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Welcome to 2012’s Flight International World Airlines,
our annual directory that provides key information on
every airline across the globe operating scheduled
services or flying a significant number of charters
Flight International’s World Airlines directory
contains information on 1,500 airlines, which
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Chief Executive Officer ..................................... Marvin Tan
Finance Manager ............................................. Ley Pheng F
VP & Chief Pilot .................................... Siew Loong Leong
Fleet data from Flightglobal ACAS database A Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A319-100

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Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Suner
(majority owner) Main base Singapore (SIN)
Date operations started 1996
Description Operates passenger and cargo charters C
throughout Europe and North Africa, together with aerial
SilvEr Air (SlD)
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ambulance flights and pilot training.
Executives
President ................................................. Xavier Olivares Bubenska 113/47, Holesovice, 170 00 Prague,
Finance Manager .................................... Teresa Sisternes
Operations Manager .................................. Jose Penades
E Czech Republic
Fleet (orders) 6 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Valencia (VLC) Tel +420 233 374 596 Fax +420 233 371 179
AEroPAciFico (TFo) F Email info@silverair.cz Website www.silverair.cz

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Ignacio Zaragoza No. 343-3 Nte, Colonia Centro, 81200,
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Parent organisation/shareholders Management (100%)
Tel +52 668 817 1727 Fax +52 668 817 1728
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Website www.aeropacifico.com
Date operations started 2001
Date operations started February 1997
Description Provides a regular service and inclusive holiday
packages in the Baja California del Sur peninsula linking Los H Description Operates charter flights within the Czech

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Mochis to five other destinations.
Executives Republic and throughout Europe for international companies
President ....................................................... Jaime Lugo
I including TNT and DHL, as well as the Czech Postal services
Tony Best

Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31

1 x Let L-410UVP-E
and local travel agencies.
Main base Los Mochis (LMM) Ukrainian airline Aerosvit operates Airbus A320s as well as Boeing 737s.
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AEroPElicAn Air SErvicES [oT] (PEl) Parent organisation/shareholders Corporacion Alas de Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C402B History Launched operations flying between Prague,
Private Bag 2004, Newcastle Airport, Newcastle, Venezuela (100%) 1 x Cessna C404
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New South Wales, 2318, Australia
Tel +61 2 4928 9600 Fax +61 2 4965 1399
Date operations started 3 July 1929
Description Operates domestic services linking Caracas
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Pointe-Noire (PNR)
Nuremberg and Liege for TNT.
Email admin@aeropelican.com.au with Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturin, Porlamar, Puerto Executives
Website www.aeropelican.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Business Air Holdings
Ordaz and Valencia, in addition to a single international
service to Port of Spain.
AEroSTAr AirlinES (UAr)
Ivano Mazepy 34B, Kiev, 03151, Ukraine L President & Technical Manager............................ Jan Maly
Group (100%) History Founded as Linea Aerea Venezolana (LAV) on 1 Tel +380 44 490 92 32 Fax +380 44 490 92 33
Alliances Brindabella Airlines, Qantas
Date operations started 1 July 1971
January 1935, when the Venezuelan government took over
the routes and equipment of French company Cie Générale
Email info@aerostar.com.ua Website www.aerostar.com.ua
Date operations started 18 August 1997 M Head of Flight Operations .............................. Daniel Prusa

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Description Commuter airline operating direct flights within
New South Wales connecting Newcastle, Mudgee, Narrabri,
Aéropostale, which had begun operating in Venezuela in July
1929. The Venezuelan government acquired the airline on
Description Provides private and VIP charter flights within the
Ukraine and to neighbouring countries in the Commonwealth Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Snowy Mountains and Sydney. Also offers regular scheduled
services from Narrabri to Brisbane, cargo and charter services.
31 December 1933, although it continued to be essentially
French-managed until 1 January 1935, when as well as
of Independent States (CIS).
Executives
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History Founded by Keith Hilder in 1968. Launched being rebranded, the airline was brought under Venezuelan President ......................................... Shokhraddin Askerov
Hubs Ostrava OSR
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commercial operations three years later from its own airfield management control. In the 1960s, a new international General Director ............................................ Vasily Porva
at Belmont, NSW. Sold to Masling Airlines in 1980. Sold airline, VIASA, was created to concentrate on international Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
again in 1981 to BODAS, a company jointly owned by TNT services, while Aeropostal specialised on domestic routes. 2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2 Employees total 13,793 History
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and News Limited. Began an association with Ansett Operations ceased in August 1994, but the airline was re- 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
Australia which led to the company eventually becoming a activated in January 1997, following its 1996 sale to the 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9 Executives was un
wholly owned subsidiary of the airline. Placed into voluntary private Corporacion Alas de Venezuela. Grupo Makled 3 x Dornier 328JET-300
administration in September 2001, following the collapse of acquired Aeropostal and its parent Corporacion Alas de Main base Kiev (KBP), Kiev (IEV) Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore, 819829, Chairman ......................................Stephen Lee Ching Yen unrest
the Ansett Group. Sold by the administrators to International
Air Parts in April 2002. Entered into a commercial agreement
Venezuela. The airline was briefly grounded by the
Venezuelan government, which finally seized the airline AEroSUcrE coloMBiA [6n] (KrE) Q Singapore Chief Executive Officer ...........................Goh Choon Phong Execut
with Regional Express Airlines (Rex) in June 2003. after the owners of Grupo Makled were arrested on drug Aeropuerto El Dorado, Terminal de Carga N2, Bogota,
Parent Business Air Holdings acquired a majority trafficking charges, on 18 November 2008. The Chavez 151268, Colombia Tel +65 6541 5880 Fax +65 6545 6083 EVP Operations and Services .................... Swee Wah Mak Chairm
shareholding in Brindabella Airlines in September 2011, government announced plans to take over Aeropostal as Tel +57 1 414 8224 Fax +57 1 413 9442
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with both carriers initially retaining their individual branding.
Executives
“social property” in March 2009 and subsequently
relaunched domestic services as a state-owned carrier.
Email aerosucre@aerosucre.com.co
Date operations started 1969
Email public_affairs@singaporeair.com.sg SVP Finance .............................................Chan Hon Chew Mana
General Manager ...................................... Ian Vanderdeek
Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe Jetstream 32
The first international route, to Port of Spain, was relaunched
on 29 January 2010.
Description Operates domestic and international cargo
scheduled flights and passenger charter within Central and S Website www.singaporeair.com Fleet (orders) 19 (15) x Airbus A330-300 Financ
Main base Newcastle (NTL)
Hubs Sydney (SYD)
Executives South America.
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Singapore Airlines 5 x Airbus A340-500 Direct
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President ................................ Douglas Vasquez Porellana
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 President ..................................................... Jorge Solano
AEroPErlAS [Wl] (APP) 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 Chief Financial Officer ................. Marta Patricia Rodriguez Group (100%) (20) x Airbus A350-900XWB Fleet (o

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Panama City, Panama Main base Caracas (CCS) Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-100
Date operations started June 1970 3 x Boeing 727-200
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Date operations ceased 29 February 2012 AEro-SErvicE (rSr) 2 x Boeing 737-200
Regional airline which operated daily from Panama City to 15 10 Avenue du General de Gaulle, BP 1138, Pointe Noire, 1 x Cessna 500 Garuda Indonesia, Kuwait Airways, Luxair, Malaysia Airlines, 3 x Boeing 747-400 Hubs Po
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domestic destinations as part of the TACA Regional Airlines Congo Main base Bogota (BOG)
system. Charter flights were also undertaken. It was formed Tel +242 556 41 41 Email info@aero-service.net
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S7 Airlines, SilkAir, Skywest Airlines, Transaero Airlines, 35 x Boeing 777-200
as Aerolineas Islas de las Perlas and was government-run
from 1976 until 1987, when it was sold to private owners.
Parent organisation/shareholders TAG Light Aviation
Department (100%) Avenida Irala 616, PO Box 3104, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia 27 (8) x Boeing 777-300 SkiP
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The company decided to cease operations in Panama, citing Date operations started 1967 3104, Bolivia
poor market conditions and the business model of the airline. Description Provides commuter and charter operations
within the Congo and to neighbouring countries. Also has
Tel +591 3 336 4446 Fax +591 3 333 0666
Email aerosur@aerosur.com Website www.aerosur.com
Date operations started 1 October 1972 (20) x Boeing 787-9 PO Box
AEroPoSTAl [vH] (Alv)
Avenida Paseo de Colon, Torre Polar Oeste, Piso 21
a strong cargo business.
History Founded as the air freight transport department of a
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (Bolivian
investors) (100%) X Description Singaporean flag carrier operating an extensive Main base Singapore (SIN) Tel +61
Plaza Venezuela, Los Caobos, Caracas, Distrito Federal,
1050, Venezuela
frozen food company, it later became an independent airline.
Executives
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aerosur Paraguay (50%)
Alliances Aerolineas Argentinas, LAN Airlines, TACA network of scheduled services linking destinations Email a
Tel +58 212 303 7180 Fax +58 212 355 2367 President & Director General .........................G Griesbaum International Airlines, TACA Peru
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Website www.aeropostal.com Finance Director ..................................Dominic Decouville Date operations started 24 August 1992

East and North America. Asian regional services are 08E, Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore Date op
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operated by subsidiary carrier Silk Air. Tel +65 6541 6600 Fax +65 6546 3798 Descrip
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Alliances Wow, Cargojet Airways, Coyne Airways, Virgin Australia
Date operations started April 2001 S Fleet (o

established on 1 January 1967. Services to Europe were Description Stand-alone cargo operation to complement the
beginning with a specific letter. To download the directory introduced in June 1971, with the Singapore-London route, parent company’s passenger services.
to your desktop, click on the PDF icon at the top flown via Bombay, Bahrain and Rome. The January 1972
dissolution of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines into two separate
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carriers created Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) and Employees total 954
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Launched a wholly-owned charter subsidiary, Tradewinds,
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SIA gained transpacific access to the USA in 1978. Acquired Fleet (orders) 13 x Boeing 747-400 Tel +56
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in February 2004. This was surpassed in June 2004 Email sita_air@wlink.com.np Date op
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service on 25 October 2007, between Singapore and Description Nepalese carrier operating domestic flights its ma
Sydney. Operated its first all-business class service, with an from its base in Kathmandu to Lukla, Tumlingtar, Domes
Airbus A340-500, between Singapore and New York-Newark Biratnagar, Janakpur, Pokhara, Jomsom, Chaurjhari, Brazil a

