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Directory 10 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Head Office: Corballis Road South, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Eire. Executives: Chairman, C. C. O'Farrell; managing director, W. H. Gardiner; directors: S. Alvis; Mrs E. O'Farrell; company secretary, P. J. Cousins; opera tions superintendent, F. Smith. Fleet: One Douglas DC-7CF. Affretair—see Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affretement Aeriens. Africair, a subsidiary of the General Mining and Finance Corporation, manages the aircraft moving African personnel to the South African gold mines for the Mine Labour Organisa tions (Wenela), known more generally as Wencla Air Services. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 61827, Marshall-town, Transvaal, South Africa. Executives: Chairman, A. W S. Schumann; managing director, T V. Mitchell; directors: H. J. Andrew, J. van dcr Spuy; H. N. Hart; C. A. Musto; A. H. Binding. Fleet: Six DC-4, three DC-3. African International Airways of Nairobi, Kenya, an associated company of International Aviation Services of Gatwick, has suspended airline opera tions. African Safari Airways began opera tions in December 1967 with inclusive- tour flights from Zurich to Nairobi and Mombassa. ASA is associated with Afri can Tourist Development Company and African Safari Lodges, the latter own ing hotels and lodges. Head Office: PO Box 46020, Nairobi, Kenya Executives: Directors: C. Mboijana; F. Sutter; K. Rudin. Employees: 50. Fleet: One DC-8-30. Afro-Continental Airways is the pas senger and freight subsidiary of the Rhodesian airline Air Trans Africa. In October 1971 the airline inaugurated a once-weekly scheduled service between Salisbury and Windhoek in South West Africa. Head Office: Salisbury Airport, Rho desia. Executive: Managing director, Jack Malloch. Fleet: One L-1049C Super Constella tion. Aigle Azur Extreme-Orient—see Com-pagnie Internationale de Transports Civils Aeriens. Air Afriaue (Societe Aerienne Africaine Multinationale) was officially constituted in March 1961 by an agreement between 11 independent African states which were formerly French colonies, and the Societe pour le Development du Transport Aerien en Afrique (Sodetraf). Each of the states contributed 6% of the capital while the remainder was held by Sodetraf. The states involved were Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Gabon, Upper Volta, Mauretania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and later Togo. Opera tions began in August 1961 with internal services and routes covered 22 African States together with services to Bor deaux, Lyon, Marseilles, Paris, Nice, Geneva, Zurich, Rome, Las Palmas and New York. In 1971 the Cameroun Government decided to launch its own national airline and withdrew its sup port from the consortium in September of that year. Since the withdrawal of Cameroun the shareholding is disposed among the remaining eleven countries (6-189? each) and Sodetraf (28%). Regional HO for Central Africa also moved in 1971 from Douala to Libreville (Gabon I. Executives: President, Aoussou Koti; director general J. Cadeac d'Arbaud; secretary - general, Guibril N'Diaye; directors: financial, F. Rodriguez; com mercial, M. R. Dugue; operations M. Konate; technical, M. A. Dufresse; freight/mail, M. Da Silva. Employees: 3,600. Fleet: One DC-10-30. one DC-8-63CF, three DC-8-50, one DC-8-30, two Caravelle IIP., one Caravelle 10R, one DC-3. Air Algerie (Compagnie Nationale tie Transport Aerien) was formed in 1953 by the merging of the original Air Algerie and Compagnie Air Transport. Late in 1972 the airline became 100% owned by the Algerian Government when they acquired the 17-74% share holding held by Air France. Services are operated to points in North and West Africa, and to France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, the LJK, Libya, Czechoslovakia, the USSR and the Balearic Islands together with an extensive domestic network. Head Office: 1 Place Maurice Audin, Algiers, Algeria. Executives: President/general mana ger, Mohamcd Bouzada; deputy genera] manager, Larbi Mohamed Hamlaoui; secretary general, Abd'Tmalek Boud- iellal; sales manage]-, Mohamed Baali; financial services manager, Zine Tarn- /ali; technical manager, Mohamed Kada; operations manager. Ahmed Ainouche. Emplovi cs: 2,054. Fleet: Two Boeing 727-200, two 737-200, two 737-200C, four Caravelle, four Con-vair CV-640. On order: Two 727-200, three 737-200. Air America was formed in Jufy 1950 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pacific Corporation of the USA. The company operates mainly in the Far East under contract to the US Agency for Inter national Development and various civil companies engaged in construction and other work in Thailand, Laos and Viet- FUGHT International, 21 March 1974 nam. Air America also undertakes main tenance work through its wholly-owned subsidiary Air Asia located at Tainan, Taiwan. Head Office: 1725 K Street, NW Washington DC 20006, USA. Executive: Managing director/chief executive, Paul C. Velte Jr. Employees: 7,500. Fleet: One DC-0A/B, two DC-4, four C-46, two Caribou, 14 Volpar Beech 18, three Twin Otter, 21 Turbo-Porter, eight Helio Courier, nine Bell 204B, three Bell 205A. 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 company has the backing of the Norwich Union Insurance Group. Scheduled passenger services arc operated linking Norwich with Amsterdam, Jersey, Hull, Tees-side, Aberdeen and Aberdeen with Stavanger and Amsterdam. Charter and inclusive- tour flights are also undertaken, mainly for Anglia Holidays, a subsidiary. Head Office: Norwich Airport, Norfolk. Executives: Joint managing directors: J. G. Crampton; L. G. Wright; director, G. Mills; chief pilot, Capt P. Murphy. Employees: 100. Fleet: Two Fokkcr F.27, three DC-3, one BN-2A Islander, three Aztec, one Twin Comanche, one Cessna 172. Air-Antilles, known until 1964 as Antilles Air Services, was formed in 1954 as an air-taxi company. Scheduled passenger services began in 1957 and now link Pointe-a-Pitre with the island of Marie-Gal ante. Head Office: Aeroport du Raizet, Abymes, Pointe-a-Pitre, French West Indies. Employees: 15. Fleet: Three DC-3, one Apache. Air Benelux International was formed early in 1972 by the Dutch businessman P. J. Felderhoff. Scheduled passenger services were to commence in October 1972 but have not yet begun. First route to be served will be to Basle and Zurich from Rotterdam. Charter ser vices are also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 12024, Rotterdam Airport, Netherlands. Executive: Managing director, P. J. Feldcrhoff. Fleet: Two Fokker F.28. Air Botswana was formed in August 1972 as the successor airline to Botswana Air ways Corporation itself established in 1969 to replace Botswana National Air ways . The new airline is wholly-owned by the Botswana Development Corpora tion, and operates scheduled passenger and cargo services between Maun- Francistown-Selebi-Pikwe - Johannesburg, Gaborone and Johannesburg, and from April onwards, Francistown-Gaborone-Lusaka. Head Office: PO Box 92, Gaborone, Botswana.
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