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Directory: world airlines passenger services. History Formerly Aeroflot Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky divi sion Executives Director General Alexey Tverdokhleb Director Economics and Finance Igor Diusov Director International Operations Valentin Akhremiuk Fleet 4 x Let L-410 UVP 5 x Yakovlev Yak-40 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40K PCA-PORTUGALIA AIRLINES (Nil (PGA) Aeroporto de Lisboa, Rua C. Edificio 70, Lisbon, 1749-078, Portugal Tel +351 21 842 55 00 Fax +351 21 842 56 23 Sita LISDENI Website www.pga.pt Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Espirito Santo (58%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings PGA Express Alliances Qualifier, Regional Air Lines, Spanair, TAP Air Portugal Date established 25 July 1988 Date operations started 7 July 1990 Description Regional airline operating scheduled interna tional and domestic flights from Lisbon, together with char ters to Bologna, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva. Stuttgart. Zurich and various destinations in France. History Established as a joint-stock company, but had to wait two years before it could start services, due to a delay in air transport liberalisation. PGA started operations with scheduled domestic and international charter flights, as scheduled international flights were not permitted under Portuguese legislation. These started in June 1992, from Lisbon and Porto. In July 1999, Portugalia's main sharehold er Grupo Espirito Santo, sold 42% of its share to the SAirGroup. Employees total 1,017 Executives Chairman/President/Chief Executive Joao da Fonseca Commercial Director Francisco Bordalo General Manager Finance and Personnel Manager Maria Gomes Deputy Administrator and General Manager Operations Luiz Filipe Placido Lapa European Director Paulo Murias dos Santos Fleet 6 x Embraer ERJ-145 EP 2 x Embraer ERJ-145 ER 6 x Fokker 100 Main base Lisbon (LIS) Hubs Porto (OPO) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Faro, Lisbon, Porto Destinations (international scheduled) Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Bologna. Brussels, Cologne, Euroairport, La Coruna, Lyons, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Marseilles, Milan, Nice, Stuttgart, Toulouse. Turin, Valencia Pal Centre, Legaspi Street, Legaspi Village. Makati, Metro Manila, 1059, Philippines Tel +63 2 817 1234 Fax +63 2 813 6715 Sita MNLDPPR Website www.philippineair.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Lucio Tan (53.79%). other (4.19%). PAL employees (2.61%). Philippine govern ment (4.26%). Top Wealth Enterprises/Maxwell Holdings/Richmark Holdings (35.15%) Alliances Air Pacific. Cathay Pacific. Egyptair, Emirates. Garuda Indonesia, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Vietnam Airlines Date established 26 February 1941 Date operations started 15 March 1941 Description Philippine flag carrier operating scheduled ser vices to domestic and international destinations. History Founded by Andres Soriano as Philippine Air Lines (PAL) and started with a Beech 18, carrying five passengers from Manila to Baguio. The outbreak of the Pacific War cut short PALs progress, but flying resumed on 14 February, 1946 on local routes. International expansion began on 31 July, 1946 with a service to Oakland, California. By 1948, PAL had absorbed the only other Philippine scheduled air lines, Far Eastern Air Transport and Commercial Air Lines. On 10 March, 1973, PAL was designated as the national flag carrier. Partial privatisation took place in 1992, when a 67% controlling share was sold to PR Holdings, a consor tium of local banking investors, leaving the government with the remainder. Financial pressures and union disputes forced Philippine Airlines to cease operations on 23 September, 1998, although limited domestic operations restarted on 7 October and international services three weeks later. Employees total 7.220 Flightcrew 309 Cabin crew 1.441 Executives Chairman Lucio Tan President/Chief Executive Avelino Zapanta Executive VP Commercial Group Henry Uy Senior VP/CFO Andrew Huang VP Operations Julio Hernandez VP Human Resources Cesar Lamberte VP Marketing Support Felix Cruz Fleet 3 x Airbus A320-200 8 x Airbus A330-300 4 x Airbus A340-300 6 x Boeing 737-300 3 x Boeing 737-400 3 x Boeing 747-200B 3 x Boeing 747-400 1 x Boeing 747-400 Combi Orders 4 x Boeing 747-400 Main base Manila-Ninoy Aquino International (MNL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Bacolod, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, General Santos, lloilo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legaspi, Manila, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tuguegarao, Zamboanga Destinations (international scheduled) Bangkok. Busan. Fukuoka, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Los Angeles. Melbourne, Osaka, Riyadh, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Vancouver, Xiamen