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Directory: world airlines 8ALKAN BULGARIAN AIRLINES [LZ) (LAZ) Sofia Airport. 1540 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel +359 (2) 652997 Fax +359 (2) 791206 Sita SOFDDLZ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders State-owned (25%), Zeevi Group (75%) Alliances Aeroflot, CSA Czech Airlines, Iberia, LOT Polish Airlines, Olympic Airways Date established 1947 Date operations started July 1947 Description Operates scheduled flights from Sofia. History Known as TABSO until 1968, the airline began services in 1947 as a joint Bulgarian-Soviet company, becoming a fully Bulgarian operation in 1954. In a major structural change, the company shed its non-airline functions and became an autonomous body within the Bulgarian Civil Aviation Corporation. In June 1999. the Bulgarian government sold 75% of Balkan to the Israeli Zeevi Group, and retained the remaining 25%. On 15 February, 2001 the airline was grounded by its majority share holder, and in March following it was declared bankrupt. In May 2001 the carrier restarted services between Sofia and London, and has since been building services. Executives Chief Executive Zvi Frank President Philip Moustakov Executive Director Philip Mustajov Director Andrew Grey Director External Relations Ivan Vassilev Director Flight Operations Lyulin Belev Director Flight Services Plamen Dilkov Director External Relations Victor Melamed Personnel Director Yordan Bobev Fleet 3xAntonovAn-12 2 x Antonov An-24B 1 xTupolevTu-134A 4 x Tupolev Tu-154M Destinations (domestic scheduled) Sofia, Varna Destinations (international scheduled) Algiers, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dubai. Frankfurt, Helsinki, Istanbul, Kuwait, London, Madrid, Moscow. Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Tel Aviv. Zurich BALTIC EXPRESS LINE (LTB) Dzirnavu Street 100. Riga, Latvia Tel +371 7 28 1037 Fax +371 7 28 4806 Website www.binet.lv/home/bel/english/ Services charter, international, regional Date established 1993 Description Operates passenger, cargo and charter flights to Turkey, Spain, Egypt. Greece, Bulgaria and other countries on behalf of its own tour company. Executives President Boris Beloussov Fleet 1 x Tupolev Tu-134B BANGKOK AIRWAYS [PG] (BKP) 60 Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, New Rajjadapisek Road, Klongtoey, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand Tel +66 (2) 229 3434 Fax +66 (2) 229 3450 Sita BKKTOPG Website www.bangkokair.com/ Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (3.28%), Dr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth (77.04%), Mrs Narumol Jainaknan (7.67%), others (0.29%), Sahokol Estate (11.72%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Siem Reap Airways International (100%) Date established 1968 Description Major Thai regional airline operating domestic ser vices and scheduled international flights to Cambodia and Singapore. History Formed as Sahakol Air, operating air taxi services under contract from OICC, a US construction company, USOM and a number of other organisations, which at the time were engaged in oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Thailand. The air line started scheduled services during 1986 and changed its name to Bangkok Airways in 1989. Bangkok Airways built its own airport on Samui Island, which was opened in April 1989. Executives President Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth VP - Maintenance and Engineering Marc Kirner VP - Marketing Europe and Scandinavia Suneerat Wattanawimakul VP Administration Pradit Theekakul VP Airports Charoon Peetong VP Finance Thavatvong Thanasumitra VP Operations Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth Assistant VP Sales Veerayuthi Phothi-At Fleet 4 x ATR 72-200 2 xATR 72-210 2 x ATR 72-500 2 x Boeing 717-200 Orders 4 x ATR 72-500 Main base Bangkok International (BKK) Hubs Sukhothai (THS) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Phuket, Sukhothai, Utapao Destinations (international scheduled) Ho Chi Minh City, Jinghong, Luang Prabang, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap. Singapore PO Box 161, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Tel +1 (403) 527 3328 Fax +1 (403) 527 4721 Website www.barxh.com Services charter, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1974 Description Provides a domestic charter service from Medicine Hat and Calgary. Executives President and Chief Executive Leslie Little Director Finance Annie Bullman Chief Flight Instructor Terri