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Directory: world airlines and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Region Air Myanmar (HK) (49%), government of Myanmar (40%), Zan (11 %) Date established August 1993 Date operations started 15 August 1993 Description International airline operating scheduled services to a number of regional South-East Asian destinations. History Reformed in Jan 2001 by Myanmar Airways in a new joint venture with Singapore-based Region Air to provide interna tional services. Executives Managing Director Gerard de Vaz Country Manager- SIN and KUL/GM Cargo Richard Chan Regional Marketing Manager/Country Manager Ronald Lim Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-300 Main base Yangon International (RGN) Destinations (international scheduled) Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore Parkway Three, Parkway Business Centre, 300 Princess Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M14 7QU, UK Tel +44 161 232 6600 Fax +44 161 232 6610 Sita MANOOVZ Website www.airtours.co.uk/ Services Charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (58%), finan cial institutions (22%), Crossland Family (10.15%), DCrossland (10.15%), other directors (0.22%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings MyTravel Airways (100%), MyTravelLite(100%) Date established 1 October 1990 Date operations started 11 March 1991 Description Provides inclusive tour charter operations to most Mediterranean holiday resorts and further afield to destinations in Australia, the Caribbean, the Indian subcontinent and the USA. Services are flown primarily for the MyTravel Group. History The Airtours tour operating company was founded by entrepreneur and company chairman David Crossland and launched an in-house airline under the name of Airtours International. Cardiff-based Inter European Airways was acquired and integrated in November 1993. In 1996, the parent company also acquired Danish charter airline Premiair. German operator fly FTI was also part of the Airtours Aviation division, but has been closed down. Following the renaming of the Airtours Group to MyTravel Group in February 2002, the Airtours International and Premiair operations were rebranded as MyTravel Airways with effect from 1 May 2002. Executives Chairman Eric Sanderson Managing Director David Betts MD Engineering and Operations Gene Mashlan Director Commercial Bryan Deavall Finance Director Clive Darlaston Flight Operations Director Sieve Soloman Director Ground Services Tom McLean Fleet 12 x Airbus A320-200 6 x Airbus A321-200 3 x Airbus A330-200 1 x Airbus A330-300 6 x Boeing 757-200 3 x Boeing 767-300ER 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Orders 9 x Airbus A320-200 6 x Airbus A321-200 Main base London Gatwick (LGW), London Luton (LTN), Manchester (MAN) History Founded through the merger of Conair of Denmark and Scanair of Sweden. In February 1996, Airtours aquired Spies, a Scandanavian Leisure Group, giving it full control over Premiair, which, along with Airtours International in the UK, was rebranded on1 May 2002. Employees total 1,129 Executives Chairman Sam Weihagen Managing Director Tom Clausen Finance Director Bent Erlandsen Director Human Resources Morten Agerskov Flight Operations Director Franz Vinther Director Inflight Service Pia Mark Technical Director Olaf Hauge Nielsen Fleet 8 x Airbus A320-200 1 x Airbus A330-200 3 x Airbus A330-300 MYTRAVELLITE [VZ] (MYL) Parkway One, Parkway Business Centre, 300 Princess Road, Manchester, M14 7QU, UK Tel +44 161 232 6464 Sita MANOOVZ Website www.mytravellite.co.uk Services Scheduled, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders MyTravel Airways (100%) Date established 2002 Date operations started 1 October 2002 Description Low-fare carrier based in Birmingham with opera tions to Alicante, Belfast International, Beauvais, Geneva and Malaga using Airbus A320s. Executives Chief Executive Timothy Jeans Fleet 2 x Airbus A320-200 MYTRAVEL AIRWAYS [DK] <VKG) Copenhagen Airport South, Hangar 276, Dragoer, DK-2791, Denmark Tel +45 32 47 72 00 Fax +45 32 45 12 20 Sita CPHAPDK Website www.mytravelairways.dk Services Charter, international, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders MyTravel Group (100%) Date established 1 January 1994 Date operations started 1 January 1994 Description Scandinavian charter airline, operating inclusive tour flights to resorts in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. H.MUUUHIBIWBIBBg Rua Sete Abril 230, CEP-04355 Sao Paulo, Brazil Tel (+55 11) 31 55 14 15 Website wwwnacionalreservas.com.br/ Services