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'Jl\ 2 x Airbus A310-200 1x Boeing 707-320B 1x Boeing 707-320C 2 x Boeing 727-200 4 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 1 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 1 x Fokker F27 Mk4Q0 2 x Fokker F27Mk500 11 x Fokker F27Mk600 6 x Fokker F28Mk4000 1 x Indonesian Aerospace 212-100 1 x Indonesian Aerospace 212-200 Destinations (international scheduled) Alexandria, Algiers, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Cairo, Casablanca, Damascus, Delhi, Dubai, Frankturt, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Khartoum, Larnaca, London, Malta, Milan, Ndjamena, Niamey, Rome, Sfax, Sofia, Tunis, Vienna Destinations (domestic scheduled) Beida, Benghazi, Brack, Ghat, Ghadames, Houn, Kufrah, Misurata, Sebha, Sett, Tobruk, Tripoli Lina Congo GC (GCB) PB 2203, Brazzaville, Congo Tel +242 21 383 9090 Fax +242 21 383 9098 Services scheduled, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Congo Date established August 1965 Description Congolese flag-carrier operating to points in western Africa. Executives Chairman Stvaros Papayanou Director General Jean-Jacques Ontsa Fleet 1X Boeing 737-200 1x Boeing 737-200 Advanced Destinations (international scheduled) Accra, Banjul, Conakry, Dakar, Freetown, Lagos, Praia LinAir Hungarian Regional Airlines Ferihegy 1 Airport, P0 Box53, Budapest, H-1675, Hungary Tel +361 296 7092 Fax +361 296 8773 E-mail inlo@linair.hu Website http://www.linair.hu Services charter, international, passenger and cargo Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aviaexpress Date established 1994 Description Operates international and domestic charter services from Budapest to destinations within Europe. History Established by private individuals, and acquired Aviaexpress in November 1996. Employees total 31 Engineering staff 9 Flightcrew4 Cabin crew 5 Executives General Director Tamas Kovacs Managing Director Mihdly Kiss Commercial Director Imre Kovacs Technical Director Gabor Mike Fleet 1 x Antonov An-26 Main bases Budapest-Ferihegy Linea Tunstica Aerotuy (LTA) Edit. Gran Sabana, Boulevard Sabana Grande. Piso 5, Caracas, D.F., 1050, Venezuela Tel+58 (2) 762 3009 Fax+58(2)7611892 E-mailjcmarquez@etheron.net Website http://www.tuy.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Juan Carlos Marquez (3%), Peter Bottome (97%) Date established 1982 Date operations started 1982 Description Full service safari company with its own lodges, camps, guides, aircraft, and sailing vessels. LTA is a provider of air travel to remote destinations in Venezuela, including tourist attractions such as Canaima (Angel Falls) and Los Roques. The airline also flies to La Blanquilla, Orinoco Delta, Grenada and Tobago. Executives President Peter Bottome General Manager Juan C Marquez Financial Director Luis Valencia Maintenance Director Rafael Peraza Operations Director Carlos Ortiz Fleet 3 x Bombardier (de Havilland) Dash 7 1 x Fairchild Dornier 228-200 Main bases Caracas Hubs Porlamar - Del Caribe International Lineas Aereas Aztecas Mexico City, Mexico Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders America West Airlines, Leonardo Sanchez Davalos (75%), Southwest Airlines Date established 2000 Description Lineas Aereas Aztecas acquired the assets of bankrupt Mexican carrier Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos SA (TAESA) in October 2000. Current plans call for services to 25 of the destinations formerly served by TAESA, including Atlanta and Phoenix in the USA. Executives Director Gustavo Ricano Director Rafael Rubio Villa Lineas Aereas Suramericanas Colombia (LAU) Aeropuerto Eldorado, Entrada 2, Interior 7, Santafe de Bogota, AA 98971, Colombia Tel+57(1)4139515 Fax+57(1)4139608 Services charter, cargo Date established 1986 Description Provides domestic cargo charters with extensions to Miami. Executives President Luis E Prieto D Fleet 2 x Aerospatiale Caravelle 1x Boeing 727-100 2 x Boeing 727-100C 2 x Boeing 727-1 OOF Linhas Aereas de Mocambique LAM [TM] (LAM) CP 2060, Maputo, Mozambique Tel +2581 465 026 Fax +2581 422 936 Telex 6332 6386 MPMTM MO Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders employees (20%), Government of Mozambique (80%) Alliances Air Zimbabwe, South African Airways, TAP Air Portugal Date established August 1936 Date operations started 22 December 1937 Description National flag-carrier operating scheduled services in southern Africa and to Lisbon in Europe. History Formed as Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos (DETA) by the Government of Mozambique, a a division of the Department of Railways, Harbours and Airways. Early in 1980, DETA