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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Air Nova IQK] was the first Air Canada Connector and is now 100% owned by Air Canada. Air Nova feeds Air Canada at Halifax and flies to 21 destinations in eastern Canada and the USA. Charter services are also offered. History: the airline was set up in May 1986 and began operations in July that year. Routes: serves Halifax, Sydney (Nova Scotia), Yar mouth, Charlottetown, St John's, Deer Lake, Gander, St Anthony, Goose Bay, Wabush/Labrador City, Ot tawa, Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Bathurst, St Leonard, Montreal, Quebec City, Blanc Sablon, Boston and New York. Fleet: five BAe 146-200, 12 DHC Dash 8-100. On option: ten Canadair Regional Jets. Executives: president & CEO, Joseph Randell; direc tors: finance, Lynn Loewen; customer and commercial services, Rick Flynn; sales and communications, Bruce MacLellan; maintenance, Keith Jones; flight opera tions, Grant Warner; human resources, Winston Clarke. Employees: 562. Head office: Suite 500, 1550 Bedford Highway, Bedford, Nova Scotia B4A 1E6, Canada. Tel: +1 (902) 835 9900; fax: +1 (902) 835 3575. Air Ontario 1GX1, a Canadian scheduled regional airline, serves 16 destinations in Central Canada and the northern USA, also offering charter and cargo services. The airline is closely aligned with Air Canada as an Air Canada Connector carrier and the major airline now owns 75% of the company. History: Austin Airways was formed in 1934. In 1986 it took over the scheduled routes of Toronto Airways, following that company's demise. Air Ontario was founded in 1961 and merged with Austin Airways in 1981. Routes: Toronto to Baltimore/Washington Interna tional was introduced in 1992. Other destinations include: Cleveland, Hartford, London (Ontario), Mon treal, New York Newark, North Bay, Ottawa, Sarnia, Saulte Ste Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Toronto Pearson, Toronto Island, Windsor and Win nipeg. Fleet: 16 DHC Dash 8-100, six Dash 8-300. Three Dash 8-100 are leased out. Executives: chairman, David McCamus; president and COO, Tom Syme; directors: commercial services, Scott Tapson; finance and administration, CFO, Robert Payne; maintenance, John Aguiar; inflight services, Ruthe-Anne Conyngham; flight operations, Brian Mor ris; customer services, Bruce Maxim; corporate con troller, Bill Leslie. Employees: 658. Head office: 1 Air Ontario Drive, London Airport, London, Ontario N5V 3S4, Canada. Tel: +1 (519) 453 8440; fax: +1 (519) 453 0063; S1TA: YXUGXGX. Air Operations of Europe is a Swedish charter carrier which serves ad hoc routes. History: started operations in May 1993. 100% owned by Capt Thomas Johansson. Fleet: two Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (leased from Elec- tra Aviation). On order: one L1011-206. Executives: managing director, Capt T Johansson; flight operations manager, Capt Peter Jacobsen; tech nical director, Ove Svensson. Employees: 75. Head office: Hammarbacken 4, 19149, Sollentuna, Sweden. Tel: +46 (8) 926655; fax: +46 (8) 350780; telex: 12320 TASA1R S. Air Pacific [FJj, Fiji's international airline, operates scheduled services. The Fiji Government is the princi pal shareholder, with 79.55% ownership. Qantas has a support agreement with Air Pacific. History: Air Pacific was originally incorporated on 13 April, 1947, under the name Katafanga Estates. The carrier was known as Fiji Airways until July 1971. Routes: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Tokyo, Solomon Islands, Suva-Nadi, Tonga, Western Samoa, Vanuatu and Honiara. Fleet: two ATR 42-300, one Boeing 747-200 (leased from Qantas), one 767-300ER (leased). On order: two 767-300ER, one 737-500. Executives: chairman, Gerald Barrack; managing direc tor & CEO, Andrew Drysdale; COO, Stephen Brown; company secretary & director of finance, Josephine Yee Joy Bland; director of marketing, Ramendra Narayan; general manager, airline operations, Anthony Wong; public relations, Aisake Colati. Employees: 590. Head office: Air Pacific Centre, PO Box 9266, Nadi Airport, Raiwaqa, Fiji. Tel: +679 72 0777/38 6444; fax: +679 72 0512/37 0076; telex: FJ 2131. Air Pacific Northwest operates scheduled passenger and cargo services. Fleet: three BAe Jetstream 31. Executives: president, Patrick Spithill; executive VP maintenance and operations, Marty Dyer; VPs: gen eral, J. Scott Miller; operations, Scott Hall; mainte nance, Ron Wright; director customer relations, David Webster. Head Office: 6128 Capitol Blvd, Southeast, Olympia, WA 98501, USA. Tel: +1 206 705 3594; Fax: +1 206 705 1481. Air Panama Internacional see Panama Air Inter- nacional. Air Philippines (APC), see Pacific East Asia Cargo Airlines. Air Provence International [DG1 operates passenger and cargo charters between European and Middle Eastern destinations. History: formed in 1985, the airline is owned by the J P Rozan Group. Fleet: two Aerospatiale Caravelle Super 12, four Beech King Air 200, five King Air 90, one Dassault Falcon 20, nine Gulfstream G-159, one Learjet 25. Executives: president, J P Rozan; exploitation director, Serge Cadelano; accounting, Madeleine Gheysens; purchasing manager, Jacques