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Directory: world airlines VLM AIRLINES [VG](VLM) Antwerp Airport, PO Box 50, Antwerp, B-2100, Belgium Tel +32 (3) 285 68 68 Fax +32 (3) 281 32 00 Sita ANRRRVG Website www.vlm-airlines.com Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Frevag and Panta Holdings (100%) Alliances European Air Express, Eurowings, KLM uk, Luxair Date established 1 February 1992 Date operations started 15 May 1993 Description Operates over 170 scheduled passenger flights a week, together with seasonal scheduled flights to Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Also operates numer ous ad hoc charter flights to and from any airport in Western Europe. History Founded with the purpose of flying scheduled air line and charter services from regional airports to important economic centres within Western Europe. Employees total 240 Executives President/Managing Director Jaap Rosen Jacobsen Chief Operating Officer Piet Wauters Fleet 11 x Fokker 50 Main base Antwerp International (ANR) Hubs Brussels National (BRU), Dusseldorf Express- Mdnchengladbach (MGL), Rotterdam (RTM), London City (LCY), Luxembourg (LUX), Geneva International (GVA), Jersey (JER) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Antwerp, Brussels Destinations (international scheduled) Dusseldorf, Geneva, Guernsey, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Manchester, Rotterdam VNUKOVO AIRLINES [V5] (VKO> One of Russia's largest airlines, operating scheduled flights to over 40 cities in Russia and the CIS, and international charter services, has been acquired by Sibir Airlines. Its operations have now been fully incorporated. Vnukovo Airlines was established in March 1993 based on the former Aeroflot Directorate. In October that year, it became the first airiine to take delivery of the new Tupolev Tu-204. 2, Svyatoshinska Street, Kiev, 033115. Ukraine Tel +380 44 452 1115 Fax +380 44 452 2829 Sita IEWRXH Website www.volare.kiev.ua Services passenger and cargo Date established 1994 Description Operates charter and regular flights from its base airports at Rovno and Kiev. Executives President Igor Likarenko Director General Andrey Likarenko Commercial Director Maxim Likarenko Fleet 6xAntonovAn-12 4 x llyushin II-76M Corso Garibaldi 186. Thiene, Vicenza, 1-36016, Italy Tel +39 0445 800 100 Fax +39 0445 800 101 Sita VRNC08D Website www.volare-airlines.com Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, pas senger Parent organisation/shareholders Volare Group Alliances Air Sicilia, Qualifier Date established 1997 Date operations started April 1998 Description Operates charter flights from Bergamo, Milan Malpensa and Veronas to destinations within Europe and the Mediterranean. History Created by a group of north-east Italian entrepre neurs and foreign investors. A 34% stake of Volare was acquired by the SAirGroup in September 1998. Employees total 200 Engineering staff 35 Flightcrew 47 Cabin crew 78 Executives President Gino Zoccai Managing Director Vincenzo Soddu Commercial Director Giuliano Martinelli Technical Director Giancarlo Piacenza Fleet 16 x Airbus A320-200 2 x Airbus A321-200 2 x Boeing 767-300ER Main base Verona Villafranca International (VRN) Hubs Milan-Malpensa (MXP), Bergamo-Orio Al Serio (BGY) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Alghero, Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Milan, Naples, Palermo. Rome. Venice Destinations (international scheduled) Brussels VOLCA-AVIAEXPRESS AIRLINES (VLA) Volgograd Airport, Volgograd, Privolzhsky Zone, 400036, Russia Tel +7 (8422) 317 322 Fax +7 (8422) 317 322 Sita VOGRRSU Services scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Employees (39%), investors (51%) Description Operates scheduled services from Volgograd to Russian and CIS cities. History Former Aeroflot Volgograd division and later known as Volga Airlines. Employees total 271 Engineering staff 83 Flightcrew 13 Cabin crew 25 Executives President Director Fleet Anatoliy Grishin Yuriy Baichkin 3 x Tupolev Tu-134A 4 x Yakovlev Yak-40 1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K 6 x Yakovlev Yak-42D VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES [VI] (VDA) 14 Karbysheva St, Ulyanovsk, 432062, Russia Tel +7 (8422) 201497 Fax +7 (8422) 204997 Sita