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496 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY North Central Airlines Inc (NCA) was established in 1944 as Wisconsin Central Airlines. Scheduled services began in February 1948 and the present title adopted in 1952. North Central now operates an extensive network of routes radiating from Minneapolis/St Paul to New York and Cincinnati in the east, Kansas City and Omaha to the south, Rapid City and Denver to the west, plus international services to Toronto, Winni peg and Saulte St Marie in Canada. Head Office: 7500 Northliner Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450, USA. -»-"910-576-2697. Executives: Chairman/chief executive, Hal N. Carr; president, Bernard Sweet; vice-presidents: secretary, John P. Dow; maintenance/engineering, Robert L. Gren; in-flight services, George J. Karnas; finance, Daniel F. May; industrial rela tions, Gowan J. Miller; traffic/sales, David E. Moran; ground operations, T. M. Needham; flight operations, G. F. Wallis; treasurer, J. F. Nixon; assistant secretary, Charlotte G. Westberg. Employees: 3,364. Fleet: 19 DC-9-30, 33 Convair CV-580. On order: Two DC-9-30, three DC-9-50. Simulator: DC-9-30. North Coast Air Services Ltd operates passenger and cargo charter flights to points in Canadai and th© USA. Head Office: PO Box 610 Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. sT 047-8961. Executive: President, J. N. Anderson. Employees: 30. Fleet: One DC-3, two Mallard, one Husky, six Beaver, four Cessna 180. Northeast Airlines—see British Airways Regional Division. Northward Airlines Ltd was formed in 1965 from a nucleus of charter and scheduled services previously operated by Pacific Western Airlines in the North West Territory, and the amalgamation of the private air services of Sproule Pro jects and Bow Valley Industries. North ward provides scheduled passenger services to 25 communities: located in the North West Territory and Yukon, and charter services from bases at Edmonton, Alberta, Yellowknife, Inuvik, Cambridge Bay, and Norman Wells, NWT and Whitehorse in the Yukon. Head Office: 10240 124 Street, Edmon ton, Alberta, Canada. -*• 037-2978. Executives: President, E. J. Miller; vice-president/treasurer, A. N. Edging-ton; vice-president/ general manager, C. D. Moir; traffic manager, B. W. Robert son; chief pilot, Capt B. Parsons. Employees: 65. Fleet: One Faarchild F-27J, three DC-3, one Gulf stream 1, six Twin Otter. Northwest Airlines Inc was incorporated on August 1, 1926, as Northwest Air ways Inc. The present corporate name was adopted in 1934. For publicity pur poses the airline trades as Northwest Orient Airlines. By 1945 a trans-conti nental route had been established and in 1947 the company began services to the Far East. In 1948 Washington and Honolulu were added to the network and in 1950 Edmonton and Taiwan. The present system comprises 24,245 miles of routes stretching from coast to coast of the USA, into Canada and Alaska, to Hawaii, and across the Pacific to Japan, South Korea, Okinawa, Manila, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Northwest also serves Florida and Philadelphia. Head Office: Minneapolis - St Paul International Airport, St Paul, Minne sota 55111, USA. >" 29-7024. Executives: President, Donald W. Nyrop; vice-presidents: legal, James A. Abbott; purchasing/sales, Clayton R. Brandt; budgets, Robert W. Campbell; regulatory proceedings, J. William Campion; properties, Roland W. Chambers; personnel, Robert A. Ebert; public relations, Roy K. Erickson; main tenance/engineering, William E. Huskins Jr; Orient region, Reginald C. Jenkins; assistants to president, Benjamin G. Griggs Jr, Frank C. Judd; finance/treas urer, M. Joseph Lapensky; advertising, Bryan G. Moon; comptroller, Robert J. Phillips; transportation services, C. L. Stewart; sales, Robert J. Wright; vice- president, Ronald McVickar; secretary, A. E. Floan. Employees: 11,303. Fleet: 15 Boeing 747-100, 22 DC-1040, five 707-320B, six 707-320C, 23 707-200, 32 727-100. On order: Three Boeing 747F. Simulators: Boeing 707, 727, 747, DG-10. Northwest Territorial Airways Ltd (NWT Air) was formed in 1962. Main activity is the transport of cargo and supplies in support of mining oil and gas industry operations. Authorised area of operations covers one-third of Canada in the area north of the 60° parallel to the North Pole. Scheduled services are also operated from Yellowknife to Port Radium, Coppermine, Lady Franklin Point and Cambridge Bay. Owner of the airline is the president/general man ager. Head Office: PO Bag 9000, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. x*'034-45527. Executives: President/general mana- ger, Robert Engle; chief pilot, Harry Sorenson; chief engineer, Gerald Le- Febvre. Employees: 30. Fleet: One Hercules, two DC-6A/B, three DC-3. Norwegian Overseas Airways A/S was formed in 1971 to operate world-wide cargo charter services. Head Office: Postboks 7618, Parkveien 80, Oslo 2, Norway. -•"19181. Executives: Chairman, E. Odegaarden; director of operations, Capt Thor Tjont-veit; director of finance, Mrs