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2003
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25 x Boeing 737-500 129 x Boeing 737-700 Orders 115 x Boeing 737-700 Main base Dallas Love Field (DAL) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Albany NY, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boise, Buffalo, Burbank, Chicago, Cleveland. Columbus OH, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, El Paso, Fort Lauderdale, Harlingen, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jackson MS, Jacksonville FL, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Long Island Macarthur, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lubbock, Manchester, Midland/odessa, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk VA, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Ana, Seattle, Spokane, St Louis, Tampa, Tucson, Tulsa, West Palm Beach Palma de Mallorca Airport, Edificio Spanair, PO Box 50086, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, 07000, Spain Tel +34 971 745020 Fax +34 971 492553 Sita PMIPRJK E-mail mnavarro@spanair.es Website www.spanair.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Teinver (through Spanair Holdings) (51%), SAS Group (49%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aerolineas de Baleares (18%) Alliances Air Canada, Air Littoral, Austrian Airlines, Cubana de Aviacion, Lauda Air, Lufthansa, PGA - Portugalia Airlines, Regional Air Lines, Scandinavian Airlines, Tyrolean Airways, Varig Date established December 1986 Date operations started March 1988 Description Provides pasenger scheduled and charter services to destinations in Spain and elsewhere in Europe as well as other international destinations, linking over 100 cities. History Established as a joint venture between SAS and Viajes Marsans and began operations with European charters. Long- haul flights to the USA, Mexico and the Dominican Republic were launched in 1991, followed by domestic scheduled flights in March 1994. Employees total 2,897 Engineering staff 307 Flightcrew 567 Cabin crew 921 Executives Chairman Gonzalo Pascual Arias Director General Enrique Melia Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Eduardo Aranda Chief Commercial Officer Finn Thaulow Chief Financial Director Chief Financial Officer Lars Nygaard Commercial Charter Director Ricardo Roda Director Passenger Services Ola Ohlsson Director Network and Fleet Planning Jorgen Holme Financial Director Joaquin Montalban Maintenance and Engineering Director Tirso Gonzalez Operations Director Manuel Menendez Personnel Director Juan Iglesias Strategical Planning Director Emilio Monagas Fleet 6 x Airbus A320-200 4 x Airbus A321-200 11 x Boeing MD-82 23 x Boeing MD-83 3 x Boeing MD-87 Orders 9 x Airbus A320-200 2 x Airbus A321-200 Main base Palma de Mallorca (PMI) Hubs Madrid Barajas (MAD), Barcelona (BCN) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Alicante, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Menorca, Palma Mallorca, Santiago de Compostela, Tenerife, Valencia, Vigo Destinations (international scheduled) Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Malabo, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Vienna Date established 1980 Date operations started June 1990 Description Operates scheduled domestic services to 14 desti nations in the eastern USA. History Began as Detroit-based tour operator offering charter air services as Charter One. Scheduled services were launched in 1990 and the airline's name was changed to Spirit Airlines in 1992. Employees total 2,400 Executives Chairman Edward Homfeld Chief Executive Jacob Schorr Executive VP and Chief Operating Officer Jim Weiland EVP and Chief Financial Officer John Severson Chief Information Officer and SVP David Anderson Senior VP Safety Grady Reed SVP and Chief Marketing Officer Tom Anderson SVP Maintenance and Engineering Bob Bresnahan SVP Technical Services Rene Visscher VP Customer Service Carol Fischer VP Finance Jeffrey Tottis VP Ground Operations Patrick Strasburger VP Sales and Marketing Marc Cavaliere Fleet 6 x Boeing MD-81 14 x Boeing MD-82 6 x Boeing MD-83 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 Destinations (domestic scheduled) Atlantic City, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Los Angeles, Myrtle Beach, New York, Oakland, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm Beach Destinations (international scheduled) San Juan SPIRIT AIRLINES Level 9, 580 St.Kilda Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia Tel +61 3 9526 3537 Fax +61 3 9510 4095 E-mail info@SpiritAirlines.com.au Website www.spiritairlines.com.au/ Services Domestic, passenger Date established 1998 Description No-frills, low-cost airline, intending