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Aviation History
1997
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WORLD Licensed airframe engineers 77 Licensed avionics engineers 41 National approvals FAA. JAA, FAR 145. JAR 145 Principal makes serviced Boeing 747, 767, MDC MD-11, Fokker 70, Fokker 50, Fokker 28, Domier 228. Cessna 650 Widebody spaces 3 Narrowbody spaces 4 Commuter spaces 8 Checks B and C Additional services Modifications and paintshop Engines Large fans CF6. PW4000. JT9D Small fans Spey, Tay, JT15D Turboprops PW100. TPE331 Mediterranean Aviation (MedAvia) P0 Box 48, M.I.A., Lura, Malta Tel +356 689 760 or +356 689 841 Fax +356 640169 or +356 689 696; telex 1975 MEDMTE Services Regional charter passenger and cargo Shareholders Libyan Arab Maltese Holding (51%), Air Malta (25%), Libyan Arab Foreign Investment (6.24%) Date established 1978 Date operations started September 1979 Description Operates turboprop aircraft on ad hoc charters and long-term leases with a principal market base in North Africa, supporting the oil industry. The company has a Maltese majority shareholding and control Employees total 40 Aircrew staff 10 Engineering staff 11 Executives Chairman Dr George Cassar Managing director AI Zmirli General manager A M Kreea Operations VP Mario Dingli Financial manager Joe Formosa Technical VP Charles Delicata Maintenance manager Peter Kodurand Commercial managerPeter Williams Chief engineer Prakash Patel Technical manager Adrian Spiteri Chiefpilot Capt Antonio Godinho Fleet 2 xCASA 212-100 2 xCASA 212-200 Destinations North Africa lSi£<± Melilla Jet (Paukn Air) Calle Orense 4, Madrid, E-28020, Spain Tel +34 (91) 555 8004; fax +34 (91) 555 0431 SITA MADTPXH Shareholders A Paulkner SA (78%); Melillian private interests (20%); Melillian Council (2%) Date established 1995 Date operations started Third quater 1995 History Owned by A Paukner SA, a Spanish company with interests in the travel industry Description Operations are in partnership with Madrid based Pan Air Lineas Aereas, which operates the services on its behalf Executives President & CEO Gerd Paukner General manager Frederico Hartlohner Financial director Jurgen Krux Fleet 2 xBAe 146-100 Main base/hub Melilla Planned destinations Almeria. Madrid, Malaga and Milan Meridian Air Co (Meridian) (MMM) PB144, Moscow, 103473, Russia Tel +7 (095) 9131793 or +7 (095) 938 2806 Fax +7 (095) 938 2216 or +7 (095) 284 5949 Services International, regional and domestic charter passenger Date established 31 March, 1991 Date operations started 13 January, 1993 Employees total 18 Aircrew staff 6 Engineering staff 4 Executives GeneraldirectorEduard Kniaguinitchev Technical directory Mikheev Technical manager A Pekhterev Maintenance manager V Talaev Marketing managers Semenov Special projects manager Serguei Kniaguivitchev Commercial manager! Arsenieva Chief pilot Capt M Markov Fleet 1 x BAe 125-700 leased from Charter Air Center Main base/hub Vnukova Airport. Moscow Destinations Western Russia and Europe Meridiana [IG] Zona Industriale A, Olbia, Sassari, 1-07026, Italy Tel +39 (789) 52 600; fax +39 (789) 23 661 Telex 790043 Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Shareholders 100% privately owned Date established March 1963 Date operations started 1964 History Formed originally as Alisarda, an air-taxi and charter operator. Scheduled services began in May 1966 and a third-level company, Avianova. was established in 1986. The name, Meridiana, was adopted in September 1991 to align with its similarly named Spanish sister airline, which suspended operations in 1992 Employees total 1,175 Aircrew staff 405 Engineering staff 110 Executives President & director general Franco Trivi Maintenance director Alberto Nocchi Personnel director Hedo Andolfo VP commercial Steve Forte VP finance Arnaldo Cattagni VP operations Alfredo Piccinato Marketing manager