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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY vPisa, Florence, Rome, Naples, Bari, Brindisi, Taranto, Lecce, Reggio Calabria, Messina, Catania, v'Palermo, Trapani, Siracusa, Marsala, Cagliari, t Alghero, Sassari and the islands of PanteLlaria and Lampedusa. ATI also operates three specially • equipped F.27s to calibrate and check navaids. ATI holds a 45 per cent interest in Aermediterranea. F Head Office: Aeroporto Capodichino, 80144 Naples, Italy. ^0^711005. Executives: chairman, Prof Carlo Bernini; manag ing director/general manager, Tommaso Ricci; direc tors: administrative, Dr Gianfranco Pino; technical, Maurizio Bassetti; flight-operations, Come Mauro Benvenuti; commercial, Dr Alberto Vettore. Employees: 1,924. Fleet: 21 Douglas DC-9-30, four Fokker F.27-600, one F.27-200. Aerovias Colombianas (ARCA Colombia) oper ates scheduled freight services from Bogota to Miami and charter services throughout North and South America. Head Office: Calle 19, No 8-81, Oficina 303, Apart- ado Aereo 14430, Bogota, Colombia. Executive: general manager, Hernando Gutierrez. Fleet: two DC-8-50F, one DC-3. Aerovias de la Pesca y Colonizacion de Suroesta Colombiano — see Intercontinental de Aviacion. Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia (Avianca) is the oldest airline in the Americas. As Avianca it was founded in 1940 as the result of a merger of SCADTA (founded in 1919 by five Colombians and three Germans) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. Pan American's original 80 per cent shareholding, acquired in 1931, was finally eliminated in 1978 when Avianca bought out Pan Am's remaining 13 per cent. In 1954 the airline took over SAETA. Sociedade Aeronautica de Medellin (SAM) and Helicol are wholly owned subsidiaries. From Bogota the airline operates an extensive domestic network, together with routes to Madrid, Paris, and Frankfurt in Europe; to Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Panama City, Mexico City, and San Juan, Curacao, Aruba, Port-au-Prince, Santo Domingo in North and Central America; and to Quito, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Caracas and Montevideo in South America. Head Office: Avenida Eldorado 93-30, Piso 4, Bloque 1, Bogota, Colombia. ^^44427. Executives: president, Andres Cornelissen S; vice- presidents: finance, Luis Guillermo Torres; commer cial, Gar-brie] Alarcon F; passenger service, Rodney Mendez de la Espriella; technical, Guillermo Rey. Employees: 6,266. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200B, one 747-100, one 747-lOOF, six 707-320B, two 707-320C, seven 727-200, ten 727-100. Aerovias Venezolanas (Avensa) was formed in June 1943. Domestic services started in 1944, followed by international flights in 1955. In April 1976 the Venezuelan Government financial agency * Corporacion Venezolana de Fomento (CVF) bought the 30 per cent holding held by Pan American since the airline's foundation. The international services of Avensa and LAV were merged in 1961 to form Viasa, in which Avensa has a 45 per cent holding. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Caracas to Barcelona, Cumana, Porlamar, Carupano, Puerto 1 Ordaz, Maturin, Ciudad Bolivar, Anaco, San Tome, Canaima, Barquisimeto, Coro, Las Piedras, Valera, Merida, San Antonio and Maracaibo. Avensa is now i wholly owned by the Venezuelan Government. Head Office: Edificio Banco de la Construccion y de Oriente, Esquina de Platanal, Piso 1-11-15-16, Avenida Urdaneta, Caracas 101, Venezuela. Executives: chairman, Andres Boulton; president, Henry Lord Boulton; vice-presidents: operations, Francisco Aquerrevere; finance, Pablo Perez Paez; traffic/sales, Alberto Ganteaume, Carvallo; operations, Capt Capriles; administration, Humberto Fagundez. FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985 Employees: 1,912. Fleet: four Boeing 727-200, four 727-100, three DC-9-30, two Convair CV-580. Aer Turas Teoranta was formed in 1962 to operate passenger and cargo charter services from Dublin Airport. Operations began in 1963, were suspended during reorganisation in 1964 and resumed in May 1965. In August 1980 Aer Lingus acquired a majority shareholding in Aer Turas. Cargo charter services are currently operated worldwide with special emphasis on the transportation of livestock. Head Office: Corballis Road South, Dublin Airport, Ireland. ^^25653. Executives: chairman, C. C. O'Farrell; deputy chairman, M. O'Riain; chief executive, P. J. Cousins; director of operations/chief pilot, Capt W. H. Gardiner; chief engineer, G. McFadden; commercial manager, F. J. Smith. Employees: 46. Fleet: one DC-8-63F, one Canadair CL-44J. Affretair, originally formed in 1965 as Air Trans Africa to operate passenger and cargo charters, was designated as the national cargo airline of Zimbabwe early in 1980, operating scheduled cargo flights from Harare to Amsterdam via Khartoum, Libreville and Zurich; to Amsterdam from Blantyre (for Air Malawi); and Valencia (Spain) to Libreville and Port Gentil. The company became a subsidiary of Air Zimbabwe in July 1983. Head Office: PO Box 655, Harare, Zimbabwe. ^^^2188. Executives: acting general manager, R. R. W. Muzwidzwa; engineering manager, R. Dodds; acting commercial manager, L. Jackson. Employees: 