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1972
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260 -r THIRD-LEVEL AIRLINES tions in May 1967 and operates between Mexico City and Queretara with an ex tension to Irapuato and other industrial centres. Head Office: Avenida Hangares de Aviation 123, Mexico 9, D.F. Employees: 65. Fleet: Two Beech 9, one Beech E-18S. Aertirrena SpA operates from Florence. Head Office: Via le di Villa Grazioli 23, Rome 00198, Italy. Fleet: Two Yakovlev Yak-40, one Swearingen SA-26T, two Queen Air, one Baron, one Aztec, three BN-2 Islander. Air Alpes was formed in 1961 and operates an air link during winter be tween Geneva and Lyons and altiports in the French Alps. There are also scheduled flights from Chambery to Paris, Grenoble, Marseilles and Nice. Head Office: Chambery/Aix-les-Bains Airport, 73 le Viviers du Lac, France. Fleet: Two Twin Otter, five Beech 99, eight Turbo-Porter, one Rallye. Air Anglia was formed in August 1970 by the merger of three charter and air taxi operators, Norfolk Airways, Anglian Air Charter and Rig Air. The Norwich Union Insurance Group is a shareholder. Scheduled routes include Norwich- Amsterdam, Norwich - Rotterdam and domestic services. Head Office: Norwich Airport, Nor wich NOR 52A, England. Fleet: Four DC-3, one Islander, four Aztec, one Twin-Comanche, one Cessna 206, two Cessna 172, one Cessna 170. Air Antilles operates regular services in the French West Indies. The company was formed in 1954 and began scheduled services in 1957. There are regular flights from Pointe-a-Pitre to other islands. Head Office: Raizet Airport, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Employees: 15. Fleet: One DC-3, one Apache. Air British Virgin Islands was formed in 1971 to operate from Antigua to other parts of the Virgin Islands. Fleet: One Islander. Air Cambodia started operating regular flights in 1970 linking the country's only deep-water port at Kohmpong Song to points inland. Fleet: One BN-2A Islander. Air Cape (Pty) Ltd is owned jointly by the Clifford Harris group and the South African Marine Corp Ltd, and was formed in March 1963. There are regular flights in association with SAA, with DC-3s from Cape Town to Oudtshoorn, George, Plettenberg Bay and Port Eliza beth. Head Office: PO Box 3622, Wingfield House, Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town, South Africa. Employees: 110. Fleet: Three DC-3, one Twin Bonanza, one Baron, two Cessna 310, one Navajo, two Twin Comanche, one Apache, four Cherokee, three Cessna 172, two Cessna 150, one PA-18A Super Cub, one Chip munk. Air Best de Puerto Rico Inc was formed in November 1970 and started operating between San Juan and St. Thomas. Head Office: San Juan International Airport, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico 00913. Fleet: Four Islander. Air Cal, not to be confused with the Noumea-based Air Caledonie, operates in New Caledonia. Head Office: Magenta Airport, Nou mea, New Caledonia. Fleet: One Twin Otter 300, one Islander. Air Central operates frequently over the route Dallas-Wichita Falls-Lawton. Head Office: PO Box 809, Wichita Falls, Texas 76307. Fleet: Riley 400 Skyliner. Air Centre operated from Clermont-Ferrand but recently suspended ser vice. It is due to resume on May 1, Head Office: Aulnat Airport, Clermont- Ferrand, France. Air Champagne Ardenne operates a daily (except Sundays) service between Rheims and Lyons. Head Office: 22 Avenue Corneau, 08- Charleville-Mezieres 02, France. Fleet: Beech 99, one Cessna 402A, one Cessna 411. Air Charter Service is a division of the Riverside Flight Academy authorised to operate scheduled services in California. Head Office: Riverside Flight Academy, Riverside, California. Fleet: Three Model 35 Bonanza, one Model 36 Bonanza, one Cessna 150. Air Commuter Airlines was certificated on October 4, 1968, and flies services between Kearney, Grand Island and Omaha, Nebraska. Head Office: PO Box 1094, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801, USA. Fleet: One Piper PA-23. Air Continent was formed in 1963. In 1965 the company became the first air line to operate scheduled helicopter ser vices in France, in association with Heli- Union. Head Office: Aeroport Cannes-Mandelieu, Cannes, France. Fleet: One Beech Travel Air, two Cessna 180, two Cessna 185, one Sud Alouette III. Air Dieppe operates in northern France. Head Office: Dieppe, France. Fleet: One Aztec 250. Air East Inc operates between Johns town, Pittsburgh, Altoona and Harris- burg (Pennsylvania) as part of the Alle gheny Commuter Airlines consortium. Head Office: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA. Fleet: One Beech 99. Air Enterprises Inc is now Tri-State Flying Service Inc of Huntington, West Virginia, and scheduled services are no longer operated. Air Enterprise operates from le Bourget. Head Office: Aeroport du Bourget, Paris, France. Fleet: One Queen Air B80,two Navajo, one Aztec. Air Envoy, or Central Air Services (Air Envoy) Ltd, began charter operations in February 1968 and last year applied for a regular service between Birmingham and Newcastle. Head Office: Birmingham Airport, Elmdon, Birmingham 26. Fleet: One DC-3, one Aztec. Air Guadeloupe operates to other islands in the French West Indies. Head Office: Raizet Airport, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Fleet: Two Twin Otter 300. Air Hawaii Inc, formerly Hawaii Jet-Aire, ceased operations in January 1970. Air Illinois is the name under which Illinois Airways Inc operates third-level routes in southern Illinois. Head Office: Southern Illinois Air port, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. Fleet: One Twin Otter. Air Indies Corporation was formed in 1968. It is authorised to operate to points in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and offers frequent flights t>e- tween St Thomas, St Croix and San Juan, there is also a base at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Head Office: 1022 Ashford Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico. RIGHT International, 17 February 1972 Fleet: 10 Twin Otter, one Beech 99, one Aztec. Air Hainan is authorised to operate in Florida. Head Office: Jacksonville, Florida. Fleet: One Cessna 402A. Air Michigan Airlines began operating from Detroit to Kalamazoo (Michigan) and Chicago (Illinois) in 1969. Extra flights over this route were added with stops at Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Lansing (Michigan) and Milwaukee. Head Office: 5239 Portage Road, Kala mazoo, Michigan 49002, USA. Employees: 28. Fleet: Two Beech 99A. Air Industries Inc has authority to operate within Massachusetts. Head Office: Lexington, Massachusetts. Air Iowa Inc operates in Iowa. Head Office: PO Box 41, Muscatine, Iowa 52761. Air Limousin operates between Limoges and Lyon. Head Office: Annexe Chambre de Com merce, 7 bis, Rue du General Ceres, 87-Limoges, France. Fleet: One Queen Air 70, one Cessna 401, one 210, one 172. Air Lowveld operates between Johan nesburg and Nelspruit. Head Office: 401 Cavendish Chambers, Jeppe and Kruis Streets, PO Box 10965, Johannesburg, South Africa. Fleet: Cessna 402. Air Midwest Inc, previously Aviation Services Inc, began operating in 1965, and now serves points including Kansas, City, Wichita and Denver. Head Office: Hangar 17, Municipal Airport, Wichita, Kansas 67209, USA. Fleet: Two Beech 99A, two Cessna 402, one Cessna 206. Air New England Inc was formed by personnel of Executive Airlines and started scheduled services in the Boston and New York areas on April 9, 1971. Two more DC-3s are to be acquired. Head Office: Logan International Air port, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128. Fleet: Two DC-3, two Twin Otter 300, one Twin Otter 200, one Beech 99, two Beech C45H. Air Niagara is the name under which Port Colbourne Flying Services Ltd operates scheduled services over the for mer RoyalAir route from St Catherine's to Toronto, Ontario. Head Office: Port Colbourne, Ontario, Canada. Fleet: Beech 18. Air North Inc operates a network in Alaska from Fairbanks. Head Office: Fairbanks, Alaska. Fleet: Three Twin Otter 200, one Twin Otter 100. Air Pacific Inc began operating in 1970 from Guam to other points in the US Trust Territory. It is a subsidiary of Pacific Broadcasting Corporation. Head Office: PO Box 1689, Tamunmg, Guam 96910. Fleet: One Heron, one Navajo. Air Paris, formerly known as Air Orly, operates a service between Paris and Le Havre and between Gatwick and le Havre. Head Office: BP 208, Orly Airport, Paris. Fleet: One Twin Otter, one Heron, one Beech 99, one Pilatus Turbo-Porter. Air Perigord operates five times weekly between Bergerac and Paris. Head Office: BP No 6, 24-Trehssac, France. Fleet: One Queen Air 50, one Aztec, one Cessna 172.
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