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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY History: The company was formed in September 1962 by the Indonesian Government as the second state airline. Its primary objective was to take over the network of internal services developed by the air force since 1958. In October 1978, the airline was taken over by the national carrier, Garuda. Fleet: 11 de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, two BAe HS.748, one ATP, 12 CASA-Nuritanio CN-235, 13 CN-212, 11 Fokker F.27, 20 F.28, two Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, three McDonnell Douglas DC-9. On order: four ATP. Executives: president; Capt F H Sumolang; senior VPs: operations, Capt Rafdi Samin; maintenance and engi neering, Sjufri Saleh; admin & finance, Ridwan Fata- rudin; commercial, A Rozali. Employees: 1,800. Head Office: PO Box 323, Jalan Angkasa 2, Jakarta 10013, Indonesia. Tel: +62 (21) 413608. Fax: +62 (21) 418936. Telex: 49154 MERPATI IA. Mesaba Airlines, a US regional carrier, operates sched uled passenger services from Minneapolis and Detroit on behalf of Northwest Airlines. These flights are provided under the name "Northwest Airlink", with the com- MGM Grand offers luxury for small numbers pany's aircraft adopting the Northwest livery and using the Northwest flight code. Charter services within North America are also operated. History: Parent Mesaba Aviation was formed in 1944 and scheduled operations began in February 1973. Fleet: 16 Fairchild Metro III, two Fokker F.27-600, five F.27-500, seven F.27-200. Executives: president: CEO and chairman, Robert Swenson; senior VP operations, Patrick Thompson. Head Office: 7501 26th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450, USA. Tel: +1 (612) 726 5151. Metro Cargo ceased operations in July 1991. Mexair, a carrier based in Geneva, started charter sendees in May 1989, operating worldwide charter passenger and cargo flights. Fleet: four Antonov An-12 cargo, one An-72 cargo, one Dassault Falcon 200, two Ilyushin I1-76TD cargo, one Yakovlev Yak-40 passenger. Executives: president, Mexair Switzerland, Renzo Bi- anchini; president, Mexair France, Ronald de Smet. Employees: 82. Head Office: PO Box 195, CH-1215 Geneva-Airport, Switzerland. Tel: +41 (22) 788 3000. Fax: +41 (22) 788 3050. Telex: 415357 MEXR CH. SITA: GUACF7X. Mexicana Airlines (Compania Mexicana de Aviacion de CV) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 38 points in Mexico, the USA, the Caribbean and Central America, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio, Chi cago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa and Miami in the USA, plus Havana, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Guatemala City and San Jose (Costa Rica), History: Mexicana claims to be the fourth oldest airline in the world. Founded as Compania Mexicana de Transportes Aereos on 12 July, 1921, the airline adopted its present name on 20 August, 1924. Fleet: 44 Boeing 727-200A, five McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15. On order: 72 Airbus A320. Executives: chairman, Lie Carlos Abedrop; vice- chairman, Ing Jose Giral; CEO, Guillermo Martinez Garcia; VPs: commercial Lie Jose Kuri B; cargo, Ing Guillermo Lotch; admin and finance, C P Carlos Moreno; planning and control, Ing Joaquin Gay; human resources, Lie Eduardo de Olavarria; planning and control, Ing Joaquin Gay; technical, Capt Jorge Farell; human resources, Lie Eduardo de Olavarria. Employees: 11,200. Head Office: Mexicana Buildings, Xola No 535, Col del Valle, PO Box 12-813, Mexico City DF-03100, Mexico. Tel: +52 (5) 660 4433. Fax: +52 (5) 687 8786. Telex: 1771247 CMARME. SITA: MEXDPMX. MGM Grand Air, a US scheduled passenger and charter carrier, operates super-quality passenger services be tween Los Angeles and New York JFK. Its McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62s are configured for 35 first-class and 40 coach passengers. Air-freight services are also availa ble. The airline is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Grand. History: The airline began service in September 1987. Fleet: three Boeing 727-100, three McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62. Executives: president and CEO, Charles Demoney; VP finance, John R Severson; VPs: sales and marketing, Philip Golbitz; maintenance, John L Dewey; flight operations, Wes Christiansen; director, customer service, Pam Suder; chairman MGM Grand Inc, Fred Benninger. Employees: 325. Head Office: 2250 E Imperial Highway, Suite 450, El Segundo, California 902045, USA. Tel: +1 (310) 640 2700. Fax: +1 (310) 640 7575. MI AT-Air Mongol (Mongolyn Irgeniy Agaaryn Teever — Mongo lian Civil Air Transport) operates an extensive domestic network, to gether with international services to Moscow and Irkutsk. Activities include agricultural flying and air-ambulance work. History: MIAT was formed in 1956 with Aeroflot assistance. Domestic operations started in the same year. Fleet: one Tupolev Tu-154, 20+ Antonov An-24, 2+ An-26, and numbers of An-2, Yakovlev Yak-12 and Mikoyan Mil-4. Executives: director, Lhagvasurengiyn Lhagvaa; first deputy, Darjaagiyn Surenhorloo. Head Office: Ulan Bator Airport, Ulan Bator, People's Republic of Mongolia. Tel: +976 (1) 072240. Middle East Airlines Air Liban SAL (MEA) operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services connecting Beirut with points throughout the Middle East, Europe and North and West Africa. Major share holders are Intra Investment (62.5%) and Air France (28.5%). History: MEA was founded and began operations in 1945, adopting its present title in November 1965, when the airline was merged with Air Liban. In 1969, MEA took over Lebanese International Airways. Fleet: eight Boeing 707-320C, four 720B, three 747. Executives: chairman/president, Salim Salaam; general manager, Youssef Lahoud; executive VPs: engineering/ maintenance, Khaled Mousfi; operations, Capt Abdel Moneim Hoteit; traffic, George Saikaly; finance, Abdel Hamid Fakhoury; senior V-Ps: audit, Salim Safa; civil aviation matters, Souhail Mousfi; international/ government affairs, Sami Rababy; VPP public relations, Wafic Ajouz. Employees: 5,000. Head Office: PO Box 206, Beirut International Airport, Lebanon. Tel: +961 (1) 316316. Telex: 20820. Mid-Pacific Cargo, a Honolulu-based carrier, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 1988 and closed down its passenger operations. It now provides cargo-only services. History: Mid-Pacific Air was formed in 1980 and operations began on 15 March, 1981. Fleet: 11 NAMC YS-11. Executives: chairman, Oscar Tang; president and CEO, Donald Beck; COO, Mark Leininger; VPs: market ing, Franco Mancassola; technical services, George Barnes. Employees: 850. Head Office: PO Box 2554, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, USA. Tel: +1 (317) 743 2085. Fax: +1 (317) 743 6111. Midway Airlines ceased operations in November 1991. Midwest Express, a US scheduled carrier, is a wholly owned subsidiary of K-C Aviation which, in turn, is wholly owned by Kimberly-Clark. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Milwaukee, the carrier's hub, to Appleton, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Grand Rapids (Michigan), Kansas City, Los Angeles, Madison, New York (LaGuardia and New ark), Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington National. History: Operations began on 11 June, 1984. Fleet: nine McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, four DC-9- 30, two MD-88. Executives: president, Timothy Hoeksema; VP market ing, Jose Oiler; directors: passenger services, Daniel Sweeney; marketing programmes, Brenda Skelton; cargo sales & services manager, John P Parrino. Employees: 980. Head Office: 4915 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53207, USA. Tel: +1 (414) 747 4000. Fax: +1 (414) 747 0192. Millardair, known until 1962 as Carl Millard, operates passenger and cargo charter services to points in Canada, the USA, South America and the Caribbean. History: Millardair was founded in 1954. Fleet: six McDonnell Douglas DC-4, seven DC-3, three Beech 18, two Piper Navajo. Executive: president, Carl Millard. Head Office: PO Box 248, Malton Postal Station, Mississauga, Ontario L4T 3B6, Canada. Tel: +1 (416) 677 2521 Millon Air, a Miami-based carrier, operates scheduled and charter freight services within the USA and to South America. History: The company was established in 1983. Fleet: one Boeing 707-323C, one 707-331C. Employees: 25. Head Office: PO Box 524057, Miami, Florida 33152, USA. Tel: +1 (305) 526 1155/1166. Telex: 515771 JBM MIA. Minerve (Compagnie Francaisede Transports Aeriens), a French scheduled and charter airline, operates inclu sive-tour and cargo charter flights worldwide. Services are operated to the Antilles, Italy, La Reunion, Maroc, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The company has involvement in four subsidiaries: Jet Alsace (based at Basle Airport), Jet Fret (based at Marseille Airport) and Minerve Antilles Guyane (based in Guadeloupe). History: Minerve was formed in 1975 by Rene Meyer, the airline's chairman. It joined IATA in 1990 and started scheduled services. Fleet: one Boeing 747-200, one McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, two DC-8-73, one DC-8-62F, four MD-83. On order: four MD-11, two MD-83. Executives: president Groupe Minerve, Rene F Meyer; Minerve Transports Aeriens: president and director general, Eric Martin; directors: finance, Alain Beaud; marketing, F Dubois-Sigmund; secretary-general, Yves Heuze; VPs: sales (long-haul), Denis Pollet; (medium- haul), Jean-Pierre Adout; Minerve SA, Jen-Luc Joly; Jet Alsace, Philip Perrin; president directors-general: Jet Fret, R F Meyer; Minerve Industrie, Pierre Gourgues; operations, Raymond Cavallo; cargo manager, Remi Scotti. Employees: 650. Head Office: 1 Allee Maryse Bastie, Zone" Ozlytech, 91781 Wissous, France. Tel: +33 (1) 49 75 62 40. Fax: +33 (1) 49 75 62 42. Telex: 215020 F. Minerve Canada ceased operations on 31 December, 1989. Misr Overseas Airways ceased operations in 1989. 04 FLIGHT INTFRNATIONAL 25 - 31 March, 1992
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