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526 FLIGHT International, 11 April 1963 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY ... tained by D.H. Rapides. In October 1953 an agreement was concluded whereby BEA undertakes all flying operations. Gibraltar Airways now operates only between Gibraltar and Tangier, using BEA Viscounts. Head Office: Cloister Building, Gibraltar. Executives: Sir George Gaggero, chairman; The Earl Amherst, deputy chairman; J. Victory, secretary. Globe Air Ltd is a Swiss charter operator registered in 1957 that started operations late in 1960 with an ex-BEA Ambassador. Globe Air concentrates on IT flights, in particular to Norway and the Canary Islands, and will operate such flights from Berne this year. Globe Air's Dart Heralds will operate charter flights to Palma, Bastia and Rimini, and will be the first turboprops to serve a Swiss airline. Globe Air's capital of 1.5m Swiss francs will be increased to 2.5m Swiss francs. Head Office: PO Box 25, Basle, Switzerland. Executives: Dr Theodor Moll, president; Fritz Leunberger, delegate of the Board; Karl Ruedin, managing director. Employees: 50-60. Fleet: three Ambassador. On order; three Herald, with a fourth on option. Golden Isles Airlines Inc operated services from Brunswick/St Simons Island in Georgia southwards through Florida down to Cape Canaveral and Fort Lauderdale. This carrier ceased scheduled operations in 1961 but con tinues taxi and charter operations. Head Office: Brunswick Airport, Georgia. Fleet: Dove, Bonanza, Cessna 182. Guest Aerovias Mexico SA was founded in 1946 and in 1948 the company opened a ser vice to Madrid but this was later abandoned. The company flies between Mexico City, Guatemala City, Panama/Balboa, Curacao, Caracas and Bogota, and also between Mexico City and Miami, using Mexicana Comet 4Cs. Three ex-SAS DC-6s were in 1959 placed on a service from Mexico to Lisbon, Madrid and Paris, but these were replaced on transatlantic services by ex-Thai Super Constellations acquired through SAS, which provided techni cal and operational assistance to Guest, and later by two Comet 4Cs leased from Mexicana. The transatlantic route was discontinued in 1962 but operations to Miami, Lisbon and Madrid will start again this year using an Aeronaves de Mexico DC-8. SAS no longer provides technical and operational assistance to Guest, and no longer has a holding in it, but continues to act as a sales agent for the airline. Guest was reorganized in 1961 and the SAS holding bought out. Guest will have a 10 per cent holding in the Aeronaves/ Mexicana/Guest operating consortium. Guest, although retaining its separate identity, is now controlled by Aeronaves de Mexico and State-owned. Head Office: Mexico City, Mexico. Executives: Carlos Trouyet, president; Ing J. P. y Bouras, director-general. Fleet: one DC-4, two C-82 Packet, three DC-6. Gulf Aviation Co Ltd was formed in 1950 by F. Bosworth. The company became a subsi diary of BOAC in the following year. Up to 28 services a week are operated between Bahrain and Dhahran and there are also services from Bahrain to Kuwait, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Muscat. Aircraft Services (Gulf) Ltd is a subsidiary of Gulf Aviation. Head Office: Bahrain. Executives: Capt A. Bodger, general manager/ secretary; Capt D. W. Pallet, chief pilot; E. Fenton, chief engineer. Fleet: one Viscount, four DC-3, four Heron, one Dove. Hawaiian Airways Inc was founded in January 1929 as Inter-Island Airways. The Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co held 76 per cent of the original stock, services were begun in Novem ber 1929 and Sikorsky S-38C amphibian biplanes were used. S-43 monoplane amphi bians entered service in 1935. The present title was adopted in 1941 and it was in that year that DC-3s were first introduced. The airline's services link Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Kauai and Honolulu (on Oahu island). Many inter-island freight services are operated. Hawaiian Airlines can claim two distinc tions: they were the first American scheduled carrier to employ all-cargo aircraft on freight services (S-43 amphibians were used) and their safety record is unique, the airline having never had a single fatal accident in the 33 years' service of operation since its foundation. Hawaiian has announced plans to order three BAC One-Elevens. Head Office: International Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii. Executives: Stanley C. Kennedy, chairman; Arthur D. Lewis, president; Brian Cooke, vice-president finance and treasurer; Jack C. Tobin, vice-president sales and service; Lyman C. Conant, vice-president industrial relations and secretary; William M. Crilly, vice-president planning and development; F. Kelley Weiss, vice-president operations. Employees: 600. Fleet: six Convair 440, four DC-3 View-masters, two DC-3 (cargo). Hawkair (Pty) Ltd is a South African charter operator that was bought in 1960 by W. Sterne of the Aviation Corporation of Africa (Pty) Ltd, who are Beechcraft distributors for Africa. Hawkair operates from Rand Airport, Germiston. Head Office: PO Box 8632, Johannesburg. Executive: W. Sterne, director. Employees: 7. Fleet: one Beechcraft Baron, one Model G35 Bonanza, one Beechcraft Debonair, two J/5G Autocar. Helicopter Airways Service Inc operates taxi and charter services as well as aerial photo graphy from Detroit. This carrier is an associate of Electric Autoflite Co. Head Office: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Inkster, Michigan. Executive: R. E. Van Cleave, general manager. Employees: 4. Fleet: Hiller UH-12E, UH-12E4. Helicopter and Airplane Services Corp began