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FLIGHT International, 13 February 1975 Yakima (Washington) - Pasco (Washing ton ) - Pendleton (Oregon) - La Grande (Oregon)-Walla Walla (Washington)-Yakima - Portland, Portland - Longview (Washington )-Seattle/Boeing Field-Che-halis (Washington)-Hoquiam (Washing ton ) - Seattle - Longview - Portland, and Portland-Seattle-Spokane (Washington). Services entirely within Oregon are Port land - Medf ord - Rosebury - North Bend- Eugene - Portland. Air Parcel Service is the operating name of Aviation Manage ment Inc. Head Office: Aurora State Airport, Aurora, Oregon 97002, USA. « 503-678-1217. Chief Executive: P. V. Lewis, vice-president and general manager. Fleet: One Tradewind, one Piper Chero kee, one Cessna 340, one Cessna 210. one Cessna 206. Air Paris, formerly known as Air Orly, operates a network of scheduled pas senger services centred around the Paris airport of Orly Sud. Routes are Paris - Le Havre, Paris - Rouen, Paris - Royan, Paris - Les Sables d'Olonne, Le Havre- London Gatwick, Rouen - London and Caen-London. Current frequency on the services to London is four flights per day from Le Havre, three from Caen and two daily services from Rouen. Charter work within metropolitan France is also undertaken. Head Office: Cedex A208, 94396 Orly Aerogare, Paris, France. « 687 1234 ext. 2745/ ^ 27259 Chief Executive: E. Marchegay, presi dent. Fleet: One DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Beech 99, one Pilatus Porter. Air Rouergue, founded in December 1970 and until January 1974 known as Uni Air Rouergue SA, operates a regular scheduled Beech 99 service between Rodez, Paris Le Bourget and Lyons. Cur rent frequency is three daily flights to Paris and one flight a day to Lyons. The airline, which is based at Rodez-Marcil- lac Airport, is also authorised to fly charters within France and the Mediter ranean. Head Office: 3 Place du Sacre Coeur. 12000 Rodez, France. « 68.52.53/-*- 51751. Chief Executive: M. Sodaguet. Fleet: Two Beech 99. Air Samoa Ltd operates Britten-Norman Islanders on a daily scheduled passenger service on the 65-mile route between the capital, Apia, and Asau on the island of Savaii. On demand, services are also operated continuously between Apia, Falelolo and Lalomalava, Savaii. Air Samoa pioneered internal air services in Western Samoa on November 1, 1969. Head Office: PO Box 456, Apia, Western Samoa. *21. Chief Executive: John R. Best, managing director. Fleet: Two BN-2A Islander. Air South Inc operates ,scheduled passen ger, cargo and mail flights within Georgia serving St Simons Island, Way-cross, Dublin, Tifton, Thomasville and Atlanta, as well as Beaufort and Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Routes currently flown are St Simons Island (Malcolm McKinnon Airport)-Hilton Head Island-Waycross, St Simons-Way-cross-Atlanta, Beauford-Dublin-Atlanta and Thomasville-Tif ton-Atlanta. Air South has received CAB authorisation to operate 40-passenger Fairchild F-27Js between Atlanta, St Simons, Beaufort, Hilton Head and Waycross. The airline was known as Nationwide Airlines Southeast until January 1969. Head Office: 1007 Virgina Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30354, USA. «• 404-762-8151. Chief Executive: Bartlett M. Shaw, president. Fleet: Two Fairchild F-27J, five Beech 99. Air Speed Inc now provides scheduled commuter services in the eastern United States, connecting Bedford (Massachu setts) to the cities of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) and New York/La-Guardia. Schedule is operated twice- daily on weekdays only with a Beech 99. Air Speed entered the commuter market in the summer of 1974. Head Office: 4 Brattle Street, Room 306, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachu setts 02138, USA. <S 617-661-8082. Chief Executive: Kermit G. Mitchell, president. Fleet: One Beech 99. Air St Pierre operates a daily scheduled passenger service from He de St Pierre, which forms part of the French St Pierre and Miquelon Islands off Newfound land's south coast, to Sydney, Canada. A Douglas DC-3 flies this route six days per week, excluding Sundays. Services are operated in association with Eastern Provincial Airways (1963) Ltd. Head Office: St Pierre, Pierre and Miquelon Islands, off Newfoundland. « 186. Chief Executive: Albert Briand, presi dent. Fleet: One Douglas DC-3, one Piper Aztec. 