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1985 - 0931.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY domestic cities and 26 international destinations, extending from the Pacific coast in the west to the Atlantic coast in the east, Anchorage in the north and Melbourne and Auckland to the south. Hawaii, eight destinations in Mexico, and two in Venezuela are also served. The route system uses Denver as the main ^iub for northern-tier operations and Houston as the prime hub for southern-tier operations, these two ffientres accounting for approximately 92 per cent of total flights. Continental holds a 30 per cent interest In Air Micronesa. Head Office: The America Tower, 2929 Allen Park- *way, Houston, Texas 77000, USA. j* Executives: chairman & CEO, Francisco A. Lorenzo; president & chief operating officer, Philip JBakes; senior v-p operations & technical services, James Arpey; v-p & chief financial officer, Mickey *jForet; v-p & general counsel, Barry Simon. Employees: 9,500. Fleet; four DC-10-30, seven DC-10-10, two DC-10- •10CF, 45 Boeing 727-200, nine 727-100, four MD-80, 19 DC-9-30, 11 DC-9-10. %• yCopa—see Compania Panamena de Aviacion. "Corse Air International was formed in 1981 to p "ovide international charter services throughout 'Europe and the Mediterranean area. Operations ..commenced on July 1 of that year and bases are maintained at Paris and Ajaccio, Corsica. * Head Office: Motel D'Aqua Dolce, Pisciatello-St Jean, F-20000 Ajaccio, France. * ^0^- 203558 f corsair. Employees: 35. Fleet: four Caravelle 6N, one Caravelle 10B, one p Queen Air. 1 Court Helicopters, originally formed in 1964 as f Autair Helicopters (South Africa), was taken over by Court Line in 1971, and changed hands and title r again in November 1974 when Murray and Stewart, the civil engineering specialists, together with a * consortium of investors known as the Van Zyl Group, acquired the company from the UK liquidators of Court Line Aviation. Court Helicopters' primary activity is in international offshore support services. General rotary-wing activities are also undertaken, including long-range and IFR operations. Head Office: PO Box 2546, Cape Town 8000, South Africa. ^#^57-20696. Executives: chief executive, A. Slot; operations director, C. J. Labuschagne; technical manager, B. B. Suter; financial manager, K. Pittermann; chief pilot, Capt T. J. Huddlestone, L. Aenmey. Employees: 120. Fleet: one Sikorsky S-61N, six S-58T, one S-62A, nine Bell JetRanger, four Bell 47G. CP Air, known until 1968 as Canadian Pacific Air Lines, was formed in 1942 when Canadian Pacific Railways acquired and amalgamated ten bush oper- b, ators. The resulting airline operated initially to points in western and north-west Canada, but inter national services were authorised in 1949 and now embrace routes to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney, Fiji, Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rome, Milan, and Amsterdam. Domestic trunk services are operated from Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Halifax is included on the eastern Canada to Europe service. CP Air also operates charter flights to destinations in the southern USA, West Indies, and Mexico. During 1984 CP Air acquired Eastern Provincial Airways and its affiliate Air Maritime which will continue to operate as separate entities. • Head Office: One Grant McConachie Way, Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, B.C. V7B1V1, Canada. ^0^* 04355587. Executives: president/CEO, Dan A. Colussy; senior v-p operations, R. Sturgess; v-ps: marketing, D. Huisman; public affairs, G. E. Manning; eastern Canada, E. W. Ogden; finance and accounting, J. W. H. Crawford; planning/scheduling, W. B. Statton; corporate development, S. T. Stoilen; special projects, T. S. Shetzen; comptroller and director corporate accounting, S. 0. Fattedad; treasurer, D. R. Murphy. Employees: 7,200. Fleet: four Boeing 747-200B, three DC-10-10, five DC-10-30, 19 737-200. On order: ten 737-300. Crossair, a Swiss regional airline founded in 1975, commenced scheduled passenger services on July 2, 1975. Crossair currently operates a European network serving Amsterdam, Basle, Berne, Brussels, Frank furt, Geneva, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Lugano, Luxembourg, Munich, Paris, Strasbourg, Venice, and Zurich. The airline is privately owned with a share capital of Swiss Fr 50 million and was the first airline to place the Saab-Fairchild 340 into service. Head Office: PO Box 630, CH-8058 Zurich Airport, Switzerland. ^^53233 CROS CH. Executives: president/CEO, Moritz Suter; senior v-p, Hans Rollin; v-ps: marketing and sales, Hans