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'LIGHT International, 11 April 1963 533 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . W. W. Hogan, vice-president and treasurer; J ohn H. Slate, secretary. Employees: 239. Fleet: five Boeing-Vertol 107, three Vertol 44B. On order; two Boeing-Vertol 107. New Zealand National Airways Corporation— N'ZNAC. This company was founded by Act of Parliament in 1945 to take over and expand the operations of Cook Strait Airways Ltd and Union Airways of New Zealand Ltd, which .vere then taken over in August 1946. In October 1947 Air Travel (NZ) Ltd was also taken over. Following the change of Govern ment in 1949 attempts were made to sell NZNAC but these were not successful. Fox Moths, Rapides, Lockheed L.lOs and Lode stars were used in the early years and Herons were employed for a time. Friendship services began in December 1960. NZNAC operates nearly 4,000 miles of routes in and between North and South Islands. Head Office: Wellington, C.l, New Zealand. Executives: Air Marshal Sir Andrew McKee, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC, chairman; G. N. Roberts, deputy chairman; D. A. Patterson, general manager; L. L. Ford, deputy general manager (finance): Capt H. C. ' Walker, project development manager; Capt P. A. Matheson, operations manager; C. W. Labette, chief engineer; W. J. Jennings, general traffic and sales manager; D. W. Johnston, supply- manager; A. R. A. Otton, chief accountant. Employees: 2,185. Fleet: four Viscount 807, eight Fokker F.27, 20 DC-3, two Rapide. Newfoundland Air Transport Ltd was formed in 1961 and operates a service between Notre Dame Bay and Twillingate, Newfoundland, using Cessna 180s, as well as charter services. Fleet: one Beaver, one Cessna 185, two Cessna 180, one Piper Cub. Nigeria Airways, or WAAC (Nigeria) Ltd, was an associate of BOAC and commenced opera tions on October 1, 1958, taking over the Nigerian services formerly operated by West African Airways Corporation, which it suc ceeds. WAAC had been founded in 1946 by the West African territories of Nigeria, the Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone and Gambia. Most of Nigeria Airways network is in Nigeria, but regional services extend as far west as Dakar, and services from Lagos and Kano to London via Paris, Amsterdam. Rome and Frankfurt are operated with Boeing 707s chartered from BOAC. In March 1961 the Nigerian Government, which held 51 per cent, bought the shares of BOAC (16J per cent) and Elder Dempster (36| per cent). Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria. Executives: Chief J. O. Fadahunsi, chairman; Chief O. I. Dafe, P. O. Chukwueke. directors; O. Ode, director; Mallam Baba Daradara, director; O. Coker, technical advisor; Capt L. V. Messenger, general manager; R. J. Tothill, chief accountant. Employees: 1,331. Fleet: seven DC-3. two Piper Aztec. On order; five Friendship 200. Two of BOAC's \ ClOs will later be used. N'itto Aviation Co Ltd operates taxi and charter services in Japan as well as regular services between Osaka and Shirahama and Osaka and Tokushima. Survey is also undertaken. Head Office: Sankei-Kaikan, No 27, Umeda- eho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. Executives: H. Maeda, president; T. Fujimoto, managing director. Fleet: two Sikorsky S-61, one Sikorsky S-62, one Heron, three Mallard, one Otter, one Beaver, one Cessna 175, one Cessna 172, two Cessna 170B, one Bell 47J, one Bell 47G-2. On order: one Nord 262. Nor Flyselskap is a Norwegian charter oper ator based at Honefoss. Head Office: Honefoss. Fleet: one Rapide, one KZ-VII. Nordair Ltd was established in 1957 by the merger of Mont Laurier Aviation and Boreal Airways. It is now affiliated to Maritime Central Airways. Since its formation Nordair lias enjoyed a steady expansion and presently operates services out of Montreal to Roberval. and Fort Chimo in Quebec, to Val d'Or and Great Whale on Hudson Bay, to Frobisher Bay, Cape Dyer and Hall Beach on Baffin Island and to Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island. Herald services were operated between Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Sarnia and Windsor during February - August 1962, but this service had to be discontinued through lack of traffic and the Heralds trans ferred to Maritime Central Airways. Charter flights are also operated, if necessary with ski- equipped DC-3S, and ice reconnaissance and geodetic survey work is also undertaken. In April 1960 Nordair bought the heavy trans port division of Wheeler Airlines. Head Office: Montreal PQ, Canada. Executives: C. G. Pare, president; C. F. Burke, vice-president administration; R. G. Lefran- cois, executive vice-president: Mary E. MacKenzie. secretary/treasurer; J. F. Henley, operations manager. Emplovees: 161. Fleet•.