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Aviation History
1977
1977 - 1001.PDF
FLIGHT International, 9 April 1977 Head Office: Beit Hashoeva 8, Tel-Aviv, Israel. ^341437. Executives: president, Gen(Res) Mor- dechai Hod; vice-president commercial, S. Nelkin; vice-president administration, J, Tovia; marketing manager, Br J. Hornik. Employees: 25. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200C. Cargolux Airlines International SA was established on March 4, 1970, and began operations in May of that year. The company operates worldwide cargo charter nights from its base at Luxem bourg Airport. Equal stockholders are the Swedish shipping company Salen, Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines and Luxair. Head Office: Findel Airport, Luxem bourg. ^2272. Executives: president, Roger Sietzen; vice-presidents: Johannes Einarsson, Christer Salen; directors: managing, Einar Olafsson; sales/marketing, Robert A r e n d a 1; maintenance / engineering, Gunnar M. Bjorgvinsson; chief pilot, Capt Ragnar Kvaren Sr; treasurer, Gary Thomerson; managers: accounts, John Bauler; administration, Lucien Schum- mer; engineering, Ricardo Cullman; flight operations, Sigurur Jonsson; pro duction, Gardar Jonsson; material con trol / purchasing, Patrick C. Neylon; traffic, Jean Mathes- maintenance/sales/ contracts, Paul Pauletto. Employees: 375. Fleet: three DC-8-63CF, three CL-44J, one CL-44D. Caribbean Air Services Inc was formed in 1962 as Virgin Island Airways to operate air-taxi flights. CAS is now cer tificated as a scheduled commuter air line with exemption to operate large aircraft from points in the US Virgin Islands to San Juan (Puerto Rico), St Lucia, St Kitts and Antigua in the British West Indies, St Maarten (Nether lands Antilles) and Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Head Office: PO Box 164, Kingshill, St Croix, US Virgin Islands 00850. sT 3471092. Executives: president, John Stuart- Jervis; vice-president, Bruce B. Edmond-son; vice-president, Capt R. Seiler; chief pilot, Capt P. Bourcier. Employees: 60. Fleet: eight C-46. On order: two FH- 227. Caribbean Airways (known until 1976 as International Caribbean Airways), was formed in September 1970 and designated as the national airline of Barbados in January 1975. Stockholders are the Government of Barbados (51%) and Laker Airways (49%). Scheduled low-fare passenger operations began in December 1970 between Luxembourg and Barbados, and Gatwick was added in 1971. A Barbados/Montreal extension is planned for April 1977. Laker Boeing 707s or DC-lOs are used on all services. Head Office: Grantley Adams Inter national Airport, Christ Church, Bar bados. ^WB265. Executives: chairman, I. de V. Archer; managing director, H. I. Allan; chief accountant, A. W. Mascoll; regional manager Barbados, D. A. Stuart; manager London, B. R. Rumbol; sales manager Europe, J. Mouse!. Employees: 60. Carib West Airways Ltd was formed in 1971 to develop and provide cargo charter services from Seawell Inter national Airport, Bridgetown, to islands in the Windward and Leeward group, and Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Miami. Operations began in March 1971. Stockholders are all Barbadians. Head Office: Seawell International Airport, Christ Church, Barbados. ^WB296. Executives: chairman, Harold A. Went; president, Trevor Mayers; vice- 945 ... ~**^ rf^ presidents: Colin Mayers, Jose Balboa. Employees: eight. Fleet: one Electra, one DC-6. Carson Helicopters Inc began helicopter operations in 1963 and now undertakes general charter services, including specialised flying-crane flights for con struction and logging projects. Exten sive helicopter maintenance and en gineering services including rebuilding for heavy-lift work and conversion to turbine power. Aero Timber Develop ment Inc is a wholly owned West Coast subsidiary. Head Office: PO Box 94, Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA. Executives: president, Frank Carson; vice-president, Richard Carson. Fleet: three Sikorsky S-61L, three S-61N, seven S-58T, two S-58, four S-55. Catair—see Compajmie d'Affretements et de Transports Aeriens. