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538 FLIGHT International, 11 April 1963 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY... Panair do BrasH's DC-8s fy from South America to Europe traffic and agency manager; B. K. Dass, chief accountant; Capt R. S. Randhawa, operations manager. Fleet: three DC-3. Rudnick Helicopters Ltd operates various types of charter service in New Zealand. Agricul tural, aerial crane, search and rescue and forest seeding work is undertaken, also power line stringing. Design and manufacture of agricul tural spray gear for helicopters, also load- carrying gear, forest seeders and grass seeders, is done. Head Office: Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. Executives: Miss E. Rudnick, director; J. W. Reid, general manager; A. L. Hubbard, secretary; J. Bevan, chief pilot. Fleet: one Sikorsky S-55, five Bell 47D-1, one Cessna 180. Rutas Aereas Nacionales SA—RANSA was founded as a private company in 1948. The company has CAB authorization to carry passengers, mail and cargo between Venezuela and Miami via Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) and Jamaica, but at present only cargo services are operated between these countries. A Stratocruiser was acquired in 1961 and con verted to a freighter and two more have since been put into service. Head Office: Edificio America, Caracas, Venezuela. Executives: C. Nunez, president; E. Pardey, general manager, E. E. Jones, chairman of the board of directors and special US repre sentative. Fleet: three Stratocruiser, one DC-6A, 13 C-46, three Beaver, three Cessna 180. Rutas Aereas Panamenas SA operates charter and non-scheduled services from Panama. Fleet: three DC-3, one Boeing 247D. SAVAG—SA Viacao Aerea Gaucha. Founded in 1946 as a private company to operate services in the State of Rio Grande, the original fleet consisted of three Lodestars. Cruzeiro do Sul supplies SAVAG with crews, provides maintenance and technical assistance and also handles reservations. SAVAG operates a stopping service from Curitiba to Porto Alegre in conjunction with Cruzeiro. Head Office: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Executives: E. C. Becker, president; V. V. de Fonesca, vice-president; T. Fruet, operations manager. Fleet: six DC-3. Sabena Belgian World Airlines—Societe Ano-nyme Beige d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne was founded in 1923 as a successor to SNETA. Sabena developed a European network and later routes to and in the Congo. The airline now has an extensive route network in Europe, to the Middle East as far as Teheran, to Africa as far as Johannesburg, within the Congo and from Brussels to Montreal, New York and Mexico City. Sabena is the only operator of international helicopter services. Following helicopter mail operations in Belgium, which started on August 21, 1950, the company began passenger services to Holland on September 1, 1953. Sabena commenced Boeing 707 services between Brussels and Leopoldville on January 19, 1960 and to New York and Johannesburg on January 23 and 25, 1960. Sabena started Caravelle services on February 18, 1961 and these aircraft are serving cities in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Sabena is a member of the Air Union consortium and has supplied technical and commercial assis tance and equipment to Air Congo. Head Office: Brussels, Belgium. Executives: G. P6rier, chairman; G. Claeys, managing director; W. Deswarte, president; G. Dieu, deputy president; A. Vernieuwe, senior vice-president operations; Roger Nys, secretary-general; F. Pirson, senior vice-president technical. Employees: 9,292. Fleet: five Boeing 707-329, six DC-7C, one DC-7CF, six DC-6B, eight Caravelle 6, one DC-6, eight Convair 440, two DC-4, 17 DC-3, two S-58, one Alouette II, one Bell 47H-1, four Cessna 310. On order: one Boeing 707-329. Sadia SA Transportes Aereos was formed in 1956 and operates third-class services from Sao Paulo to other points in south-east Brazil. There is also a DC-3 freight service between Sao Paulo and Concordia. Head Office: 470 Rua Sao Bento, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Fleet: two C-46, two DC-3. Salta CA operates internal charter services within Venezuela. Head Office: Caracas, Venezuela. Executive: Capt J. B. Bogart, president. Fleet: one Beech, two Cessna 310B, two Cessna 190, two Cessna 180, one Cessna 175, one Helio H-391 Courier. Samoan Air Lines operates seven flights a week between Apia and Pago Pago (US Samoa) in competition with Polynesian Air lines. Scheduled operations began on July 14, 1959. It is believed that Hawaiian Airlines have provided technical assistance and equipment to Samoan. Head Office: 1601 North Gower Street, Hollywood 28, California, USA. Fleet: DC-3. San Francisco & Oakland Helicopter Airlines Inc—SFO is a US helicopter operator formed in 1961 by a group of former Los Angeles Airways personnel. SFO began services on June 1, 1961 between the airports and down town heliports in San Francisco and Oakland; flights to Berkeley are also operated. SFO