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World airline directory Arenas, together with international routes to Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Monte video, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Panama, Miami, New York, Madrid, Paris, Frankfurt, Easter Island, Papeete, and Nandi. In 1974, LAN-Chile became the first airline to link South America with Australia via the South Pole, a lhr 16min experimental flight. Head Office: Camino a Melpilla 5300, Aeropuerto Los Cerrilos, Santiago de Chile, Chile. Employees: 1,930. Fleet: one DC-10-30, five Boeing 707- 320B, two 707-320C, one 737-200, one 737-200C. Lao Aviation (Air Lao), the national airline of the People's Democratic Re public of Laos, operates scheduled pas senger services from Vattay Airport, Vientiane to Bangkok (once weekly) and Hanoi (three times weekly). Head Office: PO Box 119, L. Pan Kham Road, Vientiane, PDR Laos. ^310. Fleet: one Viscount 700, six Antonov An-24, three Fairchild Provider, one An-2M. LAP—see Lineas Aereas Paraguayas. LASA—see Linea Aerea Sud-Americana. Lauda Air Luftfahrt was formed in April 1979 to operate passenger charter services to Europe, and operations began in June. The airline is wholly owned by former Grand Prix racing driver Nikki Lauda. Head Office: Vienna Airport, PO Box 56, A-1300 Flughafen Wien, Schewat, Austria. >" 133850. Executives', president, Nikki Lauda general manager, Dr Karl Kronsteiner: managers: operations, Ing O. Lenz; tech nical, G. Niederl and G. van del Bol sales, A. Stieglmayr; admin, A. Clary commercial, A. Einoder; chief pilot, Ralf Wenner. Employees: 33. Fleet: one Fokker F.27-600, one F.27- 100. LAV—see Linea Aeropostal Venezolana. Leeward Islands Air Transport Services —see Liat (1974). Le Point was formed in 1981 to operate charter flights from Basle-Mulhouse to Ouagadougou in Upper Volta. Head Office: 243 Tour de l'Europe, 68100 Mulhouse, France. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320B. Lesotho Airways was formed on Jan uary 1, 1971, as the wholly Government- owned national airline to succeed Lesotho Airways (Pty) Ltd. Scheduled passenger services are operated linking Haseru with Teyateyaneng, Mokhotlong, Thaba-Tseka, Sehonghong, Quacha's Nek, Semonkong, Sekakes, Masai, and Tlokeng, together with international routes to Johannesburg (in conjunction with South African Airways), Manzini, Maputo and Gaborone. Aer Lingus pro vides technical and managerial assis tance under contract. Head Office: PO Box 861, Maseru, Lesotho. >'347BB. Executives: chairman, T. J. Masho- lugu; managing director, W. J. Cava- nagh; managers: operations, Capt R. J. de Montalk; technical, M. Ryan; finan cial, D. Malone; commercial, M. J. Macdonagh. Employees: 104. Fleet: two Twin Otter, two Islander, one Dornier Skyservant. Liat (1974) was formed in November 1974 as the successor of Leeward Islands Air Transport Services formed in 1956 as a subsidiary of British West Indian Airways and sold in 1971 to Court Line Aviation, which itself col lapsed in August 1974. Shareholding is now in the hands of the Governments of the Associated States of the West Indies, Montserrat, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, and Jamaica, which bought the airline from the Court Line liquidators. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Antigua to 22 other islands in the West Indies. Charter flights are also under taken, alongside handling arrangements for other airlines at Antigua, St Lucia and Barbados. Subsidiary companies are Inter Island Air Services and Four Island Air Ser vices. Head Office: Coolidge International Airport, Antigua, West Indies. -""2124. Executives: managing director, Arthur Foster; general managers (acting) marketing, David Jardine; operations, Paul Delisle; engineering, Derek Mar- cano; finance, David Attale. Employees: 650. Fleet: five HS.748. Libyan Arab Airlines was formed in 1964 as Kingdom of Libya Airlines. Operations began in October 1965 and the airline was renamed Libyan Arab Airlines following the revolution on September 1, 1969. