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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Dutch carrier KLM has a large stake in Northwest Airlines Head Office: Independencia 1-4, E-01005 Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain. Tel: +34 (45) 25 37 77. Fax: +34 (45) 25 84 97. Telex: 35499 ENJ E. North African Airways has ceased operations. North Cariboo Flying Service provides general charter services and support flights for oil and geological exploration companies. History: Operations began in 1958. Fleet: one McDonnell Douglas DC-3, one de Havilland Twin Otter, one Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander, two Piper Navajo Chieftain, one Beech' 18, one King Air 100, one Baron, one Cessna 206. Executives: president & operations manager, Dan Wuthrich; director, Peter Scheiwiller; chief pilot, Rick Goodall; manager, Jan Eaton, chief engineer, Dale Rinehart. Employees: 20. Head Office: PO Box 6789, Fort St John, British Columbia V1J 4J2, Canada. Tel: +1 (604) 787 0311. Fax: +1 (604) 787 6086. Northern Air Cargo, Alaska's first and only scheduled all-cargo airline, links 25 points in Alaska. Charter services are also undertaken throughout the state. The company's services range from small parcel (NAC-PAC) to outsize cargo movements. History: The company was founded in 1956 by Robert Sholton and Maurice Carlson. Fleet: 14 McDonnell Douglas DC-6. Executives: president, W Edward Fisher; VP opera tions and maintenance, Jerry Vink; marketing manager, Scott Thorson; finance, Marjorie McLaren CPA. Employees: 250. Head Office: 3900 West International Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA. Tel. +1 (907) 243 3331. Fax: +1 (907) 243 1287. Telex: 26393 NRTHRN AIR AHG. Northland Air Manitoba see Air Manitoba. Northwest Airlines' major domestic traffic hubs are located at Detroit (Michigan), Minneapolis/St Paul (Min nesota) and Memphis (Tennessee). The company has marketing agreements with sixairlines — Big Sky, Express Airlines I, Horizon Air, Mesaba, Precision and USAir — which operate feeder services under the name "Northwest Airlink". Routes: Northwest operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services in the USA and Canada. Trans-Pacific services are operated to Hawaii, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Okinawa, Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guam, Singapore, Saipan and .Bangkok. Trans-Atlantic destinations include London, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. The carrier also serves Cancun (Mexico), Montego Bay (Jamaica) and the Cayman Islands. History: The airline was founded in August 1926 as Northwest Airways and adopted the title Northwest Orient Airlines in 1934. The company was reorganised in 1985 to form NWA Inc, a holding company for Northwest Airlines and several other subsidiaries. The carrier merged with Republic Airlines in 1986. As the launch customer for the 747-400, the airline introduced the type into service on its trans-Pacific routes in June 1989. Fleet: 11 Airbus A320-200, ten Boeing 747-400, 12 747-100, 20 747-200, eight 747-200F, 33 757-200, nine 727-100, 62 727-200, 20 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40, eight MD-82, 33 DC-9-10, 77 DC-9-30, one DC-9-40, 28 DC-9-50. On order: 89 A320-200, 16 A330, 20 A340, six 747-400, 40 757-200, one DC-10-40, 11 DC-9-40. Executives: chairman, Alfred Checchi; president, Fred Malek; general counsel, Timothy Thornton; executive VPs: marketing, A B Magary; operations, William Slat- tery; finance, William Trubeck; admin, John Dasberg; NWA companies, James Cronin. Employees: 40,000. Head Office: Minneapolis St Paul International Air port, St Paul, Minnesota 55111, USA. Tel: +1 (612) 726 2111. Fax: +1 (612) 726 6599. Telex: 297024. "Northwest Airlink" is the name used by Northwest Airlines for its network of commuter feeder services. Participating carriers include: Big Sky Airlines, Express Airlines I, Horizon Air, Mesaba Airlines, Precision Airlines and USAir, which adopt the Northwest livery and NW flight code when operating these services. Northwest Territorial Airways Air is 90% owned by Air Canada and some of the company's scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated as part of the "Air Canada Connector" network. Flights are provided throughout the Northwest Territories from Yellowknife to Coppermine, Cambridge Bay, Edmonton, Fort Simpson, Frobisher Bay, Holman Island, Rankin Inlet and Winnipeg. History: The carrier was formed in 1961 by Robert Engle. Air Canada acquired its interest in 1987. Fleet: two Boeing 737-200C, one Lockheed C-130 Hercules, three L-188C Electra. Executives: president, John Robertson; directors: char ter and cargo operations, N Stannard; passenger market ing, Jim Ericksen; flight operations, Gary Cooper; maintenance, Gary Graham. Employees: 250. Head Office: PO 9000, Yellowknife, Northwest Terri tories X1A 2R3, Canada. Tel: +1 (403) 920 4567. Fax: +1 (403) 873 3272. Norway Airlines, formerly Air Europe Scandinavia, is a scheduled and charter passenger airline in which Sterling Airways has a 30.7% interest. The airline serves Oslo- London (Gatwick) and