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Aviation History
1962
1962 - 0570.PDF
Douglas DC-8 of Pan American World Airways THE WORLD'S AIRLINES... Kellogg Hangar Service Inc in 1959 com menced operating freight services in Twin Beechcrafts serving 11 points between Chicago and Detroit. Head Office: 3037 Dickman Road, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. Fleet: Twin Beechcraft. Renting Aviation Ltd, a member of the Hunting Group, specializes in aerial survey and world wide charter operations. A subsidiary, Rent ing Helicopters Ltd, operates three S-55s on transport duties. Head Office: 1450 O'Connor Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Executives: D. Kendall, president; W. Godfrey, vice-president; M. Dedrick, treas urer; A. Soutar, general manager. Employees: 30. Fleet: two B-17, two Lockheed 14, two Hudson, three Canso, one Aero Commander, one Anson, one Cessna, three S-55. Kodiak Airways Inc operates three routes within Alaska from Kodiak to Olga Bay, Parks and Port William. Head Office: Kodiak, Alaska. Fleet: Grumman amphibians. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV— ELM, the Dutch national airline, began opera tions in May 1920. A European network was established, and services to Java began in 1929. Services were begun in the West Indies in 1935 and these continued throughout the war, so the company can claim 41 years of con tinuous operation. With a present unduplicated route mileage of over 170,000 miles, KLM has a network of European routes, a West Indies and Central American network, and routes between Europe and North, Central and South America; North and South Africa; the Near, Middle and Far East; and Australia. In 1960 it inaugurated two new routes to West Africa and now flies to 80 countries. For more than 30 years KLM was directed by its founder, the late Dr Albert Plesman. KLM is a non-subsidized profit-making company with approximately 70 per cent of the company's capital held by the Dutch Government. Shares are listed on the Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges. DC-8s operate North and mid- Atlantic and Far East services and will be introduced later on the Polar, South African and South American routes. Head Office: The Hague, Holland. Executives: E. H. van der Beugel, president; F. Besancon, deputy president; L. H. Slote- maker, J. van der Weil, executive vice-presi dents. Employees: 18,600. Fleet: seven DC-8 Series 30, six DC-8 Series 50, 13 DC-7C, two DC-7F, 11 L. 188 (Electra), two L.1049H, five L.1049E, eight L.749A, six DC-6 (Caribbean Division), two DC-6A, nine Viscount 803, ten Convair 340, six DC-3 Freighters, three DC-3 (Caribbean Division), three DC-3 (on charter to "De Kroonduif"), two Fokker F.27, one Pilatus Porter (air survey). On order: one DC-8 Series 50 (June 1962). Korean National Airlines—KNA was founded under the Ministry of Transport in 1947, and operated routes radiating from Seoul with Stinson Voyagers. DC-3s were introduced in 1950 shortly Before the Korean war stopped commercial operations, which were resumed in 1952. The company now operates DC-3 and DC-4 services within South Korea and a Con stellation service between Seoul and Hong Kong. The company has been considering opening a Korea - USA route via Honolulu. Head Office: Seoul, South Korea. Executives: Y. M. Shinn, president; M. Kirk, managing director; S. Kim, acting traffic and sales manager; M. McCormick, chief engineer. Fleet: one L.749, one DC-4. three DC-3. Korolevu Air Transport operates non-scheduled and charter services in the Fiji islands. Head Office: Nandi, Fiji. Fleet: one Piper Caribbean. Kuwait Airways was founded in 1953 as Kuwait National Airways, the present name being adopted in 1958. Kuwait Airways is wholly owned by Government and local interests, and although its head office is in Kuwait, the commercial and operations departments are based in Beirut (PO Box 4039). BOAC took over the technical management of Kuwait Airways in June 1958 and in September 1959 British International Air Lines, a wholly- owned BOAC subsidiary in Kuwait that provided charter and maintenance services to the Kuwait Oil Company and the Kuwait Flying Club, was taken over by Kuwait Air ways. The latter operate services to Bahrain, Doha, Abadan, Dhahran, Karachi, Bombay, Cairo, Beirut, Jerusalem