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yjUJiLD AIIIUM* DlliB&fQ&Y national carrier in 1987. TransNamib, which is a state corporation, holds the entire shareholding of the airline. Employees total: 418. Aircrew staff: 85. Engineering staff: 1. Executives: Chairman Wap Klein Managing Director F Uys General Manager K Petch Marketing Manager G Van Der Merwe Tech & Domestic Ops Mgr\ F 0 Kiesewetter Finance Manager^ Spinas Ground Operations ManagerC Jacobs Routes Manager! Gawaxab Tariffs Manager E van den Heever ChiefPilot Capt A Jonach Fleet: 3 x Beech 1900 1 x Boeing 737-200 1 x Boeing 747SP Main base/hubs: Windhoek. Services to: Cape Town, Frankfurt, Harare, Johannesburg, Keetmanshoop, Luanda, Luderitz, Lusaka, Maun, Mpacha (Katima Mulilo), Rundu, Oranjemund, Oshakati, Swakopmund, Tsumeb, Victoria Falls and Walvis Bay. Charter flights are also operated. Maintenance services: South African Airways Technical Air Nauru ION I Govt Building, Yaren District, Republic of Nauru, Pacific Tel: +674 444 3168; fax: +674 444 3173 or +674 444 3273; telex: 33081GOVNAURU; SITAINUOEON Services: International and regional passenger and cargo Parent company: Nauru Air Corp. Major shareholders: Nauru Government. Marketing alliances: Qantas, Air New Zealand. Date established: 1970. Description: National airline of Nauru. . Aircrew staff: 50. Engineering staff: 5. Executives: CEO Peter Roberts Engineering Manager Tom Palmer Commercial Director Michael Aroi Engineering Director Roger Critchley Financial Director Bob Blinkhorne Personnel Director David Agir Chief PilotCapt W Gowens Fleet: 3 x Boeing 737-200 leased from Air New Zealand 2 x Boeing 737-400 Main base/hubs: Nauru Island. Services to: Brisbane, Guam, Honiara, Manila, Melbourne, Nadi, Pohnpei, Suva, Sydney and Tarawa. Air Nelson (Air New Zealand Link) NZ Private Bag 32, Nelson, New Zealand Tel: +64 (3) 546 7484; fax: +64 (3) 546 6272; SITA NZNNGNZ Services: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger Parent company: Air New Zealand. Shareholders: Air New Zealand (100%). Description: Operates services on provincial routes previously operated by Air New Zealand. Flies under the Air New Zealand Link name. Employees total: 445. Aircrew staff: 212. Executives: Commercial Manager Noel Gillespie Marketing Manager John Maskill Technical Services ManagerPeter O'Regan Personnel Manager Tony Ray Customer Services Manager James Hamilton Flight Operations Manager Tim Allen Financial Manager'Kevin Gill CEO Steve Wilkes Fleet: 1 x Piper PA-31 Chieftain 2 x Piper PA-31 Navajo 12 x Saab 340 8 x Swearingen Metro III Domestic services to: Auckland, Blenheim, Christchurch, Hamilton, Hokitika, Napier, New Plymouth, Nelson, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Taupo, Tauranga, Wellington and Westport. Air New Zealand [NZ1 Quay Tower, Private Bag 92007, Auckland 1, New Zealand Tel: +64 (9) 366 2400; fax: +64 (9) 366 2401; tetex;NZ2541; S/MAKLDANZ Services: International, regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo Parent company: Air New Zealand Ltd. Subsidiaries: The Mount Cook Group Ltd 100%, Eagle Aviation Ltd 100%, Air Nelson Ltd 100%. Shareholders: Qantas 19.4%, Brierley Investments 41.9%. Alliances: Codesharing: Mandarin AL, Qantas, Korean AL, Canadian, Eva and Japan AL. Other agreements: Delta, Northwest, Midwest, Lan-Chile, SAS (hub co-ordination), Virgin, Air Pacific, Lufthansa, USAir, Polynesian Airlines Date established: 26 April, 1940. Date operations started: 30 April, 1940. History: In 1978 New Zealand's then government-owned international and domestic airlines were merged under the name Air New Zealand. The carrier began operations across the Tasman Sea in 1940, as Tasman Empire Airways (TEAL) with flying boat services to Australia.TEAL finally became fully New Zealand owned in 1961, and in 1965 assumed its current name. The domestic carrier, established in 1947, was formerly known as New Zealand National Airways Corporation. Air New Zealand was privatised in 1988. Description: Domestic operator under the brand name of Air New Zealand National. Domestic main trunk jet services are supplemented by provincial services operated under the Air New Zealand Link banner by subsidiaries Mount Cook Airline, Eagle Air and Air Nelson. It signed an agreement in August 1995 with South African Airways to develop business opportunities in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, and to study possible joint ventures at common gateways in Asia