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1985
1985 - 0914.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY All Star Airlines, a US charter operator, received its operating certificate in April 1983. Head Office: 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA. ^^^ 6817341 ASTAR-UW. Executives: president, Nawal Taneja; executive vice-president, Gillian H. Thomas; v-p/director oper ations, Paul B. Bermingham; v-p finance, James Nixon; director marketing and planning, William C. Messecar. Employees: 95. Fleet: three DC-9-10. ALM—see Antilliaanse 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, freight and small package 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 Inter national Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. ^^^743-0125. Executives: chairman, Dr Hung Wo Ching; president/chief executive, Joseph R. O'Gorman; vice- presidents: finance & chief financial officer, Randy Rogers; operations, Jeff Erickson; marketing & services, Maury Myers; controller, Loy Montes; flight operations, J. I. Williamson. Employees: 800. Fleet: one DC-10-30, 13 Boeing 737-200. Altair Linee Aeree was formed in 1980 to operate passenger charters to points in Europe and the Mediterranean area, and operations began in March 1981. The company is 70 per cent owned by Pegasus Holidays. Head Office: Via Monte Altissimo 4, 1-43100 Parma, Italy. Executives; chief executive, Antonio Conti; manag ing director, Leo Pasanisi; commercial director, Salvatore Ruggeri; operations director, Cdt Vitelli. Fleet: three Caravelle 10B, two Caravelle 3. Alyemda-Demoeratic Yemen Airlines was formed on March 11, 1971 by presidential 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, Damascus, Riyan, Seiyun, Al Ghayday, Qishn, Beihan, Socotra and Ataq. Head Office: PO Box 6006, Alyemda Building, Khormaksar Civil Airport, Aden, People's Demo cratic Republic of Yemen. ^^269. Executives: chairman/general manager, Ahmed Masood Al-Alwani; directors: technical, Saeed N. Sinan; commercial, Ali A. Atahs; operational, Fareed S. Abdulla; planning, Abdulla M. Badhoris; staff/administration, Saleh S. Bahanan. Employees: 1,000. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, two 720B, two 737-200C, one Tupolev 154, three DC-6B, three Dash 7, three DC-3. American Airlines was founded in 1934 as a direct successor to American Airways, formed in 1930, and other predecessor 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 scheduled 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 Vallarta to the south. In 1971 the airline absorbed Trans Caribbean Airways and began flying to Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands (as American American's substantial commitment to the Boeing 767-200 and MD-82 is the foundation of the. carrier's fleet modernisation and network expansion programme 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 Jamaica and other Caribbean points, and in 1979 added a number of US mainland destinations includ ing cities in the southeast, midwest, and southwest. American commenced services from Dallas to London in May 1982 following the demise of the route's former operator, Braniff. Subsidiaries include Sky Chefs, an in-flight catering, restaurant and retail shop operation; AA Development Corporation and AA Energy Corporation, engaged in the development of energy resources; AA Training Corporation, which markets flight- and ground-training resources, equip ment and services; and Agency Data Systems, marketing mini computer-based accounting systems for travel agents. Head Office: PO Box 61616, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261, USA. ^^^ 791651. Executives: chairman/chief executive officer, Robert Crandall; senior vice-presidents: operations, R. J. Masiello; marketing, T. G. Plaskett; airline planning, W. G. Kaldahl; controller D. J. Carty; general counsel, R. A. Lempert. Employees: 38,700. Fleet: ten DC-10-30, 45 DC-10-10, ten Boeing 767-200, 35 MD-80, 125 727-200, 38 727-100. On order: 20 767-200, 67 MD-80. American International Airways was formed in 1981 to operate passenger services, primarily gambling charters to Atlantic City. The operator subsequently expanded into scheduled services, covering 13 cities in the northeast, midwest and Florida from hubs at Philadelphia and Atlantic City, before filing for protection under chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy laws on July 19, 1984. American Trans Air was formed in 1973 and operated private services under the Ambassadair Travel Club title until March 1981, when domestic and worldwide passenger charter services began. ATA is wholly owned by Capt J. George Mikelsons. Head Office: PO Box 51609, Indianapolis Inter national Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana 46251, USA. .^^27-2223. Executives: president J. George Mikelsons; execu tive v-p, Jerry W. Taylor; v-ps: maintenance, John L. Braun; operations, William A. Gaddis; sales, Will iam L. Culkin; treasurer, Jerry V. Winter. Employees: 796. Fleet: one DC-10-10, one DC-10-40, six L-1011 TriStar, six 727-100. America West Airlines, a US regional airline incorporated in September 1981, commenced sched uled low-fare passenger sevices from its Phoenix hub on August 1, 1983. America West now serves Albu querque, Austin, Burbank, Calgary (Alberta, Canada), Colorado Springs, Des Moines, Durango, El Paso, Grand Junction, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Montrose, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Palm Springs, i Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, Tucson and Wichita. Head Office: 222 South Mill Avenue, Tempe, - Arizona 85281, USA. Executives: chairman/CEO Edward R. Beauvais; president/COO, Michael J. Conway; senior v-ps: planning, Donald R. Neilson; operations, Don Monteath; marketing, Mark J. Coleman. Employees: 1,500. Fleet: two Boeing 737-300, 19 737-200, three ' 737-100. ANDES—see Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador. Anglo Cargo (Anglo Airlines), formed on October 17, 1983, provides world-wide ad hoc cargo charter services. The company is owned by Mr and Mrs T. Oldham. Head Office: Unit 15, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2NX, Great Britain. ^* 877452 ANGLO C G. Executives: chairman, T. Oldham; commercial director, Mrs M. Oldham. Employees: 27. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C. Angola Airlines — see (.inhas Aereas de Angola. 54 Ansett Airlines of Australia, one of Australia's . two major domestic carriers, was founded in 1936 by R. M. Ansett as Ansett Airways. In 1963 a control-^ ling interest was acquired in MaeRobertson Miller Airlines, which is now wholly owned and operates as Airlines of Western Australia. Other wholly owned subsidiaries include Airlines of Northern Australia, Airlines of South Australia, and Air New South Wales. Now itself a subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries, the company operates an extensive ' network of scheduled passenger and cargo services , covering all the states of the Commonwealth of Australia. Cargo operations are conducted as the -, Ansett Air Freight division of ATI. In 1979 there were nearly 18,000 ordinary shareholders in ATI, but in 1980 this changed to two major shareholder l parties, Sir Peter Abeles' Thomas Nationwide Trans port Group and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, who between them now own 99 per cent of ATI. Head Office: 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ^^AA30085. Executives: joint managing directors: Sir Peter Abeles, K. R. Murdoch; executive directors: finance and administration, A. Notley: general manager: E. J. B. Forrester; deputy general managers: G. J. P. McMahon, A. J. Yates; directors: operations, Capt M. T. Terrell; engineering, J. Bibo; planning & services, J. McAllister. Employees: 7,487. Fleet: five Boeing 767-200, 12 727-200, 12 737-200, five Fokker F.27-400. On order: ten F.50. FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985<
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