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1991
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WORLD AIRLINE D IRECTORY History: Formerly known as Toa Domestic Airlines, the carrier was formed in May 1971 by the merger of Japan Domestic Airlines and Toa Airways. Fleet: ten Airbus A300B2, six A300B4, one McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER, 15 MD-81, one MD-87, 14 DC-9- 40, 33 NAMC YS-11. On order: nine A300-600R, nine MD-81, three MD-87. Executives: chairman, Isamu Tanaka; president, Take shi Mashima, senior vps: finance, Shigeo Soda; sales and marketing, Hiromi Funabiki; vps and managing direc tors: flight operations, Yoshitomi Ono; maintenance and engineering, Masashisa Tsujine; vp and corporate plan ning director, Minaru Moukawa. Employees: 5,400. Head Office: 18 Mori Building, 3-13, Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan. Tel: +81 3 507 8030. Fax: +81 3 592 0115. Telex: 2225182. Japan Asia Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan Air Lines, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Tokyo and Osaka to Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong; and from Okinawa to Taipei. Charter flights are also undertaken. History: The company was formed on 8 August, 1975, to operate services between Japan and Taiwan. Fleet: two Boeing 747-100, one 747-300, three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40. Executives: chairman, Toshio Itakura; president, Take shi Tsunogae; directors and vps: international relations, Masashi Mori; engineering and maintenance, Hiroshi Fujinawa; marketing, K Someya. Employees: 500. Head Office: Yurakucho Denki Building, 7-1 Yura- kucho 1 Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan. Tel: +81 3 284 2672. Telex: J25440 JAA TOKYO. Japan Universal Transport System is a new airline which is to operate scheduled domestic cargo services within Japan. Planning to start operations in October 1991, the airline is also to apply to operate non- scheduled cargo flights on domestic and international routes. The company is being formed by Japan Airlines, Nippon Express and Yamato Transport as Japan's first small package carrier. Fleet: one Boeing 747F. New livery for Jersey European's F.27s Jersey European Airways will start scheduled services from Leeds/Bradford to to Belfast City from the, end of March 1991. It already operates scheduled passenger services to Belfast City, Birmingham International, Black pool, Bournemouth, Bristol, Dinard, Exeter, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, London (Stansted), Manchester, Paris, Southampton and Teesside. The airline also undertakes charter flights. Subsidiaries: JEA (Engineering) can perform all major checks on aircraft up to Fokker F.27 size, including the BAe 748, Boeing de Havilland Twin Otter, Embraer Bandeirante and Shorts 330 and 360. With full CAA approval, the company is supporting more than 40 large public-transport aircraft. History: The privately owned company was formed in 1979, when it took over the routes of Intra Airways. In November 1983, the airline was taken over by the Walker Group (C W Walker and Sons), parent company of Spacegrand Aviation. The two companies were merged in October 1985, adopting the Jersey European name. Fleet: eight Fokker F.27-500, one Shorts 360, three BAe 748-2A. Executives: group managing director, P A Glenister; managing directors: D McCulloch, S Newton Chance FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 March - 2 April, 1991 (engineering); flight operations director, Capt PJ White. Employees: 250. Head Office: Terminal Building, Exeter Airport, Ex eter, Devon EX5 2BD, UK. Tel: +44 392 66669. Fax: +44 392 66151. Telex: 42761 JEAEXT G. Jelall is a privately owned cargo and charter carrier, which started operations in 1987. Fleet: three Cessna 402B, four Convair 580, six Fairchild SA-226, one SA-227. Executives: president, Arie Tall; vp, Ostap Diduch. Head Office: 7035 Fir Tree Drive, Suite 9, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5S IV6. Tel: +1 416 672 3300. Fax: +1 416 672 3307. Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT-Jugoslav Airlines) is wholly state owned. An extensive network of scheduled passenger services is operated to 16 domestic points and 48 cities in Western Europe, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, North America, the Middle and Far East and Australia. History: JAT was formed in 1947. Subsidiaries: Air Jugoslavia is a subsidiary formed to operate charters using JAT aircraft when required. JAT undertakes maintenance for its own aircraft and for other operators and operates Airlift (tour operator), JAT Catering, JAT Training Centre, JAT Medical Centre, -"" Agricultural Aviation, two airports and JAT ground transportation. Fleet: eight Boeing 727-200, nine 737-300, three McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, one DC-10-30CF, eight DC-9-30, three ATR42. On order: three ATR72. Executives: director general/president, Miljenko Zre- lac; directors: commercial, Radislav Milanovic, flight operations, Mladen Munizaba; technical, Nijaz Hodzic, vp sales, Tripun Tosutovic, general manager admin, and finance, Milan Zikelic. Employees: 7,867. Head Office: Milentia Popovica 9 Sava Centar, Novi Beograd 11070, Jugoslavia. Tel: +38 11 145 798. Fax: +38 11 131 402. Telex: 11681. Kabo Air provides scheduled domestic passenger serv ices, linking Lagos with Kano, Kaduna and Port Har- court, as well as international charters. History: Operations began in April 1981. Fleet: two Boeing 727-100, one McDonnell Douglas DC-8. Executives: executive director of aviation, Shitu Adamu. Employees: 120. Head Office: 6733 Ashton Road, PO Box 1850, Kano, Nigeria.