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Directory: world airlines AUSTRALIAN CHALLENGE AIRWAYS Level 12, 37 Bligh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Tel +61 2 8233 9219 Fax +61 2 8233 6199 Email neil_hansford@austchallengeair.com Website www.austchallengeair.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, domestic, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Wholly owned subsidiary of Investors in Aviation (100%) Date established August 2003 Date operations started July 2004 Description Planned Australian freighter airline due to startoper- ations in July 2004, operating a fleet of Boeing 757-PCFs on domestic and international freight routes. Plans to add Boeing 767-200 passenger aircraft for charters in late 2004. Executives Chief Executive Neil Hansford Executive GM Airline Operations Chris Youlten Executive GM Standards Tony Pyne Chief Financial Officer Jean Willis Main base Perth International (PER), Melbourne International (MLB), Adelaide International (ADL), Cairns International (CNS), Hubs Newcastle Belmont (BEO) c Ifj.'J.M 999 Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG, Fontanastrasse 1, A-1107 Vienna, Austria Tel +43 5 1766 Fax +43 1 688 6526 Sita VIETOOB Website www.austrianairlines.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders OIAG (Austrian govern ment) (39.7%), public investors and employees (30.7%), Austrian institutional investors (syndicate) (18.1 %), Air France (1.5%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Austrian Arrows (100%), LaudaAir(100%) Alliances Star Alliance, Adria Airways, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air China, Air Dolomiti, Air France, Air Mauritius, Air India, All Nippon Airways, Belavia Belarussian Airlines, BMI, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Egyptair, El Al, Iran Air, Lauda Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine, Luxair, Mexicana, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair, Syrianair, TAROM, Ukraine International Airlines, United Airlines Date established 30 September 1957 Date operations started 31 March 1958 Description National airline group operating scheduled services to more than 116 destinations on all five continents. History Formed through a merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. First domestic air service launched 1 May 1963 with a Douglas DC-3. Transatlantic service started (Vienna-Brussels- New York), initially in co-operation with Sabena on 1 April 1969. Employees total 7,140 Executives Chairman Rainer Wieltsch COO, Executive VP and Chief Pilot Walter Bock Chief Executive Vagn Soerenson Chief Financial Officer Thomas Kleibl Chief Commercial Officer Josef Burger EVP Corporate Strategy and Corporate Projects Fritz Otti EVP Ground Operations Rainer Walther EVP Passenger System Christian Schmid Fleet 2xAirbusA319-100 8 x Airbus A320-200 3xAirbusA321-100 3 x Airbus A321-200 4 x Airbus A330-200 2 x Airbus A340-200 2 x Airbus A340-300 1 x Boeing MD-82 2 x Boeing MD-83 4 x Boeing MD-87 34 x Fokker 70 Orders 5 x Airbus A319-100 3 x Boeing 737-800 Main base Vienna International (VIE) Hubs Vienna International (VIE) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Innsbruck, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna Destinations (international scheduled) Agadir, Alicante, Amsterdam, Ankara, Athens, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cairo, Casablanca, Catania, Copenhagen, Damascus, Delhi, Dubrovnik, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Istanbul, Kathmandu, Kefallinia, Kiev, Larnaca, Lisbon, London, Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Milan, Minsk, Montreal, Moscow, Munich, Naples, New York, Nice, Odessa, Osaka, Palma Mallorca, Paris, Prague, Preveza/Lefkas, Pristina, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Tirana, Tokyo, Toronto, Tripoli, Warsaw, Washington, Yerevan, Zurich AUSTRIAN ARROWS [VO] (TYR) Furstenweg 176, Postfach 98, A-6026 Innsbruck, 6020, Austria Tel +43 512 2222 1220 Fax +43 512 2222 9005 Sita INNDDVO Email comrnunications@tyrolean.at Website www.tyrolean.at/ Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian Airlines Group (100%) Alliances Star Alliance, Austrian, Belavia Belarussian Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Lufthansa, Maley Spanair, Ukraine International Airlines, United Airlines Date established 1978 Date operations started 1 April 1980 Description Major regional carrier operating to six destinations in Austria and 42 destinations within Europe. History Founded as Aircraft Innsbruck and adopted the present title upon the start of scheduled services on 1 April 1980. The airline was acquired by Austrian Airlines in March 1998. In 2003 it was rebranded with its name changing from Tyrolean Airways to Austrian Arrows. Employees total 1,098 Executives Executive VP Administration and Finance Johann Messner VP Technical