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International 15 May 2008. Announced a new low-cost Dang, Nepalgunj and Dhangadi. Regular cargo and History
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1time Airline [T6] (RNX)
Unit D2, Isando Industrial Park, Gewel Road,
Kempton Park, Cape Road, South Africa
Tel +27 11 928 8000 Fax +27 11 392 5027
Email info@1time.co.za Website www.1time.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders 1time Holdings (100%)
Date operations started 25 February 2004
Description Operates low-cost charters and scheduled
services linking Johannesburg with Bloemfontein, Cape
Town, Durban, East London, George, Port Elizabeth and
Zanzibar in Tanzania.
History Founded by former CEO Glenn Orsmond, who was
Finance Director of Aeronexus, an aviation company offering
aircraft management, crewing and aircraft maintenance
services. Aeronexus, itself owned by Afrisource Holdings,
took a 50% shareholding, while MKJH Trust took a 30%
stake and Mogwele Investments the remaining 20%.
Although Kulula.com had been launched earlier, in 2001,
it was as a subsidiary of Comair, so 1time became South
Africa’s first dedicated independent low-cost carrier on
launch of services in February 2004. The company was
listed on Johannesburg’s Altex Stock Exchange on 14
August 2007.
Executives
Chairman......................................................... Sipo Twala
Chief Executive Officer................................ Blacky Komani
Operations Manager..................................... James Budge
Financial Director.......................................... Mike Snyman
Fleet (orders) 11 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Johannesburg JNB
Hubs Cape Town (CPT), East London (ELS)
2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation
Division (OAO)
Vaskovo Airport, Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Region,
163036, Russia
Tel +7 8182 45 01 65 Fax +7 8182 45 17 94
Email aoao@mail.sts.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Russian state (100%)
Date operations started 1935
Description Operates passenger and cargo (including mail)
services from Arkhangelsk’s Vaskovo Airport, specialising in
serving otherwise inaccessible locations in northern Russia.
Performs a wide range of air transport and aerial work
services in support of the oil, nuclear and space industries,
state institutions and research institutes. Also operates
internationally, primarily in support of humanitarian and
peace-making efforts by NGOs including the Red Cross
and the United Nations.
History The oldest and leading air cargo company in north-
west Russia. Introduced operations in support of peace-
making missions in Africa in 1993. Provided humanitarian
relief missions following the Afghanistan earthquake in
1998 and subsequent earthquakes in Pakistan and has
also flown humanitarian missions in Angola, Cambodia, DR
Congo, Djibouti, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Somalia,
Sudan and the former Yugoslavia.
Executives
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna 550
1 x Learjet Learjet 31
Main base Vaskovo
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Abaete Linhas Aereas (ABJ)
Aeroporto Intl de Salvador, Dptdo Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes,
Praca Gago Coutinho s/n, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Tel +55 71 3377 2555 Fax +55 71 3462 9665
Email aerotaxi@abaete.com.br Website www.abaete.com.br
Description Operates scheduled passenger services and
offers charter flights from its Salvador da Bahia base. Sister
company ATA – Aerotáxi Abaeté – also provides air-taxi flights
with business and general aviation aircraft.
History Founded as Aerotáxi Abaeté, initially offering air-taxi
services. Acquired Atlanta Taxi Aéreo in 1985. Introduced
scheduled services in 1995.
Employees total 8
Executives
President........................................................ Jorge Mello
Finance Director..................................... Maria De Socorro
VP Operations........................................Alvaro Magalhaes
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C182P
1 x Cessna C310Q
5 x Cessna C402B
6 x Cessna CE208
1 x Cessna 500
1 x Cessna 550
3 x Embraer EMB-110C
1 x Embraer EMB-110E
2 x Embraer EMB-121
5 x Neiva NE-821
Main base Salvador (SSA)
Abakan Avia (ABG)
Druzhba Narodov 57, Abakan, Republic of Khakassia,
665008, Russia
Tel +7 3902 282 735 Fax +7 3092 282 748
Email office@abakanavia.ru Website www.abakanavia.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Sobol Corporation
(70%), others (30%)
Date operations started 1993
Description Operates trunk cargo services to destinations in
Africa, Europe, Indian sub-continent, Middle and Far East,
Russia and the CIS with an all-Ilyushin Il-76T jet fleet. Also
performs extensive helicopter operations.
History Established from a former local Aeroflot unit.
Launched domestic cargo flights in 1993 and international
flights in 1994. Operated passenger services from mid-
1998, before reverting to all-cargo operations. The Sobol
Corporation acquired a majority shareholding in 1999.
Designated an official carrier for the UN in 2003.
Executives
Director General........................................... Serge Rodkin
Deputy General Manager.............................Serge Karyagin
Flight Safety Manager...........................Vladimir Beloussov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Ilyushin Il-76T
1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Abakan (ABA)
Hubs El Obeid (EBD)
Aban Air [K5] (ABE)
1267 Vali-e-Asr Avenue, Before Vanank Square, Tehran,
15177 36511, Iran
Tel +98 21 8877 3126/7 Fax +98 21 8877 8393
Email info@abanair.com Website www.abanair.com
Date operations started May 2005
Description Offers cargo charters from Tehran to
destinations including Bangkok, Chennai, Dubai, Lahore and
Seoul. Operates using wet-leased aircraft.
History Launched cargo charters between Tehran and Dubai
in May 2005. Received its air operator’s certificate from the
Civil Aviation Organization of Iran in March 2006.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................A Mahdavi
Fleet (orders) Leased in as required
Main base Tehran (IKA)
ABC Air Hungary
Hungary
Date operations started 2005
Date operations ceased December 2011
History Operated charter cargo services from Budapest with
three LET L-410UVP turbprop aircraft. Ceased operations in
December 2011.
ABSA – Aerolinhas Brasileiras
[M3] (TUS)
Aeroporto Internacional de Viracopos (VCP) Rd, Santos
Dumont, KM 66, 13051-970 Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel +55 19 2138 4400 Fax +55 19 3725 6301
Email vendas@absacargo.com Website www.absacargo.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (73.3%),
Jochmann Participações Ltda (13%), TADEF (13%), others (0.7%)
Alliances Florida West International Airways
Date operations started 2 June 1995
Description Operates scheduled domestic and international
cargo services to destinations throughout Latin America, USA,
Europe and Oceania. Charter services are also operated.
History Established as Brasil Transair-Transportes Charter
Turismo. Launched charter flights in June 1995. In August
2001 ABSA was designated as a Scheduled and Flag Air
Carrier by the Brazilian Civil Aviation Department for
domestic and international services. In November 2001,
LanChile acquired a majority stake.
Employees total 345
Executives
President............................................ Norberto Jochmann
Finance Director............................................ Andres Leiva
Chief Operations Officer..........................Dario Matsuguma
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Campinas (VCP)
Abu Dhabi Aviation (AXU)
Abu Dhabi International Airport, PO Box 2723, Terminal 2,
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 2 575 8000 Fax +971 2 575 7775
Email adava@abudhabiaviation.com
Website www.abudhabiaviation.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Abu Dhabi Nationals
(70%), Abu Dhabi Investment Council (30%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Maximus Air Cargo
(95%), Royal Jet (50%)
Date operations started March 1976
Description Serves oil-fields and economic facilities in the
UAE and other Arab states. Also provides other services,
including, fire fighting, crop dusting, aerial photography,
seismic survey, search and rescue and medical evacuation.
History Formed as a joint venture between majority
shareholder, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and a single foreign
investor, with start-up capital of AED 2 million. Initially
operated two helicopters. Became a national joint-stock
company with a capital of AED 60 million on 20 November
1982. The Abu Dhabi government retained a 30%
shareholding. Launched fixed-wing operations in 1991.
A third-party maintenance facility was opened in 1994.
Maximus Air Cargo, the UAE’s largest dedicated cargo
airline, became a sister company in November 2008,
when the Abu Dhabi Aviation Group acquired a majority
shareholding. Another sister company, Royal Jet, was
established as a joint-venture with the Amiri Flight in 2003,
to offer global VIP and executive flight services.
Executives
Chairman.............................. Thanoon Bin Zahid Al-Nahyan
Vice Chairman...................................... Hamdan Al-Nahyan
Chief Financial Officer .................................. Ashraf Fahmy
General Manager................ Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Mazroul
Operations Director........................................... Jack Lunn
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Abu Dhabi International (AUH)
ABX Air [GB] (ABX)
145 Hunter Drive, Wilmington, Ohio, 45177, USA
Tel +1 937 382 5591 Fax +1 937 366 3252
Email communications@abxair.com Website www.abxair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Transport Services
Group (ATSG) (100%)
Date operations started 17 April 1980
Description Major US carrier operating scheduled, ad hoc
charter and ACMI cargo services. These include an overnight
express small-package service within mainland USA, Canada
and Puerto Rico, operated for primary customer DHL. Also
offers airline-related training, including dispatch, flight
training and simulator facilities.
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History Formed in 1979 when Airborne Freight Corporation
of Seattle acquired Midwest Air Charter. Became Airborne
Express on 1 May 1980, one of four wholly-owned
subsidiaries created by Airborne Freight Corporation.
Initially operated from the former Clinton County air force
Base in Wilmington, Ohio. Separated from Airborne Express
in August 2003, prior to the latter's acquisition by DHL.
On 31 December 2007 parent company ABX Holdings
acquired Cargo Holdings International, parent of FAR
Part 121 cargo carriers Air Transport International (ATI)
and Capital Cargo International Airlines (CCI). ABX holdings
rebranded as Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) in
May 2008, to reflect a range of services which included
ad hoc charter, ACMI freight, aircraft maintenance, ground
handling, fuel management, specialised transportation
management and air charter brokerage. Contracted on 31
March 2010 to continue to provide lift for DHL international’s
operation in the USA, supplying and operating 13 Boeing
767-200 freighters for a period of five years.
Executives
President............................................................ Joe Hete
Chief Financial Officer & EVP Administration..... Quint Turner
Fleet (orders) 28 x Boeing 767-200
1 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Wilmington (ILM)
ACE Air Cargo [KO] (AER)
5901 Lockheed Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA
Tel +1 907 334 5100 Email info@aceaircargo.com
Website www.aceaircargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Western States
Investment (100%)
Description Provides extensive scheduled cargo flights,
passenger and cargo charters, small package service
and logistics, serving many small communities in Alaska.
Request stops are also available. A new passenger
service is now also operated between Anchorage
and Dutch Harbor.
History Founded as Yutana Airlines and renamed to
Alaska Central Express in 1994. Now trades as ACE
Air Cargo.
Executives
President......................................................... Mike Bergt
Chief Financial Officer...................................John Seaman
Fleet (orders) 4 x Beechcraft 1900C
Main base Anchorage (ANC)
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Adria Airways [JP] (ADR)
Zgorniji Brnik 130h, 4120 Brnik, Slovenia
Tel +386 1369 1000 Fax +386 1436 9445
Email info@adria.si Website www.adria-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders PDP, d.d.
(State Restructuring Agency) (87%), NLB, d.d. (7%),
Infond – Investment Company (2%), others (4%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Jat Airways,
Luxair, Montenegro Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines
Date operations started 1961
Description National airline of Slovenia, operating
international scheduled services throughout Europe and
charter services to European and Middle Eastern
destinations from Ljubljana.
History Established as a charter company under the name
of Adria Aviopromet (Adria Airways). Adopted the Inex-Adria
Airways brand in 1968 after aligning with Belgrade-based
trading group Interexport. Introduced scheduled services in
November 1983. Reverted to its original Adria Airways
branding in May 1986. Completed a partial privatisation
process in March 1996, whereby three private companies
acquired a combined 8% of the airline. Became a regional
member of the Star Alliance in December 2004, upgrading
to full membership on the abolition of the regional
classification on 1 January 2010. Introduced scheduled
services between the Bosnian city of Banja Luka and
its Ljubljana base in July 2010. Implemented a financial
and commercial restructuring in September 2011,
after receiving financial assistance from several state
agencies in 2010.
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Chief Executive Officer...........................Klemen Bostjancic
Finance Manager...................................... Silvestra Stopar
Flight Operations Director ..............................Igor Korenjak
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
1 x Airbus A320-200
6 x Bombardier CRJ-200
4 (1) x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Ljubljana (LJU)
Aegean Airlines [A3] (AEE)
31, Viltanioti Street, Kifisia, 145 64 Athens,
16451, Greece
Tel +30 210 62 61 700 Fax +30 210 62 61 900
Email contact@aegeanair.com Website www.aegeanair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Theodore Vassilakis
(35.7%), Elnesco Enterprises (9.5%), Siana Enterprises
(9.5%), Siana Enterprises (9.5%), Achilleas
Konstantakopoulos (6.4%), others holding (38.9%)
Alliances Luxair, Olympic Air
Date operations started 17 February 1992
Description Operates scheduled services across Greece and
international services to destinations in Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Romania, Russia,
Spain, Turkey and the UK. Codeshare agreements, primarily
with other Star Alliance partners, extend the domestic, and
European networks and included flights to Newark and
Philadelphia. Charter flights are also undertaken.
History Established by Antonis and Nikolaos Simigdalas as
Aegean Aviation, a VIP/business air operation specialising in
executive and air ambulance services. Became the first
independent Greek company to be issued with an air
operator’s certificate in February 1992, licensed for
worldwide charters with two Learjets. Acquired by the
Vassilakis Group in 1994, rebranded as Aegean Airlines and
repositioned for the launch of scheduled passenger services
from Athens to Crete, Heraklion and Thessaloniki. Launched
services with two new Avro RJ100s at the end of May 1999.
Acquired Greek domestic carrier Air Greece (founded 1994)
in December 1999, incorporating its fleet of two Fokker 100s
and three ATR72s. Merged with Greek scheduled and charter
carrier Cronus Airlines (founded 1994) in March 2001, after
acquiring a majority of the joint holding company. Introduced
European services under the Aegean Cronus Airlines brand,
serving four German cities, London, Paris and Rome with a
fleet of Boeing 737-300s and 400s. After being acquired
outright by Aegean, Cronus was fully integrated under the
Aegean Airlines brand on 28 October 2001. Launched its
IPO and listed on the Athens Stock Exchange in July 2007.
Overtook Olympic Air to become Greece’s largest passenger
airline in 2008, with a 58% market share. The intended
merger with Pantheon Airlines (dba Olympic Air) was blocked
by the European Commission in January 2011. Embarked
instead on a “widespread co-operation” agreement with
Olympic Air from 27 March 2010. Established its first foreign
hub at Larnaca in May 2011, with routes serving London,
Paris and eight Greek destinations.
Executives
Founder & Deputy Chairman...................... Nick Simigdalas
Chief Executive Officer........................ Theodore Vassilakis
Managing Director.............................. Dimitris Georgiannis
Technical Director..................................Vasileios Kardasis
Chief Flight Operations Manager.........Zissis Pehlevanoudis
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
22 (5) x Airbus A320-200
4 x Airbus A321-200
1 x Learjet Learjet 60
Main base Athens ATH
Hubs Larnaca (LCA), Thessaloniki (SKG)
Aeolian Airlines (AOL)
551 Mesogeion Avenue, 15 343 Agia Paraskevi,
Attica, Greece
Tel +30 210 96 09 740 Fax +30 21 21 023 814
Email admin@aeolianairlnes.com
Website www.aeolianairlines.com
Date operations started 18 October 2011
Description Greek airline offering passenger charter services.
History Established by founders of Skywings. Received air
operator’s certificate in July 2011. Operated inaugural flight
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Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Main base Athens ATH C
Aer Arann Islands
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Connemara Regional Airport, Inverin, Co Galway, Ireland
Tel +353 91 593 034 Fax +353 91 593 238
Email aerarann@iol.ie Website www.aerarannislands.ie
Parent organisation/shareholders Padraig O’Ceidigh (100%)
Date operations started January 2001 E
Description Serves the Arann Islands from Connemara
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Regional Airport in Galway. Operates up to 25 flights daily in