- Tel: +234 64 625291. Telex: 77277. Karair, a subsidiary of Finnair, operates scheduled domestic and international charter services. Geological survey work is also carried out. At present, the airline flies a scheduled service between Helsinki and Turku, Maarianhamina, Pori, Vaasa, Kokkola, Oulu, Ivalo, Kittila, Jyvaskyla, Tampere, Kuopio, Varkaus, Joensuu, Savonlinna, Lappeenranta and daily to Stockholm and Tallin for Finnair. History: Karair was established in 1957 to continue the operations of Karhumaki Airways, formed in 1951 and a subsidiary of the old-established Karhumaki aircraft manufacturing organisation. Fleet: five ATR72, one Twin Otter. On order: one ATR72. Executives: chairman, Antti Potila; managing director,- Pekka Valimaki; directors: flight operations, Heikki Tuomainen; technical, Pertti Vaisanen; economics, Seppo Rautamo; chief engineer, Kari Nurmi; chief inspector, V Ruotsalainen; managers: administration, Raili Saarinen; passenger service, U Ilvonen; Embraer sales rep, Peter Makinen. Employees: 340. • Head Office: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, SF-01530 VAN- TAA, Finland. Tel: +358-0-818 51399. Fax: +358-0-870 19 06. Telex: 124769 krair. Kalale Aero Transport provides cargo services from its Goma base to Kinshasa, primarily for the carriage of coffee. Kenya Airways flies three A310-100s Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, one Canadair CL-44, one Bristol Britannia 312F, two Britannia 253F. Employees: 160. Head Office: BP 9880, Goma, Kivu, Zaire. Tel: 334. Telex: 21048. Kel Air, based at Nice, operates charter flights and regional services from Lyon to Base 1/Mulhouse on behalf of Air Inter and TAT; night newspaper flights are also carried out for Nice-Matin. Fleet: three BAe 748. On order: two BAe 14j5. History: Kel Air began operations on 22 December, 1988. Head Office: Aeroport de Nice-Cote d'Azur, F-06056, Nice Cedex, France. Tel: +33 93 21 34 85. Fax: +33 93 21 34 38. Telex: 970918 F KELAIR. Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter is a subsidiary of Kelowna Flightcraft, which specialises in modification of Convair airliners and flies transcontinental charters across Canada. History: The parent company was formed in 1970 and the charter subsidiary in 1974. Fleet: two Boeing 727-100QC, five Convair 580, one Douglas DC-3, one Gulfstream 1, one Beech 60A Duke, two Cessna 402B, one 3ION, one 210L, one Piper PA-28-161 Arrow. Executives: president, Barry Lapointe; secretary and treasurer, Jim Rogers. Employees: 210. Head Office: RR. 2, Kelowna Airport, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 7R1, Canada. Tel: +1 604 765 1481. Fax +1 604 765 1489. SITA: TLWBKAC. Kendell Airlines, a major Australian commuter carrier, operates a network of scheduled passenger services linking Adelaide with Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), Mount Gambier, Port Lincoln, Wyalla, Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Broken Hill, Woomera, Olympic Dam, Coober Pedy and Ayers Rock; Melbourne with Albury, Wagga Wagga, Merimbula, Cooma, King Island, Mildura, Portland, Mount Ambier, Burnie (Wynyard) and Devonport. History: The company was formed in 1967 as Premiair Aviation and started scheduled services in 1971- The name was changed to Kendell Airlines in 1982. Fleet: five Saab 340, eight Fairchild Metro II. Executives: managing director, D M Kendell; general manager, G J Breust; director of operations, Capt Max Langshaw; chief engineer, R Godwin. Employees: 184. Head Office: 43 Thompson Street OR, PO Box 78, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia. Tel: +61 (69) 215011. Fax: +61 (69) 217071. Telex: AA169066 KDAWG. Kenya Airways operates scheduled international passen ger services linking Nairobi with Cairo, Athens, Rome, Zurich, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Khartoum, Dubai, Jeddah, Bombay, Addis Ababa, Mogadishu, Seychelles Entebbe, Harare, Dar-es-Salaam, Lusaka, Kigali, Bujum bura, Lillongwe, Gaborone and Zanzibar. Domestic services are operated from Nairobi to Mombasa, Malindi arid Kisumu. History: Kenya Airways was formed by the Kenyan Government in 1977, after the collapse of the former East African Airways. Fleet: three Airbus A310-300, three Boeing 707-320B, one 720B, two Fokker 50, one F.27-200, one McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73CF, one DC-9-30. Executives: chairman, Leo Odero; general manager, Fred Ndeto; managers: commercial, Johnstone Okutoyi; 97
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