Hermann Winter Flight Operations Manager Wolfgang Krebs Fleet 1 x Bombardier CRJ100LR 12 x Bombardier CRJ200LR 12 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 6 x Fokker 70 Orders 3 x Bombardier CRJ200LR 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Main base Innsbruck (INN) Hubs Vienna International (VIE) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg, Vienna Destinations (international scheduled) Altenrhein. Amsterdam, Ankara, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bologna, Bremen, Brussels, Budapest, Calvi, Chisinau, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dnepropetrovsk, Dresden, Dubrovnik, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Kharkov, Kosice, Krakow, Krasnodar, Leipzig/Halle, London, Luxembourg, Lyons, Manchester, Milan, Minsk, Munich, Nice, Nuremberg, Odessa, Oslo, Paris, Poznan, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, Timisoara, Tirana, Tripoli, Venice, Vilnius, Warsaw, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zurich AUSTRO AEREO Ecuador Date established 1996 Date operations started 1996 Date operations ceased 15 December 2003 History Operated scheduled domestic pasenger services. At the beginning of 2003 the airline operated under local bankruptcy protection before finally ceasing operations after a court decision sent the operator into liquidation. 4th Floor, Jackson House, Sibson Road, Sale, Manchester, M33 7RR, UK Tel +44 845 126 2000 Fax +44 870 756 2001 Email enquiries@club-travel2000.co.uk Website www.club-travel2000.co.uk Services Scheduled, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders CT2 (100%) Date established June 2003 Date operations started 25 November 2003. Description New low-fare, no-frills charter airline operating to South Africa and the Spanish and Canary Islands holiday resorts its sister operations CT2 Holidays and CT2 Flights. History Began with a twice-weekly service between Manchester and Cape Town. Employees total 70 Executives Managing Director/Director Flight Operations Michael O'Donovan Ground Operations Manager Julian Crow Maintenance Manager Andy Bendall Fleet 1 x Boeing 757-200 1 x Boeing 767-300ER Main base Manchester (MAN) •sranHHSsi Airport Siegerland, Flughafenstrasse, 57299 Burbach, Germany Tel +49 273 644 430 Fax +49 273 644 4399 Sita BOHAAXH Email fly@avantiair.com Website www.avantiair.com Services charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Gerhard Mahler (50%), Markus Baumann (25%), Stefan Kissinger (25%) Date established 1994 Date operations started 1 July 1994 Description Operates charter services within Europe, and pro vides fleet management. History Founded by former pilots Markus Baumann and Stefan Kissinger as an aircraft management company, but entered the charter market in 1996 with a Beech 1900C. Employees total 20 Engineering staff 2 Flightcrew 14 Cabin crew 2 Executives Managing Director (Flight Operations Manager) Markus Baumann Chief Executive (Accountable Manager) Stefan Kissinger Fleet 1xATR 42-300 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Main base Siegerland (SGE) Aruba Date established 1987 Date operations ceased October 2003 History Scheduled carrier serving the eastern Caribbean. Avia Air suspended operations in October 2003, with the airline plan ning to restructure under bankruptcy protection. Destinations (international scheduled) Bonaire, Curacao, Las Piedras AVIACON ZITOTRANS (ZR1 (AZS) 8V, Dobrolubova Str., Yekaterinburg, 620014, Russia Tel +7 3432 511 414 Sita SVXAZ8X Services Charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 2 June 1995 Date operations started 25 June 1995 Description Operates charter cargo and passenger flights worldwide, excluding North and South America. Regular destina tions include Istanbul, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Gerona, Bergamo, Larnaca, Athens, Thessaloniki, Varna and Bourgas. Also undertakes humanitarian relief flights for UN agencies. Executives General Director Andrei Kuznetsov Fleet 3 x llyushin II-76T Main base Ekaterinburg International (SVX) AVIACSA t6AJ (CHP) Humberto Lobo 660, Col del Valle, 66220 Garza Garcia, Mexico Sita MEXAEGA Email serv_abordo@aviacsa.com.mx Website www.aviacsa.com.mx Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 5 May 1990 Date operations started September 1990 Description Operates domestic scheduled services principally from Cancun, Merida and Tuxtla Gutierrez on 15 domestic and two international routes. Executives Chairman and Chief Executive Alejandro Mega Fleet 6 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 20 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced Destinations (domestic scheduled) Acapulco, Cancun, Chetumal, Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Leon/Guanajuato, Merida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 16-22 MARCH 2004 93
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