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1973
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FLIGHT International, I March 1973 THIRD-LEVEL AIRLINES CHILE Aero Taxi Cuantes was formed in 1966 to operate in southern Chile and in Argentina. Head Office: Aeropuerto Osorno, Osorno, Chile. Linea Aerea Taxpa Ltda operates to Robinson Crusoe Island daily during the season (November to March). Head Office: Nueva York 53, Santiago, Chile. Fleet: Three Aero Commander 500/ 520/680G, five Cessna 310, two Piper PA-23, one Apache, one Beech Travel Air, several single-engined types. COLOMBIA Aerolineas Centrales de Colombia SA was formed in 1971 to operate domestic services in Colombia. Fleet: Two Saunders ST-27. Aerotaxi Condor de Colombia, a sub sidiary of Aerovias Condor de Colombia, operates a scheduled service from Barranquilla to Magangue, Mompos and El Banco. Head Office: Carrera 45B, No 34-72, Barranquilla, Colombia. Fleet: Two Cessna T-50, one Cessna 180. Aerovias Regionales de Colombia SA, previously known as Aerotaxi SA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avianca. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated to about 120 points within Colombia. Sociedad Aeronautica de Medellin (SAM) became a subsidiary of Aerotaxi in September 1962. Head Office: Carrena 9A, No 16-51, 7th Floor, Bogota, Colombia. Fleet: Eight Beaver, 13 Queen Air B80. COSTA RICA Aerolineas del Pacifico SA flies sched uled services from San Jose to 13 domes tic points. Head Office: Aeropuerto La Sabana, San Jose, Costa Rica. Fleet: Two Cherokee Six, two Cessna 180. Aerovias del Valle Ltda (AVE Airlines) operates daily services from San Jose to a dozen domestic points. Head Office: PO Box 1287, San Jose, Costa Bica. Fleet: Four Cessna 180, one Cessna 402A, one Beech C-45. CYPRUS Unitrade was formed in 1971 to operate in Cyprus. Proving flights were made from Nicosia to Paphos. Head Office: Nicosia, Cyprus. Fleet: One Islander. CZECHOSLOVAKIA Slov-Air was until 1969 the Agrolet divi sion of Czechoslovak Airlines. A net work of passenger and cargo domestic services is operated, together with agri cultural, ambulance and helicopter ser vices. The company has 400 employees. Head Office: Ivanka Airport, Bratis lava, Czechoslovakia. Fleet: 30 L-200, four L-410, two Mi-1, one Mi-8, 97 Z-37, two An-2, six L-60. ECUADOR Compania Ecuatoriana de Transportes Aereos (CEDTA) started charter opera tions in July 1950 and scheduled opera tions within Ecuador later. Head Office: PO Box 4444, Escobedo 1114, Casilla 159, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Fleet: One Beech 18, one Cessna 182, one Hiller 360, several Pipers. Air Paris has two Twin Otters in its fleet EIRE Aer Arann Teoranta operates third-level services from Galway to the Aran Islands and Shannon, and is also licensed to serve Dublin and Cork. Head Office: 3 Dominick Street, Gal way, Eire. Fleet: One Islander. Ireland West Airways was formed in 1968 and is managed by Ballyfree Avia tion; it operates from Dublin airport. Head Office: Dublin Airport, Ireland. Fleet: Two BN-2A Islander, one Aztec. Kerry Airways was formed in 1970 by Irish businessmen to operate a third- level service. Head Office: Farranfore Airport, Co Kerry, Ireland. FINLAND Finnwings O/Y operates third-level ser vices from Helsinki to other parts of Finland, and also undertakes taxi and charter flights. Head Office: Helsinki, Finland. Fleet: One Dassault Falcon, one Cessna 421A, one Cessna 401B, one Cessna 320F Skyknight. FRANCE Air Alpes was formed in 1961 and operates an air link during winter be tween Geneva and altiports in the French Alps. There are also scheduled flights from Chambery to Paris, Gren oble, Marseille, Nice, Saint-Etienne, Toulouse and Dole and from Roanne to Paris, and between Paris/Courchevel. Head Office: Chambery/Aix-les-Bains Airport, 73420 le Viviers du Lac, France. Fleet: Five Twin Otter, six Beech 99, eight Turbo-Porter, one Ballye. Air Centre operates seasonal third-level services from Clermont-Ferrand, and Baron charters all the year round. Head Office: Aulnat Airport, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Air Champagne Ardenne operates a daily (except Saturdays and Sundays) service between Rheims and Lyons. Head Office: PO Box 313, 10 Cours Briand, Charleville-Mezieres, France. Fleet: Beech 99, one Cessna 402A, one Cessna 411. Air Continent was formed in 1963, and operates third-level services in Corsica and a variety of charter services. 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-Mande- lieu, Cannes, France. Fleet: One Beech Travel Air, two Cessna 180, two Cessna 185, one Alouette III. One of six Beech 99s operated by Air Alpes Air Dieppe operates in northern France. Head Office: Dieppe, France. Fleet: One Aztec 250. Air Entreprise operates air taxi and charter services from le Bourget. Head Office: Aeroport du Bourget, Paris, France. Fleet: One Queen Air B80, two Navajo, one Aztec. Air Limousin operates services between Limoges and Lyon. Head Office: A6roport de Limoges, 87490 Landouge. Fleet: One Twin Otter, one Queen Air 70, one Cessna 401, one 210, one 172. Air Litoral operates Islander services from Nice to Montpellier and Perpignan. Head Office: Aerodrome du Castellet, 13 le Castellet. Fleet: Islander. 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: Two Twin Otter, one Beech 99, one Pilatus Turbo-Porter. Air Perigord operates five times weekly between Bergerac and Paris. Head Office: BP No 6, 24-Trelissac, France. Fleet: One Queen Air 50, one Aztec, one Cessna 172. Air Vosges operates services from Epinal in the Vosges to Paris ten times weekly. Head Office: 10 Rue Claude Gelee, 8800, Epinal, France. Fleet: Two Cessna 401. Air Wasteels, also known as Voyage Wasteels, is a French travel company that operates third-level services from Lille with an 18-seat Jetstream 1, and also acts as the French agent for the type. Fleet: One Jetstream 1.
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