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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY 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: PO Box 56, A-1300 Flughafen Wien, Schwechat, Austria. ^^* 13385Qtauda a. Executives: president, Nikki Lauda; general manager, Ing. Otmar Lenz; managers: operations, Gerd Stiller; technical, Ing. Hanns Pekarek; commer cial, Alfred Einbder; chief pilot, Fritz Kogler. Employees: 104. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200, one BAe One-Eleven. On order: two Boeing 737-300. LAV—see Linea Aeropostal Venezolana. Leeward Islands Air Transport—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 Mokhotlnng, 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) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Antigua to 22 other islands in the West Indies. Charter flights are also undertaken, alongside handling arrangements for other airlines at Antigua, St Lucia, and Barbados. Subsidiary companies are Inter Island Air Services and Four Island Air Services. Liat 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 Govern ments 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. Head Office: Coolidge International Airport, Antigua, West Indies. ^0^AK2124. Executives: managing director, Arthur Foster; general managers: marketing, David Jardine; opera tions, Paul Delisle; engineering, Derek Marcano; finance, David Attale. Employees: 650. Fleet: six HS.748, four Twin Otter, six Islander, two Trislander. On order: Two BAe ATP. Libyan Arab Airlines, has been unable to obtain new Western equipment because of US sanctions. It is the national carrier of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and provides scheduled passenger and cargo services from Tripoli, Benghazi, and Sebha to Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Belgrade, Bucharest, Casablanca, Damascus, Frankfurt, 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. The airline was originally 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. 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) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Maya-Maya Airport (Brazzaville) to Boundji, Djambala, Epena, Impfondo, Kindamba, Loubomo, Makoua, Mossendjo, Nkayi, Okoyo, Ouesso, Owando, Pointe-Noire, Sibiti, Souanke, and Zanaga. Lina Congo was formed in August 1965 as the successor to the private-enterprise Air Congo, formed in 1961. Major stockholder is the Government. Head Office: PO Box 2203, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. ^^^5243X0. Executives: director-general, Jean Jacques Ontsa- Ontsa; directors: commercial, Mvembe; finance & administration, Alexandre Bayonne; operations, Basile Ngoyo-Adouma; technical, Ange Yengo. Employees: 353. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200QC, one Fokker F.28-1000, one F.27-600, two Twin Otter. Linea Aerea del Cobre SA—see Ladeco. Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV) operates a large domestic network and also flies to Curacao, Aruba, and Port of Spain. LAV was founded in 1933, when the Venezuelan Government took over the routes and equipment for the Cie Generate 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. Head Office: Torre Capriles, Plaza Venezuela, Pisos 21-22-23, Caracas 105, Venezuela, ,^0^21-720. 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) oper ates 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. ^^334211ac 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 Costa rricenses SA (LACSA) currently operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from San Jose to Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Orlando, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Cancun, Mexico City, Guatemala, San Pedro Sula, Panama, Barranquilla, Maracaibo, and Caracas. A domestic network is operated by Servicios Aereos Nacionales (SANSA), a subsidiary of LACSA. LACSA was founded in 1945 by Pan American, the Costa Rican Government, and Costa Rican private interests. Operations began in June 1946, and in 1952 the company took over Taca de Costa Rica, which had operated since 1939 as a unit of the Taca sys tem. Current shareholders are the Government (8-4%), LACSA employees (9-7%), and the public (81-9%). Head Office: PO Box 1531, San Jose, Costa Rica. 2188 Lacsa. Executives: chairman/chief executive, Otto Esca- lante; executive v-ps: commercial, Hernan Gomez; financial, Juan Ml. Fernandez; directors: maintenance/engineering, Marcos Padilla; operations, Cesar Goldoni. Employees: 950. Fleet: one DC-8-55F, three Boeing 727-200. Lineas Aereas del Estado (LADE) 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 Govern ment, was discontinued in 1982 as a result of the Falklands conflict. LADE was founded in September 1940, and is a branch of the Argentine Air Force. LADE is charged with operating fast and efficient communications between the various regions of the State to promote political, economic and social development. 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, Lima, Madrid, Brussels, and Frankfurt. Head Office: Oliva 455/467, Asuncion, Paraguay. ,>^174PYLAP. Executives: president, Gral Div. Gerardo A. Johannsen; executive director/general manager, Gen Brig. Raul E. Calvet; commercial senior v-p, Raul F. Calvet; directors, Gen. Brig. Luis E. Olmedo Ortiz; Cnel Dem. Alcibiades Ramon Soto, Employees: 800. Fleet: one DC-8-63, three Boeing 707-320B, two L- 188 Electra. Linhas Aereas da Guine-Bissau (LIA) operates scheduled services from Bissau to Dakar (Senegal), Praia (Cape Verde), and Conakry (Guinea), together with domestic services to Bolama, Bubaque, Bedanda, Quebo, Cacine, Catio, and Cabedu. LIA was formed in 1977 to succeed TAGB, originally founded in 1951 as Transposes Aereos da Guine-Portuguesa (TAGP). Following independence in 1974, the airline was nationalised and reorganised into Transportes Aereas da Guine- Bissau (TAGB). Head Office: Caixa Postal 111, Aeroporto Craviero Lopes, Bissau, Guine-Bissau. Executives: general manager, Capt Jose Pombo. Fleet: one HS.748, one Dornier 28 Skyservant, two Dornier 27, one Cessna 206. Linhas Aereas de Angola (TAAG-Angola Airlines) operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger services from Luanda to points in Angola plus international routes to Sao Tome, Kinshasa, Brazzaville, Lagos, Maputo, Bissau, Lusaka, Havana, Paris, Rome, Berlin-Schonefeld, Lisbon, and Moscow. TAAG was originally formed as DTA in 1939 as a division of the Ports, Railways and Transport Author ity of Portuguese West Africa. The carrier was rede signated TAAG-Angola Airlines following indepen dence in 1975. Head Office: PO Box 79, Rua Luis de Camoes 123-6, Andar, Luanda, Angola. ^^*3285. Executives: directors: traffic-operations, F. Roque Martins; planning/organisation, M'Beto Traca; financial, Pimentel Araujo; commercial, Alberto Passos; technical, Florindo Rodriguez; operations, Capt Casanova Pinto. 94 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 29 March 1986
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