PHUKET AIRLINES (VAP) 1168/71 25th Floor, Lumpini Tower Building, Thungmahamek, Bangkok, Thailand Tel +66 679 8238 40 Website phuketairlines.com Services domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Unspecified investors (30%). Zevallos family (70%) Date established 1999 Date operations started December 2001 Description Start-up carrier Phuket Airlines linking Ranong with other destinations in southern Thailand . The carrier will initially fly from its Ranong hub to Bangkok. Had Yai and Phuket. International routes will come later. Phuket Airlines is reportedly being launched by the Andaman Club, which operates the casino hotel in Kawthaung Fleet 2 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced PIEDMONT AIRLINES (PDT) Salisbury-Wicomico County Regional Airport, 5443 Airport Terminal Rd, Salisbury, Maryland, 21804, USA Tel +1 (410) 742 2996 Fax +1 (410) 742 4069 Sita SBYIIUS Website www.piedmont-airlines.com/ Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders US Airways (100%) Description Regional airline operating as part of the US Airways Express network, serving 43 destinations in the eastern USA, Canada and the Bahamas. History Formed in 1931 as Henson Aviation, a fixed-base operation, by Richard Henson. Scheduled services started in 1962 under the Hagerstown Commuter banner, later changed to Henson Airlines. After the signing of codeshare agreement with Allegheny Airlines (now US Airways), the airline operated as Allegheny Commuter. Henson was pur chased by Piedmont Aviation in 1983 and began operating as Henson-The Piedmont Regional Airline. Both were pur chased by the USAir Group in 1987, with Piedmont absorbed by USAir two years later and Henson's aircraft repainted in USAir Express livery. Henson was renamed Piedmont Airlines in 1993 and, after USAir's name change to US Airways in 1997, Piedmont followed by beginning operation under the US Airways Express banner. Employees total 1,800 Engineering staff 260 Flightcrew 400 Cabin crew 200 Executives President/Chief Executive John Leonard President Stephen Farrow VP Finance Eric Morgan VP Maintenance Peter Barry Director Marketing James Hanson Fleet 43 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 19 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 9 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 Main base Salisbury (SBY) Hubs Washington Dulles International (IAD), Pittsburgh International (PIT), Philadelphia International (PHL), Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Akron/Canton, Albany NY. Asheville, Baltimore, Buffalo, Charleston SC, Charleston WV, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chattanooga, Columbia SC, Columbus GA, Columbus OH, Elmira/Corning, Erie, Fayetteville NC, Florence, Gainesville, Greensboro/High Point, Greenville SC, Hilton Head Island, Jacksonville FL, Key West, Knoxville. Miami, Montgomery, New Bern, New Haven, New York, Newport News, Norfolk VA, Orlando, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester NY, Salisbury-Ocean City, Savannah, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tri-Cities Regional, Washington, West Palm Beach, Westchester County, Wilmington NC Destinations (international scheduled) Governors Harbour, Marsh Harbour, North Eleuthera, Toronto, Treasure Cay 7380 Sand Lake Road, Suite 350, Orlando, Florida, 32819, USA Tel +1 407 363 1800 Fax +1 407 363 4410 Services charter, passenger and cargo Date established 1997 Date operations started 2000 Description Provides a charter service within the USA and to destinations in the Caribbean. History Formerly known as Airship Airways. Executives Chairman Louis Pearlman President Anthony DeCamillis Chief Operating Officer Peter Garrambone Director of Quality Control Robert Burns Director of Safety Michael Bainton Maintenance Director Roy Sykes Operations Director Frank Barber Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-100 3 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced Platinum Air 2000 started operations in July 2000, providing an executive and general passenger charter service from RAF Northolt on the edge of London. In addition to execu tive jets, the company also operated 19-seat Jetstream truboprops, but ceased all activities in December 2001. mm Puntas de Santiago 1604, CP 11500 Montevideo, Uruguay Tel +5982 6042244 Fax +5982 6042260 Sita MVDGMPU Website www.pluna.com.uy/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, pas senger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Santiago and Victor Mesa (2%). Varig (49.0%) Alliances Rio-Sul Servicos Aereos Regionais. Varig Date established September 1936 Date operations started 20 November 1936 Description National airline of Uruguay operating sched uled services to points in South America and across the South Atlantic to Madrid. A regtular all-cargo service is also flown between Montevideo and Miami. 66 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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