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1980 - 1962.PDF
JUGHT International, 26 )uiy 1980 343 World airline directory -4- -4 page 332 'North Central Airlines—see Republic .Airlines. North Coast Air Services, formed in the i 1950s by Jack Anderson, operates pas senger and cargo charter flights to a 'number of points in British Columbia including Eden Lake and Masset, from "* base at Seal Cove, Prince Rupert. A scheduled cargo service linking Prince * Rupert with Vancouver is flown by the C46. * Head Office: PO Box 610, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. ->'• ^047-89161. Executive: president/founder, Jack N. ' Anderson. Employees: 30. * Fleet: two Curtiss C-46, two Mallard, one Fairchild Husky, four Beaver, two Cessna 180, one United TwinBee. Northern Airlines was formed in January 1980 following the takeover of * Alice Springs-based Connair by East-West Airlines. Stockholders in the new airline are East-West with 51 per cent and the Northern Territory Govern ment, currently holding the other 49 per cent while arrangements for the sale of shares to the public are finalised. Qonnair, formed by Eddie Connellan in July 1939 as Connellan Airways, operated a 25-point network of sched uled passenger and cargo services in the Northern Territory. These will con tinue under the new management, plus the addition of coastal patrol flights for the Commonwealth Government. Opera tion of the aero-medical fleet based at Darwin, Alice Springs and Nhulunbuy (Gove) is expected to be added later. Head Office: 30 Daly Street, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. ^AA85007. Executives: chairman, E. J. Connel lan; executive director, Bruce N. Teague; general manager, Max Cath- cart; commercial manager, Stephen Marshall; flight operations manager, , Capt Pat Harrison. Employees: 154. Fleet: one Fokker F.27, two DC-3, five Lycoming Heron, three Navajo. 1 North Scottish Helicopters—see Man agement Aviation. Northward Airlines of St Albert, v Alberta, Canada, which took over Gate way Aviation in 1979, operated sched uled passenger services froni Calgary and Edmonton to points in the North west Territories and the Yukon area until March 1980. The company then ceased operations owing to financial problems. Northwest Airlines (Northwest Orient Airlines) was founded on August 1,1926, as Northwest Airways and adopted the present title in 1934. Transcontinental services began in 1945 and in 1947 the company started services to the Far East. Washington and Honolulu were added in 1948 followed by Taiwan in 1950. The current network of scheduled passenger and cargo services stretches across the United States, to Anchorage in Alaska to Edmonton and Winnipeg in Canada, and across the Pacific to Hawaii, Okinawa, Manila, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong. In August 1977 authority was granted to operate transatlantic services from Seattle to Scotland (Prestwick), Denmark (Copen hagen), Sweden and Finland via Min neapolis-St Paul, and these began on March 31, 1979. Head Office: Minneapolis - St Paul In ternational Airport, St Paul, Minnesota 55111, USA. >"29-7024. Executives: president/chief executive, M. Joseph Lapensky; vice-presidents: law, James A. Abbott; assistant to presi dent, Benjamin G. Griggs Jr; purchas ing/stores, Thomas E. McGinnity; bud gets, Robert W. Campbell; regulatory proceedings, J. William Campion; com munications/computer services; Robert J. Glischinski; Orient region, Reginald C. Jenkins; advertising, Bryan G. Moon; finance/treasurer, Steven G. Rothe- meier; personnel, James F. Redeske; transportation services, T. J. Koors; sales, Robert J. Wright; maintenance/ engineering, William E. Huskins; public relations, Roy K. Erickson; assistant secretary, Steven D. Wheeler. Employees: 12,814. Fleet: 11 Boeing 747-200B, four 747- 200F, 12 747-100, 22 DC-1O40, 46 727-200, four 727-100, 12 727-lOOC. On order: one 747-200B, one 747-2O0F, four 727-200. Simulators: one Singer-Link 747, one Link-Miles DC-10-40, one Singer-Link 727. Northwest Territorial Airways (Terri torial) was formed in 1961 by Robert Engle. Worldwide charters are flown from bases as Yellowknife, Calgary and Edmonton, together with maintenance and overhaul services. Scheduled pas senger and cargo services are operated from Yellowknife to Coppermine, Lady Franklin Point, Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet and Frobisher Bay. Head Office: PO Box 9000, Yellow knife, Northwest Territories, Canada. -*"034-45527. Executives: chairman/president/gei» eral manager, Robert Engle; vice-president operations, John G. Robert son; vice-president maintenance, A. R. Newnham; chief pilot, Capt L. F. W. Swift; chief inspector, Charles Clements. Employees: 120. Fleet: one Electra, two L-100-30 Her cules, four DC-3. FT Nusantara Air Service—see Bali International Air Service (Bali Air). NZNAC—see Air New Zealand. Okanagan Helicopters, founded in 1947, is the largest helicopter operator in Canada and, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, one of the largest in the world. The company is active in every field of helicopter activity, includ ing offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration, forestry, mining, survey ing, logging, construction, agriculture, patrol, rescue and salvage operations. Okanagan also operates a helicopter mountain-flying training school. Sub sidiaries are Canadian Helicopters/ Helicopterers Canadiens (Montreal), Lac St Jean Aviation (Montreal), Universal Helicopters (Ottawa), Dominion-Pegasus Helicopters (Toronto), Associated Heli copters Ltd (Edmonton), OK Heli Log ging Ltd (Vancouver), and Sept-Iles Helicopter Services (Sept-Iles, Quebec). Head Office: 4391 Agar Drive, Van couver International Airport South, Richmond, BC, Canada. -*"04-355594. Executives: chairman/president, J. W. Pitts; vice-presidents: marketing, F. A. Moore; operations, P. A. Aldous; finance/secretary/treasurer, V. D. Pecho; engineering, D. McLean. Employees: 610. Fleet: 11 Sikorsky S-61N, five S-61L, six S-76A Spirit, one S-58T, one S-55, 10 Bell 212, two Bell 214, four Bell 205A, 97 JetRanger. On order: one BV-234 Chinook, 12 S-76A Spirit. .imiiw «. --* V
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