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1980
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_ FLIGHT International, lb July 1980 317 World airline directory ' * > \ Cessna 337 Skymaster, three Apache, one Dornier 28B, one Otter, one Beaver, two Norseman, two Cessna 185. Inair Airlines—see International de Aviation SA. Indian Airlines was formed as a state corporation on August 1, 1953, taking over the domestic and regional services previously operated by eight private air lines. It is an autonomous corporation under the administrative control of the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation. Operations are organised into four regions controlled from Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras and include ser vices to Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldive Islands. Besides scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services, Indian Airlines operates a night airmail system linking the four cities mentioned above, and provides a Boeing 737 plus technical and managerial assistance to Maldive International Airlines, set up jointly in 1977 by Indian Airlines and the Govern ment of the Maldive Islands. Head Office: Airlines House, 113 Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi 110001, India. x*'031-2576. Executives: chairman, ACM P. C. Lai; managing director, G. D. Mathur; deputy managing director, Kailas Nath Kathju; directors: operations, Capt A. M. Kapoor; training, Capt N. M. Pereira; commercial, S. A. Raja Gopal; finance, Kirpal Chand; regional directors: Delhi, Capt G. S. Dhillon; Bombay, Capt D. Rraganza; Calcutta, Capt R. K. Sen; Madras, Capt J. Joseph; controller stores/purchasing, M. L. Parval; chief auditor, S. K. Chabra; chief medical officer, Dr R. K. Baijal; secretary/chief vigilance officer, N. C. Bharam; public relations manager, Ajit S. Gopal. Employees: 16,039. Fleet: six Airbus A300B2, 15 Boeing 737-200, two Caravelle, eight Fokker F.27, 14 HS.748. On order: two A300B2, seven 737-200. Simulators: one Redifon 737-200, one Redifon HS.748. On order: one LMT A300B2. Inex-Adria Aviopromet (Inex-Adria Air ways) was formed in 1960 as Adria Air ways and reorganised in 1968, when the present title was adopted. Scheduled domestic passenger services link Ljub ljana with Belgrade, Sarajevo and Skopje, but main activity is inclusive-tour and charter flights. Head Office: 61001, Ljubljana, Titova 48, Jugoslavia. ^31268. Executives: general manager, Janez Nedog, commercial manager, Gustav Fux; operations manager, Silvo Popov; chief pilot, Capt Marjan Bizjan; chief engineer, Jose Prhavc. Employees: 337. Fleet: two DC-9-50, three DC-9-32, two DC-9-32F. On order: three DC-9-80. Intasun—see Air Europe, Inter-Continental Airlines was formed in November 1978, and operated for a time as Air Vanni. Passenger and cargo charter flights are operated to domestic and international points from Ikeja Airport. Major stockholder is Victor Vanni. Head Office: 25 Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Industrial Estate, PMB21611, Ikeja, Nigeria. * Executives: chairman, G. O. Onosode; vice-chairman, Jenks Caldwell; manag ing director, Victor Oje Vanni; sales director, Lesley Orr; directors: Haja Hamman Maiduguri; Prince Awogboro. Employees: 500. Fleet: two Boeing 707, one DC-6B, one HS.125. Intercontinental Airways has operated domestic cargo charters since Septem ber 1978 and was authorised to begin scheduled domestic cargo services from January 1980, but the routes are not known. A subsidiary is Wilmington- based Ohio Air Center maintenance and engineering facility. Head Office: PO Box 765, Wilmington Industrial Airpark, Ohio 45177, USA. ^214-325. Executives: executive vice-president, Louis R. Furlong; directors: sales, Dimitri Pavlowitch; maintenance, Den nis J. Matiatos; quality assurance, Stan Adler; acting chief pilot, Capt Gabe Potter. Employees: 45. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320, four DC-8- 30, one HS.125. Interflug Gesellschaft is the national airline of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) formed in 1954. Interflug started operations in September 1955, but scheduled passen ger services began in February 1956 between Berlin and Warsaw followed by domestic routes in June 1957. Scheduled passenger and cargo services now link 45 cities in 33 countries and charter work is also undertaken, while a separate division handles agricultural and other aerial work. During 1979 Interflug carried 1,242,567 passengers. Head Office: DDR-1189, Berlin-Schone-feld Flughafen, German Democratic Republic. y^Oll 2892. Executive: president, Dr Klaus Henkes Employees: 2,210. Fleet: six Ilyushin I1-62/62M, 14 11-18, 18 Tupolev Tu-134/134A. Inter-Island chelles. Airways—see Air Sey- Interlink—see Gatwick Heathrow Air-link. International de Aviation SA (Inair) was formed in 1967 and is wholly owned by Panamanians. Scheduled freight ser vices and passenger and cargo charters are operated between Panama Citv and Miami. Scheduled routes link Panama with Chetumal, Cozumel, Caracas, Maracaibo, Porlamar, Cali, Bogota, Barranquilla, Medellin, Lima, Manaus, Santiago de Chile, Iquique and Arica. Head Office: PO Box 4509, Calle 50 y Elvira Mendez, Edif. el Embajador, Panama City, Panama. .^ 368689. Executives: general manager, George F. Novey HI; 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 Abra ham Castro. Employees: 112. Fleet: one Convair CV-880, one DC-6B. International Air Bahama—see Air Bahama. International Caribbean Airways (ICA) —see Caribbean Airways. Intra Airways, formed in 1969 to operate passenger and cargo charters from Jersey, ceased operations on November 1. 1979. The assets of the company were acquired by Express Air Services, a Field Aviation/Hunting Group company, and both merged into Jersey European Airways. Invicta International Airlines 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 Uni versal 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. •»" 96239. Executives: chairman/managing direc tor, H. C. Kennard; commercial director, B. W. Davis; director, M. G. Harradine; chief accountant, D. B. Austin; general manager operations, Capt R. Langley; chief pilot, Capt L. Whiteight; adminis tration/personnel manager, D. J. Ait- chison. Employees: 85. Fleet: two Britannia 300F. IPEC Aviation, operated for a period as 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, specialis ing in fast freight and overnight ser vices. In 1977 IPEC took over the Tas-manian charter airline Fleet Air Ser vices, but disposed of the company and its sole DC-3 in January 1980. Head Office: Hangar 86, Bristol Street, Essendon Airport, Victoria 3041, Aus tralia. ^35695. Executives: aviation manager, P. Petersen; engineering manager, T. All-wood; chief pilot, Capt D. Cahill. Employees: 46. Fleet: two Argosy 200, one Argosy 100. m wMmmmmm
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