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508-509 FLIGHT International, 26 March 1970 WORLD AIRLINES 1970 . A YS-IIA of the Brazilian carrier VASP (top) and Taiwan-registered Viscount 800 of Winner Maung Ohn; stores controller, U Maung Maung Lwin; superintendent engineer, U Saw Hla Pru: progress/planning engineer, A Aung Kyaw Zaw; deputy manager admini stration, U Soe Aung; deputy manager sales, U Khin Maung Aye. Employees: 1,160. Fleet: One Boeing 727-51, three Viscount 761D, five Fokker F.27, seven DC-3. United Air Lines (UAL) was organized July 1, 1931, as the management company for Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Trans port, National Air Transport and Varney Air Lines. Varney began operations April 6, 1926. United became a wholly-owned sub sidiary of UAL Inc, a holding company, on August 1, 1969. United introduced the twin- engined all-metal Boeing 247 in 1933, the DC-6 in 1947, the DC-8 in 1950. the Boeing 720 in 1960, the Caravelle in 1961, the Boeing 727 in 1962, and the Super DC-8 in 1967. It is the only US carrier operating Caravelles. In April 1965 it announced the largest aircraft order ever placed by an airline—a $750 million transaction involving 144 jets. United's coast-to-coast route was extended from San Francisco to Hawaii in 1947 and from Los Angeles to Hawaii in 1960. The company's present 18,000-mile system serves 116 cities. Head Office: PO Box 66100, O'Hare International Airport. Chicago. Illinois 60666, USA. Executives: President. G. E. Keck: executive vice-presidents: general manager, C. F. McErlean; finance/property, Curtes Barkes; senior vice-presidents: marketing/ services, R. E. Johnson: personnel, P. A. Wood; legal/public affairs, E. O. Fennell: operations, Marvin Whitlock; economic planning, A. M. de Voursney: engineering/ maintenance, W. E. Mentzer: flight opera tions, W. E. Dunkle; secretary, R. A. Dimpfl. Employees: 52,000. Fleet: 59 DC-8, 30 DC-8-61. 10 DC-8-62, 15 DC-8F. 29 Boeing 720-22, 86 Boeing 727-22. 36 727-22QC, 28 727-222. 75 737- 222, 20 Caravelle, one Lear jet. On order : 30 DC-10. 18 747-122. On option: Six Concorde, six Boeing SST. United Arab Airlines (UAA) was founded in May 1932 as Misr Airwork and began scheduled services in 1933. In 1949 the company became completely Egyptian- owned and the name was changed to Mis- rair SAE. In 1960 the company was re named United Arab Airlines. UAA operates both domestic and international services between Europe, Africa and Asia. Present international route network includes points in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern and Western Europe and as far East as Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. A net work of domestic services is also operated. Head Office: Cairo International Airport, United Arab Republic. Executives: Chairman/managing director, A. T. El Bakry; director general, Mostafa Afifi; commercial manager, S. Selim: operations manager, Capt Gamal Lotfi: administrative manager,' A. S. El Tarry. Employees: 7.810. Fleet: Three Boeing 707-366C, six Comet 4C, three 11-18, seven An-24B. Universal Airlines lnc, known until 1966 as Zantop Air Transport, is a supplemental US carrier operating passenger and freight charters and contract work. Logair services are also operated for the USAF. Universal was acquired by Universal Consolidated Industries in September 1966. Head Office : Willow Run Airport. Ypsi- lanti. Michigan 48197, USA. Executives: President, G. L. Hickerson: senior vice-president marketing, D. A. Highman: senior vice-president operations. K. G. Zerkel. Employees: 1.000. Fleet: Two DC-8-61 CF, two DC-8-55F. 13 Electra freighter. On order: Two Boe ing 747-200CF. Vance International Airways lnc began operations in 1949 and was granted interim operating authority in 1962 by the CAB as an air taxi operator and supplemental carrier. Permanent authority was granted in 1966, together with approval to operate inclusive-tours. Head Office: 8085 Perimeter Road South. Boeing Field, Seattle. Washington 98108. USA. Executives: President/general manager. Vance Roberts: executive vice-president/ treasurer, Margaretta Roberts; vice-presi dent finance. Stanley Silver: corporate sec retary, Carol Johnson; chief inspector, Richard Heaton: director of maintenance. Nick Pallas; chief pilot. Capt James P. Dillon. Employees: 25. Fleet: Two DC-7, one DC-3. Varig (Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense) was founded in 1927, with the technical assistance of the German Condor Syndicate, for the operation of local ser vices. Varig has since absorbed several other airlines including the domestic operator ASrea Geral (1951). the REAL consortium (1961) and Panair do Brasil's equipment and international routes in 1965. Capital majority is held by the Foundation of Employees (51%) and executives (35%). An extensive network of routes are operated throughout South and Central America, and to the USA. Europe, Africa and Asia: plans for a round-the-world service are in hand. Head Office: Edificio Varig, Aeroporto Santos Dumont, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Executives: President. Erik de Carvalho: vice-presidents: Harry Schuetz, Oscar Siebel: traffic and sales director, Alexander Gate. Fleet: Six Boeing 707-341C, one 707-441, one DC-8, two CV-990A. eight E-188 Electra, 10 HS.748. 29 DC-3/C-47, 11 CV- 240. 20 C-46. VASP (Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo SA) was founded in 1934 and began scheduled opera tions in 1935. Most of the company's stock is held by Sao Paulo State Government, the State Bank and the city municipality. The airline operates over more than 18.000 miles of domestic routes from Belem in the north to Porto Alegre in the south and connects several state capitals to Brasilia. High-frequency services are operated in pool with Cruzerio and Varig over the Rio-Sao Paulo and Rio-Bela Horizonte-Brasilia routes—the Ponte Aerea (Air Bridge). Head Office: VASP Building, Aeroporto de Congonhas. Sao Paulo. Brazil. Executives: President, Brig Oswaldo Pamlona Pinto: executive directors: Eng Geraldo Prim Ferreira. Onofre Salatini: vice-president. Cel Jose Gomes de Araujo. Employees: 4.000. Fleet: Five Boeing 737-200, two One- Eleven 400, four Viscount 827, two Vis count 702. seven YS-11A. four DC-6C, 10 DC-3. VIASA (Venezolana International de Aviacion SA) was formed in 1961 at the instigation of the Venezuelan Government to take over the international routes of Avensa and LAV, who now concentrate on domestic operations. VIASA is owned 55% by the Government and 45% by Venezuelan private interests, including LAV and Avensa.
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