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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY Date established 1 December. 1993 Date operations started 24 April, 1994 Description Domestic and regional carrier, operating secondary routes under the South Atrican Airways brand. Charter (lights are also undertaken. History EestaNished jointly with Canadian group and South Atrican Airways to take over unprofitable jet routes trom SAA and replace with modem turboprops, and more recently, Canadair Regional Jets. Employees total 570 Executives Chief Executive Khlitso Mampeule Manager Finance Sam Pretorius Manager of Human Resources Soph Maifo Sales & Marketing Manager Colleen Kennaugh Fleet 6 x Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet Series 200ER 6 x Bombardier Dash 8-300 Main base Johannesburg Hubs Cape Town Destinations (Scheduled) Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, East London, Gaborone, George, Hoedspruft, Johannesburg, Kimberiey, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Skukuza, Sun City, Warvis 8ay Southern Australia Airlines [QF J (S5A) KO Boxsinu, Miioura, victona, 3502, Australia Tel +61 (3) 50222444 Fax +61 (3) 50221639 Telex MQLSAQF Websitewww.qantas.com.au/flights/regional/southern.html Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas Airways (100%) Alliances Qantas Airways Date established 19 January, 1981 Date operations started 19 January, 1981 Description Regional airline opening scheduled services to major cities in Victoria and neighbouring states. History A wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas since 1992. Executives General Manager TonyMathews Maintenance Manager Lionel Rose Chief Pilot Capt Damian Cresp Fleet 3 x Bombardier Dash 8-100 1 x British Aerospace BAe 146-100 2 x British Aerospace BAe 146-200 Main base Mildura Hubs Launceston, Melbourne Destinations (Scheduled) Adelaide. Burnie, Canberra, Devonport, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Mildura, Mount Hotham, Sydney Spirit Airlines Level 9,580 St.Hilda Road, Melbourne. 3004. Australia Fax +61 (3) 9510 4095 E-mail info@SpintAirlines.com.au Website www.spiritairlines.com.au/ Services domestic, passenger Date established 1998 Description Australia's first no frills low-cost airline, intending to launch services to domestic tourist destinations from Melbourne in June 2000 using B737-40OS. SriLankan Airlines [ULl(ALK) 19-01 to 22-01 East Tower, World Trade Centre, Echelon Square, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Tel +94 73 5555 Fax +94 73 5122 Telex 21401LANKAIRCE E-mail ulweb@sri.lanka.net Website www airlanka.com Services scheduled, international, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Sri Lanka, Emirates (25.99%), employees, others Alliances British Midland, Emirates, Eurofly, Indian Airlines. Malaysia Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines Date established 10 January, 1979 Date operations started 1 September, 1979 Description National carrier operating to 33 destinations in 25 countries. History Originally known as Air Lanka, the airline was formed to succeed Air Ceylon, with initial management assistance provided by Singapore Airlines for two years, lasting from 1979 to 1981. The airline was wholly owned by the Sri Lankan Government until 31 March, 1998, when Emirates purchased a minority stake, with an option to increase this to 40% over the next two years. Following this acquisition, Emirates took over the day-to-day management of Air Lanka. In July 1999, Air Lanka unveiled a new corporate identity which included a new aircraft livery and a change of name to SriLankan. Employees total 4,688 Engineering staff 1,301 Flightcrew 133 Cabin crew 541 Executives Chairman S Wickremasinghe Chief Director Group Services - Emirates, and Director - Srilankan Gary Chapman Chief Executive Peter Hill Chief Financial & Administration Officer Neeraj Kumar Chief Technical Officer Capt R Hutton Chief Financial Officer S Chandrasekera Executive Director Nihal Jayamanne Head of Information Technology Nigel O'Shea Senior Manager Engineering & Maintenance M H Subasinghe Manager Advertising & Promotions Rienzi Pereira Managing Director .Tim Clark Fleet 2 x Airbus A320-200 5 x Airbus A330-200 4 x Airbus A340-300 1xLockheedL-1011-100TriStar 1x Lockheed L-1011-50 TriStar 2 x Lockheed L-1011-500 TnStar Orders 4 x Airbus A330-200 Main base Colombo Destinations (Scheduled) Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beirut, Chennai, Colombo, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait. London, Male, Mumbai, Muscat, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Thiruvananthapuram. Tiruchirapally, Tokyo, Zurich Sudan Airways [SD] (SUD) fU Box 253, SDC Building, Street 19, New Extension. Amarat. Khartoum, Sudan Tel +249 (11) 775803 Fax +249 (11) 472359 Telex 22257 SUDANAIR PS Sita KRTEVSD Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Sudanese