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y* ru AlliLmZ Dl*l£!?tUIlY Puerto Vallarta. Canada services: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg. Puerto Rico services: San Juan. Simulators: At Northwest Aerospace Training. Northwest Airlink IXJ Description: "Northwest Airlink" is the name used by Northwest Airlines for its network of commuter feeder services. Participating carriers include: Express Airlines I Horizon Air Industries, Mesaba Airlines and Business Express Airlines, which adopted the Northwest livery and NW flight code when operating these services. The partners serve 200 cities in 44 states. It once included Northeast Express Regional Airlines and Precision Airlines, both of which ceased operations on 1 January, 1995. Main base/hubs: Detroit, Minneapolis/St Paul, Memphis and Tokyo. Northwest Territorial Airways (NWT Air) [NV Postal Service 9000, Yellowknife International Airport, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories X1A 2R3, Canada Tel: +1 (403) 920 4567; fax: +1 (403) 873 3272 S/WYZFRRNV Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. Shareholders: Air Canada 100%. Date established: 1962. History: Formed by Robert Engle. Air Canada acquired its interest in 1987, having 100% ownership in 1988. Employees total: 180. Executives: General Manager Dan Murphy Director Maintenance Gary Graham Right Operations Larry Pinto Manager Cargo Duane Clarke Manager Passenger Services Cynthia Joyce Manager Purchasing Marie Walker Fleet: 3 x Boeing 737-200C 1 x Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules Main base/hub: Yellowknife. Services: Throughout the Northwest Territories and to Alberta, Cambridge Bay, Calgary, Coppermine, Edmonton, Hall Beach, Iqaluit, Inuvik, Manitoba, Rankin Inlet and Winnipeg. NWT Air see Northwest Territorial Airways Omni Air Express 1X91 3303 N Sheridan Road, Hangar 19, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74115-2219, USA Tel: +1 (918) 836 5393; fax; +1 (918) 834 4850 Service type: Regional and domestic charter cargo services. Shareholders: Sanford P Burnstein. Date established: March 1983. Date operations started: March 1993 (as part 121). History: Founded in 1983 as Continental Air Transport as a US Part 135 operator. In 1993 it expanded and became a US Part 121 Supplemental Air Carrier. Employees total: 60. Aircrew staff: 30. Executives; President Sanford Burnstein Maintenance Director Brad Tuttle Marketing Director Jyo Shriram Operations D/rectorRalph Christman Chief Pilot Charles Hemmingway Senior VP Robert Coretz VP Finance Le Roy Sandidge Fleet: 2 x Boeing 727-200F lx Boeing 727-90 Combi Main base/hubs: Detroit, Dayton and Toledo. Pac West Airlines 131 South Second Avenue, Oakdale, California 95361, USA Tel: +1 (209) 8481008; fax: +1 (209) 9821020 Service type: Domestic charter cargo services. Date established: 1992. Fleet: 1 x Fairchild Metro II lxFairchild Metro III 1 x Fairchild Metro IV 1 x Leaflet 25D Pacific International Airlines (Pacific International) [P4| 2285 E Elvira Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706, USA Tel: +1 (520) 7417545; fax: +1 (520) 2941899 Service type: Regional and domestic charter services. Date established: 1994. History: Formerly Sportsflight Airways. Description: Charter airline operating services to Mexico and the Caribbean. Employees total: 100. Aircrew staff: 63. Engineering staff: 10. Executives: President Danny S. Wright CFO Jeff Blair Operations Director Ed Knapp Chief Pilot Steve Wilson Director of Maintenance Curt Holland Directer of Marketing Suzan Desotelle Fleet: 3 x Boeing 727-200 Main base/hub: Dallas/Forth Worth. Operates charter services accross the USA and to Mexico and the Caribbean. PO Box 522816, Miami, Florida 33152, USA Tel:+1 (305) 526 5920; telex: 518612 Service type: Regional and domestic charter cargo services. Description: All-cargo carrier operating worldwide air-freight services. Executives: President Garabet Soghanalian Fleet: 1 x Boeing 720 Pantanal Linhas Aereas Sul-Matogrossenses (Pantanal Linhas Aereas) |P8| Av Nacoes Unidas 10989,8 Andar CJ.81, Sao Paulo, SP Sao Paulo CEP 0457&O00, Brazil Tel: +55 (11) 829 4033; fax: +55 (11) 828 0306; SITA HDQRMP8 Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled passenger services. Shareholders: Marcos Sampaio Ferreira. Date established: 12 April, 1993. History: Established following the 1992 partial deregulation. First Brazilian airline to introduce the ATR 42, the first of which was delivered in December 1993. Description: During its first two yeaars it has successfully developed new routes in specific market niches. Its main aim to link the south and central west markets with its first routes aimed at executive passengers but with the addition of routes to tourist cities. It has a load factor of around 45% with an average load factor of 65% on the Sao Paulo-Baccacheri route. It won a goverment licence in February 1995 to transport Petrobras employees and cargo through the Amazon region using an ATR 42-300 with quick-change configuration. Employees total: 200. Aircrew staff: 57. Engineering staff: 29. Executives: President Marcos Sampaio Ferreira Financial & Administrative Director Marcos Tourinho Planning & Control Director Andre Medrado Commercial Director Marcos Nascimento Ferreira Technical & Operations Director Luis Gonzaga Genoves Passucci Fleet: 3 x ATR 42-300 1 x Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante 2 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Services to: Brasilia, Caldas Novas, Campinas, Campo Grande, Caravelas, Corumba, Criciuma, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Rio de Janeiro (Santos Dumont), Mucuri, Paranagua, Porto Seguro, President Prudente, Sao Paulo, Videira, Vilhena. Services which can be added: Belo Horizonte, Campos, Foz do Iguacu, Goiana, Governador, Ponta Pora, Porto Alegre, Rezende, Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepagua) and Salvador. Paradise Airways see Prestige Airways Paradise Island Airlines (USAir Express) [US] 1550 Southwest 43rd Street, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33315, USA Tel: +1 (305) 359 8043; fax: +1 (305) 359 8033 Service type: International and regional scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. Marketing alliances: USAir. Executives: Chairman & CEO Tom Sullivan President & COO John W Presburg VP Sales, Marketing & Administration Debbie Webb VP Operations Bob Peloquin Financial Director Amy Farrington Chief Pilot John Schachleiter Fleet: 4 x de Havilland Dash 7. Main base/hub: Ft Lauderdale. Passaredo Transportes Aereas Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil Service type: Regional and domestic charter passenger and cargo services. Shareholders: Viacao Passaredo Date established: 1995. Date operations started: 1 July, 1995. History: The Passaredo bus transportation company, established 25 years ago and owned by Viacao Passaredo started a regional-aircraft operation in 1995. Description: It predicts revenues of $9 million in its first year of operation. Executives: CEO Jose Luiz Felicio Fleet: 3 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia. Main base/hub: Riberao Preto. Services: Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Goiania, Palmas and Sao Jose dos Campos. Planned services to: Araguari. Pelican Express 7501 Pembroke Road, West Holiwood, Florida 33023, USA Tel: +1 (305) 966 9750; fax: +1 (305 885 8271 Date established: 1992. History: Operates services under the name Vintage Airways. Fleet: 2 x Douglas DC-3. Peninsula Airways (Alaska Airlines Commuter) |KS| 4851A Aircraft Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA Tel: +1 (907) 243 2485; fax: +1 (907) 243 6848 Service type: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services. Marketing alliances: Northwest Airlines (pending), Alaska Airlines. Date established: 1955. Date operations started: 1955. Description: Regional part of Alaska Airlines Commuter Service. Employees total: 260. Aircrew staff: 65. Engineering staff: 45. Executives: Chairman ofBoard Jennie J Seybert President & CEO Orin D Seybert VP George Tibbetts Director Operations Richard Harding Fleet: 1 x Cessna 185 1 x Cessna 206 3 x Cessna Caravan 2 x Cessna Conquest 7 x Fairchild Metro 2 x Grumman Goose 1 x Grumman Turbo Goose 2 x Grumman Widgeon 12 x Piper Cherokee 5 x Piper PA-31 Navajo Main base/hubs: Rural hubs at King Salmon, Kodiak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbour. 84 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 1996
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