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1965
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fUGHT International, IS April 1965 563 nrovided at the summer peak between Dublin,nH New York via Shannon and Boston. One Boeing 720-048 is leased (until May 1965) toPakistan International and operates two ser- vices a week between London and Karachi,staffed with Irish flight and Pakistani cabin #eod Office: 43 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin, Eire. Executives: as for Aer Lmgus, but add JamesO Leet. vice-president, North America. Fmoloyees: 4,302 (incl Aer Lingus).Fleet- two Boeing 720-048, one 707-348C. On order: two 707-348C, two US SST. Aeroactividades Venezolanas SA operatescharter and taxi services within Venezuela. Head Office: Edificio Aeroven, AeropuertoCiudad Bolivar, Venezuela. Executive: Ing Rene C. B. Steffan, vice- Fleet: five Cessna 180, eight Helio Courier. Aero Chaco—Lineas Aereas Chaquenas Soc deEcon Mixta—operate scheduled passenger and cargo services between Resistencia andVilla Angela, Charata, Castelli, General San Martin, Formosa and Clorinda in the Argen-tine. The company is owned 50% by the Provincial Government of El Chaco and50% by the Aero Club del Chaco. Operations were commenced in November 1958.Head Office: Santa Maria de Oro 145, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentine.Executives: Dr Oscar Torres, president; Adolfo Tabares, vice-president; AmbrosioJ. Pujal, secretary. Employees: 30.Fleet: two DHC Beaver. Head Office: Aerodrome a Rennaz, Montreux,Switzerland. Executives: Charles Muller-Veillard, president,Frederick Tissot, vice-president; Ernst Saxer, chief pilot. Fleet: one Pilatus Porter, one Mooney Mark20, one Piper J3 Cub, one Champion Challen- ger. Aero Exploration Ltd—see Metropolitan AirMovements. Aeroflot, the Soviet international and domesticairline, was originally formed in 1923 as Dobrolet and adopted the name of Aeroflotafter reorganization in 1932. Among its many activities are agricultural, survey andambulance flying, airport operation and pro- vision of navigation facilities. Operations in theArctic regions are carried out by a special division known as Avia-Artika. Aeroflot isresponsible for all civil aviation operations and development, other than the development ofaircraft. The airline now operates an extensive route network both within Russia and extern-ally. Points served include London. Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copen-hagen, Accra, Helsinki, Vienna, Cairo, Rabat, Bamako, Khartoum, Conakry, Kabul, Kar-achi, Delhi, Rangoon, Djakarta and Havana. During 1964 routes were opened to Tunis,Teheran, Colombo. Algiers, Brazzaville, Baghdad and Nicosia. Thirty-three millionpassengers were carried during 1963 and 36 million in 1964—76% of the 1964 total in jetand turboprop types. During 1965 Aeroflot expects to introducethe 182-seat long-range 11-62, and the 72-seat December 31, 1949, and merged to formAerolineas Argentinas. The airline maintains a domestic network and international Cometservices to neighbouring South American countries, to Trinidad and New York, and toLondon, Paris, Frankfurt, Rome and Madrid. HS.748 services began on February 15, 1962,on the Buenos Aires-Punta del Este route, and 748s have taken over many domestic routes inNorthern Argentina. Caravelles began opera- ting between Buenos Aires and Santiago onApril 1, 1962, and have since gone into service on several other routes. Subject to Govern-ment approval, Aerolineas is expected to place an order for four long-haul jets to replace theComets on trunk routes to North America and Europe. Delivery is expected in April 1966.Head Office: 185 Pasoe Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: Brig Gen Guillermo Zinny,president; Brig Carlos M. Galina, vice- president; L. Morgante, E. Rosso, P. R.Hildebrandt, directors. Employees: 5,960. Fleef.M HS.748 Srs.103, three Comet 4, oneComet 4C, three Caravelle 6R, three DC-6, six DC-4, 12 DC-3 (including three freigh-ters). Aerolineas Carreras Transposes Aereos—ACTA—is the Argentine non-scheduled cargo carrier which was recently granted a three-yearpermit to operate between the Argentine and Miami via intermediate points in Uruguay,Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, and Venez- uela. Also operates internal services in theArgentine. WORLD AIRLINE SURVEY A to Z of commercial operators: a "Flight" compilation Aero Contractors Co of Nigeria Ltd is a subsidiary of Schreiner Aerocontractors N.V.(whose holding is 97%) started charter operations in Nigeria at the end of 1959 withApaches. At one time a scheduled domestic network was operated to 16 centres, mostly innorthern Nigeria. Aero Contractors are currently operating three Otters owned by theBoard of Customs and Excise on anti-smuggl- ing operations as well as two Aztecs forcommunications and security flights for the Nigerian Government. Head Office: 30 Marina, PO Box 2141, Lagos,Nigeria. Executives: Sir Mobolaji Bank-Anthony, chair-man; Capt W. A. H. v. Houtert, director; C. S. Reichgeld, general manager. Employees: 50. Fleet: six Aztec, one Dornier Do.28A-l, threeOtter (one amphibious), one Bell 47J-2, one Alouette 2. Aerodrome Regional de Montreux SA operatesthe Rennaz Aerodrome and also undertake charter work, air taxi, flying training, aerialphotography and other flying operations. short-range Tu-134 jet airliners on to its routes,as well as the Mil V-2, V-8 and Mi-6 turbine helicopters.Head Office: Uliza Razina 9, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Executives: Gen Y. P. Loginov, president and Minister of Civil Aviation; Lt Gen G. S. Shchetchikov, first deputy. Employees: 400,000.Fleet: Numbers unknown. Main fleet consists of Tupolev Tu-104A, Tu-114, Tu-124, AntonovAn-2, An-10, An-12, An-24, Ilyushin 11-12, 11-14, 11-18, Mil Mi-1, Mi-4, Mi-6, V-2, V-8. Aerolineas Abaroa is a Bolivian non-scheduled carrier. During 1964 two C-47s were acquiredfrom Zambrana Airmotive of Miami, but one was lost in flight through sabotage duringDecember 1964. Head Office: La Paz, Bolivia.Fleet: one DC-3. Aerolineas Argentinas was founded as a Statecorporation in May 1949 by the Ministry of Transport to take over the operations ofFAMA, ALFA, Aeroposta and ZONDA. These companies ceased operations on Head Office: Callao 157, Buenos Aires,Argentine. Executive: J. M. Carreras Saavedra.Fleet: one Lockheed L.749 freighter, one C-46A. Aerolincas Colonia SA is an Argentine carrier operating scheduled services between Buenos Aires and Colonia, Uruguay.Head Office: 479 Paraguay, Buenos Aires, Argentine.Executive: Dr C. Hughes, president. Fleet: C-46. Aerolineas El Salvador SA operates twice-weekly cargo and mail flights between San Salvador and Miami. The company holds aCAB foreign carrier permit for this route and was recently granted a three-year extension.Head Office: San Salvador Airport, El Salvador. Executive: M. C. Aragon, manager.Fleet: one C-46. Aerolineas Ini y Cia, the Argentine scheduled carrier, ceased operations during 1964. Aer Lingus F-27s started «» appear in a new livery « we end of January. The Irish airline is to take over KLMs Viscount 803 fleet and will sell its F-27s
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