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1978
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FLIGHT International, 12 April 1978 Associated Companies (15%), Air France (15%) and Air-India (10%). In ternational services were originally operated in conjunction with British Airways, Air France and Air-India. On November 1, 1977, Air Mauritius began operations in its own right, using a Boeing 707 wet-leased from British Air- tours. Scheduled passenger and cargo services link Plaisance International Airport with Nairobi, London and Bom bay (via the Seychelles), together with Reunion and the adjacent island of Rodrigues. Head Office: 1 Sir William Newton Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. Executives: chairman, A. H. Main-gard; directors: technical H. K. Tirven- gadum; finance / administration, G. Tyack; commercial. L, J. Ribet; plan ning/development, H. L. Sikka; general secretary, P. Boulle. Employees: 300. Fleet: one Boeing 707-430, one Twin Otter. Air Micronesia Inc was formed in 1966 to operate scheduled inter-island ser vices within the US Trust Territory of the Pacific, which at that time encom passed the Marshall, Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape and Mariana groups of islands. In 1977 the Marianas separated and adopted the status of a Commonwealth of the United States. Services began in 1968 and these currently link Saipan with Tinian, Rota, Guam, Yap, Palau, Truk, Ponape, Kwajalein, Majuro, Johnston Island, Honolulu and, from October 1977, Tokyo. Service is author ised to Nauru. Okinawa, the Gilbert Islands, the Ellice Islands (Tuvalu), Pago Pago, Nandi, Auckland and Sydney 'Nauru in the central Pacific Ocean. Scheduled passenger and cargo opera tions began in 1970 and now link Nauru with Apia, Guam, Honiara, Majuro Noumea, Ponape, Port Vila, Tarawa Tonga, Hong Kong, Kagoshima, Manila, Nadi, Okinawa, Suva, Taipei and Melbourne. Authority to serve Niue and Aitutaki is also held. Head Office: Nauru Island, Republic of Nauru. ^3081 ZV. Executives: chief executive, Hon Kenas Aroi; commercial manager, Paul C. Howard; chief pilot, Capt Peter Lavender; chief engineer. Jack Read. Fleet: one Boeing 727-100C, one 727- 100, one 737-200C. On order: one 737-200. 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, Executives: chairman, Fairleigh S Dickinson Jr; vice-chairman, Robert H. Kanzler; president, Charles F. Butler; staff vice-president assistant to presi dent, Roger J. Hoy; senior v-p finance/ planning, A. Oakley Brooks Jr; techni cal projects, George E. Parmenter; sales/service, Edward L. Smick; main- 1131 ciated companies of Air New Zealand include Safe Air (100% holding), Cook Island Airways (90%), NZ Aerospace (25%), Mount Cook Airlines (15%), Air Pacific (10%), Polynesian Airlines (10%), and Freeline Reservations (air line, hotel, car rental reservations system). Head Office: Air New Zealand House 1 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand. Executives: chairman, C. W Mace; deputy chairman, C. J. Keppel; direc tors: F. Bruell, J. D. Lang, D. A. Smith, R. B. Grierson, J. D. Dalgety, D. A Patterson, Capt R. T. Mouncey, M F Hunt, Capt J. H. Register. Employees: 8,000. Fleet: three DC-8-50, eight DC-10-30 eight Boeing 737-200, five Fokker F.27-500, 13 F.27-100. On order: one 737-200. Simulators: one CAE DC-10-30 one CAE DC-8-50, one Redifon 737-200. Air Niger was formed in 1966, with assistance from UTA, and took over the air-taxi and charter operations of Societe Aero-Niger. Major stockholders are the Niger Government (50-5%), Sodetraf (22-25%), and Air Afrique (22-25%). Scheduled passenger services are operated from Niamey to Agades, Arlit, Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder plus Sebha (Libya) and Tamanrasset (Algeria). Head Office: BP865, Niamey, Republic of Niger. Executives: director - general, Capt Abdoul - Wahidi Amadou; marketing director, M. Tahirou Issaka; chief pilot Capt Joel Rohel. Employees: 57. Fleet: one DG6B, one DC-4, one DC-3. : rfl but not currently operated. Under its contract with major shareholder Conti nental Airlines, Air Micronesia provides personnel, equipment, facilities and ground operations services to Continen tal, which reimburses Air Micronesia for all operating costs other than cor porate fiscal expenses. Shareholders in Air Micronesia are the United Micro nesia Development Association 60% (originally 51 %), Continental Air Lines 30% (formerly 297c ) and Aloha Airlines 10% (was 20%). Head Office: PO Box 138, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Executives: chairman, Carlton Skin ner; president, Donald L. Beck; vice- presidents: Kenneth F. C. Char; Isodoro Rudimch; Alexander Damm; G. Edward Cotter; treasurer/assistant secretary, Peter T. Craven; managers; general, Gene D. Hassing; sales/public affairs, Dave Miho; maintenance, Richard Mar shall; personnel, Larry Andrew; account ing, Jack N. Flint; chief pilot. Capt Glen Kowal; regional director, William R. Morrison. Employees: 267. Fleet: two Boeing 727-100C. Air Mongol—see Mongolian Airlines. Air Nauru was formed in 1970 by the Government of the island republic of tenance/engineering, David P. Long; finance, Ralph O. Elwood; flight opera tions, David E. Pearson; public affairs/ assistant to president, Ann Wood. Employees: 415. Fleet: seven Fairchild FH-227, ten Twin Otter. Air New Zealand was founded in 1939 as Tasman Empire Airways, a joint British-Australian-New Zealand company (owned 20:30:50), formed to operate services linking New Zealand and Aus tralia. In 1954 Britain withdrew, and in 1961 the New Zealand Government assumed full ownership of the airline which, on April 1, 1965, adopted the' present title. In 1977 the government decided to merge the two state cor porations. From April 1, 1978, New Zealand National Airways Corporation and Air New Zealand were amalga mated, under the latter name. (NZNAG, formed in 1945 to operate scheduled internal services, began operations in 1947.) The new reorganised airline operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services to 25 domestic points, while inter national routes link Auckland, Welling ton and Christchurch with Papeete, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, Bris bane, Norfolk Island, Noumea, Nandi, Pago Pago and the Cook Islands. Asso- Air Niugini was formed in 1973 as the national airline of Papua New Guinea. Shareholders are the Government with 84% and Ansett with 16%. Operations began on November 1, 1973, on routes previously served by Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea and Trans-Australia Airlines, using aircraft acquired from the two Australian carriers. Scheduled passenger and cargo services now link the capital Port Moresby with Buka, Daru, Goroka, Gurney, Hoskins, Kavieng, Kieta, Lae, Madang, Manus Island, Mount Hagen, Popondetta, Rabaul, Vanimo and Wewak. International ser vices are operated to Brisbane, Cairns and Sydney (Australia); Kagoshima (Japan); Manila (Philippines); Irian Jaya (Indonesia); the Solomon Islands and Hong Kong. Head Office: PO Box 7186, Boroko, Papua New Guinea. ^NE22177. Executives: chairman, Paul Pora; general manager, C. B. Grey; managers: flight operations, D. D. I. Campbell; engineering, G. S. Fallscheer; finance, H. Koeck; traffic, B. J. Cooney; commer cial. N. Iuel-Brockdorff; advertising/ public relations, G Dick; cargo, P. Giles; services, G. Duncan; supply, J. McGregor. Employees: 1,626. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, two Fokker F.28, 12 Fokker F.27.
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