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AIRLINE DIRECTORY Air Service Nantes (ASN), a French charter airline, operates passenger and cargo services to destinations in Europe and North Africa. Fleet: one Aerospatiale Super Caravelle 10R, two Dassault Falcon 20C Executives: president, Raphael Bejar; managers: Mau rice Garbaccio; technical, Laurent joosep. Employees: 25. Head office: 4 Place Foch, F-10000, Troyes, France. Tel: +33 25 73 72 73; fax: +33 25 73 71 04. Air Seychelles [HM], the Government-owned national airline, provides scheduled international passenger and cargo services. History: the airline was founded as Seychelles Airlines in September 1976 as a domestic carrier. Routes: linking Mahe with Bahrain, Dubai, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London Gatwick, Madrid, Nairobi, Paris, Rome, Singapore and Zurich. Fleet: one Boeing 757-200ER, one 767-200ER, four DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Pilatus B-N Islander. Executives: executive chairman, Conrad Benoiton; general managers: finance, Jacquelin Dugasse; engi neering, R Davidson; managers: engineering interna tional, R Chong-Seng; engineering domestic, S Maillet; quality assurance, J Brennan; marketing, John Kirby; ground services, S Allibhaye; logistics, M Jack; flight operations, Capt C Williamson. Employees: 415. Head office: Victoria House, PO Box 386, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. Tel: +248 22 5300, 22 5306/7/8/, 22 5341; fax: +248 22 5159; telex: 25159 AIRFIN SZ. Air Sinai [4D] is a subsidiary of Egyptair. History: Air Sinai was formed in 1982 to take over the scheduled services of Nefertiti Airlines. Routes: a Cairo-Tel Aviv service and operations to Hurghada, Tour Sinai, Santa Katarina and Sharm el Sheik. Fleet: three Boeing 737-200 (one leased), two Fokker F27-500. Executives: general manager, Sobhi Sami; manager internal affairs, Capt S Lamey. Employees: 150. Head office: 12 Kasr el Nil Street, Cairo, Egypt. Tel: +20 (2) 774 960; fax: +20 (2) 77 4966; telex: 92050; S1TA: CA1GM4D. Air Starline [ACR] operates worldwide charter serv ices. History: established in November 1990 as a subsidiary of African Safari Airways. It is a privately owned company. Fleet: one McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63H ADC. Executives: managing director, Frederick Hofer. Employees: 60. Head office: PO Box 158, CH-4030, Basel Airport, Switzerland. Tel: +41 (61) 325 2941; fax: +41 (61) 325 3329; telex: 964584 ASA CH. Air Swazi Cargo [GKI is a charter carrier based in Swaziland. The airline operates freight services to destinations in Africa and Europe. Worldwide ad hoc charters are also operated. Fleet: one Boeing 707-320C. Executives: manager, Brian Parmenter. Head office: Dhalan Ubeka House, PO Box 2869, Mbabane, Swaziland. Tel: +268 45575/45578; fax: +268 45003; telex: 3026 ASWCG WD or 2217. Air Sweden (Time Air Sweden) [HK] is now called West Air Sweden. See entry. Air Tahiti [VT] operates scheduled passenger services to 35 islands. History: the company began operations in 1953 as Reseau Aerien Interinsulaire (RAI), when the Govern ment of French Oceania took over the operations of a small private carrier, Air Tahiti, dating from 1950. In 1958 RAI was taken over by the French airline TAI (now UTA). The name Air Polynesie was adopted in 1970, with the further change of identity to Air Tahiti in January 1987. Routes: include Bora Bora, Huahine, Maupiti (Society Archipelago), Moorea, Raiatea, Rangiroa and Manihi (Tuamotu), Nuku Hiva and Hiva Oa (Marquesas), Mangareva (Gambier), Rurutu and Tubuai (Australes). Fleet: three ATR 42, two ATR 72, one Dornier 228. Executives: president, Christian Vernaudon; director general, Marcel Galenon; assistant director and mar keting managar, Yves Wauthy. Employees: 520. Head office: Boulevard Pomare, BP 314, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Tel: +689 86 4011; fax: +689 86 4069; telex: PPTDMVT. Air Tanzania [TC], the Tanzanian flag-carrier, oper ates an extensive network of scheduled domestic services, in addition to international services. History: the airline was established on 11 March, 1977, to operate services suspended following the collapse of East African Airways. Routes: Bujumbura, Djibouti, Dubai, Entebbe, Gabar- one, Harare, Kigali, Lilongwe, London, Lusaka and Muscat. Fleet: two Boeing 737-200C, three DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, three Fokker F27-600. Executives: general manager, Silva Rwebangira; direc tors: finance, Sungura V Toke; technical, Dominic Rwehumbiza; commerce, T Chacha; corporate plan ning officer, Feruz Sharriff. Employees: 1,400. Head office: Tancot House, City Drive, PO Box 543, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Tel: +255 (51) 38300, 19; fax: +255 (51) 37191; telex: 41077 ATC TC. Air Tchad [HT] operates domestic scheduled opera tions. Stockholders are the Tchad Government (98%) and UTA (2%). History: the company was formed in June 1966. Routes: operations link Ndjamena (formerly Fort Lamy) with Abecher, Bol, Bongor, Mao, Pala, Mongo, Am Timan, Sahr-Faya and Moundou. Fleet: one DHC-6 Twin Otter, one Fokker F27-600, two Douglas DC-3. Executives: general director, Mahamat Nouri; vice- general director, Bidjere Bindjaki; president, Djibangar Madjirebaye; directors: finance, Jean Louis le Guillou; technical, Abdelkerim