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FUCHT International, 10 April JM9 operations), Capt Werner Will. Vice-presi dents: sales, York Hevelke; finance, Heinz Landes. Technical manager, Jan Pypers. Fleet: Two DC-8-33, one DC-7C. Aurigny Air Services Ltd is a subsidiary of Glos-Air Ltd formed to 1968 to operate scheduled services linking Alderney wjth Jersey, Guernsey and Granville (France). From April 1, services will be operated on a walk-on no reservations system. Head Office; Alderney. Airport, Channel Islands. Executives: Chairman, Sir Derrick Bailey; managing director, C. A. Poole, general manager, F. Morton; flight operations manager, Capt R. N. Hamer, Fleet: Five BN-2A Islanders. On order: Three (stretched) Islanders. Austin Airways Ltd was founded in 1934 and is the oldest continuously operated air line in Canada. Extensive non-scheduled services are operated in Northern Ontario and Western Quebec and aerial photography, air survey and forest fire patrol work is also undertaken. Charter bases are operated throughout North-Eastern Ontario. Head Office: Toronto Island Airport, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Executives: President/general manager, J. A. M. Austin; operations superintendent, J. C. Bell; secretary, W. G. Henning; chief pilot, B, McManus; chief engineer, F. W. Russell. Employees: 105. Fleet: Three Canso, four DC-3, three Anson, one Otter, six Beaver, four Norse man, four Cessna 180. Austral (Compania Argentina de Trans-portes Aereos SAQ) operates domestic ser vices within Argentina south and west of Buenos Aires and international services to Montevideo (Uruguay) and to Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas in Chile. Austral's first regular service was flown in January 1958. During 1966 Austral bought a 30% share in Aerotransportes Litoral Argentino (ALA) and services and routes are now integrated to form a larger network. Pan American acquired a 22% holding in Austral in 1965. Head Office: Ayacucho 2180, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Executives: President, Juan B. Pefia; vice-president, Dr JosS M. Maciel; board members: Enrique J. Stegmann, Dr Jorge N. Zaefferer Toro. Managers: Rafael Belaiisteguij commercial; Alberto C. Raga, administration; Arnoldo Fox, finance; Capt Santiago Posadas, operations. Administrator general: William J. Reynal. Employees: 900. Fleet: Four One-Eleven 400, eleven DC-6. On order: Five YS-11A (ordered jointly with ALA). Austrian Airlines (AUA, Oesterreichische Luftverkehrs-AktiengcscUschaft), was formed in September 1957 by agreement between Air Austria and Austrian Airways, neither of which had begun operations. Flights started in April 1958 using Viscount 779s chartered from Fred Olsen Airtransport. Services are operated domestically and from Vienna to major points in West Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Fr a nee, the UK, Italy, Rumania, Jugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Poland, Hungary, the USSR and Czechoslovakia, Belgium and the USA. Austrian Airtrans port is a subsidiary of AUA. Head Office: Salesianergasse 1, Vienna 3, Austria. Executives: Chairman, Franz Grubhofer; directors, Dr Anton Heschgl, Dr Hubert Papousek. Employees: 1,730. Fleet: Five Caravelle 6R, four Viscount 837, two HS 748, one Grand Commander 680FL, one Travel Air, one Comanche. Austrian Airtransport (Oesterreichische Flugbetriebs GeseHschaft mbH) was formed in February 1964 as a subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, which has a 40% holding, and commenced operations in April of that year. Undertakes non-scheduled passenger and freight flights using aircraft leased from AUA. Head Office: Wieij 4, Gusshausstrasse 30, Austria. Executives: Managing directors, Dkfm. P. Gluxmann, Dr H. Heniksteto. Fleet: Caravelle 6R, Viscount 837 leased from AUA- Autair International Airways Ltd started operations to 1960, and are now members of the Court Line Group of Companies. Handley Page Heralds are used for scheduled services from London to Tees-side, Hull, Dundee, Blackpool, Carlisle and Glasgow. Summer services are also operated from Tees-side, Hull, Dundee and Carlisle to the Channel Islands, and from Tees-side, Hull and Dundee to the Isle of Man. Amsterdam is served from Tees-side and Hull, as are Belfast and Dublin. A network of inclusive tour services is also operated, as well as general passenger and freight charters. Engineering work is undertaken at Autair's main base at Luton Airport. Head Office: 3 George Street, London W.l. Executives: Chairman, J. R. Young; managing director, G. H. G. Threlfall. Directors: E. J. Posey, T. S. Buxton (engineering), Capt M. Rowan (projects director), W. H. Armstrong, H. G. Bond (finance). Administration manager, B. W. Davis; sales manager, P. C. Dorrtogton; chief pilot, Capt C. P. C. Dibley; operations manager, L. Prudence. Employees: 500. Fleet: Five One-Eleven 400, three Herald, two HS.748 (out on lease). On order: Five One-Eleven 500. Avensa—see Aerovias Venezolanas SA. Aviation y Comercio SA (Aviaco) was formed as a private nonrscheduled operator to 1948; scheduled operations began 1950. Routes radiate from Madrid to points on the Spanish mainland and from Madrid and Barcelona to the Balearic Isles. In North Africa, Algiers and Oran are served from Palma and Alicante respectively. Ser vices are operated between the Canary Islands and El Aaiun (West Africa) and also Palma-Marseilles, Palma-Nice and Seville-Lisbon, as well as inclusive-tour flights. Iberia has a66f% holding in Aviaco with the Instituto Nacional de Industria, another major shareholder. Aviaco also operates a Carvair vehicle-ferry service be tween Palma.