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1976
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FLIGHT International. -0 April 1976 commercial managers! Juan M. Denis; William E. Muniz, Fleet: one Canadair CL-44, one L-749A Constellation. Aero Transports Italiani (ATI) was formed in December 1963 as a subsidiary of Alitalia to operate domestic services previously flown by SAM, also owned by Alitalia. Operations began in June 1964 and now cover scheduled passenger "Aerobus" services linking 30 Italian cities. ATI also operates three specially equipped F.27s to calibrate and check flight aids. Head Office: Aeroporto Capodichino, Naples, Italy. Executives: chairman, S. E. Aldo Remondino; directors: managing, Com Augusto Castellani; commercial, Pier Luigi Borgna; administrative, Dr Roberto Lend; technical, Ing Ferruccio Pavolini; flight operations. Com Mawro Benvenuti. Employees: 1,241. Fleet: 16 DC-9-30, six F.27. Simulator: DC-9-30. Aerovias Colombianas Ltda (ARCA Air lines) operates scheduled freight ser vices from Bogota to points in Colombia and to Miami. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: Calle 19 No 8-81, Oficina 303, Bogota, Colombia. Executive: general manager, Hernando Gutierrez. Fleet: one DC-6, one DC-3, one C-46. Aerovias Condor de Colombia Ltda (Aerocondor) was formed in 1955. Scheduled passenger services are operated between Bogota - Med'ellin - Barranquilla - San Andres Island-Miami, Bogota - Aruba - Curacao, and over a domestic network linking nine cities in Colombia. Head Office: Can-era 45B. No 32-72-74. Barranquilla, Colombia. ^19334. Executives: president, Saul Pertuz; presidential adviser, Elkirt Arredondo; maintenance/engineer director, Gunther Lachmann; operations manager, Leonardo Millon; financial manager, Tito Ivan Velez; traffic/sales manager, B. Riveros. Employees: 600. Meet: one Boeing 707-120B, two 720B. three Electra, four C-46. Aerovias de la Fesca y Colonizacion del Suroesta Colombian©—see Aeropesca Colombia. Aerovias del Cesar Ltda (TAC Colom bia) was formed in 1968 as Transportes Aereos del Cesar Ltda to operate air-taxi services, and adopted its present title in 1975. Scheduled passenger and cargo services now link Bogota with Medellin, Valledupar, Barranquilla and Maicao. Stockholders are Alfonso San chez L., Gustavo de Greiff R., Orlando Cote G. and Alvaro Araujo N. Head Office: Eldorado Airport, Bogota, Colombia. ^044 478. Executives: chairman, Alvaro Araujo; president, Alfonso Sanchez; vice-presi dent, Orlando Cote; directors: opera tions, Capt Daniel Oviedo; legal, Gus tavo de Greiff; finance, Hugo Sampedro; commercial, Daniel Alvarez; chief pilot, Camt Pedro Leon Acosta. Employees: 144. Fleet: two Viscount 800, three Cara- velle 6R, two Fairchild F-27A. Aerovias Las Minas Ltda was formed in 1966 to operate domestic and inter national cargo charter flights. Head Office: PO Box 687, Cochabamba. Bolivia. Executives: general manager, Capt Abraham Prada Luigaza; administration manager, Rene Leguizamon; operations manager, Oscar Medrano; engineering manager, Julio Mendez; chief pilot, Capt Aldo Vacaflores. Employees: 30. Fleet: three C-46. Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA (Avianca) is the oldest airline in the Americas. As Avianca it was founded in 1940 as the result of a merger of SCADTA (founded in 1919 by five Colombians and three Germans) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. In 1931 Pan American acquired an 80% interest in Avianca, but this has since been reduced to 38%. In 1954 the airline took over SAETA. More recently Avianca has acquired Sociedade Aerea del Tolima SA, and, through its subsidiary, Aerotaxi (now operating as Aerovias Eegionales de Colombia) Sociedade Aeronautica de Medellin (SAM). Aerovias Regionales is a wholly owned subsidiary, while Heli-copteros Nacionales de Colombia (Heli cal) is owned jointly by Avianca and the Keystone Helicopter Corporation. From Bogota the airline operates an extensive domestic network, together with ser vices to Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt and Zurich in Europe; Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Panama and Mexico in North and Central America; and Quito, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Manaos in South America. Head Office: Can-era 7a. No 16-84, Bogota, Colombia. >" 44427. Executives: president, Juan Pablo Ortega; Vice- presidents: executive, Saibas Pretelt; commercial, Herbert Wild; financial, Ernesto Mendoza; main tenance, Alvaro Cala; development, Rene van Meerbeke; administration/ personnel, Roberto Espinosa; comptrol ler, Tomas Carbonel; secretary-general, Ernesto Vasquez. Employees: 8,724. