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.RID AIRUN (RECTORY Date established 1980 Date operations started 1986 Description Regional airline operating both its own scheduled network from and to Augsburg and several domestic and international routes for Lufthansa as a Team Lufthansa member. History Started commercial operations as Interot Airways, initially with flights from Augsburg to Dusseldorf. In 1993, it began flying to European holiday destinations for tour operators, and added international scheduled operations, to Florence, a year later. The co-operation with Lufthansa, initiated in 1996, was accompanied by a change of name to Augsburg Airways. In 1999, the airline inaugurated its shuttle-bus service between Augsburg railway station and the airport. Employees total 400 Executives President Olaf Dlugi VP Finance and Controller Jorg Schwingeler VP Flight Operations Guenther Weiss VP Maintenance Martin Bauer VP Marketing and Sales Claus Fischer Fleet 1 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 8-100 2 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 8-200 11 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 8-300 2 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 8 Q400 Orders 3 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 8 Q400 Main bases Munich Augsburg Hubs Hamburg Destinations (international scheduled) Basle, Bastia, Birmingham, Geneva, London, Milan, Paris, Prague, Strasbourg Destinations (domestic scheduled) Bayreuth, Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Friedrichshafen, Munster, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hof, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg, Paderborn, Stuttgart, Westerland. La Planque Lane, States Airport, Forest, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY8 0DT, UK Tel+441481 66444 Fax+441481 66446 E-rnailadmin@aurigny.com Websitewww.aurigny.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Close Brothers Private Equity (100%) Date established 1 March 1968 Date operations started 1 March 1968 Description Provides passenger and freight services between the Channel Islands, Northern France, the UK mainland and Amsterdam. The airline also carries overnight mail for the UK Post Office between Jersey, London Gatwick and East Midlands and has the contract for mail and newspapers to Alderney, and between Guernsey and Jersey. Other activities are emergency ambulance charters between the Channel Islands and the UK and all- inclusive short breaks in the Channel Islands and France. Executives Chairman Nick Pearch Managing Director Malcolm Hart Financial Director Peter O'Donovan Commercial Director Robin Thompson Director of Engineering Anthony Emery Operations Director David Possnicker Fleet 8 x Britten-Norman BN-2A Mklll Trislander 3xSaab340A 1x Shorts 360-300 Main bases Alderney, Guernsey Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam, Caen, Dinard Destinations (domestic scheduled) Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, London Stansted, Southampton 1901 East 51st Street, Suite 210, Austin, Texas, TX-78723, USA Tel+1 5122361110 Fax+1 5122361112 Websitewww.austinexpress.com Services scheduled, domestic, passenger Date established 1997 Date operations started 5 January 1998 Description Provides scheduled commuter services to three destinations in Texas. The airline intends to expand services to include Corpus Christi, San Antonio, McAllen, Abilene, San Angelo. Fleet 3 x Fairchild Dornier Metro lil Main bases Austin - Robert Mueller Municipal Destinations (domestic scheduled) Austin, Beaumont, Tyler Avda Corrientes 485,9 Piso, Buenos Aires, 1398, Argentina Tel +54 (11) 4340 7800 Fax +54 (11) 4317 3777 Website www.aerolineas.com.ar/ Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Interinvest (90%) Alliances Aeroiineas Argentinas, American Airlines Date established June 1971 Description Second largest scheduled domestic airline in Argentina. History Formed by the merger of Austral Compania Argentina de Transportes Aereos and Aerotransportes Literal Argentino (ALA). It was acquired by Cieios del Sur, a holding company, in 1987. Following the privatisation of Aeroiineas Argentinas in 1990, Cieios del Sur and Iberia both took holdings, although the latter has since disposed of its shares. There are plans to merge with Aeroiineas Argentinas, with the aim of improving aircraft utilisation and cutting costs. The merged airline will operate under Aeroiineas Argentinas code. Executives President Manuel A M Casero VPand Director Avdo Mneaem Administration Director Horazio Givone Commercial Director Horazio D Preneste Financial Director Jesus Borillo Operations Director Ancharona Operations Director Ignazio Fernandez Fleet 4 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 2 x Boeing MD-81 2 x Boeing MD-83 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 PO Box 1324L, 2nd Floor, 399 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia Tel+61 39241 6599 Fax+61 39241 6603 SitaMELFAXM E-niailsperera@aae.com.au Website www.aae.com.au/ Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Australian