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1985
1985 - 0964.PDF
WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY provided from points in British Columbia to Vancouver. Main base is at Fort St John, with another base maintained at Edmonton. Head Office: PO Box 6789, Fort St John, British Columbia VlJ 4J2, Canada. ^^- 036-75183. Employees: 35. Fleet: one Convair 640, one CV-440, two DC-3, one Twin Otter, one Islander, one Beech 99, one Navajo, one Baron. Northeastern International Airways, the Florida-based privately-held airline which com menced operations on February 11, 1982, and devel oped a network of scheduled passenger services to 17 cities in 11 states, filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code on January 8 of this year. The airline was reportedly continuing service to Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Orlando, West Palm Beach, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. Head Office: 1600 S.E. 10th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, USA. ^^'51-4452. Executives: president and chief executive officer, Stephen L. Quinto; senior v-ps: sales, Guy Tiranno; corporate affairs, J. Lawrence Smith; finance, Anthony R. Sorrentino. Fleet: three Boeing 727-200. Northern Air Cargo was founded in May 1970 by Robert G. Sholton and Maurice L. Carlson as a cargo airline. Charter services are undertaken throughout Alaska, in addition to an extensive scheduled network covering approximately 25 points in the State. Head Office: 3900 West International Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA. Employees: 75. Fleet: nine DC-6, two C-82A Packet, North Scottish Helicopters Aviation. see Management Northwest Airlines (Northwest Orient Airlines) was founded on August 1, 1926, as North west Airways and adopted the present title in 1934. The current network of scheduled passenger and cargo services stretches across the United States, to Anchorage and Fairbanks in Alaska, to Edmonton and Winnipeg in Canada, across the Pacific to Hawaii, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Okinawa, Taipei, Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou (Canton), Singapore (cargo only), and Kuala Lumpur, plus transatlantic services to London, Glasgow, Shannon, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Stock holm, and Oslo. Head Office: Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, St Paul, Minnesota 55111, USA. -*^" 29-7024. Executives: chairman, M. Joseph Lapensky; presi dent and chief executive officer, Steven G. Rothmeier; executive v-ps: marketing and sales, T. J. Koors; operations, Benjamin G. Griggs Jr; finance & administration, James A. Abbott. Employees: 15,000. Fleet: 17 Boeing 747-200B, six 747-200F, 12 747-100, 19 DC-10-40, one 757-200, 56 727-200, nine 727-100. On order: 19 757-200. Northwest Territorial Airways (NWT Air) formed in -1961 by Robert P. Engle, flies worldwide cargo charters from Canada with Lock heed Hercules aircraft and provides maintenance and overhaul facilities in Yellowknife. Scheduled passenger and cargo services are operated throughout the Northwest Territories from Yellowknife to Coppermine, Cambridge Bay, Fort Simpson, Fort Nelson, Frobisher Bay, Gjoa Haven, Holman Island, Pelly Bay, Rankin Inlet, Spence Bay, Winnipeg, Hall Beach, Norman Wells and Wrigley. Scheduled nightly cargo services between Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver with Lockheed Electra aircraft are also operated. Head Office: Yellowknife Airport, Postal Service 104 w $ Miim, ORIENT f«V£*M*Ms3 Northwest Orient, one of the world's largest operators of the Boeing 747, flies 12 747-lOOs, 17± 747-200Bs and six 747 200Fs 9000, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories XlA 2R3, Canada. ^^•034-45527. Executives: chairman & president, Robert P. Engle; vice-president operations, John Robertson; managers: scheduled services, Gary R. Plexman; charter and sales, Norm Stannard; maintenance, Dan Jones; chief pilot, J. Bill Mackie. Employees: 200. Fleet: five L-188 Electra, one L-100-30 Hercules, five DC-3. Oceanair Flight Services, established in 1978 and known formerly as Trans Commuter Airline, provides scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services throughout the