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WOHLD Girardeau, Cedar Rapids, Champaign, Chicago Meigs Field, Chicago Midway, Columbia, Decatur, Evansville, Fayetteville, Forth Smith, Fort Leonard Wood, Fresno, . Hartford, Joplin. Knoxville, Lexington. Lincoln, Louisville, Memphis, Madison, Marion, Moline, Paduca, Peoria, Sioux City, South Bend, Springfield. Quincy and Waterloo Trans World Airlines (TWA) TWI One City Center, 515 North 6th Street, St Louis, Missouri, 63101, USA Tel +1 (314) 589 3000; fax +1 (314) 589 3129 Telex 217711 Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Marketing alliances Trans States Airlines Date established Predecessor Western Air 16 July 1925 Date operations started TWA operations started on 1 October 1930 History TWA was formed as Transcontinental and Western Air, through a merger of a part of Western Air Express (the other part became Western Airlines), TAT-Maddux and Pittsburgh Aviation Industries. The present name was adopted in May 1950. In January 1979 Trans World (TWC) became TWA's parent company, in December 1982, TWC shareholders voted to sell TWA and on 1 February 1984 TWA was established as a separate, entirely publicly owned company. On 26 September, 1985, TWA was taken over by New York investor Carl Icahn, who acquired 52% of the company's shares. In August 1995 it emerged from its second Chapter 11 reorganisation less than four years. The reorganised airline is owned partly by its US employees who invested $130 million in wage and benefit concessions in exchange for about 30% of the stock. The restructuring eliminated $500 million in long-term debt and reduced annual interest payments by about $50 million Employees total 25,000 Aircrew staff 7,500 Executives Chairman Thomas Meagher Acting chief executive officer Gerald Gither Acting chief operations officer David Kennedy Snr VP marketing & planning Rod Brandt Snr VP finance & CFO Michael Palumbo Snr VP employee relations Charles Thibaudeau Acting executive VP operations William Compton VP corporate affairs & strategy Scott Gibson VP flight operations Rich Roberts VP maintenance & engineering Renee Vischer Fleet 39 x Boeing 727-200 10 x Boeing 747-100 4 x Boeing 747-200B 3 x Boeing 757-200 12 x Boeing 767-200 2 x Boeing 767-300 11 x Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 58 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9 30 x McDonnell Douglas MD82 23 x McDonnell Douglas MD-83 Orders 10 x Airbus A330 17 x Boeing 757-200 Options 10 x Airbus A330 20 x Boeing 757-200 Main base/hubs New York JFK and St Louis Domestic destinations More than 100 destinations, including Trans States services Transatlantic destinations Europe and the Middle East, including Cairo and Riyadh Simulators New York: Boeing 727-200, 747-100. St Louis: Boeing 767-200, Lockheed L-1011-200 Maintenance services Trans World Airlines Speciality Airframes, engines Licensed airframe engineers 1,316 Licensed engine engineers 316 Licensed avionics engineers 460 National approvals FAA, JAA and JAR 145 Principal makes serviced Boeing 727, 747,757,767, Lockheed L-1011, McDonnell Douglas MO80, DC-9 Widebody spaces 8 Narrowbody spaces 17 Checks B.C.D ju*m Additional services Modifications, STC. interiors, paintshop Engines Large fans RB.211. JT9D Small fans JT8D Trans-Florida Airlines (TFA | PO Box 10150. Daytona Beach, Florida, 32120. USA Tel +1 (904) 252 3053; fax +1 (904) 252 0037 Services Regional and domestic charter passenger and cargo Shareholders Robert D Willman Date established 1966 Date operations started 1966 Employees total 22 Aircrew staff 10 Engineering staff 10 Executives President Robert D Willman Maintenance director Arthur McEwen General manager/treasurer Thomas L Willman Maintenance manager Luis Reyes Commercial manager Arturd Miguez VP Daniel R Willman Chief pilot Marc Fournier Fleet 4 x Convair 240 4xConvair240F Main base/hub Daytona Beach Destinations domestic points as well as Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Trans-Jamaican Airlines see Air Jamaica Express Transbrasil Airlines (Transbrasil Linhas Aereas) |TR| Rua General Pantaleao Teles 40, Transbrasil Aeroporto, Sao Paulo-SP, CEP-04355040, Brazil Tel+55 (11) 525 4600 Fax +55 (11) 543 8048 or +55 (11) 525 4615 Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Subsidiaries