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1978
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H.IGHT International, 22 April 1978 Barranquilla, Medellin, Lima, Manaus, Santiago de Chile, Iquique and Arica. Head Office: PO Box 4509, Calle 50 y Via Brasil, Building 49-A, Panama City, Panama. yV 368689. Executives: general manager, George F. Novey III; executive director, Abelardo H. Valdes; technical director, Jorge D. Solis; stations/marketing, Jose de la Cruz Paredes; operations manager, Capt Jose G. Chiari; chief pilot, Capt Abraham Castro. Employees: 112. Fleet: Boeing 720, Convair CV-880. On order: Boeing 720. International Air Bahamas was formed in 1966 and began scheduled low-fare services between Luxembourg and Nassau on July 20, 1968. Following a sales agreement in October 1968, IAB was taken over in August 1969 by Hekla Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Loftleidir HF, and the route is now operated in conjunction with the Icelandic airline. Head Office: PO Box 4887, Inter national Airport, Nassau, Bahamas. Executives: general manager/chief executive, Sigurdur Helgasson; vice-president marketing, John J. Loughery; operations director, Tedd Hope; chief pilot, Capt Richard Rogers. Employees: 67. Fleet: two DC-8-63. International Aviation Services (UK) Ltd—see IAS Cargo Airlines. International Caribbean Airways (ICA) —see Caribbean Airways. International Freight Airways (IFA) was formed early in 1977 to operate pas senger and cargo charters from Ostend to points not served by Sabena. Opera tions began in June 1977 using the DC-6B and, for a short while, a Boeing 707 leased from Gemini Air Transport of Ghana. Head Office: Ostend Airport, Middel-kerke, Belgium. Employees: 22. Fleet: one Douglas DC-6B. Intra Airways Ltd was formed in 1969 to operate passenger and cargo charter and inclusive-tour nights. Major stock holder is Intra Holdings Ltd of Jersey with a 90% holding. An associated engineering company is based at Exeter Airport. Scheduled passenger services began in 1971 and now link Jersey with Cambridge and Staverton (for Gloucester/Cheltenham) in the UK; Caen, Deauville, Dinard, St Brieuc and Nantes in France; Ostend and Brussels in Belgium, and Dusseldorf in Germany. Scheduled cargo services are also flown between Jersey and Guernsey (linking with the domestic and international net work) and Bournemouth Hum. Head Office: States Airport, St Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. •^41389. Executives: chairman, L. C. Thomas; managing director, B. Haddican; general manager, Julian H. J. Rogers; directors: chief pilot/operations manager, Capt D. H. Stuart; Capt M. W. Smith; J. K. Lawson; D. F. du Feu; L. R. Grogan; company secretary, Paul St John Turner. Employees: 130. Fleet: three Viscount 800, seven DC-3. Invicta International Airlines Ltd was formed in December 1970 to succeed Invicta Air Cargo Ltd in order to permit the carriage of passengers as well as cargo. In February 1973, the European Ferries shipping group acquired a con trolling interest in the airline from the original founders, H. Kennard and C. J. Stevens, and in January 1976 the total share capital was re-purchased by Universal Air Transport Sales Ltd, of which Hugh Kennard is chairman. Invicta is now operating cargo charter flights from Manston. Head Office: Manston Airport, Rams-gate, Kent, Great Britain. A* 96239. Executives: chairman/managing direc tor, H. C. Kennard; commercial director, B. W. Davies; operations manager, Capt R. Langley; chief pilot, Capt L. Whiteight, directors: M. G. Harradine; J. Newman. Employees: 85. Fleet: two Britannia 300F. IPEC Airbridge, a subsidiary of IPEC (Australia) Pty Ltd, was formed in 1976 to operate the Bass Strait freight ser vice linking Essendon Airport, Mel bourne, with Launceston in Tasmania four times daily. IPEC (Interstate Parcel Express Company) is one of Australia's largest transport companies, specialising in fast freight and overnight services. The company obtained a licence to operate in 1964, but due to import restrictions were unable to acquire suit able freight aircraft. In 1977 IPEC acquired the Argosy 100 previously operated by Brain & Brown, and this entered service in January 1978 follow ing a lengthy overhaul. Last year IPEC took over the Tasmanian charter airline Fleet Air Services, and integrated its services into the Airbridge operation. Head Office: Hangar 86, Bristol Street, Essendon Airport, Victoria 3041, Australia. A? 35695. Executives: aviation manager, P. Petersen; engineering manager, T. All-wood; chief pilot, Capt T. Blythe; air port manager, S. Kokotis. Employees: 44. Fleet: one Argosy 100, one DC-3. Iran Air (Iran National Airlines Cor poration) and also known as Homa, an acronym of its Persian name, was formed in February 1962 as the succes sor to the private airlines Iranian Air ways and Persian Air Services, which were merged into a national airline wholly owned by the Government. Scheduled passenger and cargo services 1171 are operated to 18 domestic points plus Abu Dhabi, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Cairo, Bombay, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Kabul, Karachi, Kuwait, London, Moscow, Mus cat, Paris, Rome, Vienna and Zurich. Charter flights are also undertaken. Head Office: Iran Air Building, Mehra-bad Airport, Tehran, Iran. ^212795. Executives: chairman/managing direc tor, Lt Gen Ali M. Khademi; deputy managing directors: general, Maj Gen Abbas Ghandehari; senior/planning/ sales & service, Hushang Tajadod; management services /automation, Minou Ahmad Sartip; medical, Dr E. Moayed; public relations, Dr A. A. Azizi; engineering / repair, Engineer Ahmad Nazemi; supply, Maj Gen Ebrahim Fuzi; operations, Capt Gholam Reza Rezayi; finance, Mohamed R. Zolnasre; public services, Dr A. Rassekh; legal, Hamid Razavi; personnel/manpower develop ment, Dr Mehdi Vazirnia. Employees: 8,031. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200B, three 747SP. six 707-320C, two Airbus A300B2K, five 727-200, four 727-100, two 737-200, two 737-200C. On order: six A300B2K. Simulators: one Link-Miles 707-320C, one Link-Miles 727-200. Iraqi Airways was formed in December 1945 as a subsidiary of the government- owned Iraqi State Railways and became a financially independent company on April 1, 1960. Operations began in January 1946 and now cover scheduled passenger and cargo services from Baghdad to points in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and North Africa, plus a domestic network. Head Office: New International Air port, Baghdad, Iraq. -^ 28906. Executives: director general, Moham med Tahir Al-Yasin; commercial direc tor, Ismail Khalil; administration man ager, Zaki Alani; sales manager, Ata Muhieddin. Employees: 4,000. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200C, three 707- 320C, three 727-200, three 737-200C, three Trident IE. Simulators: one Redifon 727-200, one Redifon 737-200. Irish Airlines-—see Aer Lingus Teoranta. Iscargo HF was formed in March 1972 to operate worldwide cargo charter ser vices from Reykjavik, Iscargo also holds authority to operate scheduled cargo flights between Iceland and the Nether lands. Head Office: PO Box 1198, Reykjavik Airport, Iceland. ^2105. Executives: chairman. Ami Gudjons- son; managing director, Capt Hall-grimur Jonsson; technical director, Larus Gunnarsson. Employees: 15. Fleet: one DC-6A, one DC-6B.
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