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Directory: world airlines SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES (SAS) [SK] (SAS) Head Office, Frbsundaviks Alle 1, 19587 Stockholm, Sweden Tel +46 8 797 0000 Fax +46 8 797 1515 Sita STODPSK Website www.scandinavian.net Services Scheduled, international, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (50%), Swedish government (21.4%), Danish government (14.3%), Norwegian government (14.3%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Bluel (100%), BMI British Midland (20%), Braathens (100%), Estonian Air (49%), SAS Cargo (100%), SAS Commuter (100%), Skyways Holding (25%), Snowflake (100%), Spanair (94.9%), Widerae's Flyveselskap (99.6%), Aerolineas de Baleares (25%), Air Baltic (47.2%), Air Greenland (37.5%) Alliances Star Alliance, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air Baltic, Air Canada, Air China, Bluel, BMI British Midland, CHC Helikopter Service, Cimber Air, City-air, Estonian Air, Icelandair, Lufthansa, Maersk Air, Mexicana, Midwest Connect, Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise, Spanair, United Airlines, Varig, Widerae's Flyveselskap Date established 1 August 1946 Date operations started 17 September 1946 Description Multinational airline for Norway, Denmark and Sweden, serving almost 100 destinations in 33 countries, operat ing an average of 1,000 flights per day. History Founded as Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as the flag carrier for Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Ownership of the airline was divided between SAS Danmark (28.6%), SAS Norge (28.6%) and SAS Sweden (42.8%), all owned 50% by private investors and 50% by their respective governments. SAS gradu ally acquired control of the domestic markets in all three countries by acquiring partial or full control in several local air lines. In May 1997 SAS formed the global Star Alliance network with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai and United Airlines. The owner ship structure of SAS was changed in June 2001, with a holding company (SAS AB) being created in which the governments of Sweden, Norway and Denmark hold 21.4%, 14.3% and 14.3% respectively, and the remaining 50% is publicly held and traded on the stock exchange. Employees total 7,556 Executives Chairman Egil Myklebust Executive VP & COO Soren Belin Senior VP Marketing & Product Management JensWitlrup WHumsen Senior VP SOM & Accountable Manager Lars Mydland Director Business & Concept Development Eva-Karin Dahl VP Fleet Development Kurt Kuhne Fleet 8 x Airbus A321-200 4 x Airbus A330-300 7 x Airbus A340-300 27 x Boeing 737-600 6 x Boeing 737-700 9 x Boeing 737-800 14 x Boeing MD-81 29 x Boeing MD-82 15 x Boeing MD-87 8 x Boeing MD-90-30 Orders 4 x Airbus A321-200 3 x Boeing 737-800 Main base Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH) Hubs Stockholm Arlanda (ARN), Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) Destinations domestic scheduled) Angelholm/Helsingborg, Gothenburg, Kalmar, Karlstad, Kiruna, Lulea, Malmo, Ornskoldsvik, Ostersund, Ronneby, Skelleftea, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Umea, Vaxjo Destinations (international scheduled) Aalborg, Aarhus, Amsterdam, Athens, Bangkok, Beijing, Bergen, Berlin, Billund, Birmingham, Bodo, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dublin, Diisseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanover, Haugesund, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Krakow, Kristiansand, Kristiansund, London, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Molde, Moscow, Munich, New York, Nice, Oslo, Paris, Poznan, Prague, Rome, Seattle, Shanghai, Sharjah, Singapore, St Petersburg, Stavanger, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Tampere, Tokyo, Tromso, Trondheim, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Washington, Zagreb, Zurich SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES (SAS) CARGO [SKI Services Scheduled, charter, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Scandinavian Airlines (100%) Alliances Wow, Korean Air Date established 1 April 2001 Description Independent cargo unit using cargo capacity of par ent airline Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). Employees total 1,146 Executives VP Cargo Commercial Lars Gurfeldt Copenhagen Airport, PO Box 150, Kastrup, DK-2770, Denmark Tel +45 32 32 00 00 Fax +45 32 32 28 78 Sita CPHDYSK Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Scandinavian Airlines (100%) Date established 1988 Date operations started 24 September 1989 Description Regional associate of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) operating scheduled services supporting mainline flights in Scandinavia and northern Europe. History Founded as a sister consortium to SAS, with the same ownership structure. Employees total 750 Executives President Kristian Kirchheiner VP Business & Finance Corinna Pedersen VP Flight Operations Kent Sauerberg-Hansen VP Human Resourses Helena Jellinek VP Technical Ulrik Spange Director Quality