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1988
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Fleet: one TriStar 500, five Boeing 707-320C, two 737-200C, two Fokker F.27-200. On order: four Fokker 50. Executives: president, Dr Sir Elkhatiom Mahgoub Ali; vice-presidents; finance and administration, Ahmed Gad Elrab; marketing, Osman Mohammed Elhasson; engineering, Elfatih Meky Marouf; oper ations, Omer A. Saeed; management services, Gefaar Abdalla Ibrahim. Employees: 1,900. Head Office: PO Box 253,19 Street New Extension, Khartoum, Sudan. ^^ 24212 SATCO SD. Summit Airlines operates scheduled all-cargo services throughout the eastern half of the USA. History: The company was formed in 1966 and was until 1974 known as Del-Air Cargo Airlines. Fleet: seven Convair CV-580. Executives: chairman, Barry S. Lutin; president, Joseph W. Wear; v-ps: comptroller, Thomas E. Nebiolo; marketing and sales, Fred Berkobin; cargo services, Theodore A. Santos. Employees: 500. Head Office: Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19113, USA. 710-670-1740SUMMITAIR PHA. Sun Country Airlines, a Minneapolis/St Paul-based charter carrier, was established by former Braniff employees and provides passenger charter services within the USA and to Central America and the Caribbean. The carrier is owned by its employees. History: Operations began on January 20,1983. Fleet: three Boeing 727-200, one DC-10-40. Executives: president, Richard Roberts; chief execu tive officer, Robert Daniels; v-ps: finance, Kenneth Sundmark; flight operations, Calvin Peterson; mainte nance and engineering, Al Warner; human resources, John Skiba. Employees: 126. Head Office: Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, 770126th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minne sota 55450, USA. Sun D'Or International Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of El Al Israel Airlines, operates regular, ad hoc, and seasonal passenger charter flights to European destinations. History: The company was formed as El Al Charter Services on October 1, 1977, and adopted the present name in September 1981. Fleet: aircraft used from El Al fleet when required. Executives: chairman, M. Berger; president, S. Mattatiahu; commercial manager, Y. Schachar. Employees: nine. Head Office: El Al House, 5 Druyanov Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. ^^ 371176. Sunworld International Airways, known until' March 9, 1982, as Jetwest International Airways, operates scheduled passenger services linking Reno, Las Vegas, Oakland, Ontario, San Jose, Oklahoma City, Tucson, Portland, Boise, Spokane, and Seattle. History: The carrier was formed on June 4,1981, and received its FAA Part 121 certificate in May 1983. Fleet: five DC-9-10, one Boeing 737-300, two DC-9- 30. Executives: chairman, George M. Sage; president and CEO, Larry Decker; executive v-p/CFO and trea surer, Robert J. Sherer; v-ps: administrative services, John L. Puskarich; customer service, Gene Empey; maintenance and engineering, Jorge Mayor. Employees: 140. Head Office: 2333 Renaissance Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119-8443, USA. Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Surinam Airways-SLM), the Government-owned national airline of the Republic of Surinam, operates scheduled and charter services within Surinam, and international scheduled services to Amsterdam, Belem, Cayenne, Miami and Port au Prince. International flights FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 26 March 1988 Swedair Saab SF.340 operate from Zanderij International Airport, while the domestic base is Zorg en Hoop. History: SLM was formed on August 30, 1962, and initially served only domestic routes. Fleet: one DC-8-62, one DC-8-63, two Twin Otter. Executives: president M. Mungra; managers: finance, R. H. Calor; marketing, J. Hollum; operations, R. I. Asin; executive controller, D. E. Deira. - Employees: 399. Head Office: PO Box 2029, Paramaribo, Surinam. ^&r SURAIRSN292. Swan Airlines is a new British airline which plans to operate passenger charter services from London (Stansted) to a number of Far Eastern destinations, including Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Fleet: One 747-200. Executives: chairman and chief executive, Jaap van der Zwan; directors: sales and marketing, John Bald win; finance and administration, Peter Richardson; flight operations, Capt Bill Wooden; Economics and