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1978
1978 - 0639.PDF
FUGHT International, 22 April 1978 order: one Singer-Link 747SR, one Singer-Link 727-200. ALM—see Antillaanse Luchtvaart Maat-schappij. Aloha Airlines Inc was founded in June 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines, began operations in July of that year and changed its name to Aloha in 1958. Scheduled passenger services are operated between Lihue, Honolulu, Hoo- lehua, Kahului, Kona and Hilo. Major stockholder is the chairman. Aloha has a 10% holding in Air Micronesia. Head Office: PO Box 30028, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. Executives: chairman, Dr Hung Wo Ching; vice-chairman, Kenneth F. C. Char; president/chief executive, Ed ward E. Swofford; executive vice-presi dent, Capt P. N. Economou; vice-presi dents: finance/treasurer, G. Stephen Holaday; marketing, Bert D. Thomas; maintenance, Stanford Fichtman; flight operations, J. I. Williamson; government affairs, Frank Der Yuen. Employees: 925. Fleet: seven Boeing 737-200. On order: two 737-200. Alyemda—Democratic Yemen Airlines was formed in March 1971 by presiden tial decree as the national airline of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (formerly known as South Yemen or Aden). Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Aden to Cairo, Beirut, Tripoli, Kuwait, Moga discio, Hargeisa. Burao. Djibouti, Taiz, Sana'a, Riyan, Ghuruf, Qishn, Alghieda, Socotra, Ataq, Beihan, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharqa and Bombay. Head Office: PO Box 6006, Alyemda Building, Khormaksar, Aden, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. the DC-3, DC-8, CV-240, CV-909, Electra and DC-10. A network of scheduled pas senger and cargo services extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, plus services to Toronto and Montreal in the north, Mexico City and Acapulco to the south and Hawaii to1 the west. Ameri can's service to Fiji, Pago Pago^ Sydney and Auckland (started in 1970) was sus pended in March 1974. In 1971 the air line absorbed Trans Caribbean Airways and began flying to Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Aruba, Curacao and Haiti. American started services to Bermuda, Barbados and Santo Domingo in 1975, rights acquired in a route* exchange agreement with Pan Am. Sub sidiaries include the 2Lproperty Ameri cana Hotels chain; Sky Chefs, an in flight-catering, restaurant and retail- shop operation; and Security '76, an airport security organisation. Head Office: 633 Third Avenue, New York 10017, USA. >*-42380a Executives: chairman/president/chief executive, Albert V. Casey; senior vice-presidents: administration. Gene E. Overbeck; finance, Thomas G. Plaskett; marketing, Robert L. Crandall; opera tions, Donald J. Lloyd-Jones; field sales/ services, Otto A. Becker; corporate secretary, Robert C. Dinerstein; vice-presidents: controller, Nicholas E, Magnis; treasurer, John F. Dembeck; general counsel, Richard A. Lempert; freight marketing, Fred H. McCusker; maintenance / engineering, Rocco J. Masiello;' flight, D. E. Ehmann; purchas ing/inventory control, Joseph V. Dooley; public relations, David C. Frailey. Employees: 37,000. Fleet: eight Boeing 747-100, three 747- 100F. 25 DC-10-10, 46 707-120B. eight 707-320B, 20 707-320C, 69 727-200, 57 727-100. On order: 18 727-200, three DC-10-10. 1135 Air Transport (now Airlines of New South Wales) and its subsidiary Queens land Airlines and Guinea Airways (now Ansett Airlines of South Australia) were subsequently acquired and, like Ansett Airlines of Australia itself, form part of Ansett Transport Industries. QAL no longer exists as a separate entity and its routes have been integrated into the Ansett network. In 1960 Mandated Air lines, Gibbes Sepik Airways and Madang Air Services were also acquired by Ansett and operated as Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea until succeeded by Air Niugini in November 1973. In 1963 a controlling interest was acquired in Mac.Robertson Miller Airlines, which is now wholly owned. The Ansett group operates an extensive route network covering all states of Australia. Heli copter services are operated between the Yarra Heliport and Tullamarine, and Sikorsky S-61Ns operate services in the Barrier Reef, North Queensland. Head Office: 489 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. x^AA30085. Executives: chairman, Sir Reginald Ansett; general manager, F. Pascoe; general operations manager, Capt A. F. Lane; schedules planning manager, J. Fowler; assistant general manager, E. J. Forrester; general marketing manager, B. A. Gluyas; general freight manager, L. C. Wharton; finance manager/con troller, G. J. P. McMahon; general staff manager, R. J. Reay; engineering direc tor, J. M. Warner; director of helicop ter division, Capt Max Holyman; public relations executive, J. V. Tyrell. Employees: 10,000. Fleet: seven Boeing 727-200, three 727-100, one 727-100C, 12 DC-9-30. four Electra freighter, 11 Fokker F.27, two Sikorsky S-61N, one JetRanger. On order: three 727-200. Simulator: one Singer-Link 727-200. *gmmm tek#*-:* fe9 littb!-' «••.' i-1': "!.. .-if ' ^269. Executives: general manager, Ahmed Masood Alalwani; managers: commer cial, Ali A. Basahi; financial, A. Al-Hajri; traffic, Jamil A. Latif; operations, Capt Abdulla Saadi; personnel, Abdul Karim Awad; technical, Said Nagi Sinan; public relations manager, A. S. Uqba. Employees: 801. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, one 720B, one DC-6A/B, two DC-6B, four DC^3. AMAZ—see A fence et Messageries Aeriennes du Zaire. American Airlines Inc was founded in 1934 as a direct successor to American Airways, formed in 1930, and other pre decessor companies dating back to 1926. Currently operating a fleet of nearly 250 aircraft, American is one of the world's largest airlines by any yardstick, and in the past has sponsored designs such as Simulators: one Singer-Link 747, four Singer-Link 707, four Singer-Link 727, two Redifon DC-10-10. Andes Airlines—see Aerolineas Naci-onales del Ecuador. Angola Airlines—see Linhas Aereas de Angola—TAAG. ANHSA—see Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras SA. Ansett Airlines of Australia Ltd, known until late 1968 as Ansett-ANA, was founded as Ansett Airways by R. M. Ansett in 1936, and the airline's first service was opened that year. In 1952 Ansett took over the flying-boat operator Barrier Reef Airways and in 1963 acquired another flying-boat operator, Trans Oceanic Airways. In 1957 Ansett acquired ANA to become Australia's largest privately owned airline. Butler Ansett Airlines of New South Wales Ltd was founded in 1934 as Butler Air Transport to operate intra-state services within New South Wales. Butler was taken over by Ansett Transport Indus tries (along with its subsidiary Queens land Airlines) in 1958 and the present name adopted in December 1959. Ansett Flying Boat Services operations were later integrated with Airlines of New South Wales and the company now operates an extensive network of scheduled services from Sydney to points in New South Wales. Head Office: Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot, New South Wales, Australia. ^25384. Executives: chairman, Sir Reginald Ansett; general manager, P. D. W. Stedman; operations manager, Capt I. A. Brown; commercial manager, J, Buchanan; passenger-services manager, E. K. Grenenger; cargo manager, K. W.
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