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528 FLIGHT International, 2 Apr/7 1964- WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . ways that provides services between Zanzibar, Pemba and the Tanganyika ports of Dar Es Salaam and Tanga. Head Office: PO Box 19053, Nairobi Airport, Kenya. Executive: S. G. Choppin, secretary. Employees: 2. Fleet: two D.H.89 Rapide. Sierra Leone Airways was formed early in 1958and operates internal services in the territory. These services were previously run under anagreement between the Sierra Leone Govern- ment and Nigeria Airways, but a new agree-ment was signed in 1961 with British United Airways who introduced Twin Pioneers leasedfrom Scottish Aviation on Sierra Leone Air- ways routes. The present Twin Pioneer isowned by the Government of Sierra Leone and SLA has exclusive rights to operate it.SLA began a non-stop weekly Britannia ser- vice from Freetown to London on November16, 1%1, using BUA Britannias. SLA is a member of the Air Holdings group.Head Office: Delco House, Oxford Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone.Executives: Capt K. J. Sheppardson, general manager/senior pilot; J. P. E. Watney,commercial manager. Fleet: one Twin Pioneer, one Heron IB. Silver City—see British United Airways. Sinberg Luchtvaartbedrijf is a Dutch operatorformed in 1961 to fly scheduled services for holidaymakers between Schiphol and Eeldeand the island of Texel. Air survey work is also undertaken. Head Office: Blijven burgstraat 251, Rotter- dam.Executive: T. Sinnige, director. Fleet: two Jodel D.140B Mousquetaire. Sky Charters began operations in July 1962and specializes in providing executive trans- port on a charter basis, besides acting asBeechcraft distributors for the south of England. The company was taken c>ver byScilionian Air Services in 1963 but continues to operate under its own name.Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey. Executive: Peter W. Carr, managing director.Fleet: one Dove, one Apache, one Travel Air, one Musketeer. Skyvan Airways is a recently formed US non-scheduled carrier operating C-46s. Fleet: two C-46. Skyways Coach-Air Ltd began operating low-fare coach-air services to Paris in 1955 with DC-3s, and started Ayro 748 coach-airservices in 1962. In addition to the London - Lympne - Beauvais - Paris route these ser-vices are operated on a seasonal basis to Lyons, Vichy, Montpellier and Tours.Head Office: 7 Berkeley Street, London Wl. Executives: E. Rylands, managing director;D. J. Davies, secretary; V. J. Doel, financial controller; R. Birket, general manager; j. L.Clarke, sales manager; W. G. Haggat, chief pilot and operations manager.Fleet: three Avro 748 Series 1 (one leased to BKS), four DC-3. Skyways Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofEuravia (London) Ltd, who acquired it from Eric Rylands Ltd in 1962. Skyways operatesa weekly scheduled service between London (Luton Airport) and Malta in pool with BEA,and a freight service for the carriage of animals between Stansted and Beauvais.Charter and IT nights are also undertaken. A licence has been granted for a Luton - Barce-lona scheduled service beginning in May 1965. Head Office: 7 Berkeley Street, London Wl.Fleet: three L.749A Constellation, two York. Slick Airways was founded in 1946 and beganoperations as a contract cargo carrier. Sche- duled services were authorized in 1949.Financial difficulties led the company to sus- pend all scheduled services in the spring of1958, but military charter flying and the leasing of aircraft continued. During 1962 Slickoperated L.1049H Super Constellations under various contracts and charters for MATS in the Pacific. The company restarted regular,scheduled freight services during April 1962 as Slick Airways, a division of the Slick Corpora-tion. Stopping services are operated across America from New York to Los Angeles andSan Francisco. Other divisions of Slick are the Illinois Shade Cloth Co and PulverisingMachinery Co. Head Office: San Francisco, California, USA.Executives: D. W. Rentzel, chairman of the board; D. A. Edwards, president; H. P. Huff,executive vice-president; J. H. Malone, trea- surer; C. F. Dworshak, vice-president traffic;A. C. Scharr, general sales manager. Employees: 500. Fleet: four Canadair CL-44D-4, three L.1049Howned, two L.1049H leased in, four DC-6A/B owned, five DC-4 owned, one DC-4 leased in. Sobelair—Societe Beige de Transports Par AirSA used to engage in charter flying between Belgium and the Congo, but has recentlyabandoned this activity. A domestic network within the Congo was established in 1957 andoperated by Cessna 310s, but has recently been withdrawn. Sobelair is a subsidiary of Sabenaengaged solely on charter flying with an 89- passenger DC-6B based at Brussels National Airport.Head Office: 137 Rue Royale, Brussels, Belgium.Executives: G. Claeys, managing director; A. Phillipe, manager; J. Edom, assistant manager;R. Lamote, chief accountant. Employees: 22.Fleet: one DC-6B. Sociedad Aeronautica de Medellin Consolidadais a Colombian carrier that started scheduled operations in January 1955 as Societa Aero-nautica Medellin. Its services were later taken over by Rutas Aereas de Colombia Ltda—RAS, to whom KLM supplied equipment, but although RAS ceased operations in 1961,SAM continues to operate as a separate com- pany. The airline was