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1985
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY La Mancha Aire, formed in 1981, provides cargo charter services to destinations in the Caribbean, Central and South America from its base at Miami. Head Office: PO Box 660269, Miami Springs, Florida 33266, USA. Employees: 3. Fleet: one DC-7F. LAN-Chile (Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile) was founded by the Chilean Government on March 5, 1929. Originally known as Linea Aeropostal Santiago Arica, the airline took its present name in 1932 when it became an autonomous state entity. LAN-Chile operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Santiago to Arica, Iquique, Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas, together with inter national routes to Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, La Paz, Panama, Miami, New York, Madrid, Easter Island, Papeete, and Nandi. In 1974, LAN-Chile became the first airline to link South America with Australia via the South Pole, an llhr 16min experimental flight. Head Office: Avenida Pedro Aguirre Cerda 5300, Santiago de Chile, Chile. ,^"352061. Executives: president, Patricio Sepulveda Ceron; managers: commercial, Richard Hudson; operations, Capt Luciano Arias; financial, Hugo Munoz; engineering, Eduardo del Campo. Employees: 1,372. Fleet: two DC-10-30, four Boeing 707-320B, one 707-320C, one 737-200, one 737-200C. Lao Aviation (Air Lao), formed in January 1976 as the national airline of the People's Republic of Laos, operates scheduled passenger services from Vattay Airport, Vientiane, to Bangkok, Hanoi and Phnom- Penh. A domestic network is also served. Head Office: PO Box 119, L. Pan Kham Road, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic. ^•''310 lao avon Is. Fleet: one DC-4, six Antonov An-24, one Yakovlev Yak-40, three Fairchild Provider, two Sikorsky S-58. LAP—see Lineas Aereas Paraguayas. Lauda-Air Luftfahrt was formed in April 1979 to operate passenger charter services within Europe, and operations began in June of that year. The airline is wholly owned by Grand Prix racing driver, Nikki Lauda. The company plans to acquire a One-Eleven aircraft for tour operations on behalf of Lauda Tour- istik and Avanti travel agencies. Head Office: Biirogebaude 1, A-1300 Flughafen Wien, Schwechat, Austria. ^^•133850 lauda a. Executives: president, Nikki Lauda; general manager, Dr Karl Kronsteiner; managers: operations, Ing O. Lenz; technical, G. van der Bol; commercial, A. Einoder; chief pilot, Helmut Kaar. Employees: 15. Fleet: one Fokker F.27-100, one F.27-600, two Falcon 20, two Falcon 10. LAV—see Linea Aeropostal Venezolana. Leeward Islands Air Transport Services—see Liat (1974). Lesotho Airways was formed on January 1, 1971, as the wholly Government-owned national airline to succeed Lesotho Airways (Pty) Ltd. Scheduled passenger services are operated linking Maseru with Mokhotlong, Thaba-Tseka, Sehonghong, Qacha's Nek, Semonkong and Sekakes, together with inter national routes to Johannesburg (in conjunction with South African Airways), Manzini and Maputo. KLM provides technical and managerial assistance under contract. Head Office: PO Box 861, Maseru 100, Lesotho. -*^'347BB. Executives: chairman, M. P. Phoofolo; managing director, J. A. B. Smit; managers: operations, R. J. de Montalk; technical, I. A. Aler; financial, J. J. Walsteyn; commercial, H. Engelman. Employees: 169. Fleet: one Fairchild FH-227B, three Twin Otter. 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 collapsed in August 1974. Shareholding is now in the hands of the Governments of Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts/Nevis, Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent, Montserrat, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Jamaica, which bought the airline from the Court Line liquidators. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Anti gua to 22 other islands in the West Indies. Charter flights are also undertaken, alongside handling arrangements for other airlines at Antiqua, St Lucia and Barbados. Subsidiary companies are Inter Island Air Services and Four Island Air Services. Head Office: Coolidge International Airport, Antigua, West Indies. ^^^AK2124. Executives: managing director, Arthur Foster; general managers: marketing, David Jardine; oper ations, Paul Delisle; engineering, Derek Marcano; finance, David Attale. Employees: 650. Fleet: six HS. 748, four Twin Otter, six Islander, two Trislander. On order: four HS.748. Libyan Arab Airlines, the national carrier of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, was orig inally formed in 1964 as Kingdom of Libya Airlines. Operations began in October 1965 and the airline was renamed Libyan Arab Airlines following the revolu tion on September 1, 1969. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Tripoli, Benghazi, and Sebha to Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest, Casablanca, Damascus, Frank furt, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait, Larnaca, London, Madrid, Malta, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome, Sfax (Tunisia), Sofia, Tunis, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich. A comprehensive domestic network is also served. Head Office: PO Box 2555, Omar Mukhtar Street, Tripoli, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. ^^ 20333. Executives: people's committee: chairman, Ali A. Hannoushi; deputy chairman, M. Abrebish, directors: marketing, M. M. Ghebaili; traffic, M. Megeaur; administration, Abdul Hamid Abusin; finance, Rama dan Abusaad; operations, Capt T. O. Missurati; tech nical, Ali Bala. Employees: 4,800. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320B, two 707-320C, ten 727-200, three Fokker F.28-4000, two F.27-400, one F.27-500, 14 F.27-600. On order: four Airbus A300B4, four A310. Lina Congo (Lignes Nationales Aeriennes Congolaises) was formed in August 1965 as the successor to the private-enterprise Air Congo, formed in 1961. Major stockholder is the Government. Lina Congo operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Maya-Maya Airport (Brazzaville) to Boundji, Djambala, Epena, Ewo, Impfondo, Kind- amba, Loubomo, Makoua, Mossendjo, Nkayi, Okoyo, Ouesso, Owando, Pointe-Noire, Sibiti, Souanke, and Zanaga. Head Office: PO Box 2203, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. -*^'5243KG. Executives: director-general, Carombo Okounou; directors: commercial, Gilbert M'fouo-Otsially; finance & administration, Alexandre Bayonne; oper ations, Basile Ngoyo-Adouma; technical, Ange Yengo. Employees: 330. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200C, one Fokker F.28-1000, one F.27-600, two Twin Otter. Linea Aerea del Cobre SA—see Ladeco. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) was founded 90 in 1933 when the Venezuelan Government took over the routes and equipment for the Cie Generale Aero- ^ postale, 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 operates a large domestic network and ^ also flies to Curacao, Port of Spain, and Aruba. Head Office: Torre Capriles, Plaza Venezuela, Pisos 21-22-23, Caracas 105, Venezuela. ^&" 21-720 Executives: president, Gen Oscar Araque Angulo; first vice-president, Victor Vasquez Vivas. Employees: 1,700. Fleet: six DC-9-50, three DC-9-30, six Twin Otter. Lineas Aereas del Caribe (LAC Colombia) operates cargo services from Colombian cities to Miami, Panama, Venezuela, and throughout South America. Head Office: Calle 39 No. 41-31, PO Box 3192, Barranquilla, Colombia. ^^'33421 lac co. Executives: chairman, Orlando Donado; v-ps: Raul Donado; north area, Carlos Donado; technical, * Herman Olarte. Employees: 270. Fleet: two DC-8-50F, two DC-6A. Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA (LACSA) was founded in 1945 by Pan American, the Costa Rican Government and Costa Rican private interests. Current shareholders include the Government. Oper ations began in June 1946 and in 1952 Lacsa took over Taca de Costa Rico, which had operated since 1939 as a unit of the Taca system. Lacsa currently operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from San Jose to Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Cancun, Mexico City, Guatemala, San Pedro Sula, Panama, Cartagena, Barranquilla, Maracaibo and Caracas. A domestic network is operated by Servicios Aereos Nacionales (SANSA), a subsidiary of LACSA. Head Office: PO Box 1531, San Jose, Costa Rica. ^0»"2188. Executives: chairman/chief executive, Otto Esca- lante; general manager, Juan Ml. Fernandez; direc tors: maintenance/engineering, Marcos Padilla; oper ations, Cesar Goldoni; commercial, Orlando Ramirez; financial, Alvaro Vargas. Employees: 1,200. Fleet: two DC-8-50F, four Boeing 727-200. On order: two 757-200. Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE) was founded in September 1940, and is a branch of the Argentine Air Force. LADE is charged with operating fast and effi cient communications between the various regions of the State in order to promote political, economic and social development. The airline operates from El Palomar Air Base, Buenos Aires, to 31 domestic points, all south of the capital. LADE's service to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), operated since 1972 by agreement with the British Government, was discontinued in 1982 as a result of the Falklands conflict. Head Office: Peru 714, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: director, Brig D. Aly luis Ipres Corbat; deputy director, vice-commodoro D. Ricardo Augusto Degano; chief of operations, vice-commodoro D. Jose A. Gutierrez. Fleet: one Lockheed L-100-30, five Fokker F.28-1000C, six F.27-400M, two F.27-500, five F.27-600, nine Twin Otter. Lineas Aereas Paraguayas (Paraguayan Airlines) was formed in 1962 as the national airline of Paraguay to operate scheduled domestic and inter national flights. The airline's management is made up of Paraguayan Air Force officers. Operations began in August 1963, and routes link Asuncion, Miami, Santiago, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Madrid, Brussels and Frankfurt. Head Office: Oliva 455/467, Asuncion, Paraguay. FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985 "
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