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FLIGHT International, 20 March (975 507 presidents: assistant to president/chair man, Shank E. Zakhour; government relations, Fouad D. Rizk; operational planning / traffic, Chazi H. Kraytem; sales, Shafic S. Fakhouri; economic re search / planning, Joseph E. Mawad; controller, Wadih N. Issa; genera] man ager, technical operations, John D. Boren. Employees: 1,827. Fleet: Seven Boeing 707-320C On order: Two Boeing 747F. Transmeridian Air Cargo Ltd (XMAC), known until 1970 as Trans Meridian (London), was formed in 1962 to operate world-wide charter services The airline is 90% owned by T. D. Keegan and 10% by Charles St George In October 1971 TMAC took over the Southend - based scheduled airline British Air Ferries. Head Office: Stansted Airport, Stans-led, Essex. xC81349. Executives: Chairman, T. D. Keegan; managing director, M. B. Hacker; sales director, L. L. Orr; sales director (pas senger), M. P. Cross; Far East director, Alistair MacLeod; directors: Jane van Nleuwenhuysen; Charles St George. Employees: 254. Fleet: One Cdnroy CL-44-0, seven Canadair CL-44D, one Dove. Trans-Oceanic Airways was formed in the summer of 1971 to operate charter and inclusive-tour flights from Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas to points in Europe and North Africa, using a leased Boeing 707. Stockholders are the president and general manager, and backing is claimed of the British mer chant bank Balli Bros. Services were reported to be starting in March 1973, but did not do so. Head Office: Nassau International Air port, Bahamas. Executives: President, Mrs Irene Bowen; executive vice-president/general manager, J. H. Kunkel Jr. Transportes A e r e o s Benianos SA (Tabsa), operating as Bolivian Airways, operates cargo services between La Paz and the Departments of Beni, Santa Cruz and Pando. A CAB foreign carrier permit has been awarded for cargo ser vices to Miami via Lima, Guayaquil and Panama. Head Office: Casilla 1616, La Paz, Bolivia. Executives: President Samuel San-gueza M, manager, Fcrge Zorrilla. Fleet: Four Curtiss C-46. Transportes Aereos da Guine Portu-guesa (TAGP) operates services within Portuguese Guinea from Aeroporto Craveiro Lopes, Bissau. Head Office: PO Box 111, Bissau, Portuguese Guinea. Executive: Director, Jose Ferreira Infante. Fleet: One Dornier Skyservant, two Dornier Do27, three Cessna U206, one Cessna F172. Transportes Aereos de Angola SARL (TAAG), known until October 1, 1973, as DTA-Angola Airlines (Linhas Aereas de Angola) was founded in 1938 as a division of the Ports, Railways and Transport Administration in Portuguese West Africa. Operations began in 1940 and at present TAAG operates a net work of domestic services and also a route between Luanda and Windhoek. South West Africa, and to Sao Tome. Head Office: Av Luis de Camoes 123. L,uanda, Angola. Executives: Managing director, Col J. S. Medina; assistant director, Lt-Col F. Lopes Giao; maintenance superinten dent, Eng J. da Silva Rocha; operations superintendent, V. C. Pinto; chief accountant, F. Pereira do O; commer cial manager, M. Teles de Sousa; chief secretary, E. Correa Mendes. Fleet: Six Fokker F.27, six DC-3. Transportes Aereos de Cabo Verde (TACV) was formed in Decemer 1958. Operations were suspended for a time in 1967 while the airline was reorganised with assistance froim TAP. Scheduled passenger services now link the capital, Praia, with II ha do Sul, Boa Vista, Sao Vicente, Sao Nicolau, Fogo and Maio. Head Office: PO Box 1, Rua da Repub-lica, Praia 13, Sal Island. Cape Verde Islands. Executives: General manager, Capt Carlos Melo Osorio; deputy manager, Capt Waldemar Sousa Lobo; chief of ground operations, Capt Fernando Franco; maintenance chief, Fernando Guilherme Pereira; treasurer, Anastacio