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WORLD Mt in return for labour concessions. The carrier also launched Shuttle by United on the US West Coast—a low-cost operation eventually intended to fly 130 aircraft Description United is the world's largest airline, operating more than 2,200 daily flights on a route network which spans the globe. It is also the world's largest majority- employee owned company, and the biggest international US airline Employees total 82,584 Aircrew staff 27,816 Engineering staff 24,164 Executives Chairman & CEO Gerald Greenwald President & COO John A Edwardson Exec VP operations & admin Joseph R O'Gorman Exec VP Corp affairs & general counsel Stuart I Oran Snr VP finance Douglas A Hacker Snr VP onboard service Sara A Fields Snr VP internationalChristopher D Bowers Snr VP North America James E Goodwin Snr VP flight operations Hart A Langer Snr VP marketing David A Coltman Snr VP planning Rono J Dutta Snr VP people William Hobgood Snr VP maintenance operations R Terrence Rendleman VP United Shuttle Amos Kazzaz VP corporate communications John D Kilder Fleet 36 x Airbus A320 75 x Boeing 727-200 63 x Boeing 737-200 101 x Boeing 737-300 57 x Boeing 737-500 15 x Boeing 747-100 9 x Boeing 747-200 26 x Boeing 747-400 92 x Boeing 757-200 19 x Boeing 767-200 23 x Boeing 767-300ER 16 x Boeing 777-200 26 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 5 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F Orders 24 x Airbus A319 15 x Airbus A320 21 x Boeing 747 6 x Boeing 757 20 x Boeing 777 Main base/hubs Chicago O'Hare. Denver. San Francisco and Washington Dulles Destinations 97 domestic destinations and 39 international airports Simulators 2 x Airbus A320-200; Boeing 727-100,727- 200,2 x 727-200Adv, 3 x 737-200,6 x 737-300.747- 100, 747-200, 2 x 747-400, 3 x 757-200, 767-200. 767-300, 2 x 777-200; McDonnell Douglas DC-&61, DG8-71. 3 x DC-10-10 United Express [UA] Description Is operated by the following carriers which provide feeder services for United Airlines — Air Wisconsin, Atlantic Coast. Great Lakes. Mesa Airlines, and Mesa Airlines' wholly owned subsidiary WestAir Express Airlines Fleet 34 x Beech 1900D 10 x DeHavilland Dash 8 20 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia 21 xAI(R) Jetstream 31 Main base/hubs Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle Destinations More than 60 US cities MWCFOJtr Shareholders Management owned Date established 1988 Date operations started 1 February, 1988 History UPS was briefly in the air-express business from 1929 to 1931 on the US West Coast. UPS began air operations in 1981 with its own aircraft crewed by others and began its own airline in February 1988. Since then. UPS has increasingly operated its own services, replacing contract carriers Description UPS is the world's largest package-delivery service, providing a scheduled network of services to more than 200 countries and territories. Next Day Air and 2nd Day Air delivery international package and cargo services are operated Employees total 335,000 Aircrew staff 1,832 Executives President & COO Tom Weidemeyer President UPS Europe Edwin H Reitman Personnel director Steve Staruch VP maintenance Jerry Coyle VP marketing Don Herbert VP operations John Beystehner VP public affairs Doug Kuelpman VP finance Pete Dalmares Feet 51 x Boeing 727-100QF 8 x Boeing 727-200C 15 x Boeing 747-100F 55 x Boeing 757-200PF 5 x Boeing 767-300F 52 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Orders 10 x Boeing 757-200PF 15 x Boeing 767-300F Options 41 x Boeing 7 57-200PF 30 x Boeing 767-300F Main base/hub Louisville Regional hubs Philadelphia, Dallas and Ontario (California) Europe hub Cologne/Bonn Asia Pacific hubs Hong Kong and Singapore South America hub Miami Canada hubs Hamilton and Montreal Simulators Boeing 727-100. 