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wmmim MS> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninkliike Luchtvaart Maatschappii) [KL] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, External Communications (AMS/DR), PO Box 7700. Schiphol Airport (East), 1117 ZL, Netherlands Tel +31 (20) 649 2227; fax +31 (20) 648 8391 Telex 11252 NL; SITA AMSXBKL Services International and regional scheduled passenger and cargo Subsidiaries ALM Antillean 40%; Air UK 45%; Martinair 50%; Northwest Airlines 25%; Transavia 80% Shareholders KLM City Hopper 100% Alliances Air Excel, Air UK, Atlas Airways, Ansett Australia, Austrian Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Eurowings, Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways of India, Maersk Air, Nippon Cargo Lines, Northwest Airlines Date established 7 October, 1919 Date operations started 17 May, 1920 History A European network was first established, with services being extended to Java in 1929. Operations were introduced in the West Indies in 1935 Description It has a partnership, with antitrust ammunity, with US airline. Northwest, which is considered one of the most advanced partnerships in the airline industry. The two airlines offer joint services to Amsterdam from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC Dulles, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Mineapolis/StPaul, New York JFK, Orlando, San Francisco and Washington. In January 1996 announced plans to expand its partnership with Northwest on transatlantic routes by increasing frequencies on their joint-venture scheduled services during the summer. Inagurated a twice weekly nonstop service between Amsterdam and Beijing Employees total 26,030 Aircrew staff 6,961 Engineering staff 4,000 Executives Chairman of the supervisory board C J Oort President & CEO P Bouw Deputy president C den Hartog Managing director & CFO R J N Abrahamsen Passenger managing director L M van Wijk Flight services C Greshigt General secretary J J T Entzinger-Bennink Passenger sales & service A B van Luyk Cargo J Ancher Business systems M H Wisbrun Fleet 6 x Airbus A310-200 15 x Boeing 737-300 12 x Boeing 737-400 3 x Boeing 747-300 10 x Boeing 747-300 Combi 5 x Boeing 747400 11 x Boeing 747-400 Combi 5 x Boeing 767-3COER 6 x Fokker 100 9 x McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Orders 4 x Boeing 737-300 4 x Boeing 747400 5 x Boeing 767-300ER 1 x McDonnell Douglas MD11 Main base/hubs Amsterdam Domestic destinations include Eindhoven, Maastricht, Africa destinations include Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Conakry, Dar-es- Salaam, Freetown. Harare, Lagos. Lusaka, Johannesburg, Kano. Khartoum. Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Lilongwe, Lome, and Nairobi Americas destinations Atlanta, Detroit, Guatemala, Memphis. Mexico City. Minneapolis/St Paul. Newark- New Jersey, San Francisco, San Jose, Toronto, Vancouver. Panama City and Lima. US domestic code share destinations with Northwest will be expanded in the 1997 summer season from 150 to 178 Asia/Pacific destinations Beijing, Bombay, Delhi, Denpasar/Bali, Dhaka, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Paramaribo, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Surabaya and Tokyo Australasia destinations include Brisbane+, Canberra*, Melbourne+, Sydney +codeshare with Ansett Australia ^ tiwcromr European destinations 65 cities in 25 countries, including Antwerp, Athens, Barcelona, Basle, Belfast, Berlin, Billund (operated by Maersk Air), Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest. Budapest. Cardiff. Copenhagen, DortmundA, Frankfurt. Geneva. Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Innsbruck, Istanbul, Kiev, Larnaca, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Lyon, Madrid, Malmo, Marseille, Milan, Moscow, Mulhouse, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Paphos (operated by Cyprus AW), PaderbornA, Paris, Porto, Prague, Rome, Salzburg, Southampton, St Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich A codeshare with Eurowings Middle East destinations Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Dhahran, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Muscat, Sanaa, Tehran and Tel Aviv Simulators Airbus A310; Boeing 737-300,737400, 2 x 747-300, 2 x 747400. 