Giorgio de Roni Chief pilot Capt Giovanni Manetta Fleet 4 x BAe 146-200 1 x Bell 412 6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51 8 x McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Main base/hub Olbia (Sardinia), Italy Destinations Amsterdam. Barcelona, Bergamo*, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania. Florence*, Frankfurt*, Geneva*, Genoa*, London*, Milan, Munich*, Naples*, Nice*, Palermo. Paris*, Pisa, Rome, Turin*, Venice*, Verona and Zurich •seasonal services from Sardinia Mid Airways [MIDI Ceased operations Minerva Airlines SpA Via Lannoni 5, Catanzaro, Calabria, 1-98100, Italy Tel +39 (961) 724 028; fax +39 (961) 725 759 Services Regional Date established 1995 Fleet 2 x Fairchild Dornier 328 Charter destination Milan Malpensa Minsk Flight Detachment Nol Smolevichski Region Airport. Minsk, 222210, Republic of Belarus Tel +375 (0232) 5145 53 or +375 (0232) 5114 07 Fax +375 (0232) 531415 Services Regional and domestic charter Parent organisation Belavia Executives Commander Vasili I Ermakov Fleet 12 x Tupolev Tu-154 included in Belavia fleet Minskavia-Minsk Flight Detachment No2 Korotkevicha Str 9, Minsk, Republic of Belarus Tel +375 (0172) 250674; fax +375 (0172) 253725 Services Regional and domestic charter Parent organisation Belavia Executives CommanderVasili K Radkevich Fleet 6 x Antonov An-24 4xAntonovAn-26 4 x Yakovlev Yak-40 all included in Belavia fleet Mirni Air Enterprise (formerly Diamond Russia Sakha) (Almazy Rossiya Sakha) Mirni Aeroport. Yakutia, Republic of Sakha Yukutiya, 678170, Russia Tel +7 (41136) 20197; fax +7 (41136) 23192 Services Regional and domestic charter cargo Description Associate airline of Diamond Sakha airline Executives Commander Nikolai NTereschenko Chief of staff Evgeni T Moroz Fleet 14 x Antonov An-2 10 x Antonov An-24 4 x Antonov An-26 3xllyushinll-76TD 27xMNMi-8 3 x Mil Mi-26 Mistral Air [MSA1 Palazzina 131. Aeroporto Ciampino. Ciampino. Rome. I- 00040. Italy Tel +39 (6) 793 40614; fax +39 (6) 793 40517 Telex 616123 MISTRI Services International, regional and domestic scheduled and charter cargo Shareholders Traco SpA. CB/RR SVL Date established 1981 Date operations started 1984 Employees total 50 Aircrew staff 18 Engineering staff 22 Executives President & chairman Werner Romanello Managing director Guiseppi Napoli Marketing director Stephano Romanello Director maintenance Ing Allesandro Bianchi Director flight operations Capt Piero Spughini Chief pilot Capt Bruno Luppi Fleet 1 x BAe 146-200QT Main base/hub Rome Destinations Bari, Basle. Bologna, Cagliari, Cologne, Forli, Genoa. Nuremburg and Palermo Charter destinations central Europe and the Mediterranean Maintenance services Mistral Air Speciality Airframes and engines Licensed airframe engineers 18 Licensed engine engineers 8 Licensed avionics engineers 1 National approvals JAR 145, RAI Principal makes serviced BAe 146, Cessna Citation 500 Narrowbody spaces 6 Checks C Additional services Modifications Engines Small fans ALF502, JT15D, TFE731, FJ44 MK Airlines [7G] Landhurst. Hartfield, East Sussex, TN7 4DL, UK Tel +44 (1892) 770 Oil; fax +44 (1892) 770 022 SITA LGWKK7G Services International and regional scheduled and charter cargo Subsidiaries MK Airlines Ghana Shareholders privately owned Alliances Air Malawi, Air Namibia. British Airways. Icelandair, Lan Chile Date established November 1990 Date operations started 1991 History Formed by the incorporation of MK Airlines Ltd in 1990 Employees total 105 Aircrew staff 55 Engineering staff 35 Executives CEO & managing director Capt Michael C Kruger Financial director Mark Rose General manager engineering Rob Mandy Commercial manager Rob Holland Fleet 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-55 Combi FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 26 March - 1 April 1997 87
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