727-100QF. 757-200. McDonnell Douglas Douglas DC-8-71, DC-8-73 USA Jet Airlines (U7) Willow Run Airport, Hangar 2064D Street, Belleville, Michigan, 48111-1278, USA Tel +1 (313) 483 7833 or +1 (800) 877 5387 Fax +1 (313) 4831023; SUA DET5547 Services Scheduled and charter cargo Parent organisation Active Aero Group Subsidiaries Air Transport International LLC Shareholders David B Hermelin, Martin R Goldman and Brian M Hermelin Date established 1979 Date operations started 1979 Description On-demand charter and scheduled cargo operators, wet lease, interline. Air Charter Manager for the Ford Motor Company of North America. Employees total 320 Aircrew staff 80 Executives President & CEO Martin R Goldman President David B Hermelin Chief operating officer Brian Hermelin Fleet 15 x Dassault Falcon 20 7 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F Main base/hub Willow Run Airport Satellites El Paso International Airport, Memphis International Airport and Little Rock UPS Airlines (UPS) [5X1 1400 North Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky. 40223, USA Tel +1 (502) 329 6500; fax +1 (502) 329 6550 Services International, regional and domestic scheduled cargo Parent organisation United Parcel Service of America US Airways [US] 23245 Crystal Drive. Arlington, Virginia, 22227, USA Tel +1 (703) 418 7000 Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Parent organisation USAir Group Subsidiaries Allegheny Commuter Airlines, Piedmont Airlines (formerly Henson Aviation), PSA Airlines (formerly Jetstream International). US Airways Leasing and Services, US Airways Fuel Corporation Shareholders BA owns about 24% of US Airways, but will be relinquishing its stake Marketing alliances US Airways Express carriers, including Piedmont. PSA and Alleghany, plus norvowned carriers; British Airways. Qantas. ANA; Latin Pass; cooperative alliance with Air Aruba Date established 1939 Date operations started 1939 History Established as All American Aviation, flying air-mail pick-up and delivery routes in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland; became All American Airways and started passenger service in 1949; became Alleghany airlines in 1953, absorbed Lake Central Airlines in 1968 and Mohawk Airlines in 1972. Changed name to USAir in 1979. Merged with Piedmont Airlines in 1988 and Pacific Southwest Airlines in 1989. Changed name to US Airways in February, 1997 Employees total 42,087 Aircrew staff 12,725 Engineering staff 7,800 Executives Chairman & CEO Stephen M Wolf President Rakesh Gangwal Executive VP & general counsel Lawrence M Nagin Executive VP marketings Thomas Lagow Snr VP operations Robert Oaks Snr VP planning Robert Fornaro CFOJohnW Harper Director, media relations Paul A Turk Fleet 64 x Boeing 737-200 Adv 85 x Boeing 737-300 54 x Boeing 737-400 34 x Boeing 757-200 12 x Boeing 767-200ER 40 x Fokker 100 15 x Fokker F284000 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-861 72 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 31 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Orders 40 x Boeing 737-300 Plans to order 120 x Airbus A320, with options on 280 Main base/hubs Baltimore, Charlotte. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Domestic destinations Vast network to more than 180 points, including US Airways Express partners International and regional destinations Athens, Cancun, Bermuda, Frankfurt, Grand Cayman, London Gatwick. London (Canada), Madrid, Munich. Ottawa, Paris, Rome, St Maarten and Toronto Simulators Charlotte, North Carolina: Boeing 737-200, 2 x 737-300.737-400; de Havilland Dash 8-100A; Fokker F28/4000; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Boeing 727-100, 727-200.737-200, 2 x 737-300,757-200; BAC One- Eleven-2/400; Branson FH-227B; Fokker 100; McDonnell Douglas 2 x DC-9-30, MD-82. San Diego: British Aerospace BAe 146-200 US Airways Express [ED] Description A commuter system to provide feeder connections at major US hubs is operated under the name US Airways Express by the following airlines: Air Midwest, Allegheny Commuter Airlines, CCAIR, Chautauqua Airlines, Commutair, Florida Gulf Airlines, Liberty Express, Paradise Island Airlines, Piedmont Airlines and PSA Airlines Executives Executive VP marketings Thomas Lagow Fleet 68 x Beech 1900D 9 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Main Hubs: Boston/Philedelphia, Florida/Southeast, Kansas City and Pittsburgh Destinations 80 US cities Maintenance services USAir Speciality Airframes, engines National approvals FAA, JAR 145 and FAR 145 Principal makes serviced Boeing 737,757, 767. MDC DC- 9. MD-80, Fokker F28,100 Checks B, C, D Additional services Modifications, STC Engines Large fans CFM56, RB.211 Small fans Tay FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 19 - 25 March 1997 89
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