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1975
1975 - 0316.PDF
268 THIRD-LEVEL AIRLINES vice from Eagle Farm Airport. Brisbane, to North Stradbroke Island, lying off the coast of Queensland. Services to Gayndah, Theodore and Moura within Queensland are no longer operated. Head Office: Airport, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Aus tralia. <S 499 122. Chief Executive: Brian Hooper, manag ing director. Fleet: One Piper Cherokee Six. St Thomas Tax-Air operates scheduled commuter services from San Juan (Puerto Bico) to Charlotte Amalie. St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) and to Beef Island Airport, Tortola (British Virgin Islands). There are currently three daily services, except on Sundays. The com pany received certification for com muter services on July 27, 1966. Air-taxi and charter work is also provided. Head Office: Caribe-Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Bico 00901. 9 725-7692/791-0636. Chief Executive: Doris Belcher, manager. Fleet: Five Beech E18S. Suburban Airlines is the scheduled com muter division of Reading Aviation Ser vices Inc. Regular services are currently operated between Reading, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) and Washington DC; New York Newark, Allentown (Pennsyl vania), Binghamton and Buffalo (New York); and between Reading, Lancaster and New York Kennedy Internationa] Airport. A Reading - Lancaster - Philadel phia service, which was inaugurated on March 1, 1973, is flown under contract to Allegheny Airlines as part of Alle gheny Commuter. Head Office: PO Box 1201, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603, USA. 9 215-375-8551. Chief Executive: A. M. Horst, president. Fleet: Five DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Vol- par Turboliner. Sud Air Transport, formerly known as Air Cote-Basque, began scheduled pas senger operations on April 2, 1973, with a twice-daily service between Biarritz and Toulouse, employing a Beech Queen Air. This service was suspended on a temporary basis in October 1974 and is expected to restart in the spring of this year. Sud Air Transport also has author ity to engage in charter operations to points throughout France and the Med iterranean countries. Head Office: 62 Rue St Lazare, Paris 9e, France. 9 246.38.66. Chief Executive: Rernard Andrault, president director-general. Fleet: One Beech Queen Air, one Beech Baron. Suidwes Lugdiens (Edms) Beperk was established in 1946 as South West Air Transport (Pty) Ltd, and began sched uled operations from Windhoek two years later. Now under the control of Safmarine, which owns 85 per cent of the stock, Suidwes Lugdiens provides scheduled feeder services to connect with SAA flights at Windhoek. Its coastal route links Windhoek (Eros Airport) with Capetown via Walvis Bay, Lude-ritz and Alexander Bay, the northern route serves Tsumeb arid Grootfontein from Windhoek, and the Etosha route connects Halali and Okaukuejo to Wind hoek. The present title of the airline was adopted in March 1959 upon merg ing with Oryx Aviation, a small charter company. Head Office: PO Box 731, Eros Airport, Windhoek, South West Africa. 9 24451/3, 26305/^-56-657. Chief Executive: A. Lombard, managing director. Fleet: One Fairchild FH-227B, two Doug las DC-4, two Douglas DC-3, one Cessna 402A, two Cessna 310, four Piper Twin Comanche, two Piper Aztec. Summit Airlines, until 1974 known as Del-Air (Delaware Air Freight Com pany), operates scheduled all-cargo ser vices with Skyvans in the eastern half of the United States. Routes flown are Atlanta (Georgia)-Chattanooga (Tennes see) - Huntsville/Decatur - Birmingham (Alabama), Philadelphia - Allentown - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (all in Pennsyl vania), Williamsport - Harrisburg - Phila delphia, Philadelphia - New York/New ark - Boston (Massachusetts), Buffalo (New York) - Rochester (New York) -Philadelphia, Boston - New York - Phil adelphia - Baltimore (Maryland) - Wash ington DC, and Atlanta - Knoxville (Tennessee) - Tri-City Airport (Tennes see). At least one daily service is op erated on each route. The airline is a subsidiary of Summit Aviation Inc. Head Office: Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153, USA. 9 215-365-1885. Chief