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Directory: world airlines Hubs Dhaka (DAC) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Barisal, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka, Jessore, Sylhet GO AIR EXPRESS Canada Date established 2002 Date operations ceased June 2003 History Go Air Express was the passenger airline subsidiary of Canadian regional freighter carrier KnightHawk Air Express. Based in Pembroke, Ontario, the airline provided scheduled pas senger services between Toronto and Pembroke using a Beech 1900 turboprop. KnightHawk, parent of Canadian regional freighter KnightHawk Air Express, temprorarily suspended opera tions in June 2003 after announcing further financial losses. GOL TRANSPORTES AEREOS [G3] (GLO) Avenida Dom Jaime de Barros Camara, 300, Planalto, 09895-400 Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Tel +55 11 4351 6114 Emailfaleconosco@golnaweb.com.br Website www.voegol.com.br Services Scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Aurea (80%), American International Group (20%) Alliances Cruiser Date established 2000 Date operations started 15 January 2001 Description Provides a low-fare domestic schedule from Sao Paulo. Executives President Constantino de Oliveira Junior VP Marketing Tarcisio Gargioni Fleet 17 x Boeing 737-700 4 x Boeing 737-800 Destinations (domestic scheduled) Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Campinas, Campo Grande, Cuiaba, Curitiba, Florianopolis, Fortaleza, Goiania, Macapa, Maceio, Manaus, Maringa, Natal, Navegantes, Palmas, Porto Alegre, Porto Seguro, Recife, Ribeirao Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Luiz, Sao Paulo, Vitoria GOLDEN AIR [DC] (GAO) Box 900, Lidkoping, S-53119, Sweden Tel +46 510 84 850 Fax +46 510 84 855 Sita THNOPDC Website www.goldenair.se Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Erik Thun (shipping com pany) (100%) Alliances Finnair, Finncomm Airlines Date established 16 July 1993 Date operations started 15 August 1993 Description Regional airline operating scheduled flights serving destinations in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Its aircraft are also available for charter and air taxi flights. History The company started operations in August 1993 under new ownership. Employees total 160 Executives Managing Director Anders Kallsson Fleet 4 x Saab 2000 5 x Saab 340A 5 x Saab 340B Main baseTrollhattan (THN) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Angelholm/Helsingborg, Stockholm, Trollhattan, Visby Destinations (international scheduled) Helsinki, Joensuu, Jyvaskyla, Kokkola/Pietarsaari, Kuopio, Lappeenranta, Mikkeli, Oslo, Pori, Savonlinna, Seinajoki, Stord, Stuttgart, Tampere, Vaasa, Varkaus Gomel Airport, Gomel, 246011, Belarus Tel+375 232 53 1415 Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1996 Description Provides a domestic scheduled service and regional charters, together with aerial work using both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Executives Director Valeri Kulakovski Fleet 4 x Antonov An-24RV 1 xTupolevTu-154B GORKHA AIRLINES PO Box 9451, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel +977 1 436 576 Website www.gorkhaairlines.com.np Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1996 Date operations started 8 July 1996 Description Offers scheduled and charter flights to domestic destinations and daily mountain flights to the Himalayan range with panoramas extending from Langtang to Everest. History Began operations with two helicopters and diversified into scheduled flights with fixed-wing aircraft. Executives Executive Chairman Prajjwaal Shrestha Fleet 1xMilMi-17-1V Main base Pokhara (PKR) Hubs Kathmandu (KTM) 11777 West Airport Service Road. Toledo Express Airport. Swanton, Ohio, 43558, USA Tel +1 419 865 1760 Fax +1 419 865 2965 Website www.grandaire.com/ Services Charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1985 Description Operates passenger and cargo flights on a charter basis, together with charter management services. History After five years based at Monroe, Michigan, Grand Aire moved into its new corporate headquarters at Toledo Express Airport on 4 January, 1999. Executives Chairman and Chief Executive Tahir Cheema Maintenance Director Warren Shoemaker Fleet 5 x Fairchild Metro II GRAND CANYON AIRLINES ( PO Box 3038, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, USA Tel +1 928 638 2463 Fax +1 928 638 9461 Website www.grandcanyonairlines.com/ Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger and cargo Date established 1926 Date operations started 1927 