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FUOHT International, 15 April 1965 603 Paris London and Karachi. During 1965Teheran is expected to be added to the net- H°ead Office: PO Box 417, Red Crescent Build-ing, Youssef al-Azmeh Square, Damascus, Executives: Ex.Col H. Z. Zwain, generalmanager and vice-chairman; Asaad Mokayed, chairman; A. Denhi. A. Homsi, Capt M.Tmawi, M. el Shash, Y. Domlog, board members. Employees: 1,000.Fleet: three DC-6B, two DC-4, three DC-3. TABSO—Bulgarian Civil Air Transport—oper-ates domestic services and over routes to Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Paris, Prague,Vienna, Berlin, Frankfurt, Moscow and Copenhagen. Services to London with II-18swere due to be started this month. The airline came into being after the war as the Govern-ment's Bulgarske Vazdusne, Sobstenie and in 1949 it became TABSO, in which Bulgariaand the USSR each held 50%. The USSR withdrew its interest in 1954.Head Office: 12 Place Narodno Sobranie, Sofia C, Bulgaria. Fleet: five H-18, seven 11-14, nine Li-2, also An-2, Po-2. TACA de Honduras, a subsidiary of SAHSA,no longer operates independently. TACA International Airlines SA was foundedin Salvador in 1939 as a subsidiary of the US TACA Corporation. Although TACA (Trans-portes Aereos Centro Americanos) once con- trolled a number of airlines. TACA Interna-tional is now the only one still operated by the Corporation; it has now succeeded the TACACorporation as its parent company. Routes extend from New Orleans and Mexico Citythrough Belize, Guatemala, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa and Managua to San Jos6, inCosta Rica, and Panama. Head Office: PO Box 428, Kenner, NewOrleans, Louisiana, USA (operating from San Salvador). Executives: R. H. Kreite, president; W. B.Daly, vice-president/general manager. Fleet: two DC-4, five Viscount. TAG Airlines, formerly known as Taxi AirGroup, began operations in 1955 with a float- plane service linking downtown Detroit withdowntown Cleveland. At present 30 round trips daily are operated from Monday toFriday, and ten on Saturday and Sunday from Detroit City Airport to Cleveland LakefrontAirport. The company is a subsidiary of the Miller Oil Co. Head Office: Detroit City Airport, Detroit,Michigan, USA. Executives: Ross E. Miller, president; WilliamBerry, secretary; W. C. Brookmeyer, general manager; R. W. June, chief pilot.Employees: 60. Fleet: 11 DH Dove. Tarom — Transporturile Aeriene Romine (Roumanian Air Lines) is the RoumanianState airline which in 1954 succeeded the joint Soviet-Roumanian TARS, which was formedin 1946. Tarom operates services within Roumania, and from Bucharest to Budapest,Sofia. Paris, Moscow, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague, Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Bel-grade, Athens and Brussels. A once-weekly service to London commenced on June 8, 1963.Head Office: Baneasa Airport, Bucharest. Executives: V. Cosma, general manager; C.Nenoiu, commercial manager; N. Vidvischi, technical manager.Fleet: 11-18, U-14, 11-12, Li-2, An-2. Tasman Empire Airways—TEAL—see underAir New Zealand. TASSA—Trabajos Aereos del Sahara SA—is aSpanish charter airline formed in 1961 prim- arily to undertake oil-drilling support opera-tions in Spanish Sahara region. Domestic Spanish IT work was undertaken from 1962and international IT operations started in 1963. UK traffic accounted for 70% ofTASSA's activities during 1964. Head Office: Plaza Salamanca 9, Madrid 6,Spam. Executives: U. Kindelan, Sr, president; A. Kindelan, vice-president; D. Murano, com-mercial director. Employees: 100.Fleet: three DC-7, one DC-6, two DC-3, one Beech 18. On order: one DC-7. Taxader—Lineas Aereas Taxader—was formedin August, 1947, for taxi operations. It now has a domestic network and operates inter-nationally to the USA. Head Office: Cr 16, No 36-18, Bucaramanga,Colombia. Executives: Gonzalo S. Galvis, general mana-ger; Pedro J. Martinez, asst general manager. Fleet: two DC-6B, four DC-4, three DC-3,three C-46. Taxi Aereo Lider Ltda operates air taxiservices in the Minas Gerais province of Brazil. Head Office: Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Fleet: Aero Commander 500. Taxi Aereo Opita is a scheduled operatorserving the western coastal towns and southern regions of Colombia.Head Office: Calle 10, No 4-89, Neiva, Colombia.Fleet: DC-3, Cessna 180/185. Taxis Aereos Argentinos SA operates sched-uled services, with intermediate stops, from Buenos Aires to Concordia and Diamonte,The Rapides are specially modified for opera- tion from primitive airstrips.Head Office: Charcas 1673, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Fleet: six Rapide. Taxis Aereos Nacionales