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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Fleet: two Boeing 727-200. Head Office: Atakan Sok., Berhan Ishani, K-2 Meoi- diyakby, Istanbul, Turkey, Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, follow ing its 1987 merger with Jet America , has established itself as the dominant carrier along the US West Coast. The company operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo routes linking California, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. International services to Mexico from Seattle and San Francisco were introduced in November 1988 and new routes have been added, com prising Los Angeles-Los Cabos, San Francisco-Mazatlan and San Francisco-Guadalajara-Acapulco. Cities served include Ontario, Burbank, Palm Springs, San Francisco, San Diego, Bethel, Oakland, San Jose, Boise, Portland, Seattle, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Ket chikan, Sitka, Wrangell, Petersburg, Yakutat, Cordova, Nome, Kotzebue, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Orange County, Phoenix, Prudhoe Bay, Spokane, Tucson, Acapul- co, Guadalajara, Los Cabos, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta. Through code-sharing agreements with other carriers the company serves over 60 additional destinations in Alaska. Alaska's sister company, Horizon Air, provides connecting services to another 30 cities in Montana, Idaho, Utah, and the Pacific Northwest. Interchange agreement with Ameri can Airlines provide through-plane service from Anchor age and Fairbanks to Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, and Washington D. C. Three Boeing 727-100 company- owned aircraft are on lease to two oil companies in Alaska. History: Originally founded as McGee Airways in 1932, Alaska Star Airlines became Alaska Airlines in 1944, following several mergers with smaller companies. Several mergers have since occurred, the most recent with Jet America in 1987. Fleet: four 727-100, 26 Boeing 727-200, seven 737- 200C, eight MD-82, 12 MD-83. Executives: chairman/chief executive/president, Bruce R. Kennedy; executive vice-president/chief operating offi cer, Raymond J. Vecci; senior vice-presidents: industrial relations, Robert E. Gray; public affairs,James A.Johnson; v-ps: finance,J. Ray Vingo; marketing, Willie G McKnight; flight operations, Patrick L. Glenn; maintenance Frederick Schubel; human relations, Charles Loughram; services, Kenneth Skidds. Employees: 5, 900 Head Office: 19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, WA 98188, USA. 32-8723. Tel: +1 (206) 433 3200. Fax: +1 (206) 4333379. Telex 32-8723 "Alaska Airlines Commuter Service" is the name adopted by the following carriers when operating feeder services on behalf of Alaska Airlines: Bering Air, Era Aviation, Horizon Air, LAB Flying Service, Markair, and Temsco Airlines. Alinord, an Italian regional airline operating scheduled passenger services Taranto to Milan via Perugia and Taranto to Bergamo via Rome, was sold to Unifly in January 1990 but will continue to operate as a separate company, concentrating on scheduled services with Unif- ly's DC-9 and MD-83 equipment, possibly from a new hub at Palermo. Charter flights are also undertaken. Fleet: two Fokker F. 28-1000. Head Office: Viale Dell'Aviazione 65, 1-20138 Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 02 712542. Telex: 322440. Alisarda's scheduled services now link Olbia with Milan, Bologna, Pisa, Rome, Cagliari, Genoa and Naples; Cagliari with Milan, Bologna, Pisa, Catania and Olbia; and Catania with Bologna, Cagliari and Verona. Seasonal services from Olbia to Turin, Venice, Verona, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Frankfurt, Munich and Nice; from Cagliari to Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Verona and Zurich. The airline is an associated company of major finance groups in which Prince Karim Aga Khan has a major interest. History: Alisarda was formed in March 1963 as an air- taxi and charter operator. Scheduled services began in May 1966 and a third-level company, Avianova, was established in 1986. Fleet: six McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51, five MD-82. On order: six MD-82, 20 Canadair Regional Jet. Executives: president, Sergio Peralda; managing direc tor, Franco Trivi; directors: administration, Arnaldo Cat- tagni; commercial, Alfredo Piccinato; operations, Giu seppe Napoli; public relations, Rodolfo Ciccarelli. Employees: approx. 1, 000. Head Office: Corso Umberto, 193, 07026 OLBIA, Sassari, Italy. Tel: +39 789 52600. Fax: +39 789-52856. Telex: 790043. Alitalia (Linee Aeree Italiane), the Italian national airline, operates a worldwide network of scheduled passenger and cargo flights from Milan and Rome, serving Europe, North and South America, the Middle and Far East, north-east and South Africa and Australia. An extensive network of domestic services is also operated. The airline made a profit in 1987 after several years of financial loss. A new structure resulted in further improvement in efficiency and service quality. The Italian Government, through IRI is the major (83.4%) shareholder. The airline's susidiaries include ATI, a domestic carrier. History: The airline was originally formed in September 1946, and operations began in May 1947. The present name was adopted in 1957 when the two major Italian airlines, Alitalia and LAI, merged. Fleet (including ATI): 14 Airbus A300B4, 11ATR42, 12 Boeing 747, one 747F, 43 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, 51MD-80. Onorder:20A321, 13MD-11. Executives: chairman, to be nominated; managing di rector, Dr Giovanni Bisignani; president and CEO, Dr Ing Ferruccio Pavolini. Executive vice-presidents: corporate affairs, Dr Aw Luigi Bonazzi; corporate development, Dr Enrico