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WORLD AIRLIN DIRECTORY 2 xEmbraerEMB-120 Brasilia 2 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced 2xEmbraerERJ-145 1x Embraer ERJ-145LR Orders 1 xEmbraerERJ-145 Main bases Eindhoven, Maastricht Aachen Destinations (international scheduled) Antwerp, Berlin, Hamburg, London. Milan, Munich, Paris Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amsterdam, Eindhoven. Maastricht. Rotterdam Po Box 1259,185 Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji Tel+679 315 055 Fax+679 300 771 Websilewww.airfiji.net Services scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Kelton Investment Date established 10 July 1967 Date operations started 10 July 1967 Description Carrier serving 15 destinations within Fiji and neighbouring islands with around 65 flights per day. History Founded as Air Pacific, and renamed Fiji Air on 29 March 1971, Present title was adopted in February 1995. Executives CEO Ken Macdonald Managing Director Douglas L Hazard Fleet 2 x Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante 1 x Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante 1 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced 3 x HAMC (Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corp) Y-12-II Destinations (international scheduled) Funafuti Atoll, Nukualofa Destinations (domestic scheduled) Bureta. Cicia, Kandavu, Koro Island, Labasa, Lakeba, Moala, Nadi, Ngau Island, Savusavu. Suva, Taveuni, Vanuabalavu Halcyon House, London Luton Airport, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9LU, UK Tel+44(1582)419792 Fax+44(1582)400958 SitaLTNACGS E-mailcharters@air.foyle.co.uk Website www.air.foyle.co.uk Services charter, international, regional, cargo Parent organisation/shareholder W R Christopher Foyle (100%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholder Air Foyle Passenger Airlines (100%) Alliances Antonov Airlines Date established 3 May 1978 Date operations started August 1978 Description The airline offers charters on a range of cargo aircraft. The main one is the Antonov 124-100 for outsize cargo work, as well as An-12s and An-22s. Operated in association with Antonov Airlines, the commercial aviation arm of Antonov Design Bureau. Air Foyle currently markets worldwide Antonov's fleet of eight An-124s and in Summer 2001 plan to introduce the 250-tonne capacity An-225 to the commercial charter market. History Formed with a Piper Aztec aircraft, providing air-taxi and aerial survey work. It began cargo operations in 1986 with a Boeing 737, and became GSA for Antonov Design Bureau of Ukraine in 1989. In 1999, Air Foyle acquired a 50% stake in Dublin based CityJet which it subsequently sold. In March 2001, Air Foyle inked a tie-up on Russian outsize aircraft marketing with Heavylift. Executives Executive Chairman Christopher W R Foyle Group Managing Director John Jones Fleet 7 x Antonov An-124-100 45 Rue de Paris, Roissy CDG Cedex, 95747, France Tel +33 (1) 41 56 78 00 Fax +33 (1) 41 56 70 29 Website www.airfrance.net Services scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Employees (11%), Floating (33%), French State (56%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Tahiti (7.48%), Corse Mediterranee (11.95%), Proteus Airlines (100%) Alliances Air Mauritius, Air Seychelles, Austrian Airlines, Avianca, bmi british midland, Brit Air, British European, China Eastern Airlines, Continental Airlines, Corse Mediterranee, Croatia Airlines, Crossair, CSA Czech Airlines, Eurowings, Gandalf Airlines, Gill Airways, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Luxair, Maersk Air, Malev, Middle East Airlines. Proteus Airlines. Regional Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, SkyTeam, South African Airways. TACA International Airlines, TAM Linhas Aereas, Tunisair, Tyrolean Airways Date established 30 August 1933 Date operations started 30 August 1933 Description One of the world's leading airlines operating to 198 destinations in 83 countries, also providing an extensive domestic network, giving it 75% of the French market. The airline is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global alliance linking four of the world's major hubs. Atlanta, Paris. Seoul and Mexico City. History Founded when Societe Centrale pour I'Exploitation de Lignes Aeriennes purchased the assets of Compagnie Generate Aeropostale. After the Second World War, air transport was nationalised and Societe Nationale Air France was set up on 1 January 1946, followed by Compagnie Nationale Air France on 16 June 1948. On 12 January 1990, the operations of all government-owned airlines - Air France, Air Inter, Air Charter and UTA - were merged into the Air France Group. A new holding company, Groupe Air France, was set up by decree on 25 July 1994 and implemented on 1 September 1994. It had majority shareholdings in both Air France and Air Inter (renamed Air France Europe). In 1997, Air France Europe was fully absorbed into Air France. On 10 February 1999 the French government partially privatised the airline on the Paris Stock Exchange. Employees total 59,000 Executives Chairman and CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta Executive VP Industrial Resources Alain Bassil President and COO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon Deputy COO General Co-ordination Auguste Gayte Deputy CEO of Finance Philippe Calavia Executive VP Commercial France Christian Boireau Executive VP International Commercial Affairs Patrick Alexandre Executive VP Marketing and development Marc Lamidey Executive VP Network Management Bruno Matheu VP Information and Telecommunications Jean-Paul Hamon Executive VP Human