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2004-09 - 0314.PDF
Directory: world airlines Destinations (domestic scheduled) Abilene, Albuquerque, Arcata/Eureka, Austin, Bakersfield, Billings, Birmingham, Bismarck, Boise, Bozeman, Burbank, Butte, Casper, Cedar City, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Chico, Cody, College Station, Colorado Springs, Crescent City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Durango, El Paso, Elko, Eugene, Fargo, Fort Wayne, Fresno, Grand Junction, Great Falls, Greensboro/High Point, Helena, Houston, Idaho Falls, Imperial, Indianapolis, Inyokern, Jackson WY, Kalispell, Kansas City, Killeen, Las Vegas, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Medford, Memphis, Missoula, Modesto, Moline, Monroe, Monterey, Montrose, Nashville, New Orleans, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, OxnardA/entura, Palm Springs, Panama City, Pasco, Phoenix, Pocatello, Portland, Rapid City, Redding, Redmond, Reno, Roanoke, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Seattle, Sioux Falls, Spokane, Springfield MO, St George, Sun Valley, Tallahassee, Texarkana, Traverse City, Tucson, Tulsa, Twin Falls, Tyler, Victoria, Visalia, Waco, West Yellowstone, Wichita, Yuma Destinations (international scheduled) Calgary, Vancouver SKYWEST AIRLINES tXR] (SLL) Perth Domestic Airport, PO Box 176, Cloverdale, Perth, Western Australia, 6105, Australia Tel +61 8 9478 9999 Fax +61 8 9478 9928 Sita PERCCYT Email info@skywest.com.au Website www.skywest.com.au Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Skywest (100%) Alliances Lufthansa, Date established 1963 Description Independently owned and operated largest regional car rier in Western Australia, operating scheduled services from Perth. History Skywest Airlines is the result of several mergers between aviation operators throughout the country, and has its origins in Carnarvon Air Taxis in 1963. Employees total 165 Executives Chief Executive Scott Henderson Chief Financial Officer Ian Drennan Fleet 1xFokker100 5 x Fokker 50 Main base Perth International (PER) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Albany, Broome, Carnarvon, Esperance, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Learmonth, Leinster, Leonora, Monkey Mia, Perth Trnavska Cesta 56, 821 02 Bratislava, Slovakia Tel +421 2 4857 5170 Fax +421 2 4857 5175 Sita BTSSC6Q Email gener@sll.sk Website www.sll.sk Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Devin Group (36.6%), Slovak government (34%), Wili (29.4%), Jak (0.02%) Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, RAF-AVIA Airlines Date established 1995 Date operations started May 1998 Description Flag carrier of the Slovak republic operating a scheduled domestic service and international charter flight to Russia, Spain, Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Tunisia and Italy. Runs wet lease operations for other carriers. Executives Chairman, Chief Executive Tomas Slivka Operations Director Bohuslav Huraj Technical Director Miloslav Meszaros Fleet 1 x Boeing 737-300 Main base Bratislava M R Stefanik (BTS) Destinations (international scheduled) Brussels, Moscow SN BRUSSELS AIRLINES [SN1 (DAT) Airport Building 117, Melsbroek, B-1820, Belgium Tel +32 2 754 1900 Fax +32 2 754 1999 Sita BRUDFSN Website www.brussels-airlines.com/ Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders SNAir Holding (78%), SIC (22%) Alliances Air Senegal International, Alitalia, American Airlines, British Airways, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Finnair, Hellas Jet, Iberia Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Maersk Air, Regional Air, Royal Air Maroc, Swiss, TAP Air Portugal, Ukraine International Airlines Date established 1966 Date operations started 2002 Description Belgian flag carrier operating European network serving 30 destinations in 11 countries from its main hub at Brussels. Long-haul flights are operated to East and West Africa. Also offerschartering, maintenance and training. History Founded in Antwerp as a private airline company under the name of Delta Air Transport. It later added flights for Sabena, KLM and Crossair, before being purchased by Sabena. Renamed after the collapse of its parent company. Formal merger talks with Virgin Express began in March 2004. Employees total 1,846 Executives Chief Executive Peter Davies Executive Chairman Rob Kuijpers Technical Director Dirk Werquin Commercial Director Philip Saunders Director of Network Eric Follet Head of Corporate Finance Chris Vandervinne Fleet 3 x Airbus A319-100 3 x Airbus A330-300 12 x BAE Systems Avro RJ100ER 14 x BAE Systems Avro RJ85ER 5 xBAe 146-200 Destinations (international scheduled) Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Budapest, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Florence, Forli, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul, London, Lyons, Madrid, Manchester, Marseilles, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Oslo, Pescara, Prague, Rome, Seville, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Tel