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1983
1983 - 0614.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY are Danair A/S (57 per cent), Linjeflyg (50 per cent), Greenlandair (25 per cent) and Wideroe (22 per cent). Other subsidiaries include SAS Catering & Hotels, SAS-Invest A/S (operators of the SAS Royal Hotel, Copenhagen), Vingressor AB, Nyman & Schultz Resebyraer AB, AB Olsen & Wright, Scandinavian Air Tour Productions AB, Artie Hotel Corporation A/S, SAS Royal Hotel A/S (Oslo), A/S Dansk Rejsebureau and SAS Cargo Center A/S (Copenhagen). Head Office: Ulvsundavagen 193, S-161 87, Stockholm-Bromma, Sweden. ^-2263. Executives: president, Jan Carlzon; deputy presidents: Kai Sotorp, Frede Ahl-f reen Eriksen; executive vice-president Carl irik Lindh; vice-presidents: engneering/ maintenance, Lennart Ringqvist: administ ration, Goran Yxhammer; president's staff: Bjorn Tornblom, Gunnar Sandberg; general managers: Denmark, Roald Sokilde; Nor way, Oddvar Bache-Mathiesen; Sweden, Yngve Wessman. Employees: 16,376. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B, two 747-200B Combi, five DC-10-30, two DC8-63, one DC-8-62, four Airbus A300B2 (to become A300B4), 49 DC-9-41, two DC-9-30F, nine DC-9-21. Scimitar Airlines was formed in January 1975 as Gullcroft Ltd by M.A. (Guy) Guinane, one-time managing director of BCal. Other shareholders are Ahmed Baker, Sedgewick Forbes Holdings, J. Kellaway, the Bridgeman Group, Viking Air Freight, Ratedale Security, J. W. Sawyer, and the Topple family. Cargo charter operations with two Boeing 707-320Cs began in July 1978 from London-Gatwick, but were sus pended during 1980 following financial dif ficulties leading to receivership. During the spring of 1981 it was announced that the company was to be refinanced and intended to resume operations in due course. These plans, however, failed to materialise, and the company has been wound up. Seagreen Air Transport has operated cargo charter services in the Caribbean area since 1964. The company holds a Foreign Carrier Air Permit covering flights from Miami, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to Antigua and the Caribbean Islands. Head Office: PO Box 392, St John's, Anti gua, West Indies. ^2129AK. Executives: president, Donald S. Paterson; managing director, G. Bhuyan; treasurer/ secretary, P. Farara; chief pilot, Capt R. Deardroff; administration manager, E. G. Barriero. Employees: 29. Fleet: one Convair 880, one Douglas DC-7, one DC-6, one DC-3. SELVA Colombia (Servicios Aereo del Vaupes) was formed in 1980 to operate pas senger and cargo charter services from its base at Villavicencio. Head Office: Calle 40, No. 30A-44, Apar- tado Aereo 2214, Villavicencio, Colombia. Fleet: two Curtiss C-46, two Douglas DC-3. Sempati Air Transport was formed in December 1968 to operate passenger and cargo services from Jakarta. Operations began in March 1969 to points in Indonesia plus Manila, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. Sempati is a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Tri Usaha Bhakti. Head Office: Jalan Medan Merdeka Timur 7, PO Box 2068, Jakarta, Indonesia. ^45132. Executives: chairman/president, Capt Dolf Latumahina; director maintenance/ engineering, Dipl Ing Tripudjo Djuliarso; director finance/marketing, Dipl Ing Frits Sindu. Employees: 185. Fleet: one Fokker F.27-200, one F.27-400, four F.27-600. Servicio Aereo de Honduras SA (SAHSA) was formed in 1944 and began operations in October 1954. Stockholders are INGESA with 62 per cent and TAN Airlines (38 per cent acquired from Pan Am in 1970). Scheduled passenger services are operated from Tegucigalpa to points in Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia and to New Orleans. An extensive domestic network is also operated. The Honduran airline ANHSA is a subsidiary. Head Office: PO Box 129, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. .—321-1146. Executives: president, Gen Oswaldo Lopez A; vice-president, Gen M. Chinchilla; gen eral manager, Capt Rolando Figueroa; sec retary, Salvador Aguilar; commercial man ager, Prof V. C. Chinchilla; general accounts manager, Lie Mario Noe; general auditor, Emilio Aguirre; flight operations manager, Col Fernando Soto. Employees: 375. Fleet: two Boeing 727-100, one 737-200, one Electra, two DC-3. Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Ter- ritorios Nacionales (Satena) was formed in April 1962 to aid development of the Amazon and Orinoco regions of Colombia, and is a special element of the Colombian Air Force. Passenger, cargo and mail ser vices are operated to some 50 points in the hinterland, both scheduled and charter. Head Office: Carrera 13, No. 19-20, Bogota, Colombia. --44561. Executives: general manager, Col Enrique Diaz; deputy general manager, May Alfonso Ordonez; directors: operations. May Jairo Lopez; administration, Capt William Mejia; maintenance, Capt Johnson Infante; legal services, Dr Alejandro Bula. Employees: 247. Fleet: one DC-4, three HS.748, eight DC-3. Servicios Aereos Bolivianos (SAB) oper ates cargo charter services from Aeropuerto El Alto La Paz Head'Office: Cobija 124, La Paz, Bolivia. Fleet: one Curtiss C-46. Servicios Aereos Nacionales (SAN) was formed in January 1964 and operates scheduled passenger and cargo services link ing Mariscal Lamar Airport, Cuenca with Quito, Guayaquil, Manta and Esmereldas. Head Office: PO Box 754, Calle Bolivar 5-33, Cuenca, Ecuador. .-048583. Executives: president, Alfredo Pena; vice-president, Patricio Suarez; managing director, Ing Jaime Rivadeneira; directors: administration, Hernando Vintimilla; opera tions, Col Andres Cordova; managers: sales, Alvaro Suarez; maintenance, Mario Pons; Quito, Jaime Ordonez; Guayaquil, Hugo Varas. Fleet: one Boeing 727-100, three Caravelle 6R, one Viscount 700. Servicios Aeronautics Varina (Savar) is a new privately owned airline formed in 1982 to provide scheduled passenger ser vices from Barinas in Western Venezuela. Initial services link Barinas with Acarigua, Caracas, Barquisimeto, and Porlamar. Authority to serve San Antonio, Merida, Maraeaibo and Oro Negro is also held. Head Office: Aeropuerto de Barinas, Ven ezuela. Executives: president, Rene Ramirez; operations manager, Eutemio Soublette; chief pilot, Miguel Gil; maintenance chief, Lucho Figueror; head of planning and pur chasing, Alvaro Soto. Fleet: one Boeing 737-100. On order: one 737-100. Servico Acoreano de Transportes Aereos EP (SATA) was formed in 1947. Scheduled passenger and cargo services now link eight of the nine islands in the Azores archipelago, namely Santa Maria, Sao Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, and Flores Island. Head Office: Avenida do Infante D. Hen rique, 9500 Ponta Delgado, Sao Miguel, Azores. ^-82276 SATA P. Executives: president, Eng Fernando P. Costa; vice-presidents: Jose P. Almeida, Joao Sanbento Sousa; directors: marketing, Rui Moreira; flight operations, Capt Fran- sisco Afonso; finance, Antonio M. Rego; sales manager, J. Cabral. Employees: 524. Fleet: three HS.748. Seychelles International Airlines is a new Mahe-based carrier. A DC-8-50 was acquired in November 1982 for passenger services. Head Office: Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Fleet: one DC-8-50. SFAIR was originally formed in July 1975 as the operating division of Secmafer Avia tion, and was reorganised in February 1980. Worldwide cargo charters are operated, including the carriage of livestock, outsize cargoes, urgently needed spares, and flights in support of relief and aid programmes. Head Office: 92 Avenue des Champs- Elysees, 75008 Paris, France. ^-643201. Executives: general manager, Pierre Bodin; managing director operations, Robert G. McLaughlin. Employees: 45. Fleet: one DC-8-50F, one Lockheed L-100-30. On order: one L-100-30. SFO Helicopter Airlines Inc was formed in 1980, as a subsidiary of Hanson Aviation, to provide high-frequency passenger services in the San Francisco Bay area. These now link Oakland Airport, Livermore, San Jose\ and Marin County with San Fransisco International Airport. Head Office: PO Box 6789, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California 94603, USA. Employees: 42. Fleet: two LongRanger II. On order: two Westland W.30. SGA (Zaire) — see Tramaco. Sierra Leone Airlines (SLA) was founded in 1982 to provide international scheduled services which currently link London, Paris, Freetown, Las Palmas, Monrovia, Abidjan, 936 FLIGHT International, 2 April 1983
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