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1977
1977 - 0973.PDF
ruuni international, r April iv// 917 Alphabetical guide to operators Airlines listed among the 590-plus entries are almost exclusively those which operate aircraft of Nord 262/Douglas DC-3 size and above, the few exceptions being certain national carriers equipped with smaller aircraft. Companies operating so-called third-level services were last listed in Flight for February 13, 1975, and these two issues, used in conjunction, represent the most comprehen sive available guide to the world's air transport industry, Entries in the two directories have been integrated and duplications, which usually involve smaller airlines with authority to operate large aircraft, have been kept to a minimum. Details of most types of airliner mentioned in the directory can be found in the Commercial Aircraft of the World issue of Flight, published on October 9, 1976. vice, navigation and landing aids. The operational work of Aeroflot is carried out by 30 directorates, 27 of which cover the USSR on a geographical, mainly republic, basis. The others are the Moscow Transport Directorate, the Directorate of Civil Aviation of the Central Regions (UGATsR), which in cludes the work of the former Polar Aviation, and the Central Directorate of International Air Communications, which combines both ministry and operational work—the latter under a directorate. The airline operates an extensive network both within the ABC—see Air-Bridge Carriers Ltd. Aer Lingus (Aer Lingus Xeoranta) was formed in 1936 to operate scheduled air services between Ireland and Great Britain. In 1947 Aerlinte Eireann was formed to operate transatlantic ser vices, but these did not begin until 1958. The two companies' operations are now integrated into an extensive inter national and regional network. Sched uled passenger and cargo services are operated from Dublin, Shannon and Cork to: London, Manchester, Birming ham, Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds/Brad ford, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow in the UK; Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Brussels, Zurich, Geneva, Rome, Milan and Madrid in Europe; and New York, Boston, Chicago and Montreal in North America. Major shareholder is the Ministry of Finance (for the Irish Government), with a small number of qualifying shares in the hands of the management. Aer Lingus provides management and tech nical assistance to a large number of other airlines throughout the world. The company also has interests in hotels, catering tourism and engineer ing. Associated companies include Irish Helicopters, Aviation Traders and Guin ness Peat Aviation. Head Office: PO Box 180, Dublin Air port, Ireland. -*"510T. Executives: chairman, J. P. Hayes; chief executive, David M. Kennedy; chief executive ancillary activities, Gerald P. Dempsey; deputy chief execu tive, Michael O'Riain; secretary/general manager corporate affairs, Niall G. Weldon; assistant chief executives: finance, Neil Gleeson; technical, Capt R. N. White; personnel, Cathal Mullan; senior vice - president Americas, Denis Hanrahan; commercial manager, Eiven Murphy; general sales manager, Martin Dully; marketing manager, Oisin O'Siochru; cargo manager, Liam Ward; general manager Britain, Conor McGrath. Employees: 5,537. Fleet: one Boeing 747-100, four 707- 320C, five 737-200, four 737-200C, four One-Eleven 200. Simulators: Boeing 707-320C, 737-200, One-Eleven 200. Aerocondor de Colombia—see Aerovias Condor de Colombia Ltda. Aerocosta was formed originally in 1966 and now operates as Aerocosta Inter national. Daily scheduled cargo services are flown from Miami to Barranquilla, Bogota, Cali, Medellin and Cartagena in Colombia. Major shareholders are the Colombian flower - growing company Floramerica (40%), airline president Roberto Camacho (25%) with the re mainder in private hands. Head Office: Calle 39, No 41-41, Bar ranquilla, Colombia. Executives: president, Robert Camacho; chief executive, Dudley F. Miller; vice-president operations, Her man Olarte; comptroller, Luis Barragan. Fleet: one DC-6A, two DC-6B. Aeroflot, the Soviet international and domestic airline, is the world's largest carrier, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services and charter flights, in addition to about 30 other activities including agricultural work, survey, newspaper matrix delivery, fishery and ice reconnaissance and aeromedical services. The airline was formed in 1923 under the name of Dobrolet. Fol lowing a merger of all civil activities (except that on the Arctic Northern Sea Route, which as Polar Aviation came into Aerofiot in 1960) the present name was adopted in 1932. From that year until the Ministry of Civil Aviation was set up in 1964, Aeroflot was con trolled by a Chief Directorate under the Council of Ministers. Now, under the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the USSR, Aeroflot runs the civil airfields, navigational aids, maintenance and training establishments, including the Academy of Civil Aviation at Leningrad and the Engineering Institutes at Moscow and Kiev. Its directorates run catering, transit hotels and the logis tical back-up generally. The Central Procurement Directorate takes an active part in the preparations for air and ground equipment. The Ministry also has a research institute with test- flying facilities (under R. V. Sakach) and institutes for airport design and agricultural aviation. At present, special attention is being focused on air safety, punctuality, passenger ser- USSR and to 74 countries in Europe, Africa and Asia and to Cuba, Peru, Canada and the USA. During the next few years the airline intends to extend its international network. Most of the international flights originate from Moscow, but the airports of Leningrad, Kiev, Tashkent and Khabarovsk are among the other eight which despatch Aeroflot international flights with crews from the local directorate, and Central Directorate (TsUMVS) in con trol. Unduplicated route distance is now over 500,000 miles, of which over 190,000 miles are international. Much of Aero-flot's seat-reservation system is com puterised. Many Yak-40s and An-24s are now in service on the shorter domestic routes all over the country, with a 2,000-aircraft requirement for the former. The Czech L-410, together with the An-28 and possibly the Be-32, is being used in increasing numbers on the very short routes; the joint Polish-Soviet M-15 jet-engined general-purpose and agricultural aircraft has more or less completed Soviet State trials and a few are probably now in service. More Tu-134As, Tu-154s of various marks and Il-62Ms are being introduced; up to twelve directorates are operating the Tu-154. By 1980 the Tu-154 and 11-62 variants are expected to carry half of Aeroflof s passenger target. The 120- passenger Yak-42 trijet, under develop ment for Aeroflot, has recently com pleted its trials, and route proving should soon start; a freighter version is under study. The Tu-144 SST, after less than a year of freight services between Moscow and Alma Ata, has been withdrawn for further flight- testing and refinement before passen ger services start. The 11-86 wide-body flew for the first time in December 1976, and the 11-76 freighter has com pleted further operational work in the
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