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'-\]J1L]?]£ Dh'i£fJfUlif Air West (Air West Express) PO Box 10217, Khartoum, Sudan Tel: +249 (11) 452 503 or +249 (11) 451703; fax: +249 (11) 451 703; telex: 24116 AWEST Services: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and ca"rgo Shareholders: Capt Saif M Somer. Alliances: Air UK, Sudan Airways, Egypt Air. Date established: April 1992. Date operations started: October 1992. History: Began operations with Fokker F27-300, and also light aircraft. Employees total: 80. Aircrew staff: 18. Engineering staff: 10. Executives: Chairman Saif M Somer CFO Alia Omer COO & Chief P/'fot Capt H Tillib VP Finance Adel Zaki VP Maintenance A Gader VP Operations Anthony Nicoela Commerical & Marketing Director A Fadel Engineering Director M S Sirrag Maintenance Director I Osman Operations Director Kamal Sayeed Personnel DirectorOrner Busshy Technical Director Wees Wisdorp Fleet: 1 x Antonov An-12 Cargo 1 x Antonov An-26 lx Fokker F27-600 Combi 1 x Fokker F27-200 Orders: 1 x Boeing 737-200. Main base/hubs: Khartoum. Services: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan. Maintenance services: ASE Maintenance. Air Zaire [QC] BP10120, Airport de N'Djili, Kinshasa, Zaire 7e/: +243 (12) 20 939fax; +243 (12) 20 940; telex: 21156 AIRZAIZR; SITA FFIDHQC Shareholders: Goverment of Zaire 80% Date established: June 1961. History: From its date of formation until October 1971, the carrier was known as Air Congo. It adopted its new title when the Congo was re-named Zaire. Description: Ceased operations and is expected to be replaced by a new carrier to be formed jointly by the Zairean Goverment and Sabena. Air Zimbabwe [UM] PO Box AP1, Harare Airport, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel: +263 (4) 575 lllfex; +263 (4) 575 068; telex: 40008 ZW; SITA HREZZUM Services: International, regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo Shareholders: Government of Zimbabwe. Alliances:Qantas and Air Malawi. Date established: 1961. Date operations started: 1961. History: Founded as a statutory body controlled by a board responsible to the Ministry of Transport. Until 1978 it was known as Air Rhodesia. From 1978 it was called Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia. In April 1980 the airline assumed its present name, when the country attained independence and became a republic. Joint services are operated with Qantas to Perth and Sydney, using 747s provided by the Australian carrier, and also with Air Malawi using Air Zimbabwe's Boeing 737s. Description: The national airline of Zimbabwe. Employees total: 844. Aircrew staff: 236. Engineering staff: 599. Executives: Chairman D M Zamchiya Deputy Chairman M M Ndubiwa Managing Director Huttush R Muringi Board Member! A G Sithole Board Member) R Mawere Board Member! C Blanchfield Board Member R Kupara A ir-lndia A irbus A310 Finance DirectorC Tapambwa Operations DirectorP Chikumba Mktg& Customer Services DirP Chakauya Human Resources & Admin Director^ Masuku Fleet: 1 x BAe 146-200 2 x Boeing 767-200ER 2 x Boeing 707-320B 2 x Boeing 737-200 2 x Fokker 50 Main base/hubs: Harare. Domestic services: Bulawayo, Harare, Hwange, Kariba and Victoria Falls. Regional services: Cape Town, Dares-Salaam, Durban, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Manzini, Maputo, Mauritius, Nairobi and Windhoek. Simulators: BAC One-Eleven International services: Frankfurt, Larnaca, London, Perth and Sydney. Maintenance services: Air Zimbabwe. Speciality: Airframes, engines. Licensed airframe engineers: 22. Licensed engine engineers: 35. Licensed avionics engineers: 18. National approvals: DCAZim, RSA, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya. Principal makes serviced: Fokker F27-600, F50, BAe 146, Boeing 707, 737,767. Widebody space: 1. Narrowbody space: 2. Checks: B, C, D. Additional services: Modifications, STC, interiors, paintshop. Engines: Large fans: PW4000 Small fans: ALF502, JT8D, JT3D Air-India [Al] Air-India Building, 218 Backbay Reclaimation, Nariman Point, Bombay 400 