767-300ER. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, MD-11 Maintenance services KLM Engineering & Maintenance Speciality Airframes and engines Licensed airframe engineers 1600 Licensed engine engineers 425 Licensed avionics engineers 250 National approvals FAA, JAA. DGAC. LBA.HK, Indnsa, Seyc, Jap, Sing, Pold, SAfric, Bangdsh Principal makes serviced Boeing 737,747, 767, Airbus A300, A310, MDC DC-10. MD-11 Widebody spaces 10 Narrowbody spaces 10 Checks B, C and D Additional services Modifications, interiors and paintshop Engines Large fans CF6 Turboprops PW100 KMV - Kavkazia Mineralne Vody Mmeralovodskoe Production Association [Q6] Mineralniye Vody Airport. Stavropolskie Krai, Southern Zone. 357310, Russia Tel +7 (86531) 30991 Services International, regional and domestic charter Description Operates regional and trunk routes from Mineralnie Voda Employees total 3,500 Executives Director general Vasito V Babashkin Director flight safety Oleg Bogdanov Director flight operations Boris Leitkin ChiefofstaffIvan Shakhbazov Fleet 33 x Antonov An-2 5 x Tupolev Tu-134 14 x Tupolev TU-154A/M/B Main base/hubs Mineralnye Vody Destinations the major cities of the country and local regional cities, including Berlin, Dubai, Sharjah Also charter services to Europe and Asia Knight Air [NE] Ceased operations Kogalymavia Open Co (Kogalimavia) Kogalim Aeroport, Tyumen Region, 626481, Russia Tel +7 (3452) 23101 Services Regional and domestic charter passenger Executives General director NNZo\n\kov Deputy director general Yuri Yu Yermolaev Fleet 1 x Mil Mi-2 4 x Mil Mi-8 1 x Tupolev Tu-154B 5 x Tupolev Tu-154M lxYakovlevYak40 Kolpashevo State Airline (Kolpashevskoe GAP) Lazo Str 6, Tomsk Area. Kolpashevo, West Siberian Zone, 636420, Russia Tel +7 (38254) 75200 Services Regional and domestic scheduled passenger Executives Commander KamilKuzmin Deputy commmanderot operations Valeri Vorozhtsov Deputy commander of engineering Oleg Kolombed Chief of staff Alexander Rodnikov Fleet 47 x Antonov An-2 15 x Antonov An-28 7 x Mil Mi-2 37 x Mil Mi-8/17 5xYakovlevYak40 Kolyma Avia (Kolima Avia Aviaprednyatie) Reki Magadanki 7, Magadan Naberzhenaya, Magadan Zone, 685000, Russia Tel +7 (41322) 24464; fax +7 (41322) 21082 Services Regional and domestic charter passenger and cargo Executives General director^/ R Yefest Deputy director Anatoli Frovdov Business director Igor Morozov Fleet 10 x Antonov An-24 2 x Antonov An-26 Kolymo-lndigirski Airline (Kolymo Indigir Air Enterprise) Dzerzhinski Street 5, Cherski Town, Yakutia, 678830, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Tel +7 (87822) 23526 Services Domestic charter passenger and cargo Executives Commander valeri Ozemoi Head of transportation Larisa Zakharova Chief of staff Anatoli Fedoseev Fleet 14 x Antonov An-2 5 x Antonov An-26 3 x Antonov An-74 6xMilMh8/17 Komi Avia (Komiavia Concern) Pervomaiskaya str 53. Syktyvkar. Komi Zone ATD, 167610, Republic of Komi Tel +7 (82122) 22 797 or +7 (82122) 24 650 Fax +7 (82122) 25 583 Services International, regional and domestic charter Date established 1967 History Parent company of region's airlines and airports Description It is a former Aeroflot division based at Syktivkar in the Komi Republic. With Syktivkar now upgraded for international services, it has concentrated on adding charter services and wet leases to Asia, Africa and Europe to its routes Executives CEO Oleg G Chernov First deputy director Andrei V Eshenko ChiefengineerSergei S Eremin Fleet 62 x Antonov An-2 3 x Antonov An-12 20 x Antonov An-24 10 x Antonov An-26 20 x Antonov An-28 50 x Mil Mi-2 18xMilMh6 55 x Mil Mi-8/17 4 x Mil Mi-10 8xMilMi-26 36 x Tupolev Tu-134 9xYakovlevYak40 Main base/hubs Syktyvkar Komsomolsk na Amure APO (KNA APO) Komsomolsk na Amure APO, 681018, Russia Tel + (42172) 28504; fax + (42172) 29851; telex 295162 Services International and domestic charter cargo Description Operates international and domestic cargo charters, plus some executive charters Fleet 3 x Antonov An-12 1 x Antonov An-26 2 x Antonov An-32 2 x llyushin II-76TD 2 x Mil Mi-8 2 x Tupolev Tu-134 80 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 26 March - 1 April 1997
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