•'four DC-4, five C-46, nine DC-3. Nordair (Nordic Airways), not to be confused with the Canadian operator of the same name, is a Danish charter operator that started operations on February 4, 1961 and specialises in charter and IT flights, using 80-passenger ex-American Airlines DC-6s. Nordair has an option on the purchase of two Boeing 707-023 Bs from American Airlines, and was formed by Danish hotel and restaurant interests. Head Office: Nordair Building. Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen. Executives: Erik Ostbirk, president: A. Lauesen, director traffic and sales. Fleet: five DC-6. Norfolk Airways Ltd has operated joy-riding and charter services since 1952 and now specializes in executive charter work, operating an Aztec principally on behalf of the Norwich Union Insurance Society. Head Office: 8-10 Castle Walk, Norwich, Norfolk. Executives: James Crampton, managing direc tor; Capt David Williams, chief pilot. Employees: 5. Fleet: one Piper Aztec B, two Austers. Norronafly, A/S—See page 513. Norsur—Compania Argentina De Aeronave- gacion SA operates a domestic network of passenger services in northern Argentina radiating from Buenos Aires. Ex-National Airlines Lodestars are used and Asuncion (Paraguay) is now served. Head Office: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executive: Dr J. E. Buschiazzo, president. Fleet: three Lodestar. North Central Airlines Inc was established in 1944 as Wisconsin Central Airlines. Approval for the operation of routes from Chicago to cities in Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and upper Michigan was given in 1946 and opera tions were begun with three Lockheed L.10A Electras in February 1948. The company adopted its present name at the end of 1952, now operates 7,100 miles of routes in ten upper midwestern states and the province of Ontario, Canada. It is the largest US local service carrier in terms of passengers and cargo carried. Head Office: Minneapolis. Minnesota, USA. Executives: H. N. Carr. president; B. Sweet, vice-president/treasurer; F. N. Buttomer. vice- president traffic and sales; A. D. Niemeyer. vice-president flight operations; R. H. Bendio. vice-president maintenance and engineering; A. E. Schwandt. vice-president industrial relations; A. L. Wheeler, vice-president and counsel; J. P. Dow. secretary. Emplovees: 2,100. Fleet: 18 Convair 340/440, 29 DC-3. North Japan Airlines KK operates a domestic route network within the island of Hokkaido and linking Hokkaido to Akita. In 1961 North Japan carried 120.000 passengers. Head Office: West-2, North-1, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Executives: Fumio Takaoka. president; Yuichi Mino, executive director; Takeji Fukuoka. inspector. Emplovees: 250. Fleet: four Convair 240. two DC-3, one Aero Commander, two Cessna. On order: three Convair 240. Northeast Airlines Inc—NEA serves the East Coast area of the United States with routes that extend from Montreal through Boston, the entire New England area, New York, Philadelphia, Washington/Baltimore to such Florida cities as Jacksonville, Tampa/ St Petersburg, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Now in its 30th year of service, Northeast was originally established as Boston-Maine Air ways, its present name being adopted in 1940. Convair 880 jets entered service in January 1961. "No Reservations" services are now operated between Boston, New York, Washington and Miami. Head Office: Logan International Airport, Boston, Mass. Executives: David A. Stretch, chairman of the board; James W. Austin, president; Thomas L. Grace, vice-president operations; Hamilton Heard, vice-president administration. Emplovees: 2.917. Fleet: six DC-3, ten DC-6B, nine Viscount 798, six Convair 880 (leased). Northern Consolidated Airlines Inc was founded in 1945 to integrate the operations of a num ber of small airlines in southwest Alaska. The company has about 3,000 miles of routes in western and southwest Alaska for scheduled and non-scheduled flights. Head Office: Anchorage, Alaska. Executives: R. I. Peterson, president/general manager; James M. Dodson, special assistant NZNACs fleet of four Viscounts operate domestic services in New Zealand
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