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Directory: world airlines Diisseldorf, Entebbe/Kampala, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Genoa, Grand Cayman Island, Grenada, Hamburg, Hanover, Harare, Havana, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kiev, Kingston, Knock, Kolkata, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, Lilongwe, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Lusaka, Luxembourg, Lyons, Madrid, Mahe Island, Manila, Marseilles, Mauritius, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Montego Bay, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Naples, Nassau, New York, Nice, Orlando, Oslo, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Prague, Pristina, Providenciales, Riga, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Rome, San Diego, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Singapore. Sofia, St Lucia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tobago, Tokyo, Toronto, Toulouse, Tripoli, Vancouver, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington, Zagreb, Zurich •:UUM!HI:»| ||j 111111 llllilBIIMWI British Airways CitiExpress is being formed from the amalgama tion of wholly owned subsidiaries British Regional Airlines and Brymon Airways, to form the second-largest regional airline in Europe. British Airways Regional is also being combined into the new group. Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2BD, UK Tel +44 1392 366669 Fax +44 1392 366151 Sita EXTAPJY Website www.flyre.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders James French, Orbis Trustees, Rosedale Aviation Holdings Alliances Air France, Delta Air Lines, ScotAirways Date established 1 November 1979 Description Largest regional carrier in the UK with key operating bases in Birmingham, Belfast City, the Channel Islands, London and Scotland, serving a network embracing 19 UK and 13 inter national destinations. History Formed on 1 November, 1979 from the foundation of Intra Airways, but was taken over in 1983 by the Walkersteel Group, already the parent company of Blackpool-based charter airline Spacegrand Aviation. The two airlines were initially run separately with partially shared management until their amalga mation within the Walker Aviation Group in 1985, under the name of Jersey European Airways. The airline changed its name to British European on 1 June, 2000 to more accurately describe its expanded operations. Employees total 1,500 Executives Chairman David Brown Managing Director Jim French Managing Director (Aviation Services) Simon Chance Director Airline Finance P Neilson Director Commercial Planning Martin Saxton Director Strategy Malcolm Naylor Director Fleet Planning David Attenburrow Right Operation Director Mike Wood Sales Director Marshall Barrand Fleet 2 x BAe 146-100 8 x BAe 146-200 6 x BAe 146-300 4 x Bombardier CRJ200ER 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Orders 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Main base London City (LCY), Birmingham International (BHX), Exeter International (EXT), Jersey (JER), Belfast City (BHD) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, London, Newcastle, Southampton Destinations (international scheduled) Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Lyons, Paris, Shannon, Toulouse The Heliport, Eastern Green, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 3AR UK Tel +44 (1736) 364296 Fax +44 (1736) 364293 Services, scheduled, charter, domestic, international, passen ger, cargo British European's network is served by jets and turboprops Parent organisation/shareholders British international (100%) Description Provides a scheduled helicopter service between Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, together with contract work for the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence in the Falkland Islands, police aerial support and ad hoc charter flights. Employees total 124 Executives Chairman Alan Jones Managing Director David Hayler Operations Director Tony Jones Financial Director Peter Sorby Fleet 6 x Sikorsky S-61N Main base Penzance, Cardiff Destinations (dscheduled domestic) Penzance, St Mary Cirrus House, Bedfont House, Staines, Middlesex, UK Tel +44 1784 266300 Fax +44 1784 266354 Sita LONHQKJ Website www.british- airways.com/inside/wrldwide/partners/franchise/docs/ bmed.shtml Services scheduled, charter, international, passenger and cargo Alliances British Airways Date established October 1994 Date operations started 28 October 1994 Description British Airways franchise serving Middle East, Egypt, Africa and Central Asia. History Began independent operations from London Heathrow to Lebanon, with later extensions to Jordan and Syria. Competition with British Airways on the same routes was resolved with the signing of a franchise agreement which became effective from 30 March, 1997. Employees total 380 Executives Chief Executive Des Hetherington Executive Chairman Alexander Hesketh Director of Flights Operations Ian Frost Finance Director Angus Saunders Fleet 4 x Airbus A320-200 Orders 2 x Airbus A321 -200 Main base London Heathrow (LHR) Destinations (domestic scheduled) London Destinations (international scheduled) Addis Ababa, Aleppo, Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Baku, Beirut, Bishkek, Damascus, Tbilisi, Tehran, Yerevan BRITISH REGIONAL AIRLINES(TH1 (BRT) Olympic House, Manchester International Airport, Manchester, UK Tel +44 (0) 1624 826000 Fax +44 (0) 1624 826001 Sita IOMRCJE Website www.british-regional.co.uk Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders British Airways (100%) Alliances British Airways Date established 1991 Date operations started March 1991 Description Operates domestic and European services as a British Airways franchisee, but is in the process of being inte grated with Brymon Airways under the British Airways CitiExpress banner, History Originally known as Manx Airlines (Europe), it became a British Airways franchise in 1995, initially operating under the name of British Airways Express, in the livery of British Airways. A name change to British Regional Airlines was effected in September 1996. In August 1997, BRAL became the first UK air line to put the Embraer ERJ-145 into service. The holding company was floated on the London Stock Exchange on 18 June, 1998, but was acquired by British Airways on 10 May. 2001 Employees total 1,221 Fleet 1xATR 72-200 10 x BAE Systems ATP 1x BAe 146-100 1x BAe 146-300 11 x BAe Jetstream 41 1x Embraer ERJ-145 EP 1x Embraer ERJ-145 ER 18 x Embraer ERJ-145 EU Orders 2 x Embraer ERJ-145 EU Main base Manchester (MAN) Hubs Southampton International (SOU), Leeds/Bradford International (LBA), Edinburgh (EDI), Glasgow International (GLA). Inverness (INV), Belfast City (BHD), Cardiff International (CWL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aberdeen, Belfast, Benbecula, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Inverness, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Sheffield, Shetland Islands, Southampton, Stornoway Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hanover, Knock, Lyons, Milan, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Paris. Shannon, Warsaw, Zurich BRITISH WORLD AIRLINES (VF) (BWL) British World Airlines, which relied on sub-charter and wet-lease operations for Europe's major and regional airlines, was badly affected by capacity cuts after 11 September, and went into liqui dation in December 2001. Relaunch efforts are under way. The fleet comprised three BAC One-Eleven 500s, two ATR 72- 210s, six ATPs, three Boeing 737-300s and one Boeing 757-200. The airline was orginially founded in 1946 as Silver City Airways, became British United Air Ferries in January 1963 when merging with Channel Airbridge, and changed its name to British Air Ferries (BAF) in September 1967. The name British World Airlines was adopted on 6 April 1993. 90 12-18 MARCH 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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