295. Fleet: two DC-8-50F. African Air Charter was formed in 1976 to operate passenger and cargo charter flights from its base at Kinshasa. Head Office: N'Djili Airport, Kinshasa, Zaire. ^^ 20102. Executives: president, Mr Mutambaie. Employees: 100. Fleet: one DC-8-90, one Caravelle VI N. Agro Air International is a US charter company specialising in aircraft leasing. Contract cargo opera tions are also undertaken. Formed in 1976, the company is associated with Aeromar. Head Office: PO Box 6011, 1350 SW 2nd Street, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060, USA. Fleet: one DC-8-30(F). Air Affaires Gabon was formed in 1975 and is privately owned. Domestic passenger and cargo charter flights are operated together with a twice- weekly scheduled service linking Libreville with Franceville. Head Office: BP3962, Libreville, Gabon. ^^"5360-GO. Executives: chairman, M. Bellanger; managing director, D. Bompard. Employees: 87. Fleet: one Transall C-160, one Lear Jet 35, two Bandeirante, one King Air 200, two King Air 90, three Baron 58, one HS.125-600, two Alouette III, three Lama. Air Afrique (Societe Aerienne Africaine Multi- nationale) was officially constituted in March 1961 by an agreement between 11 independent African states which were formerly French colonies and the Societe pour le Developpement du Transport Aerien en Afrique (Sodetraf). Each of the states contributes 6-54 per cent of the capital, while the remainder (currently 28 per cent) is held by Sodetraf. The states involved were Cameroun, Central African Republic, Con go-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Dahomey (now Benin), Gabon, Upper Volta, Mauretania, Niger, Senegal, Chad and later Togo. Distribution of the shareholding changed with the withdrawal of Cameroun (in 1971) and Gabon (1976). Operations began in August 1961. Internal services and routes cover 22 African states, together with services to Bordeaux, Paris, Nice, Geneva, Zurich, Rome, Las Palmas, New York and Jeddah. Head Office: 3 Avenue Joseph Anoma, 01 BP3927, Abidjan 01, Ivory Coast. titf 23785. Executives: chairman/president, Aoussou Koffi; deputy presidents: Edouard Babackas, Fousseni Konate, Abdoulaye N'Diaye; directors: external relations, Mamadou Coulibaly; commercial, Theophile Komaclo; operations, Abdoulaye Maiga; financial, Oumarou Sani; technical, Sadibou Camara; cargo/mail, Baba Fadjara; personnel, Mohamed Moulaye. Employees: 5,845. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200F, three DC-10-30, one DC-8-63F, three DC-8-50, one DC-8-50F, three Airbus A300B4, two 727-200. Air Algerie (Societe Nationale de Transport et de Travail Aerien) was formed in June 1953 by the merger of the original Air Algerie (founded in 1946) and Compagnie Air Transport. Designated as the national carrier in 1963, the airline became wholly Government-owned in 1972. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated to 34 points in North and West Africa, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, the USSR, Libya, Romania, Czechoslovakia and the Middle East. An extensive domestic network is oper ated together with Inter Air Services. Charter, air- taxi and agricultural flights are also operated. Head Office: 1 Place Maurice Audin, Immeuble El-Djazair, Algiers, Algeria. ^^-"52-436. Executives: director-general, Slimane Bendjedid; deputy d-g, Bahri el Fegir; directors: general adminis tration, Redha Kasbadji; commercial, Mohamed Baali; financial, Djamel Eddine Belkaid; operations, M'hamedBenouis; technical: Djallal Eddine Dalichaouch. Employees: 6,788. Fleet: two Airbus A300B4, two A310, three Lock heed L-100-30, 11 Boeing 727-200, ten 737-200, three 737-200C, one King Air 100, 17 Queen Air 70/80, 16 Grumman Ag-Cat. Air Atlanta, an Atlanta-based carrier formed in 1981, operates scheduled passenger services linking Atlanta, New York, Miami and Memphis. Head Office: PO Box 20887, Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia 30320, USA. ^0^ 293889 AIRA UR. Executives: chairman and CEO, Michael R. Hollis; president, Neil M. Effman; v-ps: finance, Ronald V. Sapp; operations, J. W. Doster; legal, Eric Martin; senior director flight operations, Larry Hecker. Employees: 376. Fleet: five Boeing 727-100. Air Atlantique is the operating name of General Aviation Services, formed in Jersey in September 1969. Initially an air-taxi company, the airline began cargo charter services to points in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in June 1977 under the Air Atlan tique name, followed later by passenger charter flights. In 1983 the company established its main UK base at Stansted where it now provides engineering services to company aircraft. The DC-3 and Bristol 170 freighters are based at Stansted and operate under the name Atlantic Air Transport. Subsidiaries are Atlantic Flight Training and Atlantic Air Surveys. Head Office: States Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. ,^^4192255. Executives: chairman/managing director, M. J. H. Collett; directors: finance & administration, Mrs M. Barnes; technical, W. J. Foden; commercial, A. M. Coupland. Employees: 36. Fleet: nine DC-3, one Bristol Freighter, one King Air C90, one Cessna 421, three Cessna 310. 33
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