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1983
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Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT— Jugoslav Airlines) was formed in 1947 and is wholly state-owned. An extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services is operated from and among 16 domestic points to 37 cities in Western Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, North Africa, North America the Middle and Far East. Air Jugoslavia is a subsidiary formed to operate charters using JAT aircraft as necessary. Head Office: PO Box 749, Bircamnova I/Ill, Belgrade 11000, Belgrade, Jugoslavia. ^11401. Executives: president, Vladimir Kovacevic: senior vice-presidents: opera tions, Milan Radojcic; planning, Branislav Krstic; corporate, Vladimir Maletkovic; international, Cedomir Sikuljak; internal, Milan Vujicic; economics, Igo Nadj; direc tors: flight operations, Capt Franc Pintar; technical, Stanislav Lackovic; commercial, Milisav Cavic; ground operations, Dragan Dosljak; charter, Zoran Markovic; catering, Tomislav Vesovic; common affairs, Branko Premk; financial, Svetislav Gvozdenovic; acting director, public relations, Prvoslav Milinkovic. Employees: 6,015. Fleet: * two DC-10-30, four Boeing 707-320C, nine 727-200, 13 DC-9-30. Kabo Air provides domestic services with Caravelles acquired from Air Inter in 1982. Head Office: Kano Airport, Kano, Nigeria. Fleet: two Caravelle 3. Karadeniz Hava Yollari was formed in June 1980 to provide passenger services between Istanbul and destinations on the Black Sea coast including Giresun, Rize, Samsun, and Trabzon. Head Office: Yesilkoy Airport, Istanbul, Turkev. Fleet: two Fokker F.28-1000. Karair, established in 1957, operates scheduled domestic and international char ter services. It continues the operations of Karhumaki Airways, formed in 1951 as a subsidiary of the old established Karhumaki aircraft manufacturing and maintenance organisation. Geological survey work is also carried out. During 1962 Finnair acquired a 29 per cent interest in Karair, since increased to 35 per cent. A scheduled service is operated between Helsinki and Lappeen- ranta using aircraft leased from Finnair, plus worldwide charters. Head Office: Helsinki Airport, SF-01530 Helsinki-Vantaa-Lento, Finland. ^124769. Executives: chairman, G. Korhonen; man aging director, T. Karhumaki; flight opera tions director, P. Palenius; chief engineer, K. Nurmi; maintenance manager, P. Vaisa- nen; purchasing manager, V. Kiviaho; sales manager, P. Siira. Employees: 145. Fleet: one DC-8-51, one Twin Otter. Katale Aero Transport provides cargo ser vices with a fleet of Britannias. The com pany has acquired the charter operator, Zaire Aero Service. Head Office: BP 360, Goma Kivu, Zaire. Fleet: four Britannia 253F. Kenn Borek Air began operations in 1971 and acquired Kenting Aviation in 1975. Scheduled, charter, survey, and aero- medical flights are operated throughout Canada's Northwest and Yukon Territories from Inuvik and Resolute Bay. In addition to the non-scheduled activities a base at Dawson Creek, British Columbia, provides a flight training facility. Leasing and interna tional charter services are operated out of Calgary, Alberta. Head Office: 120-290 McTavish Road N.E., Hangar 4, Calgarv International Air port, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7G5. Executives: general manager, S. R. Penikett; chief pilot, K. A. Harvey. Employees: 90. Fleet: one DC-3, two Beech 99, 12 Twin Otter 300, one King Air 100, one King Air 90, one Baron, two Cessna 185, one Cessna 172, two Cessna 152. Kenya Airways was formed on January 22, 1977, by the Kenyan Government to operate domestic and international scheduled ser vices from Keyna when East African Air ways ceased operations owing to severe financial problems. Scheduled passenger services began early in February 1977 and now link Nairobi with Cairo, Athens, Rome, Zurich, London, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Khartoum, Dubai, Jeddah, Karachi, Bom bay, Addis, Ababa, Mogadishu, Seychelles, Entebbe, Harare, Mauritius and Lusaka. Internal services are operated from Nairobi to Mombasa, Malindi and Kisumu. Head Office: Embakasi, PO Box 19002, Nairobi, Kenya. Executives: chairman, Maina Wanjigi; managing director/chief executive, R. S. Nyaga; general managers: corporate plan ning and management services, Juney Dil- lenbeck; finance, V. R. Kulkarni, commer cial, J. B. Ehrlich; technical, R. Moore; chief pilot, Capt S. Chepkwony. Employees: 2,600. Fleet: three Boeing 707-320B, one 720B, one Douglas DC-9-30, two Fokker F.27-200. Kenya Flamingo Airways is the charter subsidiary of Kenya Airways, providing international passenger and cargo services with