021, India Tel: +91 (22) 202 4142; fax: +91 (22) 204 8521; telex: Oil 79327/011 78223; SITA BOMDDAI Services: International and regional scheduled passenger and cargo. Parent company: Air-India Ltd. Subsidiaries: Air Mauritius 8.5%, Hotel Corporation of India, Air-India Charters, Indo-Hokke Hotels. Shareholders: Wholly owned by the Indian Government. Alliances: Joint co-operative agreements with: Air Mauritius (route development), Canadian Int'l (planned joint venture), Ethiopian AL, Gulf Air (route development), Indian AL (codesharing & planned frequent-flyer programme), Lufthansa, Malaysia AL (joint services & pool agreement). Date established: 1946. Date operations started: International operations started in 1948. History: Formed to succeed Tata Airlines (founded in 1932 as Tata Sons until 1938). Signed a bilateral accord with Lufthansa in May 1994 to add more destinations in Germany. Description: India's nationalised flag- carrier. Studies are under way on possible privatisation and fleet expansion. Employees total: 17,350. Aircrew staff: 26,000. Engineering staff: 4,357. Executives: Chairman K Padmanabhaiah Managing Director D S Mathur Director Airport Services S V N Ranga Rao Commercial Director M P Mascarenhas Director Vigilance & Security N C Padhi Director Stores & Purchase (Offg)i i Rindani Director Operations (Offg) Capt D C Datta Director Air Safety CaptS N Baksh Director Security D S Amist Director of Finance J A Shah Fleet: 3 x Airbus A300B4 8 x Airbus A310-300 4 x Boeing 747-400 9 x Boeing 747-200B 2 x Boeing 747-300 Combi 1 x llyushin II-62M wet-leased from Aeroflot 2 x Lockheed L-1011-500 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73F1 wet- leased from Southern Air Transport; 1 from Emery Worldwide Orders/Options: 5 x Boeing 747-400. Main base/hubs: Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras. Scheduled services: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Calcutta, Dares-Salaam,-Delhi, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpuur, Kuwait, London, Moscow, Muscat, Nairobi, New York, Osaka, Paris, Perth, Riyadh, Rome, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto and Trivandrum. Cargo services: Brussels, Calcutta, New York and Zurich. Simulators: Airbus A310-300, Boeing 747-200B, 747400. Maintenance services: Air-India. Speciality: Airframes, engines. Licensed airframe engineers: 150. Licensed engine engineers: 149. Licensed avionics engineers: 56. National approvals: FAA, DGCA India. Principal makes serviced: Airbus A300B4, A310-300, Boeing 747-200, 747-300 Combi, 747400. Widebody space: 4. Checks: B, C, D. Additional services: Modifications, paintshop. Engines: Large fans: CF6, PW4000, JT9D Small fans: JT8D. Airfast Indonesia (Airfast) Box 29, Jalan Kayu Post Office 9180, Singapore Tel: +65 4813122; fax: +65 4818045; telex: RS 36088 AIRFAS Kuningan Plaza Suite 305, Jl HR Rasuna Said Kav Cll- 14, Jakarta 12940, Indonesia Tel: +62 21520 0696; fax: +62 21520 0731 Services: Domestic charter passenger and cargo Subsidiaries: Airfast Aviation International. Date established: 1971. Date operations started: 1971. History: Established as an operator of helicopters and fixed- wing aircraft to the oil exploration industry in Indonesia. Description: Specialises in contract operations, aviation- management services, and passenger and cargo services to the oil, mining and construction industries. Employees total: 430. Executives: President/Director Frank D Reuneker General Manager Garry E Hunt Operations Director E Surydarma Marketing Manager'Robin Reuneker Rotary Wing Chief Pilot & Ops Mgr Andryana Machmud Engineering Manager Eddy Suba Fixed-Wing Chief Pilot & Ops Manager Gatot Purwoko Traffic ManagerSamad Sapawi Fleet: 3 x BAe HS.748-2A 2 leased in from Euroair 1 x Beech B80 2 x Bell 412 1 x Bell 212 2 X Bell 206 2 x Bell 204 3 x Boeing 737-200 lxCASA/IPTNC.212-200 3 x de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 46 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 3 - 9 April 1996
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