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Directory 16 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY tended to be a separate organisation from the national airlines, although a long-term development might be the merging of all three airline routes into an enlarged Air Mahgreb network. Air Malawi, the national airline of Malawi, was formed in March 1964 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Central African Airways. With the dissolution of CAA at the end of 1967, the airline separated entirely from its former part ners. Air Malawi operates an inter national service from Blantyre to Lon don, plus domestic services to Karonga, Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Zomba, and regional services to Beira, Johannes burg, Lusaka, Ndola, Salisbury. Nairobi and the Seychelles. Head Office: PC) Box 84, Chileka Inter national Airport, Blantyre, Malawi Executives: Chairman, P. Howard; general manager, J. L. Byrne; engineer ing manager. K. H. Greager; operations manager, R. J. Casey; marketing man ager, J. R. Montgomery; personnel and training manager, .1. M. White. Employees: 504. Fleet: One One-Eleven 475, two HS.748. two Viscount 700, two Islander. Air Maldives is reported to be the name under which the Sri Lanka Air Force is to operate an airline in conjunction with the Maldivian Government. The SLAF began commercial operations in 1972, when helicopter sight-seeing flights were offered to tourists under the name Helitour Services. In January 1975 a scheduled weekly passenger service began, linking Colombo with Male, capi tal of the Maldive Islands, 400 miles to the south-west of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. Initially operated by a Riley conversion of the 1)H Heron, the route is also served by Cessna Sky-masters and more recently, two Convafr CV-440s acquired from the USA, the first of which entered service in August 1973. Head Office: PO Box 594, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka. Fleet: Two Convair CV-440, two Riley Heron, two DH Heron, four Cessna Skymaster. Air Mali (Soeiete Nationale Air Mali) was formed in October 1960 as the national airline of the Mali Republic. Operations began in 1961 with technical and equipment assistance from Aeroflot, aided by a gift of three ex-BEA DC-3s from the British Government. Air Mali operates scheduled passenger services from Bamako, the capital, to Abidjan. Aioun-el-Atro, Casablanca, Conakry, Freetown, Gao, Goundam, Kayes, Ken-eiba, Monrovia, Mopti, Nara, Niamey, Nioro, Paris, Timbouctou and Yelimane. Head Office: BP 27, Bamako, Mali. Executives: General manager, A. G. Maigi; deputy general manager, Maussa Traore; commercial manager, B. Couli- baly; financial manager, A. Dembele. Employees: 529. Fleet: One Boeing 727-100, one Antonov An-24, one Ilvushin 11-18, three DC-3, two An-2. Air Malta Company was formed in March 1973 as the national airline. Major shareholder is the Maltese Government with 51%; Pakistan Inter national Airlines has 29% and the re mainder is held by Maltese interests. Malta Airlines may acquire a share of the latter in due course. Services using Tridents chartered from British Airways commenced in 1973, but independent scheduled passenger, cargo and mail operations are due to begin on April 1 using Boeing 720Bs leased from PIA, who also have a five-year technical and management assistance programme with the new airline. First route to be opened by Air Malta will be Malta-London, with an extension to Birmingham and Man chester later. Other points to be added include Rome, Tripoli, Frankfurt, Paris and Copenhagen. Head Office: Luqa Airport, Malta. Executive: Chairman, Albert Mitzzi. Fleet: Two Boeing 720B. Air Manila and Filipinas Orient Airways were taken over by Philippine Air Lines early in 1974 and the services and staff of all three airlines integrated into one operation. Discussions regarding a mer ger had been under way since 1969, but heavy financial losses in 1973 brought forward the private airlines' demise. Air Mauritanie (Societe Nationale Air Mauritanie) was formed in September 1962 as the carrier of the Republique Ismalique de Mauritanie. Scheduled domestic services are operated from Nouakchott and Nouadhibou together with international routes to Dakar, Las Palmas and Casablanca. Head Office: BP 41, Nouakchott, Mauritanie. Executives: Director-general, Ahmed Ould Bah; assistant director, Mamadou Kane; commercial director, Jacques Dtouclle; assistant manager, A. Boba; financial manager, Sidi Ould Zein. Employees: 170. Fleet: Two DC-4. one DC-3, one Navajo. Air Mauritius was formed in June 1967. Major shareholders are the Government of Mauritius with 42-5ri , British Airways Associated Companies (20% I, Air France (20';; ) and Rogers & Co I 17-5'; ). Air Mauritius operates services to London via Nairobi in conjunction with British Airways, Paris and the French island of Reunion in coniunction with Air France, and to Bombay in conjunction with Air- India. A service to the island depen dency oF Rodrigues is also operated using a Navajo chartered from Air-Madagascar. Head Office: PO Box 60, 1 Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. Executives: Chairman, A. A. Maingard; chief executive, L. J. Ribet; secretary, P. Boulle; adviser, H. L. Srkka; station manager, J. Forget; directors: Capt J. R. Johnson; M. Llewellyn; 1*. F. Delaunay; J. L. Blateau; L. Seewoonarain; I). Soopramanien; B. Goorah; P. Soo-barah: II. Tirvengadum, Air Micronesia was formed in 1966 to operate scheduled inter-island services within the area encompassed by the- US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which includes the Mariana, Marshall and Eastern and Western Caroline Islands. Operations began in May 1968 oyer routes linking the Trust Territory with Honolulu, Guam, Nauru and Okin awa. An extension to points in the Gilberl Islands, the Ellis Islands and American Samoa has been authorised but not vet started. Major shareholders are the United Micronesia Development Association with 60% (originally 51% I, Continental Airlines with 30% (was 29%) and Aloha Airlines with 10% (was 20% ). Head Office: PO Box 198, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, US Trust Terri tory of the Pacific. Executives: Chairmain, Hon Carlton Skinner; president, Donald Beck; vrce-president/ secretary, G. E. Cotter; v-p/ general manager, Barrie G. Duggan; vice-presidents: Alexander Da mm; lsodoro Rudimch; treasurer, Peter T. Craven. Fleet: Two Boeing 727-100C, one DC-6AB. Air Mongol—see Mongolian Airlines. Air Nauru was formed in 1970 by the Government of the island Republic of Nauru in the central Pacific. Operations began on February 14, 1970, with a six- month trial operation covering a fort- FUCHT International. 21 March 1974 nightly scheduled service linking Nauru with Brisbane via Honiara and Noumea, using a Dassault Falcon chartered from the Australian air-taxi company Busi ness Jets of Melbourne. In December 1970 traffic rights were obtained for Melbourne in lieu of Brisbane, and in July 1971 authority was received to serve Majuro in the Marshall Islands and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. On January 29, 1972, the Falcon was re placed by a 40-seat Fokker F.28 owned by the Government of Nauru, operated by Air Nauru, crewed by Business Jets and maintained by Ansett Airlines of Australia. Frequency was also raised to twice-weekly and now operates be tween Melbourne, Brisbane (technical stop I, Noumea, Honiara (technical stop), Nauro, Majuro and Tarawa. Head OHice: Nauru Island, Central Pacific. Fleet: One lokker F.28-1000. On order: One F.28. Air Nevada was formed in 1963 as an air-taxi operator under- the name Mineral County Airlines. Inter-state scheduled services were authorised in June 1964 and now cover routes linking Los Angeles Burbank with San Fran cisco/Oakland, and San Jose with Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Lake Tahoe. The air-line became a subsidiary of Rrceco of California in 1969. Head Office: Lockheed Air Terminal. Burbank Airport, California, USA. Executive: President, Lindsay Smith. Employees: 20. Fleet: Two Electra. Air New England was formed in 1970 to operate scheduled commuter services from Boston to New York (La Guardia), New Bedford, Martha's Vineyard, Nan tucket, Hyannis, Portland, Augusta, Watervrlle, Lebanon, Montpelier and Burlington. CAB authority to operate 32-seat DC-3s was received in January 1972. Head Office: Logan Inter national Air port, Boston, Massachusetts 02128, USA. Executives: President, Joseph C. Whit ney; senior- vice-president, operations, Roger J. Hoy; v-p corporate affairs, A. Oakley Brooks Jr; v-p traffic sales, Nel son B. Lee Jr; v-p maintenance/engi neering, David P. Long; director stations, Charles Lima. Fleet: Four DC-3. eight Twin Otter, four Beech 99. Air New Zealand was formed in 1940 as Tasman Empire Airways, a joint British- Australian - New Zealand company, to operate services linking New Zealand and Australia. In 1954 Britain withdrew and the company was jointly owned by New Zealand and Australia. In 1961 the Government of New Zealand assumed full ownership and four years later, on April 1, 1965, the name was changed to Air New Zealand. International services link Auckland, Wellington and Christ- church with Papeete, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mel bourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Norfolk Island, Noumea, Nandi and Pago Pago. DC-fi services to Raratonga in the Cook Islands began in December 1973. Air New Zealand has an interest in Cook Islands Airways formed in 1973 to operate an island shuttle between Rara tonga and Aitutaki. Through - plane services to London, operated in associa tion with British Airways, are planned to begin in April 1975. Head Office: Air New Zealand House, I Queen Street, Auckand, New Zealand. Executives: General manager / chief executive, C.J. Keppel; assistant general managers, H. M. Denton; M. R. Davis; director of" commercial services, J. B. Wisdom; director of technical services, L. G. Brister; secretary / director of finance, A. A. Watson; director of per sonnel administration, M. C. Paterson; director of policy development, D. F. Toms; chief engineer, G. Kemp. Employees: 3,006. Fleet: Three DC-10-30, six DC-8-50. On order: Four DC-10-30.
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