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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Fleet: 19 Boeing 737-200 (of which nine are leased out). Executives: chairman, Dr Hung Wo Ching; president/chief executive, A. Maurice Myers; senior v-p, Jeff Erickson; vice-presidents: finance and chief financial officer, John Garibaldi; flight operations, J. I. Williamson; corporate services, Ted Kagoshima. Employees: 1,000. Head Office: PO Box 30028, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. ^**' 743-0215. Alyemda-Democratic Yemen Airlines is 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, Doha, Sana's', Sofia, Mogadishu, Djibouti, Bombay, Addis Ababa, Sanace, Riyan, Seiyun, Al Ghaydah, Qishn, Beihan, Socotra, Ataq, and Mukeiras. History: Alyemda was formed on March 11, 1961. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, two 737-200C, one Tupolev 154, two Dash 7. Executives: chairman/general manager, Abdulla Ali Abdulla; deputy general managers: technical, Saeed N. Sinan; commercial, Ali A. Altahs; directors: commer cial Adel A. Alawi; finance, Abood M. Alhajri; tech nical, Saleh H. Soofi; staff/administration, Abdulrehman Ahmed M.; planning, Abdulla M. Badhorais; flight operations, Capt A. Abdulrub. Employees: 1,100. Head Office: PO Box 6006, Alyemda Building, Khormaksar Civil Airport, Aden, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 269. American Airlines one of the world's largest carri ers, acquired AirCal in 1986 and absorbed the company in 1987, providing the major with an exten sive network of routes along the US West Coast. The airline has ordered both the Boeing 767-300ER and Airbus A300-600R, and will introduce them into service this year. In 1986 American began the devel opment of five new hubs at Dallas, Chicago, Raleigh/Durham, Nashville, and San Juan. An exten sive network of feeder routes is operated under the name "American Eagle", utilising the services of a number of regional and commuter airlines. Routes: American's 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, Cancun, Cozumel, 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 Inter Island), Aruba, Curagao, 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. American commenced services from Dallas to London in May 1982 following the demise of the route's former oper ator Braniff, and introduced services to Paris, Manchester, Diisseldorf, and Munich in 1986. A service from Chicago to Zurich and Geneva was added in 1987. The carrier also introduced transpacific services in 1987, flying from Dallas/Ft Worth and Houston to Tokyo. Subsidiaries: 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, equipment, and services; and Agency Data Systems, marketing mini computer-based accounting systems for travel agents. History: The company was founded in 1934 as a direct successor to American Airways, formed in 1930, with other predecessor companies dating back to 1926. American has in the past sponsored designs such as the DC-3, CV-240, Electra, CV-990, DC-7, and DC-10. Fleet: two 747SP, 11 DC-10-30, 50 DC-10-10, 13 767-200, 17 767-200ER, 108 MD-82, 10 MD-83, two I 737-100, 19 737-200, two 737-200C, nine 737-300, six BAe 146-200, 120 727-200, 39 727-100. On order: 15 767-300ER, 42 MD-82, three 737-300, 25 A300-600R. Executives: president, Robert Crandall; senior vice- presidents: operations, R. W. Baker; airline planning, W. G. Kaldahl; finance, J. C. Pope; general counsel, R. A. Lempert. Employees: 43,000. Head Office: PO Box 619616, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261-9616, USA. ^^ 791651. "American Eagle" is the collective name used by participants in American Airlines' feeder network. The carriers involved are Air Midwest, Command Airways, Metro Airlines, Simmons Airlines, and Wings West Airlines. American Trans Air, formerly a Supplemental (charter) carrier, is a US certificated air carrier with extensive domestic and international charter oper ations. It also operates scheduled passenger services linking Indianapolis with Tampa, Orlando, Fort Myers, and Fort Lauderdale; and New York with Bonaire (Neth. Antilles). History: The company was formed in August 1973 to manage the Ambassadair Travel Club. In 1981 the -company obtained certificates as a common carrier and began offering charter services to the general public. Fleet: ten L-1011 TriStar, eight 727-100. Executives: chief executive officer/chairman, J. George Mikelsons; executive vice-president, David Recker; v-ps: maintenance, John L. Braun; operations, James Hlavacek; sales, William L. Culkin; tour oper ations, Jack Richards; Pacific, Jack O'Brien; corporate counsel/secretary, Larry McEnroe. Employees: 1,731. Head Office: 7337 W. Washington, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana 46251, USA. 797518 IND UD. America West Airlines, a Phoenix-based regional airline, operating from hubs