FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1974
1974 - 0240.PDF
214 THIRD-LEVEL AIRLINES its president, Dean-Williams. Head Office: 14 Marine Way, Juneau, Alaska 99801, USA. Fleet: Two Grumman Goose, two DHC- 2 Beaver, two Cessna 206. STAB (Societe de Transports Aeriens du Burundi) operates scheduled DC-3 services from Bujumbura, the capital of the Kingdom of Burundi in central Africa, to Bukavu and Goma (Zaire), and to Kigali in neighbouring Bwanda, where the service connects with Air France flights to Addis Ababa and Paris/Orly. Head Office: PO Box 2460, Bujumbura. Burundi. Fleet: Douglas DC-3. STAR (Societe de Transport Aerien du Rwanda) maintains regular scheduled services from Kigali Airport to Gisenyi, Butare and Kamembe in co-operation with Sabena and Air France. Charter flights are also offered throughout East Africa, mainly to Nairobi, Entebbe, Mom basa and Dar-es-Salaam. STAR was formed in 1962. Head Office: PO Box 177, Kigali, Rwanda. Fleet: One Piper Navajo, one Piper Aztec, one Piper Twin Comanche, one Piper Comanche. St-Felicien Air Services Ltd, located at St-Felicien/Roberval and Fort Chimo, Quebec, was established in 1957 and is jointly owned by Messieurs Paul, Luc, Gilles Dumas and Marc-Aurele Tremblay. Regular scheduled passenger and cargo flights are operated with DC-3s and Cansos in the Ungava Bay region. The company also serves Schef-ferville, Roberva) and Quebec City in the south. Head Office: PO Box 910, 1058 Boule vard Sacre-Coeur, St-Felicien, Quebec Province, Canada GOW 2NO. Fleet: Five Douglas DC-3, two Canso, three Beech 18, three Norseman, one DHC-2 Beaver. Stol Air Inc is an intra-state carrier which operates a number of daily ser vices with Britten-Norman Islanders between San Francisco, Napa and Con cord in California. Head Office: Box 2512. San Rafael, California 94901. USA. Fleet: BN-2A Islander. Stradbroke Gardens Air Charter Pty Ltd flies a scheduled passenger service from Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, to Stradbroke Island, lying off the Queens land coast, and inland to Gayndah, Theodore and Moura. Head Office: Archerfield Airport Bris-ban, Queensland, Australia. Fleet: One Piper Cherokee St Thomas Tax-Air operates scheduled commuter services from San Juan (Puerto Rico) to Charlotte Amalie. St Thomas (US Virgin Islands) and to Beef Island Airport, Tortola (British Virgin Islands). Head Office: Caribe-Hilton Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901. Fleet: Three Beech D18S. Suburban Airlines Inc is the scheduled commuter division of Reading Aviation Services Inc, which was formed in 1968 from the merger of Reading Airlines with Suburban Airlines (known until 1967 as the Air Taxi Company). Regular services are currently operated between Reading, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) and Washington DC; New York/Newark, Allentown (Pennsylvania), Binghamton and Buffalo (New York); and between Reading, Lancaster and New York/ Kennedy International. A Reading-Lan caster - Philadelphia service, which was inaugurated on March 1, 1973, is flown under contract to Allegheny Airlines as part of Allegheny Commuter. Head Office: PO Box 1201, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603. USA. Fleet: Four DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Beech H18S, one Volpar Turboliner. Sud Air Transport (formerly Air Cote-Basque) operates scheduled services with a Beech Queen Air between Biarritz and Toulouse, together with charter flights throughout Europe and the Mediterranean countries. The Biarritz- Toulouse service started last April 2. Head Office: Aerodrome de Biarritz-Parme, 64200 Biarritz. France. Fleet: One Beech Queen Air one Beech Baron. Sun Airlines Inc flies a Beech Queen Air on scheduled commuter services in Florida, linking Lakeland, St Peters burg/Albert Whitted Airport, Tampa and Tallahassee. Frequency currently offered is two daily flights on weekdays. Head Office: PO Box 22703. Tampa. Florida 33622, USA. Fleet: One Beech Queen Air. Sun Valley Key Airlines, which is part of Key Transportation Inc, began sche duled commuter operations in 1964 as Key Airlines, serving Salt Lake City, Ogden, Brigham City, Logan and Provo (all in northern Utah). Boise and Sun Valley (Idaho) were added in June 1972, following the purchase of Sun Valley Airlines, when the present title was adopted. In addition to scheduled pas senger and freight services, the airline also provides summer charters through out the Intermountain West and to Idaho Primitive Areas. Head Office: 3909 South Airport Road, Ogden, Utah 84403. USA. Fleet: Two DHC-6 Twin Otter, one BN-2A Islander, two Piper Cherokee Six, three Piper Navajo, two Beech Baron. Swift Aire Lines began operations in May 1969 with a Piper Aztec between San Francisco and Sacramento. Scheduled services have since been con siderably expanded and currently serve San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Santa Maria, Paso Robles, Sacra mento, Visalia, Fresno and Bakersfield, all in California. Charter work is also undertaken