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1985
1985 - 0948.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Iranian Asseman Airlines is the company formed after the Islamic revolution as a result of the merger of Air Taxi Co (formed 1958), Pars Air (formed 1969), Air Service Co (formed 1962) and Hoor Asseman. In addition to operating an extensive high frequency domestic network, the carrier also undertakes domes tic and international charter services, and operates and maintains Falcon 20, F.27, and Turbo and Aero Commander aircraft on behalf of various customers. Head Office: Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, Iran. -<«^'"212575ATXI IR. Executives: managing director, M. H. Shahangian. Employees: 700. Fleet: two Fokker F.28-4000, one F.27-600, two FH.227B, four Falcon 20F, seven Turbo Commander, 12 Aero Commander, three Piper Chieftain, three Islander. Iraqi Airways, formed in January 1946 as a Government-owned organisation, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Baghdad to points in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, North Africa, and Latin America, plus a domestic network. Head Office: Saddam International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq. .^^ 28906. Executives: director general, Ezideen Mahmoud Mohammed; deputy directors general: commercial, Ismael Khalil Mohammed; technical, Husham Mohammed Ali; financial, Sabih Al-Dahwi; opera tions, Capt Amir Al-Badri. Employees: 4,863. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200C, one 747SP, two 707-320C, six 727-200, three 737-200, 20 Ilyushin I1-76T/M, six Antonov An-12, three An-24, six JetStar II, four Falcon 50, two Falcon 20F, four Piaggio P.166. Irish Helicopters was formed in 1968 by K. G. Besson. British Executive Air Services subsequently became a minority shareholder with the majority interest held by Dr K. Holden. In 1974, Aer Lingus acquired a controlling interest in the company and this was increased to 100 per cent in June 1977. Helicopter services provided include passenger char ter, lighthouse supply relief flights, survey and film ing services, lifting, offshore hydrocarbon exploration and offshore gas and oil rig support flights, operated from bases at Dublin, Cork and Shannon. Head Office: Westpoint Hangar, Dublin Airport, Ireland. ^^ 24725 Executives: chairman, Eiven Murphy; director & general manager, Capt F. Laycock: directors: R. O'Reilly; Capt M. P. Horgan; commercial manager, F. W. Balcombe. Employees: 50. Fleet: two Sikorsky S-61N, two Bell 212, one MBB B0105, two JetRanger. Jamahiriya Air Transport, formed in 1982, oper ates passenger and cargo charter flights from its Tripoli base to destinations primarily within Africa and Eastern Europe. Head Office: PO Box 2792, Tripoli, Libya. ^rf^-20621. Executives: chairman and president, Hadi Al- Husumi; managers: planning & development, Hassan Cuniali; commercial, Moh'd Boueshi; operations, Capt Mehdi Ayad; technical services, Moh'd Ismail Akhtar; finance, Abdussalam. Employees: 250. Fleet eight Boeing 707-320C, 11 Ilyushin II- 76T/TD, one Lockheed L-100-30, two L-100-20, one Fokker F.27-500, one F.27-400, six Twin Otter. Janus Airways is a British inclusive-tour charter operator created in 1982 by the Midlands travel company, Hards Travel Service, to provide flights from Lydd to Europe. Head Office: Lydd Airport, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9UP, Great Britain. j*^ 338276 hards G. Executives: chairman, C. G. Hards. Fleet: one Herald. A fleet of six MD-82s is currently operated on Jet America's domestic services out of Long Beach and Oakland, California Japan Air Lines (JAL-Nihon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha) is the successor to the original privately owned company of the same name which began oper ating in August 1951. The new JAL came into being in October 1953 as the national airline of Japan with a Government holding of 50 per cent, since reduced to 37.7 per cent. An extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services, covering 55 cities in 33 countries, links Tokyo, Osaka, Niigata, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kagoshima and Nagoya with numerous points in Asia and the Middle East, Australia (Sydney), New Zealand (Auckland), North America (Anchor age, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York), Central America (Mexico City), South America (Rio de Janeiro), and Europe (London, Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Zurich, Rome, Athens, Madrid) and