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The multi-national African
regional and long-haul airline Air Afrique has two
DC-8s in service
withdrawn in 1961. At present its only international route serves Piura, Peru.
Head Office: Avenida 10 de Agosto No 2147,
Quito, Ecuador.
Executives: Capt Luis Arias, president; Capt
Agustin Arias, vice-president and general
manager.
Fleet: three DC-7B, two DC-3, one DC-4.
Aerovias Halcon SRL is an Argentine nonscheduled carrier operating both domestic and
international cargo flights.
Head Office: Parana 133, Buenos Aires,
Argentine.
Fleet: one DC-4, one C-46.
Aerovias Helices Ltda operates non-scheduled
freight services within Colombia.
Head Office: Calle 12, No 23-07, Bogota,
Colombia.
Executive: Benjamin Sarta, president.
Fleet: two Fairchild C-82A Packet.
Aerovias Hoffman is a Colombian operator that
undertakes work in the Caribbean.
Head Office: Apartado Aereo 4456, Bogota,
Colombia.
Executive: Capt Hans D. Hoffman, managing
director.
Fleet: two PBY-6A Catalina.
Aerovias International Balboa SA—Balboa
Airlines—previously known as Aerovias Transcaribe SA, is a scheduled cargo carrier
serving points in South and Central America
as well as Miami.
Head Office: Balboa Airport, Canal Zone,
Panama.
Executives: Roberto A. Torres, president;
George C. Graham, general manager.
Employees: 23.
Fleet: one C-46, one Douglas B-26.
Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras SA—
ANHSA—is a Honduran domestic operator
formed in 1950. Owned 84% by Servicio
Aereo de Honduras SA. Points served
include Juticalpa, La Ceiba and Trujillo from
Tegucigalpa.
Head Office: Avenida Colon y 4A Calle,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Executives: Jorge A. Torres, president/general
manager; Jorge A. Coello, vice-president.
Employees: 13.
Fleet: two DC-3.
Aerovias Nacionales Quisqueyenas C por A is a
Dominican carrier that has sought CAB
permission to serve San Juan, Puerto Rico from
Dominica.
Head Office: Aeropuerto Cabo Caucedo,
aanta Domingo, Dominica.
Fleet: two DC-3.
Ae
rovias Panama Airways—APA—founded in
I ' 3 1 >« Aerovias Interamericana de Panama
a A, began operations primarily as a cargo
earner using leased C-46s. Routes from
ranama to Miami, Guyaquil, Barranquilla,
"Ogota, Maracaibo, Caracas and Lima were
awarded by the Panamanian Government in
1952. More recently charter work in the Congo
was undertaken. Due to financial problems
and increasing competition operations were
suspended in January 1965.
Head Office: Calle B, No 1, El Cangrejo, PO
Box 43-8, Panama City.
Executives: H. Barletta, president; Gilberto
Arias, exec vice-president; C. R. Howell,
secretary/treasurer.
Fleet: five DC-6B, one DC-6, four DC-4, seven
C-46.
Aerovias Rojas SA is a Mexican scheduled
carrier operating between Oaxaca and Ixtepec
in Southern Mexico.
Head Office: 8 Avenida 5 de Mayo, Oaxaca,
Mexico.
Executive: Lie Carlos Cortes, manager.
Fleet: one DC-3.
Aerovias Sud Americana Inc—ASA International Airlines—was formed in 1947 as a
contract cargo carrier to operate from Tampa,
Florida, to Havana. In December 1952 the
company was granted the first international
all-cargo certificate as a scheduled carrier.
ASA now serves El Salvador, Honduras,
British Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The
carrier's name was changed on April 1 to
Air Americana.
Head Office: Building 1011, Miami International Airport, Miami Springs, Fla, USA.
Executives: Robert M. Ayerill, president;
William M. Dunn, vice-president/treasurer.
Employees: 65.
