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1975
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FLIGHT International, 20 March I97S 465 wholly owned by the Botswana Develop ment Corporation, and operates sched uled passenger and cargo services be tween Maun-Selebi-Pikwe-Johannesburg, Gaborone - Johannesburg, and Francis-town-Gaborone-Lusaka. Head Office: PO Box 92, Gaborone, Botswana. -^413. Executives: Chairman, R. C. Stephens; directors: P. R. Hinchey, H. C. L. Her mans, L. D. Lekalake, M. D. Shipster; general manager, S. G. Choppin. Employees: 40. Fleet: One HS.748, three DC-3. Air-Bridge Carriers Ltd (ABC) was formed late in 1972 and is a subsidiary of the Hunting Group of Companies. Ad hoc cargo charter services are operated as well as scheduled contract freight flights between East Midlands Airport and the Channel Islands. Head Office: East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington, Derby. ^377336. Executives: Managing director, J. D. Capstick; directors: G. H. Williams, M. L. H. Carter; marketing/public rela tions, S. L. Arnold*Boakes; commercial/ administration manager, T. R. Speed. Employees: 40. Fleet: Three Argosy 100, one Viscount 808F. Air BVI Ltd was formed in June 1971 as the national airline of the British Virgin Islands. Scheduled inter-island passenger services are operated linking Beef Island Airport, Tortola, with Vir gin Gordan and San Juan (Puerto Rico). Head Office: PO Box 85, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Executive: Vice-president, Peter M. Armour. Fleet: Three BN-2A Islander. Air California Inc was formed in 1966 and began operations in January 1967. Since June 1970 the majority of the shareholding has been in the hands of the Westgate - California Corporation, which now has 79%. In July 1973 a pro posed merger with Pacific Southwest Airlines was dropped. Air California operates a high-frequency intra-state scheduled passenger service between Orange County-Disneyland, San Fran cisco, San Diego, Oakland, San Jose, Palm Springs, Sacramento and Ontario. Head Office: 3636 Birch Street, New port Beach, California 92660, USA. Executives: President / chairman, Robert W. Clifford; executive vice-presi dent/treasurer, Max P. Van Dordrecht; board members: Herbert Kunzel, James W. Leisner, Carol Smith Shannon; vice-presidents: C. L. Banks; market develop ment, F. R. Davis; contract services, Robert L. Donnell; sales, Joseph E. Walker. Employees: 560. Fleet: Eight Boeing 737-200, one Electra. Air Calypso—see Barbados Interconti nental Airways. Air Cambodge, known as Royal Air Cambodge until mid-1970, is the national airline of the Khmer Republic (Cam bodia until March 1971). Stockholders are the Khmer Government (37-8%), Air France and UTA (34%), and private interests the remainder. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Phnom Penh to Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon, and Hong Kong. Domestic services are operated to Battambang, Kompong Som and other towns. Services to Canton, Hanoi. Siem-Reap and Denpasar were operated until the departure of Prince Sihanouk in 1970, but were cancelled for political reasons. Head Office: PO Box 539, AC Building, Vithei Chan Nak, Phonm Penh, Khmer Republic. Executives: Commercial director, Ke Sath; sales promotion manager, Ty Chea Hang. Fleet: One Caravelle. three DC-4, one DC-6B, two DC-3, one BN-2A Islander. Illlllllilfci Air Canada, formerly Trans-Canada Air lines, was founded in 1937 as the nationally owned airline of Canada, with the stock held by Government- owned Canadian National Railways. The company began operations between Vancouver and Seattle, and established airmail services between Montreal and Vancouver by October 1938 and trans continental passenger service by April 1939. In May 1948 Air Canada took over the commercial operation of its war time transatlantic services to Britain. Air Canada now operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services within Canada and to points in the USA, the Bahamas, Ber muda, the Caribbean and Europe. Air- transit is a subsidiary of Air Canada Head Office: 1 Place Ville Marie. Montreal H3B 3P7, PQ, Canada ^01-26130. Executives: Chairman/chief executive, Yves Pratte; president, Ralph T. Vaughan; general counsel, Ian E. McPherson; secretary, M. E. Fournier; vice-presidents: finance, M. H. Cochrane; personnel, P. J. Chartrand; fleet plan ning, C. H. Glenn; marketing, Yves Menard; public affairs, Claude I. Taylor; group sales/services, M. d'Amours; group technical services, D. C. Tennant; computer system services, P. Jeanniot; maintenance, L. M. Raverty; flight operations, K. J. Davis; purchasing/ facilities, K. E. Olson; systems opera tions, G. E. Goode; western region, H. D. Laing; central/southern region, J. M. Callen; eastern region, J. W. McGill; US region, J. P. Labrie; European region, F. C. Eyre. Employees: 21,500. Fleet: Five Boeing 747-100, one 747- 200C, ten TriStar, 12 DC-8-63, seven DC-8-61, eight DC-8-50, 11 DC-8-40, seven Boeing 727-200, 44 DC-9-30, one DC-9-30F, eight DC-9-15F. On order: Four 727-200. Air Cape (Pty) Ltd was formed in 1963 and the major shareholders are Saf- marine and the Clifford Harris civil en gineering group of companies. Sched uled passenger and cargo services are operated along the Cape coastal route in pool with South African Airways, and link Cape Town with Oudtshoorn, George, Plettenberg Bay and Port Elizabeth. Head Office: PO Box 3622, Wingfield House, Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town, South Africa. -*-57-0246. Executive: Managing director, J. Lourens. Employees: 70. Fleet: One HS.748, three DC-3, one Twin Bonanza, two Cessna 310, two Twin Comanche. Air Centrafrique, which operated until mid-1971 as Compagnie Centre Africaine Air Bangui, was originally formed in 1966 and began operations in 1967. The wholly Government-owned airline was reorganised to be the national carrier in 1971 when the Central African Bepub-lic Government declared an intention to withdraw from the Air Afrique consor tium, but this plan has since been dropped. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Bangui to Bambari, Bria, Ouadda, Birao, Carnot, Bouar Bangassou, Zemio, M'Boki. Seasonal ser vices are also operated during the safari hunting period (December to May) to Ndele, Gounda, Koumbala, Ouanda Djalle, Kawadjia and Rafat. Head Office: PO Box 1432, Rue du President Boganda, Bangui, Central African Republic. Fleet: One DC-3, one Beech Baron. Air Ceylon is the wholly Government-owned airline of Sri Lanka, formed in 1947. Operations began in 1949. Inter national and regional services are operated from Bandaranaike Inter national Airport, Colombo, to Bombay, Madras, Tiruchirapalli, Male (Republic of Maldives), Karachi, London, Rome, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Paris. Domestic services link Colombo with Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Gal Oya. In September 1971 a co operation agreement was signed with the French airline UTA, which provides management and operational assis tance. Head Office: PO Box 692, Lower Chat ham Street, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka. Executives: Chairman, Sam H. Silva; directors: Dr W. Rasaputram, N. S. E. Perera, S. D. Saparamadu, K. C. F. Wijeyewickreme; general manager/ chief executive, E. de S. Wickramaratne; assistant general managers: commer cial, J. H. Lanerolle; airports, R. M. B. Senanayake, Capt P. B. Mawalagedera; managers: engineering. M. C. Fonseka; commercial, S. B. F. Rajapakse; plan ning, K. L. W. de Silva; personnel, T. de Fonseka; finance, K. Kanagarajah; sales, A. C. D. Gooneratne; purchasing, W. R. Soysa; public relations officer, D. Cana- gahayagam. Employees: 1,077. Fleet: One DC-8-50. one Trident IE, one HS.748, two DC-3. On order: One DC-8-63, two HS.748. Air Chad—see Air Tchad. Air Charter International (Societe Aerienne Francaise d'Affretement) was formed in 1966 as a wholly owned sub sidiary of Air France to operate charter and inclusive-tour services. Initially, time was bought on Air France air craft, but more recentlv the airline has acauired its own aircraft. Head Office: 83 Rue Faubourg Saint-Honore. Paris 75, France. •f 20666. Executives: President / general man ager, Pierre Sautet; vice-president, Jean
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