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h Directory: world airlines BRUSSELS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Brussels International Airlines, founded in 1999 as Red Air, oper ated Mediterranean charter flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport. It ceased operations in February 2001. BRYMON AIRWAYS (BRY) Meridian, Worle Parkway, Weston-Super-Mare, UK Tel +44 1934 523 600 Fax +44 1934 523 650 Sita PLHACBA Website www.brymon.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders British Airways (100%) Alliances British Airways Date established 1972 Date operations started 1972 Description Regional airline operating scheduled services under a franchise agreement with parent company British Airways using BA colours and flight numbers. History Derived its name from its two founders - Bill Bryce and Chris Amon. De Havilland Canada acquired a 75% shareholding in the airline from the original founding shareholders in 1983, but. three years later ownership passed to The Plimsoll Line (a holding company 40% owned by British Airways). A short-lived merger between Brymon Airways and Birmingham European Airways in 1992 resulted in Brymon European Airways. The original name was re-established when the airline became a wholly owned sub sidiary of British Airways in August 1993. Is in the process of merging operations with British Regional Airlines and British Airways Regional under the British Airways CitiExpress banner. Employees total 792 Engineering staff 160 Flightcrew 233 Cabin crew 220 Executives Managing Director Louise Fowler Fleet 15 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 7 x Embraer ERJ-145 ER 1xEmbraerERJ-145EU Main base Bristol International (BRS) Hubs Newcastle International (NCL), Plymouth - City (PLH), Aberdeen Regional (ABR), Manchester (MAN), Bristol International (BRS) Jawalakhal, Lalitpur, GPO Box 2167, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel +977 1 52 1015 Fax +977 1 53 7726 Website www.buddhaair.com Services domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%) Date established 1997 Description Operates domestic services within Nepal, serving principally the tourism industry. Executives Chairman Surendra Basnet Managing Director Birenda Basnet Fleet 4 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Airport 8, Bugulma, Privolzhsky Zone, Russia Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Description Operates regional scheduled and charter passen ger services in connection with Tatarstan Airlines. Fleet 13 x Yakovlev Yak-40 Julie Curie Street 20, 14th Floor, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria Services charter, international, passenger Date established 2000 Date operations started 14 December 2000 Description Operates charter services for German tour opera tors between Berlin - Schonefeld and the Bulgarian cities of Plovdiv, Sofia and Varna. Fleet 2xTupolevTu-154M Burundai Airport, Burundai Village, Kazakhstan Tel +7 (3272) 357939 Fax +7 (3272) 357878 Sita ALAEUK4 Services charter, domestic Description Operates cargo flights from Burundai Airport base. History Formerly known as Burundai Aviation Company. Fleet 1xAntonovAn-26 3 x Antonov An-26B 9xAntonovAn-30 BURYATIA AIRLINES [U4] (BUT) PO Box 670018, Ulan-Ude, Russia Tel +7 3012 22 7965 Fax +7 3012 22 7141 Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders State holding (10%) Description Operates trunk and regional passenger service. Destinations (domestic scheduled) Irkutsk, Moscow, Ulan- Ude Fleet 2 x Antonov An-24RV 2xTupolevTu-154M BUSINESS AVIATION £4P] Avenue de la Plaine 1 Republic of Congo Services passenger Fleet 1xFokkerF27Mk100 2xLetL410UVP-E Destinations (domestic scheduled) Boma, Kinshasa, Matadi, Moanda Destinations (international scheduled) Brazzaville, Pointe Noire Endeavour House, Stansted Airport. Stansted, Essex, UK Tel +44 1279 660400 Fax +44 870 2407575 Website www.buzzaway.com Services scheduled, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders KLM uk (100%) Date established 1999 Date operations started 4 January 2000 Description Low-cost airline brand established by KLM uk. Operates scheduled services from Stansted Airport to 14 European destinations. History There has been industry speculation that KLM might be forced to divest Buzz to gain European Commission regulatory approval for a BA-KLM merger. Executives Chief Executive Floris van Pallandt Commercial Director Tony Camacho Head of Sales and Marketing Adam Harris Fleet 8x BAe 146-300 2 x Boeing 737-300 Main base London Stansted (STN) Destinations (international scheduled) Berlin, Bordeaux, Chambery, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva. Helsinki, Jerez de la Frontera, La Rochelle, Lyons, Marseilles. Milan, Murcia, Paris, Poitiers c/o BWIA West Indies Airways, Port of Spain. Trinidad & Tobago Fax +1 868 669 1865 Website www.bwee.com Services scheduled, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders BWIA West Indies Airways (100%) Date established February 1999 Date operations started 1 March 1999 History Provides short-haul feed to BWIA intercontinental oper ations. Fleet 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 Administration Building. Golden Grove Road, Piarco, Trinidad & Tobago Tel +1 (868) 66g 3000 Fax +1 (868) 669 1520 Sita POSIPBW Website www.bwee.com/ Services scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passen ger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Employees (15.5%), gov ernment of Trinidad & Tobago (33.5%), private investors (51 %) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings BWee Express (100%), LIAT (1974) Ltd (29.9%), Tobago Express (25%) Alliances LIAT (1974) Ltd, United Airlines Date established 27 November 1940 Description Flag carrier providing direct services to the USA and Canada, as well as to London in the UK. History Founded as one of the TACA group of Central American airlines to maintain inter-island communications. The company was taken over in 1947 by British South American Airways (BSAA) and later by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The Trinidad & Tobago government purchased the air line in 1961. In 1980, BWIA merged with Trinidad & Tobago Air Services, a domestic carrier formed by the government in June 1974 and operating between Trinidad and Tobago. On 22 February, 1995, the government of Trinidad and Tobago com pleted the privatisation of BWIA by turning over majority control of the common stock and management of the airline to a private group of US and Caribbean investors. The airline has filed for an IPO, although no date has been set. Employees total 2,568 Engineering staff 370 Flightcrew 226 Cabin crew 367 Executives President and Chief Executive Chairman VP Customer Services and Operations VP Employer Services VP Finance and Administration VP Maintenance and Engineering VP Marketing VP Procurement and Materials Administration Director Corporate Communications Fleet 6 x Boeing 737-800 4 x Boeing MD-83 2 x Lockheed L-1011 -500 TriStar On order 2 x Airbus A340-300 Main base Port of Spain - Piarco International (POS) Hubs Grantley Adams International (BGI) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Port of Spain, Tobago Destinations (international scheduled) Antigua, Barbados, Caracas, Georgetown, Grenada, Kingston, London, Miami, New York, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent, Toronto, Washington. Conrad Aleong Lawrence Duprey Don Maclean Frank Sampson Paul Schultz Kimchand Rampaul Beatrix Carrington Brenda Billy Clint Williams Buzz uses BAe 146s and Boeing 737-300s on no-frills services from London Stansted www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12-18 MARCH 2002 91
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