Graziani; financial control, Dr Giovani Liouetti. Employees: 29,197. Head Office: Piazzale Giulio Pastoro 6, 00144 Rome, Italy. Tel: +39 (6) 544 41. Fax: +39 (6) 592 0089. Telex: 626211. "Allegheny Commuter" was the name adopted by US Air for its network of feeder services. From 1 July, 1989, the network has operated as USAir Express. Allegheny Commuter Airlines is the former Suburban Airlines, having adopted the new name in August 1989. A wholly-owned subsidiary of USAir the airline operates as a USAir Express carrier, serving Allentown/ Bethlem/Easton, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and StateCoI- lege (all in Pennsylvania); Charlottesville and Newport News, Virginia; Washington National, DC; Baltimore and Salisbury, Maryland; Elmira, Islip, White Plains and New York City/JFK, New York; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Boston, Massachusetts. History: The company was originally founded in 1946 as Reading Aviation Services and began scheduled com muter services as Reading Airlines in 1957. in 1968 the name was changed to Suburban Airlines and in 1973 the airline began a long-term contract with Allegheny Air lines, now USAir, to provide high-frequency services to Philadelphia and Newark. USAir Group acquired Subur ban on 30 April, 1986. Fleet: three Fokker F. 27, 11 Shorts 330, four 360. Executives: president and CEO, Frederick J. Arnold; director of operations, David W. Gross; maintenance manager, Joseph E. Green. Employees: 300. Head Office: PO Box 1201, Reading, PA 19603, USA. Tel:+1 (215) 375 8551. Fax: +1(215)320 7495. All Nippon Airways (ANA), one of Japan's three major airlines, launched its first scheduled international passen ger service in March 1986, linking Tokyo with Guam . Before this, Japanese flag-carrier JAL had a monopoly of all international routes. Subsequently the carrier added Los Angeles, Washington, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Sydney to its international network. In 1989 new interna tional services included Tokyo-London (Gatwick) Tokyo- Bangkok, Tokyo-Saipan Tokyo-Moscow-Vienna (jointly with Aerflot and Austrian Airlines) and Tokyo-Stockholm in association with SAS. In addition to its international scheduled services, ANA operates scheduled passenger and cargo services on over 70 domestic and regional routes, as well as a limited number of short haul charter services. History: The airline was formed in December 1952 as the Japan Helicopter and Airplane Co. , and scheduled operations began in 1953. JHAT was merged with Far Eastern Airlines in 1958 and took over Fujita Airlines in 1963, Nakanihon Air Services in 1965, and Nagasaki Airways in 1967. Fleet: 17 Boeing 747SR, six 747-200B, one 747-200F, 25 767-200, nine 767-300, six 727-200, 14 737-200, 11 Lockheed Tristar I, 17 NAMC YS-IIA. On order: ten A320 -200, six 747-400, one 747-200F, one 747-200B, six 767- 300. Executives: chairman, Tokuji Wakasa; president and CEO, Akio Kondo; senior executive v-ps: Keisuke Inui, Hiroshi Asakura; executive vice-presidents: safety promo tion, Yoshiyuki Funatsu; general affairs-Western Japan, Masahiro Suwa; administration, Seiji Fukatsu; senior vice- presidents: information systems, Sasatoshi Egami; engi neering and maintenance, Hideo Aoki, flight operations, Satoshi Kurono, personnel, Takashi Ijichi; finance, Umeyuki Morihira; executive office, Mitsuo Iijima; associ ated businesses, Minoru Shigemori; international rela tions, Taiji Kameyami; sales and services, Kiyoshi, Kashiwabara. Employees: 12,500. Head Office: Kasumigaseki Building 2-5, 3 Chome, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Tel: +81 3 592 3035. Fax: +81 3 592 3239 Telex: J33670. Aloha Airlines operates scheduled passenger, freight and small package services between Lihue, Honolulu, Kahului, Kona and Hilo, Hawaii. It is wholly owned by Aloha Airgroup, with chairman Sheridan Ing as the major shareholder. History: The company was founded in June 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines, began operations in July of that year, and changed its name to Aloha Airlines in 1958. Fleet: nine Boeing 737-200, four 737-200C, two 737- 300. On order: four 737-300 (four more on option). Executives: chairman, Sheridan. Ing; vice-chairman, Dr Hung Wo Ching; president and CEO, A. Maurice Myers; senior v-ps: finance, John Garibaldi; operations, Thomas Derieg. Employees: 1,726. Head Office: PO Box 30028, Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii 96820, USA. Tel: +1 (808) 836 4101. Fax: +1 (808) 836 0303. Telex: 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, Cairo, Damascus, Larnaca, Budapest, Doha, Sanaa, Mogadishu, Djibouti, Bombay, Addis Ababa, Riyan, Seiyun, Al Ghaydah, Beihan, Ataq, and Mukeiras. ' History: Alyemda was formed on 11 March, 1961. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, two 737-200C, one Tupo- lev 154, two Dash 7, one An-26. Executives: chairman/general manager, Abdulla Ali Abdulla; deputy general managers: technical, Saeed N. Sinan; commercial, Ali A. Altahs; directors, commercial, Adel A. Alawi; finance, Abood M. Alhaijri; technical, Saleh H. Soofi, staff/administration, Abdulrehman Ahmed M. , planning, Abdulla M Badhorais; flight operations, Capt A. Abdulrub. Employees: 1,207. Head Office: PO Box 6006, Alyemda Building, Khor- maksar Civil Airport, Aden, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. Tel: 52267. Telex: 2269. American Airlines, one of the world's largest carriers, has continued to expand its international route network rapidly. New destinations introduced in 1989 included Brussels, Hamburg, Lyon, and Stockholm. The airline started transatlantic operations between Dallas and 66 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 14-20 March 1990
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