Blanchard; technical director, Yves Petrequin. Employees: 110. Head office: BP 33 Aviation Generale, F-13728 Marig- nane, France. Tel: +33 42 89 05 40; fax: +33 42 89 65 40; telex: 402968 AIRPROV F. Air Resorts Airlines [UZ] operates passenger and cargo charter services from its California, USA base. Fleet: one Convair 340, six Convair 440, four Convair 580. Executives: president, Ted Vallas; directors: opera tions, Joe Morgan; maintenance, James Biggie; in flight services, Joanne Russo; chief pilot, Neil Henson. Head Office: 2192 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, California 92008, USA. Tel: +1 (619) 483 3600; fax: +1 (619) 438 4926. Air Russia, a proposed British Airways/Aeroflot joint venture airline, has postponed plans to start opera tions indefinitely. History: Air Russia was formed on 26 July, 1991. Executive: CEO, V M Tikhonov. Head office: 36 Novi Arbatskaya, Moscow 121205, Russian Federation. Tel +7 (095) 290 7339; fax +7 (095) 290 9553. Air Rwanda (Societe Nationale des Transports Aeri- ens du Rwanda) [RYj. the national carrier, operates domestic passenger and cargo services. History: the company was formed in 1975. Routes: from its base in Kigali to Gisenyi and Kamembe, together with regional and international flights to Bujumbura (Burundi) and Ostende (Bel gium), Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire. Freight charter services are also provided. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C, two DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. Executives: chairman, Juvenal Uwilingiyimana; general manager, J Mushimiyimana; managers: administration/ finance, J Rutegamihigo; commercial, Ismael Kagabo; technical, Dennis Shyirambere; chief pilot, Capt Tom Ferguson. Employees: 250. Head office: Avenue de la Revolution, PO Box 808, Kigali, Rwanda. Tel: +250 75492/32; fax: +250 72462; telex: 554 AIRWA. Air Safaris and Services, a scheduled, charter and scenic operator. History: formed in 1971. Routes: scheduled services between Timaru and Christchurch in New Zealand with GAF Nomads. Fleet: four Cessna Stationair 8, three GAF Nomad N24A, one Piper PA Navajo. Executives: managing directors: operations, R C Ray- ward; administration, G D Murray. Employees: 8. Head office: PO Box 71, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. Tel: +64 (3) 6806 880; fax: +64 (3) 6806 740. Air Saigon is to be formed as a joint venture between Summa International PT of Indonesia and the provin cial government/city council of Ho Chi Minh City to operate to various destinations in South-East Asia. Fleet: one Fokker F28, two F27. Air Saint-Pierre [PJl flies scheduled passenger services linking the French island of St Pierre, off the Newfoundland coast, with Halifax and Montreal. The company's scheduled operations are part of the Canadian Partner network. History: operations started in 1961. Fleet: two BAe HS748-2A, one ATR 42-320, one Piper Navajo Chieftain, one Aztec. Executives: president, Remy L Briand. Head office: 18 Rue Albert Briand, BP 4225, St Pierre, 97500 lies St Pierre et Miquelon. Tel: +508 41 47 18; fax: +508 41 23 36; telex: 914422. Air Senegal (Societe Nationale de Transports Aeriens du Senegal: Sonatra) [DS] operates scheduled interna tional services. Stockholders include the Government with 50% and Air Afrique with 40%. History: the airline was formed in February, 1971, when Air Senegal was nationalised. Routes: from Dakar to Banjul (Gambia) and Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Nouakchott (Mauritania) and Praia (Cape Verde). Bamako, Conakro Kaedi and Nouakc hott routes are temporarily suspended. Domestic routes include Cap-Skirring, Dakar, Kolda, Matam, Saint-Louis and Ziguinchor. Charter and air-taxi flights are also operated. Fleet: two BAe HS.748, two DHC-6-300 Twin Otter. Executives: chairman, Alioune Ndoye; general man ager, Abdoulaye Ndiaye; directors: technical, Alioune Yague; commercial, Cheikh Sylla; finance and admini stration, Pape Diery Sene; operations, Magatte Diop; internal audit, Mamadou Ndoye; management control ler, Dieynaba Cisse. Employees: 135. Head office: BP 8010, Aeroport de Dakar-Yoff, Dakar, Senegal. Tel: +221 (20) 04 45/20 09 13; fax: +221 (20) 00 33; telex: 31513 SENALAIR SG. Air Service Gabon operates passenger and cargo air charters. History: formed in 1965. Fleet: one Pilatus B-N Islander, one Beech King Air B200, one King Air 200 Catpass, one Casa 212-100, one 212-200, one Cessna 310R, two 402, two 404. Employees: 52. Head office: International Airport Leon M'Ba, PO Box 2232, Libreville, Gabon. Tel: +241 73 24 08/9; fax: +241 73 60 69; telex: 5522 A1RSCE GO, 5263 AIRSCE GO. Air Service Hungary is a domestic operator which operates passenger and freight services. Fleet: 50 Antonov An-2, two Let L-410, seven McDonnell Douglas Helicopter MD-500, 60 Kamov Ka-26, one Tupolev Tu-134. Executives: general director, Dr Laszlo Kozma; mar keting manager, Janos Molnar. Employees: 1,200. Head office: 1112 Koerberki ut 36, H-1502 Budapest, Hungary. Tel: +36 (1) 185 1344/166 8447; fax: +36 (1) 166 8118; telex: 225187. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994 57
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