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1997
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jl/USILD A till Southwest Airlines [WN] 2702 Love Held Drive, P0 Box 36611, Dallas, Texas, 75235-1611, USA Tel +1 (214) 904 4000; fax +1 (214) 904 4011 Services Regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo Date established March 1967 Date operations started June 1971 History Formed as Air Southwest and changed to present title on 29 March, 1971. Has since become the world's biggest lowfare airline Description Operates low-fare services between 50 airports in 24 US states Employees total 24,000 Executives Chairman president & CEO Herbert D Kelleher Executive VP corporate services John Denison Executive VP/COO Gary A Barron Customers Colleen Barrett Ground operations James Wimberty VP schedule planning Pete McGlade VP man\eting & sales Dave Ridley VP maintenance & engineering Luke Gill VP finance & CFO Gary Kelly VP flight operations Paul Sterbenz People Libby Sartain Internal audit Al Davis Flight services Bill Miller Government affairs Ron Ricks General counsel Jim Parser Special marketing Cam\\\e Keith Fleet 50 x Boeing 737-200 174 x Boeing 737-300 25 x Boeing 737-500 Orders 17 x Boeing 737-300 50 x Boeing 737-600/700/800. Options 63 x Boeing 737-600/700/800 Main base/hubs Dallas/Love Field, Phoenix, Chicago Midway, Oakland, Houston Intercontinental Destinations include Baltimore/Washington, Cleveland, Florida, Kansas City, Kentucky, Houston Hobby, Houston Intercontinental, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Jose, Seattle, Spokane Simulators Boeing 737-200,2 x 737-300 mmcroRY Spirit Airlines [NK] 18121 East 8 Mile Road, Eastpointe, Michigan, 48021, USA Tel +1 (810) 779 2706; fax +1 (810) 779 9332 Services Domestic scheduled and charter passenger Date established May 1992 Date operations started May 1992 Employees total 450 Executives President Edward Homfeld Snr director sales & services Victoria Moreland Ex VP marketing Mark Kahan General manager Robert Moreland VP finance Jeffrey Tottis Fleet 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-20 5 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 4 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 Destinations Atlantic City, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Myrtle Beach, Orlando and Tampa Sun Country Airlines ISY1 2520 Pilot Knob Road, Suite 250, Mendota Heights, Minnesota, 55120, USA Tel +1 (612) 6813900; fax +1 (612) 6813970 Telex 291133 Services Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger Shareholders Minnesota Corporation Date established 1 July, 1982 Date operations started 20 January, 1983 History Formed by former Branif f employees in 1982. Had a major change of ownership on 1 December, 1988 Employees total 1,100 Executives Chairman of board John Barry Vicechairman Gregory Smith President & CEO John Skiba Assistant to the president Mariene L Earl I VP maintenance Charley Beers VP military operations & planning Mike Finney VP cargo Glenn Nordling VP customer service Dale Kariya VP operations John Thomas Chief administrative officer Karl Freienmuth Legal officer Luke Gomez Chiefmarketing oficer iames Olsen CFO Thomas Schmidt Fleet 10 x Boeing 727-200 3x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15 Destinations Within USA and Canada, Caribbean and Mexico Sun Jet International (Sun Jet) [JX] 4700140th Avenue N. #106, Clearwater, Florida, 34622- 3847, USA Tel +1 (813) 5301515 Fax +1 (813) 530 9547 or +1 (813) 5301615 Services Charter Parent organisation Sun Jet Holidays Corporation Shareholders Parent organisation Date established 1993 Date operations started October 1993 History Founded by Tom Kolfenbach Executives Chairman John M Mansouc CEO David A Banmiller Director personnel Pam Stiers CFO & VP finance John Funkhouse VP marketing Scott Bacon VP technical Brooke Mayger VP operations Jerry Cook awef p/fot Bob Danton Fleet 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-81 1 x McDonnell Douglas MD£2 leased Main base/hubs St. Petersburg