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Maersk I WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY LTE International Airways (XO) is a Spanish charter carrier operating passenger services between mainland Spain, the Balearic and Canary Islands and Austria, Finland, Italy, Norway and Switzerland in Europe and the Dominican Republic. The airline is wholly owned by LTU (Germany). History: LTE International Airways was formed in April 1987 and started operations on 1 November, 1987. Fleet: five Boeing 757-200. Executives: president, Hans-Joachim Driessen; man aging director, Christian Leifheit; general manager, Lazaro Ros; directors: commercial, Ricardo Roda; financial, Antonio Valero; technical, Arturo Melgar;^ flight operations, Juan Jose Hartlohner; product, Federico Hartlohner, personnel, Juan Maura. Employees: 308. Head office: Gran Via Asima 4, 07009 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Tel: +34 (71) 75 70 51; fax: +34 (71) 75 67 72; telex: 68543 LTEOP E. LTU International Airways (Lufttransport-Un- ternehmen KG) (LT), a Diisseldorf-based private company, operates scheduled, inclusive-tour and char ter operations jointly with LTU Sud International Airways. Routes: from Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Dresden, Diis- seldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig and Munich to Mediterranean, North African, US, South American and Caribbean destinations. New destinations include: Abu Dhabi, Durban, Goa, Hurghada, Kathmandu and Langkawe. LTU took over Spanish charter carrier LTE Interna tional Airways, in which LTU had a 25% stake, on 31 December, 1992. It joined IATA on 1 July, 1990. History: LTU was founded in 1955 as Lufttransport Union, the present name being adopted in 1956. Fleet: five Lockheed TriStar 1, one TriStar 200, three TriStar 500, four McDonnell Douglas MD-11. On order: five Airbus A330-300. Executives: managing directors, Joachim M Beick- ler; Hans Joachim Driessen; directors: flight opera tions, Andreas Sturmowski; treasurer, Dr Heinz Westen; controller, Dr Thomas Wrede; technical service and maintenance, Henk Stomphorst; market ing, Dr Hans Dieter Forber. Employees: 2,500. Head office: Halle 8, Flughafen, D-4000 Dusseldorf 30, Germany. Tel: +49 (211) 41520; fax: +49 (211) 4152289; telex: 8585573. LTU Sued International Airway (LTS) provides pas senger charter flights from Germany to holiday destinations in Brasilia, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Kenya, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mediterranean, Mexico, Nepal, North Africa, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the USA. The carrier is a member of the LTU-Group, based in Dusseldorf. History: the company was founded in December 1983, started operations in 1984 and was known as Lufttransport Sud until January 1988. Fleet: seven Boeing 757-200, four 767-300. On order: options on four 757s. Executives: managing directors: Hans-Joachim Driessen; Joachim Beickler; directors: technical, Johann Wild; flight operations, Bertram Lehnen; treasury, Dr Heinz Westen; ground operations, Peter Oehlie. Employees: 999. Head office: Airport Munich, PO Box 23 18 64, D-8000 Munich 23, Germany. Tel: +49 (89) 9781-0; fax: +49 (89) 9781-2363; telex: 526818 LTS D. Lufthansa German Airlines (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) (LH), Germany's flag-carrier and one of Europe's largest airlines, operates an extensive worldwide sys tem of scheduled passenger and cargo services to 196 points in 88 countries in Europe, Africa, the Near and Middle and Far East, Australia, New Zealand and North, Central and South America. Over the next 12 years, the airline intends to double its capacity. Routes: in Europe: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Bari, Basle, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cagliari, Catania, Co logne, Copenhagen, Dresden, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Genoa, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Heraklion, Kiel, Kiev, London, Leipzig, Lyon, Malta, Manchester, Marseille, Milan, Minsk, Moscow, Munich, Munster, Nuremberg, Prague, Riga, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stuttgart, Tallin, Thessalonika, Toulouse, Trieste, Turin, Venice, Ver ona, Vilnius and Warsaw. Routes: rest of the world; Lufthansa's first A340 was delivered on 2 February, 1993. It is one of the launch customers for the type, which will replace its DC-10 fleet. History: Lufthansa was founded in January 1926, although its winged crest originated with Deutsche Luftrederei in 1919. The end of the Second World War also brought the demise of Lufthansa. Eight years later, the company was re-formed and adopted the name Luftag on 6 January, 1953. Its present title was LTU has jour MD-lls in service introduced in August 1954. Fleet: 11 Airbus A300-600, 13 A310-200, 12 A310-300, 32 A320-200, ten Boeing 747-400, seven 747-400SCD, nine 747-200SCD, four 747-200, five 747-200F, 33 737-500, one 737-400, 38 737-300, 35 737-200, 11 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. On order: two A320 (delivery January-March 1993, 20 A321 (delivery January 1994-June 1996), seven A340-200 (delivery January-September 1993), eight A340-300 (delivery September 1993-September 1994), two Boe ing 737-400 (delivery March 1994). Executives: chairman, Juergen Weber; executive board: operations, Capt Martin Gaebel; personnel, Dr Philip Heiko Lange; finance, Dr Klaus G Schlede; technical, Dr Klaus Nittinger; sales and marketing, Dr Ernst-Adrian Freiherr von Doernberg. Employees: 50,532. Head office: Von-Gablenz-Strasse 2-6, D-5000 Koeln 21, Germany. Tel. +49 (221) 8260; fax: +49 (221) 826 3818; telex: 887353. Lufthansa CityLine (CL), formerly DLT and a Lufthansa wholly owned subsidiary from 1 January, 1993, is responsible for Lufthansa's European non stop services with aircraft with up to 100 seats. In its summer-season 1993 timetable the carrier will fly to 60 destinations in 20 European countries. Since November 1992, Cityline has operated the first Canadair Regional Jets. Routes: from Dusseldorf to: Birmingham, Basle/ Mulhouse, Copenhagen, Friedrichshafen, Gent, Linz, Niirnberg, Paris, Prague, Rome, Venedig, Vienna, Zurich; Hanover to: Copenhagen, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Zurich; Berlin Tempelhof to: Cologne/Bonn to: Barcelona, Berlin, Freidrichshafen, Gent, Madrid, Mailand, Manchester, Munich, Nurnberg, and Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Vi enna and Zurich. History: Lufthansa CityLines's predecessor was formed in 1958 as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT), became OLT Ostfriesische Luftransport in 1970 and was re-organised and renamed DLT on 1 October, 1974. In March 1992, DLT was renamed Lufthansa Cityline. Fleet: three Canadair Regional Jet, 23 Fokker 50. On order: eight Fokker 50, nine Canadair Regional Jet (plus options on 12 more). ATR 42s and de Havilland Dash 8s are chartered from other carriers. Executives: managing directors, Helmut Horn and Gerhard Schmid. Employees: 865. Head office: P.O Box 11 11, Am Holzweg 26, 6239 Kriftel, Germany. Tel: +49 (61) 92 407-0; fax: +49 (61) 92 407295. Lufttransport-Unternehmen see LTU. Luxair (Societe Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aer- ienne) (LG), the national airline of Luxemburg, operates scheduled passenger services. Routes: from Luxembourg to Athens, Berlin Tem- plehof, Copenhagen, Geneva, Faro, Frankfurt, Ham burg, Johannesburg, London Heathrow and Stansted, Malaga, Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Milan-Bergamo, Mu nich, Nairobi, Nice, Palma, Paris, Rome, Saarbrucken, Strasbourg and Vienna. Charter and inclusive-tour flights are also undertaken to Mediterranean destina tions. Lufthansa took a 13% share in Luxair in December 1992r History: the company was formed in 1961 and was known until April 1962 as Luxembourg Airlines. Subsidiaries: Cargolux (24.5%), Lionair (a joint venture with Cargolux), Luxair Executive SA (an air-taxi company), and Luxair Commuter SA (using Metro Ills). Fleet: one Boeing 747SP, two 737-400, two 737- 500, one Cessna 441 Conquest II, three Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, four Fokker 50. Executives: director and CEO, Roger Sietzen; VPs: marketing/sales, Theo Breisch; administration, Jacques Neuen; information systems, Romain Manelli; techni cal services, Marc Galowich; operations, Jean Poeckes; finance, Jean-Pierre Walesch. Employees: 1,050. Head office: Aeroport de Luxembourg, L-2987 Luxembourg. Tel: +352 4798 2221; fax: +352 436344; telex: 2372 LG DD. Maersk Air (DM) is a Danish scheduled regional carrier. Flights from Billund and Copenhagen to London Gatwick have been added to the international services already operated. Charter flights are operated mainly from the Nordic countries to Mediterranean destinations. Routes: Billund to Amsterdam, Brussels, London Gatwick and Stockholm; Copenhagen to London Gatwick and Faroe Islands. Maersk operates a domes tic network of scheduled-passenger services from Copenhagen, including Ronne, Odense, Skrydstrup, Esbjerg, Billund and Vagar. History: Maersk Air was formed in 1969. UK operations were launched in 1984 between Billund and Southend, using de Havilland Dash 7s. It trans ferred operations to Gatwick in 1990. Subsidiaries: the company has a 38% shareholding in Danair A/S, owns Maersk Helicopters, supporting North Sea oil fields and owns Maersk Air Cargo, which is the main sales agent for international carriers, together with Maersk Travel with ten travel agencies. It has a 40% shareholding in TPL Group (The Plimsoll Line). Brymon European Airways (the merged Birmingham European Airways and Brymon Airways) is a fully owned subsidiary of TPL. Fleet: ten Boeing 737-300, five 737-500, one BAe 125-700B, eight Fokker 50, one Shorts 360, two Bell 212, three Aerospatiale Super Puma. On order: two Aerospatiale AS.365N2 Dauphin. Executives: chairman, Troels Dilling; president, Bjarne Hansen; executive VP, Ole Dietz; senior VP commercial, Jom Eriksen; VPs: operations, Henrik Gustafsson; technical, Ole Skytte; accounting/EDP, James John Cadell; finance, Gert Kristensen; charter sales/leasing, Ralph Walldorf; scheduled services, Jan Gotfredsen; personnel, Jorgen Raben-Korch; technical planning, Ole Thomsen; ground handling, Peter Ju- stesen; inflight services, Michael Skjot; purchasing, Jorgen Elmbaek; Maersk Helicopters, Jan Hagemann Sorensen; Maersk Travel, Soren Graae. Maersk Air Cargo, director, Kim Schultz. Employees: 1,200. Head office: Copenhagen Airport South, DK-2791 Dragoer, Denmark. Tel: +45 32 45 44 44; fax: +45 32 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 24 - 30 March, 1993 107
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