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1993
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Air Malta. WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Tel: +265 620177; fax: +265 620042; telex: 44245. Air Malta (KM), Malta's national airline, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services. The carrier is 96.4% Government owned. Routes: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Benghazi, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Catania, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Graz, Hamburg, Istanbul, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Lyons, Madrid, Manchester, Mar seilles, Munich, Palermo, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Tri poli, Tunis, Vienna and Zurich. Charter flights are also operated to the UK and Europe. Malta Air Charter, an Air Malta subsidiary operates a Malta- Gozo-Malta link. History: Air Malta was formed in March 1973. Fleet: two Airbus A320, six Boeing 737-200A, three 737-300 (delivery March/May 1993). Executives: chairman, Joseph N Tabone; company secretary, Dr Catherine Tabone; group heads: northern European development, Philip Pullicino; passenger services, Wilfred Borg; administration, Frans Camill- eri; ground handling, Alfred Bonnici; commercial, Joe Capello; flight operations, Capt Franz Sturmeir; finan cial controller, Ray Sladden; chief internal auditor, Anthony Chircop; chief engineer, Allan Dollie; public relations officer, Laurie Vella. Employees: 1,500. Head office: Luqa, Malta. Tel: +356 824330-9; fax: +356 673241; telex: MW 1389/MW 1589. Cables: AIRMAL. Air Manitoba (7N) operates scheduled passenger and cargo services in Northern Manitoba and from Churchill to the North West Territories. Charter flights are also undertaken. History: the company was founded as llford River- ton Airways in the 1960s and was known as North lands Air Manitoba from 1983. Fleet: five BAe HS.748, one de Havilland Dash 8-100 (leased out), four Curtiss C-46, five McDonnell Douglas DC-3. Executives: president and CEO, Ken Bittle; VP finance, Todd Lamb; directors: flight operations, Abe Heibert; maintenance, Tom Phinney; commercial serv ices, Scott Edgar. Employees: 100. Head office: Hangar T67-20 Ferry Roads, Winnipeg International Airport, Manitoba, Canada, R3H 0T7. Tel: +1 (204) 783 2333; fax: +1 (204) 783 2152. AirMarshall Islands (Airline of the Marshall Islands) (CW) is the flag-carrier of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and has been designated the official flag-carrier of the Government of Tuvalu. The carrier provides scheduled passenger and freight services. Routes: twice-weekly services are operated: by DC-8, Honolulu-Kwajalein-Majuro-Honolulu; and HS.748, Majuro-Tarawa-Funafuti-Suva-Nadi. An ex tensive domestic network serves 26 destinations. History: the airline was formed in 1980 as The Airline of The Marshall Islands. The current name was adopted in 1989. Fleet: one BAe-HS.748-2B, two Dornier 228, one McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62 Combi. On order: two Saab 2000 (delivery mid-1994, plus options on two more). Executives: chairman, Hon Amata Kabua; managing director and CEO, Stephen Fulk; senior director, administration, commercial, David Tejada; directors: CFO, Phillip Marshall; regional director of stations, Stephen Fulk; maintenance, Rudy Aliven; flight opera tions, Jay White. Employees: 147. Head office: PO Box 1319, Majuro, MH 96960, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Tel: +692 (625) 3731; fax: +692 (625) 33730. SITA: MAJDZCW. Air Martinique (NN), the carrier of the French West Indies, is the trading name used by Compagnie Antillaise d'Affretements Aeriens. Scheduled passenger services are operated from Martinique to Antigua, Barbados, Canouan, Dominica, Mustique, St Lucia, St Martin, St Vincent and Union Island. The airline has flown between Martinique and Guadelope since 28 October, 1990, using its ATR 42s. Paris is served using a leased Boeing 747. Charter flights are operated throughout the Lesser Antilles. History: Air Martinique was formed on 25 July, 1981, following the demise of Satair-Air Martinique. Fleet: two ATR 42, one Boeing 747, three Dornier 228-200. Executives: chairman, Serge Larcher; vice-chairman, Louis Crusol; CEO, Michel Ziegler; general manager, Michel Gouze. Employees: 176. Head office: Aeroport de Fort-de-France, 97232 Le Lamentin, Martinique, French West Indies. Tel: +596 (51) 08 09; reservations: +596 (51) 09 90; fax: +596 51 59 27; telex: 912048. Air Mauritanie (Societe d'Economie Mixte Air Mauri- tanie) (MR) operates scheduled domestic passenger and cargo services from Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, together with international routes to Bamako, Dakar and Las Palmas. History: the airline was formed in July 1974. Fleet: two Fokker F28-4000. Executives: director-general, Sidi Ould Zein; direc tors: commercial, Mamoudou Gueladie Ba; operations Mohamed Ould Abdi; financial, El Hafed Ould Ahmed Fall. Employees: 259. Head office: BP41, Nouakchott 174, Islamic Repub lic of Mauritania. Tel: +222 52211; telex: 573. Air Mauritius (MK), the national carrier of Mauritius, operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services. The Mauritian Government owns 51% of the airline, Air France, British Airways and Air India have equities. Routes: Mauritius to Antananarivo, Bombay, Dur ban, Frankfurt, Geneva, Harare, Hong Kong, Johan nesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London, Moroni, Munich, Nairobi, Singapore, Paris, Perth, Reunion, Rome, Zurich and the adjacent island of Rodrigues. History: the company was formed on 14 June, 1967. International services were originally operated in conjunction with British Airways, Air France and Air India. Fleet: two ATR 42, three Boeing 747SP, two 767-200ER, two Bell 206 JetRanger. Executives: chairman/managing director, Sir H K Tirvengadum; general manager finance and admini stration, L G Tyack; advisers to chairman, technical, R Appa, H L Sikka; directors: commercial, S Seegobin; planning and information systems, V K Chidambaram; customer services, K L Ramchander; personnel, A K Guajadhur; legal affairs; V Poonoosamy; flight opera tions, Capt D Twomey; personnel, A K Gujadhur; operations manager, S Chooromooney; chief pilots: Boeing 747, D Paturau: Boeing 767, Capt Cartwright. Employees: 1,650 (Mauritius only). Head office: PO Box 441, 5 President John Kennedy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius. Tel: +230 (208) 7700; fax: +230 (208) 8331; telex: 4415 IW AIRMAU. Air Mercury International formed on 27 November, 1990, is a cargo charter carrier based at Brussels Zavantem Airport, operating worldwide, but speciali sing in East Africa, Middle East and Far East routes. Fleet: one Boeing 707. On order: one 707-300 CH. Executives: chairman, Stefaan Braem; president, Jean-Pierre Sette; managers: commercial, Michel De- meyer; flight operations, Ian Blight; technical, Jean Nicodeme. Employees: 17. Head office: Groenveld 30/9, B-1930 Zavantem, Belgium. Tel: +32 (2) 725 4848; fax: +32 (2) 725 2053; telex: 20562 AMIBRU. Air Micronesia (CO). Under its contract with major shareholder Continental Airlines, Air Micronesia pro vides personnel, equipment, facilities and ground operation services. Shareholders include Continental Air Lines operating under Chapter 11 protection, which offered for sale its share of Air Micronesia in November 1991, but this was postponed by the bankruptcy court. Routes: services linking Saipan with Fukuoka, Guatn Yap, Honolulu, Johnston Island, Kwajalein, Majuro, Manila, Nagoya, Okinawa, Ponape, Rota, Tokyo and Truk. Services are authorised to Auckland, Funafuti (Tuvalu), Nadi, Nauru, Pago Pago, Sydney and Tarawa (Kinbati), but not currently operated. History: the company was formed in 1966 to operate scheduled inter-island services within the US Trust Territory of the Pacific. Fleet: two Boeing 727-200, one 727-100, two 727-100C. Executives: chairman, Carlton Skinner; president, George A Warde; VPs: Hung Wo Ching, Isodoro Rudimch, Jose C Tenorio; VP and general manager, Daniel H Purse. Employees: 209. Head office: PO Box 298, Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Tel: +671 (646) 0230; fax: +671 (646) 6821; telex: 721140. Air Midwest (ZV), a USAir Express, Wichita-based regional air carrier, operates scheduled passenger services throughout the midwest USA. The airline was bought by Mesa Holdings on 12 July, 1991. Routes: Kansas: Wichita, Garden City, Dodge City, Liberal, Hays, Great Bend, Manhattan, Salina, Topeka; Missouri: Kansas City, Springfield; Arkansas; Fay- etteville and Little Rock; Iowa: des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City; Nebraska: Omaha, Lincoln; South Dakota: Sioux Falls. History: Air Midwest was founded in May 1965. The company was known as Aviation Services until 1969. In 1985 Air Midwest merged with Scheduled Skyways. Fleet: 14 Beech 1900, one Fairchild Metro II. Executives: president and COO, A R Paquette; VPs: station operations and planning, David H Thomas; maintenance, Brad Kuhns. Employees: 310. Head office: mail address, PO Box 7724, Wichita, KS 67277, USA. 2203 Air Cargo Road, Wichita, Kansas 67209, USA. Tel: +1 (316) 942 8137; fax: +1 (316) 945 0947. Air Mike Express (CO) was set up in 1989 as a joint venture between Air Micronesia and Continental Airlines, to operate between Guam, Rota and Saipan. Fleet: two Fokker F27. Head office: PO Box 8778, Tamuning, Guam, 96911, USA. Tel: +671 646 0204 Air Mongol see MIAT Air Montenegro (AMN), a private airline, started operating scheduled services between the Montene- grian capital Titograd and Bari in southern Italy, using a leased Yakovlev Yak-40. Currently under UN em bargo. Tel: +38 (81) 43 020; fax: +38 (81) 41 939; telex: 61425 Air Moravia (MAI) is a Czech charter passenger and cargo carrier. Previously operating cargo services, the airline started long-haul charters to the Far East, from 1 December, 1991. The main routes served are Prague to Singapore and Hanoi. Fleet: one Ilyushin I1-62M, one U-86. On order: one 11-86. Head office: via Monte Boglia 5, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland. Tel: +41 (91) 521467; fax: +41 (91) 527155. Air Must see AOM French Airlines Air Namibia (SW), the national carrier of Namibia, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services. TransNamib, which is a state corporation, holds the entire shareholding of the airline. Routes: from Windhoek to Cape Town, Frankfurt, Harare, Johannesburg, Keetmanshoop, Luanda, Luder- itz, Lusaka, Maun, Mpacha (Katima Mulilo), Rundu, Oranjemund, Oshakati, Swakopmund, Tsumed and Victoria Falls. Charter flights are also operated. History: the airline was established in 1946 as South West Air Transport and began operations in 1948. The title was changed to Namib Air in 1978 and the 60 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 24 - 30 Match, 1993
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