Caribbean. Head Office: International Airport, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico 00913, USA, j^k** 325-2684. Executive: president, Aaron W. S. Snyder. Employees: 145. Fleet: three Fairchild F-27, four CASA 212, three Beech Queen Air 65. Okada Air is a new Nigerian operator which commenced passenger charter services in 1984. Head Office: 20-22 Igamu Industrial Estate, PO Box 2212, Lagos, Nigeria. Fleet: one DC-8-62, four One-Eleven 300. Okanagan Helicopters, founded in 1947, is the largest helicopter operator in Canada and, together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, one of the largest in the world. The company is active in every field of helicopter activity, including offshore and onshore oil and gas exploration, forestry, mining, surveying, logging, construction, agriculture, patrol, rescue, and salvage operations. Okanagan also operates a heli copter mountain-flying training school. Subsidiaries are Ashbel Pty (Australia), Associated Helicopters (Edmonton, Alberta), Canadian Helicopters (Montreal, Quebec), Dominion-Pegasus Helicopters (Dryden, Ontario), Hastings Insurance (Hamilton, Bermuda) and Helicopter Survival Rescue Services (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Universal Helicopters Newfoundland are an associated company. Head Office: 4391 Agar Drive, Vancouver Inter national Airport South, Richmond, BO, Canada. ^#^04-355594. Executives: chairman, J. M. S. Lecky; president and general manager, P. A. Aldous; senior vice- president marketing, F. A. Moore; general managers: operating divisions, Dick Everson; engineering support division, (Jerry K. Vanslyke; chief financial officer, Peter D. Jeffrey. Employees: 500. Fleet: three Sikorsky S-61L, nine Sikorsky S-61N, 12 Sikorsky S-76, four AS.332C Super Puma, five, AS.350, two Bell 214B, two Bell 214ST, 12 Bell 212, three Bell 205A, one Bell 204B, 44 Bell 206B, eight* Bell 206L, two Bell 206L-1, three Hughes 500D. Olympic Airways was founded in April 1957, when Aristotle Onassis took over TAE-Greek National' Airlines (founded in 1951 through a merger of TAEJ~J Hellas and Aero Metafora Ellados, and nationalised in 1954). Onassis' 50-year concession gave him a sole^* designation as national airline and a monopoly on domestic routes. However, Onassis withdrew in< December 1974, following heavy losses, and the. airline was grounded pending reorganisation. Settlement was reached in August 1975 and Olympic ^ is now wholly owned by the Greek Government. Operations cover scheduled passenger and cargo"1 services linking 28 cities and islands in Greece and 31 destinations throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the USA. Olympic Aviation is a \ subsidiary formed in 1971 to operate light aircraft and helicopters on charter, air-taxi and flying- training duties. Head Office: 96 Syngrou Avenue, Athens, Greece/ ^^^215134. Executives: chairman, Dr Christos Papageorgiou; director general, Capt Lambros N. Kanellopoulos; >, group directors: operations, Capt Constantine Antachopoulos; marketing & sales, Costas Papa- ^ ioannou; administration & support, Pericles Alamaras. Employees: 9,838. Fleet: three Boeing 747-200B, two 707-320B, four 707-320C, six 727-200, 11 737-200, eight Airbus.; A300B4, four Shorts 330. Oman Aviation Services was formed on May 24, 1981, the result of a merger of the former Gulf Air Light Aircraft Division and Oman InternationaH Services. The new company, which is entirely Omani-owned and in which the Government has a 35 per cent holding, provides total civil air transport - requirements within Oman. Head Office: Seeb International Airport, Post Box 7042, Jibroo, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. ^^^5424 OAS SEEB ON. Executives: chairman, H. E. Sayyid Salim Bin Nassir Al Busaidi; deputy general manager, E. J. P. I Robinson; managers: flight operations, Capt Tore Granaas; ground services, Hamood Behlany; person nel & administration, Saud Bin Dawood Al Raisy; commercial, Murtada Mohsin Ali; finance, M. L, Kothari; chief pilot, Capt G. Eckford. Employees: 1,000. Fleet: four Fokker F.27-500, one F.27-600, one Citation II, two Twin Otter, one Super King Air 200, one Bell 206B. FLIGHT International, 30 March 19&5 /
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