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Directory: world airlines passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Ronald Ryan (100%) Date established 1972 Date operations started 3 March 1973 Description Provides worldwide air cargo and passenger ser vices, deriving the largest proportion of its revenue from transporting express and priority mail for the US Postal Service and overnight air freight for Emery Air Freight. History Previously known as Ryan Aviation, the airline was repur chased by Ronald Ryan in 1989, In the same year, it began flying for the US Postal Service, under subcontract to Emery Worldwide Airlines. Passenger services began in 1983, operating charters to warmer climates during the winter and spring months from Atlantic City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Cleveland and Cincinnati. In 1992, Ryan started a South Pacific operation, flying fresh fish and general into Guam, Saipan and the surrounding islands. Executives Chairman and Owner Ronald Ryan President Jeffrey Crippen VP Flight Operations David Ray VP Accounting and Administration Elizabeth Paladino VP Technical Services Raymond Thomas Fleet 4 x Airbus A320-200 3 x Airbus A321-200 2 x Boeing 727-1 OOF , 6 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced 8 x Boeing 727-200F 3 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 737-400 3 x Boeing 737-800 6 x Boeing 757-200 Destinations (domestic scheduled) Atlanta, Chicago, Dayton, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco Destinations (international scheduled) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey Dublin Airport, Corballis Park, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland Tel +353 1 812 1212 Fax +353 1 812 1213 Sita DUBHQFR Website www.ryanair.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (52.6%), Fidelity Investments (12.6%), Ryan family (12.4%), Guilder Gagnon Howe & Co (9.9%), Putnam Investments (7.3%), Michael O'Leary (5.4%) Date established 1985 Date operations started 1985 Description Major low-fare carrier operating to destinatons between Ireland, the UK and continental Europe. History Set up as a low-cost airline and generally regarded as the European pioneer of low-fare services. In 1986 it began ser vices to Dublin from London, breaking the cartel held by British Airways and Aer Lingus, and in 1997 moved into the European market. It was also floated on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In early 2003, Ryanair acquired London Stansted-based low-fare operator buzz from KLM. Employees total 1,897 Executives Chairman David Bonderman Chief Executive Michael O'Leary CFO & Deputy Chief Executive Howard Millar COO & Deputy Chief Executive Michael Cawley Director Ground Operations ' David O'Brien Director Route Development Bernard Berger Head Regulatory Affairs Jim Callaghan Fleet 17 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 1 x Boeing 737-300 2 x Boeing 737-400 50 x Boeing 737-800 Orders 107 x Boeing 737-800 Main base Dublin International (DUB) Hubs Glasgow Prestwick Internationar(PIK), London Stansted (STN), Brussels South Charleroi (CRL), Destinations (domestic scheduled) Cork, Dublin, Kerry County, Knock, Shannon Destinations (international scheduled) Aarhus, Aberdeen, Alghero, Altenburg, Ancona, Bari, Bergerac, Berlin, Biarritz, . Birmingham, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Brest, Bristol, Brussels, Carcassonne, Cardiff, Dinard, Dtisseldorf, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Erfurt, Esbjerg, Faro, Forli, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Genoa, Gerona, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Graz, Groningen, Hamburg, Haugesund, Jerez de la Frontera, Karlsruhe/Baden Baden, Klagenfurt, La Rochelle, Leeds Bradford, Limoges, Linz, Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Malaga, Malmo, Manchester, Milan, Montpellier, Murcia, Newcastle, Newquay, Nimes, Oslo, Palermo, Paris, Pau, Perpignan, Pescara, Pisa, Poitiers, Reus, Rodez, Rome, Salzburg, St Etienne, Stockholm, Tampere, Teesside, Tours, Trieste, Turin, Valladolid, Venice, Verona Turlatovo Airport, Turlatovo, Ryazan, 391011, Russia Email ryazan@aviatrans.ryazan.ru Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger Date established 1992 Description Provides scheduled and charter regional feeder flights together with aerial work. History Formerly part of the Central Districts Airlines and Aeroflot Ryazan Division. Fleet 2 x Antonov An-24RV RYUKYU AIR COMMUTER Yamashita 3-24, Naha, Okinawa, 900 - 0027, Japan Tel +81 98 858 9664 Fax +81 98 858 4357 Email rac_racgz@l-love-jta.co.jp Website www.rac.churashima.net Services Scheduled, charter; regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Japan TransOcean Air (50%), other shareholders (44.9%), Okimawa prefecture (5.1 %) Date established 1985 Date operations started 17 February 1985 Description Operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to the Ryukyu and Amami