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WV&LU Mii Executive VP Marketing John W Nelson Senior VP&CFO John Luth Senior VP Human Resources Robert Allen Senior VP Customer Service Thomas Kalil Senior VP Technical Operations Raymond Valeika Senior VP Civic/Airport Affairs Sam Ashmore Senior VP Operations C D McLean Fleet: 7 x Airbus A300 46 x Boeing 727-200 13 x Boeing 737-100 18 x Boeing 737-200 65 x Boeing 737-300 34 x Boeing 737-500 2 x Boeing 747-100 3 x Boeing 747-200B 15 x Boeing 757-200 4 x de Havilland Dash 7 6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 14 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 28 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 9 x McDonnell Douglas MD-81 56 x McDonnell Douglas MM2 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Orders: 27 x Boeing 737-500 10x757-200 12x767-300 5x777. Options: 46 x Boeing 737-500 25x757-200. Main base/hubs: Cleveland, Denver, Houston and Newark. Pacific base/hubs: Guam and Honolulu. Domestic services to: 90 destinations in the USA. International services: 56 international destinations, including Prague (codeshared with Czech AL). Its international network serves Australia, Canada, Central America, Ecuador, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Spain and the UK. An extensive network of domestic feeder services is operated under the name Continental Express. Simulators: Boeing: 727-200, 727-224, 737-200, 737-300, 737-500, 757-200. McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30, DC-10- 10/30, MD«2. Continental Express [CO] 15333 JFK Boulevard Suite 600, Gateway II, Houston, Texas 77032, USA Tel: +1 (713) 985 2700; fax: +1 (713) 590 3820 Service type: Regional and domestic services. Parent company: Continental Airlines Inc. Date established: January 1989. Date operations started: January 1989. History: Bar Harbor Airlines, Britt Airways and Rocky Mountain Airways, which operated Continental Airline's commuter routes, became a single division of Continental Airlines, called Continental Express in August 1990. Employees total: 2,200. Aircrew staff: 950. Executives: President David Siegel COO Jerry Losness VP Airport Services MichaeKLotz Maintenance & Technical VP John Prestifiiippo VP Flight Oerations Bob Brayton Senior Director Corporate Communications Bruce Kink Chief Pilot Dave lllig Fleet: 38xATR42 3xATR72 12 x Beech 1900D 32 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Orders: 13 x Beech 1900D. Main base/hubs: Cleveland, Houston and Newark. Tel: +1 (406) 2481541; fax: +1 (406) 248 7670 Service type: Domestic scheduled and charter cargo services. Executives: Chairman Michael Overstreet President Linda Overstreet VP Flight Operations Robert Mclver Director Operations Roger Gray Maintenance VPJ'im Savastano Chief Pilot Dick Applegrin Fleet: 1 x Beech 1900C 2 x Beech 99A/C 1 x Cessna 414 Chancellor 4 x de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 2 x Fokker F27-600 4 x Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain 17 x Rockwell Aero Commander 3 x Shorts 330 3 x Shorts 360 Corporate Express 6860 South Service Drive, Waterford, Michigan 48327, USA Tel: +1 (810) 666 9713; fax: +1 (810) 666 9614 Service type: Domestic charter cargo services. Description: Operates non-scheduled freight operation. Employees total: 60. Aircrew staff: 23. Executives: Director Operations Anders Hurtig Maintenance Dave Smith Fleet: 2 x Convair 340 1 x Convair 580 9 x Douglas DC-3 1 x Douglas DC-4 4 x Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante Orders: 3 x Convair 580 Main base/hub: Waterford, USA. Crown Airlines (USAir Express) Falls Creek, Pennsylvania, USA Service type: Domestic services. Marketing alliances: USAir. History: It has had a marketing affiliation with USAir since 1991. Fleet: 3 x Beech 1900 2 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 4 x Shorts 330 2 x Shorts 360 Services: 11 cities. t^M.'rl COPA