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FLIGHT International. 10 March I97S 505 began scheduled passenger services in 1968 with a service from St Nazaire/ Montoir to Toulouse via Nantes. Charter flights are also undertaken. Head Office: BP8, Aerogare Civile. 37002 Tours, France. ^75703. Executive: President/director-general. Roland Boucherot. Fleet: One Fokker F.27, one Beech 99, two Cessna 402B. Tempair International Airlines Ltd is a subsidiary of Templewood Aviation Internationa] Ltd. It was established in 1972 as a "wet-lease airline" to provide assistance to expanding carriers in cluding Merpati Nusantara and short- term capacity increases. Head Office: Thames-side House, Windsor. Berks. ^847,518. Executives: Managing director, A. H. Griffin; flight operations director, J. Fordham; chief pilot, D. F. Neville; ground operations manager, K. Guest. Fleet: Two 707-321, two 720B (leased), two Vanguard 953. Texas International Airlines Inc. known until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways, was formed in 1940 as Aviation Enterprises, and began scheduled local services in October 1947. Texas International now serves nine states along a 10,000-mile route system plus international services to Monterey and Mexico City. Head Office: PO Box 12788. 8437 Lock heed, Houston, Texas 77017, USA. ^644-77. Executives: President/chief executive, Francisco A. Lorenze; chairman, Donald C. Burr; executive vice-presidents: sys tem manager, Robert D. Gallaway; planning/development, Robert J. Car ney; senior v-ps: finance/administration, Robert D. Snedeker; marketing/public affairs, James A. Cassady; vice-presi dents; technical services, James W. Arpey; personnel, Donald J. Breeding; economic planning, John E. Manger; operation (acting), Robert D. Gallaway; controller, Eugene G. Johnson. Employees: 2,130. Fleet: Four DC-9-30, 16 DC-9-15, 24 Convair CV-600. Thai Airways Ltd was formed on Novem ber 1, 1951, by the merger of Siamese Airways and Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam). The Government holds 99-9% of the stock. Thai Airways operates domeistic services and also flies to Vientiane and Penang. The airline is a majority shareholder in Thai Airways Internationa], formed jointly with SAS. Head Office: 6 Lain Luang Road, Bangkok, Thailand. Executives: Managing director, Lt Cdr Prasong Suchiva: managers: administra tion, Jat Watanangkura; services, Somachi Vanasant; operations. Capt Ratana Svetanant; financial, Choob Itthikul; traffic/sales, Prasad Sukhonda- bandu. Employees: 456. Fleet: Nine HS.748, two DC-3. Thai Airways International Ltd is the designated Hag carrier of Thailand, and was formed in August 1959 by an agree ment signed in Bangkok by SAS and Thai Airways Company. SAS is a min ority shareholder (30% ) in Thai Air ways International, and supplies techni cal and administrative assistance and equipment. Operations began in May I, 1960, when Thai Airways International took over and greatly expanded the international routes of Thai Airways. Services are operated fom Bangkok to Hong Kong, Denpasar, Calcutta, Dacca, Delhi, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Kuala Lum pur, Manila, Osaka, Penang, Rangoon, Saigon, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Syd ney, Copenhagen, London and Frank furt. Head Office: 1043 Phaholyothin Road, Bangkok 4. Thailand. Executives: Managing director, Air Marshal Suan Sukserm; deputy man aging director, Niels Lumholdt; assistant managing director/ground operations, Capt Brom na Thalang; director administration/finance, Thamnon Wang- lee; marketing director, Chatrachai Bunya-Ananta; direotor flight opera tions, Capt Axel Oldne; director main tenance, Ingmar Astrom; director cor porate planning, Hans Erik Farnstrom; director traffic planning/foreign rela tions, Nikorn Maneelert. Employees: 3,106. Fleet: One DC-10-30, three DC-8-63, six DC-8-30. On order: One DC-10-30. THY—see Turk Hava Yollari AO. TMA—see Trans Mediterranean Airways SAL. Toa Domestic Airlines Co Ltd (TDA) was formed on May 15, 1971. by a mer ger of Japan Domestic Airlines (formed 1960 by the amalgamation of North Japan, Nitto and Fuji Airlines) and Toa Airways (formed 1953). Stockholders include Toa, Japan Domestic, Japan Air Linesi (9-1%), Tokyu Corp (26-2%), FujiSash Industries (10-5%) and Kinki Nippon Railway (8-7%). Operations be gan in May 1971 and now cover an ex tensive network of scheduled domestic services to 35 cities throughout Japan from Tokyo and Osaka. Head Office: No 18 Mori Buildings, 20 Akefune-cho, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan. ^ 222-5182. Executives: President. Isamu Tanaka; senior vice-presidents: Masao Hama; Yoshitaka Ohki; Toshihiko Kubota; Jinzo Azami; Michihisa Ihara; secretary. K. Tezuka. Employees: 2,601. Fleet: 11 DC-9-41, two Boeing 727-100, 29 YS-11A, two Hughes 500, eight Kawa saki KH4. six Kawasaki-Bell 47G. On order: Three DC-9-41. Simulator: DC-9-41. Touraine Air Transport (TAT) was formed in 1968. Scheduled services began in April 1970 and have developed into a network of feeder routes linking Aerodrome de Tours St - Symphorien with Le Mans, Poitiers, La Rochelle, Rennes, Lyons, Clermont Ferrand, Limoges, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Agen, Toulouse, Montpellier, Rouen, Deauville and Caen. TAT is a subsidiary of Societe Auxiliare de Services ct de Materiels Aeronautiqucs (Sasmat). Other com panies in the Group include Rousseau Aviation, Taxi Avia France and Avia- Affaires. Head Office: Aerodrome de Tours Saint-Symphorien, France. Executive: President/director-general, Michael Marchais. Employees: 70. Fleet: One Fokker-VFW F.28, four Fokker F.27, seven Beech 99, two Twin Otter. Trabajos Aereos y Enlaces (TAE) was formed in 1957 but did not begin opera tions until April 1967. Charter and in clusive-tour services were operated using two DC-7Cs and a BAG One-Eleven 400 until 1970, when the airline ceased operations and the jet was re possessed. Following lengthy refinanc ing negotiations by the owner, Naveira Aznar. TAE was reorganised and re sumed activities on April 1, 1973, with the help of a technical assistance agree ment with the French airline UTA, from whom TAE is lease-purchasing two DC-8s. Head Office: Aeropuerto de Palma, Majorca, Spain. sT 68669. Executives: Founder / owner, Naviera Aznar; general manager, Santiago de Andres Solana; marketing manager, Alfredo G. Espantalcon Navarro Fleet: One DC-8-50, two DC-8-30, one Super Caravelle. Tradewinds Airways Ltd was formed in November 1968 to operate cargo charter flights using Canadair CL-44s lease-pur chased from Seaboard World Airlines. Operations from Gatwick began in January 1969. Stockholders include Four Millbank Investments (45% ), Charles F Hughesdon (42-5%) and Stewart Wrightson (5%). Head Office: Gatwick Airport, Horley, Surrey. ^87514. Executives: Chairman, C. F. Hughes don; directors: administration / finance, G. W. Townsend; operations, Gp Capt N. F. Curtis; commercial, G. R.Reynolds; chief pilot, Capt R. A. Jones. Employees: 120. Fleet: Five Canadair CL-44. Transair Ltd was formed in 1956 by the merger of Central Northern Airways and Arctic Wings. CNA (founded 1947) operated certain bush routes formerly operated by CP Air. Arctic Wings, based at Churchill on Hudson Bay, was estab lished by the Roman Catholic church to operate charter flights in support of its Arctic missions. In 1969 Transair took over the Winnipeg-based Midwest Airlines and continues to operate it as a division of Transair. Scheduled pas senger services are operated from Win nipeg to the Pas, Flin Flon. Lynn Lake, Norway House. Manitoba, Resolute Bay, Thompson, Gillam, Churchill, and Yel- lowknife NWT; from Winnipeg to Kenora, Dryden, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste Marie and Toronto; and from Winnipeg to Red Lake. Scheduled flights are also operated from Churchill to several points in the Northwest Territories. Transair also operates vertical re-supply operations, under contract to the US Air Force, to the main sites of the r X» * •«•..:•!) ::-Hi#aW|3B^|^^ p y» .|. ;|.-|;|i.l,.|...;l=|:,[!,!...| iHs
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