FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1975
1975 - 0299.PDF
HJGHT International, 13 February 1975 Alpine Luft-Transport AG (ALAG) was formed on November 21. 1961, and pro vides regular scheduled nights from Zurich/Kloten to Samedan (St Moritz) during the winter sport season between December 15 and March 31 each year. Air-taxi services are also offered to any destination within Switzerland and abroad. ALAG is owned by Oerlikon-Biihrle AG (42%), Flugzeughandels AG (42% ) and Swissair (16% ). Head Office: 8058 Zurich-Flughafen. Biirotrakt B, Zurich, Switzerland. iff (01) 813 08 69/-*' 57776. Chief Executive: Dr A. E. Scotoni, presi dent. Fleet: Three Cessna Citation, two Das sault Mystere 20, two Cessna 421. one Beech King Air. Altair Airlines Inc began operations on December 19, 1966, and currently flies high-frequency commuter services from Philadelphia International Airport to six eastern states and to Washington DC. Points served are Harrisburg, Williams- port, Allentown and Wilkes-Barre/Scran-ton (Pennsylvania), Baltimore (Mary land), Richmond (Virginia), Wilmington (Delaware), Islip, White Plains and Albany (New York), and Hartford and Bridgeport (Connecticut). Another third-level operator. General Aviation Services, was purchased in 1969. Head Office: PO Box 5346, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania 19153, USA. <S 215-365-1800. Chief Executive: Tristram C. Colket, president. Fleet: Three Nord 262, ten Beech 99. Altus Airlines currently operates scheduled commuter services between Altus (Oklahoma), Lawton (Oklahoma) and Dallas/Fort Worth in Texas. Twice- daily nights are scheduled on weekdays, one on Sunday. Charter cargo and air ambulance services are also carried out. Altus Airlines has only recently re started scheduled operations after a lapse of two years. Head Office: PO Box 75, Altus, Oklahoma 73521, USA. «• 405-482-1345. Chief Executive: R. L. Harmon, presi dent. Fleet: One Piper Seneca, one Beech 18, one Cessna 402, five Piper Cherokee Six. AMAZ—Agence et Messageries Aerienne du Zaire (formerly AMAC—Agence et Messageries Aerienne du Congo) operates an extensive feeder network in Zaire over the routes Kinshasa-Lusanga-Idiof a-Ilebo - Kinshasa, Kinshasa - Boma- Moanda-Kinshasa, and also linking Moba and Kalemie to Lubumbashi, where ser vices connect with Air Zaire flights. AMAZ also undertakes non-scheduled passenger and cargo charter services. Head Office: Aerodrome de N'dolo, B.P.2438, Kinshasa. Zaire. » 23096/^-205. Chief Executive: Kande-Dzambulate Katambwe wa Katoka, director- general. Fleet: One Douglas DC-4, three Douglas DC-3, two de Havilland Heron, four BN-2A Islander, seven Beech C-45, three Piper Aztec, one Mitsubishi MU-2G. Amber Airlines Pty Ltd operates a regular scheduled passenger service from Adelaide in South Australia to Ceduna. and then via Nullarbor Ports to Eucla, just inside the Western Australia border. A Piper Navajo has replaced the Beech Baron on this service. Amber Air was founded on August 29, 1972. Head Office: 6 Alexandra Avenue, Mills-wood, South Australia 5034. « 272 3296/-*' 91586. Chief Executive: P. B. Struik, director/ chief pilot. Fleet: One Piper Navajo. Amistad Airlines Inc maintains scheduled passenger services in Texas between San Antonio International Air port and Del Rio International Airport. A Piper Cherokee Six flies this route twice daily in the afternoon, six times a week. One flight only is provided on Sunday. Head Office: International Airport, San Antonio, Texas 78216, USA. <Z 512-826-4611. Chief Executive: Richard E. Clarke, president. Fleet: One Piper Cherokee Six. Angier Flying Service Inc provides scheduled airmail flights under contract to the US Post Office, using a Cessna 401. Points served are Greensboro and Charlotte (North Carolina), Columbia (South Carolina) and Savannah (Geor gia). Other activities include passenger and freight charters. Head Office: PO Box 186. Angier, North Carolina 27501, USA. Fleet: One Cessna 401. Antelope Airlines currently flies scheduled commuter services with Piper Aztecs twice daily between Gillette and Casper in the state of Wyoming. Ser vices are operated seven days per week. Antelope Airlines is the commuter operating division of Gillette Aviation Inc, which also undertakes charter work. Head Office: PO Box 1177, Gillette, Wyoming 82716, USA. S 307-682-4177. Fleet: Two Piper Aztec. Antilles Air Boats Inc was founded in February 1964 as an air-taxi operator by Charles F. Blair, formerly a captain with Pan Am. Today the airline flies over 120 daily scheduled inter-island seaplane services from Christiansted to Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas), West End and Road Town (Tortola), Cruz Bay (St John), Philipsburg (St Maarten), Isla Grande (San Juan, Puerto Rico) and Puerto Real (Fajardo, Puerto Rico). Head Office: 39 Grand Street, Christian sted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands 00820. » 809-773-1776. Chief Executive: Capt Charles F. Blair. president. Fleet: Two Short Sandringham, two Grumman Mallard. 