Skovholt; technical director, B. Eriksson. Employees: 10. Fleet: Two Carvair, three DC-4, one DC-3, one Cessna 206. PT Nusantara Air Service, a division of Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, operates scheduled passenger services from Jakarta to Surabaya, Bandung and Semarang. Charters are also undertaken. Head Office: Jalan Indramayu 20, Jakarta, Indonesia. Fleet: Two Fokker F.27, four BN-2A Islander, one Aztec. NZNAC—see New Zealand National Air ways Corporation. Olsen—see Fred Olsens Flyselskap A/S. Okanagan Helicopters Ltd, founded in 1947, claims to be the world's third largest helicopter operator. The com pany is active: in every field of heli copter activity including oil and gas exploration, forestry, mining, surveying, construction, agriculture, patrol, rescue and salvage operations. Okanagan also operates a helicopter flying training school. Subsidiary companies of Okana gan are Canadian Helicopters Ltd (Montreal, Quebec), Lac St-Jean Avia tion Ltd (Matagami, Quebec), and Universal Helicopters Ltd (Carp, On tario). Head Office: 439 Agar Drive, Van couver International Airport, British Columbia. Canada. ^04508883. Executives: Chairman /president, J. W. Pitts; vice-chairman, C. N. Effinger; vice- presidents: marketing, F. A. Moore; operations, D. T. Dunn; finance/secre tary /treasurer, Verne D. Pecho; assis tant secretary, D. W. H. Creighton. Employees: 350. Fleet: Four Sikorsky S-61N, one S-61L, two S-62A, six S-58T, one S-55, six Bell 212, two Bell 205A, three Bell 204B, 54 JetRanger, 14 Alouette II/Lama, two Gazelle. On order: S-61N. RIGHT Internationa/, 20 March 1975 Olympic Airways SA was formed in April 1957 when Aristotle Onassis took over TAE-Greek National Airlines (founded in 1951 through a merger of TAE, Hellas and Aero Metaforai Ellados, and nationalised in 1954). Onassis' 50- year concession gave him a sole designa tion as national airline and a monopoly on domestic routes. However, Onassis withdrew in December 1974 following heavy losses estimated at £15m for that year, and the airline was grounded pend ing reorganisation. A seven-man manager ment team was nominated by the Government following shut-down, and reports indicate that the National Bank of Greece may take over in the interim. Operations resumed late in January and cover an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services to points in Europe, the Middle and Far East, Australia and North America. The status of a subsidiary, Olympic Aviation, formed in 1971 to operate light aircraft and a helicopter division and responsible for charter, air-taxi, flying training and Aerospatiale representation in Greece, is unclear. Head Office: 96 Sygrou Avenue, Athens 404, Greece. Employees: 8,500. Fleet: Two Boeing 747-200B, two 707- 320B, six 707-320C, seven 720B, six 727-200, seven YS-11A. Oriental Pearl Airways Ltd was formed in March 1971 to operate cargo charter services from Hong Kong to points in Asia. Shareholders are a group of Hong Kong businessmen led by the executive director. Operations began in December 1972. Head Office: PO Box 16667, 14 Stanley Street, Hong Kong. xf74335. Executive: Executive director, Thom son Chiu. Fleet: Two DC-6B. Overseas National Airways Inc (ONA) was formed in June 1950 as a supple mental US carrier. Following refinancing and reorganisation in 1965, ONA re ceived permanent CAB certification in 1966 to operate affinity charter, single- entity charter and inclusive-tour charter flights within the US, across the Atlantic as far east as India, and to the Carib bean. Cargo charter flights are also flown to domestic points plus the Caribbean. In addition, ONA will operate travel group charter flights to Europe. Head Office: Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430, USA. .^ 125769. Executives: Chairman/chief executive, G. F. Steedman Hinckley; president/ chief operating officer, J. W. Bailey; vice-presidents: Europe, John A. Alexan der; corporate development, Winston O. Defieux; purchasing/properties, Edward B. Scharf; sales administration, Melvin L. Sibulkin; operations, Malcolm E. Starkloff; maritime affairs, James Demetrion; market planning, Walter Garbalinski; passenger service, Anthony G. Viglass; legal, Robert E. Wagenfeld; maintenance / engineering, Bernard J. Walker; treasurer, Karl F. Wernett; con troller, Richard A. Winfield; senior v-p marketing/sales, Worth L. Thornton. Employees: 1,000 Fleet: Two DC-10-30CF, three DC-8- 63CF, two DC-8-61F, one DC-8-61, five DC-8-20, six DC-9-30F. Ozark Air Lines Inc was formed in 1943 as an intra-state scheduled carrier. In 1950 Ozark took over Parks Air Lines and began scheduled operations be tween St Louis and Chicago in Septem ber of that year. The airline subse quently received permanent certification, and now operates regional services to 64 cities in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Routes served extend from Denver in the west to Washington DC and New York in the east; from Min neapolis/St Paul in the north to Dallas/ Fort Worth in the south. Head Office: Lambert-St Louis Muni-
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