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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY airline. The balance is owned by Houston, Texas- based, Baltic International. The carrier plans to serve Dusseldorf, Hamburg and Munich and is seeking approval for services to Austria and Switzerland. Fleet: two Tupolev Tu-134B-3, one Tu-154, one McDonnell Douglas DC-9. Executive: president, Peteris Ozolins. Head office: 4 Pils Street, Riga 226050, Latvia. Tel: +70132 229545; fax: +70132 223659; telex: 161168 VZLET. Bangkok Airways [PG] is a privately owned airline, which operates scheduled passenger domestic services from Bangkok. There are also services to prime tourist destinations, and a scheduled international route to Phnom Penh. With effect from November 1993, scheduled Bangkok-Chiangmai-Mandalay flights began, using the company's second private airport at Sukhothai. Routes: Bangkok to Samui, Huahin, U-Tapao, Loei, Phnom Penh and Chiangmai/Mandalay; U-Tapao to Samui, and Samui to Phuket. History: formed as Sahakol Air, an air-taxi company, in 1968, Bangkok Airways started scheduled services in 1986. Fleet: four DHC Dash 8, one Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, four Shorts 330, two 360. Executives: president and CEO, Dr Prasarttong-Osoth; VPs: operations, Nipondh Chantorn; admin and fi nance, Paichayon Uathavikul; sales, Thamvichai Sada- vongvivat. Employees: 572. Head office: 140 Pacific Place Building, Sukhumwit Road, Bangkok 10110, Thailand. Tel: +66 (622) 253 4004; fax: +66 (622) 253 4005; telex: 82654 BKP TH; SITA: BKKOVPG. Baron Aviation Services is a scheduled cargo operator. Fleet:28 Cessna Caravans. Executives:president, C.E. Schmidt; VP, Lee Maples. Head OJficeiPO Box 518, Rolla National Airport, Vichy, Missouri 65580, USA. Tel: +1 (314) 299 4744; fax: +1 (314) 299 4744. BASE Business Airlines [WZ| a Dutch regional commuter carrier, operating scheduled services from Groningen, Maastricht and Rotterdam to north Euro pean destinations. It also provides ad hoc charter services. History: BASE bought Dutch regional carrier Twente Airlines in March 1992. Twente was formed by Twente Airport, providing feeder services between Twente and Schiphol airports. Routes: Eindhoven to Birmingham, Hamburg and Manchester; Rotterdam to Manchester. Maastricht to Manchester and to Birmingham were added in March 1993; and Groningen to London Stansted, Copen hagen and Paris Charles de Gaulle in September 1993. Fleet: three BAe Jetstream 31, two Piper Cheyenne III, four Cessna C406. Executives: managing director, Hans Noorlander. Head office: Luchthavenweg 13, 5657 EA Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (40) 571550; fax: +31 (40) 513060; telex: 59272 BASE NL. Bashkir Airlines (Aeroflot), formerly part of Samara- based Aerovolga, was set up as an Aeroflot section in 1990. It has added charter services to Europe, Asia and North Africa. Routes: Regional and trunk routes from Ufa. Fleet: 20 Tupolev Tu-154. Executive: general director, V P Burnaev. Head office: Ufa Airport, Bashkir Republic, 450056, Russia. Tel: +7 223490. Bashkirskie Airlines see BAL. Bass Aviation is a start-up South African domestic carrier which has applied to operate scheduled serv ices from Johannesburg's Midrand Grand Central Airport to Durban, competing with flag-carrier South African Airways and domestic operator Flitestar. Executive: managing director, Mike Basson. Head office: PO Box 21061, Durban North 4016, South Africa. Tel: +27 (31) 561 1130; fax: +27 (31) 561 115. Basler Flight Services operates scheduled cargo serv ices under the name Basler Airlines Fleet: one Beech Baron, two Beech 18, two Convair 440, five Douglas DC-3. Executives: president and general manager, Warren Basler; directors: operations, Stephen Yantz; mainte nance, James Wilharms; treasurer, Patricia Basler; chief pilot, Paul Votava. Head Office: PO 2305, Wittman Regional Airport, 20th Street, Oshkosh, WI 54903, USA. Tel: +1 414 236 7820; Fax: +1 414 235 0381. Belavia (Belarussian Airlines) [B2l is a regional airline operating scheduled passenger, cargo and charter services. History: The state-owned carrier was created on the basis of the former Aeroflot division in the Republic of Belarus in November 1993. Until the end of 1993, it continued close co-operation with Aeroflot, but intends to establish its own marketing and operations strategies from 1994. Routes: Berlin, Frankfurt, Shannon, Tel-Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich. Charter flights to destinations in China, Cyprus, India, Turkey and UAE. The carrier also plans to operate services to destinations in Italy, Spain and the UK. Fleet: 19 Antonov An-24, 7 An-26, 21 Tupolev Tu-154B(M), 19 Tu-134A, 8 Yakovlev Yak 40. Executives: directors: general, Oleg V Ryzhikov; commercial Vladimir I Vzyatkin; technical, Connady G. Drobyshecsky; flight operations, Vasily Ermakov. Head office: 220065 Minsk Aerodromnaya, Str 4, Republic of Belarus, Belorussia. Tel: +7 (0172) 25 08 36/25 51 11; fax: +7 (0172) 25 15 66/26 06 29. Bering Air operates scheduled and charter services between Alaska, USA and far eastern Russia. The carrier forms part of Alaska Airlines Commuter network. History: The carrier was founded in September 1979 by