the summer peak season.
History Established as a subsidiary of Aer Arann. Launched
operations in 1970 with a service to Inishmore, quickly
adding the other islands to the network.
Executives
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Managing Director..................................Padraig O’Ceidigh
Finance Director...................................Grainne McDonagh
VP Operations......................................... Marie Mulrooney H
Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
1 x Britten-Norman BN2B
Main base Connemara (NNR)
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Aer Arann Regional [RE] (REA)
1 Northwood Avenue, Santry, Dublin 9, Co Dublin, Ireland
Tel +353 1 844 7700 Fax +353 1 844 7701 J
Email info@aerarann.com Website www.aerarann.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Everdeal (100%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, Etihad Airways
Date operations started 16 August 1970
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Description Operates scheduled and charter passenger
services linking over 20 Irish and UK cities, together with
flights to the Isle of Man, Jersey and seasonal services L
to Lorient and La Rochelle in Brittany. Also operates as
M
“Aer Lingus Regional” from Dublin, Cork and Shannon
to destinations in the UK and France under a franchise
agreement.
History Established to provide an island-hopping air service
between Galway and the Arann Islands, located off Ireland's
west coast. Purchased by Padraig O’Ceidigh in 1994 and
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transformed to provide a feeder air service for Ireland and
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the UK. Exclusively served the Arann Islands until the
opening of its Dublin base on 2 March 1998. Introduced
services to the UK and Jersey in 2002. Added Lorient and
Nantes in Brittany to the route network in 2004. Operated
jet services for one summer season in 2008, connecting
Galway and Waterford to Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Faro and
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Malaga under a franchise with Nex Aviation. Began flying
as an Aer Lingus Regional under a franchise agreement in
March 2010. Entered voluntary examinership in August Q
2010 after accumulating significant losses since 2008.
Air operations were unaffected. Successfully emerged
from examinership in November 2010. UK trucking and
distribution company Eddie Stobart invested £2.5 million in
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November 2010, in return for a small convertible preference
share in the carrier. A five-year operating agreement with
Eddie Stobart saw the launch of services from Stobart- S
owned London Southend Airport in March 2011. Adopted
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the Air Arann Regional brand from May 2011. Suspended
all scheduled services from Galway from November 2011.
Executives
Chairman...............................................Padraig O’Ceidigh
Chief Executive Officer................................... Sean Brogan
Chief Financial Officer........................................Tom Turley U
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300
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2 x ATR 72-200
4 x ATR 72-500
Main base Dublin DUB
Hubs Cork (ORK), Isle Of Man (OM)
Aer Lingus [EI] (EIN) W
Head Office Block, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland
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Tel +353 1 886 8202 Fax +353 1 886 3832
Email niall.brady@aerlingus.com Website www.aerlingus.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Ryanair (29.82%),
government of Ireland (Minister for Finance of Ireland)
(25.11%), Denis O’Brien (3.295%), other shareholders
holding 3% or less (41.775%)
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aer Lingus Regional
(100%)
Alliances Aer Arann Regional, British Airways, ExpressJet,
GoJet Airlines, JetBlue Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,
Mesa Airlines, Qantas, Shuttle America, SkyWest Airlines,
Trans States Airlines, United Airlines
Date operations started 27 May 1936
Description Ireland’s national carrier provides economy class
service on domestic and European routes and a two class
service on long haul services to US cities, including Boston,
Chicago, New York and Orlando.
History Founded by the Irish government as Aerlinte Eirann to
provide air services to and from Ireland. The first flight, from
Dublin to Bristol, took place in May 1936. Joined the
oneworld alliance in 1999. Remodelled in 2001, following
the losses sustained in the aftermath of 9/11, introducing
low-cost services on all European flights. Long-haul services
continued to offer two-class travel. Dubai became the first
Middle Eastern destination in March 2006. Launched its IPO
on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges in October 2006,
raising € 400 million and, selling 50.2% of the shares.
The Irish government retained a minority shareholding.
Left the oneworld alliance in April 2007, as its low-cost
operations were no longer consistent with the requirements
for membership. Introduced in 2007, the AerLingus.com
website became its primary distribution channel, generating
over 80% of total passenger revenue by 2010. A ticket-
booking alliance with JetBlue was introduced in early 2008,
aimed at opening up new destinations in the North American
market. Both airlines’ passengers were able to travel on a
single ticket on connecting flights between Ireland and 50+
destinations in the USA, Mexico and the Caribbean. Services
from the first hub outside Ireland, at London Gatwick, were
launched in April 2009.
Employees total 3,516
Executives
Chairman................................................. Colm Barrington
Chief Executive Officer............................Christoph Mueller
Chief Commercial Officer......................... Steven Kavanagh
Chief Financial Officer ..........................Andrew Macfarlane
Chief Operating Officer................................. Fergus Wilson
Fleet (orders) 33 x Airbus A320-200
3 x Airbus A321-200
3 x Airbus A330-200
4 x Airbus A330-300
(9) x Airbus A350-900XWB
Main base Dublin (DUB)
Hubs Cork (ORK,) Belfast (BHD), Shannon (SNN), London
Gatwick (LGW)
Aer Lingus Regional
Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland
Parent organisation/shareholders Aer Lingus (100%)
Date operations started 28 March 2010
Description Brand of Aer Lingus operated under franchise by
Aer Arann, serving destinations in the UK and France from
Dublin, Cork and Shannon. Offers direct connectivity from a
number of UK regions to Aer Lingus transatlantic services
out of Dublin.
Hubs Dublin (DUB), Cork (ORK)
Aero Mongolia [M0] (MNG)
PO Box 105, Chinggis Khaan Airport, 34 Ulan Bator,
Mongolia
Tel +976 11 283212 Fax +976 11 379616
Email management@aeromongolia.mn
Website www.aeromongolia.mn
Parent organisation/shareholders Aero Mongolia (100%)
Date operations started 25 May 2003
Description Privately-owned airline operating scheduled
services linking Ulan Bator with six domestic destinations,
in addition to international services to Hohhot and Tianjin
in China. Aero Mongolia also offers charter services.
History Established by MIAT Mongolian Airlines to feed
international services at Ulan Bator.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................................. Munkheaatar
Operations Manager............................................. Ariunzul
Fleet (orders) 3 x Fokker 50
Main base Ulan Bator (ULN)
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Aerodromo Municipal de Portimao, Hangar 3
Montes de Alvor, Alvor 8500-059, Portugal
Tel +351 282 496 593 Fax +351 282 496 594
Email aerovip@aerovip.pt Website www.aerovip.pt
Parent organisation/shareholders 7 Air Group (100%)
Date operations started 1990
Description Operates domestic scheduled services on the
Bragança-Vila Real-Lisbon route, in addition to passenger
charter services from its base at Portimão Aerodrome.
Executives
General Manager.............................................. Pedro Leal
Sales Director ..............................................Miguel Jacob
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna C210L
2 x Dornier 228-200
1 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Portimao (PRM)
AeroBratsk (BRP)
Bratsk Airport, Irkutskaya Oblast, Bratsk, Irkutsk Region,
665711, Russia
Tel +7 3953 322 321 Fax +7 3953 322 329
Email brtbv@bratsk.net.ru Website www.aerobratsk.narod.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Rosimushchestvo
(51%), Center-Capital (49%)
Date operations started 1967
Description Operates a domestic passenger service
between Bratsk and Irkutsk, together with regional charter
flights and speciality services.
History Formerly the Aeroflot Bratsk Division, then Bratsk Air
Enterprise. Privatised in 1991 under the Bratsk Avia brand
with 51% retained by the Federal Agency for State Property
Management (Rosimushchestvo). The airline filed for
bankruptcy in 2000, before being reincorporated as the joint
stock company AeroBratsk. In June 2004, Vim-Avia owner
Center-Capital acquired a 49% shareholding.
Executives
General Director.......................................Sergei Sumbaev
Chief Accountant................................Lidija Chembartseva
Flight Unit Commander.............................. Oleg Bezrodnikh
Fleet (orders) 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Bratsk (BTK)
Aerocardal (CDA)
Aeropuerto Intl. Arturo Merino Benitez, Av. Diego Barros
Ortiz 2065, Pudahuel, 9020000 Santiago, Chile
Tel +56 2 377 7400 Fax +56 2 377 7406
Email aerocard@aerocardal.com Website www.aerocardal.com
Date operations started 1991
Description Offers international and domestic passenger
and executive charters, including aero medical critical care
transport. Services are operated from the carrier’s own
private air terminal. It also has its own fixed-base operation.
History Established as a fixed-base operator. Has expanded
operations to become Chile’s leading privately-owned
corporate aviation company.
Executives
General Manager .......................................... Ricardo Real
VP Operations ........................................Ricardo Espinoza
Finance Manager ................................... Cristhian Vivanco
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C421C
1 x Dornier 228-100
2 x Dornier 228-200
2 x Dornier 328-100
1 x Piper PA-31-300
1 x Piper PA-31T1
Main base Santiago (SCL)
Aerocaribbean [7L] (CRN)
Terminal Aerea Aerocaribbean, Carretera Wajay, Km Final,
Havana, Cuba
Tel +53 7 649 7341 Email pre@aerocaribbean.avianet.cu
Website www.soydelcaribe.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Cuba
(100%)
Alliances Cubana de Aviacion
Date operations started 2 December 1982
Description Operates scheduled domestic passenger
services linking the capital Havana with the main tourist
destinations, together with international flights to the
Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Charter
flights are also offered, primarily within the Caribbean and
South America.
History Set up by the Cuban government to provide domestic
flights in Cuba and regional charters to supplement national
carrier Cubana.
Executives
President ........................................................ Jose Musa
VP Operations..........................................Armando Olivero
VP Commercial................................................ Oscar Villar
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-300
4 x ATR 72-200
3 x Embraer EMB-110P
1 x Ilyushin Il-18D
7 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Havana (HAV)
Aero-Charter Airlines [DW] (UCR)
23 Klimenko Street, Kiev, 03110, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 207 0828 Fax +380 44 207 1727
Email ops@acr-air.com Website www.acr-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Date operations started 1997
Description Ukrainian airline offering business flights, contract
and ad hoc cargo charters as well as wet-leasing services.
History Introduced regular cargo services between Kiev
(Borispol) and Luxembourg in 2000. Began operating regular
flights between Kiev Borispol and Leipzig under contract to
DHL in 2006.
Executives
General Director.....................................Aleksandr Bulatov
Operations Director....................................... Sergei Galka
Finance Director................................................Olga Koval
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
3 x Cessna 525B
(1) x Cessna 560
4 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Kiev (KBP)
aerocon [A4] (AEK)
Avenida La Barranca, Hangar 48, Aeropuerto el Trompillo,
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Tel +591 3 351 1010 Fax +591 3 351 6065
Email jurioste@aerocon.bo Website www.aerocon.bo
Alliances Amaszonas
Date operations started 9 June 2005
Description Privately-owned Bolivian regional airline
operating high-frequency domestic services from its
operational base in the city of Trinidad.
History Established in Santa Cruz and launched operations
linking Santa Cruz with the north-eastern cities of Trinidad,
Riberalta and Guayaramerín. In May 2006 the airline
relocated its operational base to Teniente Jorge Henrich
Arauz Airport in the city of Trinidad and extended the network
westwards to include Cochabamba and La Paz.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Mario Anes
General Manager .......................................Jose Luis Anes
VP Operations.......................................Roberto Abularach
Fleet (orders) 4 x Fairchild Metro 23
2 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Trinidad TDD
Hubs Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI)
AeroContractors [AJ] (NIG)
Murtala Mohammed Airport, P M B 21090, Ikeja, Lagos,
Nigeria
Tel +234 1 497 9122 Fax +234 1 497 1973
Email onyegbula.j@acn.aero Website www.acn.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Mofta West Africa (100%)
Date operations started 1959
Description Provides a domestic network linking Lagos, Port
Harcourt and Warri, together with international scheduled
services linking Nigeria and destinations in Equatorial
Guinee, Ghana, and Mali. Also provides air-taxi, charter and
third-party aircraft operations, largely in support of Nigeria’s
extensive oil and gas industry.
History Established as Aerocontractors Company of Nigeria
and originally 97% owned by Schreiner Air Transport. The
Ibru family acquired a 40% shareholding in 1973 through
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its Mofta West Africa company, increasing its shareholding
to 60% in 1976. Rebranded as AeroContractors in 2002,
operating under the brand name “aero”. CHC Helicopter of
Canada acquired Schreiner Airways and with it its remaining
minority stake in 2004, but severed its partnership with Aero
in June 2010 and ceded its 40% equity stake to the Ibru
family. In July 2010 a new loan restructuring agreement with
Oceanic Bank enabled Aero to negotiate a new technical
support agreement with CHC Helicopter.
Executives
Chairperson.....................................................Cecilia Ibru
Managing Director.......................................... Akin George
Chief Financial Officer......................................Omoke Enyi
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 125-800
2 x Boeing 737-400
6 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Lagos LOS
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Hubs Port Harcourt PHC, Malabo SSG, Abuja ABV, Calabar
CBQ, Benin City BNI
Aeroflot Russian Airlines [SU] (AFL)
37 Leningradsky Avenue, Building 9, Moscow, 125167,
Russia
Tel +7 499 500 6905 Fax +7 499 500 6867
Email info@aeroflot.ru Website www.aeroflot.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Russian Federation
(51.17%), National Settlement Center (19.63%), Employees
and others (11.06%), CJSC Depository Clearing Com
(8.91%), Aeroflot Finance LLC (7.3%), others (12.99%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Orenair (100%), SAT
Airlines (100%), Donavia (100%), Rossiya (75%), Vladivostok
Air (52.156%), Yamal Airlines (40%)
Alliances SkyTeam, Adria Airways, AeroSvit Airlines, Air India,
Air Malta, airBaltic, Belavia Belarussian Airlines, Bulgaria Air,
Cubana de Aviacion, Cyprus Airways, Donavia, Estonian Air,
Finnair, Iran Air, Jat Airways, LOT Polish Airlines, MIAT,
Nordavia, Rossiya, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Tatarstan Air,
Vladivostok Air
Date operations started 15 July 1923
Description Largest Russian carrier operating international
passenger services to some 100 destinations in 47
countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East,
and Asia. Domestic services and flights to several CIS-
countries are also flown. Additional international
destinations are served through code sharing agreements
with foreign airline partners. The airline is also the country’s
largest cargo carrier.
History Founded as Dobrolet to provide service between
Moscow and Nizhni Novgorod. On 25 February 1932 the
Central Administration of Civil Air Fleet was founded and
adopted the name Aeroflot. In addition to providing
scheduled air transport services, Aeroflot was also
responsible for non-transport activities ranging from
surveying and polar exploration to crop-spraying and fire-
fighting. It had become the world’s largest airline by the end
of the 1930s, employing in excess of 400,000 staff and
operating around 4,000 aircraft. Aeroflot became the first
carrier in the world to operate sustained regular jet services
on 15 September 1956, with the Tupolev Tu-104. In 1992,
following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Aeroflot was
divided into more than 300 regional airlines and
international routes were operated separately as Aeroflot
Russian International Airlines (ARIA). Two years later
Aeroflot was registered as a joint stock company and the
government sold off 49% of its stake to Aeroflot employees.
In 2000 the company changed its name to Aeroflot Russian
Airlines. On 14 April 2006 Aeroflot Russian Airlines formally
became the 10th member to join the SkyTeam alliance. In
February 2010 President Putin approved the proposed
merger of six smaller airlines then controlled by
Rostekhnologii – Kavminvodyavia (KMV), Orenair, Rossiya,
Sakhalinskiye Aviatrassy (SAT), Saravia and Vladivostok Air
– into Aeroflot. The consolidation was envisaged as a two-