aircraft leased from the parent com pany. Kibris Turk Hava Yollari (Cyprus Turk ish Airlines) was formed on December 4, 1974. Equal shareholders are THY-Turkish Airlines and the Cyprus Turkish Commun ity Assembly Consolidated Improvement Fund. Scheduled passenger services began in February 1975 from Ercan (Tymbou) Air port, eight miles east of Nicosia, and serve Istanbul, Ankara, Adana.and Izmir. Head Office: Bedreddin Demirel Square, Nicosia (Lefkosa), Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. ^-22750. Executives: president, Peker Turgud; vice-president, Halidun Tongal; managers: general, Muammer Inal; commercial opera tions, Onder Koroglu; financial accounts, Hasan Gayde; personnel administration, Selahaddin Atac. Employees: 136. Fleet: Boeing 727-200, DC-9-30. KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maats- chappij NV), the national airline of the Netherlands, began operations in 1920. A European network was established and ser vices extended to Java in 1929. Operations were begun in the West Indies in 1935 and these were continued throughout the Second World War, enabling KLM to claim more than 60 years of continuous operations. The airline currently operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services from Amsterdam to points in Europe, North and Latin America, Africa, the Near, Middle and Far East and Australia. The Netherlands Government is the major shareholder with 71-3 per cent. Wholly owned subsidiaries WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY include KLM Aerocarto, KLM Helicopters, and NLM City Hopper. A 25 per cent hold ing in Martinair is also held. Head Office: 55 Amsterdamseweg, Ams- telveen, Netherlands. ^11252. Executives: president, S. Orlandini; man aging directors: J. F. A. de Soet; L. J. van Ameyden; general manager, B. van de Breevaart; deputy general manager, G. J. de Wit; general secretary, E. Heyning; mana gers: finance/holdings, P. C. W. Albeda van Eeckenstein; central planning/research, A. H. M. Kruytzer; legal affairs, J. A. Ottevanger; personnel P. A. H. Schling- emann; public relations, R. Wunderink; fore ign relations/co-operation, H. A. Wassen- bergh. Employees: 19,042. Fleet: nine Boeing 747-200B, seven 747-200B Combi, nine DC-8-63, six DC-10-30, 12 DC-9-30, six DC-9-30F, one DC-9-10. On order: one 747-300 Combi, ten Airbus A310-200. KLM Helikopters, known as KLM Nordzee Helikopters until June 1977, was formed in October 1965 as a wholly owned subsidiary of KLM. General helicopter charter work originally operated only in the North Sea area, is now undertaken worldwide and includes charter, offshore support flights, aerial crane, survey and shore-to-ship ser vices (supplies or pilots), and search and rescue Head Office: PO Box 7700, Building 70, Schiphol Airport East, Amsterdam, Nether lands. ^ 13422. Executives: managing director, H. S. Jonker; deputy managing director, R. J. van der Harten; chief engineer, P. W. J. van der Splinter; chief pilot, H. Zeedijk; operations manager, J. Zweep; marketing Western Europe, V. Quarles van Ufford, R. Kruidenier; international operations, W. J. van der Woude; controller, F. Lindeman. Employees: 166. Fleet: seven Sikorsky S-61N, three S-76 Spirit. Korean Air Lines was formed in June 1962 to succeed Korean National Airlines (formed in 1948). KAL was originally wholly owned by the Government of Korea but was acquired by the Har Jin Group in 1969. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Seoul, Pusan, and Cheju to Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, Niigata, Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Manila, Colombo, Bahrain, Dhahran, Bagh dad, Jeddah, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Tripoli, Zurich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and New York. Head Office: KAL Building, 118 2-GA, Namdaemun-Ro, Chung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. ^K27526. Executives: chairman/president, Choong Hoon Cho; executive vice-president, Choong Kun Cho; directors and senior vice- presidents: marketing and traffic, Eui Tak Myung; general affairs, personnel, facilities, and training, Chang Hak Hwang; Kim Po airport operation, Moon Soo Pyun; directors and vice-presidents: planning and manage ment, Young Soo Song; general affairs and facilities, Ho Yong Chung; aviation health management, Won Chuel Kay; legal affairs, Tae Hee Lee; marketing Yong Do Lee; air craft purchasing and sales, Seung Hoo Hong; special project and marketing, Kuk Rok Kim; maintenance and engineering Won Kab Lee; special project and develop ment, Joon Myung Kim; flight dispatch and safety administration, Sang Mook Kim; ~,FLIGHT International, 2 April 1983 915
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