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524 FLIGHT International, 11 April 1963 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . operations manager; Jose Morera, treasurer; C. L. Alfonzo, traffic and sales manager; Dr Antonio de Goicoechea, secretary. Fleet: two Britannia 318 (two leased to CSA), three L.1049G (believed to be aban doned for lack of spares), 13 11-14. Empresa Taboy Taxader Boyaca operates non- scheduled charter services in Colombia. Head Office: Tunja. Colombia. Fleet: DC-3, Beaver. Eros Airline (UK) Ltd is a British independent that is understood to be backed by travel interests closely connected with Cyprus, and associated with the Cyprus-registered Eros Airline. Eros started operations on April 14, 1962 and concentrates on IT and charter flights. Two Heralds may be ordered. Head Office: 11 Goodge Dtreet. London Wl. Executives: A. E. Homatas, managing director; V. J. Debenham, sales and commercial direc tor; Capt V. J. Townsend. chief pilot; Norman Jones, publicity director. Fleet: three Viking. Escadrille Mercure, also known as Taxis Acnens Mercure, began operations in 1946 and now operates taxi and charter services from le Bourget, Nice and Algiers. Head Office: 3 Rue St Philippe du Roule, Paris 8e. Employees: 60. Fleet: two Aero Commander 680E, five Beech 18 (Pacaero), six Cessna Bobcat, five Max Holste Broussard. Ethiopian Airlines was formed under the Ethiopian law by a charter dated December 26, 1945, with an authorized capital of £Eth2,500,000 to operate an internal and international service pursuant te an agreement between the Ethiopian Government and Trans World Airlines Inc. Scheduled operations commenced in April 1946. Present operations include domestic services and to Aden. Somalia, Eritrea, Greece, Kenya, Sudan, Egypt. Germany, Spain and Yemen. A service from Addis Ababa to Accra and Robcrtsfield (Liberia) via Khartoum was started in 1960, and extended to Lagos the next year; it now calls at Accra and Kano as well. Bell and Hiller helicopters arc used for natural resources development projects, being leased by Ethiopian to various Government agencies. A good deal of freight is carried on domestic routes in DC-3s with limited passenger accommodation. Ethiopian started Boeing 720B services in January 1963. Head Office. PO Box 1755. Addis Ababa. Executives: H. E. Balambaras Mahteme Selassie Wolde Meskel. president and chair man; H. E. Mammo Tadesse, vice-presi dent; Jack B. Asire. general manager; L. J. Staley, secretary/treasurer; Capt G. K. Hills, flight operations manager; R. E. Chase Jr, general sales manager; R. N. Dargie, techni cal service manager; Don E. Kambe. director passenger sales. Employees: 1,045. Fleet: two Boeing 720-060B, three Douglas DC-6B. two Convair 240, seven DC-3. three Bell 47J. one Bell 47G2. one Hiller UH-12E. Euravia (London) Ltd was formed at the beginning of 1962 to concentrate on IT and group charter flights, and operations began with three Constellations which were then the property of Universal Sky Tours Ltd. Following a successful first season primarily devoted to the inclusive tour trade Euravia purchased these aircraft from Universal Sky Tours and also acquired Skyways Ltd, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Euravia. but retaining its own identity. Head Office: Luton Airport, Beds. Executives: J. E. D. Williams, managing director; J. C. Harrington, deputy managing director; D. Macqueen, general sales manager; W. M. Strangeways, operations superinten dent. Fleet: three L.049 Constellation, one L.149 Constellation. European Air Transport SA is a charter opera tor formed in Luxembourg in 1962 with one passenger DC-3, one DC-3 freighter and a third DC-3 with an executive interior. These will be leased to scheduled carriers and busi ness houses. Two DC-4s are operated in the Congo. Head Office: 98-102 Boulevard Adolphe Max, Brussels. Executives: Aimand Fuld, president; Ronald Suctens, managing director. Fleet: three DC-3, two DC-4 leased. Execuplane Inc began operating six flights a day between Idlewild and Stamford, Connecti cut, after New York Airways stopped serving Stamford in December 1961. Fleet: Bell 47J. Executive Air Transport Inc, not to be con fused with the British independent, is a US intra-state and contract carrier. Head Office: Lambert Field, St Louis, Missouri. Fleet: two DC-3. Executive Air Transport Ltd started non- scheduled operations in April 1961 and began its first scheduled service on April 3, 1962 on the Birmingham - Leeds/Bradford route, with a technical stop at Wolverhampton. Initial frequency was thrice-weekly, although ap proval was granted for up to seven