stage process with the five smaller carriers initially
combined into one based on Rossiya, but managed by
Aeroflot. This would be followed by a merger between
Rossiya and Aeroflot. In March 2011 VTB Capital acquired a
6% shareholding. Aeroflot completed the planned
acquisition from Rostekhnologii of 100% of both Orenair
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and SAT Avia, as well as majority shareholdings in Rossiya,
Saravia and Vladivostok Airlines. Aeroflot disposed of its
briefly-held majority shareholding in Saravia to private
investors on 29 December 2012.
Employees total 20,000
Executives
President...................................................... Viktor Ivanov
General Director ........................................ Vitaly Savelyev
Deputy Director Finance & Planning... Mikhail Poluboyarinov
Technical Director..............................Viacheslav Prochorov
Chief of Fleet Planning & Airline Procurement. Igor Yatzenko
Fleet (orders) 15 x Airbus A319-100
43 (5) x Airbus A320-200
19 (7) x Airbus A321-200
5 x Airbus A330-200
10 (7) x Airbus A330-300
(18) x Airbus A350-800XWB
(4) x Airbus A350-900XWB
(15) x Boeing 737-700
(25) x Boeing 737-800
(10) x Boeing 737-900
9 x Boeing 767-300
(16) x Boeing 777-300
(22) x Boeing 787-8
6 (6) x Ilyushin Il-96-300
(15) x Irkut MS-21-200
(35) x Irkut MS-21-300
3 x Boeing MD-11F
5 (24) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95
Main base Moscow SVO
Hubs Saint Petersburg (LED), Vladivostok (VVO)
AeroGal [2K] (GLG)
Avenida Amazonas 7797, Aeropuerto Mariscal Sucre,
Quito, Ecuador
Tel +593 2 396 0600 Fax +593 2 243 0487
Email publicidad@aerogal.com.ec Website www.aerogal.com.ec
Parent organisation/shareholders Avianca – TACA (100%)
Alliances Avianca, TACA International Airlines
Date operations started 1986
Description Operates passenger and cargo flights from
Quito and Guayaquil to several domestic destinations,
including San Cristobal and Baltra in the Galapagos
Archipelago. External routes serve Bogotá and Medellin
in Colombia and New York.
History Established as Aerolineas Galapagos Ecuador, known
as AeroGal. In 2008 Grupo Synergy carrier Vuelos Internos
Privados (VIP) took over management control of the airline.
The Colombian group, which already owns VIP as well as
Avianca and Avianca (Brazil) – formerly Ocean Air – took an
option in November 2008 to purchase an 80% shareholding
in AeroGal. In October 2009 AeroGal announced its merger
with Avianca, and the Salvadoran airline TACA. Under the
terms of the merger AeroGal was to continue operations
under its own branding but would share assets with the
other airlines in the group. A new international route to New
York was introduced in December 2009. In November 2010
Avianca-TACA completed the acquisition of nearly 100% of
all outstanding shares of AeroGal.
Executives
Executive President.......................................Julio Gamero
Finance Director....................................... Adriana Barnera
Operations Manager..................................... Mario Hervas
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A319-100
3 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Quito (UIO)
Hubs Guayaquil (GYE)
Aerogaviota [KG] (GTV)
Avenida 47, No 2814, Reparto Kolhy, Havana, Cuba
Tel +53 7 203 0668 Fax +53 7 204 5603
Email relpub@aerogaviota.avianet.cu
Website www.aerogaviota.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Cuba (100%)
Date operations started 1994
Description Local carrier operating scheduled domestic
passenger services and charters for the national tourist
authority. Also operates international cargo flights.
History Formed by the Cuban Army in 1994.
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President & CEO................................Victor Manuel Aguilar
Operations Manager...................................... Elio Valverde
Fleet (orders) 15 x Antonov An-26 C
3 x ATR 42-500
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1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Havana (HAV)
Aerolineas Argentinas [AR] (ARG)
Bouchard 547, 9th Floor, 1106 Buenos Aires,
Buenos Aires, Argentina E
Tel +54 11 4130 2000 Fax +54 11 4130 3582
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Email informes@aerolineas.com.ar
Website www.aerolineas.com.ar
Parent organisation/shareholders Interinvest SA (100%)
Alliances AeroSur, Air France, Austral, TAM Mercosur
Date operations started 7 December 1950
Description Argentine flag carrier serving destinations
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throughout Argentina and South America and points in
North America, Australasia and Europe.
History Established by the Argentine Ministry of Transport H
through the nationalisation and unification of four existing
carriers: Zonda, Aeroposta, Alfa and FAMA. Aerolineas
launched services on 7 December 1950, after inheriting a
diverse fleet and orders comprising more than 70 aircraft,
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many of which never saw Aerolineas service. A DC-6 flight to
New York on 21 March 1950 marked the launch of
international services. As all of Aerolineas’ predecessors J
except FAMA had operated domestically in their own defined
areas, the unified carrier’s route network required little
rationalisation and was fully integrated by 7 November
1955. The Falklands/Malvinas conflict of 1982 led to the
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suspension of several international services and the
airline’s slow pace of recovery from these setbacks was
a factor in the government’s decision, in December 1989, L
to privatise its flag carrier. Spanish flag carrier Iberia acted
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to strengthen its South American network by acquiring a
30% stake in November 1990, subsequently increased
83.5%. Aerolineas’s continuing poor financial performance
led Iberia to reduce its holding to 20%, which was
transferred to Spanish state holding company SEPI. After
Aerolineas was reorganised as a subsidiary of holding
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company Interinvest, American Airlines acquired a 10%
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stake in Interinvest, which gave it an 8.5% stake in
Aerolineas in July 1999. American subsequently divested.
The SEPI/Iberia holding in Interinvest was then reduced to
10%. Aerolineas filed for protection from creditors in 2001
and parts of the business were sold off. Spain’s Grupo
Marsans acquired 92.1% in 2001 and committed to inject
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$50 million in fresh capital with the intention of resuming
long-haul services. On 6 November 2001, transatlantic
services to Madrid were duly restored. Agreement reached Q
with Grupo Marsans, after a long-standing dispute, finally
allowed the Argentine government to re-nationalise
Aerolineas and sister company Austral as subsidiaries of
Interinvest, after receiving Argentine Congress approval in
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December 2008. The Argentine state acquired the stock
portfolio of Aerolineas and sister company Austral through
a law passed on 5 February 2009. S
Executives
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Chairman.................................................. Horacio Fargosi
President & Director General......................Mariano Recald
Financial Director . .......................................... Axel Kiciloff
Commercial Director ........................... Juan Pablo Lafosse
VP Operations................................................Rodolfo Riva
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A340-200 U
7 x Airbus A340-300
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6 x Boeing 737-500
16 x Boeing 737-700
2 x Boeing 737-800
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
2 x Boeing MD-88
Main base Buenos Aires (EZE)
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Hubs Buenos Aires (AEP), Cordoba (COR)
Aerolineas de Antioquia (ANQ) X
Aeroparque Olaya Herrera, Calle 6 No 65 y 49, Hangar 7,
Medellin, Colombia
Tel +57 4 444 4232 Fax +57 4 361 4577
Email reservas@ada-aero.com Website www.ada-aero.com
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Date operations started 1987 Aeromas (MSM)
Description Provides a scheduled domestic network 5120 Av de Las Americas, Parque Miramar, 15000
radiating from Medellin to 19 destinations. Canelones, Uruguay
History Founded to provide executive charters, but Tel +59 82 604 6359 Fax +598 2 604 0011
transformed itself into a scheduled regional airline in 1998. Email aeromas@aeromas.com Website www.aeromas.com
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Southern Cross
President....................................................... Jorge Trujillo Date operations started 1983
Fleet (orders) 5 x BAe Jetstream 32 Description Operates domestic services in Uruguay as
3 x DHC6-300 well as international charter flights to destinations in
1 x Dornier Do28D Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay for several large corporations
Main base Medellin (EOH) and government agencies. Also offers training and air
ambulance flights.
Aerolineas Sosa [P4] (NSO) History Started as a banner-towing business and evolved into
Avenida San Isidro, frente al Parque Central, La Ceiba, public transportation in 1988, becoming Uruguay’s largest
Honduras air-taxi company. Became MaxAir, operating as Aeromas, in
Tel +504 443 1399 Fax +504 443 1894 1997 after entering into a partnership with Fort Lauderdale,
Email aerososa@psinet.hn Website www.aerolineasosahn.com Florida-based Southern Cross Aviation. Received its air
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Palma Real (100%) operator’s certificate in 2000.
Date operations started 1984 Executives
Description Operates scheduled domestic services linking Chief Executive Officer................................ Daniel Dalmas
10 destinations from La Ceiba, as well as charter flights. Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208
Executives 1 x Embraer EMB-110P
Chairman..............................................Juan Antonio Sosa 1 x Piper PA-23-200
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31 Main base Montevideo (MVD)
1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Bombardier CRJ-100 Aeromexico [AM] (AMX)
1 x Britten-Norman BN2A Paseo de La Reforma 445-60, Col. Cuauhtemoc,
1 x Let L-410UVP Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, 06500 Mexico City,
2 x Let L-410UVP-E Distrito Federal, Mexico
1 x Saab 340B Tel +52 55 9132 5000 Fax +52 55 5133 4618
Main base La Ceiba (LCE) Email servicioaclientes@aeromexico.com.mx
Website www.aeromexico.com
AeroLogic [3S] (BOX) Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Financiero
Industriestrasse 56, Schkeuditz, 04435 Leipzig, Germany Banamex (83.5%), Publicly Held (13%), Delta Air Lines (3.5%)
Tel +49 342 0444 30 Fax +49 342 0444 3199 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aeromexico Connect
Email centraldesk@aerologic.aero Website www.aerologic.aero (100%)
Parent organisation/shareholders DHL Express (50%), Alliances SkyTeam, Copa Airlines, El Al, LAN Airlines, LAN Peru
Lufthansa Cargo (50%) Date operations started 15 September 1934
Date operations started 30 June 2009 Description Provides scheduled services to 40 domestic
Description Joint venture airline operating scheduled express destinations, 17 US cities, two Canadian cities and
cargo services linking its Leipzig/Halle base with East 10 others in nine other countries worldwide, including
Midlands and Frankfurt. Asian destinations include Almaty, Buenos Aires, Paris and Tokyo.
Bahrain, Delhi, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Sharjah, History Founded with assistance from Pan American by
Singapore and Tashkent. Chicago also served from Frankfurt. Antonio Diaz Lombardo as Aeronaves de Mexico. The
History AeroLogic was established by Lufthansa Cargo and inaugural flight from Mexico City to Acapulco took place in
DHL Express in 2007 under the Newco project name and September 1934. Nationalised by the Mexican government
announced to the public in January 2008. in 1959. A government plan in 1970 to rationalise domestic
Executives airlines and create an integrated air transport system, with
Director of Finance..................................... Matthias Kaup eight smaller carriers all under Aeronaves de Mexico control
Managing Director – Administration............... Jorg Eberhart was never fully realised and later dropped. Rebranded as
Managing Director – Operations...........................Ulf Weber AeroMéxico in February 1972. Entered bankruptcy and was
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 777-200 liquidated in 1988, ceasing all operations. The federal
Main base Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) government consequently took over the operation of major
domestic services, under the name Transportes Aéreos
Aeromar [VW] (TAO) Federales, in April 1988. Reformed in September 1988
Hangar 1 Zona D, Terminal de Aviacion General, as a new company, Aerovias de Mexico, majority-owned by
Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de Mexico, 15620 Bancomer Bank and continuing to do business as
Distrito Federal, Mexico AeroMéxico. Pilots union ASPA held a minority stake.
Tel +52 55 5701 7114 Fax +52 55 5756 0282 Acquired domestic carrier Aerolitoral in December 1990,
Email lindami@aeromar.com.mx Website www.aeromar.com.mx which became a subsidiary, before being merged and
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Aeromar integrated into its parent in January 1995. Restructured in
(publicly listed) (100%) August 1995. AeroMéxico’s ownership and its stakes in
Alliances Continental Airlines Mexicana and Aeroperu were transferred to the Cintra
Date operations started 7 November 1987 holding company in May 1996. Following the sale of
Description Commuter carrier operating scheduled services Mexicana in January 2006, Cintra became Consorcio
to 23 domestic destinations directly and codeshares with AeroMexico, in which the Mexican government owned a
Continental Airlines (United) on its domestic routes. The majority stake. In October 2007 a group led by Citicorp’s
company also operates a single cross-border service to Banamex group effectively became the sole shareholder
San Antonio, Texas and offers charter flights and parcel after acquiring the Mexican government’s 62% shareholding
transportation services. and all other available shares. Reintroduced a dedicated
History Established as Transportes Aeromar in Toluca brand, Aeromexico Connect, for feeder services within
in 1987. Mexico and the US in November 2007. Launched
Executives a new charter subsidiary, Aeromexico Travel, in April
President & CEO........................................ Ami Lindenberg 2008, Restructured again in 2010, following losses
Chief Operations Officer............................... Manuel Reyes in 2008 and 2009. Completed a successful IPO on
VP Operations ............................................ Ricardo Reyes 14 April 2011. Closed charter subsidiary Aeromexico
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300 Travel in August 2011.
10 x ATR 42-500 Executives
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200 Chief Executive Officer................................Andres Conesa
Main base Mexico City (MEX) Chief Financial Officer.................................. Ricardo Baker
Fleet (orders) 30 (10) x Boeing 737-700
12 x Boeing 737-800
6 x Boeing 767-200
2 x Boeing 767-300
4 x Boeing 777-200
(5) x Boeing 787-8
Main base Mexico City MEX
Hubs Monterrey (MTY), Guadalajara GDL, Hermosillo HMO
Aeromexico Connect [5D] (SLI)
Carretera Miguel Aleman Km 22.8, 66600 Apodaca,
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Tel +52 818 221 1600 Fax +52 818 221 1631
Email comentarios@aeromexicoconnect.com
Website www.amconnect.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeromexico (100%)
Date operations started 1989
Description Provides feeder services to Aeromexico’s hub
airports operating to destinations throughout Mexico and
southern USA.
History Formed as Aerolitoral in 1989. This was initially
the operating name for two companies: Monterrey-based
Servicios Aéreos Litoral, and Aerovias de Poniente,
operating from hubs in Guadalajara and Chihuahua.
Aerolitoral became a subsidiary of Aeromexico on 1
December 1990. In January 1995, the two companies
were merged and integrated at the Monterrey headquarters.
Rebranded as Aeromexico Connect on 22 November
2007, to coincide with the delivery of the company’s
first Embraer E-190.
Executives
Chairman............................................... Jose Luis Barraza
General Director.........................................Andres Conesa
Fleet (orders) 12 (6) x Embraer 190-100LR
5 x Embraer ERJ-145ER
32 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
2 x Embraer ERJ-145MP
Main base Mexico City MEX, Monterrey MTY
Hubs Chihuahua (CUU)
AeroMexico Travel
Mexico
Date operations started 2 June 2008
Date operations ceased August 2011
History Founded as Aeromexico’s charter subsidiary airline.
Launched services in June 2008, initially linking Mexico City
and Monterrey with holiday destinations including Cancún,
Cozumel, Huatulco, Mazatlán, Mérida and Puerto Vallarta
using two MD-83 and one MD-87 aircraft. Subsequently
operated charters linking these resorts with cities in the
US and Canada. Parent Aeromexico retired the brand in
August 2011, after opting to concentrate on scheduled
operations.
Aeronaves TSM (VTM)
Carr. Saltillo – Monterrey KM 13.5, Aeropuerto
Internacional, Plan de Guadelupe, 25900 Ramos Arizpe,
Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
Tel +52 844 4882626 Fax +52 844 8669350
Email operadores@aeronavestsm.com
Website www.aeronavestsm.com
Date operations started 1994
Description Provides a multitude of aerial services including
passenger and cargo transport and aerial ambulance flights.
Also has an FBO.
Executives
General Manager ............................................ Luis Padilla
VP Operations ............................................. Ajax Cisneros
Fleet (orders) 3 x Convair 640
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
5 x Fairchild Metro II
12 x Fairchild Metro III
2 x Learjet Learjet 24
3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Main base Saltillo SLW
Aeronova (OVA)
Calle de los Arcos 10, Manises, Valencia, Spain
Tel +34 96 152 1136 Fax +34 96 166 5403
Email info@aeronova.com Website www.aeronova-cargo.com

