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1966
1966 - 1068.PDF
'* April WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . .. rGovenfrnent of the RepublicSomatic operations were started i ?£? A service from Soeul to .._"^Z'A in March 1964 in conjunction with ^AirKusinga.FokkerF-27. _ in DecemberOsaka was 64-5, 2 Ka, Choongku-Roo, Hyup Shin, president; KakLee executive vice-president. Vice- Yung Rak Min, operations; Ketraffic and sales; Chul Cho Kim, finance. tfC F27, one DC4, two DC-3. On r: one DC-9-30.orfe Knnnallisteknilkka AB (Finnmap) carries outHil nhotoEraphy ui Finland and abroad. £ Kiviaidankatu 9, Helsinki, Fin- Fjcecutives- Kalevi Nordman, pilot; Lasse Siume, navigator; Sakari Tuovinen, cameraoperator. Employees: three.fleet: one Pilatus Porter. Kuwait Airways Corporation was founded in1953 as Kuwait National Airways, adopting the present title in 1958. BO AC took over thetechnical management of Kuwait Airways in June 1958, and in September 1959 BritishInternational Air Lines, a wholly owned BOAC subsidiary in Kuwait that providedcharter and maintenance services to the Kuwait Oil Company and the Kuwait FlyingClub, was taken over by Kuwait Airways. The Kuwait Government having acquiredall Kuwait Airways shares, the company tome a Government concern on June 1,1963. Kuwait Airways operates services to Bahrain, Doha, Karachi, Bombay, Cairo,Beirut, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, Teheran and Abadan. A Comet 4C service toLondon via Beirut and Geneva, Paris or Frank- furt began on March 2, 1964. Trans ArabiaAirways were bought out and merged with Kuwait Airways in April 1964.Head Office: PO Box 394, Kuwait. Executives: Faisal Saoud Al-Fulaij, chairman;Jassem Al-Yusuf Al-Marzouk, managing director; Abdul Rahman al Mishri, generalmanager; Adli Dajani, commercial manager; Capt R. S. Colvin, operations manager;Capt E. Pridmore, chief pilot. Employees: 1,026. Fleet: one Trident IE, two Comet 4C, threeDC-6B, one Viscount 700, two Twin Pioneer. On order: one Trident IE. Like Central Airlines Inc began operations inNovember 1949 and serves 4,300 miles of routes m eight states of the mid-central USA.i ne airline's network extends from Washing- ton DC and Baltimore on the east coast touncagp providing ajr servjce to 46 citiesin a highly industrialised area. During 1965 ^Central put the Nord 262 in service.eir C °°k Airport' Idi .• J/J O'ConneU, chairman; Gwin1 1hairm L- w- Hartman, DC 3 2G 340' six Nord 262» I5 > On order: six Nord (incIuding the eight "t *" formed in February 1966 ln^ive-tour "^ ad hoc - vo'benrn"-v";i.ruu ?Perations are expec-H«d Office m,thtP™? of 1967. Horley, Surre ndon (Gatwick) Airport, h v E Atkino^n er> "Janag^g director; J" M- - On order: three Ltaea Aerea Nacional de AB Lapplandsflyg formed in April 1963,is the largest bush operator in Sweden, and undertakes a variety of charter services. Thepresident and managing director each own a 50 per cent holding.Head Office: Umea, Sweden. Executives: Bertil Johansson, managingdirector; Count Diedric Cronstedt, president. Fleet: two Norseman, three Cessna 185, threeBell 47G, three Agusta-Bell 47J. Laurentian Air Services was founded in 1936and operates charter flights and recreational flights. Maintenance and overhaul is alsoundertaken. Head Office: PO Box 4070, Station E, Ottawa,Ont, Canada. Executives: A. B. MacLaren, president; J. M.Bogie, executive vice-president; D. Pickering, general manager.Employees: 40. Fleet: one Beechcraft C-18S, one BeechC-45H seaplane, one Otter, six Beaver, one Cessna 180, one Goose, one Piper PA-18. La Urraca—see Lineas Areeas la Urraca. Lebanese Air Transport (Charter) Co SAL,known during 1965 as Lebanese Overseas Airways, has now reverted to its original title.Formed in 1958, operations were started in June 1961 with an ex-Jordanian Airways DC-4.Operations include ground-handling services at Beirut International Airport and passengerand freight charter services. Major shareholder is the president. Head Office: PO Box 1331, Lazarieh Building,Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Marouf Shaar, president. Vice-presidents: T. Assily, administration; W. Hamdan, sales; K. Nammour, operations;E. Melki, engineering. Fleet: one Antonov An-24B, two DC-3. Onorder: two L1049H. Lebanese International Airways (LIA) startedscheduled services in January 1956 and now operates twice a week between Beirut, Milanand Paris with a Boeing 720B. Other services connect Beirut with Teheran, Kuwait, Baghdad,Bahrain and Doha. Sabena provided technical and operational assistance but has now termi-nated all collaboration with LIA. Ex-American Airlines DC-7s were acquired in 1963, andCarlos and Alphonse Arida now have a holding in Alia-Royal Jordanian. A Caravellehas been leased from Sabena. Head Office: Rue Clemenceau, Arayssi Build-ing, Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Carlos Arida, president; AlphonseArida, administrator and managing director; Fernand Nakhle, commercial