960 WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY

FLIGHT International, 10 April 1976

Swissair (Schweizerische Luftverkehr AG) was founded on March 26, 1931, by the amalgamation of Ad Astra Aero and Basle Air Traffic, known as Balair. Ad Astra was founded in 1919 and began flying-boat operations in Switzerland before pioneering international routes. Thus Swissair can claim, with its pre­decessors, 57 years of continuous opera­tion, with scheduled international ser­vices going back to 1922, although its activities were severely restricted during the war. Since 1945 the company has grown rapidly and now operates a net­work of European routes, and services to North and South America, North, West, East and South Africa, the Middle and Far East. The company has a 56% holding in the current Balair and also has a technical and equipment agree­ment with SAS/KLM and UTA within the KSSU group. Share capital is held approximately 75% by private interests and 25% by public institutions.

Head Office: PO Box CH-8058, Zurich, Switzerland.

- ^ 52635. Executives: president, Armin Baltens-

weiler; d e p u t y president / secretary-general, Heinz Haas; executive vice-presidents: finance/a s s o c i a t e d com­panies, Hans Schneider; marketing. Hellmuth Scherrer; sales/service, Emil Koch; technical/operations, Franz Roth.

Employees: 14,010. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200B. six DC-8-62,

eight DC-9-50, eight DC-10-30, 21 DC-9-30, one DC-9-30F. On order: one DC-10-30, two DC-9-50.

Simulators: DC-8, DC-9, DC-10.

Syrian Arab Airlines is the Government-owned airline of Syria, established in October 1961 to succeed Syrian Airwavs (formed in 1946). Domestic services to Aleppo, Deir-Ezzor and Kameshli are operated, together with international services to Abu Dhabi, Athens, Baghdad, Benghazi, Cairo, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Karachi, Kuwait, London, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sharjah, Nicosia, Delhi, Jeddah and Teheran.

Head Office: PO Box 417, Youssel al-Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic.

Executives: chairman, Ma.j Gen Asaad Moukayed; managing director. Air Brig Gen Ahmad Antar; deputy director-general/personnel manager, Fadel She-hab; commercial director, Farouk Shara; financial director, Anwar Nihlawi; flight operations manager, Munir Jeiroudi; technical manager, Nouri Alem; ground operations manager, Riad Beyrakdar; planning manager, Bashir Bali.

Employees: 1,253. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320. two 727-200,

four Caravelle 10B, one DC-6B On order: two 747SP, one 727-200.

TAA—see Trans-Australia Airlines.

TAAG—see Transportes Aereos de Anjrola SARL.

Tabsa—see Transportes Aereos Benianos SA. Taca International A i r l i n e s was founded in El Salvador in 1939 as a subsidiary of the US Taca Corporation. Although Taca (Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos) once controlled a number of Central American airlines of that name, Taca International is the sole survivor. Since 1958 the major stock­holder has been the Kreite family. Scheduled passenger and cargo routes now extend from New Orleans and Miami to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and Jamaica.

Head Office: Edificio Caribe, 2 Piso, San Salvador, El Salvador.

Executives: president, Ricardo H. Kreite; vice-president/general manager. Jaime Quesada; assistant general man­ager, Fernando Calvo; vice-presidents: finance, W. B. Daly; traffic/sales. G. McHugh.

Employees: 510. Fleet: three One-Eleven 400, three

DC-6A.

TAC Colombia—see Aerovias del Cesar Ltda.

TAE—see Trabajos Aereos y Enlaces.

TAME CA (Transportes Aereos Naci-onales Ecuatorianos CA) is a branch of the Ecuadorean Air Force, and was formed in December 1962 to operate scheduled passenger and cargo flights and charter services from Quito and Guayaquil to Tulcan, Esmeraldas, Manta, Portoviejo, Cuenca, Loja, Machala and Macara, as well as the Galapagos Islands.

Head Office: Avenida 10 de Agosto 239, Quito, Ecuador.