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd was founded in 1946 and originally operated several DC-3s on freight and later passenger operations on a route network which stretched from Shanghai to Sydney. In July 1959 Hong Kong Airways was absorbed by Cathay Pacific and, with the acquisition, British Airways Asso ciated Companies became minority shareholder. Since 1948 the airline has been controlled and managed by the Swire Group. Following increases and reorganisation of share capital between 1970 and 1975, Cathay Holdings (whose shareholders are Swire Pacific and Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co) now holds 60% of the issued capital, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp 25% and British Airways Asso ciated Companies 15%. Cathay Pacific operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger services throughout the Far East from Hong Kong to Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Eukuoka, Taipei, Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kina-balu, Brunei, Singapore, Jakarta, Syd ney, Perth, Melbourne and Bahrain. Head Office: Union House, 9 Con-naught Road, Hong Kong. ^73206. Executives: chairman, Hon J. H. Bremridge; managing director, D. R. Y. Bluck; deputy managing director, H. M. P. Miles; directors: airline operations, R. G. Dewar; engineering/maintenance, D. S. Delaney; flight operations, Capt J. R. E. Howell; managers: commercial, J. Dick; marketing, J. H. Sillett; staff, J. P. M. Moran; sales, P. Tsai; finance, W. F. Houstoun; planning, R. T. Stir-land; international affairs, W. MacArthur; traffic, J. G. Penwarden; passenger sales, P. A. Jurgensen; cargo sales, R. L. Clarke; public relations, H. P. Rossi. Employees: 3,324. Fleet: three TriStar 100, four Boeing 707-32OB, eight 707-320C. On order: one TriStar 100. Simulators: TriStar, 707-320. Cayman Airways Ltd was formed in July 1968 to replace Cayman Brae Air ways, a subsidiary of the Costa Rican airline LACSA. Shareholders in Cayman Airways are the Cayman Island Govern ment (51%) and LACSA (49%). Sched uled passenger services using a BAC One-Eleven chartered from LACSA link Georgetown (Grand Cayman Island) with Little Cayman and Cayman Brae Islands, Kingston (Jamaica) and Miami. Head Office: PO Box 11, Georgetown, Grand Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Executives: chairman, V. G. Johnson; general manager, W. Norman Bodden; directors: G. H. Waddington, J. A. Ellison, Capt Otto Escalante, R. Morales, Orlando Ramirez. Employees: 52. Fleet: one One-Eleven 500, one DC-3. Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie (CSA), the national airline of Czechoslovakia, was founded in 1923. Privately owned Cesko-slovenska Letecka Spolecnost (CLS) was founded in 1927, and the present CSA was a result of a merger of the two airlines in 1945. Post-war operations began in 1946 and today an extensive network of routes links Prague with most European capitals, the Near, Middle and Far East, North and West Africa and North and Central America. A fourteen-point domestic network is also operated. Head Office: 160 15 Prague 6, Airport Ruzyne, Czechoslovakia. ^120338. Executives: director - general, Ing Jindrich Kopriva; deputy directors-general: flight operations, Ing Stefan Bolcha; technical, Ing Karel Cvacka; commercial, Vlastimil Major; economics/ finance, Ing Jaroslav Malik; ground ser vices, Josef Slaboch; personnel, Milo- slav Mateju; engineering/maintenance, Frantisek Pospisil. Employees: 4,341. Fleet: seven Ilyushin 11-62, seven 11-18, 10 Tupolev Tu-134, 14 Yak-40, 12 Let-410. China Airlines (CAL) was formed in 1959, and since 1965 has operated as the national airline of Taiwan. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Taipei to Hong Kong, San Francisco, Bangkok, Manila, Saigon, Fukuoka, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Honolulu, Jeddah, Jakarta, Tokyo and Los Angeles. Extensions to Nauru and Tonga have been authorised, along with resumption of services to Seoul. CAL also operates domestic services to all major cities of Taiwan. Head Office: 26 Nanking East Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan. ^ 11346. Executives: chairman, Gen Yen-Chun Louie; president, Lt Gen Chang Lin Teh; senior vice-president. Gen Harry C. Tang; vice-presidents: North American Division, Michael Y. Wong; traffic/sales. Gen Soo Shiang; operations, S. K. Kuei; directors: comptroller, C. H. Wang; per-
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