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1964
1964 - 0891.PDF
500 FLIGHT International, 2 April 1964 Balair's DC-4s are used for charter and inclusive tour work WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . ATSA—see Aero Transportes. Austin Airways was founded in 1934 and isthe oldest continuously operated airline in Canada. Austin operates extensive non-scheduled services in northern Ontario and western Quebec (principally to James Bay andHudson Bay in Ontario and Quebec) and also undertakes aerial photography, air survey andforest fire patrol work. Charter bases are operated throughout north-eastern Ontario.During 1960 and 1961 Austin co-operated in the development of water-dropping tanks forCanso flying boats engaged in forest fire fight- ing; these enable the Canso to load 650gal ofwater during the take-off run. These tanks can be installed and removed in 4hr, and can alsobe adapted for spraying insecticide or fertilizer. Austin has operated Cansos equipped withthese external underwing tanks successfully in fire fighting. Head Office: Toronto Island Airport, Toronto,Ontario, Canada. Executives: J. A. M. Austin, president andgeneral manager; J. C. Bell, chief pilot; F. W. Russell, chief engineer.Employees: 60. Fleet: one Canso, two DC-3, two Anson, oneFairchild Husky, six Beaver, six Norseman, four Cessna 180. Austral Compaiiia Argentina de Transportes Aereos SA, Cel operates regular internalservices in Argentina, mainly with C-46s, from Buenos Aires down the Patagonian coast toRio Grande, and to Punta Arenas in southern Chile. Austral took over in 1962 some ofTranscontinental^ domestic routes, as well as those to Colonia and Montevideo (Uruguay)and Asuncion (Paraguay). head Office: Leandro N. Alem 498, BuenosAires, Argentina. Executive: Santiago Balduzzi, general manager.Employees: 217. Fleet: two DC-6B, five C-46. Austria-FIugdienst was formed early in 1958in association with Deutsche Flugdienst after restrictions had been placed on the operationof non-scheduled services between Germany and Austria. It is believed that the Germanairline is no longer associated with Austria- FIugdienst, which concentrates on charter andinclusive tour work. Head Office: Vienna, Austria.Fleet: one DC-3. Austrian Airlines—Osterreichische Luftver-kehrs Aktiengesellschaft—was founded in September 1957 by agreement between AirAustria and Austrian Airways, neither of which had begun operations. Operationsstarted in April 1958 using Viscount 779s chartered from Fred Olsen Airtransport; theseare now replaced by Viscounts bought from Vickers. Services now extend from Viennato Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Salzburg, Zurich, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, London,Milan, Rome, Bucharest, Belgrade, Athens, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Moscow, Budapest,Linz, Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt, Prague and Venice. Jet services to Istanbul, Beirut, Cairo,Ankara and Damascus are jointly operated under the terms of a commercial agreementwith MEA, SAS and UAA. "Air bus" services are operated on domestic routes.Head Office: Salesianergasse 1, Vienna, Austria. Executives: Franz Grubhofer, chairman of theboard; Dr Lambert Konschegg, technical director; Helmut Lerider, commercial director.Employees: 1,033. Fleet:'two Caravelle 6R, five Viscount 837,one Piper Comanche, three DC-3, one Travel Air. On order: one Caravelle 6R. Autair Helicopter Services operates a varietyof charter services mainly in Eastern Canada and the Canadian Arctic, specializing inpowerline patrol and re-supply of Mid- Canada Line radar warning sites. Autairoperated a version of the SR.N2 hovercraft on test under Canadian conditions.Head Office: Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Executives: D. W. Connor, president; L.Labbe, asst to the president; J. A. Shafer, manager of flight operations; A. E. Johns,director of engineering. Employees: 52. Fleet: 18 Sikorsky S-55, two Sikorsky S-51,three Bell 47G, five Bell 47G-2, five Bell 47G-2A, one Bell 47J. Autair International Airways is one of theAutair group of companies who commenced flying with helicopters in 1952. Airline opera-tions began in 1960 with ex-BEA DC-3s; Vikings were added to the fleet in 1962 andAmbassadors were introduced in 1963. Two Heralds leased from the manufacturer werealso employed last summer. An extensive network of inclusive tour services to Europeis operated, in addition to passenger and freight contract and charter flying. A dailyLondon - Blackpool service is now operated with Vikings. The main operational andengineering