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Aviation History
1967
1967 - 0584.PDF
r / £• /? 570 FLIGHT International, (3 April /967 Frontier was the first local-service airline to introduce Boeing 727s WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . domestic, regional and international servicesto points in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, India, Pakistan. Ethiopian operates scheduledjet flights to West Africa (Lagos and Accra) via Khartoum and Entebbe. Bell helicoptersand lightplanes are available for use for natural resources development projects andare leased by Ethiopian to various Govern- ment agencies and are available, with largerfleet units, for charter work. Head Office: PO Box 1755, Haile Selassie IInternational Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Executives: HE Ato Emmanuel Abraham,chairman; J. L. Brumit, general manager; J. A. Tucci, secretary /treasurer; Capt G. K.Hills, director flight operations; R. G. Wagener, director technical services; J. F.Forsyth, general sales manager; Assefe Ambaye, director purchasing.Employees: 1,998. Fleet: two Boeing 720-060B, three DC-6B,ten DC-3/C-47, three Bell 47, one Beech 18, three Cessna 180, three Super Cub. On order:one 7O7-36OC. Eugene Aviation Service operate scheduledcommuter services between Eugene and Roseburg, Oregon.Head Office: Eugene Municipal Airport, Eugene, Oregon, USA. Europe Aero Service—see Societe Aero Sahara. Executive Airlines—see National Executive Flight Service Inc. Executive Aviation Inc have operated scheduledcommuter air services from Fort Smith Municipal Airport since January 1962. Head Office: PO Box 1015, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA.Executive: John H. Ross, president. Employees: 11.Fleet: two Beech 18, one Cessna 310, one 206, one 182, one 150, three 172. Eyjaflug HF operate air-taxi services withinIceland, mainly to west coast. Head Office: Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.Executive: Sigfus Johnsen, manager. Fleet: one Dove. Fairline—see Faroe Airways A/S. Fairways Corporation is a US intrastate and contract carrier. Head Office: Terminal Building, Washington National Airport, DC, USA. Executive: W. W. Edmonson, president. Employees: 9. Fleet: one Convair 5S0, one DC-3, one Aero Commander 6O8E, one Grumman Gulfstream. Fairways—see Filipinas Orient Airways Inc. Falcks Flyvetjeneste AB began ambulance, newspaper delivery and charter operations in1947 and is a subsidiary of the Danish salvage company Falcks Redningskorpset. In 1964 asimilar company, associated with the Danish Red Cross, Zone Redningskorpset, was takenover. Scheduled flights are operated on routes to Odense, Karup and Skrydstrup fromCopenhagen. Head Office: Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen,Denmark. Executives: Capt Preben Ipsen, managingdirector; E. B. Henriksen, chief pilot. Employees: 37.Fleet: five Heron, one Aermacchi AL-60, one Dornier Do28. On order: one HS.748. Falcon Air Charter was formed early in 1967to operate charter services with three ex- Philippine Air Lines Viscounts. Majorityinterest is believed to be held by the Swedish shipping company Thunrederierna AB. Opera-tions are expected to start in May. Head Oj^ce.Mahno-Bulltofta Airport, Sweden.Executives: directors: Lars Berglof, Stig Berglof; Kjell Ake Larseke.Fleet: three Viscount 784. Falkland Islands Government Air Service was formed in November 1948 to provide airtransport, including ambulance and mail services, within the Falkland Islands.Head Office: Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Fleet: two Beaver. Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation was formed by the chairman and president andstarted operations in August 1957. Scheduled services are operated between Taipei and Kaohsiung together with charters throughoutAsia. Head Office: 36 Kuan Chien Road, Taipei,Taiwan (Formosa). Executives: K. T. Siao, chairman; T. C. Hwoo,president-operations manager; S. S. Huang, vice-president/maintenance manager; Mrs Y.P. Hwang/Hwoo, finance manager; George Liu, sales manager; W. C. Lu, general affairs/personnel manager; Miss Theresa Chow, flight services manager.Employees: 165. Fleet: one Herald, four DC-3, five Beech C-45,one DC-6B. Faroe Airways A/S (Fairline) was formed inJanuary 1964 and started scheduled services between Copenhagen, Stavanger, Kirkwalland Vagar in the Faroe Islands. Initially the service was flown once weekly during thesummer, but is now all year round with increased frequency. In May 1966 Faroeabsorbed Scan-Fly and now operates a Lockheed 12 on target-towing duties. Duringthe summer, Faroe is to lease an F.27 from Fokker pending delivery of its own aircraft.Head Office: Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, Denmark. Executives: Jorgen V. Pedersen, managingdirector; Charles Tranberg, general manager; Niels O. Strudsrup, chief pilot.Fleet: three DC-3, one Lockheed 12. On order: two Fokker F.27. Faucett—see Compania de Aviacion "Faucett." Fayetteville Flying Service operates scheduledcommuter air services three times daily be- tween Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansasunder the name Scheduled Skyways. Opera- tions started on September 1, 1953.Head Office: PO Box 429, Drake Field, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.Executive: Raymond J. Ellis, president. Employees: 18.Fleet: two Aztec C, one Apache. Fecteau Transport Aerien—see A. FecteauTransport Aerien Lte. Fieldair Ltd operate non-scheduled passenger and freight services from their base atGisbome. Head Office: PO Box 369, Gisborne, NewZealand. Executives: Dawson E. Chrisp, chairman;Lawson Field, managing director; E. A! Robinson, general operations manager; D. JStannard, secretary. Fleet: nine Beaver, one Super Cub. Ferns Flying Service operate a daily scheduledcommuter air service between Concord, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachusetts.Head Office: Concord Airport, Concord, New Hampshire, USA.Executive: J. Wayne Ferns, president. Fiji Airways Ltd was founded in 1951 byHarold Gatty, who flew round the world in a Lockheed Vega with Wiley Post in 1931.Regular services within Fiji were begun in September 1951 using DH Rapides. Servicesare now operated between Nandi, the Inter- national Airport, Suva and Savusavu, Lam-basa and Taveuni. A Fiji-Tonga service is also operated as well as services to Apia.(Samoa) and to the New Hebrides. Qantas acquired control of Fiji Airways in 1958. It isnow owned equally by BOAC (AC), Air New Zealand and Qantas. Head Office: CML Building, Victoria ParadeSuva, Fiji. Executives: Capt A. J. R. Duffield, manager;R. K. Wightman, assistant manager. Employees: 110.Fleet: one DC-3, six Heron, one Drover. On order: one HS.748. Filipinas Orient Airways Inc (Fairways) wasformed in June 1964 to operate domestic and regional services. Operations commencedin January 1965 after CAB approval had been given to operate non-scheduled flights toIloilo, Cebu, Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Davao and Cotabato.Head Office: Manila Airport, Philippines. Executives: Dr Fermin J. Caram, president;Capt Constanzio Navarro, director/operations. Fleet: three YS-11, two DC-6B, six DC-3. Onorder: one YS-11. Finnair—see Aero O/Y. Fjellfly A/S operate a twice-daily scheduled service between Oslo and Skien (Telemark), together with charter operations. Head Office: Skien, Norway. Executives: Arvid Lundvall, managing director; Snorre S. Kjetilson, director.Fleet: two Twin Pioneer, three Norseman, two Harvard, one Cornell, one J3 Cub, oneSuper Cub, one Cessna 172, two 180, two 185, one 195. Flinders Island Airlines (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1952 to operate regular services between Victoria and Tasmania. Charter work is also undertaken. .Head Office: Moorabbin Airport, Cheltenham S 22, Victoria, Australia. TExecutives: A. M. Rea, chairman; w. l- Dwyer, oirector. Fleet: one Beech 18, one Comanche 400, one Cessna 205. Florida Air Taxi operate scheduled commuter air services three times daily between lamp" and Fort Meyers, Florida. . rt Head Office: Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Florida, USA. Executive: W. Byron Taylor, treasurer. Fleet: three Beech 18, two Apache, tw Bonanza. Continued on pa«« 571
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