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1996
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'WOULD AlHLmZ VP Ground Operations Gary White VP Flight Operations & Maintenance Gene Zerkel VP Accounting & Admin Craig Floerchinger Fleet: 1 x Boeing 737-200 2 x Boeing 737-200C 2 x Boeing 737-300 2 x Boeing 737-400 Main base/hubs: Anchorage. Domestic services: As MarkAir Express to 140 destinations in Alaska. USA services: Chicago, Denver and Dallas/Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. Markair Express [2E] P0 Box 196769, Anchorage, Alaska 995196769, USA Tel: +1 (907) 243 4882; fax: +1 (907) 243 8897 Service type: Domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services. History: Wholly owned subsidiary of MarkAir. Description: Operates services to over 100 Alaskan communities. Executives: Chairman Neil Bergt President & CEO Mike Bergt Executive VP Bill Ward VP Finance Mike Myer VP Operations Leonard Kirk VP Maintenance Bob Moye Fleet: 5 x Beech 1900 2 x Cessna 185 21 x Cessna 207 2 x Cessna Caravan 2 x de Havilland Dash 7 5 x de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 8030 Aviation Place, Suite #2000, Dallas, Texas 75235, USA Tel: +1 (214) 358 5858; fax: +1 (214) 350 7979 Service type: Domestic scheduled and charter cargo services. History: Bought by a group of investors lead by The Acker Group in December 1993. Description: Provides airborne feeder operations for overnight package delivery services, including UPS, DHL and Airborne Express. Executives: President & CEO Bruce Q Martin Finance & Operations Don Wheeler Maintenance, Chief Pilot Charles Birdsong Fleet: 1 x Beech King Air 34 x Cessna Caravan 2 x Dornier 228 1 x IAI Jet Commander 1 x Piper Cherokee 1 x Piper PA-31 Navajo Chieftain ijj.iiJiiumiJjjjjjjmLaiAUiii Maverick Airways 12015 Est 46th Avenue, Suite 440, Denver, Colorado 80239, USA Date established: 1995. Description: Former Rocky Mountain and Continental Express pilots started launching the airline in July 1995. They plan to liberate some former Rocky Mountain/Continental Express de Havilland Dash 7s from storage in Amarillo. It is seeking codesharing, possibly with Forntier or Mexicana, and investment support for its efforts. It hopes to begin operations in March 1996 with services from Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, to Aspen, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, Grand Junction, RockSprings and other ' Wyoming communities. Executives: Chief Pilot Alan Willis Maya Airways IMW1 6 Fort Street, PO Box 458, Municipal Airport, Belize City, Belize CA, Belize Tel: +501 (2) 35794 or +501 (2) 35795; fax: +501 (2) 30585; telex: +501 (2) 31348,13162,31403; SITA MDQSDMW Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger services. Parent company: Maya Corporation Ltd. Subsidiaries: Maya Travel Services. Shareholders: GA Roe and Sons, Cloverleaf, JS Shoman. Date established: 1961. Date operations started: 1962. History: Formed to succeed the Government-owned British Honduras Airways, a BWIA subsidiary which had ceased operations earlier in 1961. It is a division of the Maya Corporation. Description: Charter flights are also undertaken. Employees total: 50. Aircrew staff: 7. Engineering staff: 15. Executives: Chairman Brian Roe Executive Director Trevor Roe General Manager Pablo Espat Chief Engineer Mahes Patel Fleet: 5 x Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander. Main base/hub: Belize City. Domestic services: Throughout Belize. Merlin Express PO Box 160159, San Antonio, Texas 78280, USA Tel: +1 (210) 820 8677 or +1 (210) 824 4421; fax: +1(210) 822 2102 Service type: Domestic scheduled cargo services. Shareholders: Fairchild Aircraft Service. Description: The airline operates freight services under contract to DHL, FedEx and UPS and also maintains 50 C-26 military variants in 44 states. It plans to offer passenger aircraft under wet-lease to start-up carriers. Executives: President Ron Stotz VP Maintenance Jeffrey R Pereira Fleet: 1 x Fairchild Metro II 11 x Fairchild Metro III Mesa Air Group [YV] 2325 East 30th Street, Farmington, New Mexico 87401, USA Tel: +1 (505) 326 4410 or +1 (505) 326 4403; fax: +1 (505) 326 4485 Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services. Parent company: Mesa Air Group. Subsidiaries: Mountain West Airlines, Air Midwest, WestAir Commuter Airlines, Liberty Express, FloridaGuif Airlines, Desert Sun Airlines, Four Courners Aviation. Desert Turbine Services, Mesa Air Pilot Development, Regional Aircraft Services. Shareholders: FMR Group 6.23%. Marketing