operations in the Washington area during August 1962, and offers charter services to assist engineering and construction projects. Head Office: Washington DC, USA. Executives: Alexander M. Carey, president. Fleet: one Sikorsky S-55. Helicopter Utilities (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1957 and operates helicopters on charter, concentrating particularly on survey work. Head Office: Bankstown Airport, NSW, Australia. Executives: L. C. Williams, managing director; F. Tarr, chief engineer. Employees: 11. Fleet: four Bell 47G2 Trooper. Heligare SRL is an Argentine company formed last year to operate domestic helicopter ser vices. A service between Santa Fe and Parana is envisaged and Boeing Vertol 107s may be acquired. Helikopter Service AS, founded in 1956 as Scanopter Service AS, operates non-scheduled helicopter services in Norway. Much of this company's work is connected with survey. Head Office: PO Box 802, Oslo. Norway. Executive: M. H. Haneke, general manager. Employees: about 30. Fleet: two Agusta-Bell 204B, two Bell 47G2, four Agusta-Bell 47J. Hermanos Sebastian y Gomez SA is the name of a Panamanian charter operator. Head Office: Tocumen International Airport, Panama. Fleet: one DC-4. three C-46, two Douglas B-26B. Hi-Plains Airways is the name of a US taxi and charter operator that applied last year to operate "third level" scheduled services in the Colorado - Nebraska - Dakota area using Aero Commanders. This application was rejected by the CAB examiner, and the Board's decision is expected this spring. Fleet: Aero Commander. Honduras International was the name under which a Curtiss C-46 was operated by Messrs. Canley and Martin. This aircraft crashed at San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on 21 May 1962. Hurkus Airlines is a Turkish operator of non-scheduled and charter services. Head Office: Ankara, Turkey. Fleet: four Rapide. Iberia, Lineas Aereas de Espana was estab lished in 1940 as a successor to LAPE. Originally the Spanish Government owned 51 per cent of the capital with other Spanish interests and Deutsche Lufthansa holding the other 49 per cent. All stock was subsequently acquired by the Government and the airline is controlled through the Government-owned Institute Nacional de Industrias. Iberia began as a domestic operator but has in addition to its internal services others to London, Paris. Frankfurt, Geneva, Zurich, Rome and Lisbon. Long distance services are operated to New York, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Venez uela, Cuba, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay. Argentina and Chile. Services are also operated to Tangier, North Africa, Las Palmas, Tenerife and West Africa. DC-8 services to New York started on July 1, 1961. Head Office: Madrid, Spain. Executives: General Julian Rubio Lopez, chairman; D. Lazaro Ras, executive president; F. Iglesias, chief engineer; J. M. Ansaldo, chief flight operations; J. Viniegra, general secretary. Employees: 5,052. Fleet: four DC-8 series 50, six L.1049G, four Caravelle 6R, seven DC-4, 17 DC-3, three Bristol 170, 11 Convair 440, four Consul. On order: two DC-8 series 50, two Caravelle 6R. Illawarra Airways began operating a taxi service in 1961 over the ten miles between Bankstown and Sydney. Sixteen services a week are at present operated. Head Office: Hangar 276, Bankstown Aero drome, Bankstown, NSW, Australia. Fleet: Cessnas. Imperial Transportes Aereos Ltda operates non-scheduled and taxi services in the Minas Gerais province of Brazil. Head Office: Av. Afonso Pena 342, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Fleet: two Beech D-18S, five Bonanza. Indian Airlines Corporation—IAC was formed in 1953, taking over on August 1 that year the services previously operated by a number of private airlines. Operating 24,193 miles of routes in India and to Afghanistan, Burma, Ceylon, Nepal and East and West Pakistan, the corporation's operations are divided into three areas with bases at Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi. IAC is responsible for all Indian internal services. Caravelles may be ordered in the near future, and a daily Bombay - Delhi service is flown with an Air-India Boeing 707. Headquarters: Airlines House, 113-Gurdwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi, India. Executives: Satish Chandra, chairman; S. Mullick, general manager; D. R. Kohli, secretary; K. N. Kaul, financial comptroller; Capt J. M. Engineer, chief operations and planning manager; Biren Mukerji, chief traffic manager. Employees: 9,703. Fleet: three DC-4, 43 DC-3, nine Viscount 768, four Viscount 779, eight F-27 Friendship. On order: two Fokker Friendship. Indies Air Inc, operating under the name of Indair, is a company in the Caribbean backed by financial interests in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the USA. Applications were made in 1961 to operate routes to 15 cities and towns in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and fixed-wing aircraft were to be used initially. Indies Air signed a letter of intent for five Westland Rotodynes with the Kaman Air craft Corporation in 1961, but with the Roto- dyne's cancellation another type of helicopter will presumably be ordered. Head Office: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Executive: Sterling Pile, vice-president. Inlet Airlines Inc began operations in 1961 over the Anchorage - Kenai - Soldotna - Homer - Seldovia route in southern Alaska. A dozen services a week are now operated. Head Office: PO Box 6-244, Anchorage, A m cL- o Fleet: DC-3, two L.10 Electra, Heron, Dove, Beechcraft D-18S, one Alouette.
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