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ft/CHT Mil national, II April 1968 \twfotindland Air Transport Ltd is an iterator of passenger and cargo charters,nd was formed in 1961. Aerial advertising, aerial survey and timber patrol work are alHead Office1;' PO Box 3, Corner Brook, Newfoundland. .Executives: Managing director, J. A. Richard: secretary /treasurer, Gene Manion.Fleet' One Heron, three Beech D-18S, on Super Widgeon, three Cessna 180. New Hebrides Airways Ltd is a privatelyowned British carrier formed in 1962 to operate scheduled and charter services inthe New Hebrides island group. Operations bgean with a Drover 2 leased from, andlater bought from Fiji Airways, and traffic growth enabled a second Drover to beacquired in 1965. In the summer of 1966 the airline entered into a joint operatingagreement with Hebridair under the name of Air Melanesia, or Air Melanesie inFrench. A domestic network links Port Vila and Espiritu Santo to nine other points. Head Office: PO Box 72, Port Vila, NewHebrides. Executive: Manager, J. Mulders. Fleet: Two Drover 2, one Aztec. Newport Air Park Inc started air taxi andfixed base operations in 1955 and operates a daily scheduled commuter air servicebetween Newport Air Park and Providence. Operations began in December 1964. Head Office: T. F. Green Airport, Provi-dence. Rhode Island, USA. Executive : Owner, Robert F. Wood. Fleet: One Turbo Commander, four AeroCommander 500B, one Cessna 310, one Aztec, one Tri-Pacer, two Commanche, oneCherokee Six. New York Airways was formed in 1949»ith the object of operating scheduled heli- copter services in the New York area. Mailoperations between the New York airports were inaugurated in October 15, 1952. Mailservices were subsequently opened to sub- urban areas, and passenger services linkingNew York International, La Guardia and Newark airports began on July 8, 1953Regular services to and from Manhattan began on December 5, 1956. Operates ser-vices to rooftop heliport in New York City on Panam Building. Receives financial aidfrom TWA and PAA to offset loss of federal subsidy. Head Office: La Guardia Airport. NewYork, USA. ' Executives: President. R.L. Cummings. Jr.vice-presidents: Executive. J. E. Callagher. treasurer. W. W. Hogan: sales/services,u.rred Pelham ; flight operations. Edwin N. °aw; supervisor technical services, Edward^ Propper. Employees: 273. neet: Seven Vertol 107-11. ' - National Airways Corporation--. was created by an Act of the Zealand Parliament in December 1945|L Pver and expand the operations of M eTPnvate airlines, Cook Strait AirwaysId fe Airways and Air Travel (NZ) ,u"; J^NAC purchased the stock and^areholding. of these airlines but did not •wrt operations under its own name untilRani) T and flvin8 boats. Fox Moths, star, « Lockhe.ed 10s, Rapides and Lode-was rSre Used in tne ear'y vears- The fleet RN7AcCqUlpPed witn DC-3s surplus to,J«\h requirements and the DH Rapides retained until 1963. Four Viscountsbetween 1958 and 1961 and F.27 used to ga? ln 196°- The DC-3s are nowNZNAT UPP ement the turbo-prop services. 4 000 miserves 25 destinations operating North n 5s n routes in and between theSAFF A- South Elands of New Zealand. serviceAlr n°w operates NZNAC's freight Head nnffier contract. NeiZealand^ P° B°X %> Wellington- C1" •s: Chairman, A. F. Gilkison: Kenning; chief engineer, C. W. Labette. Employees: 2,640. Fleet: Five Viscount 800. 13 F.27, tenDC-3. On order: Three Boeing 737-200. Nicholson Air Service Inc was certificatedin March 1966 to operate third-level services between Cumberland (Maryland) and Wash-ington DC. Head Office: Municipal Airport, Cumber-land, Maryland, USA. Fleet: One Aztec, one Comanche. Nigeria Airways, or WAAC (Nigeria) Ltd,was an associate of BOAC and started operations on October 1, 1958, taking overthe Nigerian services formerly operated by West African Airways Corporation, which itsucceeded. WAAC had been founded in 1946 by the West African territories ofNigeria, the Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone and Gambia. Most of NigeriaAirways' network is in Nigeria, but regional services extend as far as Dakar (this routenow being operated in pool with Ghana Airways) and as far south as Leopoldville,and services from Lagos and Kano to Lon- don via Madrid, Rome and Frankfurt areoperated with VClOs chartered from BOAC. In March 1961 the Nigerian Government,which held 51%, bought the shares of BOAC (16|%) and Elder Dempster (361%).During October 1964 Nigeria Airways opened a direct Lagos-New York service inassociation with PAA, whose DC-8s and 707s are used under a blocked space agree-ment. Head Office: Airways House, Lagos Air-port, Nigeria. Executives: General manager, BirgerGroenlund : acting secretary, S. B. Dalumq; acting chief accountant, F. A. Adewunmi;acting personnel manager, O. Aromire. Employees: 2,191.Fleet: Five