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1971
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FLIGHT International, 6 May 1971 The 1971 "Flight" World Airline Survey lists, in alphabetical order, scheduled airline operators and charter companies throughout the world. A section giving a country-by-country cross-reference appears overleaf. Companies operating third-level services were listed in "Flight" for February 18, and are in general not included here. Airlines listed in this survey are those which operate at least one aircraft of more than 12,5001b gross weight. As widely predicted, economic conditions in the industry have brought about a number of mergers and closures during the past year. Trans Caribbean Airways and British United Airways are among carriers which have been taken over, and Western Airlines, Mohawk and Japan Domestic may follow suit during the coming months. Among companies which have closed down altogether one finds the well known name of Bahamas Airways. In the USA most carriers are leaner following cutbacks in routes, equipment and personnel. Moreover, two of the large international consortia—Air Afrique and Malaysia-Singapore Airlines— are under strain and are expected to split into their national components in the foreseeable future. 607 ALPHABETICAL GUIDE TO OPERATORS Aer Lingus Teoranta—Irish Inter national Airlines—began operations in May 1936 with a DH Dragon on the Bristol-Dublin route. An extensive net work of routes link Dublin, Cork and Shannon with numerous points in the UK and Europe. All shares are held by the Irish Minister of Finance with the exception of a small number of quali fying shares. (See also Aerlinte Eireann.) Head Office: Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland. Executives: General manager, M. J. Dargan; deputy general manager, A. J. Walls; assistant general managers: com mercial, Neil Gleeson; financial, G. P. Dempsey; technical, Capt R. N. White; secretary, P. J. Brennan. Employees: 5,592. Fleet: Six Boeing 737-248, two 737- 248QC, four One-Eleven 200. Aerlinte Eireann—Irish International Airlines—was incorporated in 1947 to operate a transatlantic service between Ireland and the USA. The original plans were shelved but the project was re activated in April 1958 when the com pany opened a service from Ireland to New York. This was later extended to Boston, Montreal and Chicago. All Aerlinte shares are held by the Irish Minister for Finance with the exception of a small number of qualifying shares. Head Office: Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland. Executives: See Aer Lingus. Employees: See Aer Lingus. Fleet: Two Boeing 747-148, six 707-320C. Aerocarga SA (Acsa) commenced opera tions in 1950, and opened the longest Mexican domestic route, Tijuana-Merida, in 1967. Currently operates scheduled domestic passenger and freight services. Head Office: Calle 8A, No 1967, PO Box 1691, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Executives: President, Capt Carlos Cervantes Perez; assistant manager, Roberto Cervantes; traffic and sales manager, Enrique Sanchez Mayans. Fleet: Three DC-6, three C-46. Aerocondor — see Aerovias Condor de Colombia Ltda. Aerocosta operates scheduled cargo ser vices from Miami to Panama City, Barranquilla, Bogota, San Andres and Cartagena in Colombia. Head Office; PO Box 504, Miami Inter national Airport, Miami 33148, Florida, USA. Fleet: Three C-46. Aero-Flete SA was formed in 1968 by ex-Spantax personnel to operate pas senger and cargo charters. Head Office: Conde Mon Tornes 2, Valencia, Spain. Fleet: One DC-4, two DC-3. Aero Fletes Internationales SA (AFISA) operates cargo charters throughout South America. Head Office: Apartado 513, Colon, Panama City, Panama. Fleet: Three C-46, one DC-6. Aeroflot, the Soviet international and domestic airline, was originally formed in 1923 as Dobrolet; after a merger of all civil aviation activities (except the aviation of the Northern Sea Route, which, as Polar Aviation, came into Aeroflot in 1960) it received the name of Aeroflot in 1932. Among its many other activities are agricultural, survey and aeromedical services. Aeroflot runs the airfields, navigation aids, mainten ance and training establishments and institutes. It also takes an active part in the preparation of civil aircraft specifications. The Ministry of Civil Aviation provides a Research Institute with test flying facilities and there are
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