Aviv, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw SNAS AVIATION (R PO Box 5641, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tel +973 17322640 Fax +973 173 28535 Sita BAHOWER Email paul.bishop@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz AISaud(100%) Alliances DHL International. Date established 1979 Date operations started 1979 Description Operates scheduled and non-scheduled cargo ser vices throughout the Middle East on behalf of DHL Express, serving all major regional cities. History Began operating scheduled services between Bahrain and Riyadh in 1979. Executives Chairman John Chisholm Airline Director/Accountable Manager Paul Bishop Hubs Bahrain International (BAH) EBliiSIIfE SAS, Frosundaviks alle 1, Solna, Stockholm, 19587, Sweden Tel +46 8 797 00 00 Website www.flysnowflake.com Services Scheduled, charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders SAS Scandinavian Airlines (100%) Date established October 2002 Date operations started 30 March 2003 Description Low-cost arm of parent Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), set up to provide services to destinations in southern Europe. Executives Managing Director Ludmilla Lindecrantz Fleet 4 x Boeing 737-800 SOBELAIR (SLR) Belgium Date established 30 July 1946 Date operations started 1946 Date operations ceased 19 January 2004 History Established to provide services to the former Belgian Congo, now Zaire. Charter subsidiary of Sabena until that car rier's collapse at the end of 2001. Sobelair was declared bankrupt and ceased operations on 19 January 2004. lapintie 4, 33100 Tampere, Finland Tel +358 10 525 1700 Fax +358 10 525 1707 Website www.soder.fi/ Services Regional, domestic, passenger Date established 2003 Description Finnish start-up regional carrier looking to launch operations from Tampere in 2004 using Saab 2000s. Executives Managing Director Tommi Soder Main base Tampere Pirkkala (TMP) Edificio Corporativo, Hotel Real Clarion, Colonia Alameda, AV Juan Manuel Galvez, Tegucicalpa, 1521, Honduras Tel +504 220 6543 Email info@solair.net Website wwwsolairnet Services Scheduled, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Ricardo Martinez (96%) Date established January 2002 Date operations started 12 July 2002 Description Launched services using wet-leased Boeing 727-200s. Operates scheduled flights within Central America and to the USA. Executives President Ricardo Martinez Chief Financial Officer Mario Lopez Fleet 1 x Boeing 727-200 Advanced Destinations (domestic scheduled) Roatan, San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa Destinations (international scheduled) Dallas, Managua, Miami, San Salvador Stratford Office Park, Block 5, Cnr Cedar & Valley Avenue, Fourways, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel +27 11 465 0917 Fax +27 11 465 0217 Email info@solenta.com Website www.solenta.com Services Charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Bruce Johnston (100%) Date established 2000 Date operations started 17 November 2000 Description Conducts freight operations on behalf of DHL, the oil industry and other agencies throughout Africa. History Established as a wet-lease operator initially operating the Cessna 208 Caravan and ATR 42s. Employees total 114 Engineering staff 30 Flightcrew 65 Cabin crew 19 Executives Managing Director Mark Hurst Fleet 4xATR42-300F m> PO Box 23, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Tel +677 20 031 Fax +677 36 098 Sita HIRDZIE Email solomonair@solomonairlines.com.au Website www.solomonairlines.com.au/ Services Scheduled, charter, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Solomon Islands govern ment (100%) Alliances Air Nauru, Air Niugini, Air Pacific, Air Vanuatu Date established 1962 Date operations started 1962 Description National carrier of the Solomon Islands serving more than 20 destinations. Operates to Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. International services are flown with a Boeing 737-300 leased from Air Vanuatu. Executives Chairman Michael Maina Fleet 2 x DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 Main base Honiara Henderson (HIR) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Afutara, Arona, Atoifi, Auki, Balalae, Batuna, Bellona, Choiseul Bay, Fera Island, Gatokae, Gizo, Honiara, Kagau, Kirakira, Mono, Munda, Parasi, Ramata, Rennell, Ringi Cove, Santa Ana Island, Santa Cruz Island, Sege, Suavanao, Yandina Destinations (international scheduled) Brisbane, Nadi, Port Moresby, Port Vila Aeroporto 4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola Tel +244 2 633502/520 Fax +244 2 321572 Email support.sonair@sonangol.co.ao Website www.sonairsarl.com www.fiightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 30 MARCH - 5 APRIL 2004 71
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