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(22%) and Austral (30%). Operations are now integrated with those of Austral whose One-Elevens operate in conjunction with ALA.

Hear Office: Sarmiento 859, Rosario. Argentina.

Executives: General manager. William J. Reynal: commercial adviser, Dr Rafael Belaustegui: operations manager, Cdre Vicente R. Martorano.

Fleet: Three DC-6, five DC-3, two C-46 On order: Five YS-IIA (ordered jointly with Austral).

Aero Trasporti Italian! SpA (ATI), formed in December 1963, started operations in June 1964 using F.27s. The company is owned 90% by Alitalia and 10% by Istituto Ricostruzione Industriale. ATI was formed to operate Alitalia's domestic services which had previously been flown by SAM, and since June 15, 1966, has been operating "Air Bus" domestic services in Libya under contract to Kingdom of Libya Airlines with two F.27s based on Tripoli, which also fly KLA services to Malta. ATI has now taken over the management of Elivie.

Head Office: Aeroporto Capodichino. Naples. Italy.

Executives: Chairman. G. Buonamico: managing director, A. Castellani: operations manager. M. Borghesi: commercial man­ager, P. L. Borgna: administrative manager. R. Lenci: maintenance manager. F. Pavolini.

Employees: 400. Fleet: Ten Fokker F.27-200. On order:

Four DC-9-30.

Aerotransportno Poduzece JPTT (Pan Adria) is a state-owned domestic operator formed in 1963 to fly scheduled mail services between Zagreb, Belgrade, Skopje, Dubrovnik. Zadar and Mostar. Crop spraying and other agri­cultural aviation work is also undertaken.

Head Office : Grgura Ninskog 2. Zagreb. Jugoslavia.

Executives: Managing director. Slavijan Belmaric: operations manager. Ing. Zlatko Kurjakovic: commercial manager. J. Balen.

Employees: 98. Fleet: Three Aero Commander 500U. one

Aero 145. one Colt, eight Pawnee.

Aerovias CA Servicios Apure operates third-level internal services within Venezuela.

Head Office: Calle Comercio 22. San Fernando de Apure. Venezuela.

Executive: President, Jose V. Monje. Employees: 26. Fleet: One Beaver, five Cessna 180. two

Cessna 185. Aerovias Colombianas Ltda (Area) operates scheduled freight services within Colombia as well as charters.

Head Office: Carrera 5A. No 15-17. Bogota. Colombia.

Executive: General manager. Hernando Gutierrez.

Fleet: Two DC-3.

Aerovias Condor de Colombia Ltda (Aero-condor) was formed in 1955. Scheduled international services between Bogota-Medellin-Barranquilla-Miami are operated by the Electra together with Bogota- Aruba-Curacao, while DC-6s link nine cities within Colombia. Aerotaxi Condor is a subsidiary.

Head Office: Carrera 45B, No 34-72. Barranquilla, Colombia.

Executives: General manager, Saul Pertuz: technical director, Juan B. Millon: opera­tions manager, Gunther Lanchman.

Employees: 400. Fleet: One Electra. three DC-6, four

C-46.

Aerovias del Sur SA operate scheduled passenger/cargo services from Gudalajara to Acapulco via Zamora and Morelia and from Mexico City to Morelia and Altamirano.

Head Office: Luis Moya No. 115C. Mexico 1 DF, Mexico.

Fleet: two DC-3, one Cessna T-50. one Cessna 180. one Cessna 170.

Aerovias del Valle Ltd (AVE Airlines) com­menced operations in December 1951 and operate daily scheduled passenger/cargo services from San Jose to a dozen domestic points.

Head Office: PO Box 1287. San Jose. Costa Rica.

Executive : Manager, Fernando Cruz. Fleet: five Cessna 180.

Aerovias Ecuatorianas C Ltda (AREA) was founded in November 1948 and began operations in February 1949. Major share­holders are the president and vice-president/ general manager. AREA operate scheduled domestic services and during 1965 obtained a CAB permit to recommence a service, suspended in 1954 on the Guyaquil-Quito-Miami route via Bogota.

Head Office: Calle Bolivar 318, Quito. Ecuador.

