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WORLD MRUNE DIRECTORY Orsmond. Employees: 132. Head office: PO Box 166, Mafikeng 8670, Bophuthat- swana Southern Africa. Tel" +27 (140> 810660-4; fax: +27 (140) 814673; telex: 3020 BP. Boronezh Avia fleet: Antonov An-2, Yakovlev Yak-40, Yak-42. Executives: CEO, Cdr Mikhail Demidenko; commer cial director, Alexander G Sen. Head office: Dnepropetrovsk Airport, 320042, Ukraine. Tel +7 (0562)-995311; fax +7 (0562)-391494. Bouraq Indonesia Airlines [BO] operates scheduled passenger and cargo services throughout the central and eastern parts of the Indonesian Archipelago, linking major points in Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, Bali, the Nusa Tenggara Islands and Tawau in East Malaysia. History: Bouraq was formed in April 1970 as a private national-airline corporation. Fleet: 15 BAe HS.748, four Vickers Viscount 800, three IPTN 212-A4. Executives: president, J A Sumendap; senior VP, Moeljanto Djojomartono; executive VP, G B Rungkat; directors: finance, H A Tucunan; maintenance, Subardi Ruslanhandi. Employees: 731. Head office: PO Box 2965, Jalan Angkasa 1-3, Kernay- oran, Jakarta 10720, Indonesia. Tel: +62 (21) 655289; +62 (21) 6298651; telex: 41247 BOUJKT IA. Braathens SAFE (South American and Far East Air Transport) (BU) added Oslo-London Gatwick in November 1992 and Tromso-Murmansk in January 1993 to its network of scheduled domestic and regional services. One-sixth of the carrier's income is derived from holiday charter flights to Mediterranean and Canary Island resorts. Routes: Oslo to Alesund, Bergen, Billund, Bodo, Evenes, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Malmo, Molde, Newcastle (UK), Roros, Stavanger, Svalbard, Tromso and Trondheim. A coastal route from Stavanger to Tromso, involving intermediate points, is also served. History: the company was formed in 1946 by the Braathens shipping company to operate long-haul charters to South America and the Far East, with Douglas DC-4 Skymasters. Fleet: 12 Boeing 737-200, three 737-400, 11 737-500. On order/option: nine Boeing 737-500, six 737-400. Executives: chairman, Ave Johnsen; president and CEO, Erik G Braathen; chief finance officer P Chris tiansen; secretary, S Andersen; VPs: operations, P Oedegaard; technical and maintenance, A E Stange- land; ground operations, B Hammer; commercial, A C Fougli; personnel O J Ostberg; EDP, H Orfeldt Pedersen; corporate affairs, A Tjomsland. Employees: 2,900. Head office: Oksenoyveien 3, PO Box 55, 1330 Oslo Lufthavn, Norway. Tel: +47 (2) 59 70 00; fax: +47 (2) 59 13 09; telex: 71595 BUSOSL N. Bradley Air Services see First Air. Brit Air (Brittany Air International) [DB| is a French regional carrier. It operates scheduled regional and domestic passenger services. Services are also operated on behalf of Air France and Air Inter. Routes: from: Brest, Caen, Le Havre, Quimper, Rennes to: Cork, London and Lyon; Rennes to Caen, Le Havre, Nice, Toulouse; Nantes to Cork and Dussel- dorf; Caen to London, Lyon, Nice, Toulouse and Rennes; Le Havre to London and Lyon; Toulouse to Brussels; Deauville to Nice. History: the company was formed in 1973. Brit Air achieved its French public-transport approval in 1975. It became a public company in 1977. Fleet: two ATR 72, 13 ATR 42, six Saab 340. On order: two ATR 72. Executives: president, director general, Xavier Leclerc; directors: exploitation, Jacques Pellerin; commercial, Veronique Avenard; maintenance, A Brothier. Employees: 470. Head office: Aerodrome de Ploujean, BP 156, 29204 Morlaix, France. Tel: +33 98 62 10 22; fax: +33 98 88 66 11; telex: 940 929 F. Britannia Airways [BY] undertakes charter flights from 20 UK airports to more than 100 destinations throughout the world, including Europe and North and West Africa. Routes to Mombasa and Sydney were added in 1992 and licences granted for Cape Town and Durban. Charter services to Sydney from the UK were approved by the Australian Government early in 1992, starting in November. The airline also operates long-haul charter flights on routes to destinations such as Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. History: the company began operations in 1962 as Euravia (London), with Lockheed Constellations on inclusive-tour holiday flights for Universal Sky Tours, then the principal shareholder. In 1964, the airline began re-equipping with Bristol Britannias and the current name was adopted. In 1965, Britannia became a wholly owned subsidiary of the International Thom son Organisation, which later became Thomson Holi days. In August 1988, Britannia's parent company, the Thomson Travel Group, purchased Horizon Travel and its airline, Orion Airways. Orion has been integrated into Britannia. Fleet: seven Boeing 767-200ER, three 767-200, 12 757-200, seven 737-200. On order: seven 757-200ER (seven for delivery in 1994). All 737-200s were due to be phased out by end March 1994. Executives: managing director, Roger Burnell; direc tors: deputy managing director, R G Parker Eaton; marketing and sales, S Allen; financial, R J Manley; operations, Capt B S Grieve; technical, B Newton; systems, P Buckingham; personnel, John Roberts; customer services, Paul Bradley; chief pilot, Capt C Sharpies; company secretary, R Strongman. Employees: 3,235. Head office: London Luton Airport, Luton, Bedford shire, LU2 9ND, UK. Tel: +44 (582) 424155; fax: +44 (582) 458594; telex: 82239 LTNBY G. British Air Ferries (BAF) see British World Airlines. British Airways [BA|. Nearly 120 of its destinations are served from its London Heathrow Airport hub. Its second main hub is London Gatwick, from where it operates to 45 destinations. BA's charter subsidiary, Caledonian Airways, is based at Gatwick. In January 1993, BA formed