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1966
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I 640 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY ... Head Office: Seaview Airport, Hokitika,South Island, New Zeadand. Executives: D. W. Da vies, director; C. B.Topliss, director; M. W. Rumsey, manager. Employees: 5.Fleet: two DH Rapide, one Cessna 180 float-plane. Western Air Lines Ine (WAI.) claims tobe the oldest US airline, having been founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. The presentname was legally adopted on March 11, 1941. WAL now operates over 9,500 milesof routes in the Western and mid-West states, flying as far east as Minneapolis/St.Paul, northwards across the Canadian bor- der to Calgary and southwards to MexicoCity and Acapulco. Head Office: 6060 Avion Drive, LosAngeles, California, 90009, USA. Executives: T. C. Drinkwater, president.Senior vice-presidents: D. P. Renda, legal/ secretary; J. J. Taylor, treasurer; S. R.Shatto, operations; M. W. Landcs, service; A. F. Kelly, sales.^Employees: 4,420. Fleet: 18 Boeing 720-047B, 12 Electra, fiveDC-6B. On order: 16 Boeing 737, four 720- 047B. Western Alaska Airlines Inc operates ser-vices radiating from Dillingham and King Salmon, south-west Alaska, many of whichused to be operated by Pacific Northern Airlines. It was formed in January 1953from two former partnerships formed in 1943 and 1946.Head Office: PO Box 220, Dillingham, Alaska, USA.Executives: Albert W. Bell, president and general manager; Myron Moran, vice-presi-dent; Clarence Wren, secretary/treasurer. Fleet: Grumman Goose, Lockheed 12A,Bonanza, Cessna 180/185. Wideree's Flyveselskap A/S is an old-estab-lished company (formed in 1934) engaged in many forms of air activity including charterflying, air ambulance and air survey work. Widerae's operated various pioneer air-services around the Norwegian coast before the war, and for several years since the warthe company has been operating the North Norway services in co-operation with SASHead Office: Wergelandsvelen 7, Oslo, Nor- way. Executives: V. Wider0e, general managerH. G. Kjaerstad, manager; K. Friis Baastad, chief of operations; T. Lunde, chiefengineer. Employees: 154.Fleet: three Otter, three Norsemen, one Cessna 320, one 185. Wien Alaska Airlines Inc, has since January1966 been using the trading name of Wien Air Alaska. Originally formed in 1929by Sigurd Wien as Northern Air Transport, Wien Alaska claims to be the oldest sched-uled airline in Alaska. Names was changed to WAA in 1936. A 6,000 mile networkof passenger, freight and mail services is operated throughout Alaska, radiating fromthe company's base at Fairbanks. Head Office: Box 3009, Fairbanks Inter-national Airport, Alaska 99701, USA. Executives: Sigurd Wien, president andchairman; James L. Anderson, executive assistant and general manager. Vice-presi-dents: A. E. Hagberg, director of traffic/ sales and public affairs; Fritz Wien, specialprojects; W. Burdue, comptroller/finance. R. Brumbaugh, director of maintenance; J.Church, director of flight operations. Employees: 350. Flee': one L-749 Constellation, two Fair-child F-27A, two DC-3, three C-46, seven Pilatus Turbo-Porter, one Porter, fourBeaver, one Cessna 185. On order: one Boeing 737-2O0C. Wilken Air Services Ltd, formed in March1960, undertakes charter operations and fly- ing instruction from Wilson Airport,Nairobi. They are also Piper and Lycom- ing distributors for eastern Africa. FUGHT International, (4 1964 Head Office: Wilson Airport, Nairobi,Kenya. Executives: T. M. Williams, F. R. FalconerTaylor, G. M. Kennedy. Fleet: three Aztec, five Comanche, sevenCherokee, two Cessna 180, two Colt. Williams' Air Charter Ltd, formed in April1964, undertakes executive charter and air taxi operations from its base at Leeds/Bradford Airport. Head Office: Leeds/Bradford Airport, Yea-don, Ysrks. Executives: Capt A. G. Morris, managingdirector/chief pilot; Capt R. H. Pitman, operations manager; A. Reed, director.Fleet: one Cessna 310G. Windward Islands Airways was formed in1962 to operate services in the Lesser Antil- les group of West Indian islands. St Barths,St Kitts, St Eustatius, Saba, St Thomas, St Croix Antigua, Anguilla, Guadelope andPuerto Rico are served from their base at St Maarten. Head Office: Princess Juliana Airport, StMaarten, Netherlands Antilles. Executives: Norman Chester Wathey, mana-ger ; Georges E. Greaux, chief pilot. Employees: 8. Fleet: two Twin Bonanza, two Apache 235,one Dornier Do28. On order: one DHC Twin Otter, one Do28. World Airways Inc is a US supplementalcarrier formed in 1948, and owned 100% by its president. Charter services, predomin-antly transpacific are operated, together with contract work for Logair and MilitaryAirlift Command. In January 1966 CAB approval was extended to allow transatlanticpassenger charters from April to September 1966 using Boeing 707-373Cs in 165-seatconfiguration. Head Office: Oakland International Air-port, Oakland, California, USA. Executives: E. J. Daly, president; B. A.Cooke, vice-president/treasurer; P. T. Craven, vice-president finance; W. A.Hardenstine, vice-president sales; D. P. Larsen, vice-president flight operations; N.Berboth, vice-president ground operations; J. Zechiel, vice-president maintenance; N.Dargie, executive vice-president World Air Center. Employees: 600.Fleet: four Boeing 707-373C, six DC-6A/B. On order: one 707-373C. World Wide Airways Inc, the Canadiancharter operator, ceased operations in Aug- ust 1965 when licence was revoked by theAir Transport Board. World Wide Helicopters is one of the world's bigger charter operators of helicop- ' **» ters and has for some years «ufixed-wing aircraft. It operates; for oil companies, undertakingand airlifts in support oWdriST * ations. uiuung Oper.Administrative Office: 21 R ue de P-Nice, France. ae "ance, Executives: Ami L «;,,m ,•, president; W. McP. Christie, secret son- Fleet: two S-62, three S-58 fivp ^ Sikorsky S-55, 17 Bell, one Aero ' der 680, one Beech 18, five Bea^r Twin Bonanza, one Cherokee 160 one Yemen Airlines owned by the nm.of the Yemen, undertakes pest conZFT* ter flying and scheduled servicedTheinclude services from Taiz and A (Eritrea) to Aden and services in theFlight crews and ground staff are and. Jugoslavian except for theequipment which is flown and by Russians. Head Office: Taiz, Yemen, ArabiaExecutives: Col Ghaleb Germouzi eenerai manager. ' 6 cl<" Fleet: four DC-3, two 11-14, four AemCommander, two Mi-4 helicopters two Mi 1 helicopters, pest control aircraft. ' Zambia Airways is the Zambian NationalAirline formed in 1963 as a subsidiary of the Central African Airways CorporationDC-3s and Beavers are used, chiefly on domestic routes, and DC-3s are leased backfor operation by CAA which provides tech- nical assistance and staff. Operations werebegun on July 1, 1964. Points served in- clude Livingstone, Ndola and LusakaHead Office: PO Box 272, Lusaka, Zambia. Executives: T. M. D. Mtine, chairman-R. P. Hartley, general manager. ' Fleet: two DC-3, three Beaver. Zantop Air Transport Inc is a US supple-mental carrier which operates Logair ser- vices with Argosies for the US Air ForceLogistics Command. Zantop also does a good deal of contract charter business.Head Office: Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Inkster, Michigan. Executives: D. A. Zantop, H. W. Zantop,L. A. Zantop, partners. Fleet: two Argosy, seven DC-6A, eightDC-7, three DC-4, three DC-3, 20 C-46. Z. Boskovic Air Charters Ltd (ZB AirCharters) was formed in September 1963 to undertake charter and air taxi operations,Head Office: Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. Executives: Zivota Boskovic, E. Boskovic,J. M. Gachago, directors; W. H. B. Parkin- son, manager. Fleet: one Baron C55, one Bonanza S35,two Cessna 182, four 150. One of Air New Zealand's three DC-8-52s at the new Auckland International Airport which is the carrier's base ^
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