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Eastern has the world's largest fleet of Electro turboprops FLIGHT International, 11 April 1963 521 -irocess of formation that hopes to operate DC-3s, DC-6Bs and DC-7s. Head Office: Sarmiento 1967, 1° Piso. Buenos Vires, Argentina. Cordova Airlines Inc began operations in 1934 and now operates services in the Anchorage - Cordova - Seward area. Head Office: PO Box 6203, Anchorage, Alaska. Executives: M. K. Smith, president; D. P. Swansea, vice-president operations. Fleet: one C-46, two DC-3, two Cessna 180. two Grumman Widgeon, one Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser. Corporacion Boliviano de Fomento—CBF is a government-owned carrier concentrating on the bulk air carriage of meat. Head Office: La Paz, Bolivia. Fleet: three B-17, two C-46. Correio Aero Nacional is a transport branch of the Brazilian armed services and it is responsible for the operation of air services to areas of Brazil which would not justify com mercial airline operations. Operations were begun in 1931 and by 1954 more than 45,000 miles of routes were in operation. In addition to domestic operations this military airline serves points in Bolivia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Fleet: approx 56 DC-3, 20 Beech 18, eight Bonanza, two Canso, 12 Fairchild C-82. Crowley Airways operates non-scheduled and charter services in New Guinea. Head Office: Lae, New Guinea. Employees: 12. Fleet: one Aztec 250, one Cessna 170A, one Cessna 172B. Cruz Airways is a Philippine independent operator formed in 1962 that has applied to operate scheduled and non-scheduled passen ger and freight services in the Philippines. Head Office: Manila, Philippines. Executive: Jose P. Cruz, president. Fleet: DC-3. On order: two Herald 200. Cruzeiro—Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sol SA. This airline's history goes back to December 1927 when Syndicato Condor Ltda was founded by German interests. A coastal route was established from Belem through Rio de Janeiro and on to Buenos Aires and across the Andes to Santiago in Chile. From Natal south this formed part of the German route to South America opened in 1934. Dornier Wal, Junkers F13 and W34s were used by Condor and later Ju52s and Focke Wulf Condors came into service. In 1942 the company was reorganized, cleared of German control and given its present name. The company now operates more than 18,000 miles of routes in Brazil and between Brazil and neighbouring countries. The DC-2 and AT-lls are used for air survey. The Rio de Janeiro - Sao Paulo "Air Bridge" shuttle service is operated in pool with Varig and VASP. Head Office: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Executives: Dr J. B. R. Dantas, president; J- Q. V. de Carvalho, commercial director; Col F. A. Roche, operations director. Employees: 3,236. Fleet: two Caravclle 6R, 30 DC-3 (two operated by TA Catarinense and two by SAVAG), eight Convair 240, four Convair 340, four Convair 440, eight C-82A Packet, four Beech AT-11, one Douglas DC-2. On order: two Caravelle 6R. Cumberland Aviation Services Ltd—Casair specialises in providing executive transport with Beagle aircraft, and is the sole Beagle agent for Scotland and the North of England. Casair manages Carlisle airport on behalf of the Carlisle Corporation and operates flying clubs at Carlisle and Newcastle. Head Office: Carlisle Airport, Crosby, Carl isle, Cumberland. Executives: J. M. Kidd, chairman and man aging director; L. P. Marshall, commercial director. Fleet: one Rapide, one Airedale, five Terrier, one Auster Workmaster, one Auster Alpha. one Aiglet Trainer. Cuuard Eagle Airways Ltd is the successor to Eagle Airways, which was founded in 1953 and acquired by the Cunard Steam-Ship Co in 1960. A 60 per cent share of Cunard Eagle was reacquired bv its chairman, Mr H. R. Bamberg on March 1, 1963. Services are operated from London to Luxembourg, Innsbruck, Dinard, La Baule, Perpignan. Pisa and Rimini; and from Birmingham to Palma. Cunard Eagle also operate charter, trooping and inclusive tour services. Cunard Eagle have been granted licences by the Air Transport Licensing Board for a number of additional routes. These include services between London and Geneva, Copen hagen, Stockholm, Venice, Dublin, Belfast. Edinburgh and Glasgow; between Manchester and/or Birmingham and Nice; and between Liverpool and Dublin. Head Office: London (Heathrow). Executives: H. R. Bamberg, chairman and managing director; N. Ashton Hill, Sir John Brocklebank, F. F. A. Burden, W. Donald. Maj-Gen C. G. B. Greaves, G. D. Peacock, L. W. Hodgson, J. H. Sauvage and H. R. Senior, directors. Employees: 940. Fleet: two Britannia 324. two DC-6C. two Viscount 755. Cyprus Airways Ltd was founded in 1947 by BEA, the Cyprus Government and private interests. The BEA shareholding is now 22.7 