Organisation, Willem G. Rykaart. Head Office: 15 Bell St. Reigate, Surrey, Great Britain. ^f 817990 SWAN. Swedair's wide scope of operations includes third- level flights, passenger services on behalf of SAS and Linjeflyg, charters, survey flights, corporate services, and target-towing,! operations for several European defence forces. History: The company was established in 1975 as a result of the merger of Svensk Flygtjanst (formed in 1935) and Crownair (formed in November 1968). In March 1981 Swedair acquired Basair (which continues to operate under its own name). Fleet: ten Saab 340, one DC-3, one Twin Otter, one Jetstream 31, four Mitsubishi MU-2, three Cessna Titan, two Cessna 441, three Learjet, one Cessna 402C, one Super Skymaster. Executives: president, Karl-Erik Strand. Employees: 700. Head Office: Vallgatan 3, PQ Box 1021, S-17121, Solna, Sweden. 19615. Swissair has taken delivery of its first Fokker 100 shortly, for introduction into service this spring. Swissair was the first carrier to operate the A310-322 Intercontinental (introduced in February 1986). Approximately 78 per cent of share capital is held by private interests and the rest by public institutions. Routes: Swissair operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services, linking 107 cities in 72 countries in Europe, North and South America, Africa, and the Middle and Far East. Subsidiaries: The airline has a number of aviation- related subsidiary companies, including Balair, CTA, and Swissair Associated Companies, plus others in catering, hotel, tourism, real estate, and insurance. Swissair is also a partner with SAS, KLM, and UTA in the KSSU consortium formed to co-operate in tech nical and equipment matters. History: The company was formed on March 26, 1931, by the amalgamation of Ad Astra Aero and Basle Air Traffic. Ad Astra was founded in 1919, and began flying-boat operations in Switzerland before pioneer ing international routes. Fleet: two Boeing 747-357, three 747-357 Combi, seven DC-10-30, four DC-10-30ER, five Airbus A310-200, four A310-300, 21 MD 81, four DC-9-50, five DC-9-30. On order: eight Fokker 100, six MD-11. Executives: chairman, Armin Baltensweiler; presi dent, Robert Staubli; executive vice-presidents: plan ning and finance, Dr Martin Junger; technical/ operations, Rolf S. Krahenbiihl; marketing, Bertrand Jaquiery; v-p corporate planning, Alfous Bernhardsgriitter. Employees: 17,657. Head Office: PO Box 8058, Zurich, Switzerland. 825601. Syrian Arab Airlines (Syrianair), the Government-owned national airline, operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services from Damascus to Aleppo, Latakia, and Deirezzor in Syria, and from Damascus to major cities in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Far East. History: The airline was formed in 1961 to succeed Syrian Airways (formed in 1946). Fleet: two Boeing 747SP, three 727-200, three Tu- 154M, two Caravelle 10B, four Ilyushin 11-76, six Tupolev Tu-134, five Antonov An-26, seven Yakovlev Yak-40, two Falcon 20F. Executives: chairman/managing director, Air Major Gen Adnan Al-Jabi; directors: administration, Abdel Karim Al-Ali; commercial, Mohamed Harfoush; financial, Fathi Ghazi; flight operations, Capt Bourhan Kudsi; technical Walid Shabani, managing office, Dr Farouk Salibi; planning, Souleiman Malke. Employees: 3,300. Head Office: PO Box 417, Youssel Al-Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic. Syrair 411593SY. TAA—see Australian Airlines TAAG-Angola Airlines—see Linhas Aereas de Angola TABA (Transportes Aereos Regionais da Bacia Amazonica S/A) has developed an extensive net work of domestic services throughout the north-west regions of Brazil, linking 39 points in the states of Amazonas, Para, Amapa, Acre, Rondonia, and Mato Grosso. Air-taxi and maintenance services are also undertaken from bases at Belem, Manaus, and Cuiaba. TABA's shareholders are its chairman, president, and -.commercial director, and Alexandre Gibson and Norman Bruce Esquerdo. History: TABA was formed on January 1, 1976. Fleet: seven Fairchild F-227B, nine Bandeirante. Executives: chairman, Cel Marcilio Gibson Jacques; president, Mrs Albanita Gibson; directors: commer cial, Bruno Gibson; technical, Cel Marcilio Gibson Jacques; engineering, Eng. Emilio Gomez; operations, Cel Raul Carvalho Goncalves; finance and adminis tration, Alfredo dos Santos Melo. 117
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