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1999
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Director, financial M H Chuang Director, maintenance Mu Chin Director, operations Philip Tai Director, personnel T C Huang Director, sales and marketing C Y Lee Regional manager, Canada James P S Chu Manager, marketing and planning James Shih Fleet 1X Boeing 747-400 2 x Boeing 747SP 5 x Boeing MD-11 Destinations (scheduled) Brisbane, Sydney, Taipei, Vancouver [CG] (M4X) Jacksons Airport, Port Moresby, P.O. Box 170, Boroko, Papua New Guinea Tel +675(325)2011 Fax +675(325)2219 Sita POMRRCG Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders John R Wild (100%) Date operations started 1987 History Previously known as Milne Bay Air. Originally a charter operator in the resource development industry, the airline obtained an RPT licence in September 1992 and received its airline licence in March 1997. Employees total 593 Executives Chairman John R Wild Director, personnel D Nicholson Divisional manager, airline operations Timothy Gilfillan Divisional manager, finance David Hill Commercial manager Paul M Reid Customer services manager Brett Walton Engineering manager Timothy Loy Maintenance manager Joe Hayse Manager, flight operations Malcolm Douglas Manager, flight operations Drew Salter Fleet 3 x Bombardier Dash 8-100 2 x Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200 5 x Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 1 x Cessna 550 Citation II 6 x Fairchild Dornier 228-200 Orders 1 x Bombardier Dash 8-200 Destinations (scheduled) Agaun, Alotau, Amazon Bay, Aragip, Baimuru, Balimo, Biniguni, Cairns, Dam, Ihu, lokea, Kamusi, Kerema, Kikori, Kiunga, Kuri, Lese, Losuia, Malalaua, Misima Island, Mora, Mount Hagen, Port Moresby, Pumani, Rabaraba, Safia, Salamo, Tabubil, Terapo, Tufi, Vivigani, Wanigela Merchant Express AviationfMX 1 (XMP1) PO Box 55380, No 79, Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, Surulere, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Tel +234 (1) 5851362 Fax+234 (1) 5851363 Services charter, regional, domestic, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Elvis Emecheta and Capt Shina Akinfenwa Date established 11 May, 1990 Date operations started 4 October, 1994 Employees total 24 Engineering staff 4 Flightcrew 12 Executives Chairman and chief executive Sir Eze E Emecheta Managing director Capt S Akinfenwa Engineering manager FashoroorohsaF Fashoro Financial manager P U Amaku Marketing manager Nilesh Shah Operations manager Festus Abu Chief pilot Capt A Mohammed Fleet 1 x Boeing 707-320C Merpati Nusantara MZ (MNA) PO Box 323, Jalan Angkasa, Blok B15 Kav 2-3, Jakarta, 10720, Indonesia Tel +62 (21) 424 3608 Fax +62 (21) 424 6616 Telex 45425 MALIA Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government Alliances Bouraq Indonesia Airlines, Dirgantara Air Service, Garuda Indonesia, Mandala Airlines, Pelita Air Service, SilkAir Date established September 1962 Description Operates a domestic inter-island network, with about 270 weekly flights. History Formed by the Indonesian Government as the second state airline. Its primary objective was to take over the network of internal services, developed by the air force since 1958. Employees total 2,150 Executives President Budiarto Subroto Marketing director Ibrahim Hamid Senior VP, commercial IndraSetiawan Senior VP, engineering Sunarko Kuntjoro VP, finance Desmon Ismabl Chief pilot Capt Rafdi Samin Fleet 3 x Boeing 737-200 6 x Bombardier DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200 14xCASACN-235-300 2xFokker100 8 x Fokker F27 Mk500 7 x Fokker F28 FVIK6000 4xlPTN 212-200 Orders 16xCASACN-235-300 15xlPTNN-250 Destinations (scheduled) Ambon, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Batam, Bengkulu, Biak, Darwin, Denpasar Bali, Dili, Jakarta, Jambi, Jayapura, Kendari, Kuala