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Directory: world airlines Kirov Airport, Kirov, 610009, Russia Tel +7 8332 62 7362 Fax +7 8332 62 4683 Services Domestic Date established 1992 Description Operates regional scheduled and charter passen ger operations within Russia and the CIS. History Formed from the Aeroflot Kirov division. Executives Director Alexander Solostei Deputy Director Boris Driagin Chief of Staff Alexander Rodikov Fleet 2 x Antonov An-24B 1 x Antonov An-24RV 2 x Antonov An-26 3 x Antonov An-26B 1 xTupolevTu-134A KISH AIR [Y9] (IRK) PO Box 19395/4639, 13938 Tehran, Iran Tel +98 21 466 5222 30 Fax +98 21 466 5221 Website www.kishairline.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Kish Free Zone Organisation (100%) Date established 1989 Date operations started 1989 Description Operates on international charter routes and as a scheduled carrier. Executives Chairman Yadollah Khalili Chief Executive N Rezvani Chief Financial Officer J Baleshzar Chief Operations Officer R Mehrkian Fleet 3 x Fokker 50 3xTupolevTu-154M Orders 2 x Antonov An-140 Destinations (domestic scheduled) Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kish Island, Mashad, Shiraz, Tehran Destinations (international scheduled) Bahrain, Dubai KITTY HAWK AIR CARGO fKRl (KHC) 1515 West 20th Street, PO Box 612787, DFW International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, TX 75261, USA Tel +1 972 456 2200 Sita DFWADKR Email info@kha.com Website www.kha.com Services Cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Tom Christopher (30.6%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Kitty Hawk International (100%) Date established 1976 Description Major cargo operator providing scheduled and char ter flights throughout the USA. History Founded by Tom Christopher as Kitty Hawk Airways, a traditional Part 135 passenger and cargo charter company and aircraft operator The airline merged with the companies of Christopher Charters in 1985 to produce the Kitty Hawk Group, with a further merger bringing in the Kalitta companies in 1997. During 1998, Kitty Hawk reorganised its operating units to incor porate Kalitta Flying Service and Connie Kalitta Enterprises into the logistics arm, Kitty Hawk Charters. Subsidary American International Airways continued to operate from its base at Ypsilanti under the name Kitty Hawk International. Kitty Hawk Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 1 May 2000 and all international cargo flights were suspended. Kitty Hawk's domes tic overnight freight and charter services continue. Executives President, Chief Executive & Director Robert Zoller Jr Non-Executive Chairman Gerald Gitner Vice-President & CFO Randy Leiser Vice-President & COO Toby Skaar VP Maintenance & Engineering Daniel Stone Fleet 21 x Boeing 727-200F Main base Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, El Paso, Fort Wayne, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St Paul, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, St Louis Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 3Y8, Canada Tel +1 204- 888- 0100 Fax +1 204- 888- 3300 Website www.kivalliqair.com/ Services Scheduled, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Keewatin Air Group Alliances Canadian North Date established December 1998 Date operations started December 1998 Description Operates scheduled services in northern Canada. Executives President and Chief Executive Bob May VP Sales and Business Development Randy Klym Chief Pilot Wayne McLeod Fleet 3xPilatusPC-12 Destinations (domestic scheduled) Arviat, Chesterfield Inlet, Churchill, Coral Harbour, Pelly Bay/Kugarruk, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Whale Cove, Winnipeg Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Tel +243 81 313 4228 Fax +257 22 8058 Email info@kivuaircom Website www.kivuair.com Services Charter, regional, passenger and cargo Date established 1997 Date operations started 1997 Description Operates charter and cargo flights in the Great Lakes area of the Congo. Fleet 1 x CASA C-212-200 Aviocar 1 x Shorts SC-7 Skyvan Main base Goma (GOM), Bukavu (BKY) PO Box 7700, Schiphol Oost, 1117 ZL Amsterdam, Netherlands Tel +31 20 649 2227 Fax +31 20 648 8154 Sita SPLZAKL Website www.klmcityhopper.nl Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders KLM (100%) Alliances Continental Airlines, Kenya Airways, KLM, Northwest Airlines Date established April 1991 Date operations started 1991 Description Regional subsidiary of KLM, linking the Netherlands with a number of European cities. History Formed through the merger of NLM CityHopper and Netherlines. As part of parent KLM's restructuring plans, its regional subsidiaries merged in November 2002. Employees total 737 Executives Managing Director Elfrieke Van Galen Fleet 16 x Fokker 50 20 x Fokker 70 15 x Fokker 100 Main base