NCA is established at Long Beach in 1983 as an all-cargo commuter airline. In addition to charter and contract flights, the company, employing two Hamilton Westwind IIIs (converted Beech 18s), inaugurates scheduled freight flights in southern and central California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Operations continue apace during the remainder of the decade and into the 1990s as the fleet is enhanced by the addition of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-100 Twin Otter (upgraded to Dash-200 standard) and a Beech 1900C. Destinations visited include Albuquerque, Burbank, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Phoenix, and Tucson.
Unable to survive the airline recession and higher fuel bills brought about because of the Gulf War, NCA closes its doors in early 1991.
NORTH CROSS AIRLINES, A. B.: Sweden (1990-1993). This new entrant is established at Helsingborg in late 1990 from the assets of failed Liz-Air, A. B. to provide scheduled commuter services to local destinations. Managing Director Andres Ericsson’s inaugural fleet comprises 2 Dornier 228-200s.
Scheduled domestic operations commence in the spring of 1991 and by fall, traffic is sufficient to warrant acquisition of a third Dornier. During the spring of 1992, service is inaugurated to the Polish city of Gdansk. Unhappily, the fierce Swedish recession in the spring of 1993 forces the company, losing money, to shut down.
NORTH EAST BOLIVIAN AIRWAYS, LTDA.: Freighter Casilla 1740, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Phone (42) 29596; Fax (42) 29595; Code NBA; Year Founded 1970. NEBA is established at Cochabamba in 1970 as a nonscheduled all-cargo carrier. Thirty years later, in 2000, Edgar Rios Caoro is manager and the fleet includes 1 each Curtiss C-46C Commando and Convair CV-440-86 Metropolitan.
NORTH EASTERN AIRWAYS, LTD.: United Kingdom (19351947). Capitalized at ?20,000 and with Lord Grimthorpe as chairman, this airline is registered at London on March 4, 1935. The initial fleet comprises Airspeed Envoys, which are employed to initiate London (Heston)-Newcastle flights on April 8 via Leeds. The Newcastle route is extended to Edinburgh on May 27.
The targeted victim of a railroad effort to eliminate the small independents by ending their participation in the railroad agent ticketing business, the company suspends operations in July. The assets are purchased by Alp Airline, Ltd., which is planning a London (Croydon)-Switzerland service.
Following an 18-month hiatus, thrice-weekly Airspeed Envoy flights are opened from London (Croydon)-Perth on November 2, 1936, via
Doncaster, Yeadon, and Newcastle. Seven de Havilland DH 89As are acquired.
The Perth route is extended to Aberdeen on April 5, 1937, but will be withdrawn in the fall from lack of radio aids. Meanwhile, on July 1, two experimental proving services are started from Hull to Manchester via Doncaster and from Hull to Grimsby, with the former extended to Liverpool in September. Summer service from London (Croydon) to Knocke and Le Zoute is initiated on July 29 and ended on September 6.
The Liverpool-Doncaster route is closed in February 1938. In April, a Newcastle-Glasgow service is undertaken especially for those attending the Empire Exhibition at the Scottish capital. The frequency is changed in October for a Doncaster-Glasgow route via Edinburgh. On October 3, mail is added to a DH 89A route from Perth to London (Croydon) via Newcastle, Yeadon, and Doncaster, although it is only unloaded at Newcastle and London.
In accordance with the September 16 Air Navigation Order, the new Air Transport Licensing Board (ATLB) on October 21 grants the carrier route certification from London (Croydon)-Perth and Glasgow and from Hull-Doncaster and Grimsby.
The company joins IATA in 1939. On September 3, war is declared on Germany and all civil flying ceases. Company operations are suspended, but not resumed; the carrier is absorbed into British European Airways Corporation (BEA) on February 1, 1947.
