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1985
1985 - 0971.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY 3LUNA see Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de 3avegacion Aerea. , t Point Air (Le Point Air Sari) was formed in April 1981 as a passenger charter airline, and provides services to points in the Mediterranean and Africa, including Greece, Upper Volta, Centrafrique and »fjteunion Island, and also India. Services to Canada are also planned. The airline is owned by Mulhouse- fiased Association LE POINT. Head Office: BP 509, Batiment Ml, 69125 Satolas Airport, France. v ^^'310883. Executives: managing director, Marie Annick Ifionmarin; technical director, Andre Crucifix; chief pilot, Pierre Tranchepain. f ' Employees: 50. , Fleet: one DC-8-61, one Boeing 707-320B. Polynesian Airlines began operating in 1959. 'Major shareholders are the Government of Western Samoa (70 per cent) and Bodas Ltd (30 per cent). Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated •between Apia (Western Samoa), Nadi (Fiji), Fuaamotu and Vavau (Tonga), Tafuna (American Samoa), Niue Islands, Auckland (New Zealand), Jtarotonga (Cook Islands), Port Vila (Vanautu), Papeete (Tahiti), and Sydney via Noumea. The «arrier's Boeing 737 is leased to Air Vanuatu to operate between Port Vila and Sydney. Polynesian 'Airlines also operates internal services linking the islands of Upolu and Savaii. Head Office: PO Box 599, Apia, Western Samoa. ^^-•249PALAPW SX. Executives: chairman, Alan Grey; secretary, <Toleafoa K. Vaai; general manager, Peter Kelsey; managers: finance, Brian Potter; engineering, Peter ^Davis; operations, Capt John K. McNeely; supply, t Ted Hughan. Employees: 194. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200, one Nomad N24, one Nomad N22B, one Islander. Primeras Lineas Uruguayas de Navegacion Aerea (PLUNA) was formed as a private company in November 1936, but was nationalised in Novem ber 1951. Following a reorganisation in 1973, domes tic flights are operated by TAMU (the transport element of the Uruguayan Air force), while inter national services to Porto Alegre, San Pablo, Rio de Janeiro, Asuncion, Buenos Aires, Punta del Este and Madrid are flown by Pluna. Head Office: Colonia 1021, Montevideo, Uruguay. ^^UY753. Executives: director general, Brig Gen Julio C. Loureiro; executive directors: administration/ commercial, Col Miguel A. Sunol; planning/ operations, Col Roque Aita; material, Col Artigas Cairo; secretary general, Col Fernando R. Blanco. Employees: 800. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320B, three 737-200. PSA-see Pacific Southwest Airlines. Qantas Airways can trace its history back to November 16, 1920, when the company was founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services. The Commonwealth of Australia became sole owner in 1947 and Qantas became Australia's flag carrier. The current route network covers sched uled passenger and cargo services to Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Papeete, Nadi, Noumea, Port Moresby, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Manila, Sing apore, Denpasar, Jakarta, Bangkok, Bombay, Bahrain, Athens, Rome, Belgrade, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Manchester, and Harare from Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Port Hedland, Darwin, Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Norfolk Island, and Hobart. Companies in which Qantas holds stock are Q.H. Tours Limited (10 per cent), a tour wholesaler trading as Jetabout Holidays; Qantair Limited (100 per cent), a non-operating charter company; Fiji Resorts Limited (20-3 per cent), operators of the Fiji Mocambo and The Fijian Hotels; Travel Industries Automated Systems tFLIGHT International, 30 March 1985 Republic Airlines is the largest operator of the DC-9-50, one of four basic variants of the DC-9 included in the airline's fleet Proprietary Limited (33-3 per cent), suppliers of airline multi-access passenger reservations services. Head Office: Qantas International Centre, PO Box 489, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2001. .