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Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Suner

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(majority owner)
Date operations started 1996
Description Operates passenger and cargo charters C
throughout Europe and North Africa, together with aerial

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ambulance flights and pilot training.
Executives
President .................................................. Xavier Olivares
Finance Manager..................................... Teresa Sisternes
Operations Manager ................................... Jose Penades
Fleet (orders) 6 x Fairchild Metro III E
Main base Valencia (VLC)

Aeropacifico (TFO)
Ignacio Zaragoza No. 343-3 Nte, Colonia Centro, 81200,
F
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Tel +52 668 817 1727 Fax +52 668 817 1728
Website www.aeropacifico.com G
Date operations started 2001
Description Provides a regular service and inclusive holiday
packages in the Baja California del Sur peninsula linking Los H
Mochis to five other destinations.
Executives
President........................................................ Jaime Lugo
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Tony Best
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Los Mochis (LMM) Ukrainian airline Aerosvit operates Airbus A320s as well as Boeing 737s
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Aeropelican Air Services [OT] (PEL) Parent organisation/shareholders Corporacion Alas de Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C402B
Private Bag 2004, Newcastle Airport, Newcastle, Venezuela (100%) 1 x Cessna C404
New South Wales, 2318, Australia
Tel +61 2 4928 9600 Fax +61 2 4965 1399
Date operations started 3 July 1929
Description Operates domestic services linking Caracas
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Pointe-Noire (PNR)
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Email admin@aeropelican.com.au with Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Maturin, Porlamar, Puerto
Website www.aeropelican.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Business Air Holdings
Ordaz and Valencia, in addition to a single international
service to Port of Spain.
Aerostar Airlines (UAR)
Ivano Mazepy 34B, Kiev, 03151, Ukraine L
Group (100%) History Founded as Linea Aerea Venezolana (LAV) on 1 Tel +380 44 490 92 32 Fax +380 44 490 92 33

Alliances Brindabella Airlines, Qantas
Date operations started 1 July 1971
Description Commuter airline operating direct flights within
New South Wales connecting Newcastle, Mudgee, Narrabri,
Snowy Mountains and Sydney. Also offers regular scheduled
services from Narrabri to Brisbane, cargo and charter services.
History Founded by Keith Hilder in 1968. Launched
January 1935, when the Venezuelan government took over
the routes and equipment of French company Cie Générale
Aéropostale, which had begun operating in Venezuela in July
1929. The Venezuelan government acquired the airline on
31 December 1933, although it continued to be essentially
French-managed until 1 January 1935, when as well as
being rebranded, the airline was brought under Venezuelan
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Email info@aerostar.com.ua Website www.aerostar.com.ua
Date operations started 18 August 1997
Description Provides private and VIP charter flights within the
Ukraine and to neighbouring countries in the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS).
Executives
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President.......................................... Shokhraddin Askerov

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commercial operations three years later from its own airfield management control. In the 1960s, a new international General Director............................................. Vasily Porva
at Belmont, NSW. Sold to Masling Airlines in 1980. Sold airline, VIASA, was created to concentrate on international Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
again in 1981 to BODAS, a company jointly owned by TNT services, while Aeropostal specialised on domestic routes. 2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
and News Limited. Began an association with Ansett Operations ceased in August 1994, but the airline was re- 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
Australia which led to the company eventually becoming a
wholly owned subsidiary of the airline. Placed into voluntary
activated in January 1997, following its 1996 sale to the
private Corporacion Alas de Venezuela. Grupo Makled


1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9
3 x Dornier 328JET-300
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administration in September 2001, following the collapse of acquired Aeropostal and its parent Corporacion Alas de Main base Kiev (KBP), Kiev (IEV)
the Ansett Group. Sold by the administrators to International
Air Parts in April 2002. Entered into a commercial agreement
Venezuela. The airline was briefly grounded by the
Venezuelan government, which finally seized the airline Aerosucre Colombia [6N] (KRE) Q
with Regional Express Airlines (Rex) in June 2003. after the owners of Grupo Makled were arrested on drug Aeropuerto El Dorado, Terminal de Carga N2, Bogota,
Parent Business Air Holdings acquired a majority trafficking charges, on 18 November 2008. The Chavez 151268, Colombia
shareholding in Brindabella Airlines in September 2011,
with both carriers initially retaining their individual branding.
government announced plans to take over Aeropostal as
“social property” in March 2009 and subsequently
Tel +57 1 414 8224 Fax +57 1 413 9442
Email aerosucre@aerosucre.com.co
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Executives relaunched domestic services as a state-owned carrier. Date operations started 1969
General Manager....................................... Ian Vanderdeek
Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe Jetstream 32
The first international route, to Port of Spain, was relaunched
on 29 January 2010.
Description Operates domestic and international cargo
scheduled flights and passenger charter within Central and S
Main base Newcastle (NTL) Executives South America.
Hubs Sydney (SYD) Executives
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President................................. Douglas Vasquez Porellana
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50 President...................................................... Jorge Solano
Aeroperlas [WL] (APP) 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 Chief Financial Officer .................. Marta Patricia Rodriguez
Panama City, Panama Main base Caracas (CCS) Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-100
Date operations started June 1970
Date operations ceased 29 February 2012 Aero-Service (RSR)


3 x Boeing 727-200
2 x Boeing 737-200 U
Regional airline which operated daily from Panama City to 15 10 Avenue du General de Gaulle, BP 1138, Pointe Noire, 1 x Cessna 500

