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1991
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Yemen flag-carrier Yemenia flies Boeings Tel: +47 2 73 6500. Fax: +47 2 73 6590. Telex: 78509 WIDERFLY. Windward Island Airways International (WIA — Winair) flies scheduled passenger services from Phil- ipsburg, St Maarten, to other islands in the Lesser Antilles, including Saba, St Eustatius, SL Kitts, St Barlhelemy, St Nevis, St Thomas, SL Croix, Antigua, Montserrat and Anguilla, together with charters through out the eastern Caribbean. History: WIA was formed in 1962 and acquired by the Government of the Netherlands Antilles in December 1974. Fleet: three Boeing Canada Twin Otter 300. Executives: president, Dr I G Romer; chairman, N C Wathey; asst general manager, S de Weever; director of finance, D J van Bekkum; chief pilot, E Hodge; mainte nance director, G Boersma; sales manager, C A Buncam- per. Employees: 80. Head Office: PO Box 2088, Princess Juliana Airport, St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Tel: +599 5 42568. Fax: +599 5 44229. World Airways closed down all of its scheduled services, which accounted for the bulk of operations, in Septem ber 1986, and now concentrates on worldwide passenger and cargo charters and of overhauls at its Oakland base. History: World Airways was formed in 1948 to operate charters. In 1950 the carrier was purchased by Edward Daly, who held 81% of the shareholding up to his death in January 1984. In 1979 World began scheduled low-fare transcontinental services linking New York (Newark) and Baltimore/Washington DC with Los Ange les and Oakland on 12 April, 1979. Scheduled services to Honolulu, London (Gatwick) and Frankfurt were added in 1981. Fleet: five McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, four DC-10-10. Executives: chairman, T Coleman Andrews; chief executive oficer, R M Janisse; senior vp sales and marketing, Dennis B Crosby; vp and director operations, John DeWitt. Head Office: 13873 Park Center Road, Suite 400, Herndon, VA 22071, USA. Tel: +1 703 834 9200. Fax; +1 703 834 9212. Telex: 990234. World Air Network, a new subsidiary of All Nippon Airways, is to start charter services from 1 March, 1991, on regional routes within Japan including Fukuoka, Oata and Nagoya, plus international services to Sin gapore, Bangkok, Guam and the Republic of Korea. Fleet: one Boeing 767-300ER. Executive: president, Isao Kasuga. Worldways Canada provides worldwide passenger char ter services. The airline was founded in 1974, and is Canada's fourth-largest carrier. The company operates charters on behalf of leading tour firms in Canada and Europe. Fleet: four McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63, two Lock heed L-1011-50, two L-1011-1, three Boeing 727-100. Executives: president, R T Moore; executive vp, Michael Abate; vps: commercial, Bob McGee; flight, Arnie Macleish; controller, Peter Wanner; inflight, Lyle Gibson; airport operations, Tim Archer; maintenance, Don Harper. Employees: 850. Head Office: 6299 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1N3, Canada. Tel: +1 416 677-6721. Fax: + 1 416 677-8685. Telex: 06- 968590. Wrangler Aviation, formerly known as Blue Bell Aviation, is a subsidiary of the Wrangler Corporation. The carrier oper ates cargo services on behalf of its parent company. Fleet: four Canadair CL-44D. Head Office: PO Box 21488, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420, USA. Telex: 574360. XP Express Parcel Systems was acquired by TNT in April 1989. Yemen Airways (Yemenia). A merger of Yemenia and Alyemda, following North and South Yemen's unity into a single Yemen Republic in May 1990, is still under discussion and is being further delayed by the Gulf war. Yemen Airways operates domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services from Sana'a to Taiz, Hodeidah, Albuque, Aden and Riyan, together with international routes to Djibouti, Bahrain, Doha, Jeddah, Sharjah, Dhahran, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Abu Dhabi, Karachi, Damascus, Cairo, Rome, London (Gatwick), Amsterdam, Istanbul, Moscow, Frankfurt, Larnaca, Bombay, Amman, Paris and Riyadh. During the crisis in the Gulf Baghdad and Kuwait routes are suspended. History: The company, formed in 1963 as the national airline under the title Yemen Airlines, was reorganised and retitled Yemen Airways Corporation in September 1972, following nationalisation. The present name was adopted on 1 July, 1978, following the joint establish ment early in 1977 of a new airline by the governments of the Yemen Arab Republic, now Republic of Yemen, and Saudi Arabia, holding 51% and 49% respectively of the capital. Fleet: four Boeing 727-200, one 737-200, two Boeing Canada Dash 7. / Executives: chairman, Mohd»""Al-Haimy; managing director, Rida T Hakeem; directors: commercial, Abdu- rakeeb A Saeed; admin, Abdul Wali K Tarboosh; technical