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1979
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FLIGHT International, 28 April 1979 1343 • ' - ' i *•• &M wmm»BK*>~ Norton; maintenance director, Paul McDougall; chief inspector, John W. Mobley. Employees: 50. Fleet: one DHC Dash 7, two Navajo Chieftain, two Twin Otter, two Cessna 402. Air Pacific, known until April 1971 as Fiji Airways, was formed in 1951 by Harold Gatty. Qantas acquired control of the airline in 1957. Shareholders in clude the Fiji Government (recently increased to 75 per cent), Qantas, Air New Zealand and the Island Govern ments of Tonga, Western Samoa, Nauru, Solomon Islands and the Gilbert Islands. Air Pacific operates scheduled inter national services to Brisbane and Auck land, and also links Fiji regionally with New Caledonia, American Samoa, Tuvalu, New Hebrides and the Island Territories with a shareholding in the airline (excepting Nauru). Domestic services within the Fiji group of islands are also operated. Head Office: Air Pacific House, Cnr Macarthur and Butt Streets, Suva, Fiji Islands. .^2131. Executives: chairman, D. Aidney; general manager, Capt Alan Bodger; company secretary/financial adviser, A. Dickson; managers: technical services, Capt N. Ganley: commercial services, K. Naidu; personnel, U. Singh; finance, J. Lalji. Employees: 526. Fleet: "one One-Eleven 400, two One-Eleven 475, two HS.748, three Trislander. On order: two Bandeirante. Air Pacific International, formed in March 1968 as Air Pacific, is a sub sidiary of the Pacific Broadcasting Cor poration. Operations began in 1969 and scheduled passenger services now link Agana Field, Guam with Rota, Saipan and Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Head Office: PO Box 7689, Tamuning, Guam 96910, US Trust Territory of the Pacific. Fleet: one DC-3. Air Panama International was formed in 1967 and began operations in August 1969. The airline is designated as the flag carrier of Panama and operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Panama City to Los Angeles, Mexico City, Bogota, Guayaquil, Lima, Miami, New York and Caracas. Head Office: Avenida Justo Arose-mena y Calle 34, Panama City, Republic of Panama. ^665. Executives: president, Carlos Eleta A; general manager, Jorge Ruben Rosas; operations director, Miguel A. de Puy; financial manager, Pedro Escribano; traffic manager, Bolivar de Gracia; marketing manager, Gabriel E. Duque B. Employees: 444. Fleet: three Boeing 727-100. Air Paraguay—see Lineas Aereas Para-guayas. Air Polynesie, known until January 1970 as Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire, began operations in 1953. In 1958 RAI was taken over by the French airline TAI (now UTA). Scheduled passenger ser vices are operated from Papeete to Huahine, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Tetiaroa, Takapoto, Manihi, Ua Huka, Tikehau, Apataki, Napuka, Tubuai, Mataiva, Kaukura, Fakarava, Nuku Hiva, Maupiti, Hiva Oa, Rurutu, Moorea, Ua Pou, Anaa, Makemo, Hao and Gambiers. Head Office: BP314, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Executives: director-general, Joel de Cernon; directors: commercial /market ing, Jacques Briquet; operations, Lucien Mollimard; financial, Jacques Pelletier; technical, Yves Guiffant; chief pilot, Capt Georges A. Francois. Employees: 430. Fleet: four Fairchild F-27A, three Twin Otter, one Islander. Air Rhodesia Corporation was formed by the Rhodesian Government on Sep tember 1, 1967, to succeed the Rhodesian segment of Central African Airways, dissolved at the end of 1967. Air Rhodesia operates a network of sched uled domestic passenger and cargo ser vices linking Salisbury with Victoria Falls, Kariba, Wankie National Park, Bulawayo, Gwelo. Fort Victoria and Buffalo Range, plus international ser vices to Johannesburg and Durban. Head Office: PO Box API, Salisbury Airport, Salisbury, Rhodesia. ^RH2441. Executives: chairman, F. E. Buch; general manager, Capt P. A. Travers; managers: deputy general, M. E. Eyett; commercial, R. A. Weeden; operations, Capt C. A. H. Beck; engineering, H. Radnitz; traffic, J. Shalovsky; commer cial planning, W. A. H. Schoiefield; per sonnel. G B. Richards; chief accountant, P. W. Bailey. Employees: 1,235. Fleet: three Boeing 720, five Viscount 700. Air Rouergue, formed in 1970 as Uni-Air Rouergue, transferred its routes to UAR Air Rouergue on October 1, 1977, and how concentrates solely on aircraft en gineering and sales activities. Air Saint-Pierre began operations in 1961 and now flies scheduled passenger services between the French island of St Pierre, off the Newfoundland coast, and Sydney, Nova Scotia, in association with Eastern Provincial Airways. Head Office: 18 Rue Albert Briand, St Pierre, lies St Pierre et Miquelon. Executive: president, Albert Briand. Fleet: one HS.748, one Beech 18, one Aztec. Air-Sea Service was formed in May 1974 by Peter Furrer, to operate charter ser vices from Basel-Mulhouse Airport. Scheduled passenger operations began in October 1976 and now link Basel-Luxembourg and Basel-Munich. Head Office: Hauensteinstrasse 124, Basel 4059, Switzerland. ^64142. Executives: chairman/president, Peter Furrer; vice-president / operations man ager/chief pilot, Capt Fred Hofer. Employees: 16. Fleet: one Convair CV-440. one Nomad N24A, one Islander. Air Senegal—see Sonatra-Air Senegal. Air Service Company, founded in 1962, is an associate company of Tehran- based Air Taxi Company. Air Service operates charter and contract flights for the oil industry, together with supply flights to islands in the Gulf. Three FH-227s operate out of Abadan while the fourth is stationed at Shiraz. Head Office: Abadan Airport, Abadan, Iran. Executive: operations manager, N. Latif. Fleet: one Boeing 727-10OC, four Fair-child FH-227B. Air South—see Florida Airlines. Air Sunshine, the Key West-based com muter airline founded in 1951 as Ameri can Air Taxi, was taken over in July 1978 by Air Florida and the operations of both airlines have been integrated. Air Tanzania was established on March II. 1977, to operate services suspended following the collapse of East African Airways. Operations began in June 1977 and now cover a 19-point domestic net work plus international services to Bujumbura, Kigali, Lusaka, Maputo and the Seychelles. Finnair provides tech nical and managerial assistance under a two-year agreement signed in November 1977. Head Office: Tancot House, PO Box 543, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. ^41030. Executives: chairman, A. C. Mwingira; general manager/chief executive, L. Mmasi; commercial director, Silva L. Rwebangira; finance director, Henry Moshi; engineering/maintenance, Justin Lyatuu; operations (acting), Gilbert Uriyo; administration, A. C. B. Carere; chief pilot, G. Uriyo. Employees: 1,200. Fleet: ' two Boeing 737-200C, five Fokker F.27, four Twin Otter 300. Air Taxi Company was formed in 1958 to operate passenger and freight charter and contract flights together with exten sive maintenance, overh.aul and repair facilities. Air Taxi also operates and maintains the Iranian Navy fleet of Fokker F.27s as well as the National Iranian Copper Industries F.27. Head Office: Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran. ^212575. Executive: managing director, A. Djanhanbani. Employees: 400. Fleet: five DC-3, one Falcon 20, eight Rockwell Commander twins.
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