alliances: United Airlines, USAir Express, America West. Date established: 1980. History: Its founding director is Larry Risley. It claims to be the largest independently owned regional carrier in New Mexico, moving some 400,000 passengers per month through its six airline divisons. Its divisions are: Mountain West Airlines (includes United Express in Denver, America West Express in Phoenix, Mesa Airlines in Albuquerque), Air MidWest (which flies under the USAir Express benner), WestAir Commuter Airlines (a United Express codeshare partner), Liberty Express (a USAir Express carrier), FloridaGuif Airlines (a USAir Express codeshare partner) and Desert Sun Airlines. Description: To clarify the different operations within Mesa Air Group, it renamed the division known as Mesa Airlines to Mountain West Airlines. In June 1995 FMR Corp filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and took a 6.23% stake in the Mesa Air Group's stock. Chairman, Larry Risley, agreed that the stock is undervalued and that management should take action to enhance shareholders' value. Actions taken include eliminating excess capacity at subsidiary WestAir by returning eight Brasilia aircraft; eliminating excess overhead at WestAir; beginning the first stages of federal mediation of WestAir's pilot contract; starting to renegotiate its Jetstream 31 leases, and eliminating its unprofitable Columbus hub. Employees total: 3,737. Executives: Chairman & CEO Larry L Risley President, COO Clark Stevens CFO Steve Jackson Director Planning & Pricing Ben Harrison VP Corporate Communications Sarah Pitcher VP Legal Affairs Gary Risley VP Safety Grady Reed VP Maintenance Chuck Miller VP Flight Operations Michael Ferverda VP Planning & Pricing Ben Harrison Personnel Director Franklin Roberts President - Air Midwest Mike Lewis President - WesM/rRolly Bergeson President - Liberty Express -Bob Dynan President - FloridaGuif Dick Pacquette President - Desert Sun Airlines George Lippemeier Mesaba Airlines (Northwest Airlink) 750126th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450, USA Tel: +1 (612) 726 5151; fax: +1 (612) 725 4901 Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled passenger services. Parent company: Mesaba Holdings. Shareholders: Carl R Pohlad 14%. Marketing alliances: Northwest Airlines. History: It became the first regional affiliation for Northwest Airlines when it signed a codesharing agreement in 1984 to provide scheduled passenger services from Minneapolis/St Paul and Detroit. Description: It operates feeder services at Northwest Airlines Detroit and MSP hubs under the name Northwest Airlink. Employees total: 1,400. Executives: President, CEO Bryan Bedford VP Operations Darrell Richardson Director Finance Robert (HAL) Cooper Director Marketing Jeffrey B Jones Chairman Carl Pohlad VP Administration & Central Counsel John Fredericksen Maintenance Director Scott Bussell Administration Director Dan Sheehan Director Customer Service West Dennis Ofstedahl Director Customer Service East Jim Arble Director Right Operations Richard Lawrence Director Technical Services Carl Millican Director Quality Control Mark Miller Director MIS Jeff Orlander Director Safety & Audit Barton Schmidt Fleet: 25 x de Havilland Dash 8 26 x Fairchild Metro III Plans: Pending. Main base/hubs: Detroit, and Minneapolis/St Paul. Services: 62 cities in 16 states, and two Canadian provinces. Services: Aberdeen, Akron/Canton, Bemidji, Binghamton, Bloomington/Normal, Brainerd, Champaign/Urbana, Charleston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Des Moines, Detroit, Eire.Ely, Escanaba, Evansville, Fargo/Moorhead, Hint, Fort Wayne, Grand Forks, Grand Rapids, Houghton/Hancock, Kalamazoo, Knoxville, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lansing, Lexington, Lincoln, London (Ontario), Marquette, Minneapolis/St Paul, Moline, Muskegon, Omaha, Pellston, Pierre, Roanoke, Sioux Falls, St Cloud, State College, Thief River Falls, Thunder Bay, Toledo, Traverse City, Watertown, Wausau/Stevens Point and Youngstown, Rochester, Harrisburg, Allentown, Winnipeg, Bentor Harbor, Bismarck, Elmira, Fergus Falls, Ely, Saginaw, South Bend, Louisville, Ottawa. Metro Airlines FY 8445 Freeport Parkway, Suite 500, Irving, Texas 75063, USA Tel: +1 (214) 929 5117; fax: +1 (214) 929 5024 SITA DFWTBFY Service type: Regional and domestic services. Date established: 1966. History: Formed originally as NASA Commuter Airline.The FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 1996 79
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