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1968
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542a WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY . . . merits of the Federation of Malaysia andthe Republic of Singapore. Cornets link Singapore and Kuala Lumpur with HongKong, Manila, Taipei, Bangkok, Djakarta and Perth, while a 707 leased from Qantasoperates a Singapore-Djakarta-Perth-Sydney service. Domestic Comet flights operate be-tween Singapore and Kuala Lumpur; also from Singapore to Kuching and Jesseltonin East Malaysia. F.27s operate between Singapore and the major points in WestMalaysia, within East Malaysia and Brunei. These services are supported by DC-3s.MSA took over Borneo Airways on April 1, 1965. From August 1968 MSA willextend its international services to Tokyo with its new Boeing 707-320B fleet. Head Office: PO Box 397, AirwaysHouse, Raffles Place, Singapore 1. Executives: Chairman, Yong Pung How;general manager, K. R. Hamilton; secre- tary, G. Fernandez; director of administra-tive and customer services, Lim Chin Beng; director technical services, W. L. Bennett;director sales/marketing, G. Howling; director finance. Yap Pow Kong. Employees: 3,350.Fleet: Five Comet 4, six Fokker F.27, six DC-3. one Twin Pioneer. On order:Three Boeing 7O7-32OB, five Boeing 737-100. Malta Airways Co Ltd, together with AirMalta Ltd, form The Malta Airlines, which operates services between Malta and Rome,Catania (Sicily) Tripoli and London, with aircraft chartered from their associates,BEA, which has a 34% interest in Malta Airlines. Head Office: Airways House, High Street,Sliema, Malta. Executives: Chairman, Lt-Col R. Strick-land: managing director, administration, A. Grima; managing director, commercial,J. T. Crossey. Manila Amphibian Airlines operates domes-tic charters in the Philippines. Head Office: 2655 Saigon, Pasay City,Philippines. Fleet: One PBY-6A Catalina. Marshall Airways operates charter andaerial work services from Sydney's Banks- town aerodrome, and also various charterand local sightseeing flights with one of (he last DC-2s. Head Office: Bankstown Aerodrome,Sydney, Australia. Executive: Managing director, S. D.Marshall. Fleet: One DC-2, one Lockheed 10BElectra, one Dragon, one Puss Moth. Martin's Luchtvervocr Maatschappij NV(Martinair Holland), and known until recently as Martin's Air Charter, wasfounded in May 1958 and operates non- scheduled flights on a world-wide basis,especially inclusive tours. Other activities include sightseeing flights over Amsterdam :aerial photography and executive transport. During 1964 KLM took a financial interestin the company and now holds 25% of the shares. In January 1964 Martin's took overFairways Rotterdam. Head Office: Schiphol Airport, Amster-dam, The Netherlands. Executives: Presidents, J. M. Schroder,J. L. Flinterman; vice-presidents: financial vice-president, F. C. Pedersen; operations,H. Fransen. Employees: 400. Fleet: One DC-8, one Electra, threeDC-7C, one DC-6A, two Convair 640, three DC-3. On order: Two DC-9-30. Masting Aviation and Engineering Ltd operates taxi and charter services fromCootamundra in New South Wales, as well as acting as Cessna dealers and doingmaintenance and overhauls. Masling has now been awarded third-level routes fromSydney to Goulburn. Williamtown and Cootamundra, from Williamtown to Wol-longong and Canberra, from Wagga to Canberra and from Cootamundra toTemora. A Cessna 402 operates these ser- vices.Head Office: PO Box 220, Cootamundra, New South Wales.Executive: Managing director, J. A. Masling.Fleet: One Cessna 402, also Cessna 310, Cessna 182, 180, 172 and 150. Massachusetts Air Industries operatescheduled commuter air services between Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and NewBedford. Head Office: New Bedford MunicipalAirport, Massachusetts, USA. Matane Air Services Ltd was formed inDecember 1947. The company is a sub- sidiary of Quebecair and is licensed tooperate scheduled services between God- bout, Manicouagan, Matane, Port Cartierand Trinity Bay. Also undertakes charter operations. Head Office: PO Box 1900, Matane,Quebec, Canada. Executives: President, Leonard Fournier;vice-president, Aubert Brillant; general manager, Georges Guimond.Fleet: Two DC-3, two Lockheed 10. Maya Airways Corporation was formed in1962 to replace British Honduras Airways, which had ceased operations in 1961. UnlikeBHA, which was a BWIA subsidiary, Maya is backed by local businessmen. Domesticservices are operated from Belize City to points within British Honduras. Head Office: Fort George Hotel, PO Box482, Belize City, British Honduras. Executives: Chairman, W. HarrisonCourtenay; director, Guy N. F. Nord ; director operations /maintenance, K. J.Binder. Employees : 5.Fleet: One Cessna 206, one 180. Mediterranean Airlines (Malta) Ltd was formed in 1967 as an associate of ChannelAirways and plans to begin operations this year using Trident IE-140s and One-Elevens