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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile. In Asia/Pacific: Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Sydney, Tel Aviv and Tokyo. In Africa: Cairo, Harare, Johannesburg, Nai robi, Tripoli and Tunis. Fleet: four Airbus A340-300, six A340-200, 11 A300- 600, 12 A310-300, 33 A320-200, two A321-10017, Boeing 747-400, eight 747-200, 30 737-200, 43 737-300, six 737-400, 31 737-500, six McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Executixes: chairman, Juergen Weber; executive board: operations, Capt Martin Gaebel; personnel, Dr Philip Heiko Lange; finance, Dr Klaus G Schlede; technical, Dr Klaus Nittinger; sales and marketing, Hemjo Klein. Employees: 45,322. Head office: Von-Gablenz-Strasse 2-6, 50679 Cologne, Germany. Tel. +49 (221) 826-0; fax: +49 (221) 826 3818/696 96 4834; telex: 887353. Lufthansa CityLine [CL] a Lufthansa wholly owned subsidiary from 1 January, 1993 which is responsible for Lufthansa's European non-stop services with air craft with up to 100 seats. History: Lufthansa CityLines's predecessor was formed in 1958 as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT), became OLT Ostfriesische Luftransport in 1970 and was re organised and renamed DLT on 1 October, 1974. In March 1992, DLT was renamed Lufthansa Cityline. Routes: from Diisseldorf to: Birmingham, Basle/ Mulhouse, Copenhagen, Gent, Guernsey, Linz, Pra gue, Rome, Stockholm, Venice, Vienna. Hannover to: Barcelona, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich; Berlin Tempelhof to: Basle, Brussels, Rome, Vienna and Warsaw; Cologne/Bonn to: Barcelona, Berlin, Ham burg, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Venice, Vienna and Zurich; Munich to: Mailand, Turin, Vienna, Genf, Bologna, Venice, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Marseille, Barcelona, Toulouse, Brussels, Oslo, Sofia, Manch ester, Copenhagen, Naples, Rome, Minsk, Leipzig, Florence; Hamburg to: Bergen, Brussels, Prague, Genf, Venice, Manchester, Warsaw, Berlin, Gothenburg, Basle, Oslo, Leningrad, Stockholm, Turku, Riga, Milan, Vienna, Helsinki, Manchester, Rome, Paris and Zurich; Frankfurt to: Tallinn, Graz, Vilnius, Fried- richshafen, Linz, Graz, Verona; Stuttgart to: Turin, Budapest, Nice, Vienna, Cologne, Mailand, Rome, Manchester, Barcelona, Madrid. Bremen to Paris. Fleet: 13 Canadair Regional Jet, 25 Fokker 50. ATR 42s and DHC Dash 8s are chartered from other carriers. On order: two Canadair Regional Jet. Executives: managing director, Karl Friedrich Rausch; executive VP, Axel Bertram. Employees: 1,146. Head office: Am Holzweg 26, 65830 Kriftel, Germany. Tel: +49 (61) 92 407-0; fax: +49 (61) 92 407-466. Lufttransport-Unternehmen see LTU. Luxair (Societe Luxembourgeoise de Navigation Aer- ienne) [LG]. the national airline of Luxemburg, operates scheduled passenger services. History: the company was formed in 1961 and was known until April 1962 as Luxembourg Airlines. Subsidiaries: Cargolux (24.5%), Lionair (a joint ven ture with Cargolux), Luxair Executive SA (an air-taxi company), and Luxair Commuter SA (using Metro Ills). Routes: from Luxembourg to Athens, Berlin Temple- hof, Copenhagen, Geneva, Faro, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Johannesburg, London Heathrow and Stansted, Ma laga, Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Milan-Bergamo, Munich, Nairobi, Nice, Palma, Paris, Rome, Saarbrucken, Stras bourg and Vienna. Charter and inclusive-tour flights are also undertaken to Mediterranean destinations. Lufthansa took a 13% share in Luxair in December 1992. Fleet: one Boeing 747SP, two 737-400, two 737-500, one Cessna 441 Conquest II, three Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, four Fokker 50. Executi\es: director and CEO, Roger Sietzen; VPs: marketing/sales, Theo Breisch; administration, Jacques Neuen; information systems, Romain Manelli; techni cal services, Marc Galowich; operations, Jean Poeckes; finance, Jean-Pierre Walesch. Employees: 1,090. 