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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY i Services charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Express (100%) Date established 1995 Description Operates passenger charter flights from Paris Charles de Gaulle. History Originally known as Air Provence Charter until 1998. Employees total 40 Engineering staff 2 Flightcrew 12 Cabin crew 24 Executives President Director General- Virgin Express France, Director Corporate Affairs -Virgin Express Belgium Paul Skellon Director Flight Operations - France Herve Tourrel Main base Paris Charles de Gaulle virgin Sun VS (VIR) c/o virgin Holidays, Crawley, west Sussex, RH101 WW, UK Tel +44 (0) 1293 444616 Fax +44 (0) 1293 553 355 Sifa LGWHCVS (Commercial) E-mail matt.jenkins@virginholidays.co.uk Website, www.virginholidays.com Services charter, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Holidays Date established 1998 Date operations started 1 May. 1999 Description New airline of Virgin Holidays, operating passenger flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to 18 Mediterranean and European destinations. History Founded by Virgin Holidays and began operations from London Gatwick and Manchester. In summer 2000, the airline will also be flying from Newcastle and East Midlands. Executives Managing Director Ron Simms Aviation Sales Manager .Vanessa Glayzer Commercial Manager Matt Jenkins General Manager Ian Brooks Fleet 3 x Airbus A320-200 Orders 1x Airbus A321-200 Main base London Gatwick Hubs Manchester [408] (VIT) 5 Levanevskokogo Street, Kiev. 03058, Ukraine Tel +380 (44) 484 4583 Fax +380 (44) 484 4589 Services charter, regional, domestic, cargo Description Operates domestic and international cargo charter flights, but is undergoing reorganisation and has temporarily suspended all flights. History In the 1994-6 penod, the airline executed seven contracts with the UN and rendered UN peace-keeping missions in Western Sahara, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia and Kuwait. Fleet lxAntonovAn-12 lxAntonovAn-24RV 1xAntonovAn-32 Vladivostok Air [XFl(VLK) Portovaya sir 41 Airport, Primorski Region, 692811, Russia Tel +7 (42322) 28240 Fax +7 (42322) 28010 Website www.vladavia.ru Services charter, regional, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders vladivoskokAvia employees 49%, state holding 51% Date established 1992 Description Operates scheduled domestic flights and international flights to China. Japan and South Korea. History On 4 March, 1999 Vladivostok Air opened the International Air Terminal of Vladivostok Airport. Executives General Director VladimirSaibel First Deputy Director Igor Bagelfer Economic Financial Director Aleksey Katashonov Chief Accountant £ Men Soon Director of Production .Yuri Gorbunov Director on Flight Activity Vladimir Seleznyov Fleet 1 x llyushin II-76T 3xPZL-MielecAn-28 2xTupolevTu-154B 1xTupolevTu-154M 9xYakovlevYak-40 4xYakovlevYak-40K Destinations (Scheduled) Ekaterinburg, Harbin, Irkutsk, Kavalerovo. Niigata, Novosibirsk. Petropavlovsk- Kamchats, Plastun, Pusan, Seoul. Toyama, Vladivostok. Yakutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk VLM Airlines (Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij) IVG1 (VLM) Antwerp Airport, 2100 Deurne-Antwerp. Belgium Tel +32 (3) 285 68 68 Fax +32 (3) 281 32 00 Telex 35287 VLMANR B Sila ANRRRVG E-mail anr@vlm-air.com Website www.vlm-air.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Frevag Alliances KLM uk. Lufthansa, Luxair. Sabena Date established 1 February, 1992 Date operations started 15 May. 1993 Description Operates over 170 scheduled passenger flights a week, with seasonal scheduled flights to Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. VLM also operates ad hoc charter flights in Western Europe. History Founded to fly scheduled airline and charter services from regional airports to important economic centres within Western Europe. Employees total 220 Engineering staff 22 Flightcrew 60 Cabin crew 58 Executives Chairman & President Jaap Rosen Jacobsen Chief Executive Christian Heinzman Technical Director Piet Wauters Commercial Manager .Herman Vermeiren Flight Operations Manager Jules Janssens Regional Manager Luxembourg & Germany Ernest Moyen Regional Manager The Netherlands William Vet Regional Manager UK Titus Johnson Fleet 7 x Fokker 50 Main base Antwerp Hubs London City, Luxembourg, Diisseldorf Express Monchengladbach, Rotterdam Destinations (Scheduled) Antwerp, Dusseldorf. Geneva, Guernsey, Hanover, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Rotterdam Vnukovo Airlines IV5I (VKO) 1st Ulitsa Relsovaya 12, Moscow, 103027. Russia Tel +7 (095) 436 7995 Fax +7 (095) 436 2626 Telex 91169-UUWWSU Sita VKODDSU E-mail xxx@vnukovo.msk.su Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Other holdings, Vnukovo employees Date established March 1993 Date operations started March 1993 Description One of Russia's largest airlines, operating scheduled flights to over 40 cities in Russia and the CIS. The airline also performs international charter services. History First Aeroflot Division to operate the Tu-154 and the II-86, and in October 1993 became the first to receive the new Tu-204 for which it completed operational trials. Employees total 1,300 Engineering staff 1,800 Flightcrew 800 Executives Chairman of the Board TatevosSurinov Chief Executive & General Manager Alexander Krasnenker General Director Vladimir Roubtsov Chief Financial Officer I Ivanov Deputy Director .Yuri Grachev Commercial Director I Akindeyev Technical Director .M Bulanov General Manager .YuKashitsin Senior VP .V Akindeyev Chief Pilot VSolovye Fleet 22 x llyushin II-86 1 xTupolev Tu-154 8xTupolevTu-154B 17xTupoievTu-154M 4xTupolevTu-204-100 Orders 20xTupolevTu-204-100 Hubs Moscow Vnukovo Destinations (Scheduled) Aktau, Kemerovo, Moscow, Nadym, Novy Urengoy. Tbilisi, Vladikavkaz Volare Airlines [80] [VLE] Corso Garibaldi 186.36016 Vicenza, Italy Tel +39 (0445) 800100 Fax +39 (0445) 800101 Sita VRNC08D E-mail speronoa@volare-airlines.com Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders SAirGroup (34%) Alliances Air Europe, Balair/CTA, LTU International Airways. Sobelair Date established 1997 Date operations started April 1998 Description Operates charter flights from Bergamo. Milan Malpensa and Verona to destinations within Europe and the Mediterranean. History Created by a group of Italian north-east region entrepreneurs and foreign investors. A 34% stake of Volare was acquired by the SAirGroup in September 1998. Employees total 200 Engineering staff 35 Flightcrew 47 Cabin crew 78 Executives President Gino Zoccai Managing Director Capt Vincenzo Soddu Commercial Director .Giuliano Martinelli Technical Director .Giancarlo Piacenza Fleet 6 x Airbus A320-200 Orders 1x Airbus A320-200 Main base Verona Hubs Milan Malpensa, Bergamo Orio Al Serio Destinations (Scheduled) Cagliari, Milan. Rome Volga-Aviaexpress Airlines[G6] (VLA) Volgograd Airport, Volgograd. Pnvolzhsky Zone, 400036, Russia Tel +7 (8422) 317 322 Fax +7 (8422) 317 322 Sita VOGRRSU Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1992 Description Operates scheduled services from Volgograd to Russian and CIS cities. History Former Aeroflot Volgograd Division and later known as Volga Airlines. Employees total 271 Engineering staff 83 Flightcrew 13 Cabin crew 25 Executives President Anatoliy Grishin Director .Yuriy Baichkin Fleet 5xTupolevTu-134A 6xYakovlevYak-40 2xYakovlevYak-40K 7xYakovlevYak-42D Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA) 14 Karbysheva Sir., Ulyanovsk, 432062, Russia Tel +7 (8422) 201497 Fax +7 (8422) 204997/202675 Telex 263838 VOLDN RU Sila ULYDMVI/ULYOOVI E-mail rogov@voldn.ru Website www.voldn.nj/ Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Antonov Design Bureau (2.9%), NIC (New Insurance Company), Aviastar, Motor Sich Subsidiaries/shareholdings Volga-Dnepr Ireland (99.9%) Alliances HeavyLitt Cargo Airlines Date established 1990 Date operations started October 1991 Description Specialises in outsize cargo operations using the world's largest fleet of An-124 aircraft. The airline also operates passenger flights from Ulyanovsk to Moscow. History Joint stock company established by its three major shareholders Aviastar. Antonov Design Bureau and Motor Sich. It entered a marketing agreement with Stansted. UK-based HeavyLift. offering the 120t payload Antonov An-124 on the world cargo market. It became the first carrier in Russia that was not part of Aeroflot. to begin operations specialising in outsize cargo. Employees total 726 Executives Chairman of the Board Viktor Tolmachev General Director Alexei Isaikin Director Strategic Manning Department Andrew Ananichev Commercial Director Valery Gabrial Personnel Director .Viktor Nizkov Deputy Director Strategic Developments Sergei Shklyanik 108 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 March - 3 April 2000
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