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Directory: world airlines Box 100, Gloucester Road, London, SW7 4UB, UK Tel +44 1444 831 133 Fax +44 1444 831 012 E-mail info@fly-europa.com Website www.fly-europa.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Europa Leisure International d (60%), North Fleet (40%) Description European based carrier planning to operate sched uled, inclusive tour and charter passenger flights from hubs at London Stansted and Manchester. Rue Evaristo da Veiga 47, Gr 501, Centro. Rio de Janeiro, CEP-20031-040, Brazil Tel +55 2 153 37605 Fax +55 2 153 21705 Sita GRULA4H Website www.voefly.com.br/ Services Charter, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1994 Date operations started 1995 Description Operates regular flights from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, plus charters to neighbouring countries Executives Director Ricardo Luiz Burguer Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced Destinations (domestic scheduled) Fortaleza, Joao Pessoa, Natal, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo FLYBE (BRITISH EUROPEAN) [BE] (JEA) Exeter International Airport, Exeter, Devon, EX5 2BD, UK Tel +44 1392 366669 Fax +44 1392 366151 Website www.flybe.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders James French, Orbis Trustees, Rosedale Aviation Holdings Alliances Air France, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, ScotAirways, VLM Airlines Description Europe's largest independent regional airline with principal operating bases at Birmingham, Belfast City, the Channel Islands and Scotland. Carries more than 3 million pas sengers a year on its network. History Formed on 1 November 1979 from the foundation of Intra Airways but taken over in 1938 by the Walkersteel Group, the parent company of Blackpool-based charter airline Spacegrand Aviation. The airlines were initially run separately with partially shared management until their amalgamation within the Walker Aviation Group in 1985, under the name of Jersey European Airways. Following a change of brand to British European in June 2000, the next stage of development for the airline came on 18 July 2002 with the airline restarting as Flybe. Employees total 1,503 Executives Chairman David Brown Managing Director Jim French Managing Director (Aviation Services) Simon Chance Director Airline Finance P Neilson Director Commercial Planning Martin Saxton Director Fleet Planning and Industry Affairs David Attenburrow Flight Operations Director Mike Wood Sales Director Marshall Barrand Fleet 2 x BAe 146-100 7 xBAe 146-200 6 x BAe 146-300 2 x Bombardier CRJ200ER 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Main base Birmingham International (BHX), London City (LCY), Exeter International (EXT), Guernsey (GCI), Jersey (JER), Belfast City (BHD) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Belfast, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, London, Newcastle, Southampton Destinations (international scheduled) Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Geneva, Lyons, Malaga, Milan, Murcia, Paris, Shannon, Toulouse 109 Bd Pereire, 75017 Paris, France Tel +33 1 56 79 15 07 Fax +33 6 24 24 43 37 E-mail chambard.inflight@dialogues.fr Services Scheduled, international, passenger Date established 2002 Description Planned start up low-cost carrier based at Beauvais Tille Airport, around 80km (50 miles) north of Paris.The fleet is expected to be six 170-seat Boeing MD-83s. Executives President and Chief Executive Eric Chambard FLYGLOBESPAN.COM Colinton House, 10 West Mill Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, EH13 0NX, UK Tel +44 131 441 1388 Website www.fIyglobespan.com Services Scheduled, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders GlobeSpan Group (100%) Date established November 2002 Description Edinburgh-headquartered tour operator GlobeSpan Group has unveiled plans to launch low-fare scheduled services from Glasgow Prestwick and Edinburgh under the Flyglobespan.com name in mid-2003. Destinations will be Barcelona, Malaga, Nice, Palma and Rome. Airside Centre, Rahtitie 3. FIN-01530 Vantaa, Finland Tel +358 9 6151 2540 Fax +358 9 6151 2540 E-mail info@flyfi.net Website http:/www.fiyfi.net Services Scheduled, charter, international, domestic, passenger Date established December 2002 Description Plans to