Government Dale established 1946 Date operations started April 1947 Description Sudanese flag carrier operating scheduled domestic services, as well as international scheduled flights to destinations in Africa and the Middle East. History Began domestic operations as a sudsidiary of the Sudan Railways System. International flights were added in 1954. Employees total 2.362 Executives Director Administrative Affairs A Idris Director Commercial R 8etal Director Engineering E Mekki Director Ground Support Equipment Elfatih Maarouf Director Operations 0 Higazie Asst Dir Engineering Services Ahmed Ahmed Asst Dir Prod Planning & Control Fathi Mohamed General Manager Mukhtar Osman VP finance A Elkheir Fleet 1x Airbus A300-600 1x Airbus A300-600R 3 x Boeing 707-320C 1x Boeing 727-200 1x Boeing 737-200C 1xFokkerF27Mk600 Destinations (Scheduled) Abu Dhabi, Addis Ababa, Al Ain, Amman. Bangui, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Dongola, Dubai. El Fasher. El Obeid, Eldebba, Geneina, Istanbul, Jeddah, Juba, Kano, Khartoum, Lagos, London, Malakal, Merowe. Muscat, Ndjamena, Niamey, Nyala, Paris, Port Sudan, Riyadh, Sanaa, Sharjah, Tripoli, Wadi Haifa. Wau Sukhumi Airlines Babushara Airport, Sukhumi, 384962, Georgia Services scheduled, charter, domestic History Formerly known as Taifun (Adjal Avia) Sukhumi United Aviation Detachment. Executives Associate Deputy Director Gogi Patsatsiya Director - Shipment & Traffic Emzar Sartaniya Deputy Director - Right Safety Roman Chelidze Chief of Staff Guram Chkadua Commander Zaur Khaindrava Fleet 3xTupolevTu-134A 2xTupolevTu-134B ET3ZISHHHHHHi^^H^^H^HHHHHHHHI Sun Air operated scheduled and charter domestic services as well as some cargo flights until ceasing operations as a result of financial difficulties on 13 August, 1999. Formed originally on 20 Jury, 1979, as Mmabatho Air Service, the airline operated under the name of BOP Air as the national airline of the South African homeland of Bophuthatswana. In 1994, following the inaugural democratic elections and the re-incorporation of Bophuthatswana into South Africa, the decision was made to begin full domestic services, and the name was subsequently changed to Sun Air as part of the reform. For three years, the airline was wholly owned by the South African Government until it underwent privatisation in 1997. Sun DOr International Airlines ER 1 ERO) PO Box 161, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, 70100, Israel Tel+972 (3) 971 6470 Fax+972 (3) 9711389 Telex 381076 SUNDORIL Services charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders El Aland Teshet Date established 10ctober, 1977 Description Operates regular, ad hoc and seasonal passenger charter flights to Europe. History Originally formed as El Al Charter Services Employees total 12 Executives Chairman M Berger President S Mattatiahu Commercial Manager Y Schachar Technical Manager Zussman SunExpress Airlines Maldives Male' International Airport, PO Box 20104, Male, 20-01, Maldives Tel +960 32 0001 Fax +960 32 0007 E-mail sunexpressair@hotmail com Website www.sunexpressair.com Services charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Air Beach Resort, The UB Group Date established October 1997 Date operations started 27 May, 1999 Description Operates seaplane services between Male Airport and outer islands of the Maldives Employees total 41 Engineering staff 8 Flightcrew 9 Cabin crew 7 Executives Engineering Manager Ismail Rasheed Fleet 1 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 2 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Sunflower Airlines [PI] (SUFI PO Box 9452, Nadi Airport, Nadi, Fiji Tel +679 723555 Fax +679 720085 Sita NANRRPI E-mail sun@is com fj Website www.fiji.to Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1980 Date operations started July 1981 Description Operates scheduled services from Nadi. Suva and Taveuni to destinations within the Fijian island chain. The airline also provides services for visitors, including inter-island transfers, day-trips and holiday packages. History Began with one aircraft down by owner Don Collingwood taking tounsts to Malololailai and Taveuni Employees total 175 Engineering staff 25 Flightcrew 45 Cabin crew 6 Executives Director of Marketing Ian Collingwood Fleet 3 xde Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 2 x Shorts 330-200 Main base Nadi Hubs Suva, Labasa, Savusavu, Taveuni Destinations (Scheduled) Castaway. Kandavu, Labasa, Laucala Island. Malololailai, Mana Island, Nadi, Rotuma Island, Savusavu, Suva, Taveuni Sunshine Express Airlines [CQ] Friendship Drive, Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland, 4564, Australia Tel +61 (7) 544 88700 Fax +61 (7) 544 87070 E-mail phil.laffer@aeromil.com.au Services charter, regional, passenger FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 4 - 10 April 2000 105
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