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320B, seven 720B, six 727-100, two 727-100C, one HS.748, 10 DC-4. Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras SA (ANHSA) was formed in 1950 and became a subsidiary of SAHSA in 1957, when it acquired a 75% interest. Sched uled passenger services are integrated with SAHSA and link Tegucigalpa with Ahuas, Brus Laguna, Puerto Lempira, Juticalpa, Catacamas, San Esteban, La Ceiba, La Union and Olanchito. Head Office: Avenida Colon y 4A Calle, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Executive: president, Capt Rolando Figueroa. Fleet: two DC-3. Aerovias Quisqueyanas operates scheduled cargo services from Santo Domingo to Santiago (Dominica) and Miami via San Juan. Head Office: EI Conde 80, Santo Domingo, Dominica. Executive: chairman, D. E. Berdas. Fleet: three L-749 Constellation, two DC-3. Aerovias Venezolanas SA (Avensa) was formed in June 1943. Domestic opera tions started in 1944 followed by inter national services in June 1955. Stock holders are local Venezuelan business men plus Pan American, which holds 30%. The international services of Avensa and LAV were merged in April 1961 to form Viasa, in Which Avensa has a 45% holding. An extensive network of domestic services is operated from Caracas. Head Office: Avenida Universidad, 899 Esq El Ohorro Edif 29, 2/3 Piso, Caracas, Venezuela. Executives: chairman, Andres Boulton; president, Henry Lord Boulton; vice- presidents: administration, Joaquin Saiz; traffic sales/public relations, Alberto Ganteaume Carvallo; finance, Pablo-Perez Paez; operations, Francisco Aguerrevere. Employees: 2,100. Fleet: three DC-9-15, seven Convair CV-580, four CV-340, three DC-3. Aer Turas Teoranta was formed in 1962 to operate passenger and cargo charter services from Dublin Airport. Opera tions began in 1963, but were suspended during reorganisation in 1964, and resumed in May 1965 to operate world wide cargo charter services. Head Office: Conballis Road South. Dublin Airport, Ireland. ^5653. Executives: chairman, P. J. Cousins; directors: S. Alvis; W. H. Gardiner; chief pilot, Capt T. Breen; chief engineer, G. McFadden; commercial manager, P. Russell. Employees: 47. Fleet: two Britannia, one DC-4. Affretair—see Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affretement Aeriens. Africair Ltd, a subsidiary of the General Mining and Finance Corporation, manages the aircraft moving African personnel to the South African gold mines for the Mine Labour Organisation (Wenela), more generally known as Wenela Air Services. Charter work is also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 61827, Marshall-town 2107, Transvaal, South Africa. -o'8-7503. Executives: chairman, A. W. S. Schumann; directors: H. N. Hart; H. J. Andrew; J. van der Spuy; A. H. Binding; R. Clark. Employees: 109. Fleet: five DC-4, three DC-3. African Cargo Airways Ltd was formed in 1973 as the air-cargo subsidiary of African Safari Airways of Kenya. Ad hoc and contract charters are operated to points throughout Africa, Europe and the Gulf area. Head Office: PO Box 46020, Nairobi. Kenya. >• 22186. Executives: managing director, M. A. Jackson; commercial director, G. Short; operations manager, M. Owen; director, C. Mboijana. Employees: 32. Fleet: two Britannia 300. African Safari Airways began opera tions in December 1967 with inclusive- tour flights from Zurich to Nairobi and Mombasa. ASA is associated with African Tourist Development Company and African Safari Lodges, the latter owning hotels and lodges. Head Office: PO Box 46020, Nairobi. Kenya. Executives: director, C. Mboijana; F. Sutter; K. Rudin. Employees: 50. Fleet: one DC-8-30. Afro Continental Airways (Fty) Ltd is the passenger and freight subsidiary of
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