Filinto Correia e Silva. Employees: 180. Fleet: Two HS.748, three BN-2A Islander. Transportes Aereos de Carga SA (Trans-carga) was formed in 1968 to replace Lebca as the designated Venezuelan cargo airline. Transcarga is a wholly owned subsidiary of Viasa. Scheduled services are operated between Caracas/ Maracaibo - Miami and Caracas - New York. Charter flights are also operated. Head Office: Edificio Seguros Caracas, PO Box 6857, Caracas, Venezuela. -^21125. Executives: President, Dr O. Machado Zuloaga; executive manager, Jose An tonio Pigna; traffic manager, Gunther Peik. Fleet: One DC-8-50F. Transportes Aereos del Cesar Ltda (TAC Colombia) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services within Colombia. Head Office: Calle 22, No 12-44, Bogota, Colombia. Executive: General manager, Dr Al fonso Sanchez L. Fleet: Two Viscount 800, three Fair-child F-27. Transportes Aereos de Sao Tome operates scheduled passenger services from Sao Tome to Principe, Porto Alegre and to Cabinda in Angola. Head Office: Sao Tome Airport, Sao Tome, Portuguese Guinea. Fleet: Piper Navajo, Heron, Auster D4/180. Transportes Aereos de Timor (TAT) operates scheduled passenger services from Dili to Autauro, Baucau, Maliana, Oecusse and Suai in Portuguese Timor and to Kupang in Indonesian Timor. Merpati Nusantara operates a once- weekly DC-3 flight from Dili to Kupang, and TAA a thrice-weekly F.27 service from Baucau to Darwin, both on behalf of TAT. Head Office: Dili, Portuguese Timor. Executive: General manager, Jose Maria M. F. de Castro. Fleet: Two Dove. Transportes Aereos Militar (TAM) is the branch of the Paraguayan Air Force formed to operate domestic passenger and cargo services with DC-3s donated by the US Government, Head Office: Aeropuerto Campo Grande, Asuncion, Paraguay. Executive: General manager, Co] M. Britez. Fleet: Seven DC-3. Transportes Aereos Militares is the transport wing of the Bolivian Air Force, formed to provide passenger and cargo services to points not on airline networks. Head Office: La Paz, Bolivia. Executive: Director-general, Col J. M. Coquis. Fleet: One C-54, 20 C-17, one C-46. Transportes Aereos Nacionales SA (TAN Airlines) was founded by Hon- duran private interests in 1947 for the operation of contract cargo flights. The company built up substantial cargo traffic and in 1950 scheduled passenger and freight operations were begun. TAN and Lanica of Nicaragua now operate services on a joint basis. These link Tegucigalpa with San Pedro Sula, Belize City, La Ceiba, Mexico City and Miami In February 1970 TAN acquired Pan American's holding (38%) in Sa'hsa. Head Office: Edificio Salame, Teguci galpa, Honduras. ^810-848-5909. Executives: President, Sra Patricia S. Spohrer; vice-president, B. F. Spohrer; general manager, Arturo Aceituno; operations manager, Capt O. A. Castro; sales director, Mike Brooks. Employees: 400. Fleet: One Boeing 737-200, two Electra, one DC-6B. Transportes Aereos Orientales (TAO) operates regional services in the Oriente district of Ecuador, and started opera tions in 1958. Head Office: Calle Benalcazar 841, Casilla 2568, Quito, Ecuador. Executive: President, Maj Jacinto Ruales. Fleet: Two DC-3, one Twin Otter. Transportes Aereos Portugueses SARL (TAP) was founded in 1944 as a division of the Civil Aviation Department. Its first service between Lisbon and Madrid was opened in September 1946, and ser vices to Angola and Mozambique were opened the following year. TAP is now largely privately owned and operates domestic and cabotage services from Lisbon to Porto, Faro, Funchal, Porto Santo, Santa Maria, Beira, Bissau, Lourenco Marques, Luanda and Sal. International services are operated to Amsterdam, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt,
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