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1984
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY 60 per cent with I he transfer of some BOal stock. Passenger, freight and aircraft-handling facilities are operated at Yundum Iniernational Airport under a ten-year management agreement with BOal. Head Office: City Terminal, Wellington Street, Banjul, Gambia. Executives: chief executive, R. Harfitt. Garuda Indonesian Airways is the state-owned Indonesian national airline formed on March HI, 1950 by the Government and KLM, as the successor to the post-war Inter-Island Division of KLM and the pre-war KNILM. Nationalisation took place in March 1954. On -January I, 196;!, Garuda took over l)e Kroonduifs domestic operations in West New Guinea Irian I and a year later they were handed over to PT Merpati Nusantara, the nationalised domestic operator. In October 1978 Garuda took over Merpati Nusantara Airlines, which continues to operate under its own name. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated from Jakarta to London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt. Paris, Rome. Zurich, Athens. Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, Colombo. Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore. Hong Kong, Manila, Sydney. Perth and Melbourne and tit Tokyo via Denpasar. Garuda's domestic network extends one-tenth of the way round the world, linking -Jakarta with more than 30 points throughout the archipelago. Garuda''s aviation-related interests include the Sanur Beach and Nusa Dua Beach hotels, the catering subsidiary PT Angkasa Oitra Sarana and Satriavi Travel Service. Head t>flit-e: -lalan Ir. H. Juan-da 15, Jakarta, Indonesia. ^^ 370709. Executives: president. Wiweko Soepono; general manager, Salman Hardani; managers: finance & company secretary, A. Tanod; flight operations. Cap! Sumolang: maintenance/engineering, Oapt Kocsdjinatin; administration. Wiwiek Wahyudi. Employees: 7,264. Fleet: six Boeing 717-200. six DC-10-30, nine Airbus A300B4. 21 DC-9-30, ten Fokker F.28-1000, live F.28-3000, two F.28-30000. 18 F.28-4000. On order: ten F.28-4000. Gat wick-Heathrow Airlink was forrned in 1978 to operate a high-frequency passenger shuttle between London s Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. Services began on June 8, 1978. using a Sikorsky S-6T.N heli copter, owned by the British Airports Authority, leased by British Caledonian. The latter provides cabin stall and passenger and baggage handling at Gatwiek while British Airways performs the ground services at Heal hrow. Pilots and engineers are provided by British Airways Helicopters. The service is non-reservation and currently operates ten flights each day. in each direction, at a single one-way fare Head Office: British Caledonian Airways, London Airport-Catwick, Horlev. Surrev. Great Britain. ^*^871ol. Executives: manager/commuter ik airlink services, Capt \Y. S. Ashpole: administration, Mrs B. A. Wells. Fleet: one Sikorsky S-61N. C B Airways, formerly trading as Gibair until November 1981. is the name under which Gibraltar Airways operates scheduled services from Gibraltar to London and Tangier. The company was formed in 1-931 as an offshoot of the Gibraltar shipping company, M. H. Bland & Co Ltd, and commenced opera! ions to Tangier. These were subsequently suspended until 1947. Present shareholders are the Marland Shipping & Trading Co (51 per cent) and British Airways Associated Companies 149 per cent). J1 he (li brail a r- London route is operated with a Boeing 737 leased from Britannia Airways. Charter operations are also undertaken in the Mediterranean area. Head Office: Cloister Building, Market Lane. Gibraltar. >*<-2U. Executives; chairman/managing director, -J. -J. Gaggero; directors: J. G. Gaggero, N. Thompson, H. 84$ E. Green, R. A. Spender. M. G. Bossano. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200, one Viscount 800. General Aviation Services—see Air Atlantique. German Cargo Services was formed in 1977 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa to operate domestic and international cargo charter services worldwide, especially to the Near East, East and West Africa. Head Office: Postfach 750271, Flughafen Frank furt, D-ftOOO Frankfurt am Main 75, Federal Republic of Germany. ,>^4189142. Executives: joint managing directors: Wilhelm Althen; Siegfried Kohler. Employees: '.VI, Fleet: four Boemg 707-3200. On order: four 1)0-8- 73CF. Ghana Airways Corporation was formed in July 1958 by the Ghana Government to take over the Ghana operations of the former West African Airways Corporation. International routes now link Accra with Rome and London. West coast DC-9 services link Accra with Lagos, Abidjan, Monrovia, Freetown, Conakry, Banjul, Dakar. Lome, and Cotonou, and extensions are planned to Douala, Libreville, and Luanda. Domestic F.28 services serve Kumasi, Sunyani and Tamale. Head Office: PO Box 1636. Ghana House. Accra. Ghana. Executives: managing director, Group Capt Frank Okyne; commercial manager, R. A. Kumah; chief accountant, E. E. Kwesie; chief engineer, . . A. Tandoh; corporation secretary, E. Bruce-Ayeh; public relations officer, Mike M. Anamzoya, Employees: 1,900. Fleet: one DC-10-510, one DC-9-50, one Fokker F.28-4000, one F.28-2000. Gibraltar Airways—see GB Airways. Global International Airways, formed on December 28, 1977 and commencing passenger charter services in August 1978, filed for Chapter "IT protection on October 19, 1983. lis operating certifi cate was subsequently suspended on December 23. 