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1989
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRI Executives: managing director, Adrian Thompson; managers: station, John Ingham; operations, Nick Heath- cote; reservations, Anita Smith. Employees: 50. Head Office: Leeds / Bradford Airport, Yeadon, Leeds LSI9 7TZ, UK. ^*f 556390. Tel: 0532 505505. Fax: (0532) 843483. Cargo Air Lines (CAL) operates freight charter flights between Israel and European points using leased-in 747s. Mainly perishable agricultural products are carried. Major stockholders are the Co-operative Society for Jewish Labour Settlement (56 per cent), Production and Market ing Board of Ornamental Plants (18 per cent), Vegetables Production and Marketing Board (IS per cent), and the Fruit Board of Israel (8 per cent). History: CAL was formed in June 1976 and operations began in November 1976. Fleet: leased Boeing 747 freighter aircraft when required. Executives: president, S. Nelkin; v-p, M. Nivon; marketing director, D. Zimmerman; operations director, I. Binovitch. Employees: 60. Head Office: 14 ben Yehuda Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. ^&r 341437. Cargohix Airlines International, Europe's largest all- cargo airline, operates regular cargo flights to the Middle East, Far East, and the USA. Worldwide charter flights are operated, and in addition the company offers mainte nance and sub-leasing services. The carriers operating base is at Luxembourg, from where an extensive trucking network is operated to all major European cities. Share holders are Flugleidir Icelandair, Salen Shipping, Luxair, and a group of Luxembourg interests, the latter with the majority shareholding. History: The airline was established in March 1970 and began operations in May of that year. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200F, two 747-100 (leased out). Executives: president/chief executive officer, Sten Grotenfelt; senior v-p: sales/ marketing and cargo oper ations, R. Arendal; corporate planning, J. Einarsson; v-ps: finance and administration, A. L. Benson; commercial planning and information systems, L. Schummer; mainte nance engineering, A. Weekar; flight operations, G. Hurst. Employees: 670. Head Office: BP Box 591, Luxembourg Findel Airport, 2015 Luxembourg, GD of Luxembourg. ^^2272. Tel: (352) 4360211. Fax: 435446. Caribbean Air Cargo, which is owned by the governments of Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, operates non- scheduled cargo services from points in the eastern Caribbean to Miami, New York, Houston, and San Juan. History: The company was formed on December 28, 1979. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C. Executives: chairman, Peter Look-Hong; managing director, Kingsley Clarke; director technical services, David Barrow; general manager USA, Colin Mayers; manager administration, Hudson Husbands; New York manager, Anand Dial. Employees: 202. Head Office: Grantley Adams International Airport, Christ Church, Barbados. ^^^2417 WB. Tel: (809) 428 4180. Fax: (809) 428-0263. Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flag carrier, oper ates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services from Hong Kong to Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bahrain, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangkok, Beijing, Bombay, Brisbane, Denpasar, Dhah- ran, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, London (Gatwick), Manila, Melbourne, Nagoya, Osaka, Paris (Orly), Penang, Perth, Rome, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Vancouver, and Zurich. Major shareholders are Swire Pacific (50-2 per cent), the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (16-4 per cent), and China International Trust and Investment Corporation (12-5 per cent). The company is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. History: Founded in 1946, the airline initially operated several DC-3s on freight, and later on passenger services, providing a route network which stretched from Shanghai to Sydney. Since 1948 the airline has been controlled and managed by the Swire Group. Following increases in and reorganisation of share capital between 1970 and 1975, and the purchase in 1980 of a 15 per cent shareholding from British Airways Associated Companies, Cathay Holdings (which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Swire Group's major public company, Swire Pacific) took over 70 per cent of the issued capital. Fleet: six Boeing 747-300, eight 747-200B, two 747-200F, 15 L-1011 TriStar. On order: four 747-400, one L-1011 TriStar. Executives: chairman, D. A. Gledhill; managing direc tor, P. D. A. Sutch; deputy managing director, P. Tsai; directors: commercial, R. I. Eddington; marketing, R. Cobbold; finance, W. F. Houstoun; engineering, S. John; flight operations, M. Hardy. Employees: 9,500. Head Office: Swire House, 9 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong. ^-^^CXAIR HX. Tel: (5) 842 5000. Fax: (5) 868 0176. Cayman Airways' scheduled passenger services link George Town (Grand Cayman) with Kingston/Montego Bay, Miami, Houston, Tampa, and Atlanta. Local services are provided to Little Cayman and Cayman Brae. Passenger charter flights are also operated between the Cayman Islands and Atlanta, Baltimore, New York, and Philadelphia. History: The airline was formed in July 1968 to replace Cayman Brae Airways, a subsidiary of the Costa Rican airline LACSA. Original shareholders were LACSA with 49 per cent and the Cayman Islands Government (51 per cent), but in December 1977 the airline became wholly Government-owned. Fleet: two Boeing 727-200, one Shorts 330. Executives: chairman, Arthur Hunter; managing direc tor, Florentino Gonzalez; directors: N. Cruickshank, K. Nixon, S. Hislop, T. Jefferson, N. Bodden, H. Watler, R. Ground. Employees: 325. Head Office: PO Box 