NORTH EASTERN CARGO AIRLINES (SVGAL): 7 Reki Maga-danski, Naberezhnaya Reki, Magadan, 685007, Russia; Phone 9 (41322) 24 336; Fax 9 (41322) 21 082; Code MGD; Year Founded 1993. NECA is founded at Magadan, near the Sea of Okhotsk in Siberia, in 1993 as a subsidiary of Magadan Air Concern (Magadan Aviakon-cern MAK). U. K. Braynev is named general manager and is provided with a fleet of 4 Ilyushin Il-76TDs and 4 Antonov An-12s. These are employed to initiate ad hoc all-cargo charter flights to domestic and international destinations. MAC is reformed into Magadan Airlines (Mag-adanskie Avialinii) in 1995.
Service is maintained during the remainder of the decade and into the new millennium. In this period, Vladimir Brainen becomes director general and his fleet is reduced by one each Il-76TD and An-12. An application is filed and approved for the operation of long-haul charters from Russia to the U. S. A hub is simultaneously opened at Manston, England, for short - and medium-haul flights into Western Europe and Russia, many of which are operated by An-12s under a contract with the cargo division of British Airways, Ltd. (2). Several Il-76TD charters are flown from Magadan to Houston via Manston, transporting oil industry gear to Central Asian locations. Ilyushin flights between Manston and Sverdiovsk are also common.
NORTH FLYING, A. S.: Aalborg Lufthavan, Norresundby, DK-9400, Denmark; Phone 45 9817 3811; Fax 45 9817 9052; Code NFA; Year Founded 1990. Hanstholm-based North Flying A. S. names Holger Jorgensen as its premier managing director in 1990. An inaugural fleet is assembled comprising 1 Beech King Air 100, 1 Fairchild-Swearingen Metro II, and 2 Piper PA-31-310 Navajos. These are employed to inaugurate scheduled commuter flights to Aalborg, Stavanger, and Esbjerg.
Soren Ibent becomes managing director in 1992 and he alters the fleet by withdrawing the King Air and adding a second Metroliner.
The fleet in 1993-1994 grows to include the 2 Metroliners, the Navajos, and 1 each Partenavia PN-68, Cessna 340, and Cessna 337.
Flights continue in 1995-1999, during which years the company also flies a Pilatus-Britten-Norman PBN-2 Islander and an Aerospatiale Corvette SN-601. Scheduled services continue, along with such charter missions as crew transfer and express “just-in-time” flights.
NORTH JAPAN AIRLINES COMPANY, LTD. (KITA NIHON KABUSHIKI KAISHA): Japan (1953-1964). North Japan is formed by the local Hokkaido government and private investors at Sapporo on June 30, 1953 to provide air taxi and charter flights throughout
Hokkaido. With backing from Japan Air Lines Company, Ltd. (2) and leased Douglas DC-3s, the company begins scheduled services in July 1957 linking its base with Memanbetsu and Makashibetsu.
Among company highlights is the receipt in early 1959 of the former Hawaiian Airlines DC-3 The Moanalua, the American carrier’s first Douglas transport placed into service in 1941. The new owners complain about patches on the new aircraft’s fuselage, not immediately realizing that they cover bullet holes made by Japanese aircraft during their attack on Pearl Harbor.
In June, The Moanalua opens a new route from Sapporo to Wakkanai, the northernmost city in Japan.
A number of Convair CV-240s are purchased from the Sikiya Trading Company during late spring 1960 and enter service from Sapporo to Hakodate on August 1. During the fall, Convairliner service to Kushiro is launched.
Service from Hokkaido to Honshu begins on April 1, 1962 with a new route to Akita. The company receives a permanent certificate from the government on November 1. With inauguration of the summer 1963 schedule in March, the company offers frequencies from Sapporo to Tokyo via either Hachinoye or Hakodate and Akita.
As the result of several air accidents befalling the nation’s smaller carriers, the Ministry of Transport in early 1964 elects to rationalize the regional airline industry. On April 15, North Japan is one of three small carriers merged to form Japan Domestic Airlines Company, Ltd.
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