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1980 - 1977.PDF
358 FLIGHT International, U July 1990 , World airline directory Executive: president, Arthur M. Horst. Fleet: four Shorts 330, three Twin Otter, one Beech 99. Sudan Airways is a state-owned corpora tion, formed in 1946, which began opera tions in 1947. Domestic routes extend throughout the Sudan from Dongola in the north to Juba in the south, and from Geneina in the west to Port Sudan in the east. International routes serve Kano, Ndjamena, Entebbe, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Jeddah, Cairo, Frankfurt, Bahrain, Beirut, Athens, Rome, Tripoli and London. Charter and survey flights are also undertaken. Head Office: PO Box 253, El Mahdi Building, Gamhouria Avenue, Khartoum, Sudan. y^244. Executives: chairman, Gen Abdel Magid H. Khalil; general manager, Ali Musa Omer; deputy general manager/ manager international relations, Sid Ahmed M. Kheir; directors: commer cial, John A. Khalil; engineering, Salah Eldin Alzein; finance, Siddiq A.el Tayeb; flight operations, Sir el Khatim Gizouli; public relations, A. M. Sawi. Employees: 2,557. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320C, two 737- 200C, five Fokker F.27, one Twin Otter. On order: four F.28-4000. Suidwes Luguiens (Eiendoms) Beperk— see Namib Air. Summit Airlines, originally formed in 1966 as Delaware Air Freight (Del-Air Cargo), adopted its present title in June 1974. Scheduled cargo services are operated to nearly 30 cities in the eastern United States together with ad hoc charters. Cities served include Boston, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Det roit, Cleveland and Dayton. Head Office: Philadelphia Inter national Airport, Pennsylvania 19153, USA. Executives: president, Joseph Wear; treasurer, Thomas E. Nebiolo. Fleet: five Convair CV-580. Sunbird Aviation was formed in July 1979 from a merger of Sunbird Charters (founded in 1968) and Caspair (formed in the early post-war years and latterly a subsidiary of the Cassman Brown Group). Scheduled passenger services are operated from Wilson Airport to Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru, Mumias, Keekorok, Mara Serena and Musiara; and from Mombasa to Keekorok, Mara Serena and Musiara. Charters are also flown from Sunbird bases at Wilson, Nairobi, Nakuru, Nanyuki and Lake T T1P tC *-J TI' I Head Office: PO Box 30103, Nairobi, Kenya. ^22347. Executives: chairman, M. Hemrted; managing director, Capt R. D. Knight; chief pilot/operations director, Capt A. J. Wilson; training captain, Capt D. Bird. Employees: 40. Fleet: one Trislander, one Titan, one King Air 200, two Islander, two Navajo, one Cessna 401, two Cessna 402, five Partenavia P.68, one Shrike Com mander, two Aztec, one Twin Comanche, one Rockwell Commander 112, one Cessna 210, one Cherokee 235. Supair (Super International Airlines Deutschland) was formed in 1979 to operate passenger charter services from Munich. Major stockholders are travel organiser Dr Siat Kawidri, his wife Dipl.Volks, Christa Kawidri, and the* Munich-based inclusive-tour company Orientours. Proposed equipment are two used Boeing 737s for short/medium- range flights and a DC-8 for long distance flights. Head Office; Ohmstrasse 8, 8000 Munich 40, West Germany. ^5215769. Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Surinam Airways—SLM) was formed in 1953 to operate domestic feeder ser vices. The airline was taken over by the Surinam Government in August 1962 and was designated the national airline in November 1975 when Surinam became independent. Scheduled passen ger and cargo services now link Zan-derij Airport, Paramaribo with Belem, Manaus, Georgetown, Port of Spain, Curacao, Panama City, Miami and Amsterdam (via the Azores). Domestic flights are operated from Zorg & Hoop Airport (outside Paramaribo) to Apoera, Avanavero, Moengo, Nieuw Nickerie and Bakhuys, Djoemoe, and Ladouanie in the interior. SLM holds a 45 per cent