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1991
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WORLD AIRLINE DIRECTORY • finance, Jan van Bogaert; public relations, Samuel Kungu Karuga; chief engineer, Kiflu Seyyoum. Employees: 2,860. Head Office: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, PO Box 19002, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 2 822171. Telex: 22771. Key Airlines, a subsidiary of World Corporation, is a US charter carrier with worldwide operating authority. Key specialises in on-demand and contract flying operations. Principal passenger destinations include Las Vegas, Florida, Mexico, Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. History: The airline was formed in 1962. Fleet: eight Boeing 727-100, 2 727-200. Executives: president, Thomas Kolfenbach; vp opera tions, Earl Wynn; directors: maintenance, Sidney Hurst; sales, Robert Urich. Employees: 254. Head Office: 13873 Park Center Road, Suite 490, Herndon, Virginia 22071, USA. Tel: +1 703-834-9200 Fax: +1 703-834-9212. SITA: IADKYXH. Kibris Turk Rava Yollari (Cyprus Turkish Airlines) operates scheduled passenger services from Ercan (Tym- bou) Airport, 13km (7nm) east of Nicosia, to Istanbul, Ankara, Adana and Izmir. Equal shareholders are THY- Turkish Airlines and the Cyprus Turkish Community Assembly Consolidated Improvement Fund. History: The airline was formed on 4 December, 1974, and scheduled services began in February 1975. Fleet: uses THY's Airbus A310s, Boeing 727-200s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s. Executives: president, Peker Turgud; vp, Halidun Tongal; managers: general, Muammer Inal; commercial, Onder Koroglu. Employees: 136. Head Office: Bedreddin Demirei Avenue, Yenisehir- Lelkose, Nicosia, Turkish Federated State of Cyprus. Tel: 357 272 579. Telex: 57133 THKFTE. Kitty Hawk Group is a Texas-based airline holding group comprising of Kitty Hawk Airways, Kitty Hawk Air Cargo, Sky freighters, Christopher Charters, General Aviation and Aircraft Leasing. Kitty Hawk operates principally as a regional air cargo charter carrier. History: The company was formed in 1976 as Kitty Hawk Airways, a traditional FAR Part 135 air charter company. General aviation was formed "in 1977 and merged into the Kitty Hawk Group in 1985. Fleet: one Convair 640, four 440, three 240, one 340, two McDonnell Douglas DC-3, one Dassault Falcon 20, one Beech Baron. Executives: chairman and chief operating officer, M Tom Christopher; senior vp —general manager, James E Turner; vps: operations, Tej Raj; maintenance, Robert Grober. Employees: 77. Head Office: PO Box 612787, DFW Airport, Texas 75261, USA. Tel: +1 214 574 7474. Fax: +1 214 574 3963. KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV), the national airline of the Netherlands, is now the oldest operating airline in the world, having initiated services between Amsterdam and London in 1920 with a two-passenger de Havilland DH-16. New routes include Baltimore-Washington, Turin, Basle-Mulhouse, Nurem- burg, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Marseilles. The carrier operates a network of scheduled passenger and cargo services from Amsterdam to cities in 146 countries, spread throughout Europe; North, Central and South America; Africa; the Near, Middle and Far East; and Australia. KLM has a 14.9% shareholding in Air UK, which provides feeder services to Amsterdam from nine UK regional airports. In addition, the airline has a 40% stake in Transavia and, like British Airways, has a 20% stake in Sabena World Airlines. KLM's regional subsidi aries NLM CityHopper and Netherlines were joined in one regional airline, KLM CityHopper, from 1 April, 1991. History: Operations began in 1920. A European network was first established with services extended to Java in 1929. Operations were introduced in the West Indies in 1935 and were continued throughout the Second World War, enabling KLM to claim more than 70 years of continuous operation. KLM subsidiary Cityhopper flies Saab 340s Subsidiaries: Wholly-owned subsidiaries include KLM Helicopters and KLM CityHopper. A 29% stake is held in Martinair. In 1988 the company acquired a 10% holding in Covia Partnership, parent company of the Apollo computer reservations system. Fleet: ten Airbus A310-200, eight Boeing 747-400, 13 747-300, six 737-400, 13 737-300, five McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. On order: seven Boeing 747-400, two 747-400F, seven 737-400, ten MD-11. Executives: chairman, M Albrecht; president, P Bouw; deputy president, L J van Ameyden; managing directors: C den Hartog, L M van Wijk; vps: finance, P C W Alberda van Ekenstein; flight operations, K H Ledeboer; passenger service and sales, G J de Wit; cargo, J Ancher. Employees: 25,195. Head Office: PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 20 6499123. Fax: +31 20 412872. Telex: 11252 NL. KLM CityHopper, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KLM, formed from the merged NLM CityHopper and Nether lines from 1 April, 1991. The airline has added Nuremburg, Mulhouse/Basle, Berlin Tegel, Dresden, Sta- vanger and Cork to its network of international sched uled passenger services operating from Amsterdam to Antwerp, Belfast, Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Cardiff, Diisseldorf, East Midlands, Guernsey, Hannover, Jersey, Luton, Luxembourg, Malmo, Southampton, Stras bourg and Stuttgart; Rotterdam to London (Heathrow) and Paris; Eindhoven to Hamburg, L&ndon (Heathrow and Gatwick) and Paris; and from Maastricht to London (Gatwick). Domestic services are also provided, linking Amsterdam with Eindhoven and Maastricht. History: NLM CityHopper/Netherlines