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498 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Illinois and the District of Columbia. Head Office: Smith Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27102, USA. ^806438. Executives: President, T. H. Davis; executive vice-president, W. M. Mag-ruder; senior vice-presidents: T. W. Morton; R. S. Northington; K. E. Ross; H. K. Saunders; vice-presidents: pur chasing, W. W. Barber; ground opera tions, W. A. Blackmon; maintenance/ engineering, H. M. Cartwright; sales, W. G. McGee; flight operations, W. O. Tadlock; employee relations, J. B. Wil son; controller, A. F. Long. Employees: 3,500. Fleet: 19 Boeing 737-200. 21 YS-1IA seven FH-227B. Simulators: Boeing 737. Pioneer Airlines Ltd, initially known as Pioneer Air Charter Services was formed in March 1973. Authority to operate world-wide cargo charter flights was received in June 1973 but operations did not begin until Feburary 1974. Head Office: PO Box 9101, Kotoka In ternational Airport, Accra, Ghana. ^2098. Executives: Chairman, K. B. Ayensu; managing / operations director, Major (retd) Sam Obeng; commercial, B. O. Gyewu; finance, F. R. G. Vardon; legal, S. H. Annancy; administration / sales, G. N. Ashon. Employees: 14. Fleet: One Boeing 720B. On order: One 707-320C. PLUNA—see Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navigacion Aerea. Polynesian Airlines Ltd began operating in 1959. Major stockholders in the com pany are the Government of Western Samoa (70%), Air New Zealand (10%), Air Pacific (10%) and private local in terests the remainder. Scheduled pas senger and cargo services are operated between Apia (Western Samoa), Nadi (Fiji), Tonga, Pago Pago (American Samoa) and Niue Island. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 599, Beach Road, Apia, Western Samoa. Executives: Chairman, Edward Annan-dale; general manager, N. C. Wisely; operations manager, Capt J. K. McNeeley; engineering manager, C. L. Gore; sales manager, M. R. Robertson; finance/administration manager, J. T. Betham. Employees: 160. Fleet: Two HS.748. Pomair Ostend NV, the Belgian charter and inclusive-tour airline ceased opera tions in October 1974 and has since gone into liquidation. Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Naviga cion Aerea (Pluna) began operations as a private company on November 20, 1936, but became completely State-con trolled from November 12, 1951. Pluna introduced a network of domestic routes before the Second World War, but these are now operated in conjunction with the Paraguayan Air Force, which uses Fokker F.27s and DC-3s. Head Office: Colonia 1021, Montevideo, Uruguay. >"753. Executives: Director general, Col Manuel Baudas; general secretary, Raul E. Adami; commercial director, Rolando V. Bello. Employees: 929. Fleet: Five Viscount 700, ten DC-3. Protea Airways (Pty) Ltd was formed in July 1959 as a privately owned com pany to operate air-taxi and charter ser vices. On July I, 1970, Protea bought the scheduled operations of National Air ways and through the takeover acquired Swazi-Air. Since 1972 Protea has operated the Air Botswana scheduled route network under contract. Head Office: PO Box 1058, Bosnian Building, Cnr Eloff/Bree Streets, Johan nesburg, South Africa. x*'43-7669. Executives: Chairman, P. H. Wilhelmi; deputy chairman, D. R. C. Pickering; managing director, J. T. Morrison; finan cial director, W. G. Jordaan; commercial manager, L. J. Thorne; chief accountant, P. B. M. Umpleby; chief pilot, Capt L. Moran. Employees: 43. Fleet: two DC-3. PSA—sec Pacific Southwest Airlines Inc. Qantair Ltd is the charter subsidiary of Qantas formed in September 1971 to operate low-fare services. Equipment consists of Boeing 707s converted to 184-seat high-density configuration and chartered from Qantas as and when required. Qantas Airways Ltd can trace its history back to 1920 when Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services was founded on November 16. On Novem ber 2, 1922, Qantas opened its first regular service between Oharleville and Cloncurry. Qantas Empire Airways was founded in 1.934 by Qantas and Imperial Airways to operate the Brisbane-Singa pore section of the England-Australia route. The Commonwealth Government became the sole owner in 1947 when it purchased the BOAC and Qantas share holdings and designated the company as the Australian flag carrier. Opera tions through to London via Singapore were begun in December 1947 and the airline started trans-Pacific services in 1954 when it took over the Sydney-Fiji-Honolulu-San Francisco-Vancouver route of BCPA. The present name was adopted in August 1967. The current route net work covers scheduled passenger and cargo services to Norfolk