1983, Head Office: Air World Centre, 10920 Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153, USA, ^^424189. Fleet: seven Boeing 707-320B. Great American Airways began scheduled passenger services linking Reno with Oakland early in 1980. These have since been discontinued and the carrier currently operates charter services throughout the western USA and British Columbia for Reno and Lake Tahoe area casinos. Head Office: Reno—Cannon International Airport. PO Box 10165, Reno. Nevada, 89510, USA. ^^ 170029 GAA RNO. Executives: general manager, Ken Damask; y-p & director purchasing, Richard K. Stephan; director operations, Kenneth Kroger, chief pilot, Larry Horacek; director technical services, Arthur Rieca. Employees: 24. Fleet: one DC-9-10. Gronlandsfly A/S (Greenlandair) was established in November 1960 and holds the sole concession to operate domestic scheduled services together with international and domestic charters. Equal stock holders are the Government, Royal Greenland Trading Company, Cryolit Mining Oresund and SAS. Scheduled passenger and cargo services link the capital Godthab with Meslersvig. Scoresbysund, Angmagssalik, Sondre Stromfjord, Frederikshab. Groennedal, Narssaq, Julianehab, Nanortalik, Sukkertoppen, Holsteinborg, Egedesminde, Godhavn, Umanak, Upernavik, Jakobshavn, Christ ianshab, Quanak and Thule. Besides scheduled traffic, Green landair uses helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for special operations such as offshore supply flights, ice reconnaissance, heavy-lift, survey and exploration services and supply flights to DEW-line stations for the USAF in Greenland and eastern Canada, Green landair Charter (light helicopters), Greenair (world wide heavy helicopter charter) and Green Lodge (real estate administration) are subsidiaries. Head Office: PO Box 1012. DK-390U, Godthab. Greenland. ^^jK" 16973, Executives: chairman. Christian Jensen; president, Olaes Piper; executive vice-president, Ole Steen Jensen; managers: flight operations, Knut A. Solbakken; traffic, Jorgen Skov; technical, Jorgen Oerstam; administration/personnel. Erik Bjerre- gaard; accounting. Leif Kamstrup: marketing, Ole Steen Jensen; planning. Ole Dam. Employees: 370. Fleet: two Dash 7. two Twin Otter, one Cheyenne 2, seven Sikorskv S-61M, two Jet Ranger, five Bell 212. Gulf Air was formed in March 1950. Equal share holders since April 1, 1974. are the Gulf States of Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. A network of scheduled passenger and cargo services links Bahrain with Abu Dhabi. Amman. Baghdad. Beirut, Bangkok. Bombay, Cairo, Colombo. Dhahran. Delhi. Doha. Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait, Larnaca, London, Muscat, Manila, Paris, Ras Al Khaimah, Salalah, Sharjah, Shiraz, Teheran, Tunis and Athens. Charter work is also undertaken. Bahrain Airport Services, Gulf Helicopters Ltd, Gulf Hotels. Abu Dhabi Airport Services, and Doha Airport Services are subsidiary companies of Gulf Air. Head Office: PO Box 138. Bahrain. ^^8255 GULF HQBN. Executives: chairman, H. E. Yousef Al Shirawi; deputy chairman, H. E. Salim Bin Nassar Al Busaidi; acting general manager administration, Ali Mohamed Al-Jassim; general managers: commercial. Nicolas Moudarri; financial affairs, Hassan Juma; technical and operations services, Mohamed Al-Maskary. Employees: 3.387. Fleet: 11 TriSlar, eight Boeing 737-200. Gulf Helicopters was formed in 1970 to operate general charter services in the Gulf area. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Gulf Air Company, (ISC. Head Office: PO Box 811, Doha, Qatar. Executives: chairman. Ahdulla Hamad Al Attiya; executive director, Abdul la Al Soweidi; directors: Abdul Hameed Alawi; Sultan Ghanoom Al Hameli; Mohamed Noor Sultan. Ahmed Modh Ismail Al- Ghani; manager, W. L. Williams; chief pilot, Capt. J. H. Kirk; chief engineer; M. F. Davis. Employees: 62. Fleet: six Bell 212. Guy-America Airways, which commenced oper ations on June 2, 1981, providing scheduled passenger services between New York Cl. F. Kennedy) and Georgetown, Guyana, has ceased operations following the suspension of its operating certificate in March 1983. Guyana Airways Corporation was founded in 1939 as British Guyana Airways. In July 1955 the Government bought out BOA and in September 1963 the name was changed to Guyana Airways. A network of scheduled services links Georgetown with 24 points in Guyana, and Miami. New York, Port of Spain and Barbados. Cargo flights are operated to: Miami, the Caribbean and Brazil, and charter work is also undertaken..British Airways provides manage ment assistance under contract. Head Office: 32 Main Street, PO Box 102, Georgetown, Guyana. FLIGHT International. 31 March 19H
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