ULYDMVI/ULYOOVI Website www.vda.ru Services scheduled, charter, international, domestic, pas senger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Antonov (2.9%), Kaskol (16%), NIC (New Insurance Company) (39.8%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Heavylift Volga-Dnepr (50%) Date established 1990 Date operations started October 1991 Description Specialises in outsize cargo operations using the world's largest fleet of An-124s. History Joint stock company established by its three major shareholders Aviastar, Antonov Design Bureau and Motor Sich. It entered a marketing agreement with Stansted, UK- based HeavyLifl, offering the 120t payload Antonov An-124 on the world cargo market. It became the first carrier in Russia, other than Aeroflot, to begin operations specialising in outsize cargo. Employees total 873 Engineering staff 154 Flightcrew 185 Cabin crew 37 Executives General Director Alexei Isaikin Chairman Viktor Tolmachev Commercial Director Valery Gabrial Director Strategic Planning/Development Michael Ivanov Fleet 1 x Antonov An-12 1 x Antonov An-124 8 x Antonov An-124-100 1 x Antonov An-32 1 x llyushin II-76M 1 x llyushin II-76T 4 x Yakovlev Yak-40 1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K Orders 1 x Antonov An-124-100 Main base Ulyanovsk-Vostochny International (ULY) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Moscow, Ulyanovsk Destinations (international scheduled) Nikolaev VOLOGDA AIR ENTERPRISE (VGV) Vologda Airport, Vologda Dorozhn, North West Zone, 160015, Russia Tel +7 8172 72 5012 Fax +7 8162 72 0686 Services scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1933 Description Operates scheduled domestic and regional passenger services. Executives General Director Lev Eliferov Director General Yuri Palady First Deputy Director General Alexander Lugovoi Fleet 1 x PZL-Mielec An-28 9 x Yakovlev Yak-40 Voronezh Airport. Voronezh. Central Regions Zone ATD, 394025, Russia Tel +7 (0732) 160 937 Fax +7 (0732) 553 566 Services scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Others(49%), Voronezh employees (51%) Date established 20 January 1994 Date operations started 20 January 1994 Description Operates short-haul domestic and regional schedules from Voronezh to points in central, southern and western Russia. History Former Aeroflot Voronezh division Fleet 1 x Antonov An-24B 6 x Antonov An-24RV 10 x Tupolev Tu-134A 1 x Yakovlev Yak-42D VOSTOK AIRLINES (VTK) Domestic Airport. Khabarovsk, 680012, Russia Tel +7 (4212) 372562 Fax +7 (4212) 371583 Services charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Airline personnel (49%), Khabarovsk Regional Administration (51%) Date established 1947 Date operations started 1947 Description Operates domestic passenger services in addi tion to a wide spectrum of aerial work. This work includes air ambulance services, air patrols of forest areas and fire fighting, oil rig support, helicopter logging operations and external services. History Formed as an aviation group and incorporated as an open joint stock company in 1993. Executives Director General Deputy Director General Commercial Director Fleet 3 x Let L-410 UVP-E 4 x PZL-Mielec An-28 Main base Khabarovsk-Novy (KHV) Fanis Mirayanov Alexandor Tkach Alexander Trebisov 1500 Airport Road. North Bay, Ontario, P0H 1P0, Canada Tel +1 (705) 476 1750 Fax +1 (705) 476 6773 Sita YYBOW4V Website www.voyageurairways.com Services charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1968 Date operations started 1968 Description Operates passenger charter flights and air ambulance services in Canada and the USA. Also has one scheduled route. Employees total 182 Engineering staff 50 Flightcrew 45 Cabin crew 7 Executives President Max Shapiro Director of Flight Operations Rick Korswagen Maintenance Director Larry Bayliss Maintenance Director Joe Hansford Fleet 8 x de Havilland Dash 7 Destinations (domestic scheduled) North Bay, Sudbury 9 Rue Industrielle, No 206, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Tel +32 59 704 409 Fax +32 59 704 409 Services charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1983 Date operations started 1983 102 26 MARCH - 1 APRIL 2002 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com wmmmammwmamu|_
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