leased from Channel, which has a 49% holding, the three chief executivesholding the remaining 51%. Routes are planned from Malta to Paris and London,to Dusseldorf and London, to Tunis and to Munich and Copenhagen.Head Office: Valetta, Malta. Executives: Managing director, NevilleMifsud; director and secretary, Dr J. Cassar; director, Joseph Xuereb.Fleet: Trident 1E-140 and One-Elevens leased from Channel Airways. Megapode Airways started scheduled andcharter opsrations during December 1963. In 1966 Megap3de carried 4,798 passengersover the network linking the Solomon Islands, which links Honiara to five otherpoints. Head Office: PO Box A103, Honiara,British Solomon Islands. Executives: Chief pilot, Capt H. Hall;chief engineer, W. Mitchell. Fleet: One Dove, one Apache. Mel Air Ltd (Prairie Twilight Service) wasformed during 1963 as a fixed-base operator also providing flying training, crop sprayingand general charter services. Mel Air now operate daily scheduled commuter servicesover the Southern Prairie Route. Head Office: Hangar 2, Swift CurrentAirport, Saskatchewan, Canada. Executives: President, Robert Jensen;secretary/treasurer, Mrs Y. Quick. Fleet: Two Cessna 402, two Aztec, oneApache, one Cessna 175. PN Merpati-Nusantari is the government-owned associate of Garuda Indonesian Air- ways formed in 1964 to operate domesticroutes taken over by Garuda after the Dutch feeder operator, de Kroonduif, wasnationalised in 1963. Merpati operates mainly in West Irian (formerly Dutch NewGuinea). Three Twin Otters, bought for the United Nations by ICAO, are being oper-ated by Merpati-Nusantara on behalf of the FLIGHT International, II April t96e Indonesian Government. Fleet: Three DC-3, three Porter, threeDormer Do28, two Beaver, two Twin Pioneer. lwm Metro Air Service is the name under whichAir Taxi Co. Chatham Aviation, Command Airways and Princeton Aviation form aconsortium to operate scheduled commuter air services for American Airlines pas-sengers arriving at Port of New York Authority airports. Metropolitan Air Movements Ltd wasformed in June 1960 and is the holding company for a number of subsidiariesincluding British Westpoint Airlines, May- flower Air Services, and Aero ExplorationLtd. The company specialises in the pro- vision of aircraft on charter and contract,particularly to overseas areas, and offers operational and management consultancyfor aviation and airline operators. MAM concluded an agreement with Libyan Avia-tion for the complete operational manage- ment of that company. Operations are basedat Exeter and Gatwick Airports. Head Office: 16 Berkeley Street, LondonWl. Executives: Chairman, G. Try; managingdirector, Capt B. L. R. Pocock; directors. Lt-Col C. L. Melville, J. S. Colchester:director, G/Capt E. L. Mole (Aero Explora- tion Ltd). Fleet: Two Dove. Mexicana (Compania Mexicana de AviationSA) was founded in August 1924. Pan American originally held a 100% interestbut this has since been reduced to 34%. The Mexican Government hold approxi-mately 10%. Mexicana operate scheduled passenger and cargo services within Mexicoas well as to points in the USA and Jamaica. Head Office: Box 901, Balderas 36.Mexico, DF, Mexico. Executives: President, P. A. Chapa: firstvice-president. C. Ballesteros: second vice- president/treasurer. C. F. Osuna; secretary.L. Latapi; director general, Manuel Sosa de la Vega. Employees: 3,140. Fleet: Three Boeing 727-64, five Comet 4/4C, eight DC-6, two DC-3. Mid Continent Airlines Inc operatescheduled commuter air services between Chicago and Winnipeg, Canada, and fromChicago to International Falls. Kenora and Red Lake in Canada. Charters are alsooperated. • , .. , Head Office: Morris Municipal Airport. Morris, Illinois. USA. Executive: President. Frank D. Hansen. Fleet: Six DH Dove, seven twin Beecti- craft. Middle East Airlines Airliban was foundedas a private concern in 1945. In 1949- Pan American Airways acquired 35% of Mt^stock, but withdrew from the company in 1955. when BOAC took at 48.5% share-holding. In August 1961, MEA bought BOAC's shares in the company and meairline was then a completely independent Lebanese organisation. Since the agreement for joint exploitation with Air ueaj in 1963 Air France has had a 30% holding. In November 1965 Air Liban mergea into Middle East Airlines, and the com-pany became known as Middle fastA" lines Airliban. An extensive networK mservices connects points throughout iu Middle East. Africa, Asia .and b TMEA is now operating joint timfa°' dwith Lebanese International Airways, anu the two carriers are expected to me-geventually. . , A;rnArt Head Office : Beirut International Airpor,Beirut, Lebanon. Executives: Chairman andSheikh Najib Alamuddin: general f Asad Y. Nasr: senior vice-president,mercial, Col Cyril Essely: senior vice dent, engineering, William Forsy h,vice-president, international aflairs.\Jl; no.Bey Salaam; vice-president, engineering
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