Destinations Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale, Long Beach, Newark, Orlando and St Petersburg Reet 1 x Boeing 727-200Adv Sun Pacific International 2502 East Benson Highway, Tuscon, Arizona, 85706- 1799, USA Tel +1 (520) 295 0455; fax +1 (520) 1125 Date established 1995 Description Offers domestic and international charter services Executives Chief pilot Capt Steve Shattuck Fleet 2 x Boeing 727-200 Surinam Airways - SLM (Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij) [PY1 Coppenamestraat 136, PO Box 2029, Paramaribo, Surinam Tel +597 465 700; fax +597 491213 or +597 499 495 Telex 292 SURAIR SN; SITA PBMDDPY Email mansecpy@sr.net Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Shareholders Government-owned Date established 30 August, 1962 Description The national airline of the Republic of Surinam. Employees total 400 Aircrew staff 75 Executives President Motalil Nungra President Ronny H. Calor VP finance Henk Jessurun Maintenance manager J. Stomp Chief pilot H Hew Public relations Rudy Westerborg Fleet 1 x Cessna 206 2 x de Havilland DHO6-300 Twin Otter 1 x de Havilland Dash 8-300 1 x McDonnell Douglas MD-87 International base Paramaribo — Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport Domestic base Paramaribo Zorg & Hoop Airfield Destinations Amsterdam, Barbados, Belem, Cayenne, Curacao, Georgetown, Macapa (Brasil), Miami and Port of Spain TABA Transportes Aereos Regionais da Bacia Amazonica (TABA) [T2] Av Dr Freitas S/No, Hangar TABA, Belem, Para, 66030, Brazil Tel +55 (91) 233 6653 or +55 (91) 233 0490 Fax +55 (91) 233 3553 or +55 (91) 233 4635 Services Regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Shareholders Cel Marcilio Gibson Jacques Date established 1 January, 1976 Employees total 750 Executives Chairman Marcelio Jacques Gibson Planning VP Alexandre Gibson Executive VP Bruno Gibson Fleet 4 x de Havilland Dash 8-300 3 x Embraer EMB-110C Bandeirante 3 x Embraer EMB-110P Bandeirante 1 x Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante 1 x Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante 4xFairchildFH-227B 2xFokkerlOO Domestic destinations more than 50 points, including Acre, Amazonas, Amapa, Bahia Piaui, Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Carajas, Ceara, Cuiaba, Espirito Santo, Goias, llheus, Londrina. Mato Grosso. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Para, Parana, Porto Seguro. Rondia and Vitoria TACA International Airlines (TACA) [TA] Altos Edificio Caribe 2 Piso, Segunda Planta, Colonia Escal6n, San Salvador, El Salvador Tel +503 339 9155 (airport) or +503 298 5055 Fax +503 223 3757; telex 20456 TACAIR SAL SITA SALTDTA Services International and regional scheduled passenger and cargo Shareholdings in Aviateca 30%; LACSA10%; NICA 49% Date established 1931 Employees total 2,100 Executives President & CEO Federico Bloch COO & general manager William J Handal Operations director Jaime Gonzalez Maintenance director Ernesto Ruiz Personnel director Edwardo Corona Commercial director Mauricio Sol Financial director Milton Solano VP human resources Enrique Luna VP executive Corporate Roberto Carbone VP finance Joaquin Palomo VP technical Alfredo Schildknech VP planning Julio Flores Chief pilot Jose Hasbun Reet 4 x Boeing 737-200 lx Boeing 737-20OC 5 x Boeing 737-300 lx Boeing767-200ER lx Boeing 767-300ER Fleet plans Five new Airbus A320, three for delivery fourth quarter 1997 and two 1998 Main base/hub San Salvador Destinations Belize, Guatemala City, Houston, Los Angeles, Managua, Mexico, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Panama, San Francisco, San Jose, San Pedro Sula. Tegucigalpa Washington, San Salvadore, Roatan and Le Ceiba Simulators Boeing 737-200 Maintenance services Aeromantenimento Speciality Airframes Licensed airframe engineers 123 Licensed engine engineers 123 National approvals FAA, DGAC Panama and Costa Rica Principal makes serviced Boeing 727, 737-200/-300, 757, 767-200/-300, Hangar space 7,100 nf 84 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 19 - 25 March 1997
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