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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Bighorn Airways [BH ] (BHR) PO Box 4037, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801, USA Tel +1 (307) 672 3421 Fax +1 (307) 674 4468 Services charter, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Robert Eisele and P and G Date established 1947 Date operations started 1947 Description Operates a domestic charter passenger and cargo service, and flights for UPS. Employees total 21 Flightcrew 7 Executives President Bob Eisele Fleet 2 x CASA 212-200 Aviocar 1x Cessna 340 4 x Fairchild Dornier 228-200 2 x Piper PA-31 -350 Navajo Chieftain Bradley Air Services see First Air Braniff International Airways Dallas Fort Worth, Texas, USA Description Operations were due to begin in November 1998 using the Braniff name and operating licence. Services will start with twice daily flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Los Angeles and New York. Brooks Fuel PO Box 61143, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99706-1143, USA Tel +1 (907) 479 8330 Fax +1 (907) 479 0578 E-mail brksfuel@polarnet.com Website www2.polarnet.com/users/brksfuel/index.html Services cargo Date established 1986 Date operations started 1986 Description Brooks Fuel delivers petroleum products to rural communities and miners. Employees total 13 Engineering staff 4 Flightcrew 5 Executives President Roger Brooks Deputy president Jeff Brooks Chief financial officer Paul Merrifield Maintenance manager Chris Holland Fleet 6 x Douglas DC-4 2 x Douglas DC-7C Business Air BE ] (BEN) RR1 Box 1104, Morse Airport Drive, Bennington, Vermont, 05201-9711, USA Tel +1 (802) 447 2111 Fax +1 (802) 442 3582 Services scheduled, cargo Date established 1957 History Formerly known as Bennington Aviation Employees total 25 Executives President Robert K Corey Chief pilot Capt Kevin Beattie Fleet 11 x Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante 1 x Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante Business Express (BEXUHQl (GAA) 55 Washington Street, Suite 300, Dover, New Hampshire, 03820, USA Tel +1 603 740 3000 Fax +1 603 740 3058 Services scheduled, charier, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders American Eagle Airlines (100%) Alliances American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlink Description Business Express (BEX) operates 340 daily departures from hubs at New York Kennedy, Boston Logan and New York La Guardia. The airline is a Delta Connection, Northwest Airlink and American Connection carrier. BEX is the largest regional carrier in the north east USA, offering service to 30 destinations. History Began charter operations in 1981, scheduled services were added in 1984. On 22 January 1996, the airline was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by Saab Aircraft of America and emerged on 22 Ma, 1997 following DoT approval of BEX's reorganisation plan. On 24 September 1997 Business Express began feeder services under the American Connection banner into American Airlines Boston hub. American Eagle acquired Business Express in a deal expected to be completed in the first quarter of 1999. Employees total 1,500 Executives Chairman and chief executive Robert E Martens President and chief operating officer Gary Elmer Director corporate safety Glenn Starnes Director customer service Bill Reynolds Director maintenance Bill Dusold Executive VP EMcGill Senior VP and chief financial officer Lars-Erik Amell VP finance Mark Hahn VP maintenance Chet Hooper VP marketing F Aruvolo VP operations Roy Spencer VP passenger services Jeff Hawkins VP planning Ben Harrison Fleet 23xSaab340A Orders Options 20xSaab340B 20 x Embraer RJ-135 40 x Embraer RJ-135 BWIA International Airways BW] (BWA) Administration Building, Golden Grove Road, Piarco International Airport, PO Box 604, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel +1 (868) 669 3000 Fax+1 (868) 6691520 Telex 25523 BWIA WG Sita POSIPBW E-mail bwiapr@wow.net Website www.bwee.com/ Services scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Employees (15.5%), Government of Trinidad and Tobago (33.5%), private investors Date established 27 November, 1940 Description BWIA provides direct service from the Caribbean to North American destinations and to London in the UK. History Founded as one of the TACA group of Central American Airlines to maintain inter-island communications. The company was taken over in 1947 by British South American Airways and later by British Overseas Airways Corporation. The Trinidad and Tobago Government purchased the airline in 1961. In 1980, BWIA merged with Trinidad and Tobago Air Services, a domestic carrier operating between Trinidad and Tobago formed by the government in June 1974. On 22 February, 1995, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago completed the privatisation of BWIA by turning over majority control of the common stock and management of the airline to a private group of US and Caribbean investors. Employees total 2,512 Executives President and chief executive Conrad Aleong Chairman Lawrence Duprey Director of corporate communications Patricia Ganase VP customer services and operations Peter Hill VP employer services Frank Sampson VP maintenance and engineering Kimchand Rampaul VP marketing and sales Beatrix Carrington VP procurement and materials administration Mitra MM Mahabir Fleet 5 x Boeing MD-83 4 x Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar Orders 6 x Boeing 737-800 1x Boeing 737-700 2 x Bombardier Dash 8Q-300 Main base Port Of Spain - Piarco International Destinations (scheduled) Antigua, Barbados, Caracas, Georgetown, Grenada, Kingston, London, Miami, New York, Port of Spain, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Maarten, Tobago, Toronto Calm Air InternationallMO I (CAV) 90 Thompson Drive, Thompson, Manitoba, R8N1Y8, Canada Tel +1 (204) 778 6471 Fax +1 (204) 778 6954 E-mail calmair@gatewest.net Website www.calmair.com Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Canadian Regional Airlines Alliances Canadian Airlines Date established 1962 Description One of the Canadian Partner airlines, operating services in nothern Manitoba, north western Ontario and the Keewatin district of the Northern Territories as part of the Canadian Regional Airlines route system. Charter work is also undertaken. History Founded by president Arnold Morberg and his wife as a charier service in northern Saskatchewan. In 1976 it took over Transair passenger service in the Northwest Territories. PWA, Canadian Airlines' parent company, acquired a 45% holding in Calm Air in 1987. Employees total 230 Engineering staff 30 Flightcrew 60 Executives President Arnold A Morberg Director of finance J Pennock Director of flight operations Capt Bob Backhouse Executive secretary Janet Kiervin VP operations Gary Beaurivage Chief of maintenance Seig Abele Cargo manager Lloyd Ducharme Chief Flight International Marge Morberg Churchill station manager Dean Pawulski Controller P Ellis Customer service manager S Ross-Hitch Human resources manager Mike McQuaid Marketing manager Nelson Morberg Sales and charter manager Hugh Condon Sales manager John Friess Thompson station manager Shona Douglas Winnipeg station manager Fred FV Verge Chief pilot Capt Craig Hoffman Fleet 1 x Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 1 x Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200 4 x British Aerospace 748 Series 2A 1 x British Aerospace 748 Series 2B 3xSaab340B 66 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 17 - 23 March 1999
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