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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Tel: +1 (919) 668 7500. Fax: +1 (919) 668 7517. Telex: 574360. Tradewinds Private operates scheduled services from Singapore (Changi) to Hat Yai, Phuket and Pattaya in Thailand; Kuantan, Tioman and Langkawi in Malaysia; Kaohsiung in Taiwan; Yangon in Myanmar and Jakarta in Indonesia. History: Formed on 17 February, 1975, Tradewinds is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. It obtained its scheduled services AOC from the Singapore CAA on 15 February, 1989. The inaugural flight, from Singapore (Changi) to Pattaya, Thailand took place on 21 February, 1989. Fleet: three Boeing 737-300, two leased from GPA and one owned. Executives: chairman, Syn Chung Wah; general man ager, Michael Chan; general manager tours and travel, Chan Wai Nam; managers: commercial, Donald Lee; finance and admin, Tham Kim Fay; flight operations, Leslie G J Ganapathy; engineering, Ho Fook Kay. Employees: 349. Head Office: 55 Airport Boulevard, SATS Building #03-0, Singapore 1781. Tel: +65 (542) 8111. Fax: +65 (542) 6286. Telex: RS 40135 S1NTW. Transafrik, a charter airline based in Sao Tome, provides contract cargo and passenger services. Executive charter and medical evacuation flights are also undertaken. History: The company was formed in 1986 and operates mainly in Africa, specialising in large-scale cargo movements under difficult conditions. Fleet: two McDonnell Douglas DC-8-33F, four Lock heed L-100-30. Executives; presidents, C R G Hellinger; general manager, G J Farrell; chief pilot, Capt V H Phillips; managers: technical, E F Koch; operations, M R G Brandalise; financial, O Correia. Employees: 220. Head office: Industriestrasse 35, D-2800, Bremen 1, Germany. Tel: +49 (421) 51581. Fax: +49 (421) 511524. Telex: 246717 JHS. Trans Air Link, a Miami-based carrier, operates freight charter services to worldwide destinations together with scheduled flights to St Maarten, St Thomas, St Croix and San Juan. History: The company was formed in 1979. Fleet: five McDonnell Douglas DC-6, one DC-7CF. Executives: director operations, Guy Cottington. Head Office: 3501 NW 62nd Avenue, PO Box 521298 Miami, Florida 33152, USA. Tel: +1 (305) 871 5024. Fax: +1 (305) 871 5785. Trans Arabian Air Transport is a Sudanese cargo carrier, which operates charter flights within Africa and to Europe. Fleet: three Antonov An-26, two Boeing 707-320C. Head Office: PO Box 1461, Khartoum, Sudan. Tel: +249 (11) 79492. Telex: 24236 TAAT SD. Transavia Airlines is 80% owned by KLM, the Dutch national carrier, which acquired this shareholding in 1991. The airline operates scheduled passenger services to London Gatwick, Las Palmas, Tenerife," Faro and Heraklion, History: The company was formed as Transavia (Limburg) in 1965 and began operations in November 1966. The present title was adopted in 1967. Until 1988, the airline was wholly owned by Royal Nedlloyd Group. KLM then acquired a 40% shareholding until 1991, when it gained a further 40% interest. Fleet: eight Boeing 737-200, eight 737-300, two 757. On order: four 757, eight 737-300. Executives: president, P J Legro; VPs: finance and planning, T R Zomer; operations, H H M Breed; marketing and sales, A J Bakker; director, technical department, A M van der Wal. Employees: 814. Head Office: PO Box 7777, 1118 ZM Schiphol Airport Central, Netherlands. Tel: +31 (20) 604 6518. Fax: +31 (20) 601 5093. Telex: 13067. Transavia is now majority-owned by KLM i\* Transavio, is a third-level Italian operator flying Pilatus Britten-Norman Islanders and Partenavia P.68s between Pisa and Elba, Grosseto, Florence and Bastia and between Milan and Elba. It opened a scheduled service, linking Lugano-Agno and Rome, in September 1989, with a Fokker F.27 leased from Sunshine Aviation. Fleet: one F.27-200, two Pilatus B-N 2A, one Parte navia P.68. Head Office: Via Zanella 43, 1-20133 Milan, Italy. Tel: +39 (2) 761 0650. Fax: +39 (2) 761 0651. Telex: 324461 TRAVIOI. Transbrasil Linhas Aereas, a Brazilian carrier, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Brasilia to points in south-east and north-east Brazil and a cargo service to Miami. The carrier operates a thrice-weekly service from Sao Paulo to Orlando with Boeing 767- 200s. Transbrasil is owned by the Fontana family. History: Transbrasil, known until June 1972 as Sadia, was formed in Sao Paulo in 1955 to carry meat for the Sadia Organisation. Transportes Aereos Salvador was absorbed in 1962. Fleet: three Boeing 707-320C, three 767-200, 11 737-300, eight 727-100, one 727-100C. Executives: chairman, Dr Omar Fontana; president/ CEO, Humberto Esmeraldo Barreto; VP finance, Glauco Lessa; directors: flight operations, Carlos Azevedo Macedo; maintenance and engineering, L Maciel Jnr; marketing, Ary Flemming. Employees: 5,713. Head Office: Aeroporto Internacional de Brasilia, CEP-71600 Brasilia, DF, Brazil. Tel: +55 (61) 1115. Fax. +55 (61) 2249033. Telex: 611115 TSBR BR. Trans Canal Airways, formed in March 1991, is a new scheduled passenger and cargo operator being evaluated by the Panama Civil Aviation Authority. Non-scheduled flights will be served on demand. Flights will be operated from Panama Downtown Airport. Routes: Panama-Miami, Colen