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Directory: world airlines (50%), privately held (50%) Alliances Alitalia, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Daallo Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines Date established 22 November 1993 Date operations started 20 January 1994 Description Operates a hub-and-spoke network based on the capital Doha, linking 30 destinations, History Originally owned by members of the state's royal family, Qatar Airways was relaunched in April 1997 by a new manage ment team headed by Akbar Al-Baker Employees total 2,500 Executives Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker Financial Controller Mahindar Singh General Manager Commercial Mohamed Saleh Fakhri General Manager Flight Operations Abdul Rahim Al Siddiqi General Manager Ground Operations Bernd Sperlich Fleet 1 x Airbus A300-600F 9 x Airbus A300-600R 12 x Airbus A320-200 7 x Airbus A330-200 1 x Airbus Corporate Jetliner (A319CJ) Orders 2 x Airbus A320-200 2 x Airbus A321-200 13 x Airbus A330-200 7 x Airbus A330-300 2 x Airbus A340-600 2 x Airbus A380-800 Main base Doha International (DOH) Hubs Doha International (DOH) Destinations (international scheduled) Abu Dhabi, Amman, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beirut, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Cebu, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Dhaka, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Khartoum, Kochi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lahore, London, Luxor, Male, Manchester, Manila, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Paris, Peshawar, Riyadh, Rome, Sanaa, Seoul, Shanghai, Sharjah, Singapore, Thiruvananthapuram, Tripoli, Vienna, Zurich EBB Guy Marcoux Karl Drolet CP 10, Ancienne Loretto, Quebec, G2E 3M2, Canada Tel +1 418 871 6500 Email gmarcoux@quebecairexpress.com Website www.quebecairexpress.com Services Scheduled, regional, passenger Date established 2003 Description Domestic carrier operating scheduled services in Quebec province. History Founded by its president and chief executive Guy Marcoux Executives President and Chief Executive Chief Pilot Fleet 2 x Saab 340A Destinations (domestic scheduled) Baie-Comeau, Chevery, Gaspe, La Romaine, La Tabatiere, Mont Joli, Montreal, Natashquan, Quebec City, Sept-Isles, St Augustine, Tete-a-la-Baleine RAF-AVIA AIRLINES (MTU 2A-3 Jura Alunana, LV-1010 Riga, Latvia Tel +371 7 324 661 Fax +371 7 324 671 Sita RIXRAXH Email admin@rafavia.com Website www.rafavia.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders RAF-AVIA Group (100%) Alliances Slovak AirlinesDate established 1990 Date operations started 1991 Description Provides cargo services for TNT DHL and other organisations as well as transport for the military and UN. Also conducts passenger charters and plans to launch scheduled passenger flights from Riga and Bratislava to the UK and other western European destinations. History Set up as the first private airline in Latvia, initially flying spare parts and supply for the RAF Minibus production plant in Latvia. However, with the declining business and an increase in demand for commercial charter flights, RAF-AVIA began to switch to the commercial charter flight business in 1994. In 1996 it became a privately owned joint stock holding company. The company joined into strategic agreements with Slovak Airlines and Seagle Air in Bratislava, Slovakia late 2002 to provide cargo transport and scheduled passenger services. Employees total 90 Executives President Jurijs Hmelevskis Senior VP Commercial and Planning Chrisian Schroeder Director Slovakia & Special Assignments Baiba Schroeder Scheduled Services and Network Director Peter Somers Fleet 2 x Antonov An-26 1 x Antonov An-74 Main base Riga International (RIX) Hubs Bratislava M.R Stefanik (BTS), Ostend International (OST), Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) 5360 Airport Road South, Richmond, British Columbia V7B 1B4, Canada Tel +1 604 278 1608 Fax +1 604 278 2608 Email travelinfo@northvanair.com Website www.northvanair.com Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1994 Description Western Canadian carrier providing scheduled ser vices in British Columbia and to Washington state, together with special leisure charters in the Pacific Northwest. History Established as North Vancouver Air and operated char ter flights before adding scheduled services in 1994. Executives Administration Manager Lise Vllleneuve Marketing Manager Shelley Tate Main base Vancouver International (YVR) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Tofino/Ucluelet, Vancouver, Victoria Destinations (international scheduled) Seattle 50 Cuscaden Road, 07-02 HPL House, Singapore, 249724, Singapore Tel +65 235 6006 Fax +656 235 1681 Sita SINAS7S Email regionar@pacific.net.sg Services Charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Various private individuals including Ong Beng Seng Date established 5 April 1988 Date operations started December 1992 