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Aviation History
1970
1970 - 0547.PDF
FLIGHT International. 26 March 1970 director of operations, Bjorn Bostad : person nel manager. Einar Feiring: sales manager. Kaare Haugen. Fleet: One DC-3. two Convair 240. Polynesian Airlines Ltd operate scheduled services between Apia (Western Samoa) and Pago Pago (American Samoa), from Apia to Nandi (Fiji) and from Apia to Tonga. Operations were started in 1959 and charter work is also undertaken. Air New Zealand has a 20% interest in the company. Head Office: PO Box 473, Air Centre. Beach Road, Apia. Western Samoa. Executives: Chairman. Eugene F. Paul: acting general manager, Capt R. D. Steel: traffic/sales manager. W. J. McKean: chief engineer. J. R. Best: chief pilot. Capt R. A. Innes. Employees: 50. Fleet: One DC-4. Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea (PLUNA) began operations as a pri vate company on November 20, 1936. Inter national services to Porto Alegre, Brazil, started in May 1948 and services to Sao Paulo in January 1954. In 1958 PLUNA bought three Viscount 769Ds. which are still in service. At present PLUNA operates a network of domestic services with DC-3s and operates Viscounts on international routes into Brazil. Paraguay and Argentina. PLUNA has been completely state-controlled since November 12, 1951. The routes of the now-defunct CAUSA were re-allotted to PLUNA at the end of 1967. and two Vis counts were acquired from Alitalia. Head Office: Casa Central. Colonia 1021. Montevideo. Uruguay., Executives: Director - general. Colonel Alberto L. Garcia: deputy director-general. Ing R. Langon: operations manager. Raul Adami. Employees: 980. Fleet: Three Viscount 769. eight DC-3. Protea Airways Pty Ltd was formed in 1958 as an associate of Trek Airways to operate charter flights in Africa, the Middle and Near East. Head Office: Bosman Building. 99 Eloff Street. Johannesburg. South Africa. Executives: General manager/director of operations, Capt Louis Malan: directors. P. H. Wilhelmi, W. G. Jordaan. Employees: 19. Fleet: One DC-4. one DC-3. two Aztec. one Cessna 411. one Navajo, one Cessna SkyKnight, one Aero Commander 500. one Cessna 210. Purdue Airlines Inc. known until 1967 as Purdue Aeronautics Corp, was incorporated in 1942 as an affiliate of the Aviation Tech nology Department of Purdue University, lo operate the professional pilot training programme. Purdue has supplemental air carrier authority and operates charter flights domestically and to Canada. Head Office: PO Box 2379. Purdue University Airport, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. USA. Executives: Chairman. Grove Webster: president/chief executive, Joseph P. Minton : vice-president marketing. Dom P. Coppo- lillo: v-p finance. Roy E. Sizmur; v-p operations/maintenance, P. E. Ellsworth. Employees: 144. Fleets- Three DC-9-30. two DC-3. Qantas Airways Ltd can trace its history back to 1920 when Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services was founded on November 16. On November 2, 1922, Qantas ODened its first regular service between Charleville and Cloncurry. Qantas Empire Airways was founded in January 1934 by Q.A.N.T.A.S. and Imperial Airways to operate the Brisbane-Singapore section of the England-Australia route. The airline now operates across the Pacific from Sydney to San Francisco, to Vancouver. New York and London. Qantas started trans-Pacific services in 1954 when it took over the Sydney-Fiji-Honolulu-San Francisco and Vancouver route of BCPA. In 1964 Qantas opened a route from Sydney to London via Tahiti, Acapulco, Mexico City, Nassau and Bermuda. The airline also operates from Sydney to New Guinea. Manila, Hong Kong and Tokyo: across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand: and from Sydney through Perth to Johannesburg via Mauritius. Qantas serves Noumea and Norfolk Island from Svdney. The name Qantas Empire Airways Limited was changed to Qantas Airways Limited in August 1967. Head Office: 70 Hunter Street. Sydney. NSW 2000, Australia. Executives: Chairman. Sir Roland Wil son: general manager. Capt R. J. Ritchie: deputy eeneral manager (technical), Capt