104 Head office: Aeroport de Luxembourg, L-2987 Luxem bourg. Tel: +352 (4) 798 2311/2221; fax: +352 (4) 43 2482/43 6344; telex: 2372 LG DD. Maersk Air [DM] operates scheduled domestic and international flights, as well as charter and helicopter operations, and is also engaged in aircraft leasing. History: Established in 1969 as an independent Danish airline. Subsidiaries: the Maersk Air Group includes Maersk Air (Denmark), Star Air (Denmark) and Maersk Air (UK), each wholly owned by the AP Moller Group (Maersk Line). Routes: Domestic routes from Copenhagen to Roenne, Odense, Vojens, Esbjerg and Bullund plus interna tional routes to the Faroe Islands and London Gatwick; international routes from Billund to Amster dam, Brussels, the Faroe Islands, Frankfurt, London Gatwick and Stockholm. Fleet: ten Boeing 737-300 (seven leased to Deutsche BA and two to VASP), one Boeing 737-400, four Boeing 737-500 (one leased to Asiana Airlines), eight Fokker 50, one BAe 125-800, three Super Puma AS.332L, two AS.365 N2 Dauphin. On order: four Boeing 373-300, 12 Boeing 737X. Executixes: president, Bjarne Hansen; executive VP, Ole Dietz; senior VP commercial, Jorn Eriksen. Employees: 1,100. Copenhagen Airport South, DK-2791 Dragoer, Den mark. Tel: +45 32 45 44 44; fax: +45 32 45 35 50; telex: 31125 DMAIR. Maersk Air UK [VBl was established in July 1993, and is owned by Maersk Air of Denmark, but is operated under a franchise agreement with British Airways. History: The airline was established upon the de merger of the TPL Group (The Plimsoll Line) com prising Brymon Aviation and Birmingham European Airlines (which was known until 1989 as Birmingham Executive Airways). In August 1993, Birmingham European Airways became wholly owned by Maersk Air (Denmark) and was renamed Maersk Air, and Brymon Aviation became a wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways. Routes: Birmingham to Amsterdam, Belfast, Copen hagen, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Milan, Newcastle and Stuttgart. Fleet: five BAe One-Eleven, three Jetstream 31. Executives: managing director, Flemming Knudsen; general manager sales & marketing, Robery Ayling; general manager customer services, Mrs E Cottier; general manager finance, Keith Corner; general man ager engineering, Brian Philpott; head of personnel, Alan Williams; general manager flight operations, Capt David Roberts; head of systems, Rochard Jordan. Employees: 185. Head office: Maersk Air House, 2245-2249 Coventry Road, Birmingham B26 3NG. Te: +44 (21) 743 9090; fax: +44 (21) 743 4123. Magadan Avia Koncern (Aeroflot) is one of the companies to begin to seek independence from Aeroflot. It serves the remote Siberian region of Magadan. It has added cargo charters to Europe, Asia, Africa and America to its cargo and passenger services in Siberia. Fleet: 15-plus Ilyushin 11-76, 20-plus Tupolev Tu-154, eight Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24/26 (unspecified number), Yakovlev Yak-40 (unspecified number). Executive: VG.Trezhbov. Head office: 7 Ulitsa Naberexhnaya, Magadan 685000, Russian Federation. Tel: +7 (43100) 28430 and +7 (41322) 22853; fax +7 (41300) 21082 and +7 (41322) 21082; telex: 145115 AEROSU. Makung Airlines [B7] is a scheduled Taiwanese airline, which operates scheduled services from Makung in the Pescadores Islands to Taipei and Kaohsiung to Taipei. Fleet: two BAe HS.748, three 146-300. Executixes: chairman Chen Wen Wu; deputy general managers, Jung Kung, Daniel Wang. Employees: 300. Head office: 305 Ho-Tung Road, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, Republic of China. Tel: +886 (7) 221 1168; fax +886 (7) 221 1186. Malaysia Airlines [MHl. the national carrier, was known as Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) until October 1987. The airline's shares were offered for sale in 1985, the Government retaining a Special Share, to ensure control of major policies. In Novem ber 1992 the company's capital was doubled, increas ing to 700 