islands. Employees total 82 Engineering staff 13 Flightcrew 31 Cabin crew 11 Executives President Tamotu Yamada Fleet 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 1 x Saab 340B Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aguni, Amami-Oshima, Hateruma, Ishigaki, Kerama, Kita-Daito, Kumejima, Minami- Daito, Naha, Tarama, Yonakuni, Yoron SABANG MERAUKE RAYA AIR CHARTER (SMC) Jalan Imam Bonjol No. 59, Medan, North Sumatra, 20157, Indonesia Tel +62 21 835 3783 Fax +62 21 835 3787 Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Merpati Nusantara (100%) Date established 1969 Date operations started 1969 Description Operates scheduled passenger flights within the Sumatra area and domestic/regional charter passenger and cargo flights. Also operates pleasure and medical evacuation flights. History Began operating in 1969 in a joint venture partnership with a Malaysian company, under the name MAC (Malaysia Air Charter). In 1972 it split from MAC and became known as PT SMAC (Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter). Executives President Director Toto Dewanto Finance Director Lawrence Natamiharja Fleet 2 x Indonesian Aerospace 212-100 Main base Medan (MES) SAFAIR [FA] (SFR) PO Box 938, Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1620, South Africa Tel +27 11 928 0000 Fax +27 11 395 1314 Sita JNBOOFA Email marketing@safair.co.za Website www.safair.co.za Services Charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Imperial Holdings (100%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings National Airways (67%), Air Contractors (49%) Date established March 1969 Date operations started 18 March 1970 Description Specialises in value-added aircraft leasing and chartering as well as sale and leaseback transactions, contract operations and leasing services, flightcrew leasing and training, aircraft maintenance and modifications, aviation safety and med ical training, material sales and operations support for navigation planning, flight planning and flight watch. History Founded by Safmarine and until the early 1990s mainly served the local and regional air cargo market. However, in 1991, Safair diversified into aircraft maintenance and moved into the overnight courier business, before concentrating on the leasing and chartering business. During 1998, Safair purchased a 49% stake in Air Contractors, based in Ireland, and was itself acquired by Imperial Holdings for $40 million in December 1998. In July 1999 Safair acquired control of National Airways and Streamline Aviation (a charter and aircraft sales company) to further expand its stronghold in the market as the leading specialist aircraft leas ing and chartering company in southern Africa. Employees total 360 Executives Chief Executive Hugh Flynn Deputy Chief Executive Brian Frankel Chairman Ralph Boettger Director Finance Andre Coetzer Director Flight Operations Gerhardus Wessels Director Technical Frederick Davidson Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced * 4 x Boeing 727-200F 3 x Boeing 737-200 Advanced 7 x Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules Main base Johannesburg Jan Smuts International (JNB) Destinations (international scheduled) Athens, Bucharest, Rhodes, Thessaloniki 44, Esfandiar Boulevard, Vali-e-Asr Avenue, Tehran, 19686, Iran Tel +98 21 879 3116 20 Fax +98 21 878 8017 Website www.safiran.org/ Services Charter, international, regional, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders M A Habibian and family (30%), M B Nahvi and family (30%), M J Nahvi and family (25%), other shareholders (15%) Alliances Air Sofia, Date established 1988 Date operations started 1990 Description Specialises in international cargo flights on a char ter basis, especially in outsized cargo, handling and wet leasing aircraft when required. Executives Chairman Mohammad Nahvi Managing Director Mohammad Habibian VP Operations Ahmad Zaman VP Finance Sasan Dadras Deputy Managing Director Technical Support Kamal Bakhshi Senior VP and VP Commercial Alireza Azarpajooh PO Box 13445-965, Karadj Old Road, Tehran, 13873, Iran Tel +98 21 669 6200 Fax +98 21 669 8016 Services Charter, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Iranian air force (100%) Date established 1990 Description Operates domestic passenger services and cargo charters worldwide except to the USA and Israel. Fleet 7 x Boeing 707-320C 2 x Boeing 747-1 OOF 3 x Boeing 747-200F 3 x Fairchild FH-227 3 x Fokker F27 Mk400 3xFokkerF27Mk600 Main base Tehran Mehrabad (THR) SAKHAVIATRANS AIRLINE (SVT) Yugo-Sakhalinsk Aeroport, Amurskaya Str 62, Yugo- Sakhalinsk, 693000, Russia Tel +7 42400 955330 Services Domestic, cargo Date established 1992 Description Domestic cargo operator. Executives General Director Vladimir Rykunov Deputy Director General Elena Rykunova Fleet 1 x Antonov An-12 62 30 MARCH - 5 APRIL 2004 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL www.flightinternational.com
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