services, Saeed Al-Yarimi; flight operations,, Capt Ali Ali Al-Othary; finance, AH M Baghdadi; joint affairs, Amin Abdul Majeed; corporate planning and manpower development, Yahya Suwayed. Employees: 1,980. Head Office: PO Box 1183, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen. Tel: +967 2 232380. +967 2 252991. Telex: 2204 YEMA1R YE. Zairean Airlines operates regular passenger and freight services, from Kinshasa to Tshikapa, Kananga, Gemena, Mbujimayi and Lodja, on request to Mbandaka, Gba- dolite, Libenge and Kisangani; also ad hoc charter flights throughout Africa. History: The airline was formed in 1981 and is owned by its director-general, Capt Alfred Sommerauer. Fleet: one Piper PA 28-180, one Vickers Viscount 700. Executives: director-general, Capt Alfred Sommerauer; managers: operations, Cit A Embumba; cargo, Cit G Rudakubana. Employees: 38. Head Office: Boulevard du 30 Juin 3555-3560, PO Box 2111, Kinshasa 1, Republic of Zaire. Tel: +243 12 23533/24624. Telex: 21525 ZAIREAN. Zambia Airways operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from the capital Lusaka, to various points in Zambia, together with international routes to Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Harare, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Jeddah, Entebbe, London, Rome, Frankfurt, Manzini, New York and Bombay. History: The company was formed in September 1967 as a wholly-owned Government airline. Technical and managerial assistance was provided initially by Alitalia and, from 1974, by Aer Lingus. In March 1982, Ethiopian Airlines entered into a three-year operation and technical support agreement with Zambia. Fleet: two' ATR42-300, two Boeing 737-200, one McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, one DC-8-71. On order: one MD-11. Executives: chairman, Michael S Mulenga; managing director, Capt M G Mulundika; directors: marketing, A H Michelo; finance, R Gunasekera; technical, S Muham- med; flight operations, Capt S Sikazwe; international relations, R Ndhlovu. Employees: 2,134. Head Office: Ndeke House, Haile Selassie Avenue, PO Box 30272, Lusaka, Zambia. Tel: +260 1 228274. Fax: +260 1 254281. Telex: 43850 NDEKE ZA. Zantop International Airlines provides all-cargo sched uled and charter services throughout the USA and charter service internationally from its base at Detroit's Willow Run Airport. History: Zantop was founded in May 1972 by the Zantop family, to operate contract cargo services, mainly for the automobile industry. In May 1978, the company received authority to operate general cargo charters throughout the USA. In February 1980, Zantop ex panded scheduled services significantly and in 1980 purchased the Air Cargo division of Hawaiian Airlines, based at Macon-Bibb County Airport, Georgia. FleeL: 11 Convair CV-640, 20 Lockheed Electra. Executives: president/chairman, Duane A Zantop; executive vp, James Zantop; vps: maintenance, Edward Bahn; cargo, Neil Reichard; administration, Pete How- arth. Employees: 1,500. Head Office: 840 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198, USA. ' Tel: +1 313 941 8900/485 8900. Fax: +1 313 485 4813. Telex: 230 479 ZANTOP YPSI. ZAS Airline of Egypt (Zarkani Aviation Services) began scheduled passenger services last year between Cairo and Amsterdam, Alexandria, Aswan, Hurghada, Luxor and Sharm El Sheik. The airline's 707 and Jetstar aircraft are for sale. Charter services are also provided. The airline is owned by the Zarkani Group. History: The airline was formed in June 1982, and was granted a passenger licence in September 1987. Subsidiaries: Z'Tours and ZAS Handling. Fleet: three Boeing 707-300C, one McDonnell Douglas MD-83, two Lockheed Jetstar. On order: two MD-83. Executives: chairman and president, Sherif Zarkani; deputy managing director Europe, G Short; vps: Emir Zarkani, Gen Nabil Kamel; maintenance and engineer ing, Atef el Deeb; directors: finance, Abdel Messch; operations, Capt Salem; chief pilot, Capt Tolba; director cargo, Mohamed Ismail Saleh; passenger division, Ibrahim Rashed. Head Office: 21 Fahmy Street, Bab-el-Look, Cairo, Egypt-Tel: +20 2 28740. Fax: +20 2 672045. Telex: 22313. Zhejiang Airlines is a new Hangzhou-based regional airline which serves the tourist centres of Zhejiang Province on China's south-east coast. The Province of Zhejiang holds 60% of the shares and CAAC.has 40%. Fleet: two Boeing Canada Dash 8-300. Head Office: 57 North Huan Zhen Road, 7th Floor, Hangzhou, (Province of Zheijang, Peoples Republic of China. Tel: +86 20 88 2490. Telex: 351006 CNEZH CN. Zuliana is a newly formed Caracas-based cargo carrier. Fleet: one McDonnell Douglas DC-8F-54. Head Office: PO Box 660485, Miami, Florida, USA. Tel: +1 305 871 0420. Fax: +1 305 871 5098. Zambia operates a Boeing 757 Freighter 130 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 March - 2 April, 1991
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