Fleet: two DC-4, one C-46, two Martin 404.
Aerovias
Venezolanas
SA—Avensa—the
Venezuelan domestic carrier was formed in
June 1943. Domestic operations started jn
1944 followed by international operations in
June 1955. The international services of
Avensa and LAV were merged in April 1961
to form VIASA, in which Avensa has a 45 %
holding. Shareholders are Pan American with
30 %, and the remainder by H. L. Boulton and
Co. The company is currently converting its
fleet of Convairs to Allison turboprops.
Head Office: Apartado 943, Caracas, Venezuela.
Executives: Andres Boulton, acting president
and general manager; H. L. Boulton, exec vicepresident.
Employees: 1,500.
Fleet: one Caravelle, four Convair 580, one
440, six 340, six DC-3, three C-46.
Aer Turas Teoranta, the Irish independent
charter carrier, ceased operations during
September 1964.
A. Fecteau Transport Aerien Ltee. This
Canadian bush operator's history goes back
to 1936 when Arthur Fecteau started services
at Senneterre, Quebec, with a TravelAir
biplane and later a Cirrus Moth. Today the
company, which was incorporated in 1955,
operates in support of mineral exploration
activjties and fur trading throughout the
Province of Quebec.
Head Office: PO Box 220, Senneterre, Quebec,
Canada.
Executives: Arthur Fecteau, president; Sylvio
Menard, secretary/treasurer.
Fleet: three DHC Otter, 13 Beaver, five Cessna
180.
Afric Air—Societe Algerienne de Constructions Aeronautiques—is an Algerian passenger
and cargo charter operator.
Head Office: BP 8, Dar-el-Beida Airport,
Algiers, Algeria.
Executives: J. Lignel, president/directorgeneral; J. Baudier, director.
Fleet: two DC-3, one Beech 18, two Piper
Aztec, three Apache, four Avro 19.
Africair Ltd, a subsidiary of the General
Mining and Finance Corporation Ltd, manages
the airline moving African personnel for the
Witwatersrand Native Labour Association
Ltd, known more generally as Wenela Air
Services. Operations with 40-seat DC-3s and
104-seat DC-4s are carried out between various
points in Rhodesia, Zambia and Bechuanaland
and Francistown. Charter work is also
undertaken.
Head Office: 6 Holland Street, PO Box 1173,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Executives: J. Scott, chairman; T. V. Mitchell,
managing director.
Fleet: 11 DC-3, three DC-4 one Beech 18.
Aigle Aziir Extreme Orient (formerly Aigle
Azur Indochine) operates non-scheduled
services from Saigon.
Head Office: Box 369, Saigon, Viet Nam.
Executive: A. Pruzzese, director-general;
Sylvain Floirat, president.
Fleet: three Boeing 307 Stratoliner, four DHC
Otter.
Air Afrique was originally conceived in March
1961 as a joint Air France/UAT subsidiary to
take over the regional services of these airlines
in Africa after integration. It was reconstituted
as a joint venture between Air France and
UTA who each have a 17% holding, and 11
independent African states (12 when Togo
joins this year) who contribute 66% of the
capital. UTA provide technical assistance and
equipment and operations started in August
1961, services being flown internally and
between 22 states of Africa plus Marseilles,
Nice, Paris and Geneva. A service from
Douala, Abidjan, Cotonou, Robertsfield and
Dakar to New York with DC-8s is planned for
this year.
Head Office: Abidjan, BP293, Ivory Coast,
West Africa.
Executives: Cheikh Fal, president/directorgeneral; Roger Loubry, vice-president; Jean
Cadeac d'Arbaud, dep director-general;
Guibral N'Diaye, secretary general; Robert
Dugue, commercial director; Jean Hennequin,
director of operations; Jean-Claude Revil,
technical director; Ferdinand Rodriguez,
financial director.
Employees: 2,500.
Fleet: two DC-8-50, four DC-6, three DC-4.