249 and Launceston and Devonport twice-weekly with the DC-3. Head Office: PO Box 1233, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. S 31.4275. Chief Executive: G. Johnson, managing director. Fleet: One Douglas DC-3, one Cessna 402. Airtransit Canada, a subsidiary of Air Canada, was formed in 1973 to operate the Federal Government-sponsored Stol demonstration service between Ottawa and Montreal. Services started on July 24, 1974, between Rockliffe Stolport, Ottawa, and the Montreal Stolport, based on the Victoria parking lot used during Expo 67. Thirty flights are offered daily on a half-hour schedule between 0730hr and 2200hr. On week ends and public holidays there are eight services on a two-hour schedule. Head Office: Suite 1120, 1140 de Maison- neuve Blvd West, Montreal H3A 1M8, Quebec, Canada. « 514-874-7759. Chief Executive: Gary Vogan, president. Fleet: Six DHC-6 Twin Otter 300. Air Transport Inc provides scheduled airmail services under contract to the US Post Office, employing Beech 18s on the routes Nashville (Tennessee)- Air Sunshine is the new operating name of AAT Airlines Inc, which began air- taxi flights on July 1, 1971. In addition to its daily scheduled DC-3 services between Key West, Florida and Miami International Airport. Air Sunshine also undertakes passenger and cargo char ters, as well as air-ambulance services. Head Office: Key West International Air port, Key West, Florida 33040, USA. S- 305-294-0031. Chief Executive: Adrian Naranjo, senior vice-president and general manager. Fleet: Four Douglas DC-3A. Air Tahiti, located at Faa'a International Airport, was formed in 1968 by a group of local businessmen. The airline currently provides scheduled passenger services with Islanders from Papeete to Moorea and Tetiaroa. Twenty-three daily flights are scheduled to Moorea at approximately half-hour intervals. Air Tahiti also offers extensive charter ser vices to all French Polynesian Islands and the Cook Islands. Head Office: B.P.1629, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. « 2-80-61. Chief Executive: Jean F. Lejeune, presi dent and chief pilot. Fleet: One BN-2A Mk 3 Trislander, four BN-2A Islander, one Piper Navajo, one Piper Cherokee Six, three Piper Aztec. Air Tasmania, until the company's re organisation in 1973 known as Aerial Services (Tasmania) Pty Ltd, began operations in 1969, when it took over the TAA routes from Hobart to Queens-town, Launceston, Devonport and Wyn- yard. Queenstown and Wynyard are currently served six times per week, Atlanta (Georgia), and Miami - Fort Lauderdale-Orlando - Jacksonville-Talla hassee-Panama City - Pensacola (all in Florida). The company is also author ised to operate freight charter services from its base at Houston, Texas Head Office: 2016 Main Street, Suite 600. Houston, Texas 77002, USA. <& 713-237-9088. Chief Executive: Al B. Bowan, president. Fleet: Three Beech 18. Air Vava'u—see Tonga Internal Air Ser vice Air Venus Ltd was established on December 22, 1971, and is controlled by Kaissis Holdings Ltd. Daily domestic services from Nicosia International Air port to Paphos on the west coast of Cyprus were scheduled to start late spring/early summer 1974, but due to the occupation of parts of the island by Turkish invasion forces in July and the subsequent closing-down of Nicosia International Airport this project had to be postponed indefinitely. Prior to July 1974, the company's extensive air-training centre provided ground and flying instruction with Piper aircraft. Head Office: PO Box 4512, Nicosia, Cyprus. «• 42114/-*' 2341. Fleet: Two BN-2A Islander, three Piper Cherokee, one Piper Apache. Air Vosges has very recently merged its operations with Air Alsace, which now maintains the company's former route between Epinal/Mericourt and Paris/Le Bourget.
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