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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Head Office: 72-76 Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Tel: +1 (809) 922 3460. Fax: +1 (809) 922 0107. Telex: 2389 AIRJCA JA. Air jet, a subsidiary of the Jet Services Group, operates passenger and cargo charter and regional scheduled services from its base at Paris-Orly. Routes: Avignon-Lyon- A BAe 146 is Air Jet's only jet aircraft Avignon; Orly-Rennes-Orly. History: The airline was formed in May 1980 as an integrated carrier of the Jet Services express parcel system. Operations began in January 1981. Since then the airline has widened its range of activities. Fleet: one BAe 146-200QC, five Fokker F.27-600QC, one Beech Super King Air 200. Executives: chairman, Roger Caille; managing direc tor, Daniel Swiedziol; managers: operations, Francois Bricheteau; technical, Philippe Schwyter; chief pilot, Andre Cholley. Employees: 140. Head Office:' BP 637, Orly Zone de Fret, F943D93 Orly Aerogare Cedex, France. Tel: +33 (1) 49 75 13 60. Fax: +33 (1) 49 75 31 56. Telex: 265335. Air Jugoslavia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jugoslov- enski Aerotransport (JAT), operating charter flights, mainly to areas where numbers of Jugoslav emigrants reside, such as Australia and the USA. JAT aircraft are chartered as required. History: The company was formed in April 1969 bv JAT. Executives: general manager, A Scepanovic; deputy general manager, S Preleric. Head Office: Mose Pijade I/III, 11000 Belgrade, Jugo slavia. Tel: +38 (11) 325635. Fax: +38 (11) 327832. Telex: 12035 JUAIR YU. Airkenya Aviation is a private carrier operating sched uled and charter passenger services within Kenya. New services include Malinda, Mombasa and Kisumu. Routes: Nyeri-Nanyuki-Samburu, Nanyuki-Masai Mara, Masai Mara, Amboseli, Turkana, Lamu, Kiwayu, Eldoret. History: Formed in 1985 from a merger between Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation. Fleet: three Beech Baron B55/58, three de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, one DHC-6-200 Twin Otter, three McDonnell Douglas DC-3, one Piper Navajo. Executives: managing director, John Buckley; chief pilot, Dino Bisleti; chief engineer, Alan Collis. Employees: 150. ' Head office: PO Box 30357, (Wilson Airport), Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 (2) 501601. Fax: +254 (2) 500845. Telex 22939 AIRKENYA Air Kilroe, a British charter carrier operating from Manchester, was incorporated in 1978 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the the Kilroe Group. The airline offers third-party maintenance on most aircraft below 5,700kg. It also provides handling for general-aviation operators. Fleet: two Beech King Air 200, two BAe Jetsream 31, one Partenavia P.68, one Piper Navajo Chieftain. Executives: managing director, Brian Hetherington; chairman, T Kilroe; company secretary, R Haydock; chief pilot, G Wallis; chief engineer, Jim Dell. Employees: 30. Head Office: Hangar 6, North Road, Manchester International Airport, Manchester M22 5PF, England. Tel: +44 (61) 436 2055. Fax: +44 (61) 499 1890. Telex: 665525 AIRTAX G. Air LA is a scheduled regional and cargo carrier operating routes from Los Angeles to Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Palm Springs, Tijuana, Mexicoli, Eseneda and San Felipe; Ontario to Tijuana, Mexicoli, Eseneda and San Felipe. History: Founded in 1979 as a charter carrier, the airline began scheduled operations in 1983. It became a publicly traded company in 1990. In April 1991 an international service to Mexico ^^ began. s^srf|^^P^*^ Fleet: three Embraer EMB-110 , -JT< / Bandeirante. tW: ,f Executives: president, Wayne Schoenfeld; VPs: marketing, William Wolf; operations, Kenneth Dickey. Employees: 50. Head office: 6151 W. Century Boulevard, #1114, Los Angeles, Ca 90045, USA. Tel: +1 (310) 215 8234. Fax: +1 (310) 641 2344. Telex: 529529 LAXGOUE. Air Lanka, Sri Lanka's national carrier, has added Sydney, Melbourne and Vienna to its international network of scheduled passenger and cargo services linking Colombo with Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Bangkok, Bombay, Dharan, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, ..Madras, Male, Muscat, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Singapore, Tiruchirapalli, Tokyo, Trivandrum, Zurich. Subsidiaries: Air Lanka Catering Services, a joint venture with Thai International. History: Air Lanka was formed on 10 January, 1979, to succeed Air Ceylon. The airline is wholly owned by the Sri Lankan Government. Fleet: three Lockheed L-l-11-500 TriStar, two L-100, one Boeing 737-200. On order: one Airbus A320. Executives: chairman & managing director, D Jaye- wardena; directors: R Paskaralingham, R Jayakody, S K H Wijayatilake