Interbrasil Star Date established January 1955 History Formed in to carry meat for the Sadia Organisation. Its first passenger flight was in 1956. Known until June 1972 as Sadia SA Transportes Aereos Employees total 5,288 Executives Chairman & president administration Dr Omar Fontana Director international sales Carlos Augstroze Director national sales Mario Jorge Bento Director route & fleet planning Sergio Kuczynski Director flight & ground operations Adilson Hijano Director accounting & finance Norival de Barros Director administration & control Carlos Adalberto Ferreira Director planning of inflight services Valeria Pereira Fontana Director human resources Jaime Luiz Hounsell Ramos Director cargo Flavio Marcio B Carvalho Director marketing & advertising Gianfranco Zioni Beting Director maintenance & engineering Francisco Eustaquio Mendes Director information services Carlos Eduardo Bonato Snr VP administration & finance Gabriel Athayde Advisor, legal affairs Francisco Carlos Fonseca International public relations manager Doris Sochaczewski Fleet 2 x Boeing 707-32X 8 x Boeing 737-300 4 x Boeing 737-400 3 x Boeing 767-200 5 x Boeing 767-200ER 3 x Boeing 767-300ER Main base/hubs Brasilia and Sao Paulo Domestic destinations 20 points in south-east and north east Brazil Europe destinations Amsterdam and Vienna South America destinations Buenos Aires USA destinations Miami, New York and Orlando Simulators Boeing 727-100 Transportes Aereos Bolivianos (TAB) (BOLI Casilla Correo 132, Cochabama. Bolivia Tel +591 (42) 50743 or +591 (42) 51270 Fax +591 (42) 50766; telex 2635 Services Regional scheduled and charter cargo Date established 1977 Employees total 20 Executives General manager Luis Guereca Padilla Operations manager Alfonso Canedo Commercial manager Jose Rodriguez Calvo Fleet 1 x Lockheed LlOO-Hercules 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-54F Destinations Buenos Aires Aeroparque, Bahia Blanca, Chos Malal. Comodoro Rivadavia. Cordoba. Cutral Co. Malarque, Mar del Plata. Medellin, Neuquen. Puerto Deseado, Puerto Montt, Rincon de los Sauces. Rio Gallegos, Rio Grande, San Carlos de Bariloche, San Martin de Los Andes, Temuco and Trelew Transportes Aereos Mercantiles Panamericanos (Tampa Airlines) [QT1 Carrera 76, No 34A-61. Alaya Herrera Airport, Medellin, Colombia Tel +57 (4) 250 2939; fax +57 (4) 250 5639: Telex 66601 TAMPA CO Services International scheduled cargo Marketing alliances Martin Air and Millon Air Date established 11 March, 1973 Date operations started 11 March, 1973 Employees total 750 Aircrew staff 40 Engineering staff 22 Executives Chairman Fabio Echeverry President Jorge Coulson Rodriguez Deputy president Antonio Campillo Maintenance director Marco Bravo Commercial director Jorge Correa Personnel director Diego Restrepo VP operations Juan Carlos de Grief f P VP commercial Alvaro Londono M VP finance Alavro Jaramillo Chief pilot Capt Patricia Botero Fleet 4 x Boeing 707-300C 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71F Main base/hubs Bogota and Medellin Destinations Barranquilla, Cali, Caracas, Lima, Medellin, Miami, Panama, Pereira, Quito and San Juan: Charter services are also provided. Transportes Aereos Neuquen (TAN) [T81 Diagonal 25 de Mayo 180, Neuquen, 8300, Argentina Tel +54 (99) 488 927 or +54 (99) 488 486 Fax +54 (99) 466 418 or +54 (99) 488 927 Services Regional and domestic passenger Parent organisation VASP-Viagao Aerea Sao Paolo Marketing alliances Austral, Aerolineas Argentinas Employees total 110 Aircrew staff 40 Engineering staff 38 Executives President iose Chalen Deputy president Jorge D'Allesandro General manager Patrocinio Valverde Morais Financial director Willaim Pereira de Almeida Marketing manager D Garcia Laborde Maintenance manager Claudio Santos Commercial manager Beatrix Mairotta Chief pilot Capt Cabrera Castilla Fleet 3xFairchildMetrolll 2 x Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B 2 x Saab 340A 1 leased Main base/hubs Neuquen Destinations Bahia Blanca, Balmaceda, Chapelco, Chos Malal, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion. Cordoba, Mendoza, Puerto Montt, Rincon de los Sauces, Temuco and Trelew FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 19 - 25 March 1997 87
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