1101, George Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies. ^^^4272. Tel: 9 2673. CC Air, a US commuter carrier, operates scheduled services as part of the Piedmont Commuter System. Oper ations are centred at Charlotte, with a total of 20 points served in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. History: The company was originally formed in 1979 as Sunbird Airlines, commencing operations in 1980. In June 1983 the airline merged with the publicly held Air Transportation Holding Company (Atlantic Express). The company adopted its present name in 1986. Fleet: 11 Shorts 360, 14 Jetstream 31. Executives: president, Roy H. Hagerty; v-ps: finance, Virginia Bennett; operations, Emmett C. Merricks; sales, John P. Reed; directors: traffic, J. Edward Bacon Jnr; customer service, Dale A. McGowan; maintenance, George J. Starns; finance, Carroll M. Clayton; internal audit control, Robert Coe; flight operations, Donald R. Norton. Employees: 400. Head Office: 4651 Charlotte Park Drive, Suite 125, Charlotte, North Carolina 28210, USA. Tel: (704) 527-7670. Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie (CSA), the national airline of Czechoslovakia, operates an extensive network of routes linking Prague with all European "capitals (except Oslo), the Near, Middle, and Far East, North and West Africa, and North and Central America. Domestic services oper ate to all major points including Bratislava, Karlovy Vary, Kosice, Ostrava, Piestany, and Tatry. The carrier is expected to replace its 11-62 aircraft with three Tu-204s and three Il-96-300s from 1992. Its Yak 40s will be replaced by 11-114 and Let L-610 aircraft. History: CSA was founded in 1923. Privately owned Ceskoslovenska Letecka Spolecnost (CLS) was founded in 1927, and the present state-owned CSA was the result of a merger of the two airlines in 1945. Fleet: four Ilyushin 11-62, six I1-62M, two Tupolev Tu-154M, two 11-18, 11 Tu-134A, 11 Yakovlev Yak-40. On order: five Tu-154M. Executives: director general, Ing Jindrich Kopriva; deputy director generals: flight operations, Ing Jaroslav Stecha; technical, Ing Karel Cvacka; commercial, Ing Stefan Havala; economics/finance, Ing Petr Zajicek; personnel, Ing Pavel Verner; public relations, Ing Zdenek Kaspar. Employees: 5,567. Head Office; Airport Ruzyne, 160 08 Prague 6, Czech oslovakia. ^^ 121068. Tel: 334 1111. Challenge Air Cargo is a Miami-based carrier operating scheduled and charter cargo services. At present the company provides scheduled flights from Miami to Bogota, Cali, Lima, Panama City, and San Jose (Costa Rica); and from Atlanta to Panama City and San Jose. Additional services to Guatemala City, San Salvador, Caracas, Asuncion, Santiago, Quito, Guayaquil, Chicago, and Los Angeles are planned for 1989. History: The company was formed in 1985 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Challenge Air Transport. In Decem ber 1986 the carrier was certificated as a US all-cargo airline and severed connections with its former parent company. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, one DC-8-63F. On order: one 757-200F (del. July 1989), one DC-8-63F (del. June 1989). Executives: chairman and president, B. F. Spohrer; executive v-p, John F. Bonner, Jnr; v-ps: finance, E. A. Calt; technical services, John F. Porter; traffic and sales, Hector Ponte; chief pilot, Capt J. J. Birchall. Employees: 185. Head Office: PO Box 522933, Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, 33152, USA. ^^ 153810 CHALLENGE OPS. Tel: (305) 871-8212. Fax: (305) 871-3078. Channel Express (Air Services), a UK cargo airline, oper ates scheduled services from Bournemouth to the Chan nel Islands. The company is also involved in operating night mail flights for the Post Office, and express parcel services on behalf of Federal Express. Ad hoc charters are also undertaken. History: The carrier was founded in 1978, initially trading as Express Air Services. Fleet: eight Herald. Executives: chairman, Philip Meeson; general manager, Ian Fox; directors: financial, A. Bullock; freight operations, J. Adams; technical, A. Menzies. Commer cial executive, Moira Robertson; chief pilot, Barry Griffiths. Employees: 50. Head Office: Bournemouth Airport, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 6DL, UK. ^f AXllll. Tel: (0202) 570701. Fax: (0202) 577628. China Airlines (CAL), the national airline of Taiwan, operates scheduled international passenger and cargo services from Taipei to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila, Fukuoka, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jeddah, Dhahran, Dubai, Jakarta, Tokyo, Okinawa, Seoul, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Amsterdam. Domestic destinations include Makung, Kaohsiung, and Hualien. CAL was the first airline to operate both the Airbus and Boeing 767, and was the fust Asian operator of the latter type. History: The carrier was formed in 1959 and became the national airline of Taiwan in 1965. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B, one 747-200B Combi, two 747-200F, four 747SP, six Airbus A300B4, two 767-200, six 737-200. On order: five 747-400, three A300-600R, four MD-11, one 747-200F. Executives: chairman. Gen Wu Yeuh; president, Gen Chi Jung-chun; directors: operations, Tai Su-ching; personnel, L. S. Chung; marketing and planning, Eugene A. C. Chan; public relations, Larry L. C. Lin; comptroller, Chang Tien-Yun; engineering and mainte nance, Hsia Tsung-Han; passenger sales, Chang Kuo-Yu. Employees: 5,989. Head Office: 131 Nanking East Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan. ^^^•11346. Tel: (2) 715 2626. Fax: (2) 717 4641. Chosonminhang Korean Airways (CAAK) is the state airline of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. A 70 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, I April 1989
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