Executives: President, Capt Luis Arias: vice-president/general manager. Capt Ajus-tin Arias: asst general manager. Capt Gerardo Arias: operations manager. Capt Galo Arias: traffic manager. Cesar Sevilla.

Employees: 400. Fleet: One Comet 4. one DC-7B. one

DC-4. one DC-3. two Bell 204B.

Aerovias Halcon SRL was known until 1963 as Transportes Aereos Mirleni, and oper­ated scheduled domestic freight services to 21 points in Argentina and international cargo services to Miami and to seven South American countries.

Head Office: Parana 433. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Executive: Managing director, Osvaldo Parrondo.

Fleet: One L-1649A, three C-46. one DC-4, two Cessna 182.

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Aerovias Internacional Balboa SA (Balboa Airlines) previously known as Aerovias Transcribe SA. operates scheduled cargo services to Miami and points in Latin America. Balboa also operate a cargo ser­vice, David-Panama City-Miami.

Head Office: Apartado Postalle 4010, Calle 30, Panama City, Panama.

Executives: President, Roberto A. Torres; general manager, George C. Graham. Fleet: Two C-46, one DC-4, one Douglas B-26.

Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA (Avianca) is the oldest airline in the Americas. As Avianca it was formed in 1940 as the result of a merger of SCADTA (founded in 1919) and Servicio Aereo Colombiano. SCADTA was founded by German interests but in 1931 Pan American Airways acquired an 80% interest—now reduced to 38%. Avianca operates an ex­tensive domestic network and services within South America and to Mexico, the USA, Panama and Europe. In April 1954 Avianca acquired the second largest Colom­bian airline, LANSA, -and in 1952 also took over SAETA. More recently, Avianca has acquired Sociedad Aerea del Tolima SA. and—through its subsidiary Aerotaxi— Sociedad Aeronautica de Medelin (SAM). Aerotaxi is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avianca, while Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia (Helicol) is owned jointly by Avianca and the Keystone Helicopter Corp.

Head Office: 7a Carrera, Nos 16-84, Bogota, Colombia.

Executives: President, Juan Pablo Ortega. Vice-presidents: executive, Sabas Pretelt; technical. Rafael Barvo: commercial, Herbert Wild: financial, Ernesto Mendoza: maintenance, Alvaro Cala; comptroller, Gonzalo Herrera: secretary-general, Ernesto Vasquez.

Employees: 7,800. Fleet: One Boeing 707-359B, three 720-

059B. four 727-59. two 737-59, two HS 748, one L-1049G, 14 DC-4, 17 DC-3.

Aerovias Nacionales de Honduras SA (ANHSA) is a Honduran domestic operator formed in 1950. Owned 84% by Servicio Aereo de Honduras SA. A small domestic network is operated from Tegucigalpa.

Head Office: Avenida Colon y 4A Calle, Tegucigalpa. Honduras.

Executives: President/general manager, Jorge A. Torres: vice-president. Jorge A. Coello.

Employees: 13. Fleet: Two DC-3.

Aerovias Nacionales Quisqueyanas C pqr A operates scheduled cargo services to Miami via San Juan from Santo Domingo, and passenger services to San Juan. Charters are also undertaken.

Head Office: Cabo Caucedo Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Fleet: Two Constellation, two DC-3. two C-46, one Cessna 205.

Aeronayes de Mexico has four DC-8-SOs; this one carries the (968 Olympic Games symbol Aerovias Omega SA commenced operations in May 1967 and was formed by Mauricio de la Lama, owner of the Beech distributors for Mexico, Aeromex SA, to operate third-level services with Beech 99s between Mexico City and Queretaro with an exten­sion to Irapuato and other industrial centres.

Head Office: Avenida Hangares de Avia-cion 123, Mexico 9, DF.

Executives: General manager, Mauricio de la Lama: operations manager, Juan Rivero.

Employees: 65. Fleet: Two Beech 99, one Beech E18S.

Aerovias Puntarenas SA operates scheduled feeder services from San Jose's Sabana air­port to Puntarenas and several other domes­tic points.

Head Office: Costado Norte Sabana, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Fleet: Aztec.