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1992
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY of the Kingdom and the largest carrier in the Middle East. The airline operates scheduled passenger and cargo services to 24 domestic and 51 international destina tions. International services operated from Jeddah, Ri yadh and Dhahran serve points in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and the USA. Passenger and cargo charters are also undertaken. History: The airline was formed in 1945 by the Saudi Arabian Government and began operations in 1947. Fleet: 11 Airbus A300-600, 11 Boeing 747-300, one 747-200F, three 747SP, eight 747-100, 20 737-200, two 707-200C, 17 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 300, one TriStar 500, one McDonnell Douglas DC-8, one DC-8-63F, one Gulfstream IV, five GUI, four Gil, one Dassault Falcon 900, two Cessna Citation II, two Beech King Air A100. Executives: chairman, HRH Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz; director-general, HE Capt Ahmed Mattar; executive VPs: finance admin, Hisham Al-Bassam; Arab and international affairs, Rida Hakeem; operations, Adnan Al-Dabbagh; marketing, Ibrahim Al-Deghaither; VPs: flight operations, CaptJazza Ghanem; technical services, Salman Koshy; general managers: planning and research, Mohamed Zarei (A); public relations, Yarub A Balkhair. Employees: 24,095. Head Office: PO Box 620, Jeddah 21231, Saudi Arabia. Tel: 966 (2) 686 0000. Fax: 966 (2) 686 4552. Telex: 601007 ICOMM SJ. Scanair is an independent charter airline within the SAS group and operates contract charter and inclusive-tour flights from Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Oslo and Copenhagen to destinations in Europe, Africa, the USA and the West Indies. History: Scariair was formed on 30 June, 1961, as a Danish charter company. On 1 October, 1965, the company was re-organised as a Scandinavian charter consortium owned by ABA (Swedish Airlines), DDL (Danish Airlines) and DNL (Norwegian Airlines) in the proportion 3:2:2. Fleet: six McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 (two leased out), three MD-83. On order: one MD-82. Executives: chairman, Christer Sandahl; managing director, Thomas Rosenquist; directors: flight, Arne Olson; marketing, Thomas Rosenqvist; technical, Kristjan Fridjonsson; traffic and inflight services, Goran Gaardoe; sales Soeren Eng. Employees: 900. Head Office. Gaardsfogdevaegen 18B, Bromma, Swe den. Mail: PO Box 20083, S-161 02 Bromma, Sweden. Tel: +46 (8) 764 9100. Fax: +46 (8) 98 63 77. Telex: 10524 SCANAIR S. .. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is the designated national carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The airline has developed a global network of marketing and traffic alliances. In December, a 24.9% shareholding was acquired in Airlines of Britain Holdings, parent company of British Midland. In the same month, SAS signed a letter of intent with All Nippon Airlines to operate joint services between Japan and Scandinavia. In October 1988, the company announced the establishment of a partnership with Continental Airlines parent Texas Air, with SAS acquiring a 10% equity interest in the US company. These alliances added to those already estab lished with Thai Airways (providing the carrier with a hub at Bangkok) and Varig (providing access to a network of services in South America). Routes: An extensive network of Scandinavian and European scheduled passenger and cargo services is operated, together with a large network of routes to Africa, the Near, Middle and Far East and North and South America. On 30 March, 1992, the carrier, in partnership with Austrian Airlines, will begin a non-stop service between Copenhagen and Chicago. History: The owners of SAS are, in the proportion of 2:2:3, Det Danske Luftfartselskap (Danish Airlines), Det Norske Luftfartselskap (Norwegian Airlines) and Aero- transport (Swedish Airlines). These three limited compa nies are owned 50% by private individuals or enterprises and 50% by their respective national governments. SAS was formed in 1946 to operate scheduled transatlantic services. All routes of the three airlines are operated by SAS. Subsidiaries: Wholly owned subsidiaries are SAS Service Partner (catering and offshore services), SAS International Hotels, SAS Information and Reservation System and SAS Leisure. Scanair is an associate com pany, owned jointly by ABA, DDL and DNL, which operates charter and