Airport to Central America, Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. Additional routes to be added include Panama to Cali, Davi-San Jose, Colen, San Jose, San Andres and Cart agena. Fleet: ATR.42, BAe 146-100 (passengers), 146-200QT (freight). Executives: Board: president, Franz R Manfredi; VP, Dr Gilberto Boutin; secretary, Capt Julio Pasquel; treas urer, Lie Julio Aquin; management: general manager, Ing Franz R Manfredi; directors: flight operations, Capt Julio Pasquel; maintenance, Ronald Naranjo; chief pilot, Capt Julio Harris. Head Office: PO Box 7528, Panama 5, Republic of Panama. Tel: +507 (23) 7676. Fax: +507 (63) 6743. Trans Continental Airlines operates charter freight services within the USA. History: The company was founded in 1972 as International Airlines Academy. The name was changed in 1975. Fleet: three Convair CV-440F, four McDonnell Douglas DC-6F, three DC-8-54F. Executives: president, R Deane Melvin; VP and general manager, J David Poling. Employees: 85. Head Office: Detroit Willow Run Airport, PO Box 839, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, USA. Tel: +1 (313) 485 8770. Fax: +1 (313) 485 7590. Telex: 23-0626. Trans European Airways (TEA) suspended operations in September 1991, seeking composition procedure, the Belgian equivalent of the USA's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, operates passenger charter and inclusive-tour services. TEA has established similar ventures in Bel gium, France, Italy and Switzerland. The major share holder is its managing director G P Gutelman. Subsidiaries: TEA Tax-Free Shops, TEAMCO (maintenance company), TEA WBMm Basel, Belgium. France, Italy and UK, TEA Executive Jet Services, European Aerospace Training Center, Sunsnacks, Reizen Wirtz, Schreiner Aircraft, The Air Travel Group and Weinberg Tours. History: The company was formed in December 1970. In January 1989, the airline had received approval from the UK Government to acquire Mediterranean Express, which ceased trading a year earlier. This carrier was revived under the name TEA UK, operating a fleet of three Boeing 737-200s from a new base at Birmingham. Fleet: five Boeing 737-300, 3 737-200. On order eight 737-300, 12 737-400, ten Airbus A310-300. Executives: managing director, G P Gutelman; general manager, Paul Peters; public relations manager, A Gutelman. Employees: 250. Head Office: Building 119, Melsbroek Airport, B-1820 Melsbroek, Belgium. Tel: +32 (2) 752 0511. Fax: +32 (2) 752 0606. Telex: 21886 TEA B. Trans Florida Airlines is a US charter carrier. Fleet: four Convair 240, two 240F. Head Office: PO Box 10150, Westside Station, Day- tona Beach, Florida 32120, USA. Tel +1 (904) 252-3053. Fax: (904) 252-0037. Trans International Airlines has ceased operations. Transkei Airways (TAC), the national airline of the Republic of Transkei, founded in 1976, operates sched uled passenger services linking the capital Umtata with South African destinations, including Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth. New routes from Umtata to Cape Town, Margate and Pietermaritzburg have been granted, but are not now in operation. The carrier also provides domestic scheduled helicopter services within Transkei to Lusikisiki, Mkambati game reserve and Mzamba Wild Coast Casino. This is believed to be the only scheduled helicopter service in Africa. Fleet: one BAe HS.748, one Beech King Air 200, one Aerospatiale AS.350B Ecureuil. Executives: chairman, K A Faure; managing director, Peter Cressey; directors: M M Swana, M S Pike, N N Mnukwana; general manager ops, T Whitelaw; finance, BM Tayler; administration, S J Danana; managers: marketing/PR, C Filmer Brown. Employees: 63. Head Office: Corporate Park, PO Box 773, Umtata, Republic of Transkei. Tel: +27 (471) 24451/2. Fax +27 (471) 23367/8, 23574. Telex: 0968-725/727 TRA. Transmed Airlines is an Egyptian passenger charter airline which began operations on 1 December, 1989. Domestic charters are flown from Cairo to Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel, Hurghada and Alexandria. Interna tional flights are operated to Paris, Diisseldorf, Frank furt, Milan, Rome, Catania, Venice, Madrid, Barcelona, Nice, Marseille, Toulouse, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Athens, Turkey and the Persian Gulf. History: Formed in 1989 by a group of private investors from Egypt and the Middle East. Fleet: three Boeing 737-300, two 737-200. On order: one Airbus A310. Executives: president, Fadi Saab; directors: commer cial, Medhat Nashed; operations, Adel Riad; technical Yssef El Hawatki. Employees: 120, Head Office: 2 Abdel Azim Rashed St, Dokki Cairo, Egypt Tel: +20 (2) 361 2782. Fax: +20 (2) 348 9187. Telex: 93985 TRMED UN. & European office. 78 rue Jouffrov, Paris. Tel: +33 (1) 80 24 22. Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA), a scheduled all-cargo carrier, operates a route network linking Europe, the Middle East, South-East Asia, the Far East, and the USA. History: TMA was formed in 1953 and operated for six years as a non-scheduled airline. It became a joint stock company in October 1959 and scheduled all-cargo 124 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25 - 31 March, 1992
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