see Compania Panamea de Aviacion Corporate Air [DN] Billings Logan International Airport, PO Box 30998, Billings, Montana 59107-0998, USA Ford Airport, Iron Mountain, Michigan 49801, USA Tel: +1 (906) 774 3101; fax: +1 (906) 774 6540 Service type: Domestic scheduled cargo services. Description: Operates Cessna 208 Caravan on behalf of Federal Express. Executives: President Wayne Ross Director Operations Robert Wilhelm Director Maintenance Robert Kroma Office Manger Sandy Szappa Fleet: 21 x Cessna Caravan. Cubana (Empresa Consohdada Cubana de Aviacion) [CU] Calle 23 Pt 64 Vedado, La Rampa, Havana 4, Cuba Tel: +53 (7) 784 961 or +53 (7) 74 911;fax; +53 (7) 793 333; telex: 511366 CIV CU Service type: International, regional, domestic, scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. History: The present name was adopted in 1959, when the airline was taken over by the Cuban Government. Description: The flag carrier of Cuba. Employees total: 1,100. Executives: Director General Heriberto Priego Deputy Director Luis Copo Director Commercial Lazaro Banguela Director Finance Fausto Canet Director Operations E Matos Fleet: 10 x Antonov An-24 20xAntonovAn-26 8 x Fokker F27-600 Delta has come a long -way from crop dusting and now operates 2,600flights a day 12 x llyushin II-62M 2 x llyushin II-76MD 4xTupolevTu-154B2 4xTupolevTu-154M 6xYakovlevYak-40 3xYakovlevYak-42D Main base/hub: Havana. Domestic services: Baracoa, Bayamo, Camaguey, Cayo Coco, Ciego de Avila, Guantanamo, Holguin, Las Tunas, Manzanillo, Moa, Nueva Gerona, Santiago and Varadero. International services: Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cancun, Frankfurt, Kingston, Lima, London Stansted, Madrid, Mexico, Milan, Montreal, Moscow, Panama, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile and Vienna. Custom Air Transport 4211 Airport Drive, Denison, Texas, USA Tel: +1 (903) 786 9306; fax: +1 (903) 786 2105 Service type: Domestic scheduled and charter cargo services. Date established: 1995. Date operations started: September 1995. Description: Its bid for a certificate to start all-cargo operations has been boosted by the City of Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Congress. Executives: Director Roger Taylor. Fleet: 1 x Boeing 727-200. Main base/hub: Detroit. Services: Cleveland and Kansas City. Delta Air Lines (Delta) [DL] Atlanta International Airport, Hartsfield, Atlanta, Georgia 30320, USA Tel: +1 (404) 715 2600; fax: +1 (404) 715 5876 Service type: International, regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services. Subsidiaries: Singapore Airlines 2.7%; Swissair 4.5%. Shareholders: Sanford C Bernstein, The Capital Group, Fidelity Management Trust. Marketing alliances: Codesharing with: Aeroflot, AeroMexico, All Nippon, Austrian, Korean, Malev, Sabena, Singapre Airlines, Swissair, TAP Air Portugal, Varig, Vietnam and Virgin. Date established: 1924. Date operations started: 1929. History: Delta was founded in 1924 as the world's first crop- dusting company. In 1953 the airline merged with Chicago and Southern Airlines (founded in 1933) and in 1972 it absorbed Northeast Airlines (also founded in 1933) and Western Airlines in April 1987 to form the third largest US carrier. Description: Delta is a major US airline operating over 2,600 flights a day to 197 cities in 26 countries around the world. Delta also operates an extensive feeder network under the Delta Connection banner. Employees total: 59,104. Aircrew staff: 22,970. Engineering staff: 370. Executives: Board Member & Chairman, President & CEO of Delta Ronald W Allen Board Member Edwin L Artzt Board Member Henry A Biederharn III Board Member lames L Broadhead Board Member Edward H Budd Board Member George D Busbee Board Member R Eugene Cartledge Board Member Mary Johnston Evans FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 1996 65
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