^^ 20113. Executives: chairman, J. B. Leslie; vice-chairman, J. B. Reid; director and chief executive, K. R. Hamilton; deputy chief executive, R. J. Yates; general managers: finance, L. A. Olsen; marketing, J. F. Ward; operations, D. J. Scott. Employees: 11,238. Fleet: three Boeing 747-300, 18 747-200B, three 747-200 Combi, two 747 SP. On order: six 767-200 ER. Quebecair commenced charter operations as Rimouski Aviation Syndicate in 1946. The airline was incorporated in 1947 as Rimouski Airlines and merged in 1953 with Gulf Aviation Company under the name Quebecair. The company currently provides a network of scheduled services covering Labrador/Wabush (Newfoundland), Toronto (Ontario), 24 points in Quebec province, and Boston and New York in the USA. Quebecair also operates charter flights to Europe and the Caribbean. Head Office: 100 Boulevard Alexis Nihon, Suite 700, PO Box 490, VUle St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada H4L 5C3. ^0^05-824815. Executives: president & CEO, Jacques C. Leger; v-ps: operations, Fernand (Frank) Henley; finance & administration, Jean-Pierre Howison; market devel opment, Richard Look; marketing, Michel Langlois; legal affairs, Francis Leger. Employees: 1,140. Fleet: two DC-8-63, five Boeing 737-200, three One-Eleven 400, four HS.748, three Convair CV-580. Ransome Airlines, a Philadelphia-based commuter airline, commenced operations in March 1967. Its association with the Allegheny commuter system, which began in August 1970, was terminated on June 1, 1982. Ransome provides scheduled services to Albany, Boston, Burlington (Vermont), Hartford/Springfield, New York (La Guardia and JFK), Long Island, Newark, Philadelphia, Portland (Maine), Providence, Trenton/Princeton, and Washington-National. Since May 1984 the airline has been operating in association with Delta under "The Delta Connection". Head Office: Northeast Philadelphia Airport, Grant Avenue & Ashton Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19114, USA. ^^•834465. Executives; president & chairman, J. Dawson Ransome; senior v-p administration and finance, John Leonard; v-p operations, David Ferrucci; director marketing, Joel Dowshen. Employees; 400. Fleet: eight DHC Dash 7, four Mohawk 298. Red Sea Airlines—see Air Djibouti. Reeve Aleutian Airways was founded in 1932 but operated mainly charter services until 1948 when the CAB granted the company a certificate. Services are flown from Anchorage through the Aleutians to Attu and the Pribilof Islands, together with a direct Seattle- Cold Bay flight. Head Office: 4700W International Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA. ^^'090-26357. Executives: president, Richard D. Reeve; v-ps: inflight services, Janice Reeve Ogle; secretary/treasurer, Janice M. Reeve; operations, Frederick H. Keith. Employes: 220. Fleet; two Boeing 727-100C, four L-188 Electra, three YS-11A. Regent Air, formerly Firstair, was established to provide high quality scheduled passenger services, initially planned for routes from Los Angeles to New York and Hawaii. Status of present operations is unknown. Head Office: 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California 90067, USA. Fleet: three Boeing 727-100. Republic Airlines was formed in June 1979 by a merger of North Central Airlines (based at Minneapolis-St Paul and formed in 1948), and Southern Airways (based in Atlanta and founded in 1949), and operations began on July 1, 1979. On October 1, 1980, Republic acquired Hughes Airwest and thus strengthened its position as a major US carrier. The combined network of scheduled passenger and cargo services link more than 100 cities in 32 states of the Continental USA. Routes flown also cover the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico, and Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. Republic is publicly owned with 42,000 stockholders. Head Office: 7500 Airline Drive, Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota 55450, USA. ^^•106236. Executives: chairman & CEO, Daniel F. May; president & COO, Stephen M. Wolf; senior v-ps: finance, A. L. Maxson; marketing, A. B. Magary; maintenance & engineering, Dorman W. Atwood; operations, Gramer Foster. Employees: 13,500. Fleet: eight MD-80,28 DC-9-50, 60 DC-9-30,33 DC- 9-10, 15 Boeing 727-200, 15 Convair 580. Reunion Air Service was formed on January 1, 1975, and is a subsidiary of Air France. Scheduled passenger services link the Aerodrome de Gillot on Reunion Island (a French overseas department about 600 miles east of Madagascar) with Mayotte in the Comoro Islands. Charters are also operated. Head Office: BP611, F-97473, St Denis Cedex, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean. <(^»'916236RE. Executives: general manager, Gerard Etheve. Employees: 44. Fleet: one HS.748, one Navajo Chieftain, one Cherokee Six, one SA.315B Lama, one Alouette II, one Alouette III. Ill
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