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domestic destinations as part of the TACA Regional Airlines Congo Main base Bogota (BOG)
system. Charter flights were also undertaken. It was formed Tel +242 556 41 41 Email info@aero-service.net
as Aerolineas Islas de las Perlas and was government-run Parent organisation/shareholders TAG Light Aviation AeroSur [5L] (RSU)
from 1976 until 1987, when it was sold to private owners. Department (100%) Avenida Irala 616, PO Box 3104, Santa Cruz de la Sierra,
The company decided to cease operations in Panama, citing
poor market conditions and the business model of the airline.
Date operations started 1967
Description Provides commuter and charter operations
3104, Bolivia
Tel +591 3 336 4446 Fax +591 3 333 0666
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within the Congo and to neighbouring countries. Also has Email aerosur@aerosur.com Website www.aerosur.com
Aeropostal [VH] (ALV)
Avenida Paseo de Colon, Torre Polar Oeste, Piso 21
a strong cargo business.
History Founded as the air freight transport department of a
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (Bolivian
investors) (100%) X
Plaza Venezuela, Los Caobos, Caracas, Distrito Federal, frozen food company, it later became an independent airline. Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aerosur Paraguay (50%)
1050, Venezuela Executives Alliances Aerolineas Argentinas, LAN Airlines, TACA
Tel +58 212 303 7180 Fax +58 212 355 2367
Website www.aeropostal.com
President & Director General..........................G Griesbaum
Finance Director...................................Dominic Decouville
International Airlines, TACA Peru
Date operations started 24 August 1992
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Description Major Bolivian airline operating a domestic
schedule from Santa Cruz linking seven cities, in addition to
international scheduled services to Asunçion, Buenos Aires,
Salta, Tucuman, Cusco, Lima, Miami and São Paulo, and
across the Atlantic to Madrid. Charters are also flown.
History Formed by merger of existing companies after
deregulation of domestic air transport in Bolivia. First airline
to introduce first and business class on domestic flights.
Executives
President............................................. Sergio Sanzetenea
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Oscar Olmos
Operations Manager................................... Carlos Moyano
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Boeing 737-200
5 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 747-400
1 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI)
Hubs La Paz (LPB)
AeroSvit Airlines [VV] (AEW)
58A T. Shevchenko Boulevard, Kiev, 01032, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 230 0395 Fax +380 44 288 0046
Email agd@aerosvit.com Website www.aerosvit.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Gilward Investments
BV (Netherlands) (37.96%), Genaviainvest (Dnipropetrovsk)
(25%), State of Ukraine (managed by the State Property
Fund) (22.39%), others (14.65%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, airBaltic, Armavia, Belavia
Belarussian Airlines, Bulgaria Air, CSA Czech Airlines,
Dniproavia, Donavia, Donbassaero, Estonian Air, Georgian
Airways, Hainan Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Rossiya, S7
Airlines, Skyways, Thai Airways International, Turkish Airlines
(THY), Ukraine International Airlines, WindRose Air
Date operations started April 1994
Description Major carrier operating scheduled services from
Kiev International, flown directly or through codeshares, to
destinations in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel,
Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and the UK. Long-haul flights
serve Beijing, Bangkok, Delhi, New York, Shanghai and
Toronto. A comprehensive domestic network serves all
major cities, and charter flights are also offered.
History Commenced flights in a joint venture with Air
Ukraine, linking Kiev Borispol with Athens, Larnaca, Odessa,
Tel Aviv and Thessaloniki, under the Air Ukraine Israel
brand. Began operating its first aircraft, a leased Boeing
737-200, in October 1994, and extended services to
Moscow. Rebranded first as AeroSweet and then AeroSvit in
1999. A strategic alliance with Donbassaero, the Ukrainian
Aviation Group, launched in January 2001, enabled the two
carriers to benefit from serving a common route structure
with a single, pooled fleet. Became the world’s first operator
of the Antonov An-148 on 2 June 2009, flying a prototype on
domestic services from Kiev. The company fell into financial
difficulties in early 2009 and was recapitalised by Kiev-
based PrivatBank, which invested $30 million in late 2009.
Executives
Chairman.................................................Grigory Gurtovoy
Director General..................................... Yevgen Treskunov
Chief Financial Officer.............................Ludmyla Surayeva
Deputy Director General Operations...Vladimir Gorbanovskiy
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Boeing 737-300
5 x Boeing 737-400
7 x Boeing 737-500
(7) x Boeing 737-800
7 x Boeing 767-300
1 x Saab 340A
Main base Kiev (KBP)
AeroUnion-Aerotransporte de
Carga Union [6R] (TNO)
Hangar Aerounion, Zona Federal AICM, Delegacion
Venustiano Carranza, 15620 Mexico City, Distrito Federal,
Mexico
Tel +52 555 784 2125 Fax +52 555 785 2817
Email aperez@aerounion.com.mx
Website www.aerounion.com.mx
Parent organisation/shareholders Luis R. Ramos (99%),
David Hazouri (1%)
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Date operations started July 2001
Description Operates cargo flights between Mexico City,
Monterrey, Guadalajara, Chicago and Los Angeles.
History In November 2000 AeroUnion applied to the US
Department of Transportation for the right to transport cargo
between the US and Mexico. Services to Los Angeles were
launched on 21 January 2006.
Executives
President & CEO..............................................Luis Ramos
VP Operations ...................................... Carlos Alexandres
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A300B4
Main base Mexico City (MEX)
Hubs Los Angeles (LAX)
Aerovias DAP (DAP)
Avenida O’Higgins 891, Punta Arenas, Chile
Tel +56 61 616 100 Fax +56 61 616 159
Email gerencia@dap.cl Website www.aeroviasdap.cl
Parent organisation/shareholders Pivcevic Family (100%)
Date operations started 1979
Description Operates scheduled services from Punta Arenas
to Porvenir and Puerto Williams. Charter flights serve
various tourist attractions in Patagonia, Chile and Argentina.
Summer only flights to Antarctica support local scientific
research stations and tourist traffic. Flights are also
operated on behalf of ENAP, the state-owned oil company.
History Established with a single aircraft by Domingo Andrés
Pivcevic in 1979. Regular services to Antarctic started 1987.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................... Andres Pivcevic
Chief Operations Officer.............................Nicolas Pivcevic
Finance Manager .................................... Patricio Mercado
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
2 x Cessna C402C
1 x DHC6-300
Main base Punta Arenas (PUQ)
Aerovis Airlines [V6] (VIZ)
105, Peremogy Avenue, Office 2, Kiev, 03115, Ukraine
Tel + 38 044 424 9855 Fax + 38 044 424 9856
Email charter@aerovis.aero Website www.aerovis.aero
Date operations started 2003
Description Operates cargo charters from its Rivne hub to
destinations within the Ukraine and to Europe, Africa, the
Middle East, South America and worldwide. Transatlantic
operations between northern America and Europe/Africa
are offered in partnership with Avialeasing/SRX.
History Established in Rivne in 2003. Headquarters in Kiev.
Executives
Director................................................... Alexandr Eletzkiy
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12
1 x Antonov An-12A
3 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Rivne (RWN)
Aerovista (AAP)
PO Box 72017, Jumerah Lake Towers, LIWA Heights,
Office 3001, 3002, 3004, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 4473 662 Fax +971 4473 661
Email info@aerovista.ae Website www.aerovista.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Aerovista Group (100%)
Date operations started 1999
Description Operates passenger and cargo services in the
Gulf area. Also offers sub-charters and ACMI leasing
services in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Far East,
Eastern Europe and CIS countries and operates from
Sharjah under the Aerovista Gulf Express brand.
Executives
General Manager ..................................Jumber Yakobadze
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
2 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Africa Airways [VJ]
Cotonou, Benin
Established in November 2008, and although approval was
obtained for scheduled services in West Africa in April 2008,
the airline never got off the ground.
Africa West Cargo [FK] (WTA)
BP 10019, Lomé, Togo
Tel +228 2268810 Email info@africawestcargo.com
Website www.africawestcargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Global Investments
Lyd (51%), European Cargo Services (ECS)
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates scheduled cargo flights liking some
ten cities across West Africa. Also offers charter flights
and connections to Dubai and Johannesburg. Services to
Europe, the UAE, USA and South Africa are operated using
wet-leased MD-11(F) and A300-600(F) aircraft.
History Dubai-based General Sales Agent Global Investments
acquired a controlling interest in July 2011.
Executives
Chairman.................................................. Claude Sitterlin
Director......................................................... Yannick Erbs
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Main base Lome LFW
Hubs Dubai JXB, Amsterdam AMS, Milano – Linate LIN
Africa World Airlines [AW] (AFW)
PMB CT67, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
Tel +233 30 276 4288 Fax +233 30 276 3994
Email info@flyafricaworld.com Website www.flyafricaworld.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Chinese investors,
SAS Finance Group (Ghana)
Description Start-up low-cost airline planning to launch
domestic services initially linking Accra’s Kotoka
International Airport with Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi.
History Founded as a joint venture between local company
SAS Finance Group and Chinese investment and technical
partners.
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Togbe Afede
Acting Chief Operations Officer.......................Sean Mendis
African Express Airways [XU] (AXK)
PO Box 19202, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel +1 254 20 201 4746 Fax +254 20 20
Email afex@nbnet.co.ke Website www.africanexpress.co.ke
Parent organisation/shareholders Bulhan family (90%),
others (10%)
Date operations started May 1986
Description Operates domestic and international passenger
flights from Nairobi.
History Set up in association with African Airlines
International as a sister company, until the two companies
separated in September 1999.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................... Musa Hassan Bulhan
Operations & Technical Manager................. George Kamau
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Douglas DC-9-30
1 x Embraer EMB-120RT
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Nairobi (NBO)
Africa’s Connection STP
Avenida Marginal 12 de Julho, Chalet 6, Sao Tome,
Sao Tome and Principe
Tel +239 222 6983
Email operations.stp@africas-connection.com
Website www.africas-connection.com
Description Operates a scheduled service between Sao Tome
and Principe islands, and to Douala in Cameroon. Regular
charter flights are also flown to the mainland, serving
destinations in the Congo, Central African Republic, Chad,
Cameroon, Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guines and Ghana.
Executives
Accountable Manager....................................Jannie Fourie
Flight Operations Manager..................................Falko Hub
Fleet (orders) 2 x Dornier 228-200
Main base Sao Tome TMS
Hubs Principe (PCP)
Afriqiyah Airways [8U] (AAW)
PO Box 83428, Ali Khalifa Zaidi Street, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +218 21 444 0853 Fax +218 21 444 9128
Website www.afriqiyah.aero
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Parent organisation/shareholders Libyan transitional
government (100%)
Alliances Libyan Airlines
Date operations started 1 December 2001
Description Operates scheduled services linking African
destinations with major European capitals, as well as
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Dubai (UAE). Plans call for a
merger with Libyan Airlines, under a new name.
History Founded as a state flag carrier with the aim of
improving air services from western Africa to Europe.
Became part of the state-owned Libyiah Afriqiyah Aviation
Holding Company (LAAHC) in May 2008. Forced to suspend
operations in March 2011 by UN sanctions; these were
lifted on 25 September 2011. The planned merger with
Libyan Airlines was then expected to proceed.
Executives
Chairman....................................................Sabri Abdallah
Chief Executive Officer..................................Rammah Ettir
Finance Director................................. Abdulhakim Alhimali
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
4 (2) x Airbus A320-200
(3) x Airbus A321-200
(6) x Airbus A350-800XWB
Main base Tripoli (TIP)
Hubs Benghazi (BEN)
Agni Air [AG]
P.O Box: 23650, Shantinagar, Prayag Marg, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Tel +977 14489386 Fax +977 14464023
Email marketing@agniair.com Website www.agniair.com
Date operations started March 2006
Description Regional airline linking Kathmandu and Pokhara
with main towns and cities within Nepal. Also undertakes
mountain experience flights and charters.
History Established as an air-taxi company in 2005.
Executives
Chairman...................................................Sudhir Basnyat
Managing Director.......................................Sudip Basnyat
CEO & CFO....................................Ganesh Chandra Baniya
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 41
3 x Dornier 228-200
Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
Hubs Pokhara (PKR)
Aigle Azur Transports Aériens [ZI]
(AAF)
4, Avenue Marcel Paul, BP 24, 93297 Tremblay en France,
France
Tel +33 1 4151 0000 Fax +33 1 4151 0010
Email info@aigle-azur.fr Website www.aigle-azur.fr
Parent organisation/shareholders Go Fast Transport (100%)
Alliances Air Burkina, Air Mali
Date operations started 1970
Description Provides scheduled passenger services within
France and international services, specialising in Algeria, but
also including Madeira, Mali, Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia.
Also offers charter, cargo and wet-lease services in France,
southern Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
History Traces its history back to April 1946, when the
company was formed by Sylvain Floirat as one of the first
independent carriers in post-war France. The airline was
reformed in 1970 as Lucas Aviation and later Lucas Aigle Azur.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................ Arezki Idjerdouine
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100
4 x Airbus A320-200
4 x Airbus A321-200
Main base Paris Orly (ORY)
Air 26 (DCD)
Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola
Tel +224 222 329 152 Fax +224 222 397 045
Website air-26.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Ducard (100%)
Date operations started September 2006
Description Operates domestic services linking regional
centres from its Luanda base. Also offers international
services within Africa, executive/ VIP charters, cargo and
express 24-hour delivery air mail services within Angola.
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History Established as a subsidiary of Valleysoft
Technologias de Informacao, part of the Grupo Ducard
conglomerate. Express air mail services introduced in 2007.
Announced the planned expansion of domestic routes and
the introduction of international services with jet aircraft in
March 2011.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna 750
2 x Embraer EMB-120ER
4 x Embraer EMB-120RT
1 x Embraer ERJ-135LR
Main base Luanda (LAD)
Air Aland
Mariehamn Airport, Flygfältsvägen 67, 22120 Mariehamn,
Finland
Tel +358 181 7110 Fax +358 182 3730
Email info@airaland.fi Website www.airaland.com
Date operations started 29 October 2005
Description Brand of a Finnish airline turned tour operator
providing air services linking Mariehamn with Helsinki and
Stockholm Arlanda, using aircraft flown by Nextjet.
History Established as Flyg & Far Åland Ab in January 2005.
Launched passenger services on 29 October 2005, linking
Aland with Helsinki using Saab 340 aircraft leased from
Alandia Air AB and operated by Avion Express. On 13 March
2006, services between Mariehamn and Stockholm Arlanda
were introduced. On 2 August 2010 Air Åland began
functioning purely as a flight tour operator, with Nextjet
operating all Air Åland services.
Executives
President......................................................Ben Eriksson
Fleet (orders) 1 x Saab 340A
Main base Mariehamn (MHQ)
Air Algerie [AH] (DAH)
1 Place Maurice Audin, Algiers, Algeria
Tel +213 21 74 24 28 Fax +213 21 74 44 25
Email contacts@airalgerie.dz Website www.airalgerie.dz
Parent organisation/shareholders Algeria government (100%)
Alliances Tunisair
Description Algeria’s national airline, operating scheduled
services to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, North
and West Africa and Canada. Domestic services connect all
major towns and cities. Extensive charter services and aerial
work are also undertaken, including flights in support of
agricultural activities and oil exploration.
History The company’s origins date back to the 1946
creation by French steamship line CGT of an Algiers-based,
non-scheduled airline operation, Compagnie Générale de
Transport Aériens (CGTA). Established through CGTA’s May
1953 merger with Compagnie Air Transport (CAT). Initially
linked Algiers with Paris and other major French cities.
Renamed as Air Algérie following Algeria’s independence in
July 1962 and designated as the national carrier the
following year. The Algerian government increased its
shareholding from 20% to 51% in 1963 and to 83% in 1970.
Nationalised in 1972, when the government bought out Air
France’s remaining 17% shareholding. Société de Travail
Aérien, the company responsible for all of Algeria’s domestic,
air-taxi, agricultural and aero-medical air services, became
an Air Algérie subsidiary in May 1972 and was eventually
absorbed into the parent carrier. The airline continues to
control most aspects of civil aviation in Algeria and flies
transport aircraft for the air force. Became a joint stock
company on 1 December 2004, with a listing on the Stock
Exchange. All of the company’s shares were however
acquired by organs of the Algerian state. The planned
privatisation of 55% of the company is the subject of
ongoing discussions.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Mohamed Boultif
Finance Director...................................... Tabti Boudjemaa
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A330-200
12 x ATR 72-500
2 x Beechcraft King Air 100
5 x Boeing 737-600
17 x Boeing 737-800
3 x Boeing 767-300
1 x Lockheed L-100-30
Main base Algiers (ALG)
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Air Alps Aviation [A6] (LPV)
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PO Box 81, Fuestenweg 180, Innsbruck Airport,
6026 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel +43 512 292 729 Fax +43 512 292 729 579 C
Email office@airalps.at Website www.airalps.at
Parent organisation/shareholders Welcome Air Group (76%),
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Province of Bolzano-Bolzen (8%), Province of Sudtirol-Trentino
(8%), BZS Holding GmbH Company Overview (7%), others (1%)
Alliances Alitalia
Date operations started 28 March 1999
Description Austrian regional airline, operating scheduled E
services in Italy between Bozen-Bolzano and Rome
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Fiumicino, in conjunction with Alitalia. Ad hoc and contract
charter services are also offered.
History Founded as KLM Alps, a joint venture between Air
Engiadina and that airline's president and CEO, Dietmar
Leitgeb. Launched services in March 1999 connecting
Innsbruck and Salzburg with Amsterdam, with a fleet of two
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Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft. Rebranded in 2001 as Air
Alps, after the Alpen-Air consortium acquired an 86%
shareholding, with the remaining shares held by Sudtiroler H
Transportstrukturen and Beteiligungs-und Finanzierungs.
Operated all services as part of Alitalia’s regional network
from October 2005, through a combination of domestic
codeshare and international wet lease agreements.
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Resumed independent operations on 30 March 2008.
Became a subsidiary of the Welcome Aviation Group, which
on 22 December 2009 acquired a 76% shareholding. J
Concentrated on Italian domestic services, in conjunction
with Alitalia, from July 2011, following a restructuring of the
Welcome Aviation Group, owner of Welcome Air and Tyrol Air
Ambulance. Declared insolvent on 13 January 2012 and
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suspended operations two days later, after a dispute
between shareholders. Acquired outright before the end
of January 2012 by the Welcome Aviation Group. Retained L
its brand identity and operations. Resumed services on
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1 February 2012.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Oliver Ladurner
Flight Operations Manager .......................Wolfgang Zellner
Fleet (orders) 3 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Rome Fiumicino (FCO)
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Hubs Innsbruck (INN)
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Air Antilles Express [3S] (GUY)
c/o Air Guyane Express, Aeroport de Rochambeau,
97351 Matouri, French Guiana
Tel +594 594 35 03 00 Fax +594 594 35 03 10
Website www.airantilles.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Air Guyane Express (100%)
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Alliances Air Caraibes
Date operations started December 2002
Description Regional airline providing scheduled links
between the islands of the French West Indies and regional
services to the Dominican Republic and St Lucia, in addition
to regional charter flights.
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History Established by Air Guyane Express founder and
president, Christian Marchand as a Point-a-Pitre based
subsidiary company to operate services using a single S
ATR42-500 wet-leased from the parent carrier.
Executives
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President............................................ Christian Marchand
Main base Pointe a Pitre (PTP)
Air Arabia [G9] (ABY)
Sharjah International Airport, PO Box 132, Cargo Terminal, U
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Tel +971 6 508 8888 Fax +971 6 558 0008
Email sales@airarabia.com Website www.airarabia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly owned (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Arabia Maroc (29%)
Date operations started 29 October 2003
Description Low cost carrier operating scheduled point-to-
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point services linking Sharjah with over 65 destinations
across 30 countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia
and Europe. X
History Established by an Amiri decree issued by the ruler
of Sharjah and launched services with flights to Pakistan.
In March 2007 Air Arabia floated 55% of the airline’s capital
and on 17 July 2007 became the first airline to list its
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shares on the Dubai financial market. In November 2007
Air Arabia assumed managerial control of Casablanca-based
Regional Air Lines, which was reorganised, becoming Air
Arabia Maroc which launched services from Casablanca in
May 2009. Kathmandu briefly became Air Arabia's second
hub in January 2008 through a joint venture with Yeti Airlines
to create flyyeti.com, but services were terminated within six
months. Launched a third joint venture in September 2009,
which created Air Arabia Egypt. The new subsidiary launched
services from Alexandria in June 2010. Announced a fourth
joint venture in June 2010, with the Tantash Group, to create
Air Arabia Jordan. Development of the new subsidiary was
delayed, and in late 2011 the launch date for the new
Amman-based carrier was still being awaited.
Executives
Chairman........................Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al-Thani
Group Chief Executive Officer.....................Adel Abdullah Ali
Group Chief Financial Officer......................... Paul Suckling
Group Director of Operations...................Mohamed Ahmed
Fleet (orders) 25 (35) x Airbus A320-200
Main base Sharjah SHJ
Hubs Casablanca CMN
Air Arabia Egypt [E5] (RBG)
King Marriott, PO Box 34, Alexandria, Egypt
Tel +20 3454 3000 Fax +20 3455 3113
Email contactus@.airarabia.com Website www.airarabia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Travco Group (50%),
Air Arabia (40%), Egyptian private investor (10%)
Date operations started 2 June 2010
Description Subsidiary of Air Arabia operating low-cost
scheduled services from Alexandria to Khartoum and
Kuwait. Plans call for domestic services to Hurghada, Luxor
and Sharm el Sheikh and international flights to destinations
in France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and the UK.
History Established as a joint venture between Air Arabia,
Egyptian travel and tour operator Travco Group and a private
investor, with start-up capital of $50 million.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Ali Hamdani
Head of Finance................................................. Ihab Nagi
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Alexandria (AEX)
Air Arabia Jordan
Amman, Jordan
Email info@airarabia.com Website www.airarabia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Arabia (50%),
Tantash Group (50%)
Description Start-up low-cost carrier planning to operate
international scheduled passenger services from Amman to
Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Initial equipment
expected to be Airbus A320s from Air Arabia. The project
has been delayed and no launch date has been announced.
History Announced on 8 June 2010 as joint venture between
Air Arabia and the Jordanian investment company Tantash
Group to create Air Arabia’s third operational low-cost
subsidiary. In June 2011 Air Arabia announced that the
development of the new subsidiary had been delayed, both
by the high cost of fuel and by the political unrest sweeping
parts of the Middle East from early 2011.
Main base Amman (ODJ)
Air Arabia Maroc [3O] (MAC)
Mohamed V Intl Airport, Terminal 2, PO Box 95, Nouaceur,
Casablanca, Morocco
Tel +212 52 2594 1661 Email awaarab@airarabia.com
Website www.airarabia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Arabia (29%),
Ithmar Bank (Bahrain), Regional Air Lines
Date operations started 6 May 2009
Description Joint venture low cost carrier and member of
Air Arabia Group operating scheduled services from
Casablanca, Fez, Nador, Oujda and Tangier to destinations
in Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey and
the UK.
History Established as a joint venture between Sharjah-based
Air Arabia, Regional Air Lines of Morocco and Ithmar Bank of
Bahrain. Launched services from Casablanca to London
Stansted in May 2009.
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Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................ Arohit Ramachadran
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Casablanca (CMN)
Air Armenia [QN] (ARR)
21 Gevorg Kochar Str, 375009 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel +374 10 547 999 Fax +374 10 583 508
Email info@airarmenia.net Website www.airarmenia.net
Date operations started 18 March 2003
Description Operates international passenger services from
Yerevan to destinations in the CIS and Europe.
Executives
President..............................................Vahan Harutiunian
Head of Flight Operations....................... Vardges Avetisyan
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-12B
1 x Antonov An-12T
2 x Antonov An-26B
1 x Antonov An-32B
1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Yerevan (EVN)
Air Astana [KC] (KZR)
Air Astana Centre 1, 4A Akhmetov Street, Almaty, 050039,
Kazakhstan
Tel +7 727 2584 136 Fax +7 727 2598 701
Email info@airastana.com Website www.airastana.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Kazakhstan (51%), BAE Systems (49%)
Alliances airBaltic, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Croatia Airlines,
Etihad Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Luxair, Rossiya,
S7 Airlines, SWISS
Date operations started 15 May 2002
Description Expanding national carrier of Kazakhstan,
providing scheduled services to 22 domestic destinations
and 27 international destinations in Asia, the CIS, Europe,
the near and far East, and Russia.
History Established as a joint venture between the
government of Kazakhstan and BAE Systems of the UK,
launching operations in May 2002, with a service between
Almaty and Astana. Became the national carrier following the
government’s closure of Air Kazakhstan in February 2004,
taking over all the route authorities of the defunct airline.
Employees total 3,162
Executives
Chairman...........................................Nurzhan Baidauletov
President....................................................... Peter Foster
VP Maintenance & Engineering............................Geoff Silk
Senior VP Planning.................................Alma Aliguzhinova
VP Flight Operations.................................. Thomas Nichols
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
7 (4) x Airbus A320-200
2 (2) x Airbus A321-200
5 x Boeing 757-200
2 (4) x Boeing 767-300
(3) x Boeing 787-8
3 (3) x Embraer 190-100LR
6 x Fokker 50
Main base Almaty (ALA)
Hubs Astana (TSE)
Air Atlanta Icelandic [CC] (ABD)
Hildasmari 3, Avion House, 201 Kopavogur, Iceland
Tel +354 458 4000 Fax +354 458 4001
Email info@airatlanta.com Website www.airatlanta.is
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Atlanta
management (100%)
Date operations started 1986
Description ACMI/wet lease specialist offering both
passenger and cargo capacity to airlines and tour operators
worldwide. The majority of its flying is done under the
auspices of the customer airlines, but the company does
operate its own charter services from Keflavik for Icelandic
tour operators.
History Founded by Captain Arngrimur Johannsson and Thora
Gudmundsdottir in Iceland. In March 2004 the company
acquired a 40.5% stake in the UK charter airline Excel
Airways, later increased to 76.9%. Air Atlanta Icelandic and
Islandsflug were merged on 1 January 2005 under the
newly-formed Avion Group. In October 2006, the Avion Group
changed its name to HF Eimskipafelag Islands, and at the
same time sold UK Leisure Group Excel and 51% of Avion
Aircraft Trading. On 26 October 2007, Air Atlanta was divided
into two: an aircraft operating company, Air Atlanta, and an
aircraft leasing company, Northern Lights Leasing (NLL). The
entire Air Atlanta fleet was acquired by NLL and leased back
to the airline side of the business. Although Eimskip
retained a 49% shareholding in NLL., its entire shareholding
in the airline was sold through a management buy-out led by
CEO Hilmarsson and VP Finance Ágústsson.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.........................Hannes Hilmarsson
VP Finance........................................ Geir Valur Agustsson
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A300B4-600
4 x Boeing 747-200
1 x Boeing 747-300
8 x Boeing 747-400
Main base Reykjavik (KEF)
Air Austral [UU] (REU)
PO Box 611, 97472 St Denis, Reunion
Tel +262 262 931010 Fax +262 262 931050
Email client@air-austral.com Website www.air-austral.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sematra (37.72%),
unspecified investors (35.98%), French banks and financial
institutions (26.3%)
Alliances Air Mauritius, AirCalin, Interair, Virgin Australia
Date operations started March 1975
Description Offers scheduled and non-scheduled services
from the French Indian Ocean territory of Reunion Island to
major French cities and destinations in Australia, Comoros,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Seychelles,
Thailand and South Africa.
History Created by Gérald Ethève as Réunion Air Service
(RAS). Launched intra-island services between Réunion and
Mayotte in 1977. Rebranded as Air Reunion in 1986 and
purchased by Sematra in October 1990. Rebranded again in
November 1990 as Air Austral. Introduced services to Paris
on 28 June 2003.
Executives
Chairman & CEO......................................... Gerard Etheve
Deputy General Director.......Michel Frappier De Montbenoit
Finance Director & Deputy General Director...Joseph Brema
Fleet (orders) (2) x Airbus A380-800
3 x ATR 72-500
2 x Boeing 737-800
3 (1) x Boeing 777-200
3 x Boeing 777-300
Main base Saint Denis de la Reunion (RUN)
Air Australia (AGC)
Australia
Date operations started 3 August 2009
Date operations ceased 17 February 2012
Established as part of the Strategic Group by existing air charter
specialist Strategic Aviation. Acquired OzJet from
administration on 29 June 2009, launching domestic services
under OzJet’s air operator’s certificate in August 2009.
Launched scheduled services between Perth and Honiara,
flying on behalf of Solomon Airlines from 3 August 2009.
Ultimately offered scheduled international passenger services
to destinations including Bali, Honiara, Honolulu and Phuket.
Also operated domestic services connecting Brisbane, Derby,
Melbourne, Perth and Port Hedland. Rebranded as Air
Australia on 30 October 2011. Launched services in its own
right between Brisbane and Melbourne, and from both cities
to Honiara, in December 2011. Voluntarily ceased operations
on 17 February 2012 and went into administration.
Air Bagan [W9] (JAB)
No. 56, Shwe Taung Gyar Street, Bahan Township, Yangon,
Myanmar
Tel +95 1 514 861 Fax +95 1 515 102
Email info@airbagan.com.mm Website www.airbagan.com
Parent organisation/shareholders H Too Trading (100%)
Date operations started 15 November 2004
Description Operates scheduled domestic services from the
capital Yangon and Mandalay to 15 towns and cities,
together with international services to China, Cambodia,
Singapore and Thailand.
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History Founded as a joint venture between Myanmar’s
Ministry of Transport and the H Too Family International
Trading Company. International services from Yangon to
Bangkok were launched in May 2007.
Executives
Chairman................................................................Tay Za
Managing Director..................................... Htoo Thet Htwe
General Manager................................................Aung San
Head of Flight Operations.................................Aung Mysnt
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 72-200
1 x ATR 72-500
Air Bucharest (BUR)
Amidonului St 28, Sector 2, 023808 Bucharest, Romania
Tel +40 21 242 5530 Fax +40 21 242 5532
Email info@airbucharest.ro Website www.airbucharest.ro
Date operations started 3 July 2010
Description Romanian airline offering charter flights from
Bucharest and Iasi to destinations in Europe, the Middle
East and North Africa, and wet-leasing services.
Executives
President.....................................................Hasan Yapich
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Bucharest (OTP)
Description National airline operating a small network
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of scheduled regional services to neighbouring Rwanda
and Tanzania.
History Formed as Société de Transports Aériens du Burundi C
and adopted the present name in June 1975. Ceased
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operations when its single aircraft exceeded its flight time
and had to be grounded. It is undergoing a restructuring
programme, which could result in its restoration as the
national carrier, or in privatisation.
Executives
Managing Director............................... Melchior Nahimana E
Fleet (orders) (2) Xian MA60