Executives: chairman (Minister of Defence); vice-president (Chief of Air Staff); general manager. Col Bolivar Mora; assistant manager in charge, Dr Ramiro Arroyo Acosta; district manager. Col Patricio Garzon; traffic/sales man­ager, Fernando Jarrin; finance manager, Segundo Suquillo; accountant, Maria de Andrade; public - relations m a n a g e r , Ernesto Vasquez M.

Employees: 230. Fleet: four Electra, four DC-6B, three

HS.748, four DC-3.

TAN Airlines—see Transportes Aereos Nacionales SA.

Tana—see Taxi Aereo Nacional.

TAP—see Transportes Aereos Portu­gueses SARL.

Tarom—see Transporturile A e r i e n e Romane.

TAT (France)—see Touraine Air Trans­port.

TAT (Timor)—see Transportes Aereos de Timor.

Taxi Aereo N a c i o n a l (Tana) was formed in September 1971 to operate charter services to points in Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Colombia. Operations began in April 1972. Major shareholders in Tana are S. K. N. del Tolima and Patrick L. De Young.

Executives: general manager, Col(rtd) Alvaro Baquero Calderon; managers: traffic/sales, Patrick L. DeYoung; main­tenance, Robert Lafferty III; operations, Fernando Medrano.

Employees: 80. Fleet: "two DC-3, four Beech 18.

Taxi A via France (TAF)—see Touraine Air Transport.

Tempair International Airlines Ltd is a subsidiary of Templewood Aviation Ltd,

established in 1972 to provide wet-lease services. Complete requirements includ­ing aircraft, crews (flight and cabin), and operating expertise are provided as necessary on a contract basis, either to establish new airlines or to expand existing operations.

Head Office: Thames-side H o u s e , Thames Side, Windsor, Berkshire, Great Britain.

>" 848967. Executives: managing director, A. H.

Griffin; deputy managing director, J. Davis; flight-operations director, J. Ford-ham; commercial manager, John Wild­ing; chief pilot, Capt Graham Egerton.

Employees: 165. Fleet: two Boeing 707-321, two 720B.

To be acquired: three 707-320C.

Texas International Airlines Inc, known until 1969 as Trans-Texas Airways, was formed in 1940 as Aviation Enterprises, and began scheduled local services in October 1947. Texas International now serves nine states along a 10,000-mile route system and offers international services to Monterey and Mexico City.

Head Office: PO Box 12788, 8437 Lock­heed, Houston, Texas 77017, USA.

^644-77. Executives: president/chief executive,

Francisco A. Lorenzo; chairman, Donald C. Burr; executive vice-presidents: sys­tem manager. Robert D. Gallaway; planning/development, Robert J. Car­ney; senior v-ps: finance/administration, Robert D. Snedeker; marketing/public affairs, James A. Cassady; vice-presi­dents: technical services, James W. Arpey; personnel, Donald J. Breeding; operation (acting), Robert D. Gallaway; controller, Eugene G. Johnson.

Employees: 2,130. Fleet: four DC-9-30, 16 DG-9-15, 24

Convair CV-600.

Thai Airways Ltd was formed on Novem­ber 1, 1951, by the merger of Siamese Airways and Pacific Overseas Airlines (Siam). The Government holds 99-9% of the stock. Thai Airways operates domestic services and also flies to Vientiane and Penang. The airline is a majority shareholder in Thai Airways International, formed jointly with SAS.

Head Office: 6 Larn Luang Road, Bangkok, Thailand.

Executives: managing director, Lt Cdr Prasong Suchiva; managers: administra­tion, Jat Watanangkura; s e r v i c e s , Somachi Vanasant; operations, Capt Ratana Svetanant; financial, Choob Itthikul; traffic/sales, Prasad Sukhonda-bandu.

Employees: 456. Fleet: nine HS.748. two DC-3.

Thai Airways International Ltd is the designated flag carrier of Thailand, and was formed in August 1959 by an agree­ment signed in Bangkok by SAS and Thai Airways Company. SAS is a minority shareholder (307c ) in Thai Air­ways International, and supplies tech­nical and administrative assistance and equipment. Operations began in May 1, 1960, when Thai Airways International