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576 FLIGHT International, 13 April (947 WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . Airways DC-4. Operations include ground-handling services at Beirut International Airport and passenger and freight charterservices. Major shareholder is the president. Head Office: PO Box 1331, Lazarieh Build-ing, Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Marouf Shaar, president. Vice-presidents: T. Assily, administration; W. Hamdan, sales; K. Nammour, operations;E. Melki, engineering. Fleet: two DC-3. Lebanese Internationa] Airways was formedin 1950 and acquired by the Arida brothers in 1953, each having a 40% holding.Scheduled passenger services were restarted in 1956 and now connect Beirut with Milan,Paris, Zurich, Brussels, Bombay, Kuwait, Baghdad, Bahrain, Doha and Teheran. InMarch 1967 a pool agreement was con- cluded with MEA which will result in acomplete merger of the two carriers. Head Office: Esseily Building, Riad SolhSquare, Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Carlos Arida, president;Alphonse Arida, executive vice-president. Vice-presidents: W. van de Bunt, systemgeneral manager; Fernand Nakhle, com- mercial; Ramez Melhem, finance /admini-stration. Employees: 600. Fleet: two Convair 990A, three DC-7C. Onorder: one CV990A. LEBCA—see Linea Exprcsa Bolivar CA. Leeward Islands Air Transport Services Ltd was formed in 1956 as a subsidiary ofBWIA, who hold 51% of the shares. In 1959 St Vincent Government Air Serviceswere absorbed into LIAT. Services are operated throughout the Leeward and Wind-ward Islands and to Trinidad, Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico. Head Office: 42 /44 St Mary's Street, StJohns, Antigua, West Indies. Executives: Sir P. Hobson, chairman; F. S.Delisle, managing director; Capt E. A. King, chief pilot.Employees: 129. Fleet: two HS.748, one DC-3, two TwinOtter, four Twin Bonanza. Lennard Aviation—see Skywork Ltd. Lentohuolto O/Y operate taxi and charter services in Finland. Head Office: Malmi Airport, Helsinki,Finland. Executive: Roland Freund, managingdirector. Employees: 43.Fleet: one Aero Commander, one Mooney Mark 20, five Cessna 150, one 172, one206, one 185, one 195. Leopard Air Ltd was formed in October1965 to operate charter, air-taxi and flying training services. Operations started onApril 1, 1965. The company also holds the Cessna agency for Malawi. Base is atTennett Field, Luchenza near Blantyre. Head Office: PO Box 70, Cholo, Malawi.Executives: R. G. Cathcart Kay, chairman; William L. Stone, secretary.Fleet: two Cessna 150, one 182, one 206, one Tiger Moth. On order: two Cessna 172. Liberian National Airlines Inc is the successor to Liberian National Airways, theGovernment-owned carrier which began operations in 1952 with services from Mon-rovia and Robertsfield internally and to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Liberian Govern-ment invited the French independent air- line UTA to take over the managementwith effect from January 1, 1965. Head Office: Robertsfield, Liberia.Executives: Hon Romeo A. Horton, presi- dent; Claude F. Grevent, general manager.Fleet: two DC-3. Libiavia—see Nord Africa Aviazione SpA. Libyan Aviation was formed in 1960 tooperate aircraft on oil-exploration support activities and started operations in July ofthat year. Operational, technical and general management of Libyan Aviation is in thehands of Metropolitan Air Movements Ltd. Head Office: PO Box 33, Benghazi, Libya.Executives: A. M. Bugezia, chairman; Capt B. L. R. Pocock, director (MAM); C. H. J.Bos, general manager (MAM). Employees: 25. Fleet: 13 DC-3, four Beech 18, one AeroCommander 560, one Cessna 180, two 185, one 170, one Super Widgeon. Libyan National Airways SAL (Linair) was formed in 1962 by Libyan interests andSabena to provide charter and oil-prospect- ing support operations in Libya. In July1965 Belgian International Air Services took over Sabena's interest. Commercial andoperational office is 18 Sciara Ahmed Sherif, Tripoli. 