Island, Auck land, Wellington, Christchuroh, Manila, Noumea, Fiji, Vancouver, San Fran cisco, Tahiti, Hawaii, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Port Moresby, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bali, Singapore, Bombay, Mau ritius, Johannesburg, Bahrain, Damas cus, Athens, Rome, Frankfurt, Vienna, Amsterdam and London from Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Perth and Brisbane. Head Office: Qantas House, 70 Hunter Street. Sydney, Australia. ^20113. Executives: Chairman, Sir Donald Anderson; vice-chairman, R. R. Law-Smith; general manager, Capt R. J. Ritchie; deputy general managers: Capt P. W. Howsori; K. R. Hamilton; direc tors: airline operations, D. A. Ashover; public affairs, R. Banks; medical ser vices, Dr W. P. Dakin; customer services, A. F. Foster; finance, W. L. Harding; Qantas investments, B. J. Hinchcliffe; marketing, G. E. Howling; personnel administration, G. A. Kench; inter national relations, T. E. Roff; flight operations, Capt A. Wharton; engineer ing/maintenance, R. J. Yates. Employees: 13,435. Fleet: Nine Boeing 747-200B, 15 707- 320C, two DC-4, one HS.125. On order: Two 747-200B. Simulators: Boeing 747, 707. Quebecair commenced operating charter services as Rimouski Aviation Syndicate in 1946. The airline was incorporated in 1947 as Rimouski Airlines and merged in 1953 with Gulf Aviation Com pany under the name of Quebecair. Matane Air Service was taken over in 1965 and Royalair in 1969. Subsidiary companies are Les Ailes du Nord (Northern Wings), A. Fecteau Transport Aerien, Northern Wings Helicopters, RIGHT International, 20 March 19?'S Montreal Air Leasing and, since May 1974, Air Gaspc. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Montreal and Quebec City to more than 40 points throughout the Province of Quebec and Newfoundland. Charter and inclusive-tour services are also under taken. Head Office: PO Box 490, Montreal International Airport, Dorval 300, Que bec, Canada. •^0526. Executives: Chairman, A. Simard; president, Hon Lionel Chevrier; vice-president/ genera] manager, Andre Lizotte. Employees: 625. Fleet: Two Boeing 707-120B, one 727- 100, three One-Eleven 400, four FH-227, five DC-3, one C-46, nine Otter, 19 Beaver, one Queen Air, 13 Cessna 180/ 185, one Dornier Do28, 25 Bell /Hughes helicopters. Keeve Aleutian Airways Inc was founded in 1932 but operated mainly charter ser vices until 1948 when the CAB granted the company a certificate. Services are flown from Anchorage through the Aleutians to Attu and the Pribilof Islands. Reeve also conducts extensive charter operations throughout Alaska. Head Office: PO Box 559, Anchorage, Alaska 99510, USA. Executives: President / general mana ger, R. C. Reeve; vice-president, main tenance, Robert L. Hanson; treasurer, Janice M. Reeve; secretary/comptroller, R. Robinson. Employees: 155. Fleet: Two Electra, three DC-6B/AB, two YS-11A, three C-46, two C-47, two Goose. Rich International Airways Inc operates cargo charter services between West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and points in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Head Office: PO Box 67, Miami, Florida, USA. Fleet: Three C-46. SA Rousseau-Aviation was formed in 1963 by Claude Rousseau to operate charter services. Scheduled services began in 1965 and now link Nantes with Brest, Le Havre, Lille, Metz, Mulhouse, Bordeaux, Dinard and London Heath row; Paris with Dinard, St Brieuc and Lannion; Lyon with Nancy and Cler mont-Ferrand with Geneva. In 1973 the company became a member of the Touraine Air Transport Group when TAT acquired a 33% interest. Other shareholders are Groupe Frangaise d'Entreprise (33%) and S o r e f / RA (owned by Claude Rousseau) (33%). Head Office: BP124, Aeroport de Dinard/Pleurtit, 35801 Dinard, France. >^73716. Executive: General manager, Jean Marchais. Employees: 300. Fleet: Two HS.748, two Fokker F.27, five Nord 262, one Baron, two Bonanza, one Cessna 172. Royal Air Inter was formed early in 1970 to undertake domestic services within Morocco, and operations began on April 2, 1970. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Casablanca to Agadir, Marrakesh, Rabat, Fez, Tangier, Tetouan, Oujda, Al Hoceima, Ouarzazate, plus international services from Tangier to Gibraltar and Malaga, and Oujda to Oran. Charter flights are also under taken. Head Office: Aeroport Casablanca- Anfa. Morocco. ^220-58. Executives: Director - general Hassan Yacoubi Soussane; commercial manager, Ahmed Jalal. Fleet: Two Fokker F.27-600. Royal Air Lao, formed in 1961, is owned 90% by the Government of Laos and is designated as the national airline. Scheduled passenger and cargo services
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