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1964
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515 fUGHT International. 2 April 1964 This DC-8 of KLM displays the airline's new colour scheme cent holding in Jamaica Air Services and is toprovide operational, technical and commer- cial assistance. Operations started on June 1,1963. Head Office: 66 Harbour Street, Kingston,Jamaica. Executive: Walter A. Girling, manager.Fleet: one Heron IB owned, one D-50 Twin Bonanza leased from LIAT. Jamair Co Pvt Ltd is an Indian carrier that operates non-scheduled freight and charterflights. Head Office: 42 Chowringhee Road, Calcutta.Executive: C. T. Quin, managing director. Fleet: DC-3. Japan Air Lines — JAL (Nihon KokuKabushiki Kaisha) is successor to the original Japan Air Lines founded by private interests,and which commenced operation in October 1951 of domestic services using three Martin2-0-2s and one DC-4 which, together with crews, were leased from Northwest Airlines.On October 1, 1953, the new company came into being with the Government holding 50per cent of the stock. JAL began international operations in February 1954 between Tokyo,Honolulu and San Francisco, and between Tokyo and Okinawa. The Tokyo - Okinawaservice was extended to Hong Kong in February 1955, to Bangkok in October 1956and to Singapore in May 1958. In May 1959, service between Tokyo and Los Angeles viaHonolulu commenced, and in July 1959, Tokyo - Seattle services by the Great Circleroute. In February 1960 an agreement was reachedwith Air France for a joint JAL/Air France service on the Polar route from Tokyo toEurope. In June 1961 JAL inaugurated its own DC-8 jet trans-Polar service to Europe.At the same time a JAL/Air France pool agree- ment on the Polar route cams into effect toreplace the joint operation. On October 4, 1962 JAL inaugurated Conyair 88OM servicesfrom Tokyo to London via India and the Middle East; DC-8s now operate this route.JAL has plans to extend its trans-Pacific routes to New York and on to London.Head Office: Tokyo, Japan. Executives: K. Uemura, chairman; S. Matsuo,president; T. Godo, executive vice-president; S. Asada, senior vice-president; I. Muto, vice-president administration; S. Inamasu, vice- president economics and finances; Y.Takagi,vice-president sales administration; T. Oba, vice-president operations and maintenance.Employees: 8,000. Fleet: eight DC-8, three DC-7C, one DC-7CF,eight Convair 880M, eight DC-6B, seven DC-4. On order: three DC-8, one DC-8F, six Boeing727, five American SSTs. Japan Cargo Airways was formed in 1963 tooperate all-freight services with Canadair CL-44s between Japan and the US WestCoast. Slick Airways is to provide technical assistance and flight crews.Executive: Shinichi Hayakawa, president. Fleet: On order: three Canadair CL-44D-4. Jersey Airlines—see British United Airways. Johnson Flying Service is a fixed-base operatorand supplemental carrier in Montana headed by Bob Johnson, a pioneer in training "smokejumpers" for forest fire control. Ford Tri- motors are used for aerial forest fire controlwork for the US Forest Service. Other activities of Johnson Flying Service include theoperation of a flying training school, charter flights, ambulance, crop spraying and rangeseeding services, oil exploration and snow measurement surveys. A CAA-certificatedsupplemental service is also operated. Head Office: Missoula, Montana.Executive: Bob Johnson, president. Fleet: two C-46, two DC-3, one DC-2, threeFord Trimotor, two Beech 18, four Beech AT-11, five Travel Air, four Bell 47, about 20other aircraft. Jordanian (Jordan Airways) was supersededby Alia Royal Jordanian Airlines in December 1963, and is now a holding company with a35 per cent holding in Alia. It was a national airline set up by the Jordanian Governmentin place of Air Jordan, Arab Airways (Jeru- salem) Ltd, Jordan International Airlines andJordan National Airways, all of whose operating licences were cancelled on September13, 1961. MEA had a 35 per cent interest in Jordanian, and provided it with technicalassistance and equipment; the Jordan Govern- ment had a 25 per cent interest and Jordannationals 40 per cent. As from September 1, 1961, MEA handled all Jordanian's com-mercial and technical operations, but on September 29 the airline started operating onits own account with equipment purchased from MEA. Routes extended from Ammanand Jerusalem to Damascus, Beirut, Cairo, Kuwait, Doha and Jeddah.Head Office: Unrwa Building, Amman, Jordan. Executives: Mohamad Ali Bdeir, actinggeneral manager; Soubhi