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FLIGHT International, 12 April 1962 559 Transcontinental to California Eastern in January 1960 and then leased to a US airline. Among California Eastern's subsidiary com panies is Air Carrier Service Corp, which is engaged in the marketing abroad of American aeronautical products and aircraft. This corporation negotiated the sale of three Convair 880s for Japan Air Lines, and six Convair 600s for Latin American carriers; it is also responsible for overseas marketing of the Aero Commander, CL-44, Hiller UH-12E, Vertol 44 and 107. Head Office: 1510 H Street NW, Washington 5, DC, USA. Executives: Jorge Carnicero, chairman of the board; M. T. Dyke, president. Employees: 2,500. Fleet: four L.1049H leased to US carriers, one DC-4. Camba Airlines. Little is known of this Bolivian carrier. A Curtiss C-46 operating under this name crashed near San Borja, Bolivia, on September 12 last year. Campling Bros & Vanderwal Ltd is the largest operator of charter and non-scheduled services in British East Africa. CBV undertakes flying training, maintenance and overhaul work and acts as agents for Cessna aircraft, while CBV's subsidiary, Caspair, operates scheduled services. CBV operates a total of 22 aircraft, of which those listed below are used for charter work. Head Office: PO Box 1951, Nairobi, Kenya. Executives: L. K. Campling. F. K. Campling. H. Vanderwal. Z. Boskovic, directors. Fleet: two Macchi MB.320, one Aero Com mander 500A. one Bonanza, one Comanche. Cessnas. Canadian Pacific Air Lines—CPAL was formed in 1942 by the Canadian Pacific Railway to acquire ten of Canada's "bush"' airlines, best known of which was Canadian Airways. CPAL operated a network of services in west and northwest Canada, a smaller network in the Winnipeg area and a third system in Quebec. These were part of the overall CPR system that included railways and ships. In 1949 the company opened two trans-Pacific routes, the first which now links Vancouver to Sydney via Honolulu, Fiji and Auckland, and the second linking Van couver to Tokyo and Hong Kong via Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands. In 1953 CPAL inaugurated services from Vancouver to Mexico City and Lima, and this route has since been extended to Santiago and Buenos Aires. In 1955 a trans-Polar route was opened between Vancouver and Amsterdam, and a traffic stop was later added at Edmonton. In 1957 a transatlantic route was opened to Madrid and Lisbon and a Mexico City - Toronto-Montreal-Lisbon-Rome service was started on March 1, 1960. CPAL's main trunk routes now extend from Sydney and Auckland to Amsterdam via Fiji. Honolulu and Vancouver, and from Buenos Aires to Hong Kong via Santiago. Lima. Mexico City, Vancouver and Tokyo. Within Canada, CPAL operates from Vancouver as far as Edmonton and Dawson City, and a daily Britannia service was inaugurated on May 4, 1960 over the Vancouver - Winnipeg - Toronto Montreal route. DC-8 "Jet Empress'" services were inaugurated over the Vancouver - Amster dam and Rome routes on May 31, 1961, and DC-8s now fly the transcontinental Vancouver- Montreal route. Head Office: Vancouver Airport, BC. Canada. Executives: G. W. G. McConachie, president; H. B. Renwick, vice-president sales and traffic; R. B. Phillips, vice-president operations; J. C. Gilmer, comptroller. Employees: 2,552. Fleet: four DC-8 series 40. six Britannia 314, four DC-6B, three DC-6A, five Convair 240. two C-46, three DC-3. Capital Airlines Inc had a history going back to April 1927 when Skyline Transportation Co began flying mail between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The following year Skyline was taken over by Pennsylvania Airlines and passenger services were begun. In 1936 Pennsylvania Airlines and Central Airlines (then flying Detroit - Washington mail ser vices) merged to form Pennsylvania-Central Airlines. The present name was adopted in 1948. Capital pioneered coach-class services and was the first US airline to introduce turbine-powered aircraft. The network covered the eastern, north-eastern and south ern states from Minneapolis/St Paul in the west to New York, and as far south as Miami. To avoid threatened foreclosure by Vickers as a result of the airline's Viscounts debts, which would have meant seeking voluntary bank ruptcy. Capital merged with United. The merger took effect on June 1. 1961. following CAB approval given on April 4. 1961. Capitol Airways Inc is one of the largest US non-scheduled and supplemental carriers, and has engaged in international and domestic charter flying for ten years. A good deal of transatlantic group charter work is under taken. C-46s operate domestic charter flights and a daily service under Logair contract to no less than 71 USAF bases within the States, flying 338,000 ton-miles daily on Logair work. Head Office: Berry Field, Nashville, Ten nessee, USA. Executives: J. F. Stallings, president: William B. Leonard, vice-president sales. Employees: 750. Fleet: five L.1049 (three leased from Lock heed), one L.749. one DC-4, 43 C-46, seven Beech D-18S, one Bell 47G-2. Twin Bonanza. Bonanza. Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines Inc—Caribair was founded in 1939. and in June that year took over the operations of its predecessor, Powel- son Air Service, which had started scheduled services late in 1938. The company now oper ates services within Puerto Rico and to the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands. Trans-Caribbean Airways has acquired a 16 per cent holding in Caribair; the Trigo family has a 51.12 per cent share and Laurence Rockefeller interests 20 per cent. Head Office: Box 6035. Santurce. San Juan. Puerto Rico. Executives: D. Trigo. president; J. Sierra, vice- president operations: B. Trigo. vice-president. Fleet: five DC-3. Caspair Ltd, a subsidiary of Campling Bros & Vanderwal. has for several years been operat ing scheduled services round Lake Victoria in association with East African Airways. Services are now operated from Entebbe to Bukoba. Geita. Mwanza and Ukcrewe. Head Office: Box 2238. Nairobi. Kenya. Executives: L. K. Campling. H. K. Campling. H. Vanderwal, directors; C. H. Bramich. secretary. Employees: 26. Fleet: five DH.89 Rapide 4. one Cessna 182, one Piper Cub. Catalina Channel Airways is a US intra-state carrier operating within California. Head Office: Long Beach. California. Executives: Robert J. Hanley. president; Gaylord E. Farquart. vice-president; George O. White, secretary/treasurer. Employees: 20. Fleet: five Grumman Goose. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd—CPA was founded in 1946, and started operations between Manila and Hong Kong using DC-3s. It was re-registered as a Hong Kong company on October 18, 1948. when it was bought by John Swire & Sons Ltd and the China Naviga tion Co Ltd (two-thirds) and Australian National Airways. The original owners re tained a 20 per cent interest in Cathay Pacific. which was bought out in 1950 by the other interests. In 1954 a further issue of shares was taken up by John Swire, the China Navi gation Co and the P. & O. Steam Navigation Co Ltd. In 1956 the Borneo Co Ltd also became shareholders and on July 1, 1959, Cathay Pacific merged with Hong Kong Air ways Ltd and at this time BOAC and Jardine, Matheson & Co Ltd became shareholders. Cathay Holdings Ltd holds 84.5 per cent of the total shares of CPA, and shares in Cathay Holdings are held by Butterfield & Swire, the China Navigation Co. Ansett Transport Industries, P. & O. and the Borneo Co. Of the remaining shares in CPA, BOAC Associ ated Companies Ltd holds 15 per cent and Jardine, Matheson 0.5 per cent. Convair 880 services linking Hong Kong to Manila, Taipei, Osaka, Tokyo. Bangkok and Singapore began on April 8, 1962. Electras and the DC-6B link Hong Kong with Seoul, Taipei and Manila, and fly southwest to Singa pore. Djakarta. Rangoon and Calcutta via Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, as well as to Pnom-Penh, Saigon. Vientiane, Jesselton (North Borneo) and Brunei. Head Office: 9 Connaught Road, Hong Kong. Executives: W. C. G. Knowles, chairman; J. H. Brembridge, managing director; D. R. Y. Bluck, commercial manager; Capt K. W. Steele, operations manager; J. T. Gething, engineering director. Fleet: one Convair 880 Model 22M. two Electra. one DC-6B. one DC-6. one DC-4. Cayman Brae Airways Ltd operates over a 98-mile route between Grand Cayman Island (south of Cuba and west of Jamaica) and Cayman Brae. Head Office: Grand Cayman. British West Indies. Fleet: One Beechcraft C-45 G. Central African Airways Corporation—CAA was formed in 1946 by the Governments of Northern and Southern Rhodesia and Nyasa- land. CAA succeeded the wartime Southern Rhodesia Air Services and the pre-war Rhodesia and Nyasaland Airways Ltd which commenced operations in 1933. CAA operates both domestic and regional services, the latter calling at Elisabethville, Mbeya. Durban, Nairobi. Dar-es-Salaam, Johannesburg. Lour- enco Marques and Beira. There is also the "Rhodesian Comet" service to London operated for CAA by BOAC. Three BAC One-Elevens may be ordered Tor regional services. Head Office: Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia. Executives: R. M. Taylor, chairman; M. Stuart-Shaw, general manager; R. P. Hartley, assistant general manager; G. C. Draper, commercial manager: K. H. Greager, engin eering manager; Capt M. O'Donovan, opera tions manager; W. B. James, chief accountant; W. L. Stedman, planning manager. Employees: 1.192. Fleet: four Viscount 748, one Viscount 754, six DC-3. six Beaver. Central Airlines Inc was established as an intra-state operator in Oklahoma in 1944. The company's first inter-state operations were authorized in 1946 and operations, with Beech Bonanzas, were inaugurated in September 1949. DC-3 operations began in 1950 and all Bonanzas were withdrawn during the follow ing year. At present the airline serves Texas, Oklahoma. Arkansas, Kansas. Missouri and Colorado. Three ex-American Airlines Con vair 240s have been added to the fleet. A Douglas DC-6B operated by Ethiopia's national airline
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