director; RamezMelhem, financial and administrative director. Employees: 410. Fleet: two Convair 990A, one Boeing 720-068B Ceased), four DC-7. Leeward Islands Air Transport Services Ltdwas formed in 1956 as a subsidiary of BWIA, who hold 51 per cent of the shares. In 1959St. Vincent Government Air Services were absorbed into LIAT. Services are operatedthroughout the Leeward and Windward Islands and to Trinidad, Guadeloupe andPuerto Rico. Head Office: 42/44 St Mary's Street, St Johns,Antigua, West Indies. Executives: Sir P. Hobson, chairman; F. S.Delisle, managing director; Capt E. A. King, chief pilot.Employees: 129. Fleet: two HS748 (one leased), one DC-3, fourTwin Bonanza, one Aztec. M. Lennard Ltd (Lennard Aviation) startedair-taxi and charter operations in August 1964. Head Office: Stansted Airport, Bishop'sStortford, Essex. Executives: B. p. Lennard, managing director;L. Richards, chief pilot. Fleet: one Aztec B, one Twin Comanche.On order: one BN-2 Islander. Lentohuolto O/Y operates taxi and charterservices in Finland. HeadOffice: Malmi Airport, Helsinki, Finland.Executive: Roland Freund, managing director. Employees: 35.Fleet: One Aero Commander, one Mooney M20C, five Cessna 150, one 172, one 180, one185, three 19 619 Leopard Air Ltd was formed in October 1965to operate charter, air-taxi and flying training services. Operations started on April 1. Thecompany also holds the Cessna agency for Malawi. Base is at Tennett Field, Luchenzanear Blantyre. Head Office: PO Box 70, Cholo, Malawi.Executives: Robert G. Cathcart Kay, chair- man; William L. Stone, secretary.Fleet: one Cessna 150, one 182, one 175, one Tiger Moth, one Cherokee. On order: oneCessna U206. Liberian National Airlines Inc is the successorto Liberian National Airways, the Govern- ment-owned carrier which began operationsin 1952 with services from Monrovia and Robertsfield internally and to Freetown, SierraLeone. Liberian Government invited the French independent airline UTA to take overthe management with effect from January 1, 1965. Network remains the same.Head Office: Robertsfield, Liberia. Executives: Hon Romeo A. Horton, president;Jean-Louis Fitte (UTA), general manager. Fleet: three DC-3. Libiavia—see Nord Africa Aviazione SpA. Libyan Aviation was formed in 1960 tooperate aircraft on oil-exploration support activities and commenced operations in Julyof that year. The company currently has service contracts with a number of oil com-panies and pipe-line constructors, primarily British Petroleum. Operational, technical andgeneral management of Libyan Aviation is in the hands of Metropolitan Air Movements Ltd,and certain aircraft are leased from MAM's subsidiary, British Westpoint Airlines. Re-organization is under way to consolidate these interests on a more permanent basis.Head Office: PO Box 33, Benghazi, Libya. Executives: A. M. Bugezia, chairman; CaptB. L. R. Pocock, director (MAM); C. H. J. Bos, general manager (MAM).Employees: 25. Fleet: two DC-3, four Dove. Libyan National Airways SAL (Linair) wasformed in 1962 by Libyan interests and Sabena to provide charter and oil-prospectingsupport operations in Libya. In July 1965 Belgian International Air Services took overSabena's interest in Linair. Head Office: PO Box 171, Youssef LenghiAvenue, Benghazi, Libya. Executives: Z. Y. Lenghi, president; C. G.Van Antwerpen, vice-president; P. W. Bakker, general manager.Fleet: seven DC-3, one Cessna 310B. Lignes Aeriennes Interieures (Air Inter) wasformed in 1954 to operate internal services within metropolitan France and some serviceswere started in March 1958 using chartered aircraft. Air France and French Railways(SNCF) each have a 24.95 per cent interest while UTA Aigle Azur and various banks andsurface transport interests also have small holdings. Full operations were started in 1960and link Paris with Nantes, Quimper, Brest, Lyons, Strasbourg, Nimes and Perpignan. Newroutes expected to be established during 1965 are Lyons - Bordeaux, Lyons - Toulouse,Bordeaux - Toulouse - Marseilles - Nice, Paris-Clermont Ferrand and Lille-Orly. TwoCaravelles leased from Air France are used primarily on the Paris - Marseilles, Paris -Lyons and Paris-Toulouse routes. Nord 262s were put into service in September 1964.Head Office: 12 Rue de Castiglione, Paris 1, France. Executives: Admiral P. Hebrard, president-director general; P. Marland, secretary-general; J. Arnaud, technical director; G. Brandeis,commercial director; J. Margot-Noblemaire, directeur des programmes.Employees: 700. Fleet: two Caravelle (leased), four Nord 262,11 Viscount 700. On order: two Caravelle, one Viscount, one Nord 262. Lignes Nationales Aeriennes Congolaises(Lina-Congo) is the successor to Air Congo, previously Compagnie Congalaise de Trans-ports Airiens, the national airline of the Republic of the Congo. Originally formed inJune 1961, the name was changed in October 1965 to avoid confusion with the Leopoldville-based airline of the same name.
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