System Peter Udsen Fleet 24 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 5 x Fokker 50 Main base Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH) Shimkent Airport, Shimkent, 496003, Kazakhstan Tel +7 3252 24 11 12 Fax +7 3252 94 54 10 Email scat@scat.kz Website www.scat.kz Services Scheduled, domestic, regional, passenger Date established 1997 Date operations started 1997 Description Domestic carrier operating a network of services to major cities in Kazakhstan and to neighbouring countries. Fleet 4 x Antonov An-24 3 x Antonov An-24B 2 x Antonov An-24RV Destinations (domestic scheduled) Aktau, Aktyubinsk, Almaty, Astana, Atyrau, Kzyl-Orda, Shimkent, Uralsk, Ust-Kamenogorsk Destinations international scheduled) Mineralnye Vody, Yerevan SCENIC AIRLINES [YR1 (YRR) 2705 Airport Drive, North Las Vegas, Nevada, 89032, USA Tel +1 702 638 3200 Fax +1 702 638 3255 Website www.scenic.com Services Scheduled, charter, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Eagle Group (100%) Date established 1992 Date operations started 1992 Description Operates daily scheduled services from Las Vegas and sightseeing flights. History In August 1998 Eagle Canyon Airlines acquired Scenic Airlines' operations (except the Page, Arizona, tour division) and its Twin Otter aircraft, but retained the Scenic Airlines name. Employees total 180 Executives President Chad Dixon Executive VP Finance Mary Schneider Executive VP Operations Sidney Hurst Fleet 15 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Las Vegas North (VGT) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Ely, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Merced, Palmdale AFB Parent organisation/shareholders Schreiner Aviation Group (100%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AeroContractors Alliances Indonesia Air Transport - IAT Date established 1945 Date operations started 1945 Description Operates a large fleet of aircraft and helicopters on behalf of leading airlines and international oil companies. A sub sidiary, Schreiner North Sea Helicopters, flies to oil installations in the North Sea. Executives Chief Executive Hein Verloop Managing Director Tjapko van Wijk CFO Wim Kromhout COO Frits Hooft VP Sales Jaap Bakker General Manager Arian Van der Werff General Manager Northsea Helicopters Casper Westerman Fleet 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 2 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), Den Helder (DHR), Brussels National (BRU), Rotterdam (RTM) PO Box 151, DK-2770 Kasterup, Denmark Website www.sascargo.com/ Diamantlaan 1, Hoofddorp, 2132 WV, Netherlands Tel +31 23 555 55 55 Fax +31 23 555 55 00 Sita AMSAWAW Email management.sag@schreinernl Website www.schreiner.nl Services Charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo • 11II11IIIII I—— 73 Persenk Street, Sofia, BG-1164, Bulgaria Tel +359 2 962 5808 Fax +359 2 963 3052 Email scorpion@intech.bg Services Charter, international, regional, passenger and cargo Date established 1990 Description General aviation companies operating domestic and international charter flights with fixed-wing aircraft and heli copters and aerial work. Fleet 4 x Antonov An-12 5 x Antonov An-26 1xLetl_-410UVP Cambridge Airport, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RT UK Tel +44 870 6060707 Fax +44 1223 292 160 Sita CBGRRCB Website www.scotairways.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders B Souter, R G Suckling and MVWSuckling Alliances Flybe, KLM cityhopper Date established November 1984 Date operations started 1986 Description Operates regional services within the UK and to the Netherlands. History Founded as Suckling Aviation by Roy and Merlyn Suckling. The airline originally operated charter and air taxi ser vices from a grass runway in Ipswich, before entering the scheduled services market on 26 April 1986. As business began to grow, the airline outgrew Ipswich and temporarily relocated to RAF Wattisham until permanently moving its operations to Cambridge. In October 1999, following a cash injection by two Scottish investors, Suckling relaunched its corporate identity, including a name change to ScotAirways. Employees total 220 Executives Chief Executive and Managing Director Director Chief Pilot Fleet 9 xDornier 328-100 Main base Cambridge (CBG) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Dundee, Edinburgh, London, Southampton Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam SEABORNE AIRLINES [BB] (SBS) 34 Strand Street, Christiansted, St.Croix, VI 00820, US Virgin Islands Tel +1340 773 6492 Fax +1 340 773 8798 Email feedback@seaborneairlines.com Website www.seaborneairlines.com/ Services Scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders David Ziemer, Maurice Kurg, Omer ErSelcuk, Richard Jensen Date established 1992 Description Operates domestic flights and to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Roy Suckling Merlyn Suckling Dave Knight www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 30 MARCH - 5 APRIL 2004 65
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