interest in Surinam Air Cargo (SLO). Head Office: PO Box 2029, Para maribo, Surinam. ^292. Executives: president, Dr A. J. Brahim; president, L. C. Johanns; vice-presidents: legal affairs, M. Mungra; finance, Dr W. A. Grep; international operations, M. J. Arron; marketing planning, E. M. Marhe; domestic opera tions, D. E. Deira; public relations man ager, Mrs E. Jesserun-Essed. Employees: 400. Fleet: one DC-8-63, one DC-8-50F, three Twin Otter. Swift Aire Lines was formed in January 1969 as a commuter carrier and is wholly owned by Charles G. Wiswell. Scheduled passenger services are operated from its base at San Luis Obispo to Santa Maria. Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco and Sacramento. Head Office: PO Box W, San Luis Obispo, California 93406, USA. Executives: president/ general man ager, Charles G. Wiswell; vice-presi dents: marketing/corporate secretary, Mrs Wanda Strassburg; flight opera tions/chief pilot, Capt Dick Dixon; con troller, Coyice Winn; technical services, Merrill Hulse; maintenance, Melvin Cotton. Employees: 275. Fleet: three Fokker F.27-600, four Nord 262. Swissair was founded on March 26, 1931, by the amalgamation of Ad Astra Aero and Basle Air Traffic. Known as Balair, Ad Astra was founded in 1919 and began flying-boat operations in Switzer land before pioneering international routes. Since 1945 Swissair has grown rapidly and now operates an extensive, network of scheduled passenger and cargo services to points in Europe, North and South America, North, West, East and South Africa, and the Middle and Far East. The airline has a number of aviation - related subsidiary com panies, including the present Balair, CTA, Swissair Photo and Surveys, plus others in the catering, hotel, tourism, real estate and insurance fields. Swiss air is also a partner with SAS, KLM and UTA in the KSSU consortium formed to co-operate in technical and equip ment matters. Share capital in Swissair is held approximately 75 per cent by private interests and 25 per cent by public institutions. Head Office: PO Box CH-8058, Zurich, Switzerland. -^52635. Executives: chairman, Fritz Gugel- mann; president, Armin Baltensweiler; deputy president, Hans Schneider; executive vice-presidents: marketing, Hellmuth Scherrer; sales/services, Emil Koch; technical services, Franz Roth; vice-presidents: personnel/organisation, , Rolf Krahenbuhl; finance/planning, Dr Martin Junger; finance / economi cs, v Erich Geitlinger; corporate planning, Alfons Bernhardsgrutter; associated j. companies. Peter Nydegger; product development/sales policy, Claude T Christe; product planning, Heinz Galli; operations, Robert Staubli; engineering/ i maintenance, Otto Lopfe; data services, Heinz Buchi. * Employees: 14,777. Fleet: two Boeing 747-200B, five DC-8- * 62, 11 DC-10-30, 12 DC-9-50, 20 DC-9-30, one DC-9-30F. On order: one 747-200B, 10 A Airbus A310, 15 DC-9-80. Simulators: one CAE DC-8-62, one k CAE DC-9-51, one CAE DC-9-32. one CJ"E DC-10-30. On order: one CAE DC-9-80. *V Syrian Arab Airlines (Syrianair) is the government - owned national airline '• formed in 1961 to succeed Syrian Air- y_ ways (formed in 1946). An extensive network of scheduled passenger and •< cargo services is operated from Damas cus, Aleppo, Latakia and Der Ezzor in >•• Syria, plus routes to points in the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and ' Asia. A joint service to New York with Alia began in April 1978. Head Office: PO Box 417, Yqussef Al-Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syria. Executives: chairman / m an aging . director, Hussein Kouaider; directors: administration, Fuad Rezek; commer- L cial, M. Naasani; planning, N. Refaat Sami; financial, A. Shahabandar; ground j operations, R. Elias; flight operations, *" Capt M. Tinawi; technical, W. Shaaban. v Employees: 3,000. Fleet: two Boeing 747SP, three 727-200, « four Caravelle 10B, two DC-6B. A
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