million shares by a rights issue of 350 million shares. The Government and the state govern ments of Sabah and Sarawak together own 53.5% of the enlarged share capital. History: Malayan Airways was formed in 1937, by Straits Steamship, Ocean Steamship and Imperial Airways, making its inaugural flight from Singapore to Penang, via Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh, on 1 May, 1947. The airline was renamed Malaysian Airways (MAL) in 1963, when Malaysia was formed. The Governments of Malaysia and Singapore acquired joint majority control of MAL in 1966. It was renamed Malaysia- Singapore Airlines (MSA) the following year. It was restructured into two separate airlines. Malaysian Airlines Berhad was registered on 3 April, 1971, and, on 30 November the carrier was renamed Malaysian Airline System Berhad. MAS was formed in April, 1971, after the ending of the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines consortium, and operations began in October 1972. Subsidiaries: The airline has equity participation in six major associate companies, including Malaysia Heli copter Services and Pelangi Air, Malaysia's new domestic airline. Routes: the carrier added Cebu and Surabayai in 1993, and begins services to Cape Town, Buenos Aires and Rome, subject to Government approval, from March 1994. Established destinations include: Adelaide, Amman, Amsterdam, Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brunei, Brussels, Colombo, Darwin, Delhi, Denpasara, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Hat Yai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kaohsiung, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madras, Madrid, Manila, Mauritius, Medan, Melbourne, Mex ico City, Munich, Nagoya, Paris, Perth, Phnom-Penh, Phuket, Pontianak, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tarakan, Tehran, Tokyo, Vienna, Zurich. An extensive network of scheduled domestic flights is also oper ated. Fleet: four Airbus A300B4, seven Boeing 747-400P, two 747-400C, one 747-300C, two 747-200, three 737-200, one 737-300F, 40 737-400, six 737-500, six DHC-6 Twin Otter, 11 Fokker 50, six McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. On order: ten Airbus A330, six 747-400, one 737-300, 16 737-400, four 737-500. Executives: managing director, Dato' Kamaruddin bin Ahmad; deputy managing directors: operations, Ber nard Thomazios; marketing, Baharudin bin Haji Nor- din; directors: engineering, Resham Singh; customer services, Abdullah Mat Zaid; special affairs, Dato' Sulaiman bin Haji Musa; administration and company secretary, Bakhtiar Affandi Md Ariffin; human re sources, Kamalul Bahrin; finance, S Suppiah; flight operations, Capt Khairi Mohamad; corporate plan ning, Bashir Ahmad; international services, Shamin Ahmad Mohamed Ishak; domestic services, Tony Wong Choong Weng. Employees: 19,783. Head office: 33rd Floor, Bangunan MAS, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +60 (3) 261 0555; fax: +60 (3) 261 3472; telex: MA 37614 LAYANG. Malev Hungarian Airlines (Magyar Legikozlekedesi) lMA],the Hungarian national airline, became a public limited company from 30 June, 1992. It operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services to points in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and North America. Alitalia has a stake in Malev. History: Malev was founded in March 1946 as Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Polgari Legiforgalmi Tar- sasag). The present title was adopted in 1954, when the then-Soviet Union's 50% holding reverted to the Hungarian state. Routes: Services are flown Amsterdam, Athens, Barce lona, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Cairo, Co logne, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dresden, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul, Kiev, Kuwait, Larnaca, Leipzig, Leningrad, London, FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23 - 29 March, 1994
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