and Australia. Employees total: 7,916. Executives: Chairman R H Matthew Deputy Chairman S J Cushing Managing Director J McCrea CFO RHNazarian General Mgr Ops - International W R Tannock General Mgr Sales & Marketing - Int T J Marks General Manager NZ & Australia G R Lilly General Manager National Airline P D Bowe General Manager Eng Services IJ Diamond General Manager Cargo P Elmsly General Mgr Terminal Services B J Fitzgerald General Manager Catering! A Rainham General Mgr Corporate Affairs L F Doolan General Manager Government & International Affairs G C McDowall Fleet: 4 x Boeing 747-400 5 x Boeing 747-200 inc one leased to Air Pacific 4 x Boeing 767-300ER 6 x Boeing 767-2O0ER 12 x Boeing 737-200 Adv Orders: 6 x Boeing 737-300 for delivery during 1998 1 x Boeing 747400 due Sept 1998 lx767-300ERdueMay97 Main base/hubs: Auckland, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Brisbane and Sydney. Asia services: Bangkok, Denpasar-Bali, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Nagoya, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo. Australia services: Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney. North America services: Honolulu, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver. Pacific Island services: Apia, Nadi, Norfolk Island, Noumea, Nuku'alofa, Papeete. UK/Europe services: Frankfurt, London. Winter services: to Queenstown from Brisbane, Sydney. Domestic services: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Queenstown, Rotorua, Wellington. Simulators: Boeing 2 x 737-200, 747-200B, 747-400, 767-200ER. Maintenance services: Air New Zealand Engineering Services. Speciality: Airframes, engines. Licensed airframe engineers: 317. Licensed engine engineers: 60. Licensed avionics engineers: 67. National approvals: FAA, JAA, JAR, DOT, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, JCAB, Indonesia. Principal makes serviced: Boeing 727,737, 747,767, Lockheed C-130, P-3. Widebody space: 4. Narrowbody space: 8. Commuter space: 3. Checks: C, D. Additional services: Modifications, paintshop. Engines: Large fans: CF6, RB211, LM2500, LM5000 Small fans: JT8D, F404 Turboprops: Dart, TPE331, T56. Air New Zealand Link Description: Operatonal title for Air Nelson, Eagle Airways and Mount Cook Airlines. See entries. Air Nippon ANK EL 2-3-1 Haneda Airport, Ohota-ku, Tokyo 144, Japan Tel: +81 (3) 747 6832f~ax: +81 (3) 32241406 telex: 2422124 ANKTYO J Services: International, regional and domestic scheduled passenger Parent company: All Nippon Airways. Subsidiaries: Air Hokkaido, Sapporo Air Service, Fukuoka Air Service and Air Nippon Trading. Marketing alliances: All Nippon Airways. Date established: 13 March, 1974. Date operations started: 10 October, 1974. History: Formed by Japan Air Lines, All Nippon Airways and TOA Domestic. Formerly called Nihon Kinkyori Airways (NKK). Employees total: 1,296. Executives: Chairman Akio Kondo President Takahide Yamada Executive WYuichi Takahishi VP Maintenance Yoshizo Fujita Dir Engineering & Maint Tosaka Takahashi VP Operations Takeshi Kawahara CFO KojiAkaike COO Takesi Kauahara Director General Mitsutoshi Hirota General Manager Shin Ide Fleet: 6 x Airbus A320 9 x Boeing 737-200 3 x Boeing 737-500 2 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 18 x NAMC YS-11 Services to: Haneda, Ithaca, Fukuoka, Okayama, Wakkanai, Monbetsu, Nagashibetsu, Yakushima, Hakodate, Oshima, Miyake Jima, Hachija Jima, . Takamatsu, Kochi, Okinawa, Miyato Jima, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Saipan, Komatsu, Hiroshima, Tsushima, Iki, Fukue, Amami 0 Shima, Ishigaki, Nagasaki and Tokyo. Simulators: Boeing 737-500. Air Niugim IPX] PO Box 7186, Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Tel: +675 259 000 or +675 327 3200; fax: +675 273 482; telex: NE 22225 AIRNG; SITA POMPRPX Services: Regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo Shareholders: Wholly Government owned Alliances: Joint-service agreements with Philippine AL, Singapore AL & Solomon Islands AW. Date established: 1 November, 1973. History: Formed as the national airline of Papua New Guinea, with the Government holding 60% of the shares, Ansett 16%, Qantas 12% amd TAA12%. In 1976, the Government bought out the Qantas and TAA holdings and in 1980 acquired the Ansett shares to make the airline wholly Government owned. Employees total: 1,783. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 3 - 9 April 1996 43
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