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472 V #3 PSSHK C&, " WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY airline has a 10% holding in Air Micronesia. Head Office: PO Box 30028, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. Executives: Chairman, Hung Wo Ching; president, Kenneth F. C. Char; executive vice-president, Capt P. N. Economou; v-p government affairs, F. Der Yuen; v-p marketing, B. Thomas. Employees: 770. Fleet: Seven Boeing 737. Alyemda—Democratic Yemen Airlines was formed in March 1971 by presiden tial decree as the national airline of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, (formerly known as South Yemen or Aden). Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Aden to Cairo, Beirut, Tripoli, Kuwait, Moga discio, Hargeisa, Burao, Djibouti, Taiz, Sana'a, Riyan, Ghuruf, Qishn, Alghieda, Ataq and Beihan. Head Office: PO Box 6006, Alyemda Building, Khormaksar, Aden, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Executives: General manager, Ahmed Masood Al-Alwani; managers: commer cial, Ali A. Basahi; financial, Ali Mubarak Mohowreq; traffic, Jamil A. Latif; opera tions, Capt Towfiq A. Wahed; personnel, Abdul Karim Awad; technical, Said Nagi Sinan. Employees: 600. Fleet: One Boeing 720B, one DC-6A/B, two DC-6B, four DC-3. AMAZ—see Agence et Messageries Aerienne du Zaire. American Airlines Inc was founded in 1934 as a direct successor to American Airways, formed in 1930, and other pre decessor companies dating back to 1926. Currently operating a fleet of nearly 250 aircraft, American is one of the world's largest airlines by any yardstick, and in the past has sponsored designs such as the DC-3, DC-7, CV-240, CV-990, Electra and DC-10. A network of scheduled pas senger and cargo services extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, plus services to Toronto in the north, Mexico City and Acapulco to the south and Hawaii to the west. American's service to Fiji, Pago Pago, Sydney and Auckland (started in 1970) was suspended in March 1974. In 1971 the airline absorbed Trans Caribbean Airways and began flying to Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Aruba, Curacao and Haiti. American Airlines' non - transportation activities, which range from a network of 20 hotels to catering services, gift shops and cleaning services, were re organised into Flagship Internationa] Inc in 1972. Head Office: 633 Third Avenue, New York 10017, USA. •^ 423800. Executives: Chairman /president/chief executive, Albert V. Casey; senior vice-presidents: administration, Gene E. Overbeck; finance, Robert J. Norris; marketing, Robert L. Crandall; opera tions, Donald J. Lloyd-Jones; field sales/ services, Otto A. Becker; corporate secretary, Robert C. Dinerstein; treasurer, John F. Dembeck; vice-presidents: general counsel, Richard A. Lempert; freight marketing, Fred H. McCusker; maintenance/engineering, Rocco J. Masiello; flight, Theodore M. Felden; purchasing/inventory control, Joseph V. Dooley; public relations, David C. Frailey. Employees: 35,785. Fleet: Eight Boeing 747-100, one 747- 100F, 25 DC-10-10, 50 Boeing 707-123, 10 707-323B, 30 707-323C, 43 727-223, 58 727- 023. On order. 20 727-223. Ancles Airlines—see Aerolineas Naci-onales del Ecuador. Angola Airlines—see Empresa de Trans poses Aereos de Angola (TAAG). Anguilla Airways was granted a two-year CAB permit in March 1972 to operate cargo services between points in the Caribbean including Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and the Dutch, French and British Antilles islands. Head Office: PO Box 1604, Harry S. Truman Airport, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00801. Fleet: One DC-3. ANHSA—see Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras SA. Ansett Airlines of Australia Ltd, known until late 1968 as Ansett-ANA, was founded as Ansett Airways by R. M. FLIGHT International, 20 March I97S Ansett in 1936 and the airline's first ser vice was opened that year. In 1952 Ansett took over the flying-boat operator Barrier Reef Airways and in 1963 acquired another flying - boat operator, Trans Oceanic Airways. In 1957 Ansett acquired ANA to become Australia's largest privately owned airline. Butler Air Transport (now Airlines of New South Wales) and its subsidiary Queensland Airlines and Guinea Airways (now Ansett Airlines of South Australia) were subsequently acquired and, like Ansett Airlines of Australia itself, form part of Ansett Transport Industries. QAL no longer exists as a separate entity and its routes have been integrated into the Ansett network. In 1960 Mandated Air lines, Gibbes Sepik Airways and Madang Air Services were also acquired by Ansett and operated as Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea until succeeded by Air Niuginj in November 1973. In 1963 a controlling interest was acquired in Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines, which is now wholly owned. The Ansett group operates an extensive route network covering all states of Australia and to Papua New Guinea. Helicopter services are operated between theYarra Heliport and Tullamarine and a Sikorsky S-61N operates services in the Barrier Reef, North Queensland. Head Office: 489 Swanston Street, Mel bourne, Victoria, Australia. ^AA30085. Executives: Chairman, Sir Reginald Ansett; general manager, F. Pascoe; executive assistant to managing director, A. Flanders; commercial director, J. A. North; general operations manager, Capt P. J. Gibbes; schedules planning manager J. Fowler; assistant general manager, E. J. Forrester; general market ing manager, B. A. Gluyas; general freight manager, L. C. Wharton; director of helicopter division, Capt Max Holy- man; public relations executive, J. V. Tyrrell. Employees: 10,000. Fleet: Six Boeing 727-200, four 727-100, two 727-100C, 12 DC-9-30, II Fokker F.27, three Electra freighter, one Sikorsky S-61N, one JetRanger. On order: Two 727-200, one Electra freighter. Ansett Airlines of New South Wales Ltd was founded in 1934 as Butler Air Transport to operate intrastate services within New South Wales. Butler was taken over by Ansett Transport Indus tries (along with its subsidiary Queens land Airlines) in 1958 and the present name adopted in December 1959. Ansett Flying Boat Services operations were later integrated with Airlines of New South Wales and the company now operates an extensive network of scheduled services from Sydney to points in New South Wales, plus Lord Howe Island. Head Office: Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, New South Wales, Australia. ^"25384. Executives: Chairman, Sir Reginald Ansett; general manager, P. D. W. Stedman; operations manager, Capt I.
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