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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Tel: +689 86 4069. 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. Routes: main routes served are Prague to Singapore and Hanoi. Fleet: one Ilyushin I1-62M, one 11-86. On order: one 11-86. Head office: via Monte Boglia 5, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland. Tel: +41 (91) 521467; fax: +41 (91) 527155. 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. 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 present name was adopted in 1991. The airline was appointed national carrier in 1987. 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. Fleet: three Beech 1900, one Boeing 747SP, one 737-200. Executives: general manager, K Petch; managers: technical and domestic operations, I F O Kiesewetter; marketing, F H Aldridge; ground operations, C Jacobs; international services, G van den Merwe; finance, G Spinas; tariffs, E van den Heever. Employees: 393. Head office: PO Box 731, Transnamib Building, cnr Bahnhof & Independence, Windhoek 9000, Namibia. Tel: +264 (61) 22 3019; fax: +264 (61) 22 1910; telex: 50908-657; SITA: WDHDZSW. Air Nauru [ON] is a state-owned passenger airline. Routes; between Nauru Island and Auckland, Christ mas Island, Guam, Honiara, Honolulu, Kosrae, Ma nila, Melbourne, Nadi, Noumea, Pohnpei, Suva, Sydney, Tarawa and Truk. Fleet: three Boeing 737-200, two 737-400. Head office: Yaren District, Republic of Nauru. Tel: +674 444 3170; fax: +674 444 3705. Air Nelson [NZ] a New Zealand regional scheduled, charter and cargo carrier, operates Saab 340s and other smaller aircraft on provincial routes previously operated by Air New Zealand and which had become unprofitable for the larger airline, which is a share holder. It flies under the Air New Zealand Link name. History: started flying scheduled services with two Fairchild Metros in 1986. Routes: Auckland; Blenheim; Nelson; New Plymouth; Palmerston North; Rotorua and Tauranga. Fleet: nine Swearingen Metro III, six Saab 340, two Piper PA-31 Chieftain, two PA-23 Aztec, two PA-31 Navajo. Executives: managing director, Robert Inglis; general manager operations, Ian Pirie; managers: commercial, Noel Gillespie; marketing, Digby Lawley; technical services, Peter O'Regan. Employees: 300. Head office: Private Bag 32, Nelson, New Zealand. Tel: +64 (3) 546 7484; fax: +64 (3) 546 6272; SITA: NZNNGNZ. Air Nevada is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline which specialises in air tours of the US national parks including the Grand and Bryce Canyons. The carrier also operates scheduled services from its Las Vegas base. History: incorporated in July 1974 and became a privately held company in July 1978. It is now certified as a fully scheduled airline. Fleet: ten Cessna 402C; three Cessna 207; one Convair 580. Executives: chairman, Myron L Caplan; senior VP, Lewis A Kaplan; director operations, Wayne Nelson; chief pilot, Kip Shoemaker. Employees: 125. Head office: PO Box 11105, Las Vegas, Nevada 89111, USA. Air New Zealand still Tel: +1 (702) 736 8900; fax: +1 (702) 795 8116; telex: LASRRLW. Air New Zealand [NZ] operates an extensive network of scheduled passenger and cargo services internation ally and to 28 main domestic points. The airline was privatised in December 1988. Major shareholders are: Brierley Investments (42.5%), Qantas (19.9%) and Japan Air Lines (7.5%). The remaining 30% share holding is owned by the New Zealand public and the airline's employees; the New Zealand Government holds one "Kiwi" Share. History: the airline was founded in 1939 as Tasman Empire Airways, a joint British-Australian-New Zeal and company (owned 20:30:50), formed to operate services linking New Zealand and Australia. In 1954 the UK withdrew and in 1961 the New Zealand Government assumed full ownership of the airline, which, on 1 April, 1965, adopted the present title. In 1977 the Government decided to merge the two state-owned domestic and international airlines. From 1 April, 1978, New Zealand National Airways and Air New Zealand were amalgamated under the latter name (NZNAC, formed in 1945, began operations in 1947). Routes: International routes from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington to Adelaide, Apia, Bali, Bangkok, Brisbane, Cairns, Fiji, Frankfurt, Hawaii, Hobart, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Kansai (from Septem ber 1994), London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Nadi, Nagoya, Noumea, Norfolk