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Supplement 16 RIGHT International, 18 May 1972 WORLD AIRLINES Bakhtar Afghan Airways was formed in 1967 by the Afghan Government to operate scheduled domestic passenger services previously operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines. The route network has since been expanded and now covers services from Kabul to Bamiyan, Chakh-charan, Faizabad, Herat, Kandahar, Khost, Kunduz, Maimana and Mazar-i-Shari. Domestic charters are also operated. Head Office: Afghan Air Authority Building, PO Box 165, Kabul, Afghanis tan. Executive: Director of operations, Capt R. Nowroz. Fleet: Three Yak-40, four Twin Otter. Balair AG was formed in 1957 and began operations the same year. Passenger and cargo charters and inclusive-tour flights are operated to European, Far Eastern and East African destinations. Swissair originally held a 36% interest in Balair but this has recently been increased to 56%. Head Office: PO Box 173, Basle-Mul-house Airport, Switzerland. Executives: President, Dr F. E. Iselin; executive director, H. Moser; managing director, O. Gersbach; operations direc tor; E. Vuille; sales manager, H. R. Graber. Employees: 400. Fleet: One DC-8-63, one DC-8-55F, one DC-9-33CF, one DC-6B, one DC-6A/B, two DC-6A, one DC-3. Balboa Airlines—see Aerovias Interna-cional Balboa SA. Balkan Bulgarian Air Transport, known until 1968 as TABSO, operates a domes tic and international network of ser vices linking Bulgaria with most major points in eastern and western Europe. Balkan is also responsible for agricul tural aviation. The airline started ser vices in July 1947 as a joint Bulgarian- Soviet company, but became a fully Bulgarian undertaking in 1954. Balkan operates to 22 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa together with a nine-point domestic network. Head Office: 12 Place Narodno Sobra- nie, Sofia C, Bulgaria. Executives: General manager, Lazar Beloukhov; deputy general manager, Nikola Stanatchkov;; chief engineer, Anatoli Tontchev; commercial manager, P. Ivanov; chief pilot, Ivan Milanov. Fleet: Seven Tupolev Tu-134, five Antonov An-24, nine Ilyushin 11-18, six 11-14, An-10, An-2, Z-37 Cmelak and Mil helicopters. Bangladesh Biman is the newly formed national airline of Bangladesh. Some re ports have made reference to Air Ban gladesh, but it is thought unlikely that two carriers have been formed. Opera tions began in February 1972 using F.27s leased from Indian Airlines. DC-3s have also been mentioned in some re ports, and one crashed on a training flight from Dacca on February 10. Indian Airlines gave initial assistance with the formation of Bangladesh Biman and scheduled services are now operated between Dacca and Chittagong, Jessore, Sylhet and Khulna. Head Office: Dacca International Air port, Bangladesh. Fleet: Two Fokker F.27, DC-3. Barbados International Airways Ltd, trading as Air Calypso, was formed early in 1972 to operate charter ser vices to points in the Caribbean area. Head Office: Seawell International Airport, Bridgetown, Barbados. Fleet: One CV-440, one Aero Com mander. Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Schwabe & Co KG was formed in 1957 as an air-taxi company. Operations now include pas senger charter and inclusive-tour flights to 12 countries in Europe and North Head Office: 8 Munchen 87, Flughafen Riem, West Germany. Executives: Commercial directors, Matthias Gleim; Dr H. J. Moser; assis tant, Walter V. Paumgartten; sales manager, Hugo Urban-Emmrich; com mercial manager, Dietrich Schablowski; technical manager, Raymond Beattie; operations manager, Kurt Schultze; chief pilot, Capt Hermann Loeber, pub lic relations manager, Horst Wahner. Employees: 320. Fleet: Three One-Eleven 500, four One-Eleven 400. BCAL—see British Caledonian Airways Ltd. BEA—see British European Airways Corporation. BEA Airtours Ltd was formed in 1969 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BEA to operate charter and inclusive-tour services. Operations base and adminis trative offices are at Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey. Boeing 707s are being acquired from BOAC, and charter operations are being expanded to points outside Europe and the Mediterranean area. Head Office: Bealine House, Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Executives: Chairman, P. C. F. Law-ton; managing director, Capt W. Baillie; general manager/operations, E. L. Kil-lip; secretary/accountant, T. M. Ankers; operations planning manager, J. R. Wood; flight manager, Capt P. J. McKeown; cabin services manager, R. A. Thorburn; engineering manager, J. Marshall. Fleet: Nine Comet 4B, two Boeing 707-436. On order: five 707-436. BEA Helicopters Ltd was formed on May 1, 1964, as a wholly owned sub sidiary of British European Airways, to develop the corporation's helicopter activities. Scheduled services between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly began iii May 1964 when BEAH S-61s replaced the fixed-wing aircraft used up to that time by BEA. Contract work includes off-shore gas and oil-drilling rig sup port operations and a search-and-rescue service covering the North-East coast of Scotland. Main base was at Gatwick Airport until November 1971, when it moved to Aberdeen. Other bases are at Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands and Beccles, Suffolk. Charter flights are also undertaken. Head Office: Bealine House, Ruislip, Middlesex, England. Executives: Chairman, Capt J. W. G. James; managing director, Capt J. A. Cameron; general manager, R. D. Keefe; commercial manager, Capt D. Pritchard; flight manager, Capt D. Eastwood; chief engineer, W. F. Charlton. One of Braathens' five F.28s Employees: 155. Fleet: Seven Sikorsky S-61N, one Jet-Ranger. Belgian International Air Services SA (BIAS) was formed in 1959 and began operations the same year. Main share holder in BIAS is Compagnie Maritime Beige, which also owns Delta Air Trans port. Charter, contract and inclusive- tour flights are operated. Head Office: Antwerp Airport, Bel gium. Executives: Managing director, C. G. Van Antwerpen; commercial director, G. Willems; financial director, H. Van Der Straeten; technical manager, T. Jaijens; operations manager/chief pilot, R. Deppe. Fleet: Two DC-8-33, one Caravelle 6R. BIA—see British Island Airways Ltd. BOA—see Boliviana de Aviacion SRL BOAC—see British Overseas Airways Corporation BOA Charter Ltd—see British Overseas Air Charter Ltd Bolivian Airways — see Transportes Aereos Benianos SA. Bonair, a new German charter and in clusive-tour airline, was formed in 1971. The airline has bought four Fokker F.28s which are Operated by Germanair GmbH from Frankfurt Airport. Head Office: Flughafen Frankfurt, West Germany. Botswana Airways Corporation Ltd was formed in July 1969 to succeed Botswana National Airways. Shareholders are the Botswana Government and the Burton Construction Company. Scheduled pas senger and cargo services are operated from Gaborone to Maun, Kasane, Selbi, Pikwe, Lobatse and Ghanzi. Head Office: PO Box 92, The Mall, Gaborone, Botswana. Executives: Chairman, D. E. G. Vieler; general manager, C. G. Kenyon; chief executive officer, J. W. Baines; chief pilot. Capt J. W. Robertson; directors: A. G. Burton, P. L. Steenkamp, K. C. Hopkins, L. D. Lekalake. Fleet: Two BN-2A Islanders. PT Bouraq Indonesia Airline (BIA) operates passenger and cargo charter flights. Some scheduled services are flown, including one between Djakarta and Balikpapan. Head Office: 3 Djl Patrice Lumumba, Djakarta, Indonesia. Executives: General manager. Mr Sumendap; vice-president operations, Capt Soejono; commercial manager, G. B. Rungkat. Fleet: Two YS-11A, three DC-3.
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