base is at Luton. Head Office: 75 Wigmore Street, London Wl.Executives: |W. H. Armstrong, chairman; G. H. G. Threlfall, managing director;E. J. Posey, commercial director; Capt M. Rowan, operations director.Fleet: three Ambassador, six Viking, one DC-3, one Agusta-Bell 47J-2. Ayalon Air Transport Inc—see Catalina AirLines Inc. AVENSA—see Aerovias Venezolanas. Aviacion y Comercio SA—Aviaco or AYC was founded as a private non-scheduled operatorin 1948; scheduled operations began in 1950. Routes radiate from Madrid to points on theSpanish mainland and from Madrid and Barcelona to the Balearic Isles. In NortnAfrica Tangier and Algiers are served; there are also services from Spain to Las Palmas andTeneriffe. Aviaco also operates Marseilles - Majorca, Algiers - Majorca and Seville -Lisbon services. An equipment interchange service with Sabena Caravelles is operatedfrom Brussels to Madrid, Aviaco flying the Caravelle on to Las Palmas. There is also aMadrid - Barcelona - Brussels Convair 440 service. Passenger services with DC-4s andDC-3s connect Las Palmas with El Aaiun, Morocco, and Tenerife. Aviaco also operatesinclusive tour flights to Britain in the summer. Iberia has a 661 per cent holding in Aviaco.A Carvair car-ferry service between Palma, Majorca, Barcelona and Valencia is due tostart in May. Head Office: Aduana 33, Madrid, Spain.Executives: Julian Rubio Lopez, president; Emilio Gil Cacho, managing director; JoseInchausti, administrative director; Francisco Mac Lennan, commercial manager.Employees: 641. Fleet: six Convatr 440, three Bristol 170, five DC-4, two DC-3. L.1049G Super Constella-tions and DC-3s are leased from Iberia and DC-6Bs, DC-3s and a Caravelle from Sabena.On order: two Carvair. Avianca-—Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA claims to be the oldest airline in theAmericas and, in fact, it was formed in 1940 as the result of a merger of SCADT A (foundedin 1919) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. SCADTA was founded by German interestsbut in 1931 Pan American Airways acquired an 80 per cent interest—now reduced to38 per cent. Avianca operates an extensive domestic network and services to Mexico,Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, the USA, Puerto Rico, Panama, Spain, France and Germany.In April 1954 Avianca acquired the second largest Colombian airline, LANSA, and in1952 also took over SAETA. More recently, Avianca has acquired Sociedad Aerea delTolima SA, and Aerotaxi is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avianca. Another subsidiary,Companies Helicopteros Naciofiales de Colombia (Helicol) is owned jointly byAvianca and the Keystone Helicopter Corp. Head Office: 7a Carrera, Nos 16-4, Bogota,Colombia. Executives: Juan Pablo Ortega, president;S. P. Martinez, executive vice-president; J. B. Alarcon, secretary-general.Employees: 5,986. Fleet: two Boeing 72O-O59B, one L.1049G,two L.1049E, four L.749A, 11 DC-4, 19 Hi-per DC-3, 28 helicopters. Aviateca—Empress Guatemalteca de Aviacionwas founded by the Guatemala Government in 1945 to take over Aerovias de Guatemala,which had been founded in 1939, and which began operating in 1940. The companyoperates about 3,700 miles of routes radiating from Guatemala City to points in Guatemalaand also to Miami, New Orleans and Tapa- chula (Mexico).Head Office: Guatemala City. Executives: Col A. Gemmell, president; CoJJ. R. Mendoza, operations manager. i Employees: 291.Fleet: one DC-6B, two DC-4, four DC-3, one Northrop YC-125, one C-46, one C-82APacket. Aviation Charter Enterprises is a newly formed..British independent that intends to concen»- trate on medium- and long-haul freightcharter flights. An "E"-class licence has been granted by the Air Transport LicensingBoard, and operations were due to begin on March 1, using a Constellation freighter. Thecompany is based at Gatwick. Head Office: 19 Millman Street, LondoaWC1. Executives: Capt L. C. Chegwidden, manag-ing director; A. N. Coulson, commercial director; A. McGilj, technical director; W. H.V. Kellard, operations director; A. Leaning, chief pilot.Fleet: one L.749A Constellation. On order: one L.749A Constellation. Avispa—see Aerovias Pilotos Asociados. Bahamas Air Traders Ltd operates charterservices within the Bahamas and to Florida. Head Office: PO Box 1725, Nassau, Bahamas.Fleet: one Grumman Widgeon. Bahamas Airways was founded in 1936 t<x,jtake over the operations of inter-island chartof i services begun in 1933. In 1943, Pan American: iAirways acquired a 45 per cent interest in the company but in 1949 Bahamas Airways was
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