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World airline directory All Nippon Airways was formed in December 1952 as the Japan Helicopter and Airplane Transport Co. Scheduled operations began in 1953, JHAT was merged with Far Eastern Airlines in 1958 and took over Fujita Airlines in 1963, Nakanihon Air Services in 1965, and Nagasaki Airways in 1967. Among the stockholders are the Nagoya Rail road, the Tokyu Corporation, and the Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated to 33 cities in Japan, together with charter services to Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, and Beijing (Shanghai). Head Office: PO Box 106, Kasumiga- seki Building 3-2-5, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. A* 222-3064. Executives: chairman, Tokuji Wakasa; president, Masamichi Anzai; deputy presidents: Norio Shimuzu; Naoi Wata- nabe; executive vice-presidents: flight operations, Isao Ishida; administration/ finance/accounting, Ryotaro Nakatsuka; senior vice-presidents: marketing, Yoichi Hayashi; engineering/maintenance, Yoshiyuki Funatsu; purchasing / facili ties/personnel, Shuhei Ota; Western Japan, Masahiro Suwa; traffic adminis tration, Hiroshi Asakura. Employees: 11,125. Fleet: 15 Boeing 747SR, 20 TriStar 1, 22 727-200, 15 737-200, 27 YS-11A, five JetRanger, one AS.350. On order: two 747SR, 25 767-200. AI,M—see Antillaanse Luchtvaart Maat- schappij. Aloha Airlines was founded in June 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines, began operations in July of that year and changed its name to Aloha in 1958. Scheduled passenger services are operated between Lihue, Honolulu, Hoolehua, Kahului, Kona and Hilo. Major stockholder is the chairman. Aloha has a 10 per cent holding in Air Micronesia. Head Office: PO Box 30028, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. •••"743-0125. Executives: chairman, Dr Hung Wo Ching; vice-chairman, Kenneth F. C. Char; president/chief executive, Edward E. Swofford; executive vice-president, Capt P. N. Economou; vice-presidents: finance-treasurer, G. Stephen Holaday; marketing, Bert D. Thomas; mainten ance, Stanford Fichtman; flight opera tions, J. I. Williamson; property/facili ties, M. V. Hellerstedt; public relations, Alvin R. Koo. Employees: 1,000. Fleet: ten Boeing 737-200. On order: one 737-200. Altair was formed in 1980 to operate passenger charters to points in Europe and the Mediterranean area, and opera tions began in March 1981. Head Office: Viale Angelico 32, Naples 80144, Italy. Executives: chief executive, Antonio Conti; managing director, Leo Pasanisi; commercial director, Salvatore Ruggeri; operations director, Cdt Vitelli. Fleet: one Caravelle 3. gan that December. Principal shareholder is the chairman Tristram Colket. Scheduled passenger services now link Philadelphia, New York (J. F. Kennedy), Islip, White Plans, Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Allentown/Bethlehem/ Easton, Pittsburgh, Harrisburgh/York, Newark, Wilmington, Baltimore/Wash ington International, Buffalo, Bing- hampton, Richmond, Elmira/Corning, Rochester and Jacksonville. Head Office: Scott Plaza 2, Philadel phia, Pennsylvania 19113, USA. Executives: chairman, Tristram C. Colket; president/chief executive, Henry P. Hill; vice-presidents: market ing, Bill Watson; flight operations, Fred Simmonds; finance, Patrick Rod- gers; planning/scheduling, Jack Shawn; maintenance/engineering, Edward Bol linger; customer services, John K. Stumpf III. Employees: 589. Fleet: six Fokker F.28-4000. On order: four F.28-4000. Alyemda—Democratic Yemen Airlines was formed in March 1971 by presiden tial decree as the national airline of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (formerly known as South Yemen or Aden). Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Aden to Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Sharjah, Mogadishu, Djibouti, Bombay, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Riyan, Seiyun, Alg- hedia, Qishn, Beihan, Socotra and Ataq. Head Office: PO Box 424, Alyemda Building, Khormaksar Civil Airport, Aden, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. -*-269. Executives: general manager, Saeed Nagi Sinan; managers: commercial, Ali Awadh Altahs; commercial planning, Ahmed Nagi Kassim; sales, Adel Ahmed Alawi; outstations, Alawi Hus sein Farhan; financial, A. Alhajiri; ground handling, Saleh Abdulla Saeed; technical, Saleh Hussein Soofi; person nel, Abdul Karim Awadh; traffic, Jameel Abdul Latif. Employees: 871. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, one 720B, one Tupolev Tu-154, five DC-6/6B, three Dash Seven, three DC-3. American Airlines was founded in 1934 as a direct successor to American Air ways, formed in 1930, and other prede cessor companies dating back to 1926. Currently operating a fleet of over 230 aircraft, American is one of the world's largest airlines by any yardstick, and in the past has sponsored designs such as the DC-3, CV-240, Electra, CV-990, DC-7 and DC-10. A network of sched uled passenger and cargo services extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts, plus services to Toronto and Montreal in the north and Mexico City, Acapulco, Guadalajara and Puerto Val- larta to the south. In 1971 the airline absorbed Trans Caribbean Airways and began flying to Puerto Rico, the US Vir gin Islands (as American Inter Island), Aruba, Curacao and Haiti. American started services to Bermuda, Barbados and Santo Domingo in 1975 through rights acquired in a route exchange with Pan Am. The airline also flies to the Bahamas, Jamaica and other Carib bean points, and in 1979 added a num ber of US mainland destinations includ ing cities in the southeast, midwest, and southwest. Subsidiaries include Sky Chefs, an in-flight catering, restaurant and retail shop operation; AA Develop ment Corporation and AA Energy Cor poration, engaged in the development of energy resources; AA Training Cor poration, which markets flight and ground-training resources, equipment and services; and Agency Data Sys tems, marketing mini computer-based accounting systems for travel agents. Head Office: PO Box 61616, Dallas/ Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261. USA. Executives: chairman/chief executive officer, Albert V. Casey; president/chief operating officer, R. L. Crandall; senior vice presidents: operations, D. J. Lloyd- Jones; administration, G. E. Overbeck; marketing, T. G. Plaskett; secretary, A. H. McNamara; vice-presidents: pas senger sales/advertising, R. W. Baker; personnel, N. W. Byl; passenger ser vices, W. E. Crosby; maintenance/en gineering, R. J. Masiello; purchasing, J. V. Dooley; flight, D. E. Ehmann; properties, O. W. Hullet; marketing re sources, W. G. Kaldahl; aircraft sales/ services, G. R. Sanborn; freight market ing, G. A. Shipman; public relations, D. C. Frailey; controller, D. J. Carty; general counsel, R. A. Lempert. Employees: 34,500. Fleet: eight Boeing 747-100, six 747- 100F, 34 DC-10-10, 125 727-200, 54 727-100, five Convair CV-440. On order: 30 Boeing 767. American Eagle Airlines was formed in 1979 to operate worldwide charters, and Altair Airlines was founded in 1967 as a commuter airline and operations be- Aeromexico DC-10-15 FLIGHT International, 3 April 1982 817
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