Khazali; ground operations, Youssouf Mahamat. Employees: 61. Head office: 27 Avenue du President Tombalbaye, BP 168, N'djamena, Tchad. Tel: +235 51 5090/3581; telex: 5345 KD. Air Toulouse International [TLE], a French charter operator, made its first flight in December 1990. Fleet: three Aerospatiale Caravelle SE 210, one Boeing 737-200. Executives: president and director-general, Jean-Pierre Murracioli; commercial manager, Antoine Ferretti; technical director, Pierre Cornu. Employees: 130. Head office: Aeroport de Toulouse Blagnac, BP 44, 31702 Blagnac, France. Tel: +33 (61) 30 01 22; fax: +33 (61) 30 05 99; telex: 520829 F. Airtours International [VZ], a UK passenger charter carrier. Routes: the Algarve, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Jugoslavia, Malta, Paris, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. Atlantic services have been added. Fleet: eight McDonnell Douglas MD-83, two Airbus A320, two Boeing 757-200. On order: two Boeing 767-300. Executives: CEO, Mike Lee; directors: engineering, G Mashlan; operations, Capt Colin Penny; ground oper ations, R Walling; cabin services, P Plested. Employees: 450. Head office: Parkway Three, Parkway Business Centre, 300 Princess Road, Manchester M14 7LU, UK. Tel: +44 (61) 232 6600; fax: +44 (61) 232 6610; telex: 665023 A1RAVN G. Air Transat [TSC] is Canada's largest international and domestic charter carrier. History." the airline was created in December 1986. Routes: operates from Montreal, Toronto and Quebec City to Mexico, the Caribbean, France, Italy, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, South and Central America, the UK and the USA. It has acquired two bays of hangar facility at Mirabel, Montreal Airport, to which its office will be moved during 1994. Fleet; three Boeing 727-200 ADV, four 757-200ER, five Lockheed L-1011-14 TriStar. Executives: president, Francois Legault; VPs: opera tions, Michel Laflamme; executive, Philippe Sureau; maintenance and engineering, Normand Boulay. Employees: 900. Head office: 905 Michele-Bohec Blvd, Blainville, Que bec J7C 5E7, Canada. Tel: +1 (514) 433 1011; fax: +1 (514) 433 0338/9688; telex: 05835582; SITA: YMXKRTS. Air Transport International [ATI] [8C] of the USA (formerly Interstate Airlines) provides worldwide cargo-charter services for the express-package indus try, as well as for the US Department of Defense and the automotive industry. The company does on- demand charters for freight forward and charter companies. It also wet-leases aircraft. History: the company was formed in 1979 as US Airways and the current name was adopted in 1988. Fleet: three McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F, two DC-8- 62F, two DC-8-61F, nine DC-8-71F. Executives: president, David Clark; VP, Stan Burn- stein; director of marketing and sales, Wade Johnson; director of operations, Rich Carlson; director of maintenance Gerry Heroth; director of quality control, Curt Weedman; director of finance, Jim Young. Employees: 250. Head office: 3800 Rodney Parham Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72212, USA. Tel: +1 (501) 224 8175; fax: +1 (501) 224 3240; SITA: LITTDD8C. Air Transport School operates domestic charter serv ices in Russia, but is essentially an advanced flight training centre. Fleet: two Antonov An-32, two Ilyushin 11-76, one 11-86, two Tupolev Tu-134, two Yak-40. Executives: general director, M 1 Didenko. Head office: Aeroport Zhukovski, Moscow Region, 140160, Russia. Tel: +7 (095) 556 7690; fax: +7 (095) 556 5778. Air Tungaru [VK], the national airline of the Republic of Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands), operates domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services throughout Kiribati. History: the company was formed in 1977 and took over domestic services from Air Pacific in 1978. Fleet: one Boeing 737, one CASA C.212, two Pilatus B-N Trislander. Executives: chairman, Meita Beiabure; general man ager, Maate Moaniba; personnel manager, Johnny Kubena; commercial manager, Kireata Taaram; chief operations officer, Kabana Temanene. Employees: 85. Head office: PO Box 274 Bikenibeu, Tarana, Republic of Kiribati. Tel: +686 28088/28232; fax: +686 28277; telex: 77023 KI. Air UK (UK) operates scheduled passenger services. New routes from London Stansted include Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Nice and Paris. History: formed on 1 January, 1980, by merging Air Anglia, Air Wales, Air West and British Island Airways into a single entity. In 1987, KLM acquired a 14.9% interest in Air UK. The remaining 85.1% is held by British Air Transport (Holdings). Routes: other points in the UK served with a mixture of domestic and international services are: Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Humberside, Jersey, Leeds/Bradford, Newcastle, Norwich, Sou thampton and Teesside. International destinations include Amsterdam. Fleet: six BAe 146-300; five 146-200; two 146-100; five Fokker 100, one F27-600; two F27-500; ten F27-200; one F27-100; two Shorts 360. On order: eight Fokker 50, three F27-500. Executives: chairman, Stephen Hanscombe; managing director, Andrew Gray; directors: customer services, Bob Coleman; finance, John Derbyshire; planning and FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994
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