has applied to operate from Bergen and Stavanger to London (Gatwick). It plans to operate inter-Scandinavian single-class low-fare services, using McDonnell Douglas MD-83s. Other shareholders are Fokus Invest AS (43.2%) and Lyng Industries AS (11.9%). History: Norway Airlines, formed in 1987 as a passenger charter carrier with one Boeing 737, was taken over by the International Leisure Group, becoming Air Europe Scandinavia. It was bought from the liquidator of Airlines of Europe, parent ol Air Europe, which ceased trading in 1991. Fleet: two Boeing 737-300. Executives: chairman, Stein Oexseth; president, Morten Andersen; directors: finance, Harald Grondahl; • operations, Sven Erik Hallgren; technical, Tormod Veiby. Employees: 120 Head office: Oksenoyveien 12, PO Box 88, N-1330 Oslo Airport, Norway. Tel: +47 (2) 581650/581670. Fax: +47 (2) 581655. Novair International Airways, a UK charter carrier, ceased operations in April 1990. NWT Air see Northwest Territorial Airways. Oasis Airlines International (formerly Andalusair) is a Spanish charter carrier. The company operates passenger services to Europe and the Canary Islands. Fleet: three McDonnell Douglas MD-83. On order: one MD-83. Executives: chairman, A Mata; CEO, G Callejon; commercial director, R Noron. Head Office: Princesa, 23rd Floor, E-28008, Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 (1) 248 9000. Fax: +34 (1) 541 0491. Telex: 27052 ANAIR E. Odyssey International was bought by Nalionair in 1990. Okada Air, a Nigerian carrier, operates domestic and international passenger charter services. A network of scheduled domestic services is also provided. History: The company was formed in 1983. Fleet: one Aerospatiale Caravelle 6N, three BAe One-Eleven 300, seven One-Eleven 400, two Dornier Do.228. Head Office: 20-22 Igamu Industrial Estate, PO Box 2212, Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: +234 (1) 837650. Olympic Airways, the national airline of Greece, oper ates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 31 cities and islands in Greece and 39 destinations throughout Europe, Africa, the Near, Middle and Far East, Asia, Australia, Japan, Canada and the USA. The carrier is 100% Government-owned. Subsidiaries: Olympic Aviation, a subsidiary formed in 1971, operates light aircraft and helicopters on charter, air-taxi and flying-training duties. Another subsidiary is Olympic Air Tours. History: The airline was founded in 1957, when Aristotle Onassis took over TAE-Greek National Airlines (founded in 1951 through a merger of TAE, Hellas and Aero Metafoa Ellados), which had been nationalised in 1954. Onassis' 50-year concession gave him sole desig nation to operate a national airline and a monopoly on domestic routes. Onassis withdrew in 1974, following heavy losses, and the airline was grounded pending reorganisation. Settlement was reached in August 1975, with operations were resuming in January 1976. Fleet: four Boeing 747-200B, eight Airbus A300, nine 727-200, one 737-200, eight Airbus A300B4. On order: six 737-400. Executives: chairman V Filias; vice-chairman, A Ba- katselos; director-general, Capt Gramatikos; assistant director-general, E Georgakarakos; group directors: oper ations, M Xenakis; technical operations, S Paghois; flight operations, Capt J Cotsakis, commercial, E Geor gakarakos. Employees: 11,906. Head Office: 96-100 Syngrou Avenue, Athens 11741, Greece. Tel: +301 (929) 2111. Fax: +301 (929) 9133. Telex: 216488. Oman Aviation Services, the national carrier of Oman, in which the Government has a 35% holding, operates scheduled services within the Sultanate of Oman, pro viding for its total civil air-transport requirements. It also provides line and base maintenance engineering, using Seeb Airport, catering and airport ground services. History: The company was formed on 24 May, 1981, as the result of a merger of the former Gulf Air Light Aircraft division and Oman International Services. The new company is entirely Omani-owned. Fleet: four Fokker F.27-500, one Cessna Citation II, one de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter. One F.27-500 is leased to Schreiner Airways. Executives: chairman, HE Sheikh Hamoud bin Ab- dulla Al Harthy; deputy chairman, HE Salim bin Ali bin Nasir Assiyabi; directors: Sleyum bin Said bin Sleyum Al Ma'ashary, Ahmed bin Saleh bin Ahmed, Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali Al Baloushi, HE Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Hareb, HE Yousuf bin Alawi Abdullah, HE Sheikh Mustahail bin Ahmed-Al Mahshani, HE Abdul Aziz bin Mohd Al Rawas, Sheikh Zaher bin Hamed Suleiman Al Harthy; general manager, Seif bin Hamood Al Behlany; deputy general manager, Saud bin Dawood Al Raisy; customer services, Mohd bin Nasser bin Ali-Al Suleimani; ground services, Mohd bin Hamood Zak- wany; flight operations, travel and tourism, Hamed Seif Hilal; finance, Mahinder Singh; chief engineer, B E Green. Employees. 1,650. Head Office: PO Box 1058, Central Post Office, Seeb International Airport, Sultanate of Oman. 110 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 March, 1992
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