Moscow. Subsidiary companies are Japan Asia Air ways, South West Air Lines, Japan Air Lines Devel opment Company, Airport Ground Service and Japan Creative Tours. Since 1981 JAL has been organised into six divisions; sales, transportation services, cargo & mail, flight operations, engineering & maintenance, and cabin services. Head Office: Tokyo Building, 7-3 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. ^#^32653. Executives: chairman, Nihachiro Hanamura; presi dent flight operations & maintenance, Yasumoto Takagi; executive v-p sales & transportation services, Naoshi Machida; senior v-ps: overall flight opera tions, engineering & maintenance, Hideo Hirasawa; associated companies development, airports, trans portation services, Narita, Yujiro Hagiwara; inter national relations & P.R., Takayuki Hashizume. Employees: 21,982. Fleet: four Boeing 747-300, 22 747-200B, seven 747-200F, seven 747-100, one 747-100F, eight 747SR, 20 DC-10-40, seven DC-8-61, four DC-8-62, three DC-8-62F, two 727-100. On order: two 747-300, one 747SR, six 767-200, three 767-300. Japan Asia Airways was formed on August 8, 1975 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Air Lines to operate scheduled passenger and cargo services, as well as charters, between Japan and Taiwan (Formosa). Services now operate from Tokyo, Osaka and Okinawa to Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Tokyo. JAL ceased flying the Japan-Taiwan route in 1974 as part of an agreement with CAAC to operate services to the Chinese mainland. Head Office: Yurakucho Denki Building 7-1, Yura- kucho 1 Chome, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Executives: president, Toshio Itakura; senior v-ps: Hitoshi Satake; Tsukane Hazu; m-ds/v-ps: Takao Ikeda; Choji Tomita; director/v-p, Yuki Hara. Employees: 440. Fleet: two Boeing 747-100, three DC-8-61. JAT-see Jugoslovenski Aerotransport. Jersey Air Ferries was formed in 1983 by Jade- point Ltd, to provide scheduled services from Jersey to destinations in Europe, including Frankfurt, Diisseldorf and Rotterdam. Head Office: Viscount House, States Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands, Great Britain. ^^•4192421 bafjer g. Fleet: one Viscount 800. Jet America commenced scheduled passenger oper ations on November 16, 1981, currently linking Long Beach and Oakland, California, with Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and St Louis. Head Office: 2895 Temple Avenue, Long Beach, California 90806, USA. ^^^ 664544. Executives: chairman, J. Thomas Talbot; presi dent, Donald C. Rhoads; vice-presidents: finance, T. C. Collins; operations, J. F. Rhodes; marketing, Frederick R. Davis; passenger relations, L. Wade; maintenance, K. Hardesty. Employees: 640. Fleet: six MD-80. On order: four MD-80. Jet East International, the Part 121 subsidiary of Jet East, provides freight services under contract to UPS and Emery Worldwide as well as on-demand passenger charters from its Dallas-Love Field base. The carrier plans to provide scheduled freight services linking Dallas with Los Angeles, Seattle, and Chicago. Head Office: 7363 Cedar Springs, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA. Executives: chairman, Alinda Wisenbaker; presi dent, J. D. Phillips; director operations, Russ Coon- ley. Employees: 185. Fleet: one Boeing 727-100, five 727-100C, six Learjet 35, four Learjet 24, one Westwind I, one Westwind II, one Falcon 20, one Citation II, one King Air 100. Jet 24 Jet Charter Service, farmed in August 1979, was certificated on September 28, 1981, to operate worldwide VIP, passenger, and cargo charter services. The company is wholly-owned by Gabriel d'la Rotta. Head Office: Suite 380, Airport Executive Tower 2, 7270 NW 12th Street, Miami, Florida 33126, USA. .^"•512425. Executives: chairman and president, Gabriel d'la Rotta; v-ps: finance & administration, Tulia d'la Rotta; operations & maintenance/chief pilot, C. M. Tellechea. Employees: 55. Fleet: two DC-10-40, three Boeing 707-320B, two 707-320C. Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT-Jugoslav Airlines) was formed in 1947 and is wholly state- owned. An extensive network of scheduled passenger services is operated to 16 domestic points and 44 cities in Western Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, North Africa, North America, the Middle and Far East, and Australia. Air Yugoslavia is a subsidiary formed to operate charters using JAT FLIGHT International, 30 March 1985
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