is operating on a non-subsidy basis, and is the first helicopter operator to have an all-turbine powered fleet. Two Sikorsky S-62s have been acquired on a lease purchase agreement with the manufacturers; a third was deliv ered in 1962. Flights to Palo Alto, San Jose and Sacramento will be offered in the near future and SFO is negotiating for a fourth S-62. Head Office: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco 28, California. Executives: M. F. Bagan, president; B. F. DeHaas, vice-president operations; J. J. Cunningham, vice-president services; Roger Hall, vice-president sales. Employees: 55. Fleet: three S-62. Saskair—until recently known as Saskatche wan Government Airways was founded in 1947 by the Provincial Government taking over the M. & C. Aviation Co to operate services in North Saskatchewan from Prince Albert. Charter flying for prospectors and hunting and fishing parties is also undertaken. All aircraft except the DC-3 and Beech- craft are operated on floats in summer and skis in winter. SGA also leases aircraft to the Forest Fire Control Branch of the Department of Natural Resources and to the Air Ambu lance Service. Head Office: Prince Albert Airport, Sask, Canada. Executives: W. A. Houseman, managing director: Hon A. G. Kusiak, minister; I. Macleod, operations manager; B. Webb, chief accountant. Employees: 70. Fleet: one DC-3, five Norseman, one Beech-craft D-18S, one Otter, five Beaver, six Cessna 180, one Piper Super Cub. Saturn Airways Inc, until 1960 known as All American Airways Inc, is a US supple mental and non-scheduled carrier which was granted a two-year operating certificate in January 1959. An office in London handles European charter business, and 90-passenger DC-6Bs are operated. DC-7Cs seating 99 passengers will be used this summer. Head Office: PO Box 48-182, Miami, Florida. Executives: Robert C. Goodman, president; Herbert L. Burg, executive vice-president: Ralph Sacks, vice-president sales; David Race, European director of sales and operations. Fleet: two DC-6B, four Super C-46. On order three DC-7C. Saudi Arabian Airlines was founded in 1946 by the Government and is managed by TWA. The airlines began operations in 1947 and now has about 6,500 miles of routes within Saudi Arabia and to Syria, the Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Yemen, Eritrea, Aden and Sudan, Considerable pilgrim traffic is carried. Head Office: Box 167, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Executives: Shehab Abduljawad, director general; Orkhan G. Trabzony, financial director; R. W. Wilson, technical manager. Fleet: two Boeing 720-068B, three DC-4, ten Convair 340, ten DC-3, two Cessna 180, two Aeronca Champion. Scanair A/S was formed on June 30 1961 and is a Scandinavian charter company in which SAS has a 45 per cent holding. The rest of Scanair's capital is divided between Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB), the Danish East Asiatic shipping company and the Nor wegian shipping firm Marina (Fearnley and Eger). Scanair undertakes charters and in clusive tours using 88/92 passenger DC-7Cs leased from SAS, and also Caravelles and DC-8s. Head Office: 94 Norre Voldgade, Copen hagen, Denmark. Executives: S. T. Thomasen, managing direc tor; Helge Lindberg, traffic and sales manager. Employees: 30. Fleet: three DC-7C leased from SAS. Scandinavian Airlines System—SAS is a con sortium of Swedish Air Lines (ABA), Danish Air Lines (DDL) and Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) in the proportions 3, 2 and 2. SAS originally came into being in 1946, for the operation of transatlantic services, and both North and South Atlantic routes were opened in that year. All routes of the three airlines are now operated by SAS with the original airlines acting as holding companies. SAS maintains Scandinavian internal ser vices, a European network and routes to South Africa, the Middle and Far East, and to North and South America. Caravelle services commenced on May 15, 1959, and are now operated to the Middle East. Africa and to London. DC-8 services are now operated to Los Angeles, to South America, to Africa, and the Far East over the Pole. SAS has a minority shareholding in Thai Airways International, to which it has supplied technical and administrative assistance and equipment. Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden. Executives: Karl Nilsson, president ad interim; Arne Wickberg, executive vice-president marketing; Olof Carlstein, executive vice- president technical; Knut• Hagrup, executive vice-president operations. Employees: 14,635. Fleet: seven DC-8, nine DC-7C, one DC-7CF, 14 Caravelle (four leased to Swissair), 20 Convair 440. Two Convair 990 Coronado leased from Swissair. Schreiner Aero Contractors NV is a Dutd; company engaging in various aspects of civil aviation. It is jointly owned by Luchtvaart Technische Handel Maatschappij Schreine: & Co NV and the Rotterdam snipping com pany Phs. Van Ommeren. Aero Contrac tors Co of Nigeria Ltd is a subsidiary of
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