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1356 RIGHT International, 28 April 1979 »?sfS5s;% Theodore Koule Njanga; directors: financial, Elouna Messi; technical, M. Valois; commercial, H. de Beam; general affairs, M. Hayatou; chief pilot, Capt M. Schmid; public relations manager, M. Chatue. Employees: 1,560. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, three 737- 200C, one Twin Otter. Capitol International Airways was formed in 1946 as a supplemental carrier, and since 1968 has been a public corpora tion. Passenger charter and military con tract flights are operated, primarily across the North Atlantic. In September 1978, under the deregulation policy, Capitol was granted scheduled service authority from Boston/Chicago/New York/Newark to Brussels, and the New York-Brussels sector opens on May 5, 1979, followed by Chicago - Boston - Brussels on June 19. Head Office: Smyrna Airport, Nash ville, Tennessee 37167, USA. x^ 554327. Executives: chairman/chief executive, Jesse F. Stallings; vice-chairman, Mack H. Rowe; president, A. L. Pittman; secre tary/treasurer, Dorris Basford; vice- presidents: finance, Francis J. Roach; operations, J. R. Lagerquist; mainten ance, R. B. Hall; ground services, George Attwood; traffic, H. C. Benaugh. Employees: 1,050. Fleet: two DC-8-63F, five DC-8-61, five DC-8-30. Caprivi Airways, formed in mid-1978 as a subsidiary of the Chantenis Group, began operations in September 1978. Scheduled passenger services link Windhoek with Khorixas, Ondangwa, Rundu, Katima and Mulilo. Head Office: PO Box 22610, French Bank Centre, Kaiserstrasse, Windhoek, South West Africa (Namibia). ^386. Executives: chairman/managing direc tor, B. Drew; directors: operations.'chief pilot, Capt T. C. Chiole; engineering, Pat DeBeer; sales, Mrs M. Chiole; public relations, Mrs L. S. Drew; commercial manager, Dean Hood; chief inspector, C. Godley. Employees: 65. Fleet: five DC-3, one Aero Commander 680F. Cargo Air Lines (CAL) was formed in 1976 to operate freight charter flights from Tel-Aviv to points in Europe, carrying mainly perishable agricultural products. Operations began in November 1976. Head Office: 14 Ben-Yehuda Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel. ^ 341437. Executives: chairman, A. Nehamkin; acting president, S. Nelkin; vice-presi dents: commercial. G. Zohar; finance/ administration, I. Meirovich; directors: operations, I. Binovich; marketing, M. Gat. Employees: 65. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200C, two 747- I00F, one DC-8-63. Cargolux Airlines International was established on March 4, 1970, and began operations in May of that year. The company operates worldwide cargo charter flights from its base at Luxem bourg Airport. Equal stockholders are the Swedish shipping company Salen, Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines and Luxair. Cargolux has an interest in Aero Uruguay, formed in 1977. Head Office: Findel Airport, Luxem bourg. xi" 2272. Executives: president, Roger Sietzen; vice-presidents: Johannes Einarsson, Christer Salen; directors: managing, Einar Olafsson; sales/marketing, Robert Arendal; maintenance, Gunnar M. Bjorgvinsson; chief pilot, Capt Ragnar Kvaren Sr; treasurer, Gary Thomerson; managers: accounts, John Bauler; administration, Lucien Schummer; engineering, Jack Kooyman; flight operations, Sigurur Johnson; produc tion, Gardar Jonnson; purchasing, Patrick C. Naylon; material control, O. E. Sasso; traffic, Jean Mathes; mainten ance/sales/contracts, Paul Pauletto. Employees: 450. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200F, three DC-8-63F, one DC-8-50, one 707-320C. CargOman was formed in January 1977 to operate ad hoc cargo charter services between points in the Gulf area and Europe. A weekly cargo flight from Amsterdam to Dubai and Muscat is operated. Main stockholder in CargOman is Dr Omar Zawawi. Head Office: PO Box 3077, Seeb Inter national Airport, Muscat, Oman. Executive: manager, R. Hay. Fleet: one DC-8-55F. Cargosur was formed in 1978 to operate cargo charters. Operations began in September 1978 from Miami. Head Office: Miami Airport, Florida, USA. Fleet: two Canadair CL-44. Caribbean Air Services (Casair) was formed in 1962 as Virgin Islands Airways to operate air-taxi and later commuter services. Casair is now certificated as an all-cargo carrier authorised to serve Miami, San Juan, St Lucia, Antigua, Guadeloupe, St Kitts and St Maarten from the US Virgin Islands. Owner is William F. Peel. Head Office: PO Box 164, Kingshill, St Croix. US Virgin Islands 00820. ^3471001. Executives: chairman, William F. Peel; president, John Stuart-Jervis; chief pilot, Capt Robert T. Seiler. Employees: 60. Fleet: five Curtiss C-46, one Beech 18. 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 per cent) and Laker Airways (49 per cent). Scheduled low-fare passenger ser vices began in December 1970 between Luxembourg and Barbados and Gatwick was added in 1971. Services from Barbados to Boston, Baltimore 'Washing ton are also operated. Laker Airways DC-lOs or 707s are used on all services. Head Office: Lower Bat Street, Bridge town, Barbados. ^WB265. Executives: chairman, Maurice Jones; managing director, H. I. Allen; deputy managing director, Kingsley C. Clarke; chief accountant, A. W. Mascoll; manager UK, Ron Callis; manager USA, D. A. Stuart; manager Canada, Y. Girardin; sales manager Europe, J. Mousel. Employees: 70. Caribbean International Airlines—see Trans-Carib Air. Carib West Airways was formed in 1971 to develop and provide cargo charter services from Seawell International Air port, Bridgetown, to islands in the Wind ward and Leeward group, and Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico and Miami. Stock holders are all Barbadians. Head Office: Seawell International Airport. Christ Church, Barbados. ^WB296. Executives: chairman, Harold A. Went; president, Trevor Mayers; vice-presidents: Colin Mayers, Jose Balboa. Employees: eight. Fleet: one Electra. Carson Helicopters, formed in 1957 as -an FAA repair station for the overhaul, repair and modification of rotorcraft, began helicopter operations in 1963 and now undertakes general charter services Including specialised flying crane flights for construction projects and geological survey. Head Office: 32H Blooming Glen Road, Perkasie, Pennsylvania 18944, USA. Executives: president, Frank Carson; vice-president, Richard Carson; opera tions manager. James Wilson. Employees: 115. Fleet: two Sikorsky S-61L, one S-61N, 14 S-58T, two S-58, two S-55. Catair—see Compagnie d'Affretements et de Transports Aeriens. Caspair, founded in the early post-war years, became a subsidiary of the Cassman Brown group in 1973. Early in 1979, Caspair and Sunbird Charters (formed in 1969 and with bases in Nakuru and Nanyuki) merged their lightplane services to form Sunbird Aviation. Together with charter flights,
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