Postal Corporation (50%), Qantas Airways (50%) Date established 1992 Date operations started 1 August 1992 Description Operates all-freight services within Australia. History Formed as a joint venture business partnership between the Australian Postal Corporation and Qantas. Employees total 1,200 Executives CEO Allen Buckley Fleet 1 x British Aerospace BAe 146-100 2 x British Aerospace BAe 146-300QT 2 x Fairchild Dornier Metro I Main bases Melbourne-Tullamarine International, Sydney-Kingsford Smith International Hubs Adelaide International, Brisbane, Cairns International, Melbourne-Tullamarine International, Perth International, Sydney- Kingsford Smith International Destinations (domestic scheduled) Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Gove, Groote Eylandt, Hobart, Launceston, Maryborough, Melbourne, Mackay, Mount Isa, Perth, Rockhampton, Sydney, Townsville Fontanastrasse 1, Postfach 50, A-1107 Vienna, Austria Tel+431 700074501 Fax+431 7000 74505 SitaVIEBAOS E-mailaat@aua.com Services charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian Airlines (80%), Osterreichisches Verkehrsburo (20%) Date established 1964 Description Charter company of Austrian Airlines using aircraft leased from the parent company. Executives Managing Director Herbert Koschier DR Main bases Vienna International I.I M!J| |'| inTrTTMM^^MTTTBTTTHMMMMBBBMMMi PO Box 50, Fontanastrasse 1, A-1107 Vienna, Austria Tel +43 (1) 1766 0 Fax +431 688 6526 Website www.aua.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian Airlines Group, Austrian Institutional Investors (18.1 %), Employees and Public shareholders (28.5%), Republic of Austria (39.7%), SKWB Schoeller Bank (2.2%), Swissair (10.0%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Austrian Air Transport (80%), Lauda Air (36%), Tyrolean Airways (100%), Ukraine International Airlines (19.7%) Alliances Star Alliance, Aeromexico, Air China, Air France, Air Mauritius, Air-India, CSA Czech Airlines, Iberia, Iran Air, Lauda Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Malev, Rheintalflug, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Sabena, Swissair, TAROM Romanian Air Transport, THY Turkish Airlines, Tyrolean Airways, Ukraine International Airlines Date established 30 September 1957 Date operations started 31 March 1958 Description National airline group operating scheduled services to 123 destinations in 68 countries on all five countinents. History Formed through a merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. First domestic air service launched 1 May 1963 with a DC-3. Transatlantic service started (Vienna-Brussels-New York) initially in co-operation with Sabena on 1 April 1969. Employees total 5,372 Executives Joint President Herbert Bammer Joint President Mario Rehulka Chairman Johannes Ditz Secretary General Wolfgang Prock-Schauer Fleet 6 x Airbus A320-200 3xAirbusA321-100 2 x Airbus A321-200 4 x Airbus A330-200 2 X Airbus A340-200 2 X Airbus A340-300 3 x Boeing MD-82 2 x Boeing MD-83 5 X Boeing MD-87 6 x Fokker 70 Orders 7 x Airbus A320-200 \ • 2xAirbusA321-200 ,* « Main bases Vienna International Hubs Vienna International jl Destinations (international scheduled) Aleppo, Amman, Amsterdam, Anapa, Ankara, Athens, Beijing, Beirut, * Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Cairo, Chicago, Copenhagen, Damascus, Delhi, Dnepropetrovsk, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Kiev, Larnaca, London, Manchester, Male, Miami, Milan, Minsk, Moscow,, Munich, New York, Odessa, Osaka, Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, St Petersburg, Thessaloniki, Toronto, Skopje, Sofia, Split, Stockholm, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tbilisi, Tokyo, Tripoli, Washington, Warsaw, Yerevan, Zurich Hermano Miguel 542, Cuenca,Ecuador Tel 593 7 86 8748 Fax +593 7 84 8659 Services scheduled, domestic, passenger Date established 1996 Date operations started 1996 Description Operates a scheduled passenger service within Ecuador, but plan international links to neighbouring Peru and Colombia. Executives President John Mora Fleet 1 x Fairchild FH-227 Main bases Cuenca 3B3Z3&IEE9 IWI'Wi^TiM Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins 107, Santiago, Chile Tel+56 2 335 3077 Fax+56 2 335 3081 Web www.avant.cl Services scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Comercial Huechuraba (10%), Diez Group (90%) Alliances Continental Airlines, Copa Airlines Date established 1996 Description Provides domestic schedules over the full length of country. History Originally known as Aero Chile, the airline suspended operations in June 1996. It was renamed Lineas Aereas Chilenas (LAC) in late 1996 and recommenced services, undergoing yet another change in January 1997 to the present name. Avant Airlines was acquired by Tur Bus in May 1997. Executives President Jesus Diez-Martinez Executive VP Fernando Fernandez Administration Manager Juan Avendano 88 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 20 - 26 March 2001
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