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1984
1984 - 0530.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY London, Prestwick, Paris, Zurich, Diisseldorf and Frankfurt in Europe, and Bermuda. Charter flights are also undertaken. Tour organiser Touram is a subsidiary. Head Office: Place Air Canada, Montreal, PQ, Canada H2Z 1X5. ^^01-217537. Executives: chairman, Rene Amyot; president/chief executive officer, Claude I. Taylor; executive vice-president & chief operating officer, Pierre J. Jeanniot; senior v-ps: technical operations, L. M. Raverty; marketing sales and service, R. W. Linder; finance & planning, D. J. Groom; legal & government affairs, R. T. Vaughan; human resources, J. E. Whitelaw; v-ps: computer & systems, A. Bodnarchuk; operational planning & control, H. J. G. Whitton; maintenance & engineering, J. C. McDougall; flight operations, C. H. Simpson; facili ties & supply, B. R. Aubin; eastern region, G. G. Gauvreau; central region, J. R. McMurtry; western region, W. J. A. Rowe; Atlantic Canada region, B. F. Miller; US and southern, J. P. Labrie; European region, D. Bryce-Buchanan; in-flight service, H. H. Kantor; passenger marketing, G. Chiasson; cargo, B. A. Gillies; treasurer, W. J. Reid; financial planning, L. S. Desrochers; public affairs, M. E. Fournier; executive consultant, C. H. Glenn; controller, W. J. Brooks; general counsel, L. C. DesBois Q.C.; company secretary, F. Vallee-Ouellet. Employees: 23,506. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200B Combi, two 747-100, six DC-8-63F, one DC-8-50F, eight TriStar 1, four TriStar 100, six TriStar 500, six 767-200, 39 727-200, 35 DC-9-30. On order: six 767-200. Air Cargo Egypt commenced operations as a cargo charter operator in April 1977, with a leased DC-8- 61. Charter services are regularly provided to Europe and the USA. Head Office: 22 Taha Hussein Street, Zamalek, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. ^^ 92386. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C. Air Cargo Swaziland (Air Swaziland (Pty) Ltd) began cargo charter services early in 1980, linking Manzini with points in southern Africa. Head Office: Matsapa Airport, Manzini, Swaziland. Fleet: one Douglas DC-6B. Air Chad—see Air Tchad. Air Charter International (Societe Aerienne Francaise d'Affretement) was formed in 1966 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France to operate charter and inclusive-tour services. The shareholding was redistributed in 1977 when Air Inter received 20 per cent in return for an agreement not to operate charter services, along with Air France. Head Office: 12 rue Le Corbusier, Silic 318, 94588 Rungis Cedex, France. ^^ 270628. Executives: president, Jean-Didier Blanchet; general manager, Rodolphe Frantz; general secretary, Jean-Jaques Boyer; managers: R. Joffre, Jean- Jacques Ravey. Employees: 29. Fleet: four Boeing 727-200, three 737-200, five Caravelle 10B. Air Comores (Societe Nationale des Transports Aeriens) was formed on March 1, 1975, to succeed Air Comores SARL (founded in 1963 by Yves Lebret). Initially shareholders were Air France (51 per cent), and the Comorian Government (49 per cent), but in April 1977 the Company became wholly Government-owned. Scheduled passenger and cargo services link the capital Moroni with Anjouan, Dzaoudzi and Moheli in the Comoro Archipelago. Head Office: BP544 Moroni, Comoro Islands. ^^^218 SNTAAIR KO. Executives: general manager, Djamal Eddine Ahmed; commercial manager, J. Jammet; adminis tration, Said Abdailah; finance, I. Yacoub; 814 engineering, J. P. Laoue; operations/chief pilot, J. P. Astrand; cargo, Hassane Abdulkarim. Employees: 85. Fleet: one Fokker F.27-200. Air Djibouti (Red Sea Airlines) was formed in July 1971 when Air Somalie (founded in 1962 by Air France and Les Messageries Maritimes) took over the previous Air Djibouti (formed in 1963). Share holding was reorganised following independence in June 1977 and is now held by the Djibouti Govern ment (62-5 per cent), Air France (32-29 per cent) and banks and private interests the remainder. Scheduled passengeT and cargo services are operated over a domestic network linking Djibouti with Obock and Tadjourah, together with international services to Hargeisa, Dire Dawa, Sana'a, Jeddah, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Rome and Paris (Orly). Head Office: BP505, Rue Marchand, Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. >^5820. Executives: chairman, Aden Robleh Awaleh; general manager/operations manager, Paul Botbol; deputy g-m, Taher Issa; managers: administration/ financial, Norbert Maupas; commercial, Abdi Farah; engineering, Louis Barbotin; chief pilot, Capt Rama dan Abdi. Employees: 220. Fleet: one Boeing 727-100C, two Twin Otter. Air Europe, formed on July 18, 1978, is now part of the Intasun leisure group. Inclusive-tour and contract operations began in May 1979 and now serve points in Spain, Greece, Malta, Italy, Israel, Gibraltar, Portugal, and Tenerife from four cities in the UK on behalf of over 40 tour operators. Air Europe Travel service is a subsidiary. Head Office: Europe House, East Park, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6AS, Great Britain. ^•^'878288. Executives: chairman, Harry Goodman; managing director, Errol Cossey; technical director, Roy Phillips; operations director, Desmond de Verteuil; finance director, Tony Denham; non-executive direc tors: Sir James Hill Bt, S. Matthews, P. Woodward; managers: commercial, Shaun Dewey; contracts & services, Malcolm Simpson. Employees: 500. Fleet: one Boeing 757-200, seven 737-200. On order: one 757-200. Air Executive-Norway — see Busy Bee. Air Express International Airlines (AEI) is the airline division of the freight forwarders of the same name. All-cargo services link Chicago (O'Hare) with Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Miami, and Stansted (United Kingdom). Head Office: 120 Tokeneke Road, Darien, Connecticut 06820, USA. Executives: president, Gerry Bowring; vice- president sales, John Cook. Fleet: two Canadair CL-44. Airfast Services Indonesia was formed in 1971 to operate passenger and cargo charter services throughout South-East Asia. Main activities now comprise support to the on- and offshore oil industry (including heli-rig transport), mining, helilogging, seismic and photographic survey. Head Office: 10 Jalan Riau, Jakarta, Indonesia. ^^ 44497. Executives: President, F. D. Reuneker; executive director, Erlangga Suryadarma; managers: general, T. E. Steen; operations & chief pilot helicopters, C. A. Weitz; helicopters, A. S. Clarke; fixed wing, I. F. Finlayson; engineering, D. T. Beecham. Employees: 220. Fleet: three HS.748, one Fokker F.27-100, two DC-3, one Beech Queen Air, one Islander, one Aztec, eight Sikorsky S-58T, four Bell 204, two JetRanger, one Alouette III. Air Florida, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Florida System, began operations in September 1972 as an intrastate carrier. Following deregulation in 1978, the airline now operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 50 destinations in Florida, the north eastern and south eastern United States, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe. The airline is also affiliated with feeder services within Florida and to points in the Bahamas under the name Air Florida Commuter, introduced in 1981. Head Office: 3900 NW 79th Avenue, Suite 590, Miami, Florida 33166, USA. ^^ 51-9500. Executives: chairman Eli Timoner; president, Donald J. Lloyd-Jones; senior vice-presidents: sales & service, John Fasolino; operations, Richard Scully; vice-presidents: sales and service, Mark Creasser; finance, H. Charles Wedel; personnel and industrial relations, Donald Hays; maintenance, Anthony E. Coulson; Europe, Fred Battaglia; flight operations, David P. Mulligan; inflight services; Judy W. Under wood; general counsel, Robert Silverberg; treasurer, Samuel Blaney. Employees: 1,872. Fleet: one DC-10-30, 14 Boeing 737-200, two 737-100. On order: three 757-200. Air France was founded on August 30, 1933, when Societe Centrale pour l'Exploitation de Lignes Aeriennes (formed shortly before, on May 17, by the merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Inter nationale de Navigation Aerienne and Societe Generale de Transport Aerien) purchased the assets of Compagnie Generale Aeropostale. After the Second World War air transport was nationalised and Societe Nationale Air France was set up on January 1, 1946, followed by Compagnie Nationale Air France on June 16, 1948, when the airline was incorporated by Act of Parliament. Today the state holds (99 • 38 per cent) of shares, the remainder lying in the hands of public and private interests. Air France's operations range from an intricate pattern of medium-haul routes throughout Europe and to North Africa and the Middle East, to a long-haul network extending to North and South America, the Caribbean Islands, Africa, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean, China, Tokyo, and other points in the Far East. Air France also operates the Postale de Nuit internal night mail services, which have achieved a very high standard of reliability and regularity using F.27-500s and Transalls. Some Euro pean routes are operated for Air France by Touraine Air Transport. Commercial supersonic services, inau gurated simultaneously with British Airways in January 1976, currently operate between Paris and New York. Air France has financial interests in Air Gabon, Air Guadeloupe, Air Djibouti, Air Inter, Air Madagascar, Air Mauritius, Cameroon Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, and Tunis Air. Aviation-related subsidiaries include Societe des Hotels Meridien, Sotair (Jet Tours), Tourisme France International, Servair, Societe Immobiliere, Aeroportuaire, Sodetair, and Air Charter Inter national. Head Office: 1 Square Max Hymans, 75757 Paris Cedex 15, France. ^#^200666. Executives: chairman, Pierre Giraudet; president, Henri Sauvan; secretary general, Marc Maugars; executive vice-president finance, Paul Bruyant; senior vice-presidents: industrial relations/com munication, Gerard Orizet; technical, Jean Treins; commercial, Jean Didier Blanchet; inspector general, Jean-Claude Martin; deputy secretary general, Jacques Depardon; inspect general flight/cabin crew, Geo Strohm; vice-presidents: data processing/tele communications/facilities, Marc Denis; management control, Jacques de Guerny; medical services, Dr Jean Lavernhe; international agreements/industry affairs, Mme Colette Rivoal; flight operations; Jean Massotti; terminal/inflight services, Robert Guidoin; engineering/maintenance, Claude Kientz; general manager cargo, Camille Allaz; personnel/industrial relations, Joel Lunot. Employees: 34,594. . Fleet: seven Concorde, two Boeing 747-200B, eight 747-200B Combi, six 747-200F, 15 747-100, FLIGHT International, 31 March 198' 1 1
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