Jabbour, commer- cial manager.Fleet: two Viscount 754, one DC-3. Jugoslovenski Aerotransport — JAT wasfounded in 1947 and is completely state- owned. Domestic services are operated as wellas routes to Athens, Beirut, Cairo, Copen- hagen, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, London,Vienna, Rome, Tirana, Warsaw and Zurich. Head Office: PO Box 749, Belgrade, Jugo-slavia. Executives: M. Simovic, general director; M.Rakic, traffic director; R. Radojeyic, finance director; D. Mandic, technical director; G.Vojvodic, commercial director. Employees: 1,338. Fleet: 12 DC-3, one Convair 340, five Convair440, six Ilyushin 14, one DC-6B, three Cara- velle 6. Kalinga Air Lines (Private) Ltd was formedin 1947 but suspended operations when India's domestic air services were nationalized in1953. Non-scheduled services were started again in 1958, and since May 1960 Kalinga hasspecialized in supply dropping operations to isolated communities in the mountainousborder areas of India. Non-scheduled flights from Bombay to Dubai in the Persian Gulfare also operated but were suspended in October 1962 to concentrate all aircraft onsupply dropping. Head Office: 10 Middleton Row, Calcutta.Executives: Mrs G. Patnaik, chairman; C. Balan, general manager; A. Ahmed, trafficmanager; Capt T. H. J. Prowse, operations manager; A. C. Sekhri, chief engineer.Employees: 240. Fleet: five DC-3. Kansai Airlines (Kansai Koku K. Kaisha) is aJapanese domestic carrier and aerial work operator that may order the Potez 840 for domestic routes.Head Office: No 52, 1-chome, Kyobashi, Higashi-ku, Osaka, Japan.Executive: Soichiro Nishimura, administrator. Fleet: one Cessna 185, one Cessna 180, oneCessna 175, one Cessna 172, two Cessna 170. Kar-Air O/Y (Karhumaki Airways) is the airline operating offshoot of the long-estab-lished Finnish aircraft manufacturing, main- tenance and charter organization. Scheduledoperations were begun in 1950 between Hel- sinki and Joensuu, using two D.H.89s boughtfrom Aero O/Y. In the following year further internal routes were operated as well as oneto Sundsvall in Sweden and Lodestars were then used. The company's present routes arefrom Helsinki to Tampere, Helsinki - Lappeen- ranta - Joensuu; Helsinki - Tampere - Kau-hava - Kokkola and Helsinki - Gothenburg - Luxembourg - Malaga - Teneriffe. A gooddeal of inclusive tour and group charter busi- ness is done, and geological survey work isundertaken with the Lodestar. Finnair has recently acquired a majority shareholding inKar-Air. Head Office: 3 Lonnrotinkatu, Helsinki,Finland. Executives: T. Karhumaki, president; K.Sipila, treasurer; K. Nurmi, technical manager. Employees: 135.Fleet: one DC-6B, three DC-3, one Lodestar, one Convair 440. On order: one DC-6B. Kauki Airlines is a recently-formed Japanesehelicopter operator that is operating two Boeing-Vertol 107-IIs assembled by Kawasaki.Fleet: two Boeing-Vcrtol 107-11. Kellogg Hangar Service Inc in 1959 com-menced operating freight services in Twin Beechcrafts serving 11 points between Chicagoand Detroit. Head Office: 3037 Dickman Road, BattleCreek, Michigan, USA. Fleet: Twin Beecraft. Kenting Aviation Ltd specializes in photo-graphic and airborne geophysical surveys and worldwide charter operations, including heli-copter charters. Head Office: Toronto International Airport,Canada. Executives: D. N. Kendall, president; W. H.Godfrey, vice-president; A. F. Soutar, general manager; R. B. T. Field, operations manager;M. E. Dedrick, treasurer. Employees: 25. Fleet: two B-17, two Lockheed L-14-08, twoHudson, one Aero Commander, two Anson, one Beech D-18S, one Beech Baron, oneBeech Travel Air, one Cessna 180, three Sikorsky S-55. Kesterson Inc is a US non-scheduled carrieroperating from Tennessee. Head Office: PO Box 1145, Knoxville, Tennes-see, USA. Fleet: one DC-3. Keystone Helicopter Corporation is one of thelargest US helicopter charter operators. Key- stone and Avianca of Colombia jointly ownCompanies Helicopteros Nacioriales de Colombia (Helicol).Head Office: Land Title Building, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Fleet: one Sikorsky S-51, 23 Bell 47. Kingston Flying Club, in addition to its normalclub activities, undertakes charter work and last August began regular scheduled Kingston -Montreal and Kingston - Toronto services. Head Office: Norman Rogers Airport,Kingston, Ontario. Executive: D. G. Wagner, manager. Fleet: one Beech 18, one Beech Musketeer,four Fleet Canuck, one Cessna 172, one Cessna 140A, one Cessna 195.
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