and Damascus. A service to London via a point in Europe is expected to commence later, possibly using a Comet 4C. Head Office: PO Box 394, Kuwait. Executives: N. Y. Al Nisf, chairman; A. A. Al Saqr, vice-chairman; M. J. C. Auster, chief executive; A. R. Al Mishri. manager; S. M. Killingbeck, commercial manager; Capt A. W. Hebborn, chief pilot; Y. Hindi, chief accoun tant; J. D. Green, chief engineer. Fleet: four Viscount. LAB—see Lloyd Aereo Bolivano. LACSA—see Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA. LADE—see Lineas Aereas del Estado. LAI—see Alitalia. Lake Central Airlines Inc began services in November 1949 and works 4,307 miles of routes in the states between and to the south of Lakes Erie and Michigan. In 1955 employees of the airline bought the company's entire stock. During 1960, Lake Central was authorized to extend its services east as far as Washington, DC, and Baltimore, serving a total of 48 points. Services to these communi ties which Lake Central was newly authorized to serve were inaugurated during 1961. During this year, Lake Central doubled its route miles and acquired five ex-United Convair 340s. A Vertol 107 was evaluated on various routes last year. Head Office: Weir Cook Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. Executives:: J. J. O'Connell, chairman of the board of directors; G. Hicks, president; L. W. Hartman, executive vice-president and general manager; R. W. Clifford, vice-president operations; W. H. Krieg, secretary; D. S. Getchell, vice-president traffic and sales; J. L. Cory, treasurer, J. R. Meyering, vice- president finance. Employees: 745. Fleet: five Convair 340, 20 DC-3 owned, two DC-3 leased. Lancia Airlines is a US non-scheduled carrier that acquired a DC-4 from TWA in 1960. LANICA—see Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua Las Vegas Hacienda is the name of a US indirect carrier that operates Dunes Magic Carpet Tours from US west coast cities to Las Vegas on behalf of the Dunes Hotel (the Hacienda) of Las Vegas. The hotel's clients are provided with free air travel from seven major US cities to Las Vegas. The CAB in 1961 ordered the M & R Investment Co, proprietors of the Dunes Hotel, to cease operating as an indirect air carrier, and an appeal against this decision was recently up held. Las Vegas Hacienda's fleet, based at Burbank, includes a DC-4 fitted with forward and aft lounges, a piano forward and 48 loud speakers in the cabin. More recently four ex-TWA Constellations were added to the fleet. Head Office: Las Vegas, Nevada. Fleet: four L.049 Constellation, one DC-4, two DC-3. Laurentian Air Services Ltd was founded in 1936 and now operates charter flights and a regular service from Ottawa to St Jovite. Head Office: Ottawa, Ont, Canada. Executives: A. B. MacLaren. president; J. M. Bogie, executive vice-president; D. Pickering, manager. Employees: 35. Fleet: seven Beaver, one Cessna, one Goose. Leavens Bros Ltd, which operates passenger services between Windsor, Ontario, and Pelee Island in Lake Erie, using two Cessna T-50s and one Piper Apache, was originally formed in 1927. It was incorporated as Leavens Bros Air Services in 1935 and was reorganized under its present name in 1953. Head Office: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Executives: C. R. Leavens, president and general manager; R. H. Leavens, vice-presi dent; C. D. Leavens, secretary; R. O. Brown, treasurer. Employees: 95. Fleet: 24 various. Lebanese Air Transport (Charter) Co SAL is a new Lebanese charter operator that began operations in June, 1961 with an ex-Jordan International Airlines DC-4. This carrier concentrates on charters between the Middle East and Europe. Fleet: one DC-4, one PZL-102.B Kos. Lebanese Helicopter Co has recently been formed by Ibraham Khadra and Co, and it is authorized to operate transport, crop-spraying and publicity services within the Lebanon. It is not yet known what equipment will be used. Head Office: Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese International Airways—LIA com menced scheduled services in January 1956 and now operates twice a week between Beirut, Milan and Paris with DC-6Bs. Other services connect Beirut with Teheran, Kuwait, Bagh-
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