Amsterdam Schipho! (AMS) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Rotterdam Destinations (international scheduled) Aberdeen, Bergen, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Budapest, Cardiff, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hanover, Humberside, Kristiansand, Leeds Bradford, London, Luxembourg, Lyon, Manchester, Milan, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Norwich, Nuremberg, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Riga, Stavanger, Stuttgart, Teesside, Toulouse, Trondheim, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Zurich KLM CITYHOPPER (UK) fUKJ (UKA) UK Date established 1 January 1980 Date operations started 16 January 1980 Description The London Stansted-based arm of KLM (formerly KLM uk/Air UK) has closed down its UK operations, with all activ ities moved to Amsterdam Schiphol. I'jitiiujMi'wm'Ji PO Box 300, Horsterweg 18, Maastricht Airport, 6199 ZN, Netherlands Tel +31 43 358 8588 Fax +31 43 358 8589 Sita MSTXTKL Email fly@klmexel.com Website www.klmexel.com Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders IMCA Group (60%), Management Air Exel Netherlands (20%), Industriebank Liof (20%) Alliances KLM, Northwest Airlines Date established 26 April 1991 Date operations started 1 May 1991 Description Scheduled regional operator providing domestic and international services. History Since its inception in 1991, the company has worked within the framework of a co-operative association with KLM, operating as KLM exel. In 2001 the airline also entered the char ter and lease market. Employees total 171 Executives Director General Roberto Stinga Commercial Director Paul Janmaat Financial Director Robert Gibbs Maintenance Director Paul van den Boom Operations Director Rob van den Heuvel Fleet 2 xATR 42-300 1xATR 72-200 2 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia 1xEmbraerERJ-145LR 1x Embraer ERJ-145 MP Main base Eindhoven (EIN), Maastricht Aachen (MST) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Maastricht Destinations (international scheduled) Cuneo, Hamburg, London, Paris, Rome, Strasbourg Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij nv, PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol Airport, Netherlands Tel+31 20 649 9123 Fax+31 20 649 3113 Website www.klm.com Services Scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passen ger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (74.7%), Dutch government (14.1%), Stichting Luchtvaartbelangen Nederland(11.2%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Kencargo Airlines International (20%), Kenya Airways (26%), KLM cityhopper (100%), Martinair (50%), Transavia Airlines (100%) Alliances Aer Lingus, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air Alps Aviation, Air Europa, Alaska Airlines, BonairExel, China Southern Airlines, Comair, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Horizon Air, Kencargo Airlines International, Kenya Airways, KLM cityhopper, KLM exel, Lithuanian Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Malev, Malev Express, Northwest Airlines, Origin Pacific Airways, Pinnacle Airlines, Regional, Surinam Airways - SLM, TAM Linhas Aereas, Transavia Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines Date established 7 October 1919 Date operations started 17 May 1920 Description Dutch flag carrier operating an extensive network of services. The airline has a partnership (with antitrust immunity) with US airline Northwest and is part of the Air France-KLM hold ing group formed in 2003. History Founded by Albert Plesman and began operations between Amsterdam and London. It is the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name. Once the airline's European network was established, intercontinental operations started to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in October 1924 with a trial flight. In 1929 KLM began the world's longest route to the Far East and services in the West Indies were introduced in 1935. Began establishing a global airline system through an alliance with Northwest Airlines in July 1989. During 1996, KLM acquired a 25% stake in Kenya Airways, and also acquired full ownership in 1997 of Air UK, renamed KLM uk and since merged into KLM Cityhopper. KLM agreed in 2004 to merge with Air France. Employees total 29,867 Executives President & Chief Executive Leo van Wijk Chairman of the Supervisory Board Floris Maljers Chief Human Resources Officer & MD Cees van Woudenberg CFO & MD Rob Ruijter COO & MD Peter Hartman CIO Information Services Cees Koster Executive VP Engineering & Maintenance Ad Rutten Executive VP Fleet Development Rene Kalmann Executive VP Flight operations Ype de Haan Executive VP Ground Services Frank de Reij 94 23-29 MARCH 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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