ACSA (AEROCARGO S. A. de C. V.): Mexico (1950-1977). Capt. Carlos Cervantes Perez forms this all-cargo carrier at La Paz in 1950 to fly fish from La Paz to California, via Tijuana. Services begin with a converted Douglas B-18 bomber and a Curtiss C-46. Additionally, passengers are flown to Bahia Tortugas and Isla de Cedros.
These operations are maintained during the 1950s with little change except for the addition of more Commando transports. In 1959, upon the collapse of Tigres Voladores, ACSA takes over that line’s special service of transporting home those Mexicans deported from the U. S.
In 1963, the company flies nearly 2,000 tons of fish. A Lockheed L-188AF is acquired late in the 1960s and service is started from Tijuana via Ensenada/La Paz to Merida, the longest route in the country. Later, in 1967, the Lockheed is replaced by a DC-6A. Operations cease in 1977.
ACTION AIRLINES: P. O. Box 117, East Haddam, Connecticut 06423, United States; Phone (860) 448-1646; Fax (868) 446-0130, Code XQ; Year Founded 1979. John A. Rutledge forms Action at Groton/New London Airport in Connecticut in 1979 to offer on-demand and seasonal air taxi flights to Block Island, Fisher’s Island, East Hampton, and Atlantic City. The fleet comprises 1 Piper PA-34 Seneca, 3 PA-32 Cherokee Sixes, 1 PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, and 1 PA-28 Cherokee.
Operations continue into the 1980s and, in 1984, year-round, daily, scheduled frequencies are initiated to Fisher’s Island. Little heralded, services are maintained throughout the remainder of the decade. In 1990-1991, the fleet comprises 3 Navajo Chieftains and 3 Senecas.
Two years later, in 1993, there are 4 Navajo Chieftains, 2 Senecas, and 2 Cherokee Sixes. Flights continue to link the company’s base with East Hampton, L. I. and New York (LG A). President Rutledge withdraws the Cherokee Sixes in 1994.
Operations continue apace in 1995-1998. During the latter year, President Routledge’s concern flies 3 Navajo Chieftains, 3 Senecas, 1 Cherokee Six, and 1 Cessna 172. It is understood that flights continue without change thereafter; exact information is, however, unavailable.
ACTION AVIATION, LTD.: Box 5898, Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Y1A 5L6, Canada; Phone (403) 633-3343; Fax (403) 667-4765; Year Founded 1990. Action is established at Whitehorse in 1990 to operate charter passenger and cargo flights into bush locations throughout the Yukon Territories. Employing de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and Cessna 180/185 aircraft, the company will link its main facility with satellite bases developed over the next 10 years at Atlin, Bunwash, Mayo, Ross River, and Watson Lake.
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