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Directory: world airlines Main base Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Cincinnati, Kansas City, St Louis Destinations (international scheduled) Grand Cayman Island SURINAM AIRWAYS-SLM [PY] (SUM) 136 Coppenamestraat, PO Box 2029, Paramaribo, Surinam Tel +597 433 273 Fax +597 491 213 Sita PBMDYPY Website www.slm.firm.sr Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Surinam government (100%) Alliances KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Date established 1955 Date operations started 30 August 1962 Description National carrier of Surinam, operating regional and domestic scheduled passenger flights from Paramaribo. A connection to Amsterdam is provided by KLM. History Established with the aim of linking Surinam's vari ous towns, especially on the coastal plains where most of the population is located. The initial service between the capital Paramaribo and Moengo was soon expanded to other destinations, before the official creation of Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM) on 30 August, 1962. The air line beame the national carrier upon Surinam's indepen dence from The Netherlands on 25 November, 1975. Executives Acting President Henk Jessurun Vice-President Jan Hollum Fleet 2 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 Main base Paramaribo John A Pengel Airport (PBM) Destinations (international scheduled) Belem, Cayenne, Curacao. Georgetown, Miami, Port of Spain SVG AIR [C4] (SVG) PO Box 39, ET Joshua Airport, Arnosvale, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tel +784 457 5124 Fax +784 457 5077 Website www.svgair.com/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger Date operations started September 1990 Description Operates private charters and schedules ser vices to the eastern Caribbean with fleet of twin-piston air craft. Executives Managing Director Paul Gravel Fleet 1 x Britten Norman BN-2A Islander Phoenix Sky Harbor, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Tel +1 (602) 273-3770 Fax +1 (602) 273-3773 Website swiftair.net/index.htm Services charter, domestic Orders 25 x Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy m fH$ Ingeniero Torres Quevedo 14, 28022 Madrid, Spain Tel +34 91 748 0772 Fax +34 91 748 0774 Website www.swiftair.com/ Services scheduled, domestic, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders SEUR Servicio Urgent Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SkyEurope Airlines (49.75%) Date established 1986 Description Offers scheduled and charter cargo flights from Spain to destinations in the UK, Belgium and Germany. The airline also offers air taxi and air ambulance services. Employees total 258 Executives Senior Manager Salvador Gonzalez-Aller Fleet 7 x Boeing 727-200F 9 x Convair 580 4 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia 1 x Embraer EMB-120 FC 2 x Fairchild Dornier Metro II 2 x Fairchild Dornier Metro III SWISS (SWISS AIR LINES) [LX] (CR Postfach. Basle, CH 4002, Switzerland Tel +41 (61) 325 2525 Fax +41 (61) 325 3554 Sita BSLTSLX Website www.crossair.ch/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Credit Suisse (34.4%), UBS (35.9%), various shareholders (29.7%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Crossair Europe (40%) Alliances Aer Lingus. Air Alps Aviation, Air France, British Airways, Crossair Europe, Finnair, Qualifier, Swisswings, Tunisair Date established 1975 Date operations started 14 February 1975 Description Swiss national airline serving scheduled and charter destinations in European, North African and Middle East countries from its principal hubs in Basle, Berne, Geneva, Lugano and Zurich. History Founded as a private company under the name Business Fliers Basle, and changed to Crossair on 18 November, 1978 before the start of scheduled services on 2 July, 1979 with flights from Zurich to Nuremberg, Innsbruck and Klagenfurt. Added charter services for major sharehold er Swissair in November 1995. Rebranded after taking over services of defunct Swissair in March 2002. Employees total 3,633 Flightcrew 719 Cabin crew 1,218 Executives Chairman Pieter Bouw President and Chief Executive Andre Dose Head of Corporate Services Marcel Klaus Head of Finances Division Thomas Hofmann Head of Flight Operations Thomas Brandt Head of Human Resources Kurt Renggli Head of Products and Services Bjon Naf Head of Sales and Marketing Arjen Pen Head of Strategy and Network Matthias Hanke Head of Technical Division Jorgen Orstam Fleet 15xBAeAvroRJ100 4 x BAe Avro RJ85 9 x Boeing MD-83 19 x Embraer ERJ-145 LU 29 x Saab 2000 2 x Saab 340B Orders 8 x Airbus A320-200 6 x Embraer ERJ-145 LU 30 x Embraer 170 30 x Embraer 195 Main base Basle-Mulhouse (BSL), Berne-Belp (BRN), Zurich- Kloten (ZRH), Lugano (LUG), Geneva International (GVA) Hubs Basle-Mulhouse (BSL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Berne, Euroairport (Basle/Mulhouse/Freiburg), Geneva, Lugano, Sion, Zurich Destinations (international scheduled) Ajaccio, Alicante, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona. Belgrade, Berlin, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bologna, Bordeaux, Bremen, Brussels, Budapest, Casablanca, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dresden, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Genoa, Gothenburg, Graz, Guernsey, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Ibiza, Jersey, Krakow, Leipzig, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London. Luxembourg, Lyons, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester. Milan. Munich. Munster, Naples, Nice, Nuremberg, Olbia, Palma Mallorca. Paris, Prague, Rome, Salzburgr Sarajevo, Seville, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Toulouse, Tunis, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb SWISSAIR [SRl(SWR) The Swiss national carrier and leader of the Qualifier alliance suspended operations on 2 October, 2001 for finan cial reasons. Its European flights were quickly taken up by subsidiary Crossair, which is now also assuming its inter continental operations under the new brand of Swiss. Swissair had been established on 16 March, 1931 from the merger of two pioneering airlines. Ad Astra Aero and Balair. After being forced to suspend services during the Second World War. it resumed flying on 30 July, 1945. being desig nated the national carrier in 1947. Transatlantic services to New York were inaugurated on 29 April, 1949. In the 1990s, the airline expanded with several equity investments in other airlines and set up the Qualiflier alliance. BftilWI Airport Business Center 66, Berne Airport, CH-3123 Belp, 3123, Switzerland Tel +41 (31) 818 5211 Fax +41 (31) 818 5217 Sita BRNTSRO Website www.swisswings.ch Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Ammann Group Holding (5%), Dr Heinz Drescher (29%). Haag-Sheil Holdings (10%), Prival (9%) Alliances KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM uk, Northwest Airlines, Swiss Date established April 1987 Date operations started 1987 Description Swiss regional airline operating scheduled and charter services within Europe. Scheduled services are flown in conjunction with KLM. History Began operations as Air Engiadina with the launch of scheduled domestic services between Zurich and Samedan/St. Moritz. On 31 October, 1999. the airline began operating under the name of KLM alps, but changed to the present title at the beginning of 2001. Employees total 140 Flightcrew 60 Cabin crew 35 Executives Managing Director Leon Vonlanthen Fleet 5 x Fairchild Dornier 328-100 Main base Berne-Belp (BRN) Hubs Geneva International (GVA), Berne-Belp (BRN) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Berne, Geneva, Zurich Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam, Elba Island, Florence, London, Marseilles, Munich, Olbia, Reus, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Venice •••••••••••• ••nHnnnB PO Box 417, Youssef Al Azmeh Square, Social Insurance Building, Damascus. Syria Tel +963 (11) 231838 Sita DAMPRRB Services scheduled, international, regional, domestic, pas senger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Syrian government (100%) Alliances Austrian Airlines. Cyprus Airways. Hemus Air. Iberia, Iran Air, Pakistan International Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Tarom Date established April 1946 Date operations started April 1946 Description The national airline of Syria, operating sched uled international services to more than 30 destinations in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North Africa. Domestic services are also flown. History Established as a government corporation to suc ceed Syrian Airways, which had come into being in June 1954. The union of Syria and Egypt led to the merger of Syrian Airways and Misrair to form the short-lived United Arab Airlines in January 1961. A joint service with Royal Jordanian to New York was opened in April 1978. Executives Chairman/Managing Director Adnana Shujan Administration Director Effat Moreiden Commercial Director Leila Al-Munajed Deputy Managing Director Omar Dannoura Deputy Managing Director Nabil Sami Financial Director Fahd Bayat Flight Operations Director Bassah Akkad Marketing Director Abdou Al-Salem Planning and Training Director Wajeih Al-zank Technical Director Kasem Sweidan Fleet 6 x Airbus A320-200 6 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 2 x Boeing 747SP 1 x llyushin II-76M 3xTupolevTu-134B 1 x Tupolev Tu-154M Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aleppo, Damascus, Deirezzor, Kameshli, Latakia www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 87
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