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1966
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621 Mixtecas SA operates scheduled cargo services within Mexico. TToffi Hidalgo 6, Huajuapan de Leon, Owaca, Mexico, ffce/: Cessna. A^rpas Nacionales SA (LANSA) wasmBSA?963 to operate below-IATA-fares f°™ces to Europe. Approval still not granted f^Sservices- Domestic operations com-f0f ,H in 1964. Eastern Air Lines is seeking mencea w ^ hold 33 per ^^ interest in S for technical and management services. S^ftK i^ftftK executive director;Perrillaman, director of maintenance. /: four ConsteUation (leased). Aereas Paraguayas SA (LAP) wasin 1962 as Paraguay's State airline to d dti d nternational ParaguayaTe schedule domestic and internationa S Three ex-Aerolineas Argentmas Con-™> 240s were acquired. The airline s manage- IZt is made up of Paraguayan Air Forcerfta? Operations started in August 1963 rithservices from Asuncion to Cuntiba SaoPaulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and to Buenos Aires and Montevideo. A present thecompany has suspended its stops at Cuntiba and Rio de Janeiro. Services to Miama areenvisaged and Varig (Brazil) has provided technical and commercial assistance.Head Office: Aeropuerto Campo Grande, Asuncion, Paraguay. Executives: Lt-Col Adrian Jara, president;Col Enrique M. Nardi, executive manager. Fleet: three Convair 240. Lineas Aereas Patagonicai Argentina* SRL (LAPA) was formed in August 1960 as a non-scheduled international and domestic cargo carrier. LAPA holds a CAB permit to operateirregular freight services to the USA. Head Office: Cervito 1045, Buenos Aires,Argentina. Fleet: one C46, one Constellation. Lineas Aereas Picho SA operates scheduled passenger and cargo services within Mexico.Head Office: Calle de Independencia y J Ayala, Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico.Fleet: Cessna, one Stinson. Lineas Aereas Taxader (Taxader) is a privately-owned Colombian carrier originally known as Taxi Aereo de Santander. Domestic servicesare operated to numerous points and a CAB foreign carrier permit to fly scheduled servicesto Miami was awarded in 1963. Head Office: Carrera 16 No 36-18, Bucara-manga, Santander, Colombia. Executives: Dr Herman Gomez Gomez,president; Gonzalo S. Gal vis, general mana- ?er; Pedro J. Martinez A, assistant generalmanager; Alfonso Hernandez Ruiz, advisory general manager; Roberto Lara J, technicalmanager; Rafael Perez, chief pilot. Employees: 600. Fleet: one DC-6B, four DC-4, four DC-3. Stinso 108tW° Beaver> two Cessna 19°. one «'?,"»Aereas Unidas Mexicanas SA with; x? A)- was formed in 1951 'o operatewithin Mexico. Ex-TCA North Stars operated p'P^0' Route" between Mexico City,Stf £ ' TamP'S° and Reynosa, while other gmts were served by DC-3 south of Mexico ) ai,| Percent ia Izazaea 8-E, Mexico 1. A' Torres' 8cneral mana" S.ioo ez> °perations director- five Canadair DC-4M, three DC-3, two f0unded in 1957 to yi Sweden- k APnl 19,57- Charter hv An°A Undertaken- LinJenyg > AB Aerotransport (50 permaviaa Airlines System (50 P and manag r- r6 490C Sales Sweden.; J Ostlin8' and operations commercial mana- superintendent; S.m One of Lloyd International Airways two Britannia 312 convertible freighters Lloyd Aereo Boliviano SA (LAB) was foundedby German immigrants in August 1925. On September 24, 1925, services between Cocha-bamba and Santa Cruz were inaugurated using one Junkers F13. Towards the end of the sameyear three more F13s were bought in order to start a regular service to Trinidad. In 1928 twoJunkers W34s were acquired. The airline now operates a network of domestic services andalso covers routes to Arica in Chile, Lima in Peru, Salta and Buenos Aires in Argentina, andCorumba and Sao Paulo in Brazil. In 1941 the Bolivian Government acquired the controllinginterest in the company and LAB became the national airline. Panagra was given a contractto administrate it. The Government still holds most of the stock, though Panagra still holds20 per cent. A further minority is held by small stockholders, among whom are a number ofemployees. Negotiations are at present being conducted with the French Government forthe purchase of two Caravelles, with which the company will probably lengthen its routes,with services to the USA. Head Office: Aeropuerto Jorge Wilstermann,San Jose de la Banda, Cochabamba, Bolivia. Executives: Mario Patino Ayoroa, president;Emilio Baldivia, general manager; Guillermo Sanabria, administrative manager; RodolfoGalindo, technical manager. Superintendents: Jose Rico N., traffic and sales; Carlos Arze,maintenance; Capt Gonzalo Calderon, opera- tions; Jose R. Montequin, administration.Employees: 950. Fleet: three DC-6B, eight DC-3, one C-46,three B-17 freighters. Lloyd Ae>eo Colombiano SA was formed in 1954 to operate services within Colombia. LAC operated a service Bogota-Barranquilla- Miami, but the Government cancelled theairline's authority to serve this route in February 1965. Head Office: Av Jimeniz 5-57, Bogota, Colombia. Executives: Col Roberto Esguerra, president/general manager; Jorge Chaves, general traffic and sales manager; Fernando Monroy, administrative manager. Fleet: one DC-3, two C-46. Lloyd Aereo Paraguayo SA (LAPSA) operatedpassenger and cargo services until August 1965 when operations were suspended. In January1966 both the Paraguayan and Brazilian Governments withdrew LAPSA's operatinglicence. Lloyd International Airways Ltd was formed inJanuary 1961 to operate long distance pas- senger and freight charters. Services nowinclude IT and contract work. Associate com- pany LIA (Hong Kong) Ltd recently awardedlicence covering operation of scheduled cargo service between Hong Kong and Europe withBritannia convertible passenger/cargo aircraft initially, and Canadair CL-44J with swing-taillater. Base is at London Airport (Gatwick). Head Office: Eagle House, 109/110 JermynStreet, London, SW1. Executives: J. Ortiz-Patino, chairman; A. L.MacLeod, managing director; D. B. Ludbey, director of operations; R. A. Pycroft, com-mercial manager; D. L. Willis, operations manager; J. L. Marden, N. F. Mavroleon,P. O. Scales, directors. Employees: 100. Fleet: two Britannia 312F, one DC-6AB, twoDC-4. On order: two Canadair CL-44J (400). Loftleidir HF (Icelandic Airlines) formed onMarch 10, 1944, has operated services within Iceland and to European destinations, butsince March 1952 has confined its activities to the operation of North Atlantic services linkingNew York and Reykjavik to Glasgow, London, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Go-thenburg, Oslo and Helsinki. Fares are below IATA economy rates, although the sectorseast of Iceland have IATA agreed fares. In February 1965 an order was placed for twofurther Rolls-Royce 400s (formerly Canadair CL-44s) delivered in May 1965 and in April1966. The fourth aircraft is to be modified to carry 189 passengers by increasing fuselagelength by 15 ft, and the other three aircraft will be modified to the same configuration duringthe winter of 1965-66 and '67, the last one to be delivered in February 1967.Head Office: Reykjavik Airport, Reykjavik, Iceland. Executives: K. Gudlaugsson, chairman; A.Eliasson, general manager. Employees: 700. Fleet: five DC-6B, four Canadair CL-44J(Rolls-Royce 400). Loganair, the aviation division of DuncanLogan (Contractors) Ltd undertakes charter operations and third level feeder services.
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