at Phoenix and Las Vegas, provides scheduled passenger services linking Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Burbank, Calgary (Alberta, Canada), Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Denver, Des Moines, Durango, Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), El Paso, Flag staff, Grand Canyon, Grand Junction, Las Vegas, Lincoln, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Mesa, Midland/Odessa, Moline/Quad Cities, New York, Oakland, Omaha, Ontario, Orange County, Portland, Pueblo, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, Sioux City, Springfield, Tucson, Wichita, and Yuma. History: The company was formed in February 1981 and began scheduled passenger services on August 1, 1983. Fleet: seven 757-200, 18 737-300, 41 737-200, three Dash 8. On order: 15 Boeing 737-300, three 757-200, three Dash 8. * Executives: chairman/CEO Edward R. Beauvais; president/COO, Michael J. Conway; senior v-ps: finance/CFO, Alphonse E. Frei; marketing, Tom Burns; operations, Don Monteath; market planning,. Mark J. Coleman; v-ps: controller, Raymond T. Nakano; flight operations, Jim Carr; technical oper ations, Leroy Paulson; purchasing, Russell Bleil; information systems, Jorge Franco. Employees: 7,400. Head Office: 222 South Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281, USA. Amerijet International, a Ft Lauderdale-based carrier, operates passenger and cargo charters, the latter under contract to Purolator Courier, Burlington, and DHL. History: The company was formed in 1974. Fleet: five 727-100, seven Cessna 401/2/4, four Dassault Falcon 20. Head Office: Ft Lauderdale/Hollywood Inter national Airport, PO Box 21126, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33335, USA. Anadolu Hava Yollari (Anatolian Airlines), a newly formed charter carrier, began operations in June 1987. International services are flown to West Germany for a combination of tourist and labour tran sit purposes. Domestic flights link Istanbul with Ankara and Samsun. Fleet: one One-Eleven 500, one An-24 RV. 25483. Andalus Air is a new Spanish charter carrier, which plans to operate charters to European destinations from April 1988. At present its aircraft are being oper ated by Canafrica. Andalus Air is based at Malaga and backed by the Andalusian regional government. Fleet: two MD-83. ANDES—See Aerolineas Nacionales del Ecuador Anglo Cargo (Anglo Airlines), formed on October 17, 1983, provides worldwide ad hoc cargo charter services. The company is owned by Mr and Mrs T. Oldham. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, one BAC 1-11-475 (freighter). Executives: chairman, T. Oldham; commercial director, Mrs M. Oldham; commercial manager, H. R. Gilbert. Employees: 30. Head Office: Unit 15, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 2NX, UK. 877452 ANGLO C G. Angola Airlines—see Linhas Aereas de Angola Ansett Airlines of Australia, one of Australia's two major domestic carriers, is a subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries (ATI). The company operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services covering all the states of the Commonwealth of Australia. Cargo operations are undertaken as the Ansett Air Freight division of ATI. History and Ownership: The airline was founded in 1936 by R. M. Ansett as Ansett Airways. In 1963 a controlling interest was acquired in MacRobertson Miller Airlines, which is now wholly owned and operates as Ansett WA. Other wholly owned subsidiaries of ATI include Ansett NT, Air NSW, Air Queensland, Ansett Air Freight, Ansett International Travel, Trans Pacific Enterprises and, since 1986, Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services and Ansett New Zealand. Management services are provided for Air Vanuatu and Polynesian Airlines. In 1979 there were nearly 18,000 ordinary share holders in ATI, but in 1980 this changed to two major shareholder parties, Sir Peter Abeles' Thomas Nation wide Transport Group and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, who between them now own 99 per cent of ATI. Fleet: five Boeing 767-200, 12 727-200, one 727-200F, seven Fokker F.27. On order: four Fokker 50, nine A320. 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. McMa- hon, A. J. Yates; directors: operations, Capt J. G. Dorward; engineering, J. Bibo; planning and services, J. McAllister. Employees: 9,053. Head Office: 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. AA30085. Ansett New Zealand commenced operations on February 13, 1985, as Newmans Air, but in 1986 Ansett Transport Industries (of Australia) acquired 50 per cent of the company's stock. The remainder of the shares are held by Brierley Investments (27-5 per cent) and Newmans Group (22-5 per cent). FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 26 March 1988 51
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