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1966
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©20 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY ... Head Office: Avenue du Colonna d'Ornano,Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Fleet: one DC-4, two DC-3. Linair—see Libyan National Airways. Linea Aerea Cobra is a Bolivian non-scheduledfreight carrier. Head Office: La Paz, Bolivia.Executive: Capt Luis Torrez. Fleet: one B-17 freighter. Linea Aerea Condor is a Chilean freight carrier which operates domestic and internationalnon-scheduled services. Head Office: Aeropuerto Los Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile.Fleet: C-46. Linea Aerea del Cobre Ltda (Ladeco) operatesDC-3s on domestic services within Chile between Santiago, Potrerillos, Antofagasta,and Calama, and also southwards from San- tiago to Puerto Montt, Rio Cisnes andCoyhaique. Ladeco was formed in November 1958 to take over the domestic operations ofanother Chilean carrier, CINTA which has since gone out of business. The DC-3s arefitted with more powerful R-1830-75 engines to improve performance from high-altitudeChilean airfields. Shareholding is divided between Alejandro Ossa (10 per cent),Agustin E. Edwards (22 per cent), Juan Costabal (41 per cent) and Ignacio Bunster(27 per cent). Head Office: Hnos Amunategri 73, Santiago,Chile. Executives: Alejandro Ossa, president; JuanCostabal, exec vice-president; Jorge Norden- flycht, vice-president, operations; Jose Talma,vice-president, maintenance. Employees: 65. Fleet: four DC-3, one Baron, one BeechSuper 18. Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN-Chile) was founded by. the Chilean Government onMarch 5, 1929. Originally known as Linea Aero Postal Santiago-Arica, it took its presentname in 1932 when it became an autonomous State entity. The company's fleet consistedoriginally of 12 DH Cirrus and Gipsy Moths. Later the company operated seven four-seaterFairchilds and two Ford Trimotors. LAN has developed services throughout the length ofChile, and now operates over international routes to Montevideo in Uruguay, Mendozaand Buenos Aires in Argentina, Lima in Peru, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Panama andMiami. The airline recently arranged with Lufthansa for the lease of a Boeing 707, andwill probably be operating to New York in the very near future. HS.748s may be ordered thisyear for domestic operations. Head Office: Los Cerrillos Airport, Santiago,Chile. Executives: Eric Campana Barrios, vice-president. Managers: Pedro Gasc Opazo, operations; Hector Sauvageot, finance; Fer-nando Guzman, traffic; Jorge Hofer, engi- neering. Employees: 2,360. Fleet: nine DC-6B, one DC-6A, three Cara-veUe6R, 11 DC-3. Linea Aerea Patagonica Argentina SA (LAPA)is an Argentine non-scheduled freight carrier which acquired two ex-Air Transport Trans-american C-46s in 1963. Originally known as LAP A SRL, it took its present name in 1964.The company is licensed to operate domestic and international non-scheduled services.Lately this carrier has had to face considerable economic problems and all flights have beencancelled since September 1965. An L-1049 which was recently bought in the USA, andwhich the company intended to use to resume services, crashed off the Peruvian coast onMarch 6 last. Head Office: Av Julio A. Roca 546, 60p,Buenos Aires, Argentina (last-known address). Executives: Jorge Chazo, president; AngelMazzaglia, commercial manager; Henry Keen, accountant.Fleet: one L-1049H freighter. FLIGHT International, 1966 Linea Aerea Rio Platense SRL operates scheduled domestic cargo services withinUruguay. Head Office: Blandengues 1673, Montevideo, Uruguay.Fleet: C-46. Linea Aerea Sudamericana Ltda (Lasa) is aChilean freight carrier which operates domestic and international non-scheduled services. Head Office: Av Gral Bulnes 178, Santiago, Chile. Fleet: two C-46, one C-47. Linea Aerea Taxpa Ltda operates scheduled domestic passenger charter and taxi services within Chile. Head Office: Nueva York 53, Santiago, Chile. Executive: Carlos Griffin, president. Fleet: one B-25 Mitchell, one Beech Travel Air, three Apache, one Cessna 310. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) wasfounded in 1933 when the Venezuelan Govern- ment took over the routes and equipment of theCie Generate Aeropostale which had begun operating in Venezuela in 1930. The airlinebegan flying with Latecoere 28 monoplanes and the first new type to be introduced wasthe Lockheed 10 Electra. LAV took over TACA de Venezuela on July 1, 1957. Theinternational services of LAV and Avensa are now operated by VIASA, and a completereorganization of the domestic network has taken place. LAV has a small holding inVIASA. Head Office: Bloque 1, El Silencio, Caracas,Venezuela. Executives: Dr Ramon Granadillo, president;Reina Antoni, first vice-president; Rivas Vasquez, second vice-president; Col BrancoRondon, director of operations. Employees: 1,194. Fleet: four Viscount, six HS748, 20 DC-3,four C-46. Linea Expresa Bolivar CA (LEBCA) operatesdomestic and international non-scheduled cargo services as well as charters. Routesserved include Caracas - Maracaibo - Aruba - Miami.Head Office: Ibarras a Pelota Edificio, Karam, Caracas, Venezuela.Executives: Dr Alfonso Porras, president; Dr Simon Izaguirre, vice-president; Dr LuisE. Capriles, secretary. Fleet: two L1049H, two Canadair DC-4M, three C-46, two C-47. Lineas Aereas Chaquenas SEM (Aero Chaco) was formed in September 1957 and is owned 50 per cent by the Provincial Government of El Chaco and 50 per cent by the Aero Club del Chaco. Operations were started in 1958 and currently cover regular passenger, cargo and mail services plus charter work.Head Office: Santa Maria de Oro 145, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina. Executives: Dr O. Torres, president; Adolfo Tabares, vice-president; Ambrosia J. Pujal, secretary.Employees: 30. Fleet: two DHC-2 Beaver. Lineas Aereas Colombiana Expresa operate Fairchild C-82s and a DC-6 on internal ser- vices within Colombia. Nothing more is known. Lineas Aereas Costarrkenses SA (LACSA) wasfounded in 1945 by Pan American, the Government of Costa Rica and Costan Ricanprivate interests. PAA originally held 36 per cent of the stock but is believed now to hold asmaller percentage. Scheduled operations began in 1946. In 1952 LACSA took overTACA de Costa Rica, which had operated since 1939 as one of the units of the TACAsystem. LACSA operates a network of internal services based on San Jose and also overroutes to Panama, San Salvador, Mexico, Cayman Islands and Miami.Head Office: Apartado 1531, San Jose, Costa Rica. Executives: Dr Antonio P. Chavarria, presi-dent; Otto Escalante, general manager; Juan I. Perez Rey, operations manager/chiefpilot; Ricardo Pacheco, Jose A. Ardon, asst general manager.Employees: 328. Fleet: two DC-6B, one DC-3, four C-46. Lineas Aereas de Cuyo operates Ancargo services within Argentina uornestic Fleet: one Convair 340, one Lodestar Lineas Aereas de Espana SA ( formed in 1938 as a successor ToOriginally the Spanish Government 51 per cent of the capital, with otherinterests and Deutsche Lufthansa other 49 per cent. All stock was subacquired by the Government and the controlled through the Gcontroled through the Government Instituto-Nacional de Industrias Iberia h!»as a domestic operator but has, in additions its internal services, others in EUTODP tBrussels, Copenhagen, Paris, DusselLf Frankfurt, Dublin, Milan, Rome Lishnn'Stockholm, Geneva Zurich, Glasgow', London Manchester. Long-haul services are ODeratwito Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba Ch u Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, USA andVenezuela. In Africa services are operated tn Douala, Port-Etienne, Casablanca TaneinTetuan and Melilla. ' ™m' Head Office: Velasquez 130, Madrid, SpainExecutives: Emilio de Navasques, president- Mazaro Ros Espana, director general- JuanViniegra, secretary general; Mariana de las Penas, commercial director; David FernandezVegue, economic and financial director- Carlos Texidor, director flight operations; EnriqueAlvarez de la Brana, technical director; Jose Gaspar G. Palenzuela, personnel directorEmployees: 9,112. Fleet: six DC-8-50, twelve Caravelle, sixL1049C, 15 Convair 440, 17 DC-3. On order 15 DC-9-15, one DC-8-50, three US SST. Lineas Aereas del Caribe operates non-scheduled freight services within Colombia, Head Office: Calle 6a, No 21-12 Bogota,Colombia. Executive: Alfonso R. Arias, managing direc-tor. Fleet: one Fairchild C-82A Packet. Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE) was foundedin September 1940 as a branch of the Argentine Air Force to operate services to isolated areaswhich could not be worked as commercial undertakings. After the war these serviceswere taken over by commercial airlines, but LADE has continued to fly over routes withvery limited traffic. In March this year LADE took over the services previously operated byAerolineas Argentinas with DO3s. LADE's activity has thus increased at least three times.Head Office: Corrientes 480, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: Brig Ezequiel A. Martinez, director; Vice-Cdre Angel M. Zambom, sub- director; Domingo Petronio, commercial manager. Employees: 100. Fleet: Air Force DC-4s plus Aerolineas DC-3s and C-47s. Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA (Lanica) wasfounded in June 1945 with Pan Amencan Airways holding 40 per cent (now 20 percent^of the company's capital. Internal serves were begun in 1946 with a fleet of two Boeing247 aircraft. At present the company serve points in Nicaragua and operates internauonaipassenger and cargo services to Miami and San Hfatoffice: Apartado Postal 753, Managua, Nicaragua. .. Executives: Anastasio Somoza, P Oscar Sevilla Sacasa, vice-president, Sanchez B, managing director. Employees: 292. „ .& Fleet: one DC-6, two DC-4, three C46. Lineas Aereas Interferes de Catafca (L operates domestic freight services Colombia. Head Office: Villavicencio. Fleet: three Catalina.Lineas Aereas La Urracais ajJjg carrier formed in January. 963 wh.copscheduled services from Villavicencio IF in the south of Colombia, '""J^sAguazal, Mitu, Sogamoso and Minu*° ,, Head Office: Villavicencio, La Urraca Colombia. u.nan Jararnil'0' C Ajaro Henao£ asstExecutives: Capt Ajvar t manager; Jimeno Gonzales Qum» manager. Employees: 65. i<.cR-18 Fleet: two DC-3, two Douglas B l»,
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