services a week. Executive also operated services from Birmingham to Bournemouth and Sandown and to Newcastle, but the route licences have been revoked and the company is carrying on as a maintenance base under the name of Executive Air Engineering Ltd. The three Herons will be bare hull chartered. Head Office: Coventry Airport, Baginton, Coventry. Executives: G. Roland Dawes, chairman; Capt A. L. Firmin, managing director; E. W. Bethnell, technical director. Fleet: one Heron 2, two Heron I. Executive Airlines continues the operation of "third level" scheduled services in New England that were commenced in June 1962 on an experimental basis by National Execu tive Flight Service Inc, a US taxi operator. Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and La Guardia are served. Head Office: 680 High Street, Westwood. Massachusetts, USA. Fleet: three Aero Commander 500A. 500B. 680F. one Dove, two Comanche. Expreso Aereo Peruano is a Peruvian non- scheduled carrier that operates C-82A Pac kets. One of these was badly damaged at Satipo on March 11,1962. Fairways (originally known as Trarumero Rotterdam) is a Dutch charter operator that started operations in 1961. Charter flights have been undertaken to West Africa and the Mediterranean. Head Office: Rotterdam, Holland. Executives: W. Herfst, managing director: V. D. Toren, chief of operations. Fleet: two DC-3. Fairways Corporation is a US intrastate and contract carrier. Fleet: one Convair 440, one DC-3. Falcks Flyvetjeneste is a subsidiary of a Danish salvage company and began air operations in 1947. In addition to charter and ambulance services a regular service is flown between Copenhagen and Odense. Head Office: Copenhagen, Denmark. Fleet: three Heron, one Dove, one Aero Commander, one KZ-IV, one Lockheed LASA 60 Santa Maria. Falkland Islands Government Air Service provides air transport, including ambulance and mail services, for the Falkland Islands with a fleet of four Beaver and two Auster 5 floatplanes. Head Office: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Fecteau Transport Aerien, A.—see page 505. Fenwick Aviation SA operates charter flights from Issy les Moulineaux and Toussus-le- Noble, beside acting as French agents for the Aero Commander and Cessna range, Bell and Agusta-Bell helicopters, Lycoming and Con tinental engines. Overhauls and repairs are also undertaken as well as aerial advertising, crop-spraying, aerial survey and aerial work. Head Office: 15 Rue Fenelon, Paris. Executives: C. H. de Levis Mirepoix, president; Jean Moine, general manager. Fleet: four Bell 47, Aero Commander 680F. Cessna 310, 210, 172 and 170, one Super Cub. Fiji Airways was founded in 1951 by Harold Gatty, who flew round the world in a Lock heed Vega with Wiley Post in 1931. Regular services within Fiji were begun in September 1951 using D.H.89s. Services are now operated between Nandi, the International Airport, Suva and Savusavu, Lambasa and Taveuni. A Fiji - Tonga service is also operated as well as services to Apia (Samoa) and to the New Hebrides. Qantas acquired control of Fiji Airways in 1958, but Tasman has now acquired a 50 per cent interest in the airline, and the Australian and New Zealand Govern ments have agreed to participate equally in the ownership of Fiji Airways. Head Office: GPO Box 112, Suva, Fiji. Executives: Capt R. O. Mant, general man ager; Capt P. Frame, chief pilot. Fleet: three Drover, three Heron, one Beaver amphibian. Finlantic is the name of a new Finnish airline that started charter operations in November 1961 with a DC-6C. Finlantic concentrates on long-haul charters. Fleet: one DC-6C, one DC-6B. Kuwait Airways fly Comet 4C services throughout the Middle East and to India Finnair—Aero O/Y—was founded on Novem ber 1, 1923 and began operations on March 20. 1924, with a Junkers F.13 floatplane. Junkers F.13, G.24 and Ju52/3m seaplanes were used exclusively until 1936, when the first airports to be built in Finland made the use of land- planes possible, and two Rapides were acquired. Operations continued until the second Russo-Finnish armistice signed in the autumn of 1944 put a stop to flying in Finland, but domestic services were resumed in August 1945. International operations were resumed in November 1947 when the Helsinki - Stock holm route was reopened. Until 1946 Aero O/Y was entirely private-owned, but in 1947 the Government acquired a majority holding. In 1956 Finnair became the first non-Communist airline to operate direct into Moscow; the Helsinki - Moscow route is flown by Convairs. Caravelles were intro duced in April 1960 and at present connect
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