Ju52/3m, one Cessna 180, one Norseman. Transportes Aereos Peruanos SA operatesdomestic services within Peru with Curtiss C-46s.Head Office: Paleo Colon 266. Lima, Peru. Fleer: Curtiss C-46. Transportes Aereos Portugueses SARL—TAPwas organized in 1944 as a division of the Civil Aviation Department. Its first route,between Lisbon and Madrid, was opened in September 1946. Services to Angola andMozambique were opened in the following year. A large part of the stock of TAP is nowprivately owned. The company operates services between Lisbon and Oporto andinternational services to Tangier, Casablanca, Porto Santo, Paris. Madrid, London, Kano,LeopoJdville, Luanda and Lourenco Marques. In June 1959 TAP began using BEA Viscountson the London - Lisbon route instead of Super Constellations, and DC-6Bs leased fromUAT have replaced DC-4s on other medium- haul routes. Last year TAP and Panair doBrasil inaugurated "Friendship Flights" between Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro via Ilha doSal and Recife, using Panair DC-7Cs. These nights are limited to Brazilian and Portuguesenationals, and fares are wed below 1ATA rates. Head Office: 79 Rua Conde Redondo, Lisbon.Portugal. Execurives: M. Barbosa, executive generalsecretary; R. de Avelar, commercial manager; J. C. Ferreira, inspector.Employees: 1,060. Fleet:' three L.1049G. three DC-6B leasedfrom UAT, three DC-4. Transportes Aereos Salvador Ltda—TASstarted as a charter operator in 1949 and began scheduled operations within the State of Bahiain 1953. TAS has since been absorbed into REAL but continues to operate under its ownname with DC-3s and a C-46. Head Office: 8 Avenida Iona Angelica, Sal-vador, Bahia. Brazil. Transports Aerien Congolais is the name of anew airline the establishment of which was announced on March 19 by the LumumbistStanleyville government mission in Cairo. It is not known what equipment will be used,but the new carrier will presumably enable the Gizenga government to fly from Stanleyvilleto Cairo to pick up supplies given by friendly governments, such as the United ArabRepublic, if permission from the Sudan for such flights over its territory can be obtained. Transportes Aeriens du Gabon (Transgabon)began regular operations in 1951 and now links 21 places in Equatorial Africa withLibreville. Head Office: Libreville. Gabon.Fleet: two Rapide, four Cessna 170B, one Super Cub. Transporturi Aeriene Romine—see TAROM. Trek Airways (Pty) Ltd was formed in 1953and operates non-scheduled, low-fare services between South Africa and Europe Over6,600 passengers were carried on this route last year. The programme for 1961 is based onseven or eight flights per month of which four or five will be leisurely, night-stoppingflights and two or three low-fare, straight- through nights. Head Office: Yorkshire House, 15 RissikStreet, Johannesburg, South Africa. Executives: Capt T. Meredith, operationsmanager; W. B. Rorke, financial director; Capt C. H. Snelgar. technical director, F. C.Gratz, administration. Employees: 160. Fleet: two Constellation, one DC-4, oneViking. Tunis Air, Societe Tunisienne de I'Air, wasfounded in 1948 by the Tunisian Government, Air France and other interests. It operatesinternal services and routes to Algeria, Libya, Corsica, France and Italy. Head Office: 47 rue de Portugal, Tunis,Tunisia. Executives: P. F. De/aunay, genera/ manager;M. Tonnelle, commercial manager; M. Gauthicr, technical manager.Employees: 180. Fleer: two DC-4, three DC-3. On order: oneCa rave lie. Turk Hava Yollari AS—THY, formerlyknown as Devlet Hava Yollari (Turkish State Airlines), was set up by the Govern-ment in 1933 as part of the Ministry of Defence. Control passed to the Ministry of Communica-tions in 1938 until 1956 when it became a corporation bearing its present title TurkHava Yollari Anonim Sirketi (Turkish Air- lines Inc). BOAC now holds a six per centinterest in THY, which operates an extensive internal network of passenger services.International services are operated to Athens, Rome, Vienna, Frankfurt, Nicosia and Beirut.A service to London will be started in the near future. Head Office: Istanbul, Turkey.Execurives: Halit Elgin, general manager; Suphi Iscen and Nizamettin Norman, assistantgeneral managers; Huseyin Yegin, technical manager; Semih Demirci, acting commercialdirector; Turgut Sayar, accounting director; Remzi Berker, supply manager; SelcukIrdem, personnel manager. Employees: 1,486. Fleet: four Viscount 794, three Fokker F-27,three Fairchild F.27, 21 DC-3, seven Heron. On order: two Fokker F-27, two Fairchild F.27. Twentieth Century Airlines is the operatingname of Twentieth Century Aircraft Inc. a US non-scheduled carrier. Three ex-Qantas SuperConstellations have been added to the fleet. Fleet: three L.1049E, three DC-6B, nine DC-4. UAT—see Union Aeromaritimc de Transport. UMCA—see Uraba, Medellin and CentralAirways Inc.
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