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 Interienres (Air Inter) wasformed in 1954 to operate internal services within metropolitan France and someservices were started in March 1958 using chartered aircraft. Air France and FrenchRailways (SNCF) each have a 25% interest and UTA 15%. Full operations were'started in 1960 and Air Inter now serves an extensive network of routes radiatingfrom most major cities in France. Head Office: 12 Rue de Castiglione, Paris1. France. Executives: Admiral P. Hebrard, president/director general: P. Marland, secretary general; B. Michon, deputy secretarygeneral; J. Arnaud, technical director; G. Brandeis, commercial director.Employees: 1,153. Fleet: 14 Viscount, four Nord 262, fiveCaravelle (two leased from Air France). Lignes Nationales Aeriennes Congolaises(Lina-Congo) is the successor to Air Congo, previously Compagnie Congalaise de Trans-ports Aeriens, the national airline of the Republic of the Congo. Originally formedin June 1961, the name was changed in October 1965 to avoid confusion with theLeopoldville-based airline of the same name. Lina Congo is wholly owned by the Govern-ment and operates domestic services from Brazzaville. Head Office: Avenue du Colonna d'Ornano,Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Fleet: one DC-4, two DC-3. An Argentine Air Force DC-3 lands at Ushuaia while in the service of LADE, the airline operated by the Air Force Lina Congo—see Lignes NationalesAeriennes Congolaises. Linair—see Libyan National Airways. Linea Aerea Cobra is a Bolivian non-scheduled freight carrier. Head Office: La Paz, Bolivia.Executive: Capt Luis Torrez. Fleet: one B-17 freighter. Linea Aerea Condor is a Chilean freightcarrier which operates domestic and inter- national non-scheduled services.Head Office: Aeropuerto Los Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile.Fleet: C-46. -r'~ Linea Aerea del Cobre Ltda (LADECO)was found in November 1958. Shareholding is divided between Juan Costabal (49 %jAgustin E. Edwards (37%) and Alejandro Ossa (14%). LADECO operates northboundfrom Santiago to Potrerillos and El Salvador, Antqfagasta and Calama; southbound fromSantiago to Puerto Montt and Coyhaique. A route to Salta (Argentina) is expected tobe inaugurated shortly, and an air-taxi service is also operated using Baron air-craft. Head Office: Huerfanos 1363, SantiagoChile. Executives: Alejandro Ossa, president:Agustin E. Edwards, director; Juan Costa bal, director and executive vice-president;Jose Talma, maintenance manager; Roberto Hirigoyen, traffic and sales manager; CarlosSaunier, operations manager. Employees: 111. Fleet: two DC-6B, three DC-3, one BeechBaron. Linea Aerea de Publicidad Taxpa Ltdastarted operations in 1958 and now under- take fish spotting, air taxi, crop spraying.air survey, aerial photography and general charter services. Head Office: Nueva York 53, Of. 102,Santiago, Chile. Executives: Carlos Griffin, president; MrsYolanda Ruiz de Bravo, commercial manager; German Acevedo, operationsmanager; Eduardo Martinez, sales manager. Employees: 32. Fleet: one C-82 Jet Packet, five Apache,one Travel Air, four Cessna 310, one 180, three Super Cub, one Pawnee, one Stinson. Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile (LAN-Chile) was founded by the Chilean Govern- ment on March 5, 1929. Originally knownas Linea Aero Postal Santiago-Arica, it took its present name in 1932 when itbecame an autonomous State entity. LAN has developed services throughout thelength of Chile, and now operates over international routes to Montevideo in Uru-gual, Mendoza and Buenos Aires in Argen- tina, Lima in Peru, Guayaquil in Ecuador,Panama and Miami. LAN has recenUy acquired from Lufthansa a Boeing 707-330Band this well enter service on April 15, inaugurating services to New York.Head Office: Los Cerrillos Airport, San- tiago, Chile.Executives: Eric Campana Barrios, vice- president. Managers: Pedro Gasc Opazo,operations; Hector Sauvegeot, finance; San- tiago Faz, traffic; Jorge Hofer, engineering.Employees: 2,615. „ Fleet: one Boeing 707-330, three Caravelle, ten DC-6A/B, 11 DC-3. On order: eignt HS.748. Linea Aerea Rio Platense SRL operates scheduled domestic cargo services wittun Uruguay. Head Office: Blandengues 1673, Montevideo, Uruguay. Fleet: C-46.Linea Aerea Sud Americana Ltda (LA£< is a Chilean freight carrier which operates domestic and international non-schefluit" services. „ -II-, Head Office: Aeropuerto Los Cerruu»- Casilla 14030, Santiago, Chile. . M. Executives: Renato Sepulveda, general m»" ager. Fleet: three C-46.
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