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Commuter airlines directory September the company planned to start a Los An geles-Grand Canyon charter service using Viscounts. Head Office: 5030 Para dise Road C-208, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119, USA. -"684-523 RAJ LTD LSV Executives: chairman, Robert Alan Jones; presi dent, Perry W. Russell; director of operations, Charles W. Hill; director of maintenance, Kenneth W. Scherado; chief pilot, Thomas Johnson. Employees: 55. Fleet: two EMR-110 Ban- deirante, four Reech 18, one Piper Cherokee Six, one Piper Lance. Simmons Airlines provides passenger services within its home state of Michigan, linking Houghton, Mar quette, Escanaba, Alpena, Sault Ste Marie, Traverse City, Lansing, and Detroit. Head Office: Marquette County Airport, Negaunee, Michigan 49866, USA. Executive: president, Larry J. Simmons. Fleet: two EMR-110 Ban- deirante, two Piper Navajo. Simpson Air uses its Brit ten-Norman [slanders for scheduled services between Wrigley and Fort Simpson and Nahanni Butte, Wrig ley, and Fort Liard, Wrig ley and Fort Nelson. Bases are maintained at Fort Liard and Fort Simpson. Head Office: PO Box 1107, Fort Nelson, British Colum bia, Canada VOC 1R0. -"036-73146 Executive: president, W. T. Tweed. Employees: 28. Fleet: four BN-2A Islan der, one Beech Baron, three Cessna 185. Skyline Airlines is the com muter airline division of Skyline Motors Aviation Services which is also in business as a fixed-base operator at Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls. Scheduled services are flown between Youngstown, Cleveland, and Detroit. Head Office: Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania 15010, USA. Executives: president, George Hall, Sr; senior vice- president, Ronald Hall; vice- presidents: George Hall, Jr, Gary L. Hall; secretary/ treasurer, Virginia Hall. Fleet: four Cessna Titan, two Cessna 402, two Piper Seneca, one Cessna Citation. Skyways is the operating title of Scheduled Skyways, the name having been changed in October 1972. The company was formed in September 1953 and com menced operations in 1954 with a Cessna 195, flying a daily scheduled service from Fayetteville to Little Rock. Additional points now served include Dallas/Fort Worth, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Tulsa, Kansas City, Rirmingham, Spring field, El Dorado, and Fort Smith. Head Office: PO Box 1344, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. Executive: president, Raymond A. Young, III. Fleet: nine Swearingen Metro II, two Beech 99, one Piper Navajo Chieftain, two Cessna 310. Sky West is the name under which Sky West Aviation, formed in March 1972, flies an extensive network of scheduled passenger ser vices. Points served include Salt Lake City, Cedar City, St George, Phoenix, Flag staff, Page and Laramie, also to Pocateelo, Indiana. The company also operates scenic tours to places of interest, such as the Grand Canyon, Cedar Breaks National Monument and the Zion and Canyonlands National Parks. Head Office: St George Municipal Airport, St George, Utah 84770. Executives: president, Jerry C. Atkin; vice-presi dents: J. Ralph Atkin, Sid ney J. Atkin. Fleet: one EMB-110 Ban- deirante, three Swearingen Metro II, five Piper Navajo Chieftain, three Cessna 207, one Cessna 206, two Cessna 210, one Cessna 172, one Cessna 152. Skywest Airlines was formed as Pilbarra Air Ser vices in Wittenoom, Wes tern Australia, in 1967. It later became Skywest in Perth and in 1980 bought the region's largest com muter airline, Stillwell Air lines. It is now a wholly West Australian-owned company, with five local directors, and approxi mately two-fifths of turn over is derived from a regional commuter service linking Perth with Esper- ance, Albany, Bunbury, Meekatharra, Mt Magnet, Telfer, Wiluna, Yeeleerie, and Rottnest Island. The re mainder comes from char ter work, much of this on a contractual basis with the larger mining and oil com panies. Head Office: Perth Inter national Airport, Redcliffe, Western Australia 6104, Australia. -"AA 92427 Executives: operations manager, Adrian Barralet; marketing manager, Mike Rainsford; chief pilot, Bruce Burns; engineering man ager, Dominic Yam. Employees: 85. Fleet: one Grumman Gulfstream 1, two Cessna Citation II, three Beech King Air 200, two EMB-110 Bandeirante, one Swearin gen Metro II, two Nomad 24A, one MU-2N. H. C. Sleigh Airlines was formed in 1972 as the com muter airlines division of H. C. Sleigh Aviation, dis tributors for the Nomad, MU-2 and Pilatus aircraft in Australia. A service from Essendon to Flinders Island and Launceston links the mainland with the Tas- manian network which com prises routes to Hobart and to Devonport, Wynyard, and King Island. Head Office: Terminal Building, Essendon Airport, Victoria 3041, Australia. -"AA 34248 Executives: manager, air lines division, Hugh C. Drummond; regional man ager, Tasmania, Dallas Hay. Employees: 10. Fleet: three Cessna 404, one Rockwell Commander 680FL. Solomon Islands Airways (Solair) was created on May 1, 1968, when Macair absorbed Megapole Air ways. The company is now controlled by Talair and the Government of Papua New Guinea has a 49 per cent holding. Domestic services link Honiara, Ringi Cove, Gizo, Munda, Sege, Mono, Balalae, Choiseul Bay, Bara- koma, Auki, Parasi, Santa Cruz, Kira Kira, Bellona, Rennel, and Kieta. A route from Honiara to Espiritu Santo was inaugurated on April 7, 1978, and now serves Port Vila also. Head Office: Soalir Houses PO Box 23, Honiara, Solo mon Islands. -"HQ.202 SOLAIR Fleet: one Swearingen Metro II, two BN-2A Islan der, two Beech Queen Air, two Beech Baron, one Lake Buccaneer. Southeastern Commuter Airlines is the operating name of Coastal Air and operates scheduled passen ger services from its base at Auburn, Alabama, to Opelika in its home state and to Rome and Atlanta, Georgia. Head Office: 175 East Magnolia Avenue, Suite 223, Auburn, Alabama 36830, USA. Executive: president, Roy H. Hagerty. Fleet: two D.H. Riley Dove, one D.H. Dove, one Cessna 310. Southeast Skyways is a scheduled service and bush community support opera tor in south-eastern Alaska, offering charter facilities for sportsmen and tourists, in addition to flying services to such destinations as Haynes, Skagway, and Hoo- nah; also to Angoon, Ten- akee, Hawk Inlet, Excursion Inlet, Funter Bay, Elfin Cove, Chatam, and Pelican during the summer months. Head Office: 14 Marine Way, Juneau, Alaska 99801, USA. Executive: president, Marlene Johnson. Fleet: three Grumman Goose, one Beech 18, one DHC Beaver. Southern Air incorporates Stewart Island Air Services, established on May 1, 1976. The route from Invercargill to Stewart Island was origi- FUGHT International. 7 November 1981 1421
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