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1418 FLIGHT Internationa), 16 May 1981 World airline directory Head Office: Mimarbasi Sokak No 17, Kat 4 Laleli-Istanbul, Turkey. y*~ 32176. Executives: chairman/president, Ali Osman Sonmez; vice-president, Mustafa Karaer; general manager, Ertugrul Alper; managers: operations, Mehmet Isikli; finance, Mesut Vural; chief pilot, Adnan Akgun. Employees: 100. Fleet: two Casa C.212 Aviocar, three DC-8. BWIA International—see Trinidad and Tobago (BWIA International) Airways. CAAC—The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), estab lished in 1962, superseded the Civil Aviation Administration of China (also known as CAAC), formed in 1949 after the founding of the People's Republic. Skoga, the joint Si no-Soviet undertak ing formed in 1950 to operate air ser vices between the two countries, was dissolved in 1955. CAAC controls all civil aviation activities in China, including the current domestic network of more than 160 routes with a total length of some 190,000km and with scheduled ser vices to all 29 provinces and autono mous regions except Taiwan Province. International services currently link China with 17 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, with a total stage length of about 90,000km. Points served from Peking are Pyongyang, Rangoon, Hanoi, Moscow, Paris, Karachi, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa, Sharjah, Lon don, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagasaki, Bucharest, Zurich and Belgrade. Regional services connect points on inland China and Hong Kong. The air line also undertakes an extensive range of non-airline activities such as air ambulance, agricultural and forestry flights, and air freight services, all directly connected with the national de velopment of industry and agriculture. Head Office: 155 Dong-si (West) Street, Peking, People's Republic of China. ^22101. Executives: director-general, Shen-Tu; first deputy director-general, Lin Zheng; deputy director of department of inter national affairs, Li Shufan. Employees: 40,000 (estimated). Fleet: three Boeing 747SP, four 707- 320B, six 707-320C, five Ilyushin 11-62, 10 11-18, 18 Trident, five Viscount 800, 30 Antonov An-24, 30 I1-14/L1-2 plus a num ber of smaller aircraft including Twin Otter, Bell 212, BO105. On order: two 747SP. Simulators: one Redifon Boeing 707, one Redifon Trident 2E. Cameroon Airlines (Cam-Air) was formed on July 26, 1971, following the decision of the Cameroun Government to withdraw its support from the Air Afrique consortium on January 22, 1971. The new airline began operations on November 1, and the route network now covers international passenger services from Douala to Yaounde, Bangui, Coto- nou, N'Djamena, Abidjan, Brazzaville, Lagos, Lome, Libreville, Kinshasa, Bujumbura, Nairobi, Geneva, Rome, Marseille, and Paris, together with an extensive domestic route system. Stock holders are the Cameroun Govern ment with 75 per cent and Air France, which is providing technical assistance, with 25 per cent. Head Office: BP4092, 3 Avenue General de Gaulle, Douala, Cameroun. ^5345. Executives: president/director-general, Amadou Bello; directors: general affairs, A. Hayatou; financial, G. Ngounou; commercial, H. De Beam; technical, F. Bonnasies; press, J. L. Chatue. Employees: 1,560. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, three 737- 200C, one Twin Otter. On order: one 747-200B Combi. Capitol International Airways was formed in 1946 as a supplemental car rier, and since 1968 has been a public corporation. Passenger charter and military contract flights are operated, primarily across the North Atlantic. In September 1978, under the deregulation policy, Capitol was granted scheduled service authority from New York to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Juan and Brussels. Head Office: Smyrna Airport, Smyrna, Tennessee 37167, USA. ^554327. Executives: president, Capt J. Lager- quist; executive v-p, G. Komats; v-ps: sales & marketing, A. Pittman; adminis tration, F. Roach; finance, O. Dickenson; maintenance, R. Hall. Employees: 850. Fleet: two DC-8-63, four DC-8-61. Civil Aviation Administration of China —see CAAC. CAAK—see Choson Minhang Civil Avia tion Company. Cargo Air Lines (CAL) was formed in June 1976 to operate freight charter flights from Tel-Aviv to points in Europe, carrying mainly perishable agricultural products. Operations began in November 1976. Major stockholders are the Corporative Society for Jewish Labour Settlement (56 per cent), Pro duction and Marketing Board of Orna mental Plants (18 per cent), Vegetables Production and Marketing Board (18 per cent) and the Fruit Board of Israel (8 per cent). Head Office: 14 Ben Yehuda Street, Tel-Aviv, Israel. •»-• 341437. Executives: acting president, S. Nel- kin; vice-president finance/administra tion, M. Nivon; marketing director, M. Gat; operations director, I. Binovich; director for Europe, G. Zohar. Employees: 72. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200F, one 747- r- 200C, two 747-100F. * Cargomasters Australia was formed in 1980 to operate all-cargo services within Australia. Shareholders are W. S. Astling (formerly connected with the defunct Air Express and also BBA Air Cargo) and Alaska International Air (with a 40 per cent holding). Operations were expected to begin around Easter 1981 using a Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules leased from Alaska International. Cargolux Airlines International was established on March 4, 1970, and began operations in May that year. The airline operates regular cargo flights to the Middle East, Far East, Africa, Australia and the USA as well as worldwide cargo charter flights. Shareholders are Flug- leidir Icelandair, the Salen Shipping company, Luxair and a group of private Luxembourg interests, the latter with the majority shareholding. Cargolux also performs contract maintenance for other airlines and operates sub-leasing services. The airline has an interest in Aero Uruguay. Head Office: Findel Airport, Luxem bourg. -*-2272. Executives: president, Einar Olafsson; senior vice-presidents: sales/marketing, Robert Arendal, maintenance/engineer ing, Gunnar M. Bjorgvinsson; corporate planning, Johannes Einarsson; vice- presidents: finance, John Bauler; ad ministration, Lucien Schummer; flight/ cargo operations, Sigurdur Jonsson. Emplovees: 500. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200F, three DC- 8-63F, one DC-8-50, one 707-320C. CargOman was formed in January 1977 and operates ad hoc cargo charter ser vices throughout the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The main stock holder in CargOman is Dr Omar Zuwawi. Head Office: PO Box 3077, Seeb Inter national Airport, Muscat, Oman. Executive: manager, J. Aird. Fleet: one DC-8-55F. This British Airways' 6Ae One-Eleven 500 is one of 21 in the fleet «•>%, \Vi ^VA-M'VV
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