Description Operates ad hoc charters, principally in East Asia. Other activities include wet-lease services to airlines, provision of pilots, engineers and other professionals for the airline industry, and maintenance support to start-up airlines. History Has operated aircraft on a wet-lease basis for Vietnam Airlines, China Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Kiwi Air and others. Executives Deputy Chairman Gerard de Vaz Executive Director Pritam Singh Main base Singapore Changi (SIN) Aeroport Nantes Atlantique, Bouguenais Cedex, F-44345, France Tel +33 240135300 Fax +33 240135308 Sita NTEDCYS Email contact@regional.com Website www.regional.com Services Scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (100%) Date established April 2001 Description French regional carrier operating over 400 flights a day, serving 25 European and 24 French cities. History After being acquired by Air France, Regional was merged with two other Air France subsidiaries, Flandre Air and Proteus Airlines, in April 2001 to form a newly structured airline called Regional Compagnie Aerienne Europeenne. Employees total 1,650 Executives President and Chief Executive Jacques Bankir COO & Deputy Chief Executive Philippe Bethelot Finance Bruno Bovar Flight Operations Jean-Michel Ivan Maintenance Franck Terner Fleet 12 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced 8xEmbraerERJ-135ER 1x Embraer ERJ-135 LR 13 x Embraer ERJ-145EU 14 x Embraer ERJ-145 MP 4xFokker100 1 x Fokker 70 1 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner 6 x Saab 2000 Orders 8 x Embraer ERJ-145 MP Main base Nantes Atlantique (NTE) Hubs Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne (CFE), Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Lyons Saint Exupery (LYS), Bordeaux Merignac (BOD) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Ajaccio, Angers, Angouleme, Basle/Mulhouse, Bastia, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Brest, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, La Rochelle, Lille, Lorient, Lyons, Marseilles, Metz/Nancy, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Pau, Poitiers, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulouse Destinations (international scheduled) Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bologna, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hanover, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Newcastle, Nuremberg, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Stuttgart, Turin, Venice, Verona, Zurich REGIONAL AIR [QP] PO Box 30357, Nairobi Cargo Centre, Jomo Kenyatta Int'l Airport, Nairobi, Kenya Tel +254 20 824741 Website www.regionalair.net/ Services Scheduled, international, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Airkenya Aviation Alliances British Airways, SN Brussels Airlines Date established May 2000 Date operations started May 2000 Description Jet division of Airkenya providing scheduled ser vices in eastern Africa. Executives Chief Executive Charles Goodrich Fleet 4 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amboseli, Kiwayu, Lamu, Mara Lodges, Mombasa, Nairobi, Nanyuki, Samburu Destinations (international scheduled) Asmara, Djibouti, Harare, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Kilimanjaro, Lusaka, Zanzibar PO Box 373, Madang, Papua New Guinea Tel +675 852 3977 Fax +675 852 3976 Email regional.air@global.net.pg Services Scheduled, charter, regional, passenger Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Regional Pacific Airlines Description Provides scheduled and charter passenger ser vices from its bases, Madang and Port Moresby. Employees total 35 Engineering staff 6 Flightcrew 18 Executives Chief Executive Jan Booij Fleet 4 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Madang (MAG), Port Moresby Jacksons (POM) •:».».»M«l:lli;ii.-UJMn;MM BP 12518, Mohammed V Airport, Casablanca, 20050, Morocco Tel + 212 22 53 69 40 Sita CMNDCFN Website www.regionalmaroc.com Services Scheduled, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Benjelloun Group (35%), Holmarcom Group (35%), privately held (20%), Moussahama (10%) Alliances PGA - Portugalia Airlines, Royal Air Maroc Date established 1996 Date operations started July 1997 Description Casablanca-based carrier operating scheduled domestic flights within Morocco and scheduled regional flights to Spain and Portugal. Charter services for tour operators and cor porate customers are also undertaken. History Founded as the first privately held airline in Morocco. Employees total 200 Executives President and Chief Executive Mehdi Alaoui Sales and Marketing Director Karim Baina Fleet 4 x Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner Hubs Casablanca Mohammed V (CMN) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Agadir, Casablanca, Laayoune, Tangier Destinations (international scheduled) Las Palmas, Lisbon, Malaga 58 30 MARCH - 5 APRIL 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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