per cent. Since February 1958 the services of Cyprus Airways have been operated by BEA Viscounts, and now Comets, which connect Nicosia with Athens, Istanbul, Ankara, Rome, Milan, Geneva and London, and also to Tel Aviv and Beirut. Head Office: Nicosia, Cyprus. Executives: G. Eliades, chairman; E. Savva, general manager; Ch. Makaritis, secretary. Employees: 145. Dan-Air Services Ltd was formed in 1953 with one DC-3. taking its name from the founder directors Davies and Newman. Dan-Air now operates an extensive network of scheduled services including seasonal services from London (Gatwick) Airport to Jersey, Ply mouth, Glasgow (Prestwick) and Ostend. Services are also operated during the summer months linking the Isle of Man with Bristol. Cardiff and Glasgow (Prestwick) and between Plymouth and Jersey. All-the-year-round services are operated between Bristol, Cardiff. Liverpool, Newcastle. Rotterdam and Kris- tiansand. A large number of inclusive tour charter flights are also operated and apart from these series, charter work is undertaken to destinations all over the world. Gatwick is the main base and Bristol the secondary base. Head Office: 36-38 New Broad Street, London EC2. Executives: F. E. F. Newman, J. W. Davies. L. E. Moore, directors; A. Garretts, secretary: R. A. Pigeon, commercial manager; A. Snudden, traffic manager. Fleet: six Ambassador, four York, two Bristol Freighter 31, three DC-3. two Dove. Dansk Luftfart Service specializes in aerial photography and advertising, and also Arctic flying in Greenland, acting as representative for Eastern Provincial Airways, Autair Heli copter Services and Kenting Aviation of Canada. Charter and freight flights are also undertaken. Head Office: Kastruplundsgade 20, Kastrup. Copenhagen. Executive: D. F. Valbjorn, director and owner. Darbhanga Aviation is an Indian non-scheduled carrier that lost a DC-3 in an accident on May 27, 1962. Darbhanga has been flying its DC-3s in support of the military operations last winter on the Indo-Chinese border. Delta Air Lines Inc, founded in 1925 as the world's first commercial crop dusting com pany, inaugurated passenger service in 1929. On May 1, 1953, Chicago and Southern Air lines Inc, founded in 1934, merged with Delta, the resulting company being known since 1956 as Delta Air Lines. Delta's routes stretch from New York, Detroit and Chicago in the north to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, New Orleans and Miami in the south and to San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego in the west. Delta flights through New Orleans serve San Juan, Montego Bay and Caracas. On June 11, 1961 Delta inaugurated a southern transcontinental route linking the south and southwest to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. The company serves some 70 cities over a 14,122-mile route system. Delta was the first airline in the world to intro duce DC-8 services, which began on September 18. 1959, and also the first to introduce Convair 880 services, which began on May 15, 1960. Head Office: Atlanta Georgia, USA. Executives: C. E. woolman, president and general manager; R. W. Freeman, chairman of the board; T. G. Cole, executive vice-president administration; C. H. Dolson, executive vice- president operations; T. M. Miller, vice- president traffic and sates; W. T. Beebe, vice- president personnel; R. S. Maurer, vice-presi dent legal; R. L. Griffith, vice-president. Employees: 8,786. Fleet: ten DC-8, 16 Convair 880, nine DC-7, ten DC-7B. II DC-6. 20 Convair 440, five C-46 freighters. On order: two DC-8 Series 50. Derby Aviation Ltd (operators of Derby Airways) operate scheduled services, mostly seasonal, from Derby, Northampton, Luton, Carlisle, Cambridge, Gloucester and Chelten ham to the Channel Islands and from Derby to Belfast, Cork, Dublin, the Isle or Man, Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow, Rotterdam, Luxem bourg and Ostend. The Cork, Jersey, New castle, Luxembourg and Ostend services are also operated via Birmingham. Other seasonal services are from Cardiff and Bristol to Ostend, Palma, Perpignan, Barcelona and Luxembourg, Ostend is also served from Swansea, and Cambridge, and Dublin from Luton. Inclusive tour and charter flights are also operated, and Derby undertakes flying training, air survey, sales and maintenance. Head Office: 78 Buckingham Gate, London SW1. Executives: Wg Cdr H. A. Roxburgh, chair man; R. R. Paine, joint managing director; D. W. T. Sullivan, M. Ager, directors; A. C. Felts, chief accountant; Capt T. A. J. Mayo, commercial manager; D. Aldridge, traffic manager; Capt T. Pike, chief pilot; K.. W. Felts, chief engineer; F. Marshall, chief inspector. Employees: 207. Fleet: five Argonaut, seven DC-3, one Heron 2, two Dove, one aerial-survey Anson, various light aircraft.
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