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552 FLIGHT International, 12 April 1962 A de Havilland Heron 2 of the Spanish independent Aviaco THE WORLD'S AIRLINES Air France and UAT provide technical assist ance and equipment, and operations started in June, 1961, services being flown domestic ally within and between the 11 states as well as to neighbouring African states. A once-weekly Abidjan - Dakar - Marseilles - Paris jet service is operated with Air France Boeing 707s and another service to Paris via Lome, Cotonou, Niamey and Nice with Air France L. 1649As. Air Afrique may order Caravelles soon. Head Office: Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Executive: Roger Loubry, general manager. Fleet: Boeing 707-328 and L. 1649A leased from Air France, DC-6B leased from UAT, 15 DC-4. Air Alpes is a Swiss operator that undertakes a variety of charter jobs and which recently took delivery of a Pilatus Turbo-Porter. Head Office: Chamb6ry, Switzerland. Executive: Michel Ziegler, managing director. Fleet: one Pilatus Turbo-Porter. Air America. Little is known of this non-scheduled carrier. A Curtiss C-46 operating under this title was shot down on a supply-dropping mission in Laos on August 13, 1961. Air Brousse operates charter and local scheduled services within the Congo from Leopoldville and Luluabourg. The company also operate a maintenance base for private aircraft. Head Office: PO Box 2438, Leopoldville. Executives: Serge Tabutaut, Raymond Linard, Claude de Coen. Employees: 120. Fleet: six Beech D-18S, four Rapide, two Aztec, two Apache, one Piper Pacer, one Aus-ter Aiglet. Air Cameroun was formed in 1953 and operates non-scheduled services from Douala, Cam- eroons. An ex-Trans Arabia DC-4 has recently been acquired. Executive: R. Meyer, president. Fleet: one DC-4, three C-46, one Norecrin. Air Carriers—see Hunting-Clan Air Carriers. Air Ceylon Ltd was founded by the Ceylon Government in 1947 and in that year opened services between Ceylon and India. In 1949 a route to London was opened. In 1951 Air Ceylon was made an independent corporation with the Government holding 51 per cent of the stock and Australian National Airways holding 49 per cent. A route to Australia was opened, thus providing a through Australia-Ceylon-London service. This route was abandoned in 1953 but in co-operation with KLM a route to Europe (the "Sapphire" service to London and Amsterdam) was re opened in 1956 using an L.749 Constellation. In November 1958 this aircraft was replaced by an L.1049G. and in November 1960 an Electra leased from KLM was introduced. The Electra services were suspended in October, 1961 and the agreement with KLM terminated; KLM's 49 per cent holding has been bought out. The services to London and Singapore were due to be resumed on April 4, 1962 on a once-weekly basis using a Comet chartered from BOAC. Air Ceylon also operates DC-3 services within Ceylon and north to Madras in southern India. Head Office: York Street, Colombo, Ceylon. Executives: W. A. E. Malamure, general manager; P. B. Mawalagedera, assistant general manager; J. R. Santiapillai, manager traffic and sales; F. B. W. Goonawardena, financial controller; M. C. Fonseka, manager engineering; J. P. Fernando, manager opera tions and chief pilot. Employees: 2*11. Fleet: one Comet 4 leased from BOAC, three DC-3. Air Charter (Christchurch) Ltd operates scenic flights over the Southern Alps of New Zealand, besides undertaking charter work. Head Office: Christchurch, New Zealand. Fleet: one Rapide, one D.H.90 Dragonfly. Air Congo was formed early in 1961 as the national "chosen instrument" airline of the Congolese Republic, with Sabena providing technical assistance and equipment. The Congo Government has subscribed 65 per cent of the capital, Sabena 30 per cent and Sobelair and Air Brousse have a joint 5 per cent hold ing. Air Congo operates domestically and to Luanda (Angola), Ndola (Northern Rhodesia), Salisbury (Southern Rhodesia), Entebbe, Nairobi and (subject to confirmation) to Lagos. Air Congo's aircraft have also been used for troop carrying, but three DC-3s and one DC-4 are said to have been transferred to the Congolese Air Force (Force Aerienne Congolais). Head Office: Leopoldville, Congo. Executives: Hubert Sangara, president of the Council of Administration; Gilbert Perier, vice-president; Fernand Essandja, general manager. Fleet: DC-6B, five DC-4, seven DC-3. Air Corse is a French carrier formed last year to operate passenger and cargo services with Bristol 170s from Nice to Corsica and Italy, as well as freight charter flights between metropolitan France and Corsica. Air-Florida Helicopter Airways Inc is a recently-formed operator of helicopter services in the