to start services within the Australian domestic market in 2003. Executives Chairman Graham Lederman Founder and Chief Executive Mike Dixon Founder and Director Operations Peter O' Dea Founder Director Cabin Services/PR Christine Collyer Director Marketing Bill Collyer Executive Director Anne Hamersley SPIRIT AIRLINES INK] (NKS) 2800 Executive Way, Miramar, Florida, 33025, USA Tel +1 954 447-7965 Fax +1 954 447-7979 Website www.spiritair.com/ Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%) AFRICA AIRLINES PO Box 7867, Free Zone, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Tel +971 6 557 0883 Fax +971 6 557 0885 Services International, passenger Date established 2002 Date operations started 2002 Fleet 1 x Boeing 707-320C 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 747-200B 156A Depot Road, Suite 410, Huntingdon Station, New York, 11746, USA Tel +1 631 549 4965 Fax +1 631 271 1149 E-mail dmoss@sportsflightair.com Website www.sportsflightair.com Services Charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Donald Moss (100%) Date established 1994 Date operations started May 1994 Description Provides charters for tour operators, focusing on flights to resorts in Colorado, Mexico and the Caribbean. Operates a Boeing 727-200 Adv for a sports team. History Received its FAR Part 121 certificate in April 1994. Employees total 16 Engineering staff 3 Flightcrew 6 Cabin crew 4 Executives President Donald Moss Main base Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) Hubs Raleigh/Durham International (RDU) Level 22 East Tower, WTC Building, Echelon Square, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Tel +94 73 5555 Fax +94 73 5122 Sita CMBXXUL E-mail ulweb@sri.lanka.net Website www.srilankan.lk Services Scheduled, international, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Sri Lanka (51%), Emirates (43%), employees (5.37%) Alliances Air Sofia, Daallo Airlines, Emirates, Indian Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Oman Air, Pakistan International Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines Date established 10January 1979 Date operations started 1 September 1979 Description National carrier operating to 27 destinations in 20 countries. History Originally known as Air Lanka, the airline was formed to succeed Air Ceylon, with initial management assistance provided by Singapore Airlines for two years, lasting from 1979 to 1981. The airline was wholly owned by the Sri Lankan government until 31 March 1*998, when Emirates purchased a minority stake, with an option to increase this to 40%. Following this acquisition Emirates took over the day-to-day management of Air Lanka. In July 1999, Air Lanka unveiled a new corporate identity which included a new aircraft livery and a change of name to SriLankan. Employees total 4,112 Executives Chairman Daya Pelpola Chief Executive Peter Hill Chief Financial and Administration Officer Neeraj Kumar Chief Financial Officer S Chandrasekera Chief Technical Officer Richard Hutton Director Chanaka de Silva Director Mahinda Haradasa Head of Information Technology Nigel O'Shea Fleet 2 x Airbus A320-200 4 x Airbus A3 30-200 3 x Airbus A340-300 1 xAntonov An-12 Main base Colombo Bandaranaike International (CMB) Destinations (international scheduled) Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok, Chennai, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Gaya, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, Male, Mumbai, Muscat, Paris, Riyadh, Singapore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchira pally, Tokyo, Zurich Point Salines International Airport, PO Box 805, St George's, Grenada Tel +1 473 444 1475 Fax +1 473 444 2898 Sita GNDKTLI E-mail cayar@caribsurf.com Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders SVG Air (100%) Date established 1992 Date operations started 1 November 1992 Description The national airline of Grenada. Handlers for Air Caribbean and TSA serving the areas of the Carriacou and Grenadines Islands. History Began operations with one leased Britten-Norman Islander and has since added another. The airline formed an alliance with SVG Air based at St Vincent and became St Vincent Grenada Air. Executives Managing Director Paul Gravel Director Lester Lewis Director Lyden Ramdhanny Fleet 2 x Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander Main base Grenada (GND) BP 775, Bamako, Mali Tel +223 277 0385 Fax +223 223 0981 Services Passenger Date established 2002 Date operations started 2002 Description Provides a domestic charter service. Executives General Manager Sow Papa Thiam Fleet 2xLetL-410UVP-E 76 1-7 APRIL 2003 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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