Scheduled, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Aramis Maia Patti (100%) Date established 2000 Date operations started 26 December 2000 Description Low-cost domestic carrier operating Boeing 737s on trunk routes including Brasilia, Cuiba, Campo Grande, Goiana and Porto Velho from Sao Paulo. Executives Executive Director Julio Perotti Fleet 3 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced Nagoya Airport, Toyoyama 480-0202, Japan Tel +81 568 28 5405 Fax < Website www.nals.co.jp -Cho. Nishikasuga 81 568 28 5417 Gun Aichi Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Nagoya Railroad Group (80%), All Nippon Airways (20%) Alliances All Nippon Airways Date established 12 May 1988 Date operations started 23 April 1991 Description Provides regional passenger services from Nagoya. History Formed by Nagoya Railroad and All Nippon Airways and began commuter services in 1991. Executives President Akira Hirabayashi Senior Managing Director General Manager-General Affairs Department Nobuo Yamada Managing Director General Manager-Flight Operations Department Masaaki Kayama Director General Manager - Maintenance Department Toshio Yamada Fleet 4 x Fokker 50 Main base Nagoya (NGO) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Fukuoka, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Tokushima, Tokyo, Toyama, Yonago 238 Zhujiang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tel +86 25 460 2629 Services Scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders China Northwest Airlines (80%), Nanjing government (20%) Date established July 1994 Description Provides a feeder service in support of the parent company's Nanjing hub. History Established as a joint venture between China Northwest Airlines and the Nanjing government. Executives President Jiang Heping Fleet 2xXianY7-100C NATIONAL AIRLINES [N7] (ROK) USA National Airlines operated low-cost economy and first-class flights from its main base in Las Vegas to Chicago Midway, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco using a fleet of Boeing 757-200s. It was founded by Michael Conway in April 1995 and backed financially by The Rio Hotel & Casino, Harrah's Entertainment and Wexford Management. Operations started on 27 May 1999. The airline's name originated from a carrier acquired by Pan Am in 1980, before entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1991. In June 2000 National announced it was considering a share place ment and inital public offering for the third or fourth quarter of 2000, but filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 6 December, while continuing operations as normal. After failing to firm up a refinancing package, National Airlines ceased opera tions on 7 November 2002. •^FlJM'HWII-lJ'H'l-li'iJ^LJ'H PO Box 293, Lamseria, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1748, South Africa Tel +27 11 267 5000 Fax +27 11 267 5054 E-mail harold@nac.co.za Website www.nac.co.za Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Safair (67%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings National Airways Cameroon Date established 1946 Employees total 420 Engineering staff 44 Flightcrew3 Executives Chairman and Chief Executive Brian Frankel Finance Director Hennie Smit Maintenance Director Harold Posnik Marketing Director Graeme Conlyn Operations Director Attie Niemann Chief Pilot Noel Walsh Fleet 1 x de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 3 x Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner 2 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Main base Cape Town International (CPT), Johannesburg Jan Smuts International (JNB) PO Box 5663, Yaounde, Cameroon Tel +237 700 351 Fax +237 426 789 Services Scheduled, domestic Parent organisation/shareholders Finance Corporation, Mr Mobutu, National Airways Date established November 1999 Date operations started 21 February 2000 Description Runs domestic scheduled services, but is planning to extend its operations to regional flights. Executives Chairman Jean Marie Assene Nkou Executive Director Guillaume Elame Fleet 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner NATIONAL JET SYSTEMS [NC] (N JS) 28 James Schofield Drive, Adelaide Airport, South Australia, SA 5090, Australia Tel +61 8 81547000 Fax +61 8 81547256 Sita ADLNJTN E-mail bobb@nationaljet.com.au Website www.nationaljet.com.au Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders FR Aviation (100%) Date established 1989 Date operations started 1 July 1990 www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 1-7 APRIL 2003 49
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