James and Christine Rowe. Alaska Airlines has been a share partner since 1983. Fleet: seven Piper PA-31-350, four Beech 18, four Cessna 247. Executives: president, James Rowe; vice-president/ company secretary, Christine Rowe. Employees: 65. Head office: PO Box 1650, Nome Airport, Nome, Alaska USA 99762. Tel: +1 (907) 443 5422; fax: +1 (907) 443 5919; telex: 234 49609673. Bhoja Air [B4] is a domestic carrier in Pakistan. History: started scheduled services on 7 November, 1993. Routes: between Lahore, Karachi and Quetta. Fleet: one Boeing 737-200 (leased from GPA). Head office: Bhoja Terrace, Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Karachi 74200, Pakistan. Tel: +92 (21) 2410 2001/2410 2081/262 7820; fax: +92 (21) 262 5995; telex: 21394 BHOJA PK; SITA: KH1HOB4. Big Sky Transportation [GQ] operates scheduled passenger and cargo services under the title Big Sky Airlines. Fleet: one Cessna 402, five Fairchild Metro. Executives: president & CEO, Terry D Marshall; VPs: services, Craig R Denny; accounting and finance, Greg J Peterson. Head Office: PO Box 31397, Billings, MT 59105, USA. Tel: +1 406 245 9449; fax: +1 406 259 8750. Biman Bangladesh Airlines [BG], the national airline of Bangladesh, operates scheduled international serv ices to 28 destinations. History: the company was formed in January 1972. Routes: Abu Dhabi, Calcutta, Delhi, Dhaka, Dubai, Doha, Frankfurt, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, Muscat, Nagoya, Narita, New York, Paris, Rangoon, Rome, Riyadh, Singapore and Sharjah. Domestic services link Dhaka with Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Sylhet, Jessore, Ishurdi, Saidpur and Rajshaji. Biman is planning to operate services to Amsterdam, Brussels, Ho-Chi-Min City, Hong Kong and Jakarta. Fleet: two BAe Jetstream ATP, two Fokker F28, six McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Executives: managing director, Abdul-Mueyeed Cho- wdhury; directors: customer services, D Hossain; stores, Capt S A N M Oqba; finance, Abbasuddin Khan; project and planning, Lt Col M Rahman; flight operations, Capt Nazrul Islam; engineering, Group Cap M S Rahman; marketing and sales, A H M Salahuddin. Employees: 5,280. Head office: Biman Bhaban, 100 Motijheel Commer cial Area, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. Tel: +880 (2) 240151/90; fax: +880 (2) 863005, 863006; telex: 642649 DACBG BJ. Binter Canarias [NT], a subsidiary almost wholly owned by Iberia, has operated scheduled passenger services to the Canary Islands since 1989. The airline was established in January 1988. Fleet; six ATR 72, five CASA/Nurtanio CN-235. Executives: president and CEO, Joaquin Martinez Vilanova; director-general, Rodolfo Nunez; VP, plan ning, Ricardo Martin; finance, A Tejedor; marketing, A D'Atari; personnel, P Gete. Employees: 230. Head office: Avda Alcalde Ramirez Bethencourt 8, 35080 Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. Tel: +34 (28) 38 03 66; fax: +34 (28) 36 48 77; telex: 95026 IBLPA E. Binter Mediterranea [AX] is an Iberia subsidiary, formed late in 1989, operating scheduled passenger services to the Alicante, Almeria, Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Eastern Levante, France, Italy Malaga, North Africa, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. Fleet: five CASA/Nurtanio CN-235-100. Executives: president, Joaquin Martinez-Vilanova; CEO, Jose M Marin Domenech; VP planning, Ricardo Martin. Employees: 120. Head office: Bloco Tecnico Aeropuerto, E-46940 Manises, Spain. Tel: +34 (6) 1522343; fax: +34 (6) 1523206. Birgenair is a Turkish charter carrier, formed in 1988. Fleet: one Boeing 757-200, one 737-300, one McDon nell Douglas DC-8-61. Executive: Cetin Birgen. Employees: 151. Head office: Cumhuriyet Caddesi Evser Apt No. 301, Kat:9, Harbiye 80230, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: +90 (0212) 240 1150; fax: +90 (0212) 246 5711; telex: 27998 ALT TR. Birmingham European Airways merged into Maersk Air of Denmark in May 1993. Blue Air Carrier operates scheduled domestic services in Poland. Routes: International services from Sczecin to Ham burg, and, by mid-March 1994, to Malmo. Domestic services link Sczecin with Krakow and Wroclaw. Fleet: BAe Jetstream 31 (leased from SunAir). Executives: president, Jan Kita; managing director, Stanislaw Markowski. Head office: ul Przestrzenna 1, PL-70800, Szczecin, Poland. Bogazici Hava Tasimaciligi (BHT) has ceased opera tions, its activities having been transferred to THY Turkish Airlines by the Turkish Government. Bop Air (BV). the national airline of Bophuthatswana, operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Johannesburg to Mmabatho and Sun City and return flights from Thaba'Nchu to Mmabatho. In 1993 it added a service to Cape Town. History: the airline was formed on 20 July, 1979, as Mmabatho Air Services. Fleet: one BAe 748, one Cessna Citation II, two Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, two EMB-120 Brasilia, one Gulfstream 111. Executives: managing director, J L Borstlap; managers: maintenance, R James; commercial, R Groome; flight operations, M Kemp; finance and administration, G 68 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994
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