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WORLD AIRLIN IRECTORY Vice President 2 x British Aerospace Jetstream 31 Pratheep Boonprasom FQ ARU) Last known address: Wayaca 31-A, PO Box 1017, Brown Invest Building, Oranjestad, Aruba Air Aruba was the national flag-carrier of Aruba. and served ten destinations in the Americas from Queen Beatrix International Airport. The airline had started operations on 18 August 1988 as the Aruban flag-carrier, but was acquired by Venezuelan airline Aserca which bought a 70% stake in July 1998. Air Aruba's financial position deteriorated, however, and the airline ceased operations on 23 October 2000. Level 6, Wisma HICOM, No.2, Jalan Usahawan U1/8. Section U1, Shah Alam, Selangor, 40150, Malaysia Tel+60 (3) 202 7999 Fax+60 (3) 202 8137 Sita KULKDAK Websitewww.airasia.com Services scheduled, charter, domestic, regional, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia (HICOM) (85%), Mofaz Air (15%) Date established 20 December 1993 Date operations started 18 November 1996 Description Provides a domestic schedule, together with regional charter flights. Employees total 212 Engineering staff 25 Flightcrew 20 Cabin crew 54 Executives Chairman Dato Tik Mustaffa General Manager Nazri Mahajar Fleet 2 x Boeing 737-300 Main bases Subang - Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Destinations (domestic scheduled) Kinabalu. Kota Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Langkawi VTPrm^HYMMMmiHMHfliHTTTVTTTTT^^HHHHHHHMHH^H^^H PO Box 80, Atlanta House, IS-270 Mosfellsbaer-270, Iceland Tel+354 (515) 7700 Fax+354 (515)7766 SitaREKOWCC E-mail admin@atlanta.is Website www.atlanta.is Services scheduled, charter, international, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Bunadarbankinn Verobref (20%), Capt Arngrimur Johannsson and family (80%) Date established 10 February 1986 Date operations started 1986 Description Specialises in wet-leasing capacity to scheduled and charter airlines worldwide. The majority of its flying is done under the auspices of the customer airline, but it does operate charter services from Keflavik for Icelandic tour operators. The airline has FAA approval to fly to the USA. History Formed by Capt Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife. It was announced in July 1999 that the airline would be floated on the Icelandic stock exchange in the next 18 months. Employees total 1,180 Engineering staff 110 Flightcrew 190 Cabin crew 700 Executives Board Director Thora Gudmundsdottir Chairman Arngrimur B Johannson MD CEO Magnus Thorstenn VP, Flight Operations Larus Atlason VP, Marketing Hafthor Hafsteinsson Fleet 1 x Boeing 747-100 3 x Boeing 747-200B 1 x Boeing 747-300 1xLockheedL-1011-100TriStar Emmmmmmmmnnnnmmmmmmm Aerodrome de La Rochelle-Laleu, La Rochelle, F-17043, France Tel +33 (4) 600 3770 Fax +33 (4) 667 2329 Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1963 Description French regional carrier operating domestic feeder services in conjunction with AOM. Executives Managing Director Jacques Mosse Fleet 4 xATR 42-300 3 xATR 42-500 1xATR 72-200 Zone Aeroporluaire, Aeroport Roland Garros, PO Box 611,91438 St Marie, Reunion Island Tel+262 931010 Fax+262 29 28 95 SitaRUNDDUU Websitewww.air-austral.com Services scheduled, international, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders French banks and other financial institutions (26.3%), Sematra (37.72%) Alliances Air Madagascar, Air Mauritius, Inter Air (South Africa) Date established October 1974 Date operations started March 1975 Description Provides scheduled services from the French Overseas Territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. It operates to other cities in southern and East Africa and the Indian Ocean on a non-scheduled basis. History Originally known as Reunion Air Service. Renamed in 1987 to Air Reunion, and again in 1990 to Air Austral. Executives Chairman and Chief Executive Gerard Etheve Fleet 1xATR 72-500 1 x Boeing 737-300 1 x Boeing 737-300QC 1 x Boeing 737-500 Main bases St Denis - Gillot, St Pierre - Pierrefonds Destinations (international scheduled) Antananarivo, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg, Mahe Island, Majunga, Mauritius, Moroni, Nossi-Be, Tamatave Destinations (domestic scheduled) St Denis de la Reunion, St Pierre de la Reunion [BT1 (BTI) Riga International Airport, LV-1053 Riga, Latvia Tel+371 (7)207 069 Fax+371 (7)207369 SitaRIXOZBT E-mailinfo@airbaltic.lv Websitewww.airbaltic.lv Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders 10, Denmark (6.49%), Government of Latvia (52.58%), Scandinavian Airlines System (34.22%), Swedfund International (6.49%), Transaero (0.22%) Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, Estonian Air, Lithuanian Airlines, Lufthansa, Malev, SAS Scandinavian Airlines Date established 1995 Date operations started 1 October 1995 