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Directory: world airlines Jakarta, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Memphis, Mumbai, Nadi, Nagoya, New York, Noumea, Osaka, Paris, Port Moresby, Queenstown, Rome, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Wellington Qatar Airways Towers, PO Box 22550, Doha, Qatar Tel +974 449 6 000 Fax +974 462 15 33 Sita DOHPDQR Website www.qatarairways.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, pas senger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Qatar (50%), private investors (50%) Alliances Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines Date established 22 November 1993 Date operations started 20 January 1994 Description Operates a hub-and-spoke network based on the capital Doha, linking more than 20 destinations. History Originally owned by members of the state's royal family. Qatar Airways was relaunched in April 1997 by a new management team headed by Akbar Al-Baker. Employees total 1,510 Executives Chief Executive Akbar Al-Baker General Manager-Technical Tom Botha General Manager Commercial Peter Foster General Manager Flight Operations David Fleming General Manager Finance and Administration Surinder Sarna Assistant General Manager Commercial Yousef Darwish Fleet 7 x Airbus A300-600R 6 x Airbus A320-200 1 x Airbus Corporate Jetliner (A319CJ) Orders 6 x Airbus A320-200 5 x Airbus A330-200 Main base Doha International (DOH) Hubs Doha International (DOH) Destinations (international scheduled) Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beirut, Cairo, Colombo, Damascus. Dammam, Dhaka, Dubai, Jakarta, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London, Male. Manila. Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Paris, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram, Warsaw RAF-AVIA AIRLINES (MTU 34 Duntes Street, Riga, LV-1005. Latvia Tel +371 7 324 661 Fax +371 7 324 671 Sita RIXRAXH Website www.rafavia.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, pas senger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Baltic Star Date established February 1991 Date operations started May 1991 Description Specialist operator providing scheduled ser vices for international companies such as DHL, and the transport of cargo and livestock, but moving increasingly into passenger, cargo, medevac and humanitarian relief charter flights. Other activities include ACMI short/long-term leasing for CIS- and Western-made aircraft, technical, com mercial and operational support for small and medium size aviation companies, aircraft sourcing, evaluation, leasing and sales as well as project management and consulting. History Set up as the first private airline in Latvia , initially flying spare parts and supply for the RAF Minibus produc tion plant in Latvia. With business declining and demand for commercial charter flights increasing, RAF-AVIA began to switch to commercial charter flights in 1994. In 1996 it became a privately owned joint stock holding company. Employees total 80 Executives President Jurijs Hmelevskij Deputy Director/Chief Pilot Alexandre Zavgorondi Technical Director Valentins Tkacous Director Marketing/Commercial Department Chris Schroeder Fleet 3 x Antonov An-26 1 x Antonov An-74 Main base Riga International (RIX) 50 Cuscaden Road, 07-02 HPL House, Singapore, 249724, Singapore Tel +65 235 6006 Fax +65 235 1681 Sita SINAS7S Services charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Various private individu als, including Ong Beng Seng Date established 5 April 1988 Date operations started December 1992 Description Operates ad hoc charters, principally in east Asia. Other activities include wet-lease services to airlines, provision of pilots, engineers and other professionals for the airline industry and maintenance support to start-up airlines. History Has operated aircraft on a wet-lease basis for Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Kiwi Air and others. Cabin crew 2 Executives Deputy Chairman Gerard de Vaz Executive Director Pritam Singh Fleet 1 x Airbus A300-600R 1 x Boeing 737-300 Main base Singapore Changi (SIN) Aeroport Nantes Atlantique, Bouguenais Cedex, F-44345. France Tel +33 240135300 Fax +33 240135308 Sita NTEDCYS Website www.regional.com Services scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (100%) Alliances Air France, Alitalia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Love Air. Scandinavian Airlines Description Major French regional carrier operating over 450 flights a day, from 37 French cities and to 22 European cities in neighbouring countries. The airline uses the US- style hub-and-spoke system based on Clermont-Ferrand as a main connection centre. History Regional Airlines was formed from the merger of the French regional carriers, Air Vendee and Airlec on 1st January 1992. After being acquired by Air France, it was merged with two other Air France subsidiaries, Flandre Air and Proteus, in 2001 to form a newly structured Regional. In September 2001 it changed its name to Regional Compagnie Aerienne Europeene. Employees total 684 Engineering staff 96 Flightcrew 180 Cabin crew 120 Executives President/Chief Executive Finance Director Maintenance and Technical Director Jacques Bankir Bruno Bovar Philippe Schurgter Fleet Qatar Airways supplements its airline fleet with a single Airbus A319CJ 3 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia 14 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced 8 x Embraer ERJ-135 ER I x Embraer ERJ-135 LR 13 x Embraer ERJ-145 EU II x Embraer ERJ-145 MP 2xFokker 100 1 x Fokker 50 1 x Fokker F27 Mk200 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner 16 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner 8 x Saab 2000 Orders 9 x Embraer ERJ-145 2 x Embraer ERJ-145 EU Main base Nantes-Atlantique (NTE) www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 69
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