was restructured and renamed to LAM. The company was converted from State Enterprise to a Public Limited Company with 80% shareholding by the Government of Mozambique and 20% by the employees. Executives Chairman and Managing Director Jose R Z Viegas Executive Director JoaoAbreu Executive Director Jeremias J Tchamo Non-Executive Director Joao Matos Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-200 1x Boeing 737-200C 1x Boeing 767-200ER 1x Fokker 100 4 x Indonesian Aerospace 212-200 1 x Raytheon Aircraft Beech 1900C Airliner Destinations (international scheduled) Dubai, Harare, Johannesburg, Lisbon, Moroni Destinations (domestic scheduled) Beira, Lichinga, Maputo, Nampula, Pemba, Quelimane, Tete Lion Airlines Jakarta, Indonesia Services scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Lion Tours Date established 2000 Date operations started 30 June 2000 Description Scheduled passenger carrier operating between Jakarta and Pontianak. Lion's operator licence allows it to fly on 48 domestic routes. In addition, the airline hopes to begin its first international operations to Singapore and Malyasia. History Lion Airlines is only the second new scheduled airline to start operating in Indonesia since 1990 (the other is Awair). Executives President Director Rusdi Kilana Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced Asian Aviation Centre, Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka Tel +94 (1) 622 622 Fax +94 (1) 611 540 E-mail lionair@sri.lanka.net Services scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Asoka Perera, Chandran Rutnam, FILM Locations (PVT) Ltd, Sri Lanka Board of Investment • Date established October 1993 Date operations started 24 October 1994 Description Privately owned charter operator. History Lionair was 51 % owned by a group of US based investors, Lionvert Inc USA, the remainder was owned by Sri Lankan concerns. The carrier was forced to cease operations for over one month, when political troubles led to a ban on domestic flights. Lionvert sold its stake in late 1997. At that time the airline was seeking government approval to launch international services. On 30 September 1998, Lionair suspended domestic services after one of its Antonov An-24s went missing shortly after take-off from Jaffna. Operations have not yet recommenced. Employees total 105 Engineering staff 15 Flightcrew 8 Cabin crew4 Executives Chairman Chandran Rutnam Managing Director Asoka Perera Main bases Colombo - Ratmalana Lipetsk Air Enterprise Lipetsk Airport, Lipetsk, 398000, Russia Tel+7(0742)250106 Services scheduled, charter, regional, passenger Description Operates regional, scheduled and charter passenger services and some aerial work. History Formed from the Aeroflot Lipetsk division, part of Central Districts Airlines. Executives General Director Yaroslav V Spiridonov Chief of Staff TI Strelnikov Fleet 9xYakovlevYak-40 i Lithuanian Airlines [TE] (LIL) Gustaicio 4, Vilnius, 2038, Lithuania Tel+370 2 306017 Fax+370 2 266828 SitaVNOCCTE E-mailinfo@lal.it Website http://www.lal.lt Services scheduled, charter, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Republic of Lithuania [Ministry of Transport] (100%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Lithuania! 100%) Alliances Air Baltic Corporation, Finnair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines Date established 20 September 1938 Date operations started 29 September 1938 Description National carrier of Lithuania, offering both domestic and international scheduled services to 15 destinations from its main hub in Vilnius. It also runs its own tour operator called Aviaturas 8. Partners, a cargo terminal in Vilnius airport Lithuanian Airlines-CARGO, a catering joint venture Aero-Chef-LAL, and the airline company Air Lithuania. History Established as a regional branch of Aeroflot during the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, and was re-established in August 1991 just days before Lithuania's independence. The first scheduled flight, to Frankfurt, was inaugurated in December that year. The Lithuanian Government intends to partially privatise the airline. Employees total 1,181 Engineering staff 301 Flightcrew 129 Cabin crew 98 Executives General Director and CEO Stasys Jarmalavicius Director, Commercial Naglis Vysniauskas Director, Finance Saulius Stasiunas Director, Flight Department Vidas Parutis Director, General Services Kazys Spetyla Director, Technical Department Albertas Balciunas Executive Director Antanas Zilinskas Deputy General Director Romas Gegznas 98 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 March - 2 April 2001
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