was the revised name of NLM, following the acquisition of Netherlines in April 1988 by parent company KLM. The airline was formed in 1966. Fleet: five Fokker 50, four E.28-4000, three F.27-500, one Saab 340, nine Saab 340B. On order: five Fokker 50, three Saab 340B. Executives: managing director, A J Leyer; managers: accounts, B Vreeken; operations, H Verbruggen; techni cal, C Verbeek; commercial, L Parlevliet; genral affairs, A F Monk. Employees: 396. Head Office: Building 70, PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol Airport (East), The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (20) 6492227. Fax: +31 (20) 6492379. Telex: 11252. Korean Air operates an extensive international network of scheduled passenger and cargo services Unking Seoul with Frankfurt, London, Paris and Zurich in Europe; Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Vancouver in North America; Bahrain, Jeddah and Riyadh in the Middle East; and Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Nigata, Osaka, Sapporo, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo in Asia. In addition, domestic services link Seoul with Cheju and Pusan. The company is one of the world's fastest-growing airlines and its order for seven A300- 600Rs will bring its Airbus fleet to 30, the largest -in the Far East. It has also introduced its first MD-11 into service. A nonstop service to Europe starts 25 March 1990, with Sydney planned for April 1990. History: The carrier was formed in June 1962 to succeed Korean National Airlines (formed in 1948). Korean was wholly-owned originally by the Government of Korea, but was acquired by the Han Jin Group in 1969. Fleet: Airbus A300, including eight B4, two C4, two -600R, three -600, three Boeing 747-400, one 747-400 Combi, three 747-300, one 747-300 Combi, seven 747-200B, one 747-200 Combi, six 747-200F, two 747SP, ten 727-200, three McDonnell Douglas DC-10- 30, 18 four Fokker F.28-4000, one F.27-500, eight MD-82. On order: seven 747-400, four MD-11, seven A300-600R. Executives: chairman and ceo, Choong Hoon Cho; president, Choon Kun Cho; vps: Keon Soo Lee, Yang Ho Cho, general counsel, Tae Hee Lee. Employees: 12,000. Head Office: 41-3 Seosomun-Dong, Chung-Gu, Seoul, Korea. Tel: +82 2 755 2221. Fax: +82 2 751 7799. Telex: 27526. Kuwait Airways is setting up a temporary headquarters in Cairo, following invasion of its country by Iraqi forces in August 1990. All of its Airbus aircraft, two Boeing 767s, one 727, two Gulfstream G.IIls and two BAe 125s were seized by Iraq. The airline's London insurers paid $300 million to cover the loss. The 747 fleet, three 727s and one 767 are reported to be available for operation from Cairo to Dubai, Jeddah and Bahrain, with flights planned to Bombay, Europe and New York. The follow ing notes apply to the airline before the occupation of Kuwait by Iraq. The country's national carrier, provides scheduled passenger and cargo services from Kuwait to 41 cities in 38 countries in the Middle and Far East, Europe, North Africa and North America. Subsidiary: Kuwait Aviation Services Company KASCO (catering). History: The carrier was formed in March 1954 under the title Kuwait National Airways Company and became the Kuwait Airways Company in March 1957. BOAC (now British Airways) took over technical management under a five-year contract in May 1958 and British International Airlines was absorbed in April 1959. The airline became wholly Kuwaiti Government-owned in 1962. KAC also absorbed Trans Arabia Airways in April 1964. Fleet: four Boeing 747-200-Combi, one Airbus A300C4-600, five A310-200, three 767-200ER, three 727-200, two Gulfstream 3. Executives: chairman, Ahmad . al Mishari; director general, Ahmad al Zabin; directors: finance, Dr Bader Malallah; maintenance and engineering, Abdul Karem al Hassan; sales and marketing, Ghazi al Mishaan; opera tions, Capt Yousef al Qamlas, corporate planning, Mohammed al Awadi. Employees: 5,339. Head Office: PO Box 394, Kuwait International Airport, 13004 Safat, Kuwait. Tel: +965 474 0166. Fax: +965 471 4207. Telex: 23036. LAC see Lineas Aereas del Caribe SA LACSA see Lineas Aereas Costarricenses SA Ladeco (Linea Aerea del Cobre) operates an extensive scheduled domestic route network in Chile, linking Santiago with Arica, Iquique, Calama, Antofagasta, Copiapo, La Serena, Concepcion, Temuco, Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Balmceda, Punta Arenas. International scheduled desti nations now include Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Washington DC (USA), added to Asuncion (Paraguay), Sao Paulo and Rio de Janiero (Brazil), Mendoza (Argen tina), Guayaquil (Ecuador), Bogota (Colombia), Miami and New York (USA). History: Ladeco was founded in September 1958. The company is controlled by the Ibanez group (app 67%) and Ansett Transport Industries has a 25% share. Fleet: four Boeing 727-100, two 727-100C, two 737-200A, one 737-300, two 707-320B, one 707-320C, two BAe One-Eleven 300, one Fokker F.27-500. On order: two 757-200, two 737-300. Executives: chairman, Jose Luis Ibanez; ceo Gaston Cummins; president, Gustavo Covacevich; vps in ternational development, Adolfo Garciahuidobro; do mestic sales, Gregorio Derado; cargo services, Roberto Weinroth; marketing, Bruno Francia; technical opera tions, Jorge Arturo Prat; finance and administration, Jose Moreno; staff vps: technical development, Pablo Va- lenzuela; public affairs, Gustavo Gutierrez; assistant vp planning, Marcelo Nacrur; corporate counsel, Pablo Montero. Employees: 1,490. ^)S FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 27 March - 2 April, 1991
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