CA is a Venezuelanoperator of non-scheduled and taxi services. Head Office: Cuidad Bolivar Airport, Vene-zuela. Fleet: one Lockheed L.10A, one LockheedL.12A, one Dove, seven Cessna 18O/17OB/195. Territory Airlines Pty Ltd operates non-sched-uled and charter services in Territory of Papua and New Guinea.Head Office: PO Box 65, Goroka, New Guinea. Executives: R. D. Buchanan, managing direc-tor; B. McCook, chief pilot; P. Raasch, engineer. Fleet: one Beech B55 Baron, four Cessna 185,two Cessna 336, one Cessna 205. On order: one Beech Bonanza. Thai Airways was formed on November 1,1951, by the merger of Siamese Airways Co Ltd and Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam) Ltd. The Government holds 90.9 % of the stock.Thai Airways operates domestic services and also flies to Vientiane and Penang. Thai Airways is a majority shareholder in ThaiAirways International, formed jointly with SAS.Head Office: 6 Larn Luang Road, Bangkok, Thailand.Executives: Air Marshal P. Limpisvasti, managing director. Managers: Jat Watanang- kura, administration; Chinoros Nakasingh,transport; Somchai Vanasant, supply; Capt Ratana Svetanant, operations; Vichien Yong-iaiyudh, technical; Prasidh Methakunvudh, traffic and sales.Employees: 470. Fleet: three HS.748, seven DC-3. Thai Airways International Ltd is the desig-nated international flag carrier of Thailand, and was formed on August 24, 1959, by anagreement signed in Bangkok by SAS and Thai Airways Co Ltd. SAS is a minorityshareholder (30%) in Thai Airways Inter- national, and supplies technical and adminis- trative assistance, flight crews and equipment.Operations began on May 1, 1960, and Thai Airways International has taken over andgreatly expanded the international routes of Thai Airways Co. Services are operated fromBangkok to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Djakarta, Rangoon, Calcutta, Saigon and also to Hong Kong, Manila, Taipei, Osaka and Tokyo.Head Office: 1101 New Road, PO Box 1075, Bangkok, Thailand.Executives: Cdr Prasong Suchiva, managing director: H. Jensen, executive manager.Employees: 600. Fleet: two Caravelle (leased from SAS). Thor Solberg Aviation A/S and its affiliate A/S Solbergfly operate some feeder-line services inSouthern Norway as well as air taxi services and a flying school.Head Office: Tonsberg, Norway. Fleet: two Otter, one Norseman, two Cessna185, four Cessna 180, three Cessna 172, one Cessna 170, one Cessna 140, two Cessna 150. Tim Air Charters (Tanganyika) Ltd, formed in1959, became the largest private charter operator in Tanzania, after buying outCampling Bros and Vanderwal Air Charters in 1962. The company has now flown morethan 2 million passenger-miles. Based at Dar- es-Salaam Airport, Tim carried more than3,500 passengers during 1964. Head Office: PO Box 804, Dar-es-Salaam,Tanzania. Executives: T. R. K. Bally, managing director;M. B. Lambert, operations manager. Employees: 6. Fleet: four Cessna 182, two Cessna 150, oneCessna 206. On order: one Cessna 206, one Cessna 310J. Timmins Aviation Ltd operate charter servicesand also operate an overhaul base. Head Office: Montreal, Canada.Executive: J. A. Timmins, president. Fleet: one Viscount, one Beech 18, one S-55,one Canso. Toa Airways, established in 1953, is an internalcarrier operating passenger and freight services throughout the Ryukyu, Kyushu, Honshu,Chugoku and Shikoku islands of Japan. Shin-Meiwa has fitted one Heron withContinental engines for Toa, and it is planned to convert five more during 1965. Theseconversions are designated "Tawron" by Toa. YS-11 60-seat turboprops were due to beintroduced into service this month. Head Office: 2874 Minamikanon, Hiroshima,Japan. Executives: Y. Shimomura, president; ToshioMatsushita, vice-president; K. Hino, executive vice-president; S. Hoshino, M. Yamashita,managing directors. Fleet: two NAMCO YS-11, five Convair 240,one Tawron, six DH Heron, one DH Dove, one Beech 18, one Twin Bonanza, one Cessna170, one Cessna 180. On order: three YS-11. Toucan Air Services operates non-scheduled services in British Guiana. It was previouslyknown as Guiana Air. Head Office: PO Box 795, Georgetown, BritishGuiana. Executive: J. H. Perkins, chairman.Fleet: two Cessna 172. Tourist Air Travel—.tee NZ Tourist Air Travel. Trade Winds Airways Corp was authorized bythe CAB to operate services between San Juan and Ponce in Puerto Rico, with an intermediatestop at Salinas. Head Office: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Six DH Herons are included in the 19-aircraft fleet of Too Airways of Japan. Another of the airline's Herons has been modified to take Continental engines and is called the DH Tawron
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