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Directory: world airlines LINHAS AEREAS DE MOZAMBIQUE LAM [TMJ (UAM) CP 2060, Maputo, Mozambique Tel +258 1 465 143 Fax +258 1 465 134 Sita MPMN2TM Website www.lam.co.mz Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Employees(20%), govern ment 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 Transposes Aereos (DETA) by the government of Mozambique, as a division of the Department of Railways, Harbours and Airways. Early in 1980, DETA was restructured and renamed to LAM. The com pany was converted from State Enterprise to a public limited company with 80% shareholding by the government of Mozambique and 20% by the employees. Employees total 1,153 Engineering staff 250 Flightcrew 38 Cabin crew 76 Executives Chairman/Managing Director Jose Viegas Executive Director Joao Abreu Executive Director Jeremias Tchamo Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-200 2 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 737-200C 1 x Fairchild Dornier Metro III 1xFokker100 4 x Indonesian Aerospace 212-200 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner Destinations (domestic scheduled) Beira, Lichinga, Maputo, Nampula, Pemba, Quelimane, Tete, Vilanculos Destinations (international scheduled) Harare, Johannesburg, Lisbon HVlfWfPflff!!9Vll!i!RfVHHBHHHHBHHHH Gedung Jaya 7th Floor J1, MH Thamnn no 12, Jakarta, 10340, Indonesia Tel +62 21 331 838 Fax +62 21 327 808 Website www.lionairlines.com Services scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Lion Tours, others Date established October 1999 Date operations started 30 June 2000 Description Indonesian scheduled passenger carrier that oper ates from Jakarta. Lion's operator licence allows it to fly on 48 domestic routes. History Began scheduled passenger services between Jakarta and Pontianak using a leased Boeing 737-200. Lion is only the second new scheduled airline to start operating in Indonesia since 1990. Employees total 325 Engineering staff 44 Flightcrew 26 Cabin crew 90 Executives President Director Rusdi Kilana Director Finance Yunit Director Marketing K Yoen Director Operations Roy David Lumbuun Director Technical Romdani Fleet 2 x Airbus A310-300 2 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing MD-82 1 x Fokker F28 Mk4000 5xYakovlevYak-42D Main base Jakarta-Soekarno Hatta International (CGK) Hubs Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Batam, Jakarta, Manado, Medan, Pekanbaru, Surabaya, Ujung Pandang Destinations (international scheduled) Kuala Lumpur, Penang LIONAIR (LNS) Parent organisation/shareholders Asoka Perera, Chandran Rutnam, FILM Locations, 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 rest 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 ser vices. On 30 September, 1998, Lionair suspended domestic services after one of its Antonov An-24s went missing shortly after take-off from Jaffna. Employees total 80 Engineering staff 12 Flightcrew 6 Cabin crew 2 Executives Chairman Chandran Rutnam Managing Director Asoka Perera Main base Colombo-Ratmalana (RML) Lipetsk Airport, Lipetsk, 398000, Russia Tel +7 07 422 50106 Fax +7 07 427 20095 Services scheduled, charter, regional, passenger Description Operates regional, scheduled and charter passen ger services and some aerial work. History Formed from the Aeroflot Lipetsk division, part of Central Districts Airlines. Executives General Director Yaroslav Spiridonov Chief of Staff TI Strelnikov Fleet 8xYakovlevYak-40 LITHUANIAN AIRLINES [TE] (LID Gustaicio 4, Vilnius, 2038, Lithuania Tel +370 2 306017 Fax +370 2 266828 Sita VNOCCTE Website 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, Finnair, Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines Date established 20 September 1938 Date operations started 29 September 1938 Description National carrier of Lithuania, offering domestic and international scheduled services to 15 destinations from its main hub in Vilnius. It also runs its own tour operator, Aviaturas & 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, it was re-established in August 1991 just days before Lithuania's independence. The first sched uled 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 Chairman General Director/Chief Executive Director Commercial Director Flight Department Director General Services Director Technical Department Executive Director Finance Director Asian Aviation