launch services in 2003 from Helsinki with two Boeing MD-83s. Executives Managing Director Pasi Nopanen Room 119 Atlantic House, London-Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, RH6 0JJ, UK Tel +44 1293 507050 Fax +44 1293 507051 E-mail info@fly-jet.com Website www.fly-jet.com Services Charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Mike Hawkins, Shaun Dewey Date established 2002 Description Flyjet intends to begin services for the inclusive tour market in April 2003 initially using three Boeing 757-200s. Two of these will be operated from London Gatwick, the third from Manchester, principally to the Mediterranean with destinations including the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cyrpus, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. Cyril E King Airport. One Air Cargo Center. St Thomas, 00802, Virgin Islands Tel +1 340 776 8847 Fax +1 340 776 5536 E-mail fourstarstt@is!ands.vi Website wwwfourstaraircargo.com/ Services Scheduled, charter, regional, cargo Date established 1982 Date operations started 1982 Description Operates cargo services within the USA and British Virgin Islands and to Puerto Rico. Executives President F J McCarthy Jr Vice-President Curtis White Maintenance Director Mark Laplace Operations Director Nikki Colon Fleet 3xConvair440 6 x Douglas DC-3C Destinations (domestic scheduled) St Croix Island, St Thomas Island Destinations (international scheduled) Arecibo, Beef Island, San Juan Palermo, Italy Tel +39 0933 359249 Fax +39 0933 359264 E-mail charters@sntweb.it Website www.freeairways.it Services Charter, passenger Date established 2001 Description Operates scheduled services from Palermo in Sicily to points on the Itlaian mainland and to Paris, France. Executives Chairman Armando Crispino Destinations (domestic scheduled) Bologna, Catania, Lampedusa, Milan, Palermo, Verona Destinations (international scheduled) Paris Yesilkoy Caddesi 9-A, Block 3-4, Florya, Istanbul, TR 34810, Turkey Tel +90 212 663 7777 Fax +90 212 663 2353 E-mail info@freebirdairlines.com Website www.freebirdairlines.com Services Charter Date established 2001 Date operations started 2001 Description Charter airline formed by Turkish aviation company Gozen Air Services. Executives General Manager Tuncay Doganer Fleet 4 x Boeing MD-83 PO Box 109-698, Level 7 Newpark Tower, 5 Short Street, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand Tel +64 9 912 6980 Fax +64 9 912 6998 E-mail contactus@freedomair.co.nz Website www.freedomair.co.nz Services Scheduled, charter, international Parent organisation/shareholders Air New Zealand (100%) Date established 1995 Date operations started 8 December 1995 Description Operates scheduled services across the Tasman Sea to Australia and charter flights within New Zealand. History Established as South Pacific Air Charters by Mount Cook Airline, but trades as Freedom Air International. Executives Vice-President and General Manager Wayne Dodge Fleet 4 x Boeing 737-300 Main base Auckland International (AKL) No3 Dallaji Road, PO Box 2330, Malali GRA, Kaduna, Nigeria Tel +234-62-241850 Fax +234 62 243478 E-mail info@freedomairservices.com Website www.freedomairservices.com/ Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders ADF (40%), Garba Kabo Shitu (20%), Moh Garba Shitu (20%), Yusufu Garba Shitu (20%) Date established 28 May 1998 Date operations started October 2001 Description Operates domestic services. History Founded by Garba Kabo Shitu. Employees total 138 Executives Chief Executive Garba Shitu Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced Main base Kano Mallam Aminu International (KAN), Lagos Murtala Muhammed (LOS) 5605 N MacArthur Boulevard Ste, Irving, Texas, 75038, USA Tel +1 602 7971951 Services Scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Mesa Air Group (100%) Date established December 2001 Date operations started 26 October 2002 Description Provides domestic services on behalf of America West Airlines. Executives Chairman Jonathan Ornstein President Michael Ferverda Chief Executive George Lippemeier VP Flight Operations Mickey Moman Maintenance Director Robert Ramirez Operations Director Steven Tillotson Safety Director David Fitzgibbons Treasurer Jeff Poeschl www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 25-31 MARCH 2003 69
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