with a Piper Navajo. Head Office: Terminal Building. San Luis Qbispo County Airport, PO Box 1381, San Luis Obispo, California 93401, USA. Fleet: Three de Havilland Heron, one Piper Navajo. Tanana Air Taxi Inc, located at Fair banks International Airport, was pur chased by its present owners in 1968 and obtained a state scheduled certifi cate in August 1972. Regular services are operated from Fairbanks to Minto, Manley, Tanana, Ruby and Galena. The company also offers charter and flight- school facilities from bases at Tanana and Fairbanks. Head Office: 3807 University Avenue. PO Box 1655, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707, USA. Fleet: Two Piper Navajo Chieftain, two Piper Cherokee Six, four Piper Cherokee 140. Taos Airways is a new intra-state air carrier which undertakes scheduled services from Taos in northern New Mexico, along the Rio Grande to Albu querque. Two services are operated every Saturday. Head Office: PO Box 745. Taos, New Mexico 87571, USA. Fleet: Beechcraft. Taxi Avia France (TAF), known until recently as Avia Taxi France, operates twice daily between St Nazaire/Montoir and Paris/Orly Ouest. Charters are also undertaken within France and to other European destinations. TAF, which was formed in 1965, is now part of the TAT group which includes Touraine Air Transport and Rousseau Aviation. Head Office: B.P. 61, 93350 Aeroport du Bourget, Paris, France. Fleet: One Fokker F.27, one Beech 99, two Cessna 402B. FLIGHT International. 14 February 1974 Territory Airlines Pty Ltd, based at Goroka Airport, was formed in January 1952. Apart from extensive charter operations, the airline also flies a large network of scheduled passenger and cargo services with Twin Otter and Cessna aircraft out of Mt Hagen, Mendi, Goroka/Chimbu, Madang and Wewak/ Angoram. A tour division, Talco Terri tory, was established in 1967 to cater for tourists, offering complete package holidays to Papua New Guinea. Head Office: PO Box 108. Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Fleet: Three DHC-6 Twin Otter, seven Cessna 402A, two Cessna 336, three Cessna 207, six Cessna 206, six Cessna 185, three Beech Baron. On order: Qne Twin Otter, two Cessna 206. Thorpes Transport, owner E. K. Thorpe, provides a regular scheduled service with Piper Aztecs from Thursday Island to York Island, both lying off the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. This service is operated every Friday. Head Office: PO Box 96, Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia Fleet: Two Piper Aztec. Time Airways Ltd, until 1969 known as Lethbridge Air Services Ltd, operates scheduled passenger services from Lethbridge and Calgary to Red Deer, Edmonton and Medicine Hat. The air line also holds domestic and inter national charter permits. Head Office: PO Box 423, Lethbridge Airport, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Fleet: Three DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Beech 3NM, one Cessna 402. Tobey Inc was incorporated in 1953 to fly non-scheduled charter and air-taxi services. In addition the company oper-tes scheduled night flights on high- priority items and US Mail. Head Office: 27 Ivy Lane, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, USA. Fleet: One Conrad 9800 (modified Beech 18), three Beech 18, one Beech Baron, one Beech Bonanza, one Aero-star 601. Touraine Air Transport (TAT), formed in 1968, operates a network of regular domestic third-level services in France. Route points include Lyon, Clermont- Ferrand, Poitiers, La Rochelle, Tours, Le Mans, Rennes, Caen, Deauville and Paris, as well as Limoges, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Agen, Toulouse and Mont- pelier. TAF (Taxi Avia France) and Rousseau Aviation are associate com panies. Head Office: Aeroport de Saint Sym- phorien, 37001 Tours, France. Fleet: Four Fokker F.27, eight Beech 99, two DHC-6 Twin Otter. Transafricair provides thrice-weekly scheduled passenger services with small turboprop aircraft between Kigali, the capital of the central African state of Rwanda, and Bukavu across the border in Zaire (formerly the Congo). Cargo is also carried. Head Office: PO Box 24, Cyangugu, Rwanda. Trans Magic Airlines operates a net work of scheduled commuter services in Idaho, serving Twin Falls, Sun Valley, Boise and Burley, with an extension from Sun Valley and Burley to Salt Lake City (Utah). Charter and scenic flights are also undertaken. Head Office: Joslin Field, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301, USA. Fleet: Two de Havilland Heron, one Piper Navajo. Trans-Mo Airlines Inc (Trans-Missouri Airlines) began operations in Missouri in November 1966. Cities currently served include Kansas City, St Louis, Sedalia, Jefferson City, Lake of the Qzarks and Cape Girardeau. Cessna 402s are utilised on these routes. Passenger and cargo charters are also available. Head Office: Memorial Airport, Jeffer son City. Missouri 65101, USA. Fleet: Three Cessna 402, two Cessna 337, one Cessna 206.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
