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1985
1985 - 0943.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Flying Tiger Line, formed on June 25, 1945 as National Skyway Freight, is a subsidiary of the Tiger International conglomerate, which also controls the Tiger-Air international aviation services and supply company. Flying Tiger was organised as the first all-cargo airline in the USA and took its present mime in 1946. The Company is a certificated all-cargo akline which carries freight and mail primarily on -scheduled flights over a worldwide route system covering North and Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Europe. FTL also operates worldwide cargo charters, together with USAF/MAC contract flights across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Flying Tiger absorbed Seaboard World Airlines on October 1, 1980, thus giving Tiger access to North Atlantic and European markets. A subsidiary, Metro International Airways, formed in January 1981 to operate scheduled and charter passenger services, ceased operations in early 1983 and its services taken over by Tower Air. Head Office: 7401 World Way West, Los Angeles International Airport, California 90009, USA. ^^'674-496. Executives: chairman & president, Wayne M. Hoff man; executive v-p, Lewis H. Jordan; senior v-ps: sales & service, Peter E. Hubbard; administration & general counsel, Lawrence M. Nagin; flight oper ations, Harold M. Woody. Employees: 6,400. Fleet: ten Boeing 747-200F, one 747-200, one 747-200C, seven 747-100F, three DC-8-63F, five DC-8-61F, nine 727-100C. Fort Worth Airlines, a newly established sched uled carrier, has commenced passenger services from Fort Worth (Meacham Field), its base, to Houston (Hobby). The Austin-San Antonio route is also served. Mid Pacific Air, from whom the YS-11 fleet is leased, are providing technical support. Head Office: Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Executives: president, Thomas King. Fleet: four NAME YS-11. Fred Olsens Flyselskap (Fred Olsens Air Trans port) was formed in June 1946 and is a subsidiary of the shipping group of the same name. The company specialises in passenger and cargo charter and contract work, calibration and executive charter flights. Head Office: PO Box 10, N-1330, Oslo Airport, Norway. -*^" 71645. Executives: vice-president, Alex Lange; technical manager, Rolf Kummeneje; operations manager, Terje Austenaa; purchasing manager, Arne Fribu. Employees: 145. Fleet: three L-188F Electra. Frontier Airlines was formed in June 1950 by a merger of three smaller carriers and has evolved into a large national airline. An extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo routes link cities in 22 states of the USA, and stretch from Illinois to the east, the Pacific Coast to the west, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to the south and Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, and Vancouver in Canada to the north. Control of the airline passed to RKO General in 1964, itself a subsidiary of Gen Corp. A plan has been agreed whereby Frontier's employees will acquire the company's stock. Frontier Horizon, a low-fare subsidiary, has reportedly been acquired by Skybus Corporation. Head Office: 8250 Smith Road, Denver, Colorado 80207, USA. ^tf 4-5752. Executives: president, M. C. "Hank" Lund; senior v-p administration, Allan G. Larkin; v-ps: finance/treasurer/chief financial officer, Robert G. Oatley; secretary, David N. Brictson; engineering & quality control, William B. Durlin; schedules, Thomas H. Lamb; maintenance, Frederick P. Schu- bel; controller, Dennis H. Wagner; flight operations, Jimmie P. Wyche. Employees: 5,100. , FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985 Garuda Indonesian Airways, the world's largest Fokker F.28 operator, has traded its F.28-1000s back to the manufacturer for F.28-4000s Fleet: 51 Boeing 737-200, five MD-80. Frontier Horizon was created as a wholly owned subsidiary of Frontier Airlines, formed by the parent carrier as a non-union, low-cost operator. Services commenced in January 1984 initially linking Denver with Chicago, Washington (Dulles), New York (La Guardia) and San Francisco. The carrier has reportedly been acquiired by Skybus Corporation which plans to rename the carrier Frontier Discovery and initiate service from Denver to London. Head Office: 3333 Quebec Street, Suite 2500, Denver, Colorado 80207, USA. Executives: president, John Blue. Employees: 250. Fleet: seven Boeing 727-100. Garuda Indonesian Airways is the state-owned Indonesian national airline formed on March 31, 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. One January 1, 1963, Garuda took over De Kkroonduif s domestic operations in West New Guinea (Irian) 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 to 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 Citra Sarana and Satriavi Travel Service. Head Office: Jalan Ir. H. Juanda 15, Jakarta, Indonesia. ^^'370709. Executives: president, R. A. J. Lumenta; general manager, Salman Hardani; managers: finance & company secretary, A. Tanod; flight operations, Capt Sumolang; maintenance/engineering, Capt Koesdjinatin; administration, Wiwiek Wahyudi. Employees: 7,264. Fleet: six Boeing 747-200, six DC-10-30, nine Airbus A300B4, 21 DC-9-30, eight Fokker F.28-1000, five F.28-3000, one F.28-3000C, 27 F.28-4000. Gatwick-Heathrow Airlink was formed 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-61N heli copter, owned by the British Airports Authority, leased by British Caledonian. The latter provides cabin staff and passenger and baggage handling at Gatwick while British Airways performs the ground services at Heathrow. Pilots and engineers are provided by British Airways Helicopters. The service is non-reservation and currently operates ten flights each day in each direction. Head Office: British Caledonian Airways, London Airport-Gatwick, Horley, Surrey, Great Britain. ^^-87161. Executives: manager/commuter & airlink services, Capt W. S. Ashpole; administration, Mrs B. A. Wells. Fleet: one Sikorsky S-61N. G 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 1931 as an offshoot of the Gibraltar shipping company, M. H. Bland & Co Ltd, and commenced .operations to Tangier. These were subsequently suspended until 1947. Present shareholders are the Marland Shipping & Trading Co.(51 per cent) and British Airways Associated Companies (49 per cent). The Gibraltar-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. ^^2211. Executives: chairman/managing director, J. J. Gaggero; directors: J. G. Gaggero, N. Thompson, R. Lynch, E. Simms, D. Muscrop, J. P. Gaggero. 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 and Africa. Head Office: Postfach 750271, Flughafen Frank furt, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 75, Federal Republic of Germany. ^4*- 4189142. Executives: joint managing directors: Wilhelm Althen; Siegfried Kohler. Employees: 210. Fleet: five DC-8-73F. 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. 83
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