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Tripoli, Benghazi, and Sebha to Rome, Paris, London, Athens, Casablanca, Zurich, Damascus, Jeddah, Tunis, Bel grade, Istanbul, Niamey, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Moscow, Sofia, Amman, Cotonou, Algiers, and Malta. Head Office: PO Box 2555, Haiti Street, Tripoli, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. ^20333. Executives: Popular Workers Com mittee, chairman engineer Badri Hassan; secretary, Abdulkari Shanta; members: Capt Ali Akela el Hanousi; Capt Ramadan el Tarhuni; Nouri Ali Souliman; Mohammed Khaifa Abdulfid; Elmabrouk Abdurazak Elfghi; Ali Faraj Gargoum; Asdek Faraj Ben Nema; Abdelmownes Abdeljali. Employees: 2,500. Fleet: two Ilyushin I1-76T, ten Boeing 727-200, eight Fokker F.27-600, two F.27- 400. On order: six Airbus A300B4, four A310, eight Fokker F.27-600. Lina Congo (Lignes Nationales Aeriennes Congolaises) was formed in August 1965 as the successor to the private-enter prise Air Congo, formed in 1961. Major stockholder is the Government. Lina Congo operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Maya-Maya Air port (Brazzaville) to Betou, Boundji, Djambala, Epena, Ewo, Gamboma, Imp- fonda, Kelle, Kindamba, Lague, Lou- bomo, Loukolela, Makabana, Makoua, r Mouyondzi, Mossendjo, Nkayi, Okoyo, Ouesso, Owando, Ponte-Noire, Sibiti, Souanke, and Zanaga, plus international services to Libreville, Port-Gentil, and Moanda in Gabon. Head Office: PO Box 2203, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. ^5243KG. Executives: director-general, Carombo- Okounou; directors: commercial/opera tions, Gilbert Mfouo-Otsially; adminis tration, Elie Kosso; technical, Leonard Gakoula; finance, Raymond Gotienne. Employees: 250. Fleet: one Fokker F.28-1000, one F.27- 600, one F.27-200, two Twin Otter. Linea Aerea Andina—see Aeroandina. Linea Aerea del Cobre SA—see Ladeco. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) was founded in 1933 when the Vene zuelan Government took over the routes and equipment for the Cie Generale Aeropostale, which had begun operating in Venezuela in 1930. LAV took over TACA de Venezuela on July 1, 1957. The international services of LAV and Avensa are now operated by Viasa, in which LAV has a small holding. LAV 4f operates a large domestic network and also flies to Curacao, Port of Spain, and Aruba. Head Office: Centro Capriles, Plaza Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. >*21-720. Executives: president, Gen Oscar Araque Angulo; first vice-president, Victor Vasquez Vivas; second vice-presi dent, Pedro Sors. Employees: 1,700. Fleet: six DC-9-50, three DC-9-30, six Twin Otter. Lineas Aereas del Caribe (LAC Colom bia) operates cargo services from Colombian cities to Miami, Panama, Venezuela, and throughout South America. Head Office: Calle 39 No. 41-3L PO Box 3192, Barranquilla, Colombia. ^33421. Executives: chairman, Orlando Don- ado; vice-presidents: Raul Donado; north area, Carlos Donado; technical, Herman Olarte; legal, Diego Pardo. Employees: 238. Fleet: two DC-8-54F, one DC-8-63F, three DC-6A. Lineas Aereas de Nicaragua SA (Lanica) *"' ceased operations in April 1981 and was declared bankrupt by the Nicaraguan Minister of Transport. Linea Aerea Sud-Americana (LASA) operates cargo charter services from Santiago to Antofagasta, Iuique, Arica, and Mendoza in Argentina. Head Office. Aeropuerto los Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile. Fleet: two Douglas DC-6B. Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA (Lacsa) was founded in 1945 by Pan American, the Costa Rican Government and Costa Rican private interests. Pan Am originally held 33 per cent of the stock, but this was reduced to 22 per 846 FLIGHT International, 3 April 1982
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