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Directory 4 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY FLIGHT International, 21 March 1974 final 1973 figures are not yet available, the targets called for the carriage of over 21 million tonnes of freight and mail and the flying of 100,000 million passenger-kilometres and 11,350 million tonne-kilometres. Over 700 million hectares of forest are patrolled by anti-fire patrols while the aero- medical service makes over 100,000 flights per year—about half in response to emergency calls. The totals for the period covered by the present five-year plan (1971-1975) have been given as 500 million pas sengers and 11 million tonnes of freight. Head Office: Leningradsky Prospekt 37, Moscow A-167, USSR. Executives: Minister of Civil Aviation and head of Aeroflot (also President of the USSR Commission on Icao matters), Marshall of Aviation B. P. Bugaev; first deputies, Gen-Maj A. I. Semenkov, Gen-Col A. N. Katrych; chief of Central Directorate of Inter national Air Communications, N. V. Burov; chief of International Relations Directorate, S. S. Pavlov; chief of Transport Directorate of International Air Routes (TUMVL), believed to be P. Mikhailov (formerly V. A. Mikhailov who is now in charge of accident in vestigation and airport security); repre sentative at Icao. A. F. Borisov; execu tive secretary of USSR Icao Commis sion, A. P. Stromov. Employees: No recent figures avail able, perhaps about 500,000. Fleet: (no official Aeroflot figures are available) An-2; An-10/12 (estimated 250 to 300, mainly An-12; An-22 (30 to 40); An-24 (estimated 400 plus deli vered); 11-18 (estimated 500 delivered); 11-62 (about 50 in service, all variants), used mainly on international routes, but also on some domestic; Tu-104 (about 125 still in service); Tu-144 (at least 10 still in service); Tu-124; Tu-134 (nearly 200 in service); Tu-154 (over 40 in ser vice); Yak-40 (300 to 400 in service); helicopters in service are mainly Ka-26; Mil Mi-1; Mi-4; Mi-6/10; Mi-8; other tvpes include a few 11-14, An-14 and Yak-12. On order: L-410: Yak-18T; Polish-Soviet M-15; Tu-144 SST; Tu-154A; 11-76 and 11-86. Aerolineas Argentinas was founded as a state corporation in May 1949 by the Ministry of Transport to take over the operations of Fama, Alfa, Aeroposta and Zonda. These companies ceased operations on December 31, 1949, and were merged to form Aerolineas Argen tinas. An extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo routes is operated to points in North, South and Central America and Europe. International ser vices radiate from Buenos Aires to Madrid, Rome, Zurich, Frankfurt, Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Mexico City, Bogota, Lima, Santiago, La Paz, Montevideo, Asuncion, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre. Head Office: Pasea Colon 185, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: President, Brig Cesar A. Guasco; general director, Dr Juan Carlos Pellegrini; commercial manager, Andres G. Robertson; accounts/finance manager, Dr Carlos Scherpa. Employees: 7,000. Fleet: Four Boeing 707-387B, four 707-387C, seven 737-287, two 737-287C, four HS.748. On order: Three 737-200. Aerolineas del Paoifico was formed in December 1962. Daily scheduled pas senger and cargo services are operated across the Sea of Cortes between La Paz. Los Mochis and Sinaloa. Head Office: Carlos E^querro 40B, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Executive: General manager, Eduardo Hahnel Cortes. Fleet: Two DC-3. Aerolineas el Salvador SA (AESA) operates a twice-weekly cargo and mail service between San Salvador Airport and Miami International Airport. AESA also operates a single Canadian C-4 on behalf of the Salvadorean Air Force. Head Office: Apartado 513, Colon, Panama City, Panama. Fleet: One L-1049 Super Constellation, one DC-6, three C-46. Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador (ANDES Airlines) was formed in 1961 to operate cargo charter flights. In 1966 ANDES began a twice-weekly scheduled cargo and mail service linking Simon Bolivar Airport, Guayaquil, with Quito, Panama and Miami. Frequency was recently increased to six times weekly. Owner of Andes is Capt Alfredo Franco. Head Office: PO Box 4113, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Executives: President, Cesar Endara; owner/general manager, Capt Alfredo Franco: asst general manager, Cristo- foro Roditti; traffic/sales manager, Julio Molestina Jr. Employees: 120. Fleet: One Canadair CL-44. two DC-6A, one DC-3. Aerolineas TAO, known until 1970 as Taxi Aereo Opita, was formed in 1957 as an aerial Crop-spraying company using Cessna 180 and 185 aircraft in the south of Colombia. Scheduled passenger and cargo services have since been added and now link Bogota with Neiva, Florencia, Bucaramanga and Cucuta. A service to the San Andres Islands is also operated. Head Office: Ave 19 No 4-20 Int 9, Bogota, Colombia. Executives: General manager, Dr Jorge Mendez Martinez; operations manager, Col Eduardo Escalante; chief of maintenance, Oliviero Clavijo; comp troller general, Dr Jaime Hoyos; public relations director, Sra Estella de Plazas. Employees: 180. Fleet: Three Viscount 700, two DC-3. Aerolinee Itavia was formed in April 1968 and began operations in July 1959. Services were suspended in 1961 but restarted in May 1962 following reorganisation. In 1965 Dr Aldo Davan-zali became the major shareholder. Cur rent operations cover a network of scheduled services between Rome and Crofone. Catanzaro, Pescara, Ancona, Forli, Bologna, Rimini, Milan, Turin, Catania, Palermo, Venice, Cagliari, Pisa and Bergamo. Extensions to Lecce and Naples from June 1. International ser- llili^lllilSf vices are also operated to Basle and Geneva. Charter and inclusive-tour flights are also undertaken. Head Offices: 43 Via Sicilia, Rome, Italy. Executives: President/managing direc tor, Dr Aldo Davanzali; general mana ger, Gen Tullio Martinelli; operations manager, Cdt F. Mainenti; chief en gineer, M. Fregonese; commercial manager, Dr Vincenzo Schiro. Employees: 800. Fie t: One DC-9-30, three DC-9-15, four Fokker F.28. Aeromar operates cargo flights from Santo Domingo Airport to Miami, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Head Office: Santo Domingo Airport, Dominica. Fleet: Four C-46D. Aeromaritime—see Compagnie Aero-maritime d'Affretement. Aeromexico, known until February 1972 as Aeronaves de Mexico, was estab lished in September 1934 and began operating between Mexico City and Aca- pulco in September of that year. Since 1952 several smaller Mexican airlines have been taken over including Lamsa, Aerovias Reforma, Aerolineas Mexi- canasa SA and Guest Aerovias. In 1959 Aeronaves was nationalised and the Pan American holding passed to the Mexi can Government. In 1970, under a Government plan, Mexican domestic air lines were rationalised into an inte grated air transport system under the control of Aeronaves de Mexico and organised into eight smaller carriers. International services link Mexico City with Los Angeles, Tucson, New York, Washington, Miami, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, Madrid, Paris and Caracas. Domestic services cover more than 40 points. Head Office: Boulevard Aeropuerto Central 161, Mexico City, Mexico. Executives: Director general, Ray-mundo Cano; financial director, Hilario Anguiano Casca; commercial director, Carlos Diez Urizar: administrative direc tor, Luis Frias Carillo. Employees: 3,724. Fleet: Two DC-8-63CF, five DC-8-50, one DC-9-30. 10 DC-9-10. On order: Two DC-10-30, five DC-9-30. Aeronaves del Ecuador SA (Aerodesa) was formed in 1971. A weekly scheduled cargo service is operated from points in Ecuador to Miami via Panama City. Hrad Office: Simon Bolivar Airport, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Fleet: One DC-6A.
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