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1986
1986 - 0795.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY UTA (Union de Transports Aeriens is France's largest independent airline. The carrier operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Nice, Marseille, Lyon, and Bordeaux to 24 points in Africa, to Bahrain and 'Muscat in the Middle East, and to Los Angeles, I Tokyo, and nine other points in the Asia/Pacific [region. Charter and inclusive-tour services are also provided. UTA is a subsidiary of Chargeurs Reunis, which has a 62.5 per cent holding. Companies in vhich UTA has a shareholding include SODETRAF, \ir Inter, Air Polynesie, Aeromaritime CRMA, Etevima, and Roissy-Service. The company was [formed in October 1963 by the merger of Union lAeromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Compagnie |de Transport Aeriene Intercontinentaux. Head Office: 3 Boulevard Malesherbes, F-75008, Paris France. ^^''610692 f uta a. Executives: president, Rene Lapautre; general lecretary, Edmond Braure; v-ps: operations, Pierre ^hagniot; finance and control, Luc Ragoucy; sched uling and planning, Dominique Gretz; freight and nail, Jean Claude Revil; Europe & Africa, Michel |Boutbien; Middle East, Far East & Pacific, Guy Le Boles. Employees: 6,569. Fleet: three Boeing 747-300, two 747-200B Combi, two 747-200F, six DC-10-30. Varig (Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense) operates an extensive network of routes throughout South and Central America, and to the USA, Europe, Africa, * and Asia. In May 1975 the foundation of employees acquired control of Cruzeiro. Varig was founded in 1927, with the technical assistance of the German •* Condor syndicate, for the operation of local services. Varig subsequently absorbed several other airlines, including the domestic operator Aero Geral (1951), * the Real consortium (1961), and Panair do Brasil's equipment and international routes in 1965. Capital majority is held by the foundation of employees and f executives. Head Office: Avenida Almirante Silvio de Noronha 365, Edificio Varig, Rio de Janeiro 20021, Brazil. ^^"021-22363. Executives: president, Helio Smidt; v-ps: Rubel Thomas; administration/control, Edgard Nascimento > de Araujo; directors: finance/accounting, Joaquim F. Santos; economic planning, Harro Fouquet; judicial, Aguinaldo de Mello Junqueira; commercial, Rubel K Thomas; sales, Oswaldo Trigueiros Jr; traffic, Eduardo C. Neves; domestic traffic and sales, Carlos I. Amodeo; technical, Gotz Herzfeldt; operations, Antonio J. Schittini Pinto. Employees: 16,888. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B Combi, 12 DC-10-30, 11 707-320C, two Airbus A300B4, six 727-100, four * 727-100C, 12 737-200, 12 L-188 Electra. VASP (Viacao Aerea Sao Paulo) was founded in " 1933, and is owned by the Sao Paulo State Govern ment. The airline operates scheduled services linking all the Brazilian states and territories, as well as * charter flights to Florida, the Netherlands Antilles, and Argentina. High-frequency scheduled services are operated in pool with Varig and Cruzeiro over the * Rio-Sao Paulo and Rio-Belo Horizonte-Brazilia routes—the "Ponte Aerea" (Air Bridge). Head Office: Praca Commandante Lineu Gomes *. s/no-04695. Sao Paulo, Brazil. ^^'39713. Executives: president, Antonio Angarita Silva; ?>. vice-president, Arsteu Teixeira de Mendonca, direc tors: human resources, Ricardo C. C. Ariani; finance, Paulo C. Goldschiraidi; administration, Plinio L. , Pimenta; commercial, Pompilio M. Neto. Employees: 8,327. Fleet: three Airbus A300B2, one Boeing 727-200, f 23 737-200. Viasa—Venezuelan Internacional Airways (Venezolana Internacional de Aviacion) was formed in 1961 to take over the international routes operated by Avensa and LAV, which now concen- Three A300B2s are the biggest aircraft in the VASP fleet trate on domestic services. The carrier is wholly- owned by the Venezuelan Government. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Caracas and Maracaibo across the Atlantic to Las Palmas, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Paris, Frankfurt, London, and Amsterdam. Viasa also operates to Miami, Washington, New York, Mexico City, San Jose, Panama City, Bogota, Caii, Quito, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Curacao, Santo Domingo, San Juan, Port of Spain, and Barbados. Head Office: Torre Viasa, Avenida Sur 25, Plaza Morelos, Caracas 105, Venezuela. ^fj^" 21126, Executives: president, Dr Luis I. Mendoza; direc tors: commercial, J. Compins; industrial relations, J. J. Gonzalez; planning & procurement, A. Sondor; operations manager, Capt R. Cortez. Employees: 2,500. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200C, six DC-10-30, two DC-8-63. VIC Air Cargo provides cargo charter services from Goma. Head Office: Aeroport, Goma Kivu, Zaire. Fleet: three CL-44. Virgin Atlantic Airways began low-fare scheduled passenger services between London (Gatwick) and New York (Newark) on June 22, 1984, followed by Gatwick-Maastricht services on November 15 of the same year, and Gatwick-Miami on April 19 this year. Originally formed as British Atlantic Airways in June 1982, the company was acquired by the Virgin record group and adopted its present title. Head Office: 7th Floor, Sussex House, High Street, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 1BZ. .^^ 877077. Executives: chairman and president, Richard Branson; directors: managing, Roy Gardner; market ing, Hugh Bond; technical, Dick Plowes; commercial, Jonathan Wilson, flight operations, Capt Eric Davies. Employees: 230. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200, one Viscount 800. VOTEC Services Aereos Regionals, the domestic commuter airline founded in 1966 as VOTEC-Voos Tecnicos Executivos, provides scheduled regional services throughout the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Goias, Para and Maranhao. VOTEC also undertakes a range of other services including charter, air-taxi, aerial survey, offshore support, and search and rescue operations. Head Office: Av. Franklin Roosevelt 115, 12 Andar, CEP-20021 Rio de Janeiro, R. J. Brazil. ^^- 309108. Fleet: one Fokker F.27-400, one F.27-600, five DC-3, four Sikorsky S-61N, three S-58ET, six Bandeirante, four S-76A, three Islander, six Hughes 369D. Wardair Canada (1975) dates back to 1946, when Maxwell W. Ward started bush operations from Yellowknife as the Polaris Charter Co with a single D. H. Fox Moth, flying charters in support of the rapidly developing mining industry in the Northwest Territories. Wardair was formed in 1953 to continue this work, and started operations using an Otter. The name Wardair Canada was adopted in 1962, and operating authority amended to include international charter operations. The airline went public in 1967 and the major shareholder is Maxwell W. Ward, with 73 per cent of the stock. On January 1, 1976, the name change to Wardair Canada (1975) was effected, with Wardair International becoming a parent company to the airline operations as well as to wholly owned subsidiaries International Vacations, Wardair (UK), Wardair Hawaii, Wardair Jamaica, Wardair Equipment, and Redrock Reinsurance. Head Office: 2201 Toronto Dominion Tower, Edmonton Centre, Edmonton, Alberta T5J OK4, Canada. s^- 037-2057. Executives: chairman/president, Maxwell W. Ward; executive vice-president, T. L. Spalding; secretary/treasurer, M. D. Ward; vice-president/ general manager, G. D. Curley; v-ps: maintenance/ engineering, C. D. McNiven; flight operations, A. B. Freeman; marketing, B. Walker; cargo sales, W. R. O'Hara; finance, T. S. Currie. Employees: 1,990. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200B, two 747-100, three DC-10-30. WDL Flugdienst, founded in 1955, provides a range of services which include passenger and freight char ter, lease, aerial survey, and advertising operations. Head Office: D-4330 Mulheim/Ruhr, Flughafen Essen-Mulheim, NRW, Federal Republic of Germany. ^^" 856810 wdld. Executives: president, Theodor Wullenkemper; managers: operations, Rold Kasebier; technical, Gabriel van der Bol. Employees: 175. Fleet: five Fokker F.27, one Metro II, two Airship WDL-1, one Cessna 421B. Western Air Lines (WAL) claims to be the oldest US airline, having been founded in 1925 as Western Air Express. The present name was adopted in March 1941. WAL operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 67 cities in the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii; Mexico City, Guadalajara, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Matzatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and Acapulco in Mexico; and Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary in Canada. ^FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 29 March 1986 135
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