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rxt— —. —i — les VANGUARD AIRLIN 533 Mexico City Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, 64153, USA Tel +1 816 243 2100 Fax +1 816 243 2937 Website www.flyvanguard.com Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Hambrecht and Quist (78%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Frontier Airlines(8%) Date established 1994 Date operations started 2 December 1994 Description Low-fare passenger airline providing conve nient, scheduled jet service operating to 15 US cities. History In December 1998, the majority owners of Vanguard Airlines bought an 8% stake in Frontier Airlines. Executives President/Chairman/Chief Executive Scott Dickson VP Finance/CFO David Rescino VP Engineering/Quality Assurance Jim Miller VP Flight Operations Mark Peterson VP Ground Operations and Facilities James Eckhart VP Marketing Elizabeth Cattell VP Marketing Communication Mark Cestari Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-200 7 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing MD-81 4 x Boeing MD-82 1 x Boeing MD-83 2 x Boeing MD-87 Main base Kansas City International (MCI) Hubs Kansas City International (MCI) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Atlanta, Austin, Buffalo, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco i Almirante Silvio de Noronha 365, Edificio Varig, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20 021-010, Brazil Tel +55 (21) 3814 5000 Fax +55 (21) 3814 5700 Sita RIODDRG Website www.varig.com.br Services scheduled, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Ruben Berta Foundation (55.63%), State of Rio Grande do Sol (0.43%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Nordeste Linhas Aereas Regionais (99%), Pluna (49.0%), Rio-Sul Servicos Aereos Regionais (97%) Alliances Star Alliance, AeroSur, Alitalia, Aserca Airlines, Nordeste Linhas Aereas Regionais, Passaredo Transportes Aereas, Pluna, Rio-Sul Servicos Aereos Regionais, South African Airways, Spanair Date established 7 May 1927 Date operations started 15 July 1927 Description Brazil's principal air carrier, operating to 19 countries on four continents, as well as 34 cities in Brazil. History Founded by German immigrant Otto Ernest Meyer in the city of Porto Alegre. It originally operated local ser vices in southern Brazil, but added its first international route to Montevideo on 5 August, 1942. Transatlantic ser vices were opened in February 1965. The airline took over the giant REAL consortium in 1961, making it the largest airline in South America. It acquired a controlling interest in Cruziero do Sul in June 1975, which was fully intergrated into Varig in January 1993. Employees total 16,869 Executives President Ozires Silva Maintenance General Director Claudio Junqueira Chief Financial Officer Manuel Guedes VP Cargo Business Jose Carlos Rocha Lima VP Audit and Investor Relations Manuel Eduado Domingues Guedes VP Commercial Roberto Garcia de Macedo VP Finance Dorival Ramos Schultz VP Flight Operations Eldoy Binder Fleet 3 x Boeing 727-100C 1 x Boeing 727-1 OOF 2 x Boeing 727-200F 36 x Boeing 737-300 4 x Boeing 737-400 5 x Boeing 737-700 2 x Boeing 737-800 6 x Boeing 767-200ER 6 x Boeing 767-30OER 2 x Boeing 777-20OER 13 x Boeing MD-11 3 x Boeing MD-11 ER 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F Orders 4 x Boeing 737-700 10 x Boeing 737-800 6 x Boeing 767-300ER 4 x Boeing 777-200ER Main base Sao Paulo-Congonhas International (CGH), Rio De Janeiro-Galeao International (GIG) Hubs Salvador (SSA). Recife-Guarapes International (REC), Brasilia Internacional (BSB) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aracaju, Belem, Belo Horizonte, Boa Vista, Brasilia, Campo Grande, Cruzeiro do Sul, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Goiania, Iguassu Falls, Joao Pessoa, Londrina, Macapa, Maceio, Manaus, Natal, Navegantes. Porto Alegre, Porto Velho, Recife, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Santarem, Sao Luiz, Sao Paulo. Tabatinga, Tefe, Teresina, Trombetas. Vitoria Destinations (international scheduled) Asuncion, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Cancun, Caracas, Copenhagen. Cordoba, Frankfurt, La Paz, Lima, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mendoza, Mexico City, Miami. Milan, Montevideo, Nagoya, New York, Paris, Punta del Este, Rome, Rosario, Santa Cruz. Santiago, Tokyo Praca Cmte Lineu Gomes S/No, Aeroporto de Congonhas, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 04626-910, Brazil Tel +55 (11) 531 1949 Fax +55 (11) 543 7227 Sita SAOD2VP Website www.vasp.com.br Services scheduled, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders State of Sao Paulo (40%), VOE/Canhedo Group (60%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Ecuatoriana (50.1%), TAN (80%) Date established 4 November 1933 Date operations started 1933 Description Second biggest scheduled operator in Brazil operating an extensive domestic and growing international network from its main hub in Sao Paulo. History Founded by the Stae of Sao Paulo, the city of Sao Paulo and the municipal bank. In 1990. a majority stake was bought by the VOE/Canhedo Group, a company formed by the Canhedo Group of Brasilia and VASP employees. Employees total 4,175 Executives VP Commercial and Marketing Rodolfo Azevedo VP Legal Affairs Jose Fernando Ribeiro VP Financial Administrator Cesar Canhedo Azevedo Airports Director Claudio Gallego Commercial Cargo Director Jose Carlos Rocha Lima Commercial Director Nelson Nicolini Financial Director Ronaldo Lemes International Commercial Director Mario Carvallio Marketing Director Mauricio Moreira Fleet 3 x Airbus A300B2 2 x Boeing 727-200F 7 x Boeing 737-200 13 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 2 x Boeing 737-200C 3 x Boeing 737-300 Main base Sao Paulo-Congonhas International (CGH), Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International (GRU) Hubs Salvador (SSA), Brasilia Internacional (BSB), Sao Paulo-Congonhas International (CGH). Rio De Janeiro- Galeao International (GIG) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aracaju, Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Campinas, Campo Grande, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Goiania, Iguassu Falls, llheus, Joao Pessoa, Londrina, Macapa, Maceio, Manaus, Natal, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Porto Velho, Recife. Ribeirao Preto, Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Luiz, Sao Paulo, Teresina, Vitoria nmVHHBHBHHHHBHB 29 Dobry Voinikov Street, 1421 Sofia, Bulgaria Tel +359 2 963 2260 Fax +359 2 963 3957 Sita SOFVGCR Services charter, international, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Ivan Ivanov (35%), Petar Cenkov (65%) Date established 4 July 1997 Date operations started November 1998 Description Vega operates outsize cargo charters with a fleet of three Antonov An-12BPs. History Vega Airlines was founded in 1997. Formerly known as Aviobroker Ltd and Ikar Air Cargo Ltd both brokerage agencies in the aviation cargo world, providing cargo charter services. In March 1998 Vega was appointed as the official representative in Bulgaria for the Antonov Design Bureau. Executives Managing Director Ivan Ivanov Commercial Director Angel Petrov Fleet 3x Antonov An-12 Moskovskaya 182-A, Djankoy, Crimea, 96108, Ukraine Tel +380 (6564) 33112 Fax +380 (6564) 33112 Sita SIPVTXH Website www.skylineaviation.co.uk/veteran.html Services charter, international, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Ukrainian/llyushin Design Bureau joint venture Date established 7 July 1992 Date operations started 19 September 1992 Description Operates worldwide cargo charters from vari ous cities in Ukraine. Employees total 101 Engineering staff 52 Flightcrew 5 Executives Director General A Petrenko Commercial Director L Kungurov. Engineering Director V Evdokimov Maintenance Director M Stepanov Marketing Director Y Rendel Financial Director M Stepanova Fleet 4 x Antonov An-12 1 x llyushin II-76M VG AIRLINES International Airport Antwerp B56, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium Tel +32 3 303 00 00 Fax +32 3 281 13.04 Website www.vgair.be/ Services scheduled, international, passenger Date established 2001 Description The Belgian start-up began operations to Los Angeles and San Francisco in March 2002 using two to three Airbus A330s, and ex-Sabena pilots. It aims to fill the void left by Sabena. VG Airlines's management team is drawns from Delta Air Transport and VLM. Executives Founder/Chairman/Chief Executive Freddie van Gaever Engineering Director Paul van Doorsselaer General Counsel Bart Boury Operations Director Raymond Nicolay Sales and Marketing Director Piet Goedeme Fleet 3 x Airbus A330-200 VIEQUES AIR LINK (VES) PO Box 487, Vieques, 00765, Puerto Rico Tel +1 (787) 741 3266 Fax +1 (787) 741 0545 Website www.vieques-island.com/val Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 14 October 1965 Description Operates scheduled and charter services in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. History Founded by Osvaldo Gonzalez and was registered as a corporation on 5 April, 1967. In 1989 Hurricane Hugo destroyed the airline's entire fleet. Executives President Osvaldo Gonzalez Maintenance Director Wilfredo Perez 100 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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