Maurer; flight operations, Paul Kurrus; finance and administration, Franz Mosimann; technical, Franz Meyer. Employees: 200. Fleet: five Saab-Fairchild 340, nine Metro III. On order: five Saab-Fairchild 340. Cruzeiro (Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro do Sul) was officially founded on December 1, 1927, as Sindicato Condor. The airline became Services Aereos Condor in March 1941, when it became wholly Brazilian- owned with private capital. The present title was adopted in January 1943, following complete nation alisation. Cruzeiro absorbed Transportes Aereos Catarinense and Viacao Aerea Gaucha in 1967. In May 1975 the controlling interest was acquired by the Ruben Berta Foundation, owners of Varig. The two companies, although keeping their own identities and legal status, combined schedules to avoid duplication. Scheduled passenger and cargo services operate to 23 points within Brazil and to Cayenne (French Guiana), Paramaribo (Surinam), Santa Cruz and La Paz (Bolivia), Montevideo (Uruguay), Leticia (Colombia); Buenos Aires and Bariloche (Argentina), Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago), and Barbados (Bridgetown). Head Office: Avenida Rio Branco 128-8 andar, Caixa Postal 190, CEP 20040 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ^^021-21765. Executives: president, Dr Aguinaldo de Melo Junqueira F; administration and control director, Eng Edgard Nascimento de Araujo; directors: commercial, Rubel Thomas; technical, Capt Goetz Herzfeldt; financial, Joaquim F.dos Santos. Employees: 3,970. Fleet: two Airbus A300B4, six Boeing 727-100, six 737-200. CSA—see Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie. CTA—see Compagnie de Transport Aerien. Cubana (Empresa Consolidada Cubana de Aviacion) started operations in June 1961 as the successor to Compania Cubana de Aviacion (founded in 1929). The present name was adopted in 1959 when the airline was taken over by the Cuban Government. International passenger and cargo services are operated from Havana to Lima, Mexico City, Montreal, Panama City, Kingston, Georgetown, Port of Spain, Barbados, Managua, Grenada, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Berlin, Luanda, Tripoli, and Baghdad, together with domestic services to Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Holguin, Tunas, Baracoa, Nicaro, and Nueva Gerona. Head Office: Calle 23 No 64, Vedado, Havana 4, Cuba. ^^^51-1737. Executives: general manager, Dixan Arjona; direc tors: commercial, Nieves Gonzalez; operations, Angel Navarro; financial, Fausto Canet. Employees: 5,079. Fleet: ten Ilyushin I1-62M, one I1-76TD, four 11-18, seven Tupolev Tu-154B2, nine Antonov An-26, ten An-24V/RV, 11 Yakovlev Yak-40. Cyprus Airways was founded in 1947 by BEA, the Cyprus Government and private interests. Current shareholding is divided between the Government and local interests. Operations were suspended in 1974 as a result of the Turkish invasion of the island. Services began again in 1975, between Larnaca and Athens, and Beirut and Tel Aviv. The route to London was re-opened in September 1975 and to Cairo in December. Since then Frankfurt, Manchester, Zurich, Cologne, Birmingham, Jeddah, Dhahran, Rhodes, Damascus, Paris, Bahrain, Kuwait, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Munich have been added to the network. Head Office: PO Box 1903, 21 Alkeou Street, Nico sia, Cyprus. >-^2225. Executives: chairman, S. Galatariotis; managing director, S. Nathanael; assistant general managers: technical and operations, D. Pantazis; admini stration, S. Christodoulou; commercial, M. Michaelides; chief pilot, Capt S. Melling. Employees: 1,083. Fleet: two Airbus A310, four Boeing 707-120B, three One-Eleven 500. On order; one A310, four A320. Danair A/S was formed in February 1971 by SAS (57 per cent), Maersk Air (38 per cent) and Cimber Air (5 per cent) to operate a network of services in Denmark connecting Copenhagen with Aalborg, Bill- und, Esbjerg, Karup, Odense, Skrydstrup, Roenne, Sonderborg, Thisted, Tirstrup, and the Faroe Islands. Operations began on November 1,1971, using aircraft provided by the member carriers. Head Office: Kastruplundgade 13, DK-2770, Kastrup, Denmark. Executives: chairman, Frede Ahlgreen Eriksen; vice-chairman, Bjarne Fogh; managing director, Gunnar Tietz. Employees: 15. Fleet: DC-9 (SAS), Boeing 737-200, DHC Dash 7 (Maersk), and Nord 262 (Cimber). Jeppesen & Co. GmbH, P.O. Box 16-447, Kaiserstrasse 77, D-6000 Frankfurt/Main-16, F.R. Germany, Tel.: 069-238030, Telex: 4-12529 JEPPESEN CHARTS THE FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985 71
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