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Directory: world airlines Date established 1983 Date operations started 1983 Description Provides an international charter service for general cargo. Executives Chairman Salah Ahmed Idris Managing Director Elfatih Abdin Finance Director Sayed Atta Operations Director Hassan Taha Technical Director Al Hadi Mahgoub Fleet 1 x Antonov An-12 1 x Boeing 707-320C Main base Khartoum (KRT) E .-.-.•.•:,•• Hangar One. Toroto City Centre Airport. Toronto, Ontario. M5V IAI, Canada Tel +1 (416) 203 2323 Fax +1 (416) 203 1120 Website www.transcapitalair.com Services charter, international, regional, domestic, passen ger and cargo Date established 1994 Description Provides passenger and cargo charters from Toronto with turboprops. Executives President Victor Pappalardo VP Administration and Procurement Victor Wade VP Business Development Antoine Pappalardo Deputy Director Flight Operations Harry Knox Director Maintenance Jonathon Ezekiel Flight Operations Director Richard Taylor Fleet 1 x de Havilland Dash 7 Main base Toronto Pearson International (YYZ) PO Box 300994, Building 179, Kennedy International Airport, New York. 11430. USA Tel +1 718 244 8909 Fax +1 718 244 8912 Website iflytie.com Services scheduled, charter, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Michael Melnicke (80%), Ruth Cohen-Lamdan (20%) Date established 1993 Date operations started 20 October 1998 Description Commuter airline offering scheduled passen ger services from New York Kennedy. History Initially an air taxi company, founded by Jacob Lamdan, that applied to upgrade its operating certificate from FAR Part 135 to Part 121 in November 1998. Employees total 83 Engineering staff 10 Flightcrew 10 Cabin crew 5 Executives Chairman Issac Schwartz Chief Executive Don Young Director of Safety Jeff McDonnell Maintenance Director Louis Misiano Operations Director Darrell Mitchell Fleet 1 x Shorts 360-300 •VVMVVVW^MIPNMPPIfl'WITIMHHHHHHHBiH ^jr.i:ki-.M«.n-iM:rii:i.7AKit:i»r.M PO Box 2079, Male International Airport, Male, 20-06, Maldives Tel +960 325 708 Fax +960 323 161 Website www.tma.com.mv Services scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Date established 1989 Date operations started 1989 Description Operates scheduled services, charters, scenic flights, resort transfers and picnic flights. History Founded as Hummingbird Island Airways, the air line started operations with a fleet of helicopters. The first seaplanes were introduced in 1997 and by 1999 TMA oper ated a fleet comprising only of seaplanes. Executives Managing Director Grahame Swanson Finance Director Krishnan Balakrishnan Operations Director Mohamed Naeem Fleet 1 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 10 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Male International (MLE) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Male, Eydafushi TRANS MEDITERRANEAN AIRWAYS [TL] (T Beirut International Airport, PO Box 30. Beirut. 1001. Lebanon Tel +961 1 629210 Fax +961 1 629219 Sita BEYXCTL Website www.tma.com.lb Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Lebanese Air Investment Holding (99.9%), private investors (0.1%) Date established 1953 Date operations started 1953 Description Operated an international cargo service, main ly to points in Europe, and the Middle and Far East. Fleet of 707 freighters were put into storage in 2001. Employees total 400 Engineering staff 120 Flightcrew 75 Executives Chairman and President Fadi Saab VP Ground Operations Gerard Zehil VP Maintenance Ghassan Haddad AVP Flight Operations Tony Bou Nader AVP Marketing Selim Fayad Main base Beirut International (BEY) Hubs Bergamo-Orio Al Serio (BGY), Paris Orly (ORY), Entebbe International (EBB), Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International (NBO), Sharjah International (SHJ), Cairo International (CAI), Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS). Dubai International (DXB) TRANS STATES AIRLINES [9NJ (LOF) 9275 Genaire Drive. St Louis, Missouri, 63134, USA Tel +1 (314) 895 8700 Fax +1 (314) 895 1040 Website transstates.net Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Hulas Kanodia (100%) Alliances US Airways Date established May 1982 Date operations started 11 April 1983 Description Regional airline operating feeder services US Airways under the US Airways Express brand. History Began operations as Resort Air. An agreement was signed with Trans World Airlines to operate as a TW Express carrier with effect from 5 August, 1985. On 22 September, 1986, Hulas Kanodia purchased Resort Air from the Koplar family. The airline changed its name from Resort Air to Trans States Airlines in 1989 and on 1 February, 1991, completed the acquisition of Air Midwest's assets of its TW Express