Island, Papeete, Perth, Rarotonga, Singapore, Seoul, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, The Cook Islands, Tonga, Vancouver and Western Samoa. Fleet: 12 Boeing 737-200A, four 747-200, three 747-400, three 767-300ER, four 767-200ER. On order: one 747-400, four 767-300ER, six 737-200, one Fokker F27. Executives: chairman, R H Matthew; managing direc tor, J McCrea; CFO, R G Elstone; general managers: corporate affairs, L F Doolan; national airline, N Brown; engineer, IJ Diamond; catering, T A Rainham; information services, T J Ryan; public relations, D Beatson. Employees: 8,825. Head office: Air New Zealand House, Private Bag, Auckland 1, New Zealand. Tel: +64 (9) 366 2400; fax: +64 (9) 309 4676; telex: NZ2541. Air New Zealand Link is the operating title for Air Nelson and Eagle Airways regional services. Air Niagara Express [DB[. a publicly held Canadian airline, operates passenger and cargo scheduled and charter services. History: established on 21 July, 1978. Fleet: one Convair CV-580, one PA-31-350 Piper Navajo Chieftain. Executives: president & CEO, Arie Tall; CFO, Joyce Tall; VP, Peter Dmytriw. Employees: 25. Head office: 7035 Fir Tree Drive, Suite 13, Missis- sauga, Ontario L5S 1V6, Canada. Tel: +1 (416) 671 2702; fax: +1 (416) 671 2715. Air Nippon [EL], formerly Nihon Kinkyori Airways (NKK), is a Japanese domestic carrier operating scheduled passenger services. History: The airline was formed in 1974 by Japan Air Lines, All Nippon Airways and TOA Domestic. Routes: between Tokyo, Oshima, Miyake Jima, Sap poro, Hakodate, Monbetsu, Wakkanai, Rishiri and Okushiri. operates two 747'-200s Fleet: four Boeing 737-200, two DHC-6 Twin Otter, ten NAMC YS-11. Executives: president, Kanichi Marui; directors: Ma- gozo Sasage, Yuichi Takahishi. Employees: 350. Head office: 2-3-1 Haneda Airport, Ohota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Tel: +81 (3) 747 6832; fax: +81 (3) 3224 1406; telex: 2422124 ANKTYO J. Air Niugini [PX] operates scheduled passenger and cargo services. History: formed in November 1973 as the national airline of Papua New Guinea with the Government holding 60% of the shares, Ansett 16%, Qantas 12% amd TAA 12%. In 1976, the Government bought out the Qantas and TAA holdings and in 1980 acquired the Ansett shares to make the airline wholly Govern ment owned. Routes: linking the capital (Port Moresby) with 20 domestic points and Brisbane, Cairns, Honiara (Solo mon Islands), Hong Kong, Jayapura (Indonesia), Manila and Singapore. Fleet: one Airbus A310-300, two DHC Dash 7, seven Fokker F28-1000, one F28-4000. Executives: chairman, Sir Mekere Morauta; deputy chairman, Michael Bromley; CEO & general manager, Dieter Seefeld; deputy general manager, Howard Lahari; directors: finance & administration, Peter Petroulas; operations, Capt Ray Ross; ground services, Cris Mek; engineering & maintenance, Peter Tyrer; personnel, David Tibu; acting sales & marketing, Don Madigan; managers: air freight, Garry Hislop; sched ules & planning, David Glover; purchasing & supply, Henric Chabrowksi; manager, public relations, Geoff McLaughlin. Employees: 1,783. Head office: PO Box 7186, Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tel: +675 27 3415; fax: +675 27 3380; telex: NE 22225 AIRNG. Air Nordic Sweden Aviation [EO| operates scheduled passenger cargo, charter and regional services. History: formed on 5 April, 1993 and is owned by AB Sewtrail and Jan Fahlen. Routes: between Borlange and Goteborg, Helsinki, Morlange, Oslo, urebro and Vasteras. Fleet: five Fokker F27-100. Employees: 50. Executives: managing director, Eric Lunden; technical manager, Mikael Hxdlxn; marketing manager Hakan Wahlstrom; flight operations manager, Tage Hjelm; economy manager Kerstin Karlsson. Head office: Vasteras Airport, S-72131 Vasteras, Swe den. Tel: +46 (21) 80 1200; fax: +46 (21) 80 1111. Air North [4N] a third-level Canadian carrier, oper ates scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. History: formed in 1977. Routes: from its Whitehorse base to Dawson City, Fairbanks, Juneau and Old Crow. Charter flights are also undertaken. Fleet; one Beech B-80 Queen Airliner, four Douglas DC-3, one DC-4, one Piper PA-31 Navajo. Executives: president, Joseph T Sparling; secretary, Thomas A Wood. Employees: 35. Head office: PO Box 4998, Whitehorse, Yukon Terri tory Y1A 4S2, Canada. Tel: +1 (403) 668 2228; fax: +1 (403) 668 6224. 56 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994
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