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468 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Air Mali (Societe 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, Keh-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 727-100C, one 11-18, one An-24, one DC-3. Air Malta Co Ltd was formed in March 1973 as the national airline. Major shareholder is the Maltese Government with 51%, plus another 29% reserved for further Government or Maltese par ticipants, and 20% with Pakistan Inter national Airlines. Services using Tri dents chartered from British Airways commenced in 1973, but independent operations began on April 1, 1974, using Boeing 720Bs leased from PIA, which also has a five-year technical and man- agement assistant agreement with the airline. Scheduled passenger, cargo and mail services link Luqa Airport near Valetta with London, Manchester, Bir mingham, Rome, Paris, Frankfurt and Tripoli, with extensions to Amsterdam and Brussels due to begin on April 1 1975. Head Office: Europa Centre, Floriana, Malta. <**MW38a Executives: Chairman, Albert Mizzi; general manager, M. M. Salim; deputy general manager, V. Falzon; chief pilot, M. M. Haq; general managers: ground operations, M. I. Akhtar; marketing, H. Beg; finance, I. Ahmad. Employees: 450. Fleet: Two Boeing 720B. Air Mauritanie (Societe Nationale Air Mauritanie) was formed in September 1962 as the national airline. Share holders are the Mauritanian Govern ment with 60%, Air Afrique with 20% and UTA with 20%. Scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services art-operated from Nouakchott and Nouad- hibou, together with international routes to Dakar and Las Palmas. Pilots and mechanics are trained at the Hughes Airwest facility at Phoenix, Arizona, under a five-year contract signed in February 1974. „**Jk. ~ JH Head Office: BP41. Nouakchott. Mauri tania. ^73. Executives: Director - general, Sidi Ould Zein; deputy director-general, Pierre Plat; commercial director, El Hafed Ould Ahmed Fall; marketing director, Mohamed Oud Abdi; financial director, Moustapha Ahmed Cheriff. Employees: 226. Fleet: Two DC4, two Fairchild F-27, two DC-3, one Navajo. Air Mauritius was formed in June 1967. Major shareholders are the Government of Mauritius with 42-5%,British Airways Associated Companies (20% ), Air France (20%) and Rogers & Co (17-5%). Air Mauritius operates services to London via Nairobi in conjunction with British Airways, Paris and the French island of Reunion in conjunction with Air France, and to Bombay in conjunction with Air- India. A service to the island depen dency of Rodrigues is also operated. 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. Sikka; station manager, J. Forget; directors: Capt J. R. Johnson, M. Llewellyn, P. F. Delaunay, J. L. Blateau, L. Seewoona- rain, D. Soopramanien. B. Goorah, P. Soobarah, H. Tirvengadum. Fleet: Two Twin Otter. Air Micronesia Inc was formed in 1966 to operate scheduled inter-island ser vices 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 over routes linking the Trust Territory with Honolulu, Guam, Nauru and Okinawa (temporarily suspended). An extension to points in the Gilbert Islands, the Ellis Islands and American Samoa has been authorised but not yet started. Major shareholders are the United Micronesia Development Asso ciation with 60% (originally 51% ), Con tinental 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: Chairman, Hon Carlton Skinner; president, Donald Beck; vice-president/secretary, G. E. Cc.tt.er; v-p/ general manager, Barrie G. Duggan; vice - presidents: Alexander D a m m, Isodoro Rudimch; treasurer. Peter T. Craven. Fleet: Two Boeing 727-100C. 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- ;JL . UiuJilgM ••' •••• • ' • •. - • •': r %™ m •.•••:.• siAtiiiiltl FLIGHT International. 20 March 1975 month trial operation covering a fort 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), Noumea, Honiara (technical stop), Nauro, Majuro, Tarawa, Apia and Kago-shima in Southern Japan. Head Office: Nauru Island, Central Pacific. Fleet: Two Fokker-VFW F.28. On order: One Boeing 737-200C. Air New England Inc was formed in 1970 as a privately owned scheduled commuter airline, and redesignated as a Regional Carrier (the first for 25 years) on January 24, 1975. Scheduled passenger services link Boston and New York (La Guardia Airport) with New Bedford, Nantucket, Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts), Portland, Lewiston/Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Maine, Keene, Lebanon (New Hamp shire), Montpelier and Burlington (Ver mont). Head Office: Logan International Air port, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, USA. Executives: Chairman, Robert H. Kanzler; vice-chairman, Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr; president, Joseph C. Whitney; executive vice-president, A. Oakley Brooks Jr; senior v-p operations, W. Frank Wilkinson; v-p traffic/sales, Nelson B. Lee Jr; v-p operations/flight, George E. Parmenter; v-p maintenance/ engineering, David P. Long; v-p finance/ administration, Ronald O. Elwood; treasurer/assistant secretary. M. Mar garet Montgomery. Employees: 3101 Fleet: Four Fairchild FH-227, five DC-3, eight Twin Otter, four Beech 99, three Aero Commander. On order: Six Short SD3-30, two FH-227. 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-8 services to Raratonga in the Cook Islands began in December 1973. Air New Zealand has an interest in Cook Island Airways formed in 1973 to operate an island shuttle between Rara tonga and Aitutaki. Head Office: Air New Zealand House, 1 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand. ^NZ254L Executives: General manager/chief executive, C. J. Keppel; assistant general managers: deputy chief executive, M. R. Davis; director of finance, A. A. Watson; directors: industry affairs, C. W. Beres- ford; technical services, L. G. Brister; international affairs/solicitor, P. P. Burkitt; planning, G. W. Matheson; personnel/administration, M. C. Pater- son; commercial services, J. B. Wisdom; chief engineer, G. Kemp. Employees: 3,937. Fleet: Five DC-10-30, six DC-8-50. On order: One DC-10-30. Simulators: DC-10-30, DC-8-50.
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