operation based in St Louis, Missouri. Trans States Airlines began operating as USAir Express in California in December 1993 and a few months later imple mented an innovative arrangement with Northwest Airlines, US Airways and Alaska Airlines to form the first triple code- sharing agreement in the USA. Executives President/Chief Executive Hulas Kanodia Vice-President/CFO Gerald Wigmore Marketing Director William Mishk VP Customer Service Rick Leach VP Flight Operations Craig Tompkins VP Maintenance Al Blosse Chief Pilot Kelly Skaggs Fleet 5 x ATR 42-300 3 x ATR 72-200 25 x BAe Jetstream 41 9 x Embraer ERJ-145 ER 3 x Embraer ERJ-145 LR Destinations (domestic scheduled) Baltimore, Binghamton. Birmingham, Bloomington-Normal, Cedar Rapids. Champaign. Charleston WV, Columbia MO, Decatur, Detroit, Elmira/Corning, Evansville, Fayetteville AR, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids ML. Greensboro/High Point, Greenville SC. Huntsville, Ithaca, Joplin, Lexington, Little Rock, Madison. Memphis, Moline, New York. Peoria, Pittsburgh, Providence, Richmond, Rochester NY, South Bend, Springfield IL, Springfield MO, St Louis. Toledo TRANS TRAVEL AIRLINES [6N] (T Arendweg 21. Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, NL 8218 PE. Netherlands Tel +31 (3) 202 88400 Fax +31 (3) 202 88401 Website www.tta.nl/ Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Alliances Schreiner Airways Date established 1984 Description Operates scheduled passenger flights from Rotterdam, together with on demand charter, business and ambulance flights. History Fromerly known as Turdus Airways Executives Managing Director A de Groot Fleet 1 x ATR 42-300 4 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, Rotterdam Destinations (international scheduled) Birmingham, Gothenburg, Hamburg, London TRANS WORLD AIRLINES [TW] (TWA) St Louis-based Trans World Airlines, one of the oldest air lines in the world, having been founded in July 1925 as Western Air Express, was acquired by American Airlines on 9 April, 2001. following its third period in Chapter 11 bank ruptcy. Its extensive operations, which included a nationwide domestic schedule and international services in the Americas and to Europe, are being integrated into American Airlines, a process which is close to being completed. The airline was formally merged into American in December 2001. The famous initials TWA date to 1930-when Western Air Express merged with Transcontinental Air Transport to form Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA). TWA was the first airline to fly a coast-to-coast US service and the first to Offer this service non-stop. The first commercial interconti nental flight was inaugurated from New York to Paris on 5 February, 1946. The title Trans World Airlines was officially adopted in 1950. In 1986, TWA acquired Ozark Air Lines. Hubs New York-Kennedy International (JFK). Lambert St Louis International (STL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Albuquerque. Anchorage. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbus OH, Dallas/Fort Worth. Dayton, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville FL, Kahului, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Moline, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk VA, Oklahoma City, Omaha. Ontario. Orlando. Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Seattle, Springfield MO, St Louis, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington, Wichita Destinations (international scheduled) Cancun, London, Montego Bay, San Juan, Vancouver, • J:M>imi:MJJJI:ll»iafflMM—I PO Box 10150, Daytona Beach, Florida, 32120, USA Tel +1 (386) 252 3053 Fax +1 (386) 252 0037 Services charter, international, regional, domestic, passen ger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Robert Williams (100%) Date established 1966 Date operations started 1966 Executives President Robert Willman Fleet 6 x Convair 240 TRANSAERO [UN] (TSO) Domodedovo Airport. Moscow, 103340, Russia Tel +7 (095) 578 5259 Fax +7 (095) 424 7132 Sita SVODDUN Website www.transaero.ru Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domes tic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (5.0%), Aerotrans Joint Stock Company, Ikar, llyushin Design Bureau, Laves. Liner Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Baltic (0.22%), Transaero Express (100%) Alliances Air Moldova, CSA Czech Airlines, Krasnoyarsk Airlines Date established 28 December 1990 Date operations started 5 November 1991 Description Russian carrier operating scheduled flights to 20 domestic and international destinations. History Incorporated as a private joint stock company and www.fliqhtinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 93
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