PC, S Dhanabala. Employees: 3,590. Head Office: 37 York Street, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka. Tel: +94 (1) 421291. Fax: +94 (1) 449841. Telex: 21401 LANKA1R CE. Air Liberia's scheduled passenger and cargo services link Spriggs Payne Airport (Monrovia) with Robertsfield International. Airport, Sinoe, Cape Palmas, Nimba, T'Chien, Voinjama, Foya, Wologissi, Grandcess and Sasstown. Passenger and cargo charter services are also operated to domestic and international destinations. History; Air Liberia was formed in January 1974 from the merger of Liberian National Airlines with Ducor Air Transport (Datco). LNA was formed originally in 1949 as Liberian National Airways and operations began in 1952. Air Liberia is wholly Government-owned. Fleet: two Pilatus Britten-Norman Trislander, three Islander, one Cessna 402, three Israel Aircraft Industries Arava 102B. Executives: managing director, James Kofa; deputy managing directors: admin, Michael Wiles; operations, Capt Martin Harmon. Employees: 192. Head Office: PO Box 2076, Monrovia, Liberia. Tel: +231 222144/262735/262679. Telex: 4298. Air Liberie is a French carrier operating charter passen- ger services to European and Mediterranean holiday resorts and has introduced routes from Paris to Saint-Denis de la Reunion, Fort-de-France and Pointe-a-Pitre. Sched uled services are now operated to Montreal with an Airbus A310-300 and the carrier proposes a business class. History: Formed in July 1987, the airline started flying in 1988. Fleet: two Airbus A300-600R, one A310- 300, six McDonnell Douglas MD-83. Executives: chairman, Lotfi Belhassine; managing director, Nathalie Wattelet-Le Ber- der; managers: admin and finance, Maurice Lost; operations, Laurent Razafimbahoaka; commercial, Cedric Pastour; maintenance, Andre Lopez. Employees: 600. Head Office: 1, rue du Courson, SENIA 128, F-94517 Thiais Cedex, France. Tel: +33 (1) 46 86 43 64/46 86 25 00. Fax: +33 (1) 46 87 72 49/46 86 50 95. Telex: 261760 AIRLIB. SITA: ORYCSBT. Air Liberte Tunisie is a charter affiliate of French operator Air Liberte and started operations on 5 October, 1990. Based at Monastir, the airline operates to Europe, Scandinavia and Africa. Fleet: two McDonnell Douglas MD-83. On order: one MD-83. Executives: chairman, Aziz Miled; managing director, Slaheddine Kastalli; VPs: admin and finance, S Chaouch; development, E Maherzi, maintenance, M Razgallah; marketing, K Dahmani; operations, M Benchaabane. Employees: 160. Hedi Karray 1080, Tunis/BP Head office: 32 Rue 328-337, 1080, Tunisia. Tel: +216 (1) 713000 14817 TULIB. Fax: +216 (1) 715333. Tele Miami-based cargo carrier Airlift International is a operating charter services. Fleet: three Fokker F.27, one Fairchild-Hiller FH- 227C. Head Office: PO Box 522495, Miami International Airport, Florida 33152, USA. Tel: +1 (305) 871 1750. Telex: 522825. Air Limousin went into liquidation in May 1989. Airlines of Europe (AOE), a Netherlands-based holding company of the International Leisure Group, failed parent of Air Europe, had established several European airlines which continue to operate under new owners: Air Europa, operating name of Air Espafia, was 25% owned by AOE, the shares now being owned by Group Hidalgo, which has 58%; Politours, 25%; Rotavia, 15% and employees' group 2%; Air Europe Scandinavia, now renamed Norway Airlines, in which AOE had a 33% share, was bought by Sterling Airways; Air Europe Express, resulting from the take-over of Connectair, combined with Guernsey Airlines and merged with Air Europe, has been bought back by Connectair, re launched as Euroworld, and is now renamed CityFlyer Express; Air Europe SpA, formerly Flying Services SRL, in which AOE took a 33% share, was bought back by the management and now operates independently as Air Europe Italy. Air Littoral is a French regional airline operating scheduled passenger services over 55 routes, in France and international destinations in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and UK. History: The company began operations in 1972, and in 1988 the airline merged with Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc, also based at Montpellier. It received its first jet equipment in December 1989, flying between Beziers and Paris. Fleet: two ATR72, five ATR42-200, nine Embraer EMB-110 Brasilia, six Fokker 100. Executives: president, A Daros; director general, Marc Dufor; commercial director, Bernard Boisson. Employees: 900. Head office: Aeroport de Montpellier, Mediterannee, BP 43, F-34130 Magio Cedex, France. Tel: +33 (67) 20 67 20. Fax: +33 (67) 64 10 61. Telex: 490601 F AIRLIT. Air Liberte uses Airbus A300-600Rs for high-load capacity FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 March, 1992 45
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