(Majorca), Barcelona, Valencia and Nimes. Head Office: Aduana 33, Madrid 14, Spain. Executives: Vice-president, Federico Norena Echeverria; managing director, Jose Inchausti Balseiro; administrative sub-director, Aniceto Castanos Lopez de Arbina; commercial sub-director, Francisco MacLennan Arregui. Employees: 275. Fleet: Two Carvair, six . Convair 440. Aviateca (Emprcsa Guatemalteca de Avia cion SA) was founded by the Guate mala Government in 1945 to take over Aerovias de Guatemala, which had been founded in 1939, and which began operat ing in 1940. The company operates from Guatemala City to points in Guatemala and also Miami, New Orleans, Mexico City (Mexico), Sal Salvador (El Salvador), San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa (Honduras). Head Office: Avenida Hincapie, Aero-puerto La Aurora, Guatemala City, Quate- mala. Executives: President, Maj Gustavo A. Giron; vicerpresident/operations manager, Col Enrique- Valladares Morris; assistant operations manager, Maj Rene Sarmiento. Employees: 300. Fleet: Four DC-6/6B, one DC-4, two C-46, four DC-3. Aviation Services Inc commenced charter and air-taxi operations in May 1965. Scheduled services started in 1967 and now link Wichita with Salina, Manhattan, Par sons, Springfield, Dodge City, Garden City, Pueblo (Colorado) and Colorado Springs. Head Office: Terminal Building, Muni- 561 cipal Airport, Wichita. Kansas 67209. USA. Executives: President, Gary Adamson; secretary/treasurer, Calvin Herman. Fleet: One Cessna 402, three Cessna 206. Aviogenex was formed early in 1968 as Genex Airlines to operate charter and inclusive-tour flights. The company is the air transport associate of Generalexport, the state import-export agency whose activi ties include the promotion of tourism. Present title was adopted early in 1969 and operations are scheduled to begin during April. Head Office: Dragoslava Jovanovica 11, Beograd, Jugoslavia. Executive: Manager, Velizar Andjelkovic. Employees: ,60. Fleet: Two Tupolev Tu-134. On order: One Tupolev Tu-134A. Avitour Air Services Ltd ceased operations in 1966 after scheduled routes transferred to Arkia. Aztec Airlines Inc operate scheduled com muter air services linking El Paso to other points in Texas. Head Office: 6775 Convair Road, El Paso, Texas, USA. Executive: President, David R. Winston. Fleet: Two Aztec, one Bonanza. Bahamas Airways Ltd was founded in 1936 to take over the operations of inter-island charter services begun in 1933. In 1943, Pan American Airways acquired a 45% interest in the company but in 1949 Bahamas Airways was taken over by BSAA and later became a wholly owned BOAC subsidiary. In April 1959 BOAC sold 80% of its shareholding to Skyways Bahamas Holding Co but in December 1960 the corporation bought back this holding. In October 1968, BOAC sold 85% of its share holding to a group headed by John Swire & Sons Ltd, owners and operators of Cathay Pacific Airways. The airline operates scheduled inter-island services which include the Turks and Caicos Islands, and links Nassau and Freeport with Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Head Office: PO Box 65, Bay Street, Nassau, Bahamas, Executives: Chairman/managing director, D. R. Y. Bluck; general sales manager, P. de Courcy; general traffic manager, W. Ainscough; administration manager, P. Cheetnam; secretary, M. H. Bellamy; chief accountant, A. A. Cooper; engineering manager, R. A. Capell; chief engineer, T. Campbell; technical director, Capt A. W. Wales; operations manager/chief pilot, Capt P. Farrington. Fleet: Two One-Eleven 400, four HS.748, two DC-3. On.order: Two One-Eleven 500. Bakhtar Afghan Airlines was formed to 1967 to operate domestic feeder services within Afghanistan. ,The aircraft are owned by the Afghan Government. Head Office: Kabul, Afghanistan. Fleet: Two Twin Otter. Balair Ltd started general passenger and freight charters and inclusive-tour opera tions in 1957. Swissair holds a 40% interest, the Government 14% and private interests the remaining 46%. Balair now operates passenger and cargo charters on ad hoc basis, inclusive tours as well as daily scheduled services for Swissair within Switzerland, to Frankfurt, Paris, Geneva, and Innsbruck and cargo services to London, Manchester, Stuttgart and Vienna using DC-4 freighters. Head Office: Lautengartenstrasse 12, Basle, Switzerland. Executives: President, Dr F. E. Iselin; vice-president, Eugen Groh; executive direc tor, H. Moser; managing director, O. Gersbach. Employees: 370. Fleet: One CV-990A Coronado, three DC-6B, two DC^*, four F.27, one DC-3. On order: One DC-9-33CF. Balboa Airlines—see Aerovias International Balboa SA.
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