Description Operates sightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon. Executives President John Seibold Flight Operations Director Ron Abbot Maintenance Director Steve Adams Fleet 4 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Grand Canyon National Park (GCN) 3 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced 32 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Main base Cheyenne (CYS) Hubs Denver International (DEN), Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Alamosa, Alliance, Amarillo, Brookings, Casper, Chadron, Cheyenne, Cortez, Denver, Dickinson, Dodge City, Farmington, Garden City, Gillette, Grand Island, Grand Junction, Hays, Huron, Kearney, Laramie, Liberal, Mccook, Minneapolis/St Paul, Moab, Norfolk NE, North Platte, Page, Phoenix, Pierre, Pueblo, Rapid City, Riverton, Rock Springs, Santa Fe, Scottsbluff, Sheridan, Telluride, Vernal, Wichita, Williston, Worland GREAT PLAINS AIRLINES CZO] (OZR) 6501 East Apache Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74115, USA Tel +1 918 835 3500 Website www.gpair.com Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Date established 1997 Date operations started 6 April 2001 Description Domestic carrier flying regional passenger services from Tulsa. History Ixi January 2004 Great Plains Airlines suspended sched uled flights and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In February 2004 it agreed to return its two operational aircraft to the lessor. Executives Chairman & Chief Executive Executive VP and COO 1022 Airport Parkway, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001, USA Tel +1 307 432 7000 Fax +1 307 432 7001 Email pflynn@greatlakesav.com Website www.greatlakesav.com Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders D G Voss (62%) Alliances Frontier Airlines, United Airlines Date established 5 April 1977 Date operations started 5 April 1977 Description Regional airline operating domestic schedules and charter flights based on Denver and Chicago. History Incorporated, as its name reflects, in the Great Lakes region and started scheduled services on 12 October 1981, with flights between Spencer and Des Moines. In February 1988, Great Lakes acquired Alliance Airlines, adding six cities sur rounding Lake Michigan to its route network. Over the next few years the airline continued to expand culminating in a codeshare agreement with United Airlines that was signed in February 1992. On 19 January 1994, Great Lakes went public, trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Its status with United Express was downgraded to a codeshare agreement in 2001 and from 1 May it became an independent carrier. Employees total 970 Executives Chairman Douglas Voss Chief Executive Charles Howell VP Finance Dick Hanson Fleet 2 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia David Johnson Russ Mentink GREECE AIRWAYS Athens, Greece Services International, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Dhia Al-Ani (100%) Date established December 2003 Date operations started January 2004 Description Greek-registered start-up organised by Air Scotland. GROMOVAIR(GAI) Flight Research Institute, Zhukovsky Moscow, 140160, Russia Tel +7 095 157 1867/3683 Fax +7 095 556 5334 Sita MOWGAXH Services Charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Gromov Flight Researche Institute (100%) Date established 1995 Date operations started 1995 Description Operates domestic and international passenger and cargo charters. History Founded as the commercial subsidiary of the Gromov Flight Research Institute, named after M M Gromov. Executives General Director Director Fleet 1 x Antonov An-24 5xTupolevTu-134A 1 xTupolevTu-154B 1 xTupolevTu-154M Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Second Floor Terminal Building, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia Tel +62 21 809 7234 Fax +62 21 809 7242 Services Charter Description Operates charter services for Djayan, an Indonesian forestry company, but intends to move into scheduled services. Executives Chief Executive Dolf Latumahina Fleet 1 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Eugeney Gorbunov Leonid Lobas ICE(GIS) Ir!HI!lj:fjl.-t.!5ffl BP 1515, Conakry, Guinea Tel +224 44 10 85 Services Charter, domestic, passenger Date established 1985 Date operations started 1985 Description Operates domestic charter flights with Antonov air craft leased in from other operators as required. Executives President Ibrahima Kouyate 80 23-29 MARCH 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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