reorganized under itspresent title in 1963. A domestic network is operated from Cali, Bogota and Medellin tofive other points. Head Office: Oficina Del Gerente, ApartadoAereo 1085, Medellin, Colombia. Fleet: six DC-4M North Star, three DC-4,three Curtiss C-46. Sociedade Acoriana de Transportes Aereos,Ltda—SATA. This company began opera- tions in 1948 and now has 313 miles of routesin the Azores. Fifteen services a week are operated between Sao Miguel and Santa Mariaand three flights a week serve Terceira. Head Office: 11-1 Rua Nova do Almada,Lisbon, Portugal. Executives: A. M. Almeida, president; E. C.Marques, operations manager; H. Mesquita, commercial; R. Teixeira, traffic manager.Employees: 97. Fleet: one DC-3, two Dove. Societa Aer Alpi is a newly formed Italianoperator offering daily Pilatus Turbo-Porter services between Cortina, Venice, Bologna,Milan, Asiago, Belluno and Bolzano. Con- nections are provided at Venice and Milanwith the services of larger carriers. Head Office: Corte del Teatro, San Marco2233, Venice, Italy. Executive: Dr C. Rosa, president.Fleet: two Piiatus Turbo-Porter. Societa Aerea Mediterranea — SAM wasformed in November 1960 as a non-IATA carrier affiliated to Alitalia, who owns 90 percent of its capital, to specialize in IT and charter flights, particularly between the UK.and Italy. Operations were started with two DC-6Bs provided by Alitalia and scheduledDC-3 services between Venice and Trieste began in December 1961. SAM has since takenover several other domestic routes from Alitalia. The original SAM was formed withState-owned capital in 1928 as the first Italian national airline, and after absorbing a numberof other Italian carriers changed its name to Ala Littoria during 1934-35; as such itoperated services from Italy to North Africa as well as in Europe.Head Office- 3 Via Barberini, Rome. Executives: Umberto Klinger, president;Commandante F. Casale, director-gsneral ; Carlo Tonini, general secretary; Michele Spinelli, administrative director; AntonelloRosali, commercial director; Alberto Berzi, technical director; Fabio Staffieri, operationsdirector. Fleet: six DC-6B, two Curtiss C-46F freighters,three DC-3. Societa Avio Trasporti Torino is an Italiancharter and taxi operator of light aircraft that has recently acquired three ex-AmericanAirlines DC-7s for inclusive tour and other charters, mainly between this country andItaly. Scheduled services may be operated later.Head Office: Caselle Airport, Turin, Italy. Executives: Dr Ing Mario Marra, president;Commandante P. Tallone, director. Fleet: On order: three DC-7. Societe Aerienne de Transport Guyane Antilles.—SATGA (French Guiana Air Transport) flies- local services in French Guiana. Cayenne,St Laurent, St Georges, Maripasoula, Saul, Sophie and Regina are served by scheduledflights and Sinnamary on a request basis. Ambulance flights and supply dropping are also-undertaken. Head Office: Cayenne, French Guiana.Fleet: two Cessna UC-78, two D.H.89 Rapide, Vultee L-13. Societe Aeronautique Air Caen SARL operatestaxi and charter services, undertakes aeriaJ work and runs a flying school.Head Office: Aerodrome de Carpiquet, Caen, Calvados, France. Executive: Marcel Vauvrecy, managing direc-tor. Fleet: one Rapide, two Gemini, one StampeS.V.4, one Piper. Societe Aero Sahara operates services in sup-port of oil-drilling operations in the Sahara, and is also the Dornier agent for North Africaand the Sahara. Head Office: Edjeleh Airport, Maison Rouge,Algeria. Fleet: one Heron IB, three Dornier Do 28A-1,two Rapide, three Norseman, three Dornier Do 27Q-4, one Dornier Do 27Q-1. Societe Commerciale Aerienne du Littoral—SCAL operates a Bristol Freighter on charter flights to the Sahara region under contract tothe French Government, and also transports racehorses on behalf of various French racingstables. SCAL is a subsidiary of Bensande et Cie. Head Office: 19-21 Rue Poissonniere, Paris 2e.Executives: Emile Popineau, president; Jean Moulignie, general manager.Fleet: one Bristol Freighter 31. Soci&e de Transport Air Saoura operates-passenger and freight charter services in the Sahara region. Head Office: PO Box 246, Colomb-Bechar,Algeria. Fleet: one Rapide, one Norecrin. Societe Generate d'Aflretements Aeriens Aero-Fret operated charter services in Algeria and the Sahara region and a daily service betweenBougie, Djidjelli, Phillipeville and Constan- tine. This carrier has now ceased operations.Head Office: PO Box 11, Maison Blanch* Airport, Algiers. Executive: Roger Colin, president anddirector-general. Fleet: two Freighter 21, three Freighter 31,six Rapide, two Avro 19, two Super Aero 45. Societe Tunisienne de Reparations Aeronau-tiques et de Constructions—STRAC operates charter and taxi services in Tunisia, special-izing in providing transport for oil-drilling teams in the desert. Maintenance and overhaulis undertaken and STRAC acts as agents for Dornier and SNECMA in Tunisia.Head Office: El Aouina Airport, Tunis. Executives: Gorges Masurel, managing direc-tor; Adrien Savy, technical director. Fleet: three Rapide modified for Saharanoperation, one Dornier Do 27Q-5, three Auster. Sol air Flying Services Ltd was formed in May1962 and has applied to operate Rapide services from Birmingham, Coventry, Staver-ton or Exeter to Land's End, Cornwall, and the
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