Super Director Human Resources Doug Little Director of Flight Safety, Air Ambulance Liaison Matthew Cox Director of Maintenance Robert Philips Director Customer Service, Flight Operations Sheri Little Fleet 2 x Raytheon 1300 BARON AVIATION SERVICES (BVN) PO Box 518, Rolla National Airport, Vichy, Missouri, USA Tel +1 573 299 4744 Fax +1 573 299 4272 Services scheduled, domestic, cargo Date established 1973 Description Operates small packages express cargo services on behalf of FedEx. Executives President C Schmidt Fleet 38 x Cessna 208B Caravan I Super Cargomaster Executives President Director Operations 2 x Douglas DC-3 1 x USAC Turbo Express DC-3C Rod McNeil Randy Foster BASE REGIONAL AIRLINES [5E1 (BRO) Base Business Airlines began scheduled flights in 1989. In May 1994, its commercial activities and reservations were transferred to Base Regional Airlines. Franchise services for British Airways started in March 1999. On April 6,2001 BASE suspended ser vices and was wound up. >-;'-:^:.'';::: nHHMHMHHl PO Box 7777, Westelijke Randweg 3. 1118 ZM Schiphol, Netherlands Website www.basiqair.com Services scheduled, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Transavia Airlines (100%) Date established 2000 Date operations started 18 December 2000 Description Operates low-fare services with Transavia aircraft. PO Box 2305. Oshkosh. Wisconsin. USA Tel +1 (920) 236 7820 Fax +1 (920) 235 0381 Website www.baslerflightservice.com Services charter, international, regional, domestic, cargo Date established 1956 Description Operates ad-hoc and contract cargo flights. Joseph Carnes Dennis Eittreim Steve Dearnley Kevin Mellor Dan Crowley Jerry Levy Oliver Evans Ross Burnett Dante Fornari BAX GLOBAL (8W] 16808 Armstrong, Irvine, California, USA Tel +1 (949) 752 4000 Fax +1 (949) 260 3182 Website www.baxglobal.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, cargo Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Transport International (100%) Date established 1972 Description Operates scheduled operations within the USA and charter flights internationally. History The airline was formed in 1972 and was known as Burlington Air Express until October 1997. Executives President and Chief Executive Americas President International President - Asia Pacific President, Europe, Middle East and Africa Executive VP and CFO VP Marketing VP Sales - Europe, Middle East and Africa Managing Director Mexico Operations VP Sales Planning and Support Main base Toledo Express (TOL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Brownsville, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston, Kansas City. Laredo, Los Angeles, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Nashville, New York, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh/Durham, Rochester NY, Rockford, San Diego. San Jose, Seattle. St Louis. Toledo Destinations (international scheduled) Calgary, Chihuahua, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Montreal, Saltillo, Toronto. Vancouver Jalan Bikatamsu 29E, Medan, Indonesia Tel +62 61 451 5588 Fax +62 61 451 5777 Date established 1975 Description Provides regular passenger flights to Penang in Malaysia. More routes will be added, stretching as far as West Papua, formerly Irian Jaya, in Indonesia's far east. A second base will also be established at the port city of Surabaya and the first base shifted to Jakarta from Medan Executives Managing Director Permadi Wiratanuningrat Fleet 2 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced BEARSKIN AIRLINES [JV] (BLS) PO Box 1447, Sioux Lookout. Ontario, P8T 1C1. Canada Tel +1 (807) 737 3473 Fax +1 (807) 737 3093 Website www.bearskinairlines.com Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Harvey Freisen, Cliff Friesen, Karl Friesen, Rick Baratta (100%) Date established 1962 Date operations started July 1963 Description The hometown airline in northern Ontario. Operations vary from services to First Nations communities with short gravel airstrips to Canada's largest cities, including Toronto, Ottawa and Winnipeg. History Named after Bearskin Lake reserve. Following the col lapse of NorOntair in 1993, Bearskin picked up over two- thirds of the carrier's routes. Employees total 400 Engineering staff 100 Flightcrew 100 Executives President Harvey Friesen Executive VP Cliff Friesen VP Finance Rick Baratta VP Operations Karl Friesen Director Human Resources Ron Sweeney Director Marketing and Sales n Hell www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12-18 MARCH 2002 85
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