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1975
1975 - 0540.PDF
476 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Nusantara Air Service is a subsidiary of Bouraq. Head Office: 3 Djalan Patrice Lumumba, Jakarta, Indonesia. Executives: President, J. A. Sumendap; general manager, G. B. Rungkat; vice- president operations, Capt Soejono. Fleet: Two YS-11A. three HS.748, three DC-3. Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport A/S (Braathens SAFE) was formed in 1946 by the Braathens shipping company to operate long-haul charters. A scheduled service to Hong Kong was operated from 1949 until 1954 when SAS took over the route. Charter flights are undertaken but the main effort is concentrated on a network of scheduled domestic services from Oslo to Stavanger, Kristiansand, Aalesund, Kristiansund, Molde, Roros, Trondheim, Bergen, Farsund, Tromso and Bodo. Head Oltice: Rusclokkvn 2(i. Oslo, Norway. sr 11595. Executives: Presidents: L. G. Braathen; B. G. Braathen; vice-presidents: sales, E. Froysaa; maintenance, A. E. Stange- land; finance, R. A. Klemetsen; adminis tration, L. Humlen; operations, N. A. Ringdal. Employees: 1,100. Fleet: Five Boeing 737-200, four Fokker F.28, three F.27. Brain & Brown Airfreighters Pty Ltd was formed in 1949 to operate cargo charters within Australia using Anson freighters. The company is owned by W. L. Brown and Z. A. Brain. In Feb ruary 1963 Brain & Brown started operating freight services between Mel bourne and Tasmania for IPEC Air Pty Ltd and this operation continues. As from January 1, 1967, a subsidy was granted for the carriage of carcass meat from King Island to Melbourne. Head Office: PO Box 67, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia. Executives: Managing director, W. L. Brown; commercial manager, M. C. Seivers. Employees: 30. Fleet: One HS Argosy 100, three DC-3, one Anson. Braniff Airways Inc, which operates under the trade name Braniff Inter national, was founded in its original form in 1928. On February 1, 1967, Braniff absorbed Pan American - Grace Airways (Panagra), adding four new South American cities to its routes, which now cover 28,876 miles in the USA, Mexico and South America. US domestic routes cover the centra] US from Minneapolis/St Paul to Texas and Louisiana; extending eastwards to Ten nessee. Washington DC and New York, from Texas to New Orleans, Tampa and Miami, and west to Denver, Seattle/ Tacoma and Portland, and from five mainland cities in the south-east and south-west US to Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii. South American routes from Miami, New York, Washington DC, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco to Panama City, Bogota, Cali, Guayaquil, Quito, Lima, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, La Paz, Asuncion, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Braniff also flies to Mexico City and Acapulco from the US via the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio gateways. Head Office: Exchange Park, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA. -*'73376. Executives: Chairman/chief executive, Harding L. Lawrence; president/chief operating officer, C. Edward Acker; executive vice-presidents: sales / opera tions, John J. Casey; corporate/market planning, Russell Thayer; senior v-ps; Latin American division, Charles South; FLIGHT International. 20 March 1975 contract services, Rex Brack; sales/ service, Walter Conrad. Employees: 10,000. Fleet: One Boeing 747-100, seven DC-8- 62, four DC-8-51, 33 727-200, 16 727-100, 18 727-100QC. On order: Seven 727-200. Bristow Helicopter Group was originally formed in 1951 as Air Whaling by Mr Alan Bristow, became Bristow Helicop ters Ltd in 1953 and adopted the present title in 1971. In 1960 the company be came part of the Air Holdings Group and ownership is now held by Air Hold ings (60%), Eagle Star Insurance (8%) and the remainder by Mr Alan Bristow and associates. The company has ex panded into virtually every area of helicopter activity, and covers oil and gas rig support operations around the world, earth resource survey and ex ploration, executive charter, search and rescue, civil and military helicopter pilot training and aerial crane work. Apart from the United Kingdom opera tions, the Group, through its associated and subsidiary companies, operates more than 170 helicopters, mostly tur bine-powered, in Abu Dhabi, Australia. Dubai, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa and Trinidad. A small fleet of fixed-wing aircraft is also operated. Head Office: Redhill Aerodrome. Red-hill, Surrey. >"21913. Executives: Chairman, A. E. Bristow; managing director, G. Russell Fry; tech nical director, J. N. Woolley; engineer ing director, W. B. Petrie; commercial director, B. Collins; operations director, Capt A. C. Gordon; financial director, J. A. Howard; regional director Far East, J. B. Shaw; administration man ager, P. E. Warcup. Employees: 1,200. Fleet: 15 Sikorsky S-61N, seven S-58T. 14 Wessex 60, 18 Bell 212, 20 Whirlwind 3, one Whirlwind 1, four Bell 204B, nine Bell 205A, 25 JetRanger, one Alouette II, five Alouette in, 29 Bell 47G, 20 Hiller UH-12, four BN-2A Islander. On order: Four S-61N, two Bell 212. Britannia Airways Ltd was formed in December 1961 under the name Euravia (London) and began commercial opera tions in May 1962, with a fleet of Con stellations, under contract to Universal Sky Tours, then the principal share holder. In 1965 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Thom son Organisation. Passenger and cargo charters and inclusive-tour operations are undertaken. A subsidiary company is Luton Aircraft Engineers. Head Office: Luton Airport. Luton, Bedfordshire, England. ••'82239. Executives; Chairman, Lord Thomas of Remenham; managing director, J. H. Sauvage; assistant managing director/ operations director, Capt D. H. Davison; assistant managing director, commer cial, R. Muckleston; projects / develop ment director, P. Swift; technical direc tor, J. Little. Employees: 1,000. Fleet: 12 Boeing 737-204, two 737-204C, two 707-320CS. British Air Ferries Ltd (BAF) was formed in January 1963 by the merger of Channel Air Bridge (founded in 1959) and Silver City Airways (founded in 1948). Both operated cross - Channel vehicle and passenger ferry services. The merged company was known as British United Air Ferries until Sep tember 1967, when the present title was adopted. BAF was owned by Air Hold ings until October 1971 when the com- panv was taken over by Transmeridian Air Cargo of Stansted. Shareholding is held by T. D, Keegan (90%) and C. A. B. St George (10%). Scheduled passenger- cargo and vehicle-ferry services are operated from Southend Airport to Le Touquet, Ostend, Rotterdam and Basle. The Ostend and Le Touquet services link with rail connections to Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris. An associate company, BAF Engineering Ltd, under takes extensive maintenance, overhaul and repair services. Head Office: Municipal Airport, South-end-on-Sea, Essex. ^""995135. Executives: Chairman, T. D. Keegan; directors: M. B. Hacker; L. L. Orr; C. A. B. St George; J. Keegan; sales director, M. P. Cross; general manager, F. O. Foster; chief pilot/operations manager, Capt R. Jones; financial controller, D. L. Bernstein; cargo manager, G. J. Chap man. Employees: 170. Fleet: Five ATL.98 Carvair, one Herald. On order: Two Herald.
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