Executive: Richard C. Dupont Jr, president. Fleet: Seven Short Skyvan. Sun Aire Lines is the operating name of Borrego Springs Airline, which was cer tificated for scheduled commuter opera tions in November 1968, The airline currently provides connections between Borrego Springs, Palm Springs and San Diego, all in California. Several daily-services are scheduled. Head Office: PO Box 417, Borrego Springs, California 92004, USA. 9 714-767-5388. Chief Executive: H. L. Van Sickle, manager. Fleet: One Swearingen Metroliner. FLIGHT International, 13 February 197S erness Area and south-eastern Utah, to fly river-runners, fishermen, hunters and campers. Head Office: PO Box AMF 22065, Salt Lake City, Utah 84122, USA. 9 801-359-7673. Chief Executive: Edward B. Rich, presi dent. Fleet: Three DHC-6 Twin Otter, one BN-2A Islander, four Piper Navajo, one Piper Cherokee Six, one Beech Baron. Swift Aire Lines began operations in March 1969 with one Piper Navajo be tween San Luis Obispo and Sacramento via San Jose and San Francisco. Sched uled services have since considerably expanded and currently provide 115 daily departures serving Sacramento, Fresno, Visalia, Bakersfield, Los An geles, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, San Jose and San Fran cisco. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: Terminal Building, San Luis Obispo Airport, PO Box W, San Luis Obispo, California 93406, USA. 9 805-544-7700. Chief Executive: Charles G. Wiswell, president. Fleet: Six de Havilland Heron, one Piper Navajo. Taiwan Airways Corporation (TAC), a domestic charter and air-taxi operator, is planning to introduce scheduled third-level air services linking Taipei to some of the smaller communities in the Re public, as well as international flights with Islanders and Cessna 402s. Taiwan Airways was founded in 1966 and re organised in October 1973. Sun Airlines Inc flies Beech Queen Airs on scheduled commuter services in Flor ida, linking Lakeland, St Petersburg/ Albert Whitted Airport, Sarasota, Tam pa and Talahassee. Four daily flights are scheduled between Tampa, Sarasota and Talahassee, and one daily service between St Petersburg, Lakeland, Tam pa and Talahassee. No services are op erated at the weekend. Sun Airlines came into being in February 1967 and started operations a month later. Head Office: PO Box 22703, Tampa, Florida 33622, USA. 9 813-884-3635. Chief Executive: George Caleshu, president. Fleet: Beech Queen Air B80. Sun Valley Key Airlines, a division of Key Transportation Inc, operates daily scheduled passenger and freight flights throughout a four-state area in the Intermountain West. The airline began scheduled commuter air carrier opera tions in April 1964. Present flight routes are Salt Lake City-Provo, Salt Lake City - Ogden - Brigham City - Logan, Salt Lake City - Sun Valley, Sun Valley - Boise, Salt Lake City - Price - Moab, Salt Lake City - Elko, Elko - Reno and Moab - Grand Junction (replacement Frontier Airlines service). During the summer months the airline operates limited scheduled services into the Idaho Wild- Head Office: 5th Floor, 157 Nanking East Road, Section 2, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. 9 538167/8/9. Chief Executive: Lt Gen S. L. Hsu, president. Fleet: Two BN-2A Islander, two Cessna 206. On order: Three Cessna 402. Talair Pty Ltd, until recently known as Territory Airlines Pty Ltd, was formed in January 1952. The airline operates extensive scheduled commuter services to over 70 airstrips throughout the High lands, Madang and Sepik districts of Papua New Guinea, utilising Twin Otters and Cessna 402s. In addition to its scheduled flights, Talair also operates charter services from its bases at Port Moresby, Goroka, Ohimbu, Mendi, Wabag, Wewak, Madang and Mt Hagen. Talco Territory is the tour division, which was formed in 1967 to promote tourism and offer package holidays to Papua New Guinea. Head Office: PO Box 108, Goroka, Papua New Guinea. 9 72 1393/^-72519. Chief Executive: B. D. Buchanan, man aging director. Fleet: Four DHC-6 Twin Otter, seven Cessna 402, one Cessna 336, three Cessna 207, six Cessna 206, four Cessna 185, two Beech Baron. On order: one Twin Otter, one Cessna 421.
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