Resources Jacques Pichot Fleet 6 x Airbus A310-200 4 x Airbus A310-300 26 x Airbus A319-100 13xAirbusA320-100 45xAirbusA320-200 5 x Airbus A321-100 9 x Airbus A321-200 21 x Airbus A340-300 6 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 9 x Boeing 737-300 25 x Boeing 737-500 2 x Boeing 747-200B 8 x Boeing 747-200B Combi 11 x Boeing 747-200F 2 x Boeing 747-300 Combi 7 x Boeing 747-400 6 x Boeing 747-400 Combi 5 x Boeing 767-300ER 14 x Boeing 777-200ER Orders 15 x Airbus A318 12x Airbus A319-100 1xAirbusA320-200 2 x Airbus A321-100 3 x Airbus A321-200 11xAirbusA330-200 8 x Airbus A330-300 1x Airbus A340-300 10xAirbusA380-800 10 x Boeing 777-200ER 10 x Boeing 777-300ER Main bases Paris Charles de Gaulle Hubs Paris Orly, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Marseille - Provence Destinations (international scheduled) Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Amman, Amsterdam, Anchorage, Antananarivo, Athens, Atlanta, Bamako, Bangkok, Bangui, Barcelona, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Bilbao, Bogota, Bologna, Boston, Brazzavilie. Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Cayenne, Chennai, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cologne, Conakry. Copenhagen, Cotonou, Coventry, Damascus. Dar-es-Salaam, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dakar, Dammam, Delhi, Djibouti, Doha, Douala, Dubai, Dusseldorf. Edinburgh, Entebbe/Kampala, Euroairport. Fairbanks, Florence, Fort de France, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Guadalajara. Hamburg. Hanoi, Hanover, Havana, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City. Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta. Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kiev, Kuwait, Lagos. Libreville, Lima, Lisbon, Lome, London, Los Angeles, Luanda, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Manila, Marrakech. Mauritius, Mexico City, Miami. Milan, Montevideo, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Nairobi, Naples, Ndjamena, New York, Niamey, Nouakchott, Noumea, Nuremberg, Osaka, Oslo, Ottawa, Ouagadougou, Papeete, Philadelphia, Portau Prince, Port Harcourt. Pointe-a-Pitre, Porto, Prague, Quito, Rabat, Riyadh, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, San Francisco, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Seville, Sfax, Shanghai, Shannon, Sharjah, Singapore, Sofia, St Denis de la Reunion, St Maarten, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tashkent, Tel Aviv. Tokyo, Toronto, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington, Yaounde, Zurich Destinations (domestic scheduled) Ajaccio, Angers, Avignon, Bastia, Bergerac, Beziers, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, Lorient, Lourdes/Tarbes, Lyon, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Montpellier, Nantes. Nice, Nimes, Paris, Pau, Perigueux, Poitiers, Quimper, Rennes, Roanne, Strasbourg, St Etienne, St Yan, Toulon, Toulouse, Tours PO Box 1046 IMilson Airport), Palmerston North, New Zealand Tel +64 (6) 3571149 Fax +64 (6) 358 2999 E-mail fieldair@xtha.co.nz Services scheduled, charier, domestic, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Freightways Express (100%) Date established 1989 Date operations started 1989 Description Cargo charter and contract carrier operating mainly for express parcels companies. Employees total 16 Flightcrew 14 Executives Managing Director William D Olsen Fleet 4 x Convair 580 Main bases Auckland International Hubs Christchurch International BP 2206, Aeroport International Leon M'ba, Libreville, Gabon Tel +241 (73) 3018 Fax +241 (73) 11 56 Sita LBVDAGN * Services scheduled, international, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Gabon (80%), Sofpag (20%) Date established 1 June 1977 Date operations started 2 June 1977 Description Flag-carrier of Gabon. Operates within West Africa and to South Africa and Europe. History Formed as Compagnie Aerienne Gabonaise in 1951, and was designated the national carrier in 1968. It later became known as Transgabon, before adopting the present title following Gabon's withdrawal from the Air Afrique consortium. It was officially designated an international carrier on 23 December 1977. Employees total 894 Engineering staff 23 Flightcrew 39 Executives Chaiman Emmanuel Nze Bekale Managing Director Dieudonne Mboubou Moudhouma Chairman Rene Morvan Chief Pilot Nicaise Ndoumba Finance Director Jean Francois Minko Mi Moneye Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 737-200C 1x Boeing 747-200B Combi 1x Boeing 767-200ER 2xFokkerF28Mk2000 Destinations (international scheduled) Abidjan, Cotonou, Dakar, Oouala, Dubai, Johannesburg, Lagos, Lome, London, Luanda, Malabo, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Pointe Noire, Rome, Sao Tome Island Destinations (domestic scheduled) Franceville, Gamba, Koulamoutou. Libreville. Mouila, Oyem. Port Gentil 2450 Derry Road East, Mississauga, Ontario, L5S1B2, Canada Tel +1 (905)6762555 Fax+1 (905)6761151 Websitewww.ontarioregional.com Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger, cargo Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Western Regional Airlines (100%) Alliances Air Canada Date established 1994 Date operations started 1994 Description Operates as a charter passenger and cargo carrier. Also does business as Air Alliance operating a Tier III codeshare with Air Canada for scheduled services, both domestic and trans-border routes to the USA. Executives President Paul Mulrooney Fleet 1 x Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900C Airliner 58 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 2001
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