an alliance with USAir which involved the purchase of $300 million of a new series of USAir convertible preferred stock. The alliance permits BA to invest up to a further $490 million in US Air in two tranches and to cover code-sharing on US Air flights to 38 cities within the USA. A 49% holding was acquired in France's leading independent carrier, TAT European Airlines in 1992. BA also acquired 49% of Friedrichshafen-based re gional carrier Delta Air Regionalflug. Delta Air has been re-named Deutsche BA. BA now wholly owns Brymon European Airways and has a 49% stake in GB Airways. BA has agreed with the Russian Government on the launch of a Moscow-based airline. Air Russia, in which BA has a 31% share, but its start-up has been delayed indefinitely. In 1993 the Australian Govern ment approved BA's offer of £,290 million for a 25% share of the national airline Qantas. History: Imperial Airways, formed in 1924, was divided into British European Airways (BEA) and British Overseas Airways (BOAC) in the 1940s. These two, with British Air Services, were merged to form BA in September 1972. In 1987 the carrier was privatised. In 1988 it absorbed British Caledonian Airways. Routes: BA operates scheduled services are operated worldwide to 155 destinations in 72 countries. These include the UK and Europe, the Near, Middle and Far East, Australasia, Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America. Domestic services, which link 15 points in the UK, include high-frequency "Super Shuttle" services between London Heathrow and Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Belfast. Fleet: seven Aerospatiale/BAe Concorde, ten Airbus A320, 26 Boeing 747-400, 16 747-200B, 15 747-100, 21 767-300ER, 42 757-200, 39 737-200, 35 737-400, six BAe One-Eleven-500, three Jetstream 31, 14 Jetstream ATP, five Lockheed TriStar, eight McDon nell Douglas DC-10-30, six DHC-7, four DHC-8. On order: 15 777, 36 747-400, seven 767-300ER, three 757-200. Executives: chairman and CEO, Sir Colin Marshall; deputy chairman. Sir Michael Angus; group managing director, Robert Ayling; chief financial officer, Walter Van West; director: regions and sales, John Watson; human resources, Valerie Scoular; information man agement, Brian Haydon; service delivery, Mike Street; managing director. Cargo, Kevin Hatton; engineering, Alistair Cumming; flight operations, Capt Jock Lowe; marketing, Mike Batt; corporate strategy, Roger Mayn- ard; heads of: public relations, Peter Jones. Employees: 48,960. Head office: Speedbird House, Heathrow Airport, Hounslow TW6 2JA, UK. Tel: +44 (81) 759 5511; fax: +44 (81) 562 9930; telex: 881 3983 BAWYSC G. British International Helicopters [UR] operates scheduled passenger services with Sikorsky S-61s between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly, in south west England. The airline also provides charter heli copter flights in support of the oil and gas industry in the North Sea. History: formed in 1947, the carrier was formerly British European Airways Helicopters, then British Airways Helicopters, and acquired its present title in 1986. It has now been subsumed into Canadian Helicopter Corporation. Fleet: eight Aerospatiale AS.332L Super Puma, 15 Sikorsky S-61N, two S-76A. Executives: managing director, Stewart Birt; directors: commercial, Paul Conway; marketing, Keith Gregson; financial, Chris Lloyd; engineering, Graham Daniels; flight operations, Capt Steve Stubbs; technical, Ian Skipper. Employees: 420. Head office: Aberdeen Airport, Buchan Road, Dyce, Aberdeen, AB2 0DT, UK. Tel: +44 (224) 771353; fax: +44 (224) 771632; telex: 73107 BIH G. British Midland [BD] operates a network of scheduled services and is London Heathrow's second-largest scheduled service operator. In March 1993, it added a Frankfurt service to its route network from Heathrow. New routes planned for 1994 are Glasgow to Copenhagen, London Heathrow to Bergen, and Edinburgh to Jersey. Routes: London Heathrow to Amsterdam, Belfast, Birmingham, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Nice, Palma, Paris and Teesside. The carrier's other main routes include East Midlands to Amsterdam, Glasgow and Paris and Birmingham to Brussels. The airline also scheduled services linking Jersey with Belfast, Bir mingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, Luton and Teesside. Other services are Belfast to Amsterdam and Glasgow to Paris. History: Established in 1938 as Air Schools it became Derby Aviation in 1949. The name was changed to Derby Airways in 1959. The British Midland Airways (BMA) name was adopted in 1964, operating as British Midland. Minster Assets, an investment and banking group, acquired the airline in 1968 and in 1978 the directors effected a management buyout. In 1982, British Midland formed Manx Airlines to operate scheduled services from the Isle of Man. BMA became British Midland in 1985. Airlines of Britain Holdings (ABH) was formed in March 1987 to act as a holding company for British Midland and its subsidiaries. Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) took a 24.9% stake in ABH in 1988, and increased this to 35% in March 1992, rising to 40% in 1994. Fleet: six Boeing 737-400, six 737-300, three 737- 500, one DHC Dash 7, two BAe ATP, eight McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, five DC-9-10. On order: three 737-500s, four Eokker 100, three Fokker 70. SAS is transferring eight 737-500s to British Midland. Executives: chairman, Sir Michael Bishop; deputy chairman, J T Wolfe; executive VP, Sven Heiding; managing director, A Reid; company secretary, K Bodley; group treasurer, David Kingsley; directors: FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994 69
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