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2 x Fokker 100 Hubs Iasi (IAS) Main base Bujumbura (BJM)
Main base Yangon RGN
Hubs Mandalay (MDL) Air Burkina [2J] (VBW) Air Cairo (MSC)
BP 1459, 29, avenue de la Nation, BP 1459 Ouagadougou, 20 Al-sayed Zakaria Khalil Street, Cairo International
Air Bashkortostan [ZU] (BBT)
Airport-56, PO Box 24, Ufa, Bashkortostaya Privolzuskaya
01, Burkina Faso
Tel +226 5049 2323 Fax +226 5031 3165
Airport, Sheraton Helipolis, Cairo, Egypt
Tel +202 2268 7681 Fax +202 2268 6695
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Zone, 450056, Russia Email info@airburkina.bf Website www.air-burkina.com Email commercial@flyaircairo.eg.com

Tel +7 347 229 5775 Fax +7 347 229 5101
Email bashkortavia@mail.ru Website www.air-bashkortostan.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders VIM Airlines (100%)
Date operations started 10 April 2006
Description Operates domestic and regional services plus
international flights to destinations in Eastern Russia, Africa,
Asia and Europe.
History Created as a joint venture between VIM Airlines
and the regional Bashkortostan government initially as a
competitor and later as a successor to BAL Bashkirian
Airlines. The first flight was between Ufa and Moscow using
a Boeing 757-200.
Executives
Director General........................................ Evgeny Syukrev
Chief Accountant .....................................Nurdida Galeeva
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Ufa UFA, Moscow (DME)
Parent organisation/shareholders IPS (56%), government
of Burkina Faso (10%), others (34%)
Alliances Aigle Azur Transports Aériens, Air Ivoire, Air Mali
Date operations started 1967
Description National airline of Burkina Faso, operating
scheduled regional flights from the capital Ouagadougou
to Abidjan, Bamako, Cotonou, Dakar, Lomé and Niamey.
A domestic link is also provided between Ouagadougou
and the country’s second city of Bobo-Dioulasso.
History Formed as Air Volta in 1967 by SODETRAF with
assistance from Air Afrique and UTA. Renamed Air Burkina in
1985 so as to align with the country’s new national identity,
introduced by the new government of Thomas Sankara.
Following the collapse of the multi-national carrier Air Afrique,
the state of Burkina privatised Air Burkina on 21 February
2001 transferring 56% of the shares to IPS, a company
controlled by the Aga Khan’s Development Network.
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Website www.aircairo.com.eg
Parent organisation/shareholders Egyptair (60%), Bank
Misr (20%), National Bank of Egypt (20%)
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates inclusive tour flights to Egypt from
Europe, Africa and Asia.
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History Originally established by Dr Ibrahim Kamel’s Kato
Group, in conjunction with a consortium of Egyptian travel
agents, to operate inclusive tours within Egypt and to Europe J
and Africa. In 2002 Egyptair wound up the operations of an
existing charter subsidiary, Shorouk Air, which was owned
jointly with Kuwaiti interests. In 2003 Egyptair acquired 100%
of Air Cairo and the existing Tupolev fleet and operations
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were transferred to a new company, Cairo Aviation. Air Cairo
was then repositioned as a new Egyptair subsidiary, offering
both domestic and international charter services. L
Executives

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Executives Chairman.................................................. Ehab Al-Tahtawi
Air Botswana [BP] (BOT) Chairman.................................................. Mamady Sanoh Operations Director...................................... Yasser Rifaat
Head Office Building, Sir Seretse Khama Airport, General Director......................................Sergio Rosa Eng. Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A320-200
PO Box 92, Gaborone, Botswana Flight Operations Director ............................. Blaise Sanon Main base Cairo (CAI)
Tel +267 3957 003 Fax +267 3974 802
Website www.airbotswana.co.bw
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-200
3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 Air Caledonie [TY] (TPC) N
Parent organisation/shareholders Botswana government Main base Ouagadougou (OUA) BP 212, Aerodrome de Magenta, 98845 Noumea,

