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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY 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, Dusseldorf 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. Executives: chairman, A. W. Adda; managing director, Group Capt Frank Okyne; directors: commercial, S. K. Baffoe; corporate planning, R. A. Kumah; finance, K. Ofori-Ampofo; engineering, J. A. Tandoh; legal, E. Bruce-Ayeh; personnel, A. D. Otokunor; flight operations, Capt A. G. Sam; public relations, M. M. Anamzoya. Employees: 1,900. Fleet: one DC-10-30, one DC-9-50, one Fokker F.28-4000, one F.28-2000. Gibraltar Airways—see GB Airways. Great American Airways began flying as a US certificated carrier with worldwide charter authority in 1979. The carrier currently operates charter services throughout the western USA and British Columbia for Reno and Lake Tahoe area casinos. Head Office: 1186 Telegraph Street, PO Box 10165, Reno, Nevada, 89510, USA. Executives: general manager, Ken Damask; v-p & director purchasing, Richard K. Stephan; director operations, Kenneth Kruger; chief pilot, Larry Horacek; director quality assurance, Mike Paone. Employees: 24. Fleet: one DC-9-10. Granlandsfly A/S (Greenlandair) was established in November 1960, and holds the sole concession to operate domestic scheduled services together with international and domestic charters. Equal stock holders are the Government, Royal Greenland Trading Company, Cryolit Mining Oresund, and SAS. Scheduled passenger and cargo services link the capital Godthab with Mestersvig, Scoresbysund, Angmagssalik, Sondre Stromfjord, Frederikshab, Groennedal, Narssaq, Julianehab, Nanortalik, Sukkertoppen, Holsteinborg, Egedesminde, Godhavn, Umanaq, Upernavik, Jakobshavn, Christians hab, Qaanak, Thule, Reykjavik (Iceland), and Frobisher Bay (Canada). Besides scheduled traffic, Green landair uses helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for special operations such as offshore supply flights, ice reconnaissance, heavy-lift, survey and exploration services, and supply flights to DEW-line stations for the USAF in Greenland and eastern Canada. Greenlandair Charter (light helicopters), Greenair (worldwide heavy helicopter charter) and Green Lodge (real estate) are subsidiaries. Head Office: PO Box 1012, DK-3900, Godthab, Greenland. ^^ 90602. Executives: chairman, Christian Jensen; president, Claes Piper; executive vice-president, Egon Sorensen; v-ps: scheduled services, Jorn Rosenberg; personnel, Erik Bjerregaard; charter division, Poul Lubbert; technical division, Jorgen H. Orstam; information, Ole Oxholm. Employees: 370. Fleet: two Dash 7, three Twin Otter, one Cheyenne 2, one King Air E-90, four Sikorsky S-61N, five JetRanger, six Bell 212, one Twin Star AS.355. Gulf Air operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services linking Bahrain with Abu Dhabi, Amman, Baghdad, Beirut, Bangkok, Bombay, Cairo, Colombo, Dacca, Dhahran, Delhi, Doha, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Karachi, Khartoum, Kuwait, Larnaca, London, Muscat, Manila, Paris, Ras Al Khaimah, Salalah, Sanaa, Sharjah, Shiraz, Teheran, Tunis, and Athens. Charter work is also undertaken. Bahrain Airport Services, Gulf Helicopters Ltd, Gulf Hotels, Abu Dhabi Airport Services, and Doha Airport Services are subsidiary companies of Gulf Air. The airline was formed in March 1950. Since 1974 all the shares in the carrier have been held by the govern ments of the Gulf States of Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. However, of the seven UAE states, only Abu Dhabi has a financial stake in the airline, and only Sharjah recognises Gulf Air as its official carrier. In 1985 Gulf Air ceased operations to Dubai, which set up its own official carrier, Emirates Airlines. Head Office: PO Box 138, Bahrain. ,^4^8255 GULF HQBN. Executives: chairman, H. E. Abdulla Bin Nasser Al Soweidi; president & chief executive, Ali Ibrahim Al Malki; executive v-ps: airline operations, Hassan Juma; corporate planning, Moh'd Al Maskary; (acting) airline services, Ali Moh'd Al Jassim; v-ps: marketing, Hamad Almedfa; technical services, Ahmed Moh'd Ismael Al Ghani; flight operations, Capt Abdul Rahman Al Gaoud; customer services, Hameed Al Alawi; (acting) finance, Moh'd Noor Sultan; (acting) personnel & administration, Hameed Salman; asst v-p government & international relations, Shk Khalid Al Khalifa. Employees: 3,387. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200, 11 TriStar, eight Boeing 737-200. Gulf Air Inc., a US supplemental air carrier formed in 1979, provides charter services throughout the USA, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean and Central and South America. The airline originally became recognised for its role in oil-support, but in recent years activities have expanded to holiday charters, as well as the transportation of sport teams, bands, students and military personnel. Head Office: PO Box 1274, Acadiana Regional Airport, New Iberia, Louisiana 70561-1274, USA. S00&* (RCA: 284719) gatx nibr UR. Employees: 110. Fleet: one Boeing 727-200, one 727-100, four Convair CV-580, one Rockwell Turbo-Commander. Guyana Airways Corporation was founded in 1939 as British Guyana Airways. In July 1955 the Government bought out BGA and in September 1963 the name was changed to Guyana Airways. A network of scheduled services links Georgetown with 24 points in Guyana, and Miami, New York, Port of Spain, and Barbados. Cargo flights are operated to Miami, the Caribbean, and Brazil, and charter work is also undertaken. British Airways provides manage ment assistance under contract. Head Office: 32 Main Street, PO Box 102, Georgetown, Guyana. ^^2242. Executives: chairman, D. I. Yankana; deputy chairman/general manager, R. L. Abrahams. Employees: 460. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320B, one Tupolev Tu-154B, one Douglas DC-6BF, two HS.748, two Twin Otter. Hang Khong Vietnam, previously known as the General Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam — CAAV, is the state airline of Vietnam. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Gialem Airport, Hanoi, to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vientiane, Phnom-Penh, and Bangkok. An extensive domestic network is operated from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The exact status of the fleet is uncertain. Head Office: Gialem Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam. Executives: chief of directorate of civil aviation, Khoang Igok Zieu. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320B, one 707-320C, one 707-320, four Ilyushin 11-18, five Tupolev Tu-134A( three DC-6, two DC-4, 11 Antonov An-24, four Yak-40. Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellschaft Gmbh a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hapag-Lloyd shipping group, operates passenger charters and inclusive tours. The company was formed in July 1972 as Hapag-Lloyd Flugzeug GmbH, and operations began in 1973. The company received federal authority to merge with Bavaria-Germanair in January 1979. Head Office: D-3000 Hanover, 42 Flughafen, Federal Republic of Germany. s*f 09-230136. Executives: president, Claus Wiilfers; executive v-ps: Gunther W. Holtorf; Wolfgang Matz; directors: sales, Wolfgang Hubert; operations, Walter Frisch; technical/engineering, Wolfganf Kurth; finance/ administration, Diethart Miihge. Employees: 760. Fleet: four Airbus A300B4, one A300C4, four Boeing 737-200, two 727-200, one 727-100. Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian Air) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services linking Honolulu with the islands of Kauai, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and three airports on the island of Hawaii. The mainland Air Cargo Division (Hawaiian Air Cargo) operated Electra freighters on commercial (Emery and Auto Air) and military (Logair) contracts from Lewis B, Wilson Airport, Macon, Georgia, until September 1980, when the division was sold to Zantop. Hawaiian also operates charters which include services linking Hawaii with San Francisco and Vancouver. The carrier was founded in 1929 as Inter-Island Airways and the present title was adopted in 1941. Major stockholder with 45 per cent is John H. Magoon Jr. Head Office: PO Box 30008, Honolulu Inter national" Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii 96820, USA. ^^ 70483707. Executives: chairman, John H. Magoon Jr; presi dent, Peter A. Dudgeon; v-ps: marketing/sales, A. Keahi; controller, R. Anzai; flight operations, Jess B. Dudley; technical services, George E. Kelly. Employees: 1,100. Fleet: two DC-8-62, one DC-8-62CF, six MD-81, two DC-9-50, five Dash 7. On order, eight BAe 146-200. HeavyLift Cargo Airlines, a specialist carrier of outsize cargoes, was formed on October 31, 1978, as a joint company venture owned by Cunard Steamship/Trafalgar House (66.6 per cent) and Eurolatin Aviation (33.3 per cent). Worldwide ad hoc charters began in March 1980, following civil certifi cation of the ex-military Belfast freighters. The Belfast flight simulator is located at Southend Airport, where HeavyLift Engineering also carries out third-party maintenance and holds spares for the airline, including the Trafalgar House AS.365N and Separate or integrated, we have over 25 modules for operations, engineering, accounting and administration FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 29 March 1986 83
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