Lumpur, Kupang, Manado, Mataram, Medan, Melbourne, Merauke, Padang, Palangkaraya, Palembang, Palu, Pangkalpinang, Pekanbaru, Perth, Pontianak, Port Hedland, Sorong, Surabaya, Tembagapura, Ujung Pandang Metavia Airlines (Owl PO Box 787106, Edenvale, 1610, South Africa Tel +27 (11) 883 0072 Fax +27 (12) 654 7744 Services scheduled, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders SA Airlink (100%) Date established 1984 Date operations started May 1985 Description Operates from Nelspruit to points in South Africa and Mozambique. History Name is derived from Meteorological Aviation. It was founded by a group of pilots and scientists who researched weather conditions in the Eastern Transvaal and Southern Africa. Metavia began a scheduled air service between Nelspruit and Maputo during the civil war in Mozambique, to give expatriates and local residents access to doctors, schools and supplies in the Lowveld. The approval to operate was a direct result of the Nkomazi accord. In December 1998, it was acquired by SA Airlink. Fleet 4xLetL-410UVP-E Destinations (scheduled) Durban, Johannesburg, Manzini, Maputo, Nelspruit, Richards Bay MIAT- Mongolian AirlinesFOM] (MGL) Buyant-Ukhaa 43, Ulaanbaatar, 210734, Mongolia Tel +976 (1) 379935 Telex 79226 MIAT MH Website www.miat.com.mn/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1956 Description National carrier of Mongolia, operating international and scheduled services. Other activities include agricultural flying and air-ambulance work. History Formed in 1956 with assistance from Aeroflot. Executives Director general Manjiin Dhagva Managing director Darjaagiyn Surenhorloo Chief executive G Nyamdavaa Vice director I Enhchuluun General manager, marketing Hatan Baatar Executive manager, international relations .. .Bat Baater Assistant manager, flight operations Mashpat Pochpat Fleet 1 x Airbus Industrie A310 11 xAntonovAn-24 3xAntonovAn-26 1xAntonovAn-30 3 x Boeing 727-200 4xMilMi-8T Destinations (scheduled) Beijing, Berlin, Hohhot, Irkutsk, Moscow, Seoul, Ulaanbaatar Middle East Airlines (MEA)[ME] (MEA) Airport Boulevard, PO Box 206, Beirut, Lebanon Tel +961 (1) 629125 / 629 250 Fax +961 (1) 629 260 Telex 20820 LE Sita BEYXTME Website www.mea.com.lb Services scheduled, international, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (0.0005%), Banque du Liban Alliances Air Afrique, Ghana Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Nigeria Airways Date established May 1945 Date operations started 1 January, 1946 History In 1963, MEA took over Lebanese International Airways. Its present title was adopted in November 1965, when the airline was completely merged with Air Liban. By 1973, the airline had carried its millionth passenger. Between 1975 and 1990, the civil war taxed MEA heavily, with Beirut International Airport closed for about 800 days, about half its aircraft lost and 40 staff killed. The company survived by wet-leasing aircraft and moved its operations to Cyprus. Employees total 3,904 Engineering staff 1,054 Flightcrew 444 Executives Chairman of the board and president Mohamad A El Hout Managing director Youssef Lahoud Group VP and financial controller Kamal E Accad Senior VP and secretary, board of directors . .Elias Baz Senior VP, audit Nabih Rashid Senior VP, engineering Nazareth Karacashian Senior VR human resources Amin S Najjar Senior VP marketing Abu Wassim A Hamzeh Senior VP, planning and economics Mansour Bardawil Senior VP, traffic Richard Mujaes VP, facilities control and development Maurice Cozeily VP, marketing Nizar Khoury Senior manager, economic research, planning and economics department Sabah Maroun Commercial manager, UK George Macarty Head of engineering and maintenance Walid Buheiry FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 31 March - 6 April 1999 87
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