18 Grumman Goose. Apollo Airways Inc (not to be confused with the cargo operator of the same name based at Chicago) flies scheduled airmail services from Goleta to other points on the Californian west coast, including Santa Maria and Los Angeles. The company also provides air-taxi, air-ambulance, freight and hazardous- cargo services to all points in the United States. Head Office: 404 William Moffett Road. Goleta, California 93017, USA. « 805-967-0443. Chief Executive: Terry E. Cedar, presi dent. Fleet: One Beech C-45, one Beech D18S, one Piper Seneca, one Piper Navajo Chieftain, two Piper Aztec, one Beech King Air, one Beech Queen Air, one Beech Baron, one Beech Travelair, one Cessna 320, one Cessna 310. Apollo Airways Inc, the Chicago-based cargo operator, has CAB authorisation to provide scheduled cargo services to points in Illinois. It is doubtful, however, whether such services are actually in operation. Apollo Aviation Inc is no longer offer ing scheduled service as an Allegheny Commuter between Lima (Ohio), Colum bus and Toledo due to low traffic generation. Atlantic City Airlines Inc flies scheduled passenger services from the New Jersey shore resorts of Wildwood/Cape May and Atlantic City to Philadelphia and New York City. These services, which were inaugurated on June 15, 1970. are operated under the Allegheny Com muter label under a replacement ser vice agreement with Allegheny Airlines. The airline also provides fixed-base 25J operations from the same four airports. Head Office: Bader Field, Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401, USA. « 609-348-4528. Chief Executive: M. Curt Young, presi dent. Fleet: Two DHC-6 Twin Otter. Aurigny Air Services Ltd provides fre quent passenger and freight services within the Channel Islands, linking the three main islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. Other routes serve Cher bourg from Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Southampton, and Southampton from Alderney. Aurigny Air Services was formed in March 1968 as an asso ciate of Glos-Air Ltd. Head Office: Alderney. Channel Islands. » 2889. Chief Executive: John H. Possnicker. general manager. Fleet: Five BN-2A Mk 3 Trislander. three BN-2A Islander. Avna Airways (Avna [Aviation-Natal] Pty Ltd) started operations in February 1965 with charter and air-taxi services. Scheduled flights commenced on Feb ruary 7, 1969, connecting Dundee, New castle and Vryheid (all in northern Natal) to Durban. Routes to Johannes burg (Jan Smuts Airport) were added on February 1, 1972, and there are now 44 passenger and freight services per week between these points. Charter and other non-scheduled activities are also undertaken. Head Office: N.B.S. Buildings, Victoria Street, PO Box 72, Dundee. Natal 3000, Republic of South Africa. X 970/-"- 6-6956. Chief Executive: Capt L. M. Kayne, managing director. Fleet: One Nord 262, three Piper Navajo Chieftain, one Beech Baron. On order: two Nord 262. Baja Airlines Inc flies scheduled com muter services from Long Beach in California to remote regions of Baja, California, and Sonora in Mexico. Four flights a week serve Ensenada, Loreto, San Felipe, San Francisquito, Santa Rosalia, Punta Chivato, San Quintin, Guerro Negro, Abreojos. Meling Ranch, Isla de Cedros, Puerto Penasco and San Ignacio. Other services to Mexico are planned for later this year. Baja Air lines Inc was founded on May 9, 1972, and until January 31, 1975, was known as Club Baja, California. Head Office: Long Beach Airport Termi nal Building, 4100 Donald Douglas Drive, Long Beach, California 90808, USA. 9 213-429-2454. Chief Executive: Franklin J. Banks, president. Fleet: One Beech D18S. one Cessna 402, two Cessna 207. Bakersfleld Aviation Services is an air-taxi company which is certificated to operate passenger and cargo flights from Bakersfield, some 100 miles north of Los Angeles, to anywhere in the USA. In addition, Bakersfield Aviation Ser vices flies scheduled airmail services under contract to the US Post Office between Bakersfield, Fresno and Los Angeles. Head Office: PO Box 5457. Bakersfield, California 93308. USA. 9 805-399-6191. Chief Executive: Leo Pike, owner. Fleet: Two Beech E18S, one Beech Bonanza. Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was set up by the Government in 1967 to take over domestic operations from the national carrier Ariana and to develop services to isolated communities in Afghanistan's mostly mountainous regions. Scheduled flights now connect Kabul, the capital, to Bamiyan, Chakhcharan, Herat, Khwahan, Kunduz, Maimana and Mazar-i-Shari. There are in addition services between Kunduz and Darwaz via Faizabad and Khwahan, and from Kunduz to Sheghnan.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