Description Latvia's national airline providing flights to major airports in Northern Europe. History Formed as a joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and the Latvian state. Between 1998 and 2000, airBaltic took over all SAS activities in Latvia. Employees total 280 Executives President and CEO Kristian Kirchmeiner Senior VP, Finance and Control Irtta Susta Senior VP, Flight Operations Pauls Calitis Senior VP, Sales and Ground Ops Jens Larsen Senior VP, Technical Odd Gomstrud Director, Business Control Svens Dinsdorfs Senior VR Marketing and Ground Operations Fens Helho Larsen Senior VP, Personnel Linda Reira Fleet 2 xBAE Systems AvroRJ70 3 x Fokker 50 Main bases Riga International Hubs Stockholm -Arlanda, Copenhagen - Kastrup Destinations (international scheduled) Budapest, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Kiev, Stockholm, Tallinn, Vilnius Last known address: BRUCARGO Building 726, B-1931 Zaventem, Belgium Operated holiday charters to the Mediterranean trom nine European cities, including Brussels, Ostend, Liege, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Lille, Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Leipzig, until its closure at the beginning of 2001. Formed as Abelag Airways in 1979, and renamed Air Belgium in 1980, the airline was purchased on 12 April 1999 by UKtour operator Airtours. Saatwinkler Damm 42-43,13627 Berlin, Germany Tel +49 (30) 3434 0 Fax +49 (30) 34341009 Website wmv.airberlin.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Hans-Joachim Knieps (25%), Joachim Hunold (9%), Reidun and Kim Lundgren (26%), Severin and Rudolf Schulte (25%), Werner Huehn (15%) Date established July 1978 Date operations started April 1979 Description Operates flights on behalf of German tour operators to all the major Mediterranean and Canary Islands resorts from 15 German airports. History Formed as an Oregon-based US charter company. Became German-owned and based in 1992. Executives Fleet Orders Managing Partner Joachim Hunold 1x Boeing 737-300 6 x Boeing 737-400 16 x Boeing 737-800 6 x Boeing 737-800 A] (BON) Cemalasa 6,71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina Tel+387 (71) 667953 Fax+387 (71) 650794 SitaSJJAPJA E-mail airbosna@bih.net.ba Website www.airbosna.ba Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Energoinvest Corporation (49%), State owned (51 %) Alliances Croatia Airlines, Malev Date established May 1994 Date operations started May 1994 Description National airline of Bosnia-Herzegovina, operating scheduled international passenger and VIP flights to Germany, Turkey and Yugoslavia from its base in Sarajevo. History On 15 August 1996 an Air Bosna flight from Istanbul became the first commercial flight into Sarajevo Airport in fouryears. Employees total 120 Engineering staff 10 Flightcrew 20 Cabin crew 20 Executives General Director Omer Kulic Fleet 1xYakovlevYak-42 1 xYakovlevYak-42D Orders 2 x Airbus A319-100 Main bases Sarajevo International Destinations (international scheduled) Budapest. Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Istanbul, Zagreb [KF1 (KF8) PO Box 168, FIN - 01531 Vantaa. Finland Tel+358 (9) 61512900 Fax+358 (9) 61512919 Websitewww.airhotnia.fi Services regional, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders SAS Scandinavian Airlines (100%) Alliances SAS Scandinavian Airlines System Date established 1987 Date operations started 1988 Description Regional airline with a network covering 15 destinations in Finland. History Purchased by Scandinavian Airlines in January 1998. Executives Chairman Vagn Sorenson President and CEO Sveneric Persson VP Business System Thomas Jorgensen VP Flight Operation Hannu Halonen VP Quality Assurance Juha Grohn VPTechnical Operations Ulf Nystrom VP Cabin Operation Britt Eklund VP Government Affairs Tom Christides VP Ground Operations Thomas Storbjork Fleet 6 x Fokker F28Mk4000 5xSaab340A Orders 5 x BAE Systems Avro RJ85 Destinations (international scheduled) Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, London, Oslo, Stockholm Destinations (domestic scheduled) Helsinki, Jyvaskla, Mariehamn, Oulu, Pori, Turku, Tampere, Vaasa Head Office Building, Sir Seretse Khama Airport, PO Box 92, Gaborone, Botswana Tel+267352812 Fax+267375408 SitaGBELSBP Services scheduled, regional, domestic Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Botswana (100%) Alliances Air Zimbabwe Date established 1988 Date operations started 1988 Description National airline connecting the capital Gaborone with destinations in southern Africa, and several domestic points. Employees total 290 Engineering staff 22 Flightcrew 28 Cabin crew 30 Executives Chairperson M Johnson Acting General Manager Comwell Muleya Commercial Manager J Williams 54 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 2001
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