P. W. Howsori: deputy general manager (commercial). C. W. Neilson; assistant sec retary, N. T. Quayle: finance manager. W. L. Harding. Employees: 11.011. Fleet: 21 Boeine 707-338C. one Electra. two DC-4. two DC-3. two HS.125. On order: Four Boeing 747. On option: Four Concorde, six Boeing SST. Ouebecair was incorporated in 1947 as Rimouski Airline Ltd and took its present name in 1953. Services are operated between Montreal. Quebec City and more than 40 points, includine Matane. Rimouski, Sept- Iles and Val D'Or. Northern Wings Ltd. Northern Wings Helicopters Ltd. Matane Air Services Ltd and A. Fecteau Transport Aerien are all Quebeeair subsidiaries. Head Office: Hangar 2. Montreal Inter national Airport. Dorval. PQ. Canada. Executives: President, Neil Gough: treasurer. Herve de Jordy : secretary, Arthur Senecal: operations / maintenance. Arnold ^SfflWMflNHSHBMHBi 3§ m 497 Slangen; personnel. J. Jacques Bourgeault: traffic, Marcel Parent: sales. F. W. Duquet. Employees: 500. Fleet: Two One-Eleven, three Fairchild F-27, five DC-3. Red Dodge Aviation Inc is a subsidiary of Flying W Airways of Medford, New Jersey. Red Dodge operate Hercules freighters on North Slope oil exploration support flights in Alaska. Heavy machinery and pipeline equipment is transported to and from the area. Head Office: Anchorage International Airport, Alaska, USA. Fleet: Five L-100-20 Hercules. Reeve Aleutian Airways Inc was founded in 1932 but operated mainly charter services until 1948 when CAB granted the com pany a certificate. Services are operated from Anchorage through the Aleutians to Attu and the Pribilof Islands. Reeve also conducts extensive charter operations throughout Alaska. Head Office: PO Box 559. Anchorage. Alaska, USA. Executives: President/general manager. R. C. Reeve: vice-president, maintenance. Robert L. Hanson; treasurer. Janice M. Reeve: secretary/comptroller. Arnold S. Bjerken. Employees: 155. Fleet: One Electra. three DC-6A/B. two DC-3. four C-46. two Grumman Goose. Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire changed its name on January 1 to Air Polynesie-RAI. It began in 1953 as Regie Aerien Interinsulaire. linking points in the Society Islands, some of which were previously served by Air Tahiti and TRAPAS. The French airline TAI (now UTA) acquired a controlling share in RAI in 1958, and in 1965 Air Polynesie"s Papeete- Moorca route was taken over. Head Office : PO Box 314. Papeete, Tahiti. French Polynesia. Executive: General Manager. Michel Vernier. Employees: 155. Fleet: One Short Sandringham. two DC-4. one Twin Otter. Rousseau-Aviation began general passenger and freight charter services in July 1963 and now operate a network of scheduled services between Brest-Ushant. Quiberon- Belle Isle, Dinard-Jersey. St Brieuc-Jersey. Quimper-Jersey. Caen-Jersey. Brest-Jersey. Lorient-Jersey, Le Havre-Jersey. Deauville- Jersey. Dinard-Guernsey (in association with BUIA). St Brieuc-Rennes-Paris. Quimper- Paris. Lorient-Paris. Brest-Nantes-Bordeaux- Toulouse. Paris-Nancy (in association with Air Inter). Head Office: BP124. Aerodrome de Dinard-Pleurtuit 35. Dinard. France. Executives: General manager, C. Rous seau: operations manager. J. C. Denoual: sales manager. R. Barrjin: accounts mana ger, J. Jorand. Fleet: Six Nord 262, two DC-3. one Queen Air B80. one Aero Commander, one Cessna 206. Royal Air Cambodge, the national airline of Cambodia, started operations on Octo ber 20. 1956. Shareholding is divided be tween the Cambodian Government (39%). Air France and UTA together (45%) and private interests the remaining 16%. RAC operates scheduled passenger and freight services from Phnom-Penh to Siemreap- Angkor Wath using the DC-6B and DC-4: to Canton and Hanoi using the DC-6B and to Hong Kong, Singapore and Denpasar (Bali) using the Caravelle leased from Air Head Office : PO Box 539, RAC Building. Vithei Chan Nak, Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. Executives: President, Prince Sisoweth Methavi: general manager, Kien Ruong. Employees: 341. Fleet: One Caravelle. one DC-6B. one DC-4. Caravelle of Royal Air Maroc
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