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1974
1974 - 0450.PDF
Directory 24 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY manager, Hugo Urban-Emmrich; con-mercial manager, Dietrich Schablowski; technical manager, Raymond Beattie; operations manager, Capt Walter Schier- berg; public relations manager, Horst Wahner. Employees: 350. Fleet: Three One-Eleven 500, four One- Eleven 400. BCAL—see British Caledonian Airways. BEA—see British Airways European Division. BEA Airtours—see British Airways Euro pean Division—British Airtours. BEA Helicopters—see British Airways Helicopters. Belgian International Air Services (BIAS) was formed in 1959 and began charter and inclusive-tour operations the same year. Major shareholders are Compagnie Maritime Beige, Charles van Antwerpen, Henri van der Staeten, Mile Germaine Willems, Agence Maritime International and Delta Air Transport. A subsidiary, BIAS Overseas, SA, was formed in 1965 and operates scheduled services for Sabena in Europe and Libyan Arab Airlines in Libya. Head Office: Antwerp Airport, Bel gium. Executives: Managing director, C. G. van Antwerpen; commercial director, G. Willems; financial director, H. van der Straeten; general manager—Libya, P. W. Bakker. Fleet: Three Fokker F.27. BIA—see British Island Airways. BOA—see Boliviana de Aviacion. BOAC—see British Airways Overseas Division. - see Transportes Corporation — see Bolivian Airways -Aereos Benianos. Botswana Airways Air Botswana. FT Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (BIA) was formed in 1970 to operate scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services from Balikpapan to Jakarta, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Palangkarata, Pangkalan, Tarakan, Palu, Ujung Pandang, Menado, Gorontalo and Tawau (Malaysia). Nusan-tara Airlines is a Bouraq subsidiary. Head Office: 3 Djalan Patrice Lumumba. Jakarta, Indonesia. Executives: President, J. A. Sumendap; general manager, G. B. Rungkat; vice- president operations, Capt Soejono. Fleet: Two YS-11A, two HS.748, three DC-3. On order: one HS.748. Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport (Braathens SAFE) was formed in 1946 by the Braathens ship ping company to operate long-haul char ters. A scheduled service to Hong Kong was operated from 1949 until 1954 when SAS took over the route. Charter flights are undertaken but the main effort is concentrated on a network of scheduled domestic services from Oslo to Stavanger, Kristiansand, Aalesund, Kristiansund, Molde, Roros, Trondheim, Bergen, Farsund, Tromso and Bod^. Head Office: Ruseh*kkvn 26, Oslo, Norway. Executives: Presidents: L. G. Braathen; B. G. Braathen; vice-presidents: sales, E. Froysaa; maintenance, A. E. Stange-land; finance, R. A. Klemetsen; admini stration, L. Humlen; operations, N. A. Ringdal. Employees: 1,100. Fleet: Five Boeing 737-200, four Fokker F.28, three F.27. Brain & Brown Airfreighters was formed in 1949 to operate cargo charters within Australia using Anson freighters. The company is owned by W. L. Brown and Z. A. Brain. In February 1963 Brain and Brown started operating freight services between Melbourne and Tasmania for IPEC Air Pty Ltd and this operation continues. As from January 1, 1967, a subsidy was granted for the carriage of carcass meat from King Island to Mel bourne. Head Office: PO Box 67, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. Executives: Managing director, W. L. Brown; commercial manager, M. C. Seivers. Employees: 30. Fleet: One HS Argosy 100, three DC-3, one Anson. Braniff Airways, which operates under the trade name Braniff International, was founded in its original form in 1928. On February 1, 1967, Braniff absorbed Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra), adding four new South American cities to its routes, which now cover 28,876 miles in the USA, Mexico and South America. Braniff also operates MAC contract services. US domestic routes cover the centra] US from Minneapolis/St Paul to Texas and Louisiana; extending eastwards to Ten nessee, Washington DC and New York, from Texas to New Orleans, Tampa and Miami, and west to Denver, Seattle/ Tacoma and Portland, and from five mainland cities in the south-east and south-west US to Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii. South American routes from Miami, New York, Washington DC, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco to Panama City, Bogota, Cali, Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, La Paz, Asuncion, Buenos FLIGHT International, 21 March 1974 Aries and Santiago. Braniff also flies to Mexico City and Acapulco from the US via the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio gateways. Head Office: Exchange Park, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA. Executives: Chairman/chief executive, Harding L. Lawrence; president/chief operating officer, C. Edward Acker; executive vice presidents: sales/opera tions, John J. Casey; corporate/market planning, Rusell Thayer; senior v-ps: Latin American division, Charles South; engineering/maintenance, E. R. Boss- ange; contract services, Rex Brack; hotels, John Leer; sales, Walter Conrad. Employees: 9,500. Fleet: One Boeing 747-100, seven DC-8-62, four DC-8-51, 29 727-200, 19 727-100, 18 727-100QC. On order: Four 727-200. Bristow Helicopter Group was originally formed in 1951 as Air Whaling by Alan Bristow, became Bristow Helicopters in 1953 and adopted the present title in 1971. In 1960 the company became part of the Air Holdings Group and owner ship is now held by Air Holdings (60%), Eagle Star Insurance (8%) and the re mainder by Alan Bristow and associates. Since its inception, the company has expanded into virtually every area of helicopter activity, and now covers general charter, executive transport, search and rescue (under contract to the British Government), civil and military helicopter pilot training, earth resource survey and exploration, aerial crane work and more recently, oil and gas rig support operations around the world. Apart from the United Kingdom, asso ciated and subsidiary companies operate more than 170 helicopters, mostly turbine-powered, in Abu Dhabi, Austra lia, Denmark, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, Ireland, Greenland, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Qatar, Singapore, South Africa and Trinidad. A small fleet of fixed-wing aircraft is also operated. Head Office: Redhill Aerodrome, Red-hill, Surrey. Executives: Chairman, A. E. Bristow; managing director, G. Russell Fry; tech nical director, J. N. Woolley; commercial director, B. Collins; operations director, Capt A. C. Gordon; financial director, J. A. Howard; regional director Middle East, C. H. D. Mayhew; regional director Far East, J. B. Shaw; administration manager. P. E. Warcup. Employees: 1,000. Fleet: 12 Sikorsky S-61N, 15 Wessex 60, 15 Bell 212, five Bell 205A, five Bell 204B, 22 Whirlwind 3, one Whirlwind 1, 28 JetRanger, three Alouette III, one Alouette II, 20 Hiller UH-12, 29 Bell 47G, four BN-2A Islander, one Auster Alpha. On order: Three Sikorsky S-61N, seven S-58T. ^i *m '-. WtiitsMMilmiSM
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