Tampa/St Petersburg area, also serving Sarasota and Bradenton. Air-Florida ceased scheduled operations last summer. Head Office: International Airport, Tampa, Florida. Fleet: two Alouette II. Air France was formed in August 1933 by the merging of Air Union, Air Orient, SGTA, and CIDNA and the purchase of A6ropostale. Some of the Air France constituents can claim operating experience back to 1919. French air transport has a great history and was early in establishing European air services and services to Africa. The pioneering by French airlines of mail services in South America and later across the South Atlantic is one of the great stories of aviation. In addition to these routes a system of Mediterranean services was es tablished and the route to Indo-China was opened as early as 1932. Air France now has about 195,000 miles of routes in Europe and Africa and to North and South America, the Near, Middle and Far East. Early in 1958 a polar service to Tokyo (via Anchorage) was inaugurated. Operations range from the de luxe services to America and the Far East (with Boeing Intercontinentals) to what might be termed desert bus services. The com pany also operates the Postale de Nuit internal night mail services, which have achieved a very high standard of regularity and reliability; 15 DC-3s and two DC-4s are used on these services. Air France has a financial interest in Air Afrique, Air Inter, Cie Air Transport, Air Algerie and Airnautic. Head Office: 2 Rue Marbeuf, Paris, France. Executives: Joseph Roos, chairman; L. Lesi-eux, managing director; deputy managing directors: M. Lemoine, general secretary; R. Dupre, technical; R. Montarnal, economics. Employees: 24,771. Fleet: 17 Boeing 707-328, nine L.1649A, 21 L.1049G (five in storage), 28 Caravelle, 12 Provence, 26 DC-4, 32 DC-3. On order: three Boeing 707-328 (1962), four Boeing 707-328B, 12 Caravelle. Air Gabon (not to be confused with Trans-portes A6riens du Gabon) is a local service operator that started operations in 1961 on a route network based on Port Gentil, from which five round-trip flights a week serve what is known as the Forest Region of Gabon. Head Office: PO Box 240, Port Gentil, Gabon. Air Guinee, the recently formed national air line of the Republic of Guinea, at present operates domestic routes in Guinea from Conakry to Kankan, Boke and N'zerekore, as well as a service from Conakry to Bamako in Mali. Technical and operational assistance is provided by the Communist countries, and 11-18 services to Accra and Cairo, and also to Moscow are planned. The latter would probably be in parallel with CSA's existing 11-18 services from Bamako to Prague, and then on to Moscow. No international services have yet been started. Head Office: Conakry, Guinea. Fleet: two 11-18, two Avia 14-32A, one Avia 14T freighter. Air Haiti International is a newly formed Haitian carrier that is proposing to operate between Haiti and New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico) and beyond to points in the British West Indies as the designated Haitian flag carrier. It is not known what equipment will be used. Head Office: Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Air-India International Corporation was formed as a limited company in June 1948 with Air-India Ltd holding 51 per cent of the shares and the Government of India 49 per cent. On August 1, 1953, by the provisions of the Air Corporations Act, 1953, AH became a wholly State-owned Corporation with the continuing responsibility of operating, as the national flag carrier, all long-haul international air services. The company began operating a weekly Bombay - Cairo - Geneva - London service in June 1948, Bombay - London flights serve Delhi, Cairo, Beirut, Prague, Rome, Geneva, Frankfurt and Paris, and go on to New York. Bombay - Tokyo flights serve Calcutta, Bang kok and Hong Kong. There is a Bombay -Madras - Singapore - Djakarta service, and a similar service to Djakarta continues on to Darwin and Sydney. Bombay is linked to Nairobi via Aden and there is a once-weekly service to Moscow via Delhi and Tashkent. There is also a service from Bombay to Kuwait via Karachi and Bahrain. A Comet 4 chartered from BOAC is operating the Kuwait service and certain services through Madras. "The Flying Sherpa" L.1049G cargo service be tween Bombay and London was inaugurated on November 17, 1960. AH nine Super Con stellations have been sold to the Indian Air Force and services with this type will cease shortly. Head Office: Bombay, India. Executives: J. R. D. Tata, chairman; B. R Patel, vice-chairman and general manager: S. K. Kooka, commercial director; N. J- Pavri, financial controller; K. K. Unni, chief
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