Centre, Colombo Airport, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka Tel +94 (1) 632 998 Fax +94 (1) 611 540 Services scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Gintautas Mingonis Stasys Jarmalavicius Naglis Vysniauskas Vidas Parutis Kazys Spetyla Albertas Balciunas Antanas Zilinskas Saulius Stasiunas Head of Strategy and Commercial Co-operation Miroslav Bingel Fleet 1 x Antonov An-24RV 2 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 737-300 2 x Saab 2000 2 x Saab 340B 1xYakovlevYak-42 1xYakovlevYak-42D Main base Vilnius International (VNO) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Palanga, Vilnius Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Kiev, London, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Tallinn, Warsaw LOGANAIR (LOG) St Andrews Drive, Glasgow Airport, Paisley, I PA3 2TG, UK Tel +44 (0) 141 842 7453 Fax +44 (0) 141 887 6020 Website www.loganair.co.uk Services scheduled, charter, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Scott Grier. Stephen Bond Alliances British Airways Date established 1 February 1962 Description Operates scheduled services in mainland Scotland and to Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, as well as to Manchester, Northern Ireland and Ireland. It is also contracted to provide the Scottish Air Ambulance Service with Islanders. History Established by Logan Construction, but became a sub sidiary of the Airlines of Britain Group in 1987. A franchise agreement was signed with British Airways on 11 July, 1994, paving the way for the rationalisation of two carriers' Scottish oper ations. As a result of a managment buy-out, Loganair is a new independent company, which started operation on 1 March, 1997. Employees total 202 Executives Chairman Scott Grier Chief Executive James Cameron Director of Commercial Operations Andrew Jolly Finance Director Adrian Lutze Flight Operations Director Doug Ackhurst Fleet 2 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 5 x Saab 340B 3 x Shorts 360-300 Main base Glasgow International (GLA) Hubs Edinburgh (EDI), Inverness (INV) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aberdeen, Barra. Benbecula, Campbeltown, Eday, Edinburgh, Fair Isle, Glasgow, Inverness, Islay, Kirkwall, Londonderry, Manchester, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Sanday, Shetland Islands, Stornoway, Stronsay, Tiree, Westray, Wick Destinations (international scheduled) Dublin LOT POLISH AIRLINES [LOT (LOT) 17 STYCZNIA 39, Warsaw, 00-906, Poland Tel +48 22 606 6111 Fax +48 22 846 6409 Sita WAWSPLO Website www.lot.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Employees (6.94%), Polish government (67.96%), SAirLines Europe (25.10%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings EuroLOT (100%) Alliances Aeroflot, Air France, Alitalia, American Airlines, American Eagle Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Balkan Bulgarian, British Airways, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Deutsche BA, El At, EuroLOT, Finnair, Iberia Lithuanian Airlines, Qualiflier, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss, Tarom, THY Turkish Airlines Date established 1 January 1929 Date operations started March 1929 Description National carrier of Poland, providing scheduled pas senger and cargo services within Europe and to the Americas. History Formed by the Polish government as a state-owned, self-governing corporation, taking over domestic routes and opening services to Europe. The invasion of Poland, which led to the Second World War, forced the suspension of all flights, but these were reactivated on 1 April, 1945. In December 1992 the airline became a joint stock company, as a transitional step towards partial privatisation, which was effected towards the end of 1999, with the SAirGroup acquiring a 37.6% stake. The Polish government retains a controlling 51 % holding. Employees total 4,125 Executives President/Chief Executive Jan Litwinski Executive VP Finance Piotr Ikanowicz Executive VP Network Management Marek Rymkiewicz Corporate Communication and PR Director Andrzes Wysocki Human Resources Director Daniel Kortlan Maintenance Director Wieskaw Wypych Sales and Marketing Director Tomasz Ksiazek Fleet 2 x Boeing 737-300 7 x Boeing 737-400 10 x Boeing 737-500 90 19-25 MARCH 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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