F.27, six DC-3, two Aztec. Nordair Ltd was established in 1957 by themerger of Mont Laurier Aviation and Boreal Airways. Since its formation Nordair hasenjoyed a steady expansion and operates scheduled services from Montreal toRoberval, Great Whale and Fort Chimo in Quebec, and to Frobisher, Hall Beach andResolute Bay in the North West Territories. Charter flights are also operated, if neces-sary with ski-equipped DC-3s. and also across the Atlantic with L-1049s, and icereconnaissance and geodetic survey work is also undertaken. In April I960 Nordairbought the heavy transport division of Wheeler Airlines. Head Office: Montreal International Air-port, Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Executives: President, R. G. Lef rancois:vice-president, C. G. Pare: vice-president administration, C. F. Burke; secretary-treasurer, Mary E. MacKenzie: operations manager, J. F. Henley: vice-presidentmarketing/sales/purchasing, H. C. Cotterell. Employees: 350.Fleet: Four L-1049H, four DC-4. eight DC-3, four C-46. On order: Two Boeing737-200, one 737-2OOC. Nordseeflug Lufttransport GmbH is aGerman charter operator that began opera- tions with a DC-3 from Hamburg in thesummer of 1.966. A seasonal service from Hamburg to Westerland on the island ofSylt was later started. A DC-7C has now been acquired for IT flights and ad hoccharters, and the company's main base is at Dusseldorf airport.Head Office: Stuttgart - Echterdingen, 545 Christofstrasse 56, Germany.Executives: General manager, commercial division, Tilman Uhlig; general manager,flight division, Capt Werner Will; technical manager, J. Pypers. Fleet: One DC-7C, one DC-3. Nordurflug, also known as North-Air, wasformed on November 1, 1959, by Tryggvi Helgason to provide air ambulance andcharter flights to remote areas of Iceland. Scheduled services are now operated fromAkureyri to three other points, and fish spotting and freight charters are also under-taken. Nordurflug became a public company on February 24, 1967.Head Office : Akureyri Airport, Akureyri, Iceland.Executive: General manager, Tryggvi Helgason.Employees: 13. Fleet: Two Beech C-45H, one Apache, one Piper Colt, one Cub. Norsur (Compania Argentina de Aeronave-gacion Norsur SA) was formed in February 1958 and operates a network of scheduleddomestic passenger and freight services to northern Argentina from Buenos Aires.Operations started in March 1959. Head Office: Avenida Leandro N. Alem675, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executive: President, Juan EduardoBuschiazzo. Fleet: Three Lockheed Lodestar . North Canada Air Ltd, operating under thename of Norcan Air, bought Saskair (pre- viously Saskatchewan Government Airways)on March 1, 1965. The new company has continued to operate scheduled servicesthrough northern Saskatchewan and non- scheduled services to all major settlements. Head Office: Prince Albert Airport,Saskatchewan, Canada. Executives: President/general manager,J. B. Lloyd: traffic/sales manager, I. Macleod: maintenance/engineering manager,J. Pool: superintendent, northern operations, S. McKnight; office manager, L. Aquilon. Fleet: One DC-3, one Norseman, twoBeechcraft D18S, three Otter, five Beaver, three Cessna 180, one Piper Super Cub, twoCanso "water bomber." North Central Airlines Inc was establishedin 1944 as Wisconsin Central Airlines. Approval for the operation of routes fromChicago to cities in Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota and upper Michigan was givenin 1946 and operations were begun with three Lockheed 10A Electras in February1948. The company adopted its present name at the end of 1952, now operates 7.100miles of routes in 11 upper rnidwestern states and the province of Ontario, Canada.In 1963 North Central was awarded a con- tract to provide operational assistance toLloyd Aero Boliviano. During 1964 North Central became the first local-service airlineto carry 10 m.illion passengers (since 1948). Head Office: 6201 34th Avenue South,Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423, USA. Executives: President and chairman,H. N. Carr. Vice-presidents: Executive, B. Sweet: traffic/sales, D. E. Moran: flightoperations, G. F. Wallis; ground operations. T. M. Needham: maintenance/engineering,L. J. Keely; secretary, John P. Dow; treasurer, D. F. May; industrial relations,Arthur E. Schwandt. Employees 2,600.Fleet: Five DC-9-30, ten Convair 580, 22 CV440, 12 DC-3. On order : Five DC-9-30. The Dutch domestic operator, NLM, a subsidiary of KLM, operates two leased F.27s. This one, named "Willem Versteegh", is seen at Schiphol Airport <kputvu?:manage, nlrman' E- T- Beaven ; general mana /<=' A- Patterson: deputy general(hnance). L. L. Ford: assistant elopmpma8er' G- K- Grocotf. projectflight rm l fnanager. Capt H. C. Walker: operahons manager, Capt A. C.
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