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A Lockheed Electro of the New Zealand airline TEAL THE WORLD'S AIRLINES... TACA de Honduras, now a subsidiary of SAHSA, began charter operations in 1931 and became part of the TACA System in 1932. Scheduled services were begun in 1944. The TACA System sold its interests in the company in 1948. The company operates a domestic network of services and also to Belize (British Honduras). Head Office: Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Executives: A. Rodriguez, president; W. A. Buxbaum, treasurer; C. A. Garcia, secretary. Fleet: 10 DC-3. TACA International Airlines SA was founded in Salvador in 1939 as a subsidiary of the US TACA Corporation. Although TACA (Trans-portes Aereos Centro Americanos) once con trolled a number of airlines, TACA Interna tional is now the only one still operated by the Corporation; it has now succeeded the TACA Corporation as the parent company. Routes extend from New Orleans and Mexico City through Belize, Guatemala, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa and Managua to San Jose, in Costa Rica, and Panama. Scheduled freight services are operated between New Orleans and Guatemala and New Orleans and San Salvador. Route mileage is 3,980. Head Office: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (operating from San Salvador). Executives: R. H. Kreite, president; Enrique Sol, executive vice-president; W. B. Daly, vice-president/general manager; C. E. Taylor, vice-president operations; G. J. McHugh, vice-president traffic; J. W. Morgan, Jr. treasurer; E. Canas, secretary. Employees: 341. Fleet: two DC-4, two Viscount 786. TAG Airlines Inc, formerly known as Taxi Air Group, began operation in April 1956 of a floatplane service linking downtown Detroit with downtown Cleveland. The company once operated this service during the summer months only and during the winter the fleet was based on Miami and services operated to Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Stuart, Key Largo and Marathon. TAG now operates between Detroit City Airport and Cleveland's Lakefront all the year round. The company is a subsidiary of the Miller Oil Co. Head Office: Detroit City Airport, Michigan, USA. Executives: E. F. Knight, general manager; W. W. Knight Jr, secretary/treasurer; E. A. Eklund, vice-president operations; W. J. Swann, vice-president sales. Fleet: two Dove. TAI—Compagnie de Transports Aeriens Inter-continentaux was formed after World War II as a charter operator, closely associated with the Messageries Maritimes shipping company, and in 1954 established regular scheduled ser vices to various French territories abroad. In January 1955 TAI was alloted 60 per cent of the traffic between France and North Africa and the eastern part of French West Africa; 50 per cent to Djibouti, Madagascar and Reunion; and 10 per cent between France and Morocco- The company has also been made responsible for the development of French services to Indonesia, Ceylon, Australia and the South Pacific (up to Honolulu) and the US west coast. The Air France services to Australia and New Caledonia were taken over in 1956 and early in 1958 a route was opened to New Zealand. Services link Paris to Noumea, Auckland, Nandi (Fiji), Darwin, Sydney, Papeete (Tahiti), Honolulu and Los Angeles, connec ting with Air France 707 services from Los Angeles to Paris via Montreal. TAI also operates local services in the New Hebrides. Other services link Paris to Madagascar, and Paris to Morocco, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Niger Republic, Volta, Dahomey, Togo and the Ivory Coast. TAI now operates its services to and within Africa in pool with UAT. TAI is in process of merging with UAT, and has leased a DC-7C to Madair for the latter's Paris - Madagascar service. Head Office: 23 Rue de la Paix, Paris, France. Executives: P. Bernard, chairman of the board; General G. Fayet, vice-chairman of the board; M. J. J. Wilmot-Roussel, general manager; M. Mathieu, general secretary; M. Game, commercial manager. Employees: 1,450. Fleet: three DC-8, two DC-7C, five DC-6B, one DC-6, two DC-4, three DC-3. TAROM—Transporturile Aeriene Romine (Roumanian Air Lines) is the Roumanian State airline which in 1954 succeeded the joint Soviet-Roumanian TARS, which was formed in 1946. TAROM operates services within Roumania, and from Bucharest to Budapest, Sofia, Paris, Zurich, Prague, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Belgrade, Athens, Brussels, Odessa, Kiev and Moscow. Head Office: Baneasa Airport, Bucharest. Executives: V. Cosma, general manager; C. Nenoiu, commercial manager; N. Vidvischi, technical manager. Fleet: 11-18, 11-14, 11-12, Li-2, Antonov AN-2. Tasman Empire Airways Ltd—TEAL was formed in 1940 as a joint British-Australian- New Zealand company for the operation of services linking New Zealand and Australia. Operating Short Empire flying-boats, it main-tamed during the war the only regular passen ger service of any