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(100%) New Caledonia
Alliances Kenya Airways Air Busan [BX] (ABL) Tel +687 25 2339 Fax +687 25 4869
Date operations started April 1972 6F 853-1 Beomcheon Dong, Busanjin-Gu, Busan, 614-721, Email commercial@air-caledonie.nc
Description National carrier operating scheduled domestic South Korea Website www.air-caledonie.nc
services from Gaborone to Maun, Francistown and Kasane,
together with regional services, which link Gabarone with
Tel +82 51 410 0821 Fax +82 51 410 0849
Website flyairbusan.com
Parent organisation/shareholders New Calédonia
government (50.28%), Island Provinces (43.31%), Various
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Harare and Johannesburg, as well as Maun with Capetown Parent organisation/shareholders City of Busan and Private (4.32%), Air France (2.09%)
and Windhoek, connecting with international carriers.
Charters are also flown.
others (54%), Asiana Airlines (46%)
Alliances Asiana Airlines
Alliances Air France
Date operations started 25 September 1955 Q
History Formed to succeed Botswana Airways, which had Date operations started 27 October 2008 Description Operates domestic flights linking Nouméa with
replaced Botswana National Airways in 1969. It was taken Description Low-cost carrier operating domestic services from nine New Caledonian destinations in the Loyalty Islands, the
over by the government in April 1988. Partial privatisation,
which was originally expected in 2004, has still not been
Busan under a codeshare agreement with parent Asiana
Airlines. Also operates charter flights to points in Japan and
Isle of Pines, North Province and Tontouta.
History Started operations as Transpac before changing its
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accomplished. Taiwan and plans to introduce international scheduled name to Air Calédonie in 1968. The new Caledonian
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Godfrey Khupe
services, to cities in Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines.
History Established as Busan International Airlines in a joint
territorial government became the majority shareholder
during a major re-financing operations in 1969. S
Finance Manager ....................................Mphi Tlhomelang venture between Asiana Airlines and the City of Busan. Executives
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
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Rebranded as Air Busan prior to launch. Awarded its air President & Chairman........................... Nidoish Naisseline
2 x ATR 72-500 operator’s certificate in June 2008. Asiana transferred all Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-500
1 x BAe 146-100 services linking Busan with Seoul Gimpo and Jeju to the new 2 x ATR 72-500
1 x Beech 1900D carrier. Launched regular services between Busan and Jeju Main base Noumea (GEA)
Main base Gaborone (GBE) in December 2008. International charter flights to Fukuoka,
Osaka, Tokyo and Hong Kong were launched during 2010, Air Canada [AC] (ACA) U
Air Brasil Linhas Aereas (BSL) followed by Taipei in January 2011 and Cebu in March 2011. Air Canada Centre, PO Box 14000, Station Airport, Dorval,

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Rua Afonso Braz, 473, 12 Andar Cj 121/122, Vila Nova Executives Quebec, H4Y 1H4, Canada
Conceição, 04511-011 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Chief Executive Officer................................Kim Soo-cheon Tel +1 514 422 2869 Fax +1 514 422 5909
Tel +55 11 3845 0824 Fax +55 11 3845-0874 / 3845-1019 Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A321-200 Website www.aircanada.com
Website www.voeairbrasil.com.br 2 x Boeing 737-400 Parent organisation/shareholders ACE Aviation Holdings
Date operations started 2005
Description Brazilian non-scheduled cargo airline, operating
3 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Busan (PUS)
(11%), publicly traded and others (89%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Canada Jetz (100%)
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domestic freight and mail services from its São Paulo Alliances Star Alliance, Air Georgian, Air Labrador, Avianca,
Air Burundi [8Y] (PBU)
Guarulhos base to major cities. Other commercial activities
include aircraft maintenance and the sale of aircraft and BP 2460, 40 Avenue du Commerce, Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel +257 22 91 55 Fax +257 22 34 52 Email airbdi@cbinf.com
EVA Air, ExpressJet, Jazz, Jet Airways, Luxair, Middle East
Airlines (MEA), SkyWest Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, TACA X
aircraft parts. International Airlines
History Established as part of a Logistics group. Parent organisation/shareholders Burundi government Date operations started 1 September 1937
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 727-200
Main base Sao Paulo (GRU)
(100%)
Date operations started 1975
Description Canada’s flagship air carrier operates an
extensive domestic, trans-border and international network
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which, together with its Air Canada Express regional
brand, provides direct services to destinations on five
continents from primary hubs in Toronto, Montreal,
Vancouver and Calgary. An additional dozen destinations
are served through commercial agreements with unaffiliated
regional airlines. Air Canada Jetz is a charter subsidiary
providing premium services.
History Founded by Canadian National Railways as Trans
Canada Air Lines (TCA) and rebranded as Air Canada in
1964. Fully privatised in 1989. Air Canada was a founder
member of the Star Alliance partnership in 1997. In 2000
it acquired Canadian Airlines International, amalgamating
the two route networks. Filed for bankruptcy protection
in April 2003, emerging successfully in September 2004
as a subsidiary of parent company ACE Aviation Holdings.
Completed its IPO in April 2006, with shares traded on the
Toronto stock exchange. Air Canada Express, the carrier’s
new regional brand, launched services on 1 May 2011,
and officially replaced Jazz Air as the brand applied to all
regional services on 1 June 2011.
Employees total 23,200
Executives
Chairman............................................... David Richardson
President & CEO........................................Calin Rovinescu
Chief Financial Officer............................Michael Rousseau
Chief Operations Officer .................................Duncan Dee
Fleet (orders) 37 x Airbus A319-100
37 x Airbus A320-200
10 x Airbus A321-200
8 x Airbus A330-300
31 x Boeing 767-300
6 x Boeing 777-200
12 x Boeing 777-300
(37) x Boeing 787-8
15 x Embraer 175-200LR
45 x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Montreal (YUL)
Hubs Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC)
Air Canada Jetz
730 Cote Vertu West, Building 6, Gate 2, Dorval, Quebec,
H4Y 1C2, Canada
Tel +1 514 205 7312 Fax +1 514 205 7771
Website www.aircanada.ca/jetz
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Canada (100%)
Date operations started 31 October 2001
Description Provides a premium business service for
corporate clients and professional sports teams.
History Air Canada launched the charter unit on 31 October
2001.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Alain Boudreau
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
4 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Montreal (YUL)
Air Finland uses Boeing 757s on routes to southern Europe
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Air Caraibes [TX] (FWI) Parent organisation/shareholders ACC Holding (100%)
Parc d'Activites de Providence, Dothemare, 97139 Date operations started 1986
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Description Operates the world’s largest civilian fleet of
Tel +590 590 82 4447 Fax +590 590 82 4749 Shorts 330 and 360 aircraft on several scheduled cargo
Email direction@aircaraibes.com Website www.aircaraibes.com routes throughout the USA. Also offers charter cargo flights
Parent organisation/shareholders Groupe Dubreuil (90%), from the USA to Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Department de Guadeloupe (10%) History Founded in 1986 by Jim Germek. Part of ACC Holding,
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Caraïbes Atlantique Inc. which specialises in scheduled air cargo operations,
(95%) aircraft integration, maintenance, overhaul and parts sales.
Alliances Air Antilles Express, Corsairfly Acquired Bangor, Maine-based General Aviation charter
Date operations started September 1994 operator Telford Group (founded 1982) in August 2009.
Description Guadeloupe-based airline operating a network Executives
in the islands in the West Indies and reaching to Belém in President...................................................James Germek
Brazil and to Havana, Cuba, in the north. Daily flights to Finance Director..............................................Mary Weins
Paris-Orly are also flown from Martinique and Guadeloupe. Operations Director....................................... Steve Altnau
History Established through a merger in July 2000 between
Air Guadeloupe, Air Martinique, Air Saint Martin and Air Saint Fleet (orders) 5 x Shorts SD.330-200
Barthelemy which created La Caribiénne des Transports 4 x Shorts SD.360-100
Aériens Air Caraïbes. However, the airline traces its origins 9 x Shorts SD.360-200
back to 1969 and the foundation of Air Guadelupe. Acquired 1 x Shorts SD.360-300
in 2001 by French conglomerate Groupe Dubreuil. Long-haul Main base Milwaukee (MKE)
flights to Paris Orly were introduced in December 2003,
flown by subsidiary Air Caraibes Atlantique in full Air Air Cargo Germany [6U] (ACX)
Caraibes colours. Building 1335, 55483 Hahn, Germany
Executives Tel +49 6543 508 400 Fax +49 6543 508 409
Chairman...................................................... Marc Rochet Email info@acg.aero Website www.acg.aero
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Philippe Lenfant Parent organisation/shareholders ACG Air Cargo
General Director.................................... Serge Tsygalnitzky Germany (51%), City Leasing (Ireland) (49%)
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-500 Date operations started 27 July 2009
(1) x ATR 72-600 Description Cargo airline operating scheduled services from
1 x Embraer 190-100LR Frankfurt Hahn Airport to destinations including Bombay,
Main base Pointe a Pitre (PTP) Dubai, Hong Kong, Kabul, Parchim and Shanghai. Charter
Hubs Fort de France (FDF) services are also offered.
History Established in Bad Kreuznach by former LTU technical
Air Caraïbes Atlantique [TX] (CAJ) director Michael Bock. Received its air operator’s certificate
3, Allee du Commandant Mouchotte, Batiment 523, on 14 July 2009. Operated its first charter service, from
Paray Vieille Poste, France Hahn to Tashkent, on 24 July 2009.
Tel +590 590 824 747 Fax +590 590 824 753 Executives
Email direction@aircaraibes.com Website www.aircaraibes.com Chief Executive Officer.................................. Michael Bock
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Caraibes (95%) Managing Director................................. Thomas Homering
Date operations started 12 December 2003 Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 747-400
Description Subsidiary of Air Caraibes operating services Main base Hahn (HHN)
from Guadeloupe and Martinique to France.
Executives Air Century SA – ACSA
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Philippe Lenfant Dr Joaquin Balaguer International Airport, Local No.1032,
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A330-200 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
4 x Airbus A330-300 Tel +1 809 826 4222 Fax +1 809 826 4118
Main base Pointe a Pitre PTP Email agomez@aircentury.com Website www.aircentury.com
Hubs Fort de France (FDF) Parent organisation/shareholders Chahin Group (100%)
Date operations started June 1990
Air Cargo Carriers [2Q] (SNC) Description Domestic and regional air charter company
4951 South Howell Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53207, providing charter and executive flights throughout the
USA Caribbean and to North and South America, together with air
Tel +1 414 482 1711 Fax +1 414 482 2038 ambulance flights and crew transfers. Also provides frequent
Email info@aircar.com Website www.aircar.com scheduled flights between Santo Domingo and Punta Cana
History Founded by Omar Chahin.
Executives
President & CEO.......................Omar Antonio Chahin Lama
Finance Director...............................................Ovidio Otto
Fleet (orders)
1 x BAe Jetstream 31
1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Cessna 550
1x Dassault Falcon 20
1 x Gulfstream II
Main base Santo Domingo (JBQ)
Air Chathams [CV] (CVA)
PO Box 52, Chatham Islands, 8030, New Zealand
Tel +64 3 305 0209 Fax +64 3 305 0208
Email craig@airchathams.co.nz Website www.airchathams.co.nz
Date operations started 1986
Description Commuter airline operating scheduled
passenger flights from Chatham Island to New Zealand’s
North and South Islands, serving Auckland, Wellington and
Christchurch. The airline also operates Tongan domestic
Kajetan Steiner
services and a service between Tonga, Fiji and Tuvalu, in
addition to ad hoc charters.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Craig Emery
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Fleet (orders) History Formerly the cargo department of Air China. Became
1 x Beech Queen Air 65 Air China Cargo on 3 May 2003, as a joint venture between
1 x Cessna U206G
3 x Convair 580
majority shareholder Air China, CITIC Pacific and Beijing
Capital International Airport. Air China increased its share
1 x Britten-Norman BN2A holding to 76% in January 2007 by acquiring the former
Main base Chatham Island CHT
CITIC Pacific stake in the airline from Gold Leaf Enterprise
Hubs Wellington (WLG) Holdings. In April 2009 it acquired the remaining 24% of the
carrier from Beijing Capital International Airport.
Air China [CA] (CCA) Executives
Capital International Airport, Beijing, 100621, China
Tel +86 10 8448 888 Fax +86 10 6146 2888
President & CEO....................................................Jun Yao
VP Operations ................................................... Peng Zou
Email zhangxna@mail.airchina.com.cn VP Finance ........................................................ Jian Yang
Alliances Air France, Alitalia, Kenya Airways, KLM Royal
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Dutch Airlines
Date operations started June 1990
Description Operates public service routes linking C
four Corsican airports with Marseille, Nice and Paris-Orly.
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Additional domestic and regional schedules are flown,
together with seasonal services linking Figari with
Montpellier and Rome. Charter flights are also offered.
History Established as Compagnie Corse Mediterranée.
Initially linked Ajaccio, Bastia, and Calvi with Nice, and from
1991, Marseille. A partnership with Air France has E
developed since the carrier's creation and the network has

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Website www.airchina.com.cn Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-200 been gradually expanded. The first international service, to
Parent organisation/shareholders China National Aviation 11 x Boeing 747-400 Rome, was introduced in 1991. Rebranded as CCM Airlines
Holding Company (57.71%), Cathay Pacific (19.27%), HKSCC (4) x Tupolev Tu-204-120C in November 2000. Adopted the new trademark of Air
nominees (17.63%) Main base Beijing (PEK) Corsica on 14 October 2010.
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air China Cargo (75%),
Cathay Pacific (29.99%), Jade Cargo International (51%), Air Class Lineas Aereas [QD] (ASS)
Executives
Chairman.......................................Pierre-Philippe Ceccaldi
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Shenzhen Airlines (51%), Shandong Airlines (22.8%) Aeropuerto. Internacional de Carrasco, Edificio de Partidas, President..............................................Philippe Dandrieux
Alliances Air Macau, Alitalia, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
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