inclusive-tour services. Other air lines in which SAS has an interest are Danair (57%), Linjeflyg (50%), Greenlandair (50%), Helikopter Service (5%), Wideroe (22%), Spanair (49%) and Texas Air (9.9%). Fleet: 11 Boeing 767-300, two 767-200, 11 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, 27 MD-81, 15 MD-82, 12 MD-87, 34 DC-9-40, eight DC-9-20, 22 Fokker 50, three hovercraft. On order: one Boeing 767-300ER, one 767-200ER, nine MD-81, four MD-82, four MD-87. Options: six Boeing 767, 23 McDonnell Douglas MD-80, ten MD-90, three Fokker 50. Executives: chairman, Curt Nicolin; president and CEO, Jan Carlzon; executive VPs: Helge Lindberg; Frede Ahlgreen Eriksen; Per-Axel Brommesson; COO, Lars Bergvall; group controller, Nils Molander; VPs: finance, Anders Claesson; corporate planning, Terje Sunde Johnsen; flight operations, Viggo Lofsgaard; interconti nental route sector, Kjell Fredheim; technical, Krister Kalin; European route sector, Sven Heiding. Employees: 34,207. Head Office: Frosundavik Allee 1, S-161 87 Stock holm, Sweden. Tel: +46 (8) 797 0000. Fax: +46 885 8287. Telex: 22263. Schreiner Airways, of the Netherlands, operates a large fleet of fixed-wing passenger aircraft and helicopters on behalf of leading airlines, as well as international oil companies worldwide. SAMCO, Schreiner's maintenance organisation, also provides third-party maintenance at Maastricht. The Schreiner Air Training School and the Friendship Simulation Centre — a joint venture with KLM — all based at Maastricht Airport, train airline pilots. Schreiner also trains Royal Netherlands Air Force fighter pilots at Woensdrecht airbase, using Pilatus PC-7s. History: The company was founded by B A M Schreiner in 1945 as an aviation trading company. A professional pilots' training school was started in 1968. In August 1982, KLM and several Dutch finance and insurance companies took up portions of Schreiner shares. Fleet: 13 Aerospatiale SA.365 Dauphin, one Beech King Air 200, one Bell 206 JetRanger, three de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Dash 8-100, four Dash 8-300, two BAe 125, four Fokker F.27-400/600. Executives: chairman, Schreiner Aviation Group, J J ' Roben; director, B Biemans; directors: division opera tions and maintenance, E van Schaik; division trade and SAS has Europe's largest McDonnell Douglas fleet industry, A J Nolten; division training, B M van Balen. Employees: 350. Head Office: Verbeekstraat 10-12, 2332CA Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (71) 319319. Fax: +31 (71) 319311. Telex: 30506 aire nl. SITA: LIDMAW. Scibe Airlift of Zaire, the largest carrier in Zaire, provides scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services from its base at Kinshasa to points in Zaire. Worldwide cargo services are also operated. History: The company was formed in 1979. Fleet: one Boeing 707-329C, one 707-320B, two 727-100, one Lockheed L-100-30, two Fokker F.27- 400M, three F.27- 500, two de Havilland Twin Otter. Executives: president, Bemba Saolona; director- general, Bemba Gombo; commercial, marketing and schedule director, Katalay Manyeka; technical director, Isambo; chief pilot, Jose Numes. Employees: 978. Head Office: PO Box 614, Kinshasa 1, Republic of Zaire. Tel: +243 (12) 26237. Telex: 21003. Scottish European Airways ceased operations in April 1990. Seagreen Air Transport has operated cargo charter services in the Caribbean area since 1964. After a period of inactivity, the company was restructured in 1987 and operates passenger and cargo charters, using a de Havilland Twin Otter and a McDonnell Douglas DC-3, from its Antigua base. Worldwide cargo charters are operated from Seagreen's Ostend, Belgium, base, with frequent services to Caracas, Barbados, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Mexico. Holiday passenger charters have been planned for 1992, using a Boeing 707. Fleet: three Boeing 707-320C, one 704-320B, one McDonnell Douglas DC-3, one de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter. Executives: chairman, W Lim; president, R Koh; managing director, D Tokoph; area manager Europe, G Tokoph; engineering manager, C Berenger; chief pilot, H Taghdis. Employees: 55. Head office: PO Box 392, St John's, Antigua, West Indies. Europe operations: Ostend, Belgium. Tel: +32 (59) 80325. Fax: 32 (59) 804835. Telex: 83241 SATAIR B. SITA: OSTCD7X. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 March, 1992 115
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