kind between the two countries. In 1954 Britain withdrew and TEAL became jointly owned by the New Zealand and Australian Governments; New Zealand as sumed sole ownership of TEAL in 1961. DC-6s replaced flying-boats on the trans-Tasman and Fiji services in 1954, but a Solent was used on the Coral Route from Fiji to Tahiti until September 1960. In December 1959 TEAL took delivery of its three Electras to replace the DC-6s, and by March 1961 Electras had taken over not only the trans-Tasman routes but the Coral Route which now serves Pago Pago, American Samoa, as well as Tahiti. TEAL has 13,000 miles of routes in operation, the more important being between Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. There are six return services a week between Auckland and Nandi (one of them beginning and terminating in Christ-church) ; two of these six services are flown by Qantas Electras under charter to TEAL, while an Auckland - Norfolk Island service is operated by leased DC-4s. Head Office: Auckland, New Zealand. Executives: Sir Leonard Isitt, chairman; F. A. Reeves, general manager; Capt J. R. McGrane, assistant general manager; Capt K. A. Brownjohn, operations manager; H. M. Denton, commercial manager; L. G. Blister, chief engineer; A. A. Watson, secretary; D, W. Banks, chief accountant. Employees: 1,022. Fleet: three L.188C Electra. Taxi Aereo de Santander—Taxader operate scheduled services in north-east Brazil from Sao Luiz. FLIGHT International, 12 April 19(2 Head Office: PO Box 384, Sao Luiz, Brazil Fleet: two Beaver, one Stinson, four Rapid • two Cessna 180. Taxis Aereos Argentinos SA operates two scheduled services, with intermediate stops, from Buenos Aires to Concordia and Dia-monte, and it is hoped that an increase in the same region to seven routes will enable all TAASA's six Rapides, instead of only thre^ to be employed. The Rapides are special;,' modified for operation from primitive airstrip;, the undercarriage fairings being removed and metal, instead of fabric, fuselage undersides are featured to minimize damage from stones. Fleet: six Rapide 3. Taxis Aereos Nacionales CA is a Venezuela!-: operator of non-scheduled and taxi service; Fleet: one Lockheed L.10A, one Lockheed L.12A, one Dove, two Cessna 180, two Cessna 170B. TCA—see Trans-Canada Air Lines. TEAL—see Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. Terra Grande is the name of a new South African non-scheduled operator that was licensed last year to fly amphibians from Johannesburg to the Seychelles Islands and to out-of-the-way fishing spots on the coastline of South Africa. It is believed that operations have not yet started. Territory Airlines Ltd operates non-scheduled and charter services in New Guinea. Head Office: Goroka, New Guinea. Fleet: one D.H.84 Dragon, three Cessna 180, one Cessna 170B. Thai Airways Co Ltd—TAC was formed oa November 1, 1951, by the merger of Siamese Airways Co Ltd and Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam) Ltd. The Government holds almost the entire stock. Thai Airways operates domestic services and also flies to Vientane. Siemreap and Penang. Thai Airways is a majority shareholder in Thai Airways Inter national, formed jointly with SAS. Head Office: 6 Lara Luang Road, Bangkok. Executives: Air Chief Marshal B. Chand-rubeksa, chairman: Air Chief Marshal H. Honskula, vice-chairman; Air Marshal P. Limpisvasti, managing director; Air Marshal S. Muangmanee, director; 6p Capt K. Thavorntharn, director; Cdr Prasong Suchiva, director. Employees: 455. Fleet: one DC-4, seven DC-3. Thai Airways International Ltd is the desig nated international flag carrier of Thailand, and was formed on August 24, 1959, by an agreement signed in Bangkok by SAS and Thai Airways Co Ltd. SAS is a minority shareholder in Thai Airways International, and supplies technical and administrative assistance, flight crews and DC-6B equip ment. Operations began on May 1, 1960, and Thai Airways International has taken over and greatly expanded the international routes of Thai Airways Co. "Royal Orchid" services are operated from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur. Singapore, Djakarta, Rangoon, Calcutta. Saigon and also to Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo. A Convair 990 leased from SAS oper ates services to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Djakarta. Head Office: 1101 New Road, Bangkok. Thailand. Executives: Cdr Prasong Suchiva, managing director: H. E. Hansen, executive manager; Chr. Hunderup, traffic and sales manage*: R. Damstrom, economics manager. Employees: 450. Fleet: three DC-6B and one Convair 990 leased from SAS. Ttaor Sol berg Aviation A/S and its affiliate AS Solbergfly operate some feeder-line routes in Southern Norway as well as air taxi services and a flying school. Head Office: Tansberg, Norway. Fleet: one Cessna 310, two Norseman, one Cessna 182, three Cessna 180, three Cessna 172, two Cessna 140.
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