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1985
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY 1969 to operate charter flights, mainly to areas where numbers of Jugoslav emigrants are to be found, such as Australia and the USA. J AT aircraft are chartered as required. Head Office: Mose Pijade I/III, Belgrade 11000, Jugoslavia. ^4^ 12125. Executives: general manager: Markovic Zoran. Employees: 55. Air Zaire, known until October 1971 as Air Congo, was formed in June 1961 as the national airline of the Congo, since renamed Zaire. Major shareholders are the State (80 per cent), Institut National de Securite Social (8 per cent), and the Caisse d'Epargne du Zaire (8 per cent); the remainder is held by other institutions. An extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services is operated to domestic points from Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, together with international services to Abidjan, Libreville, Douala, Lagos, Lome, Dakar, Bujumbura, Conakry, Luanda, Brussels, Paris, Rome, Athens and Nairobi. Head Office: BP8552, Avenue du Port 4, Kinshasa 1, Republic of Zaire. ^^21313. Executives: president/director general, Geyoro Te Kule; directors: technical, Emil Gason; operations, T. Lusamba; commercial, Mubiala Kuilu; financial, Panzu Atale. Employees: 4,819. Fleet: two Douglas DC-10-30, two DC-8-63F, three Boeing 737-200C, one 737-200, two Fokker F.27-600. Air Zimbabwe, formerly Air Rhodesia, was founded in 1961 as a statutory body controlled by a board responsible to the Ministry of Transport. The airline assumed its present name when the country attained its independence and became the Republic of Zimbabwe in April 1980. Over the years, Air Zimbabwe co-existed with Affretair, designated the national cargo airline. In May 1982 the Government directed the two airlines to combine their operations, and Affretair was taken over by Air Zimbabwe in July 1983. Air Zimbabwe operates a network of scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services linking Harare, the capital, with Bulawayo, Kariba, Hwange National Park, Victoria Falls, Gweru, Masvingo, and Buffalo Range; regional services to Nairobi, Johannesburg, Durban, Gaborone, Blantyre, Lusaka; and intercontinental services to London, Frankfurt, and Athens, as well as a flight in associa tion with Qantas from Harare to Perth and Sydney using 747SP capacity provided by the Australian carrier. Head Office: PO Box A.P.I, Harare Airport, Harare, Zimbabwe. ,^^4548ZW. Executives: chairman, R. G. Kerswell; general manager, A. T. Mutyambizi; directors; technical, T. G. Mushambi; finance, L. J. Kamukosi; manager operations, Capt F. A. R. Garner. Employees: 1,443. Fleet: five Boeing 707-320B, seven Viscount 700. Alaska Airlines adopted its present title in 1944, having been founded in 1932 as McGee Airways and subsequently merged with several small carriers. Alaska Airlines operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo routes linking California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Cities served include Ontario, Burbank, Palm Springs, San Fran cisco, Bethel, Oakland, San Jose, Boise, Portland, Seattle, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Yakutat, Cordova, Glacier Bay, Valdez, Nome and Kotzebue. In addi tion to the fleet as detailed three Boeing 727-200 aircraft are operated on daily lease under interchange arrangements with American. Head Office: PO Box 68900, Seattle, Washington 98168, USA. ^^ 32-8723. Executives: chairman/chief executive/president, Bruce R. Kennedy; executive vice-president/chief operating officer, Gus Robinson; senior vice- presidents: industrial relations, Robert E. Gray; public affairs, James A. Johnson. Employees: 2,700 winter; 2,660 summer. Fleet: 13 Boeing 727-200, two 727-100C, three 727-100, five 737-200C, two MD-80. On order: seven MD-80. Alaska International Air (AIA)—see Markair. Alia—The Royal Jordanian Airline is the wholly Government-owned national airline established in December 1963. Subsidiaries include Arab Wings, Royal Tours, Alia Hospitality Services, Arab Air Cargo and Arab Air Services. Scheduled passenger and cargo services link Amman with Abu Dhabi, Aqaba, Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat and Riyadh in the Middle East and Gulf area; Karachi and Singapore in SE Asia; Cairo, Tripoli, Tunis and Casablanca in Africa; Athens, Rome, Vienna, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Geneva, Belgrade, Istanbul and Larnaca in Europe, and New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in North America. Head Office: PO Box 302, Amman, Jordan. ^^21501 ALIA JO. Executives: chairman, Ali Ghandour; president, Mahmoud Jamal Balqez; vice-presidents: finance, Fahed Fanek; marketing/sales, Iyad Khalidi; planning/scheduling, Nizar Aryne; administration, Zuhair Dahman; engineering, Zeid Kilani; engine overhaul, Bahij Halawani; operations, Capt Jihad Irsheid; public relations, Munib Toukan; special projects, Fouad Matta; passenger services, Akel Biltaji. Employees: 4,655. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B Combi, three 707-320C, six 727-200, seven TriStar 500. On order: two TriStar 500. Alisarda was formed in March 1963 as an air-taxi and charter operator in Sardinia. Scheduled services began in May 1966 and now link Olbia, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Pisa, Rome, Cagliari, Verona, Genoa, and Venice, plus seasonal services to Paris, Geneva, Zurich, and Nice. Alisarda is an associate company of the Consorzio Delia Costa Smeralda, in which Prince Karim Aga Khan has a major interest. The MD-80 fleet is operated during the summer season and leased out to ONA during the winter. Head Office: 193 Corso Umberto, Olbia (Sassari), 07026, Sardinia, Italy. ^^ 790043. Executives: president, Paolo Riccardi; managers; general, Franco Trivi; administration, Ubaldo Trivellin; commercial, Sebastiano Barrera; technical services, Alberto Nocchi; ground operations, Rolando Aureli; sales, Rodolfo Ciccarelli. Employees: 600. Fleet: two MD-80, three DC-9-50. Alitalia (Linee Aeree Italiane) was originally formed in September 1946. Operations began in May 1947 and the present name was adopted in 1957 when, with the backing of IRI, (the present major stockholder in Alitalia), the two major Italian airlines, Alitalia and LAI, merged. Subsidiary com panies include ATI, Aermediterranea, Aeroporti di Roma, and SIGMA. Alitalia operates a worldwide network of scheduled passenger and cargo services from Italy to points in Europe, Africa, North and South America, the Middle and Far East, and Australia. Head Office: Palazzo Alitalia, Piazzale Giulio Pastore, 00144 Rome, Italy. ^^610036. Executives: chairman, Umberto Nordio, deputy chairman: Vittorio Vaccari; Franco Carraro; manag ing directors: Maurizio Maspes; Luciano Sartoretti; senior directors: finance/control, Alfredo Messina; strategic planning, Giorgio Zadra; technical and flight operations, Ferruecio Pavolini. Employees: 18,293. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B Combi, five 747-200B, one 747-200F, three DC-10-30, eight Airbus A300B4, seven 727-200, ten MD-80, 17 DC- 9-30, two Piaggio P166-DL3, four SIAI Marchetti SF-260. On order: one 747-200B Combi, one 747-200B, 20 MD-80. 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 Railroad, the Tokyu Corporation and the Tokio Marine and Fire Insur ance 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, Kasumigaseki Building 3-2-5, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. ^^ANATLX A J33670. Executives: chairman, Tokuji Wakasa; president, Taizo Nakamura; deputy president, Akio Kondo; executive vice-presidents: safety promotion, Yoshiyuki Funatsu; general affairs, W. Japan, Masahiro Suwa; administration/finance/legal/ insurance, Shuhei Ota; engineering and maintenance, Hiroshi Asakura; senior vice-presidents: corporate planning, Seiji Fukatsu; flight operations, Noboru Hosobuchi; personnel/purchasing/facilities, Kenji Hozumi; airport research and planning, Kanichi Marui. Employees: 10,795. Fleet: 17 Boeing 747SR, 17 TriStar 1, 11 767-200, 13 727-200, 14 737-200, 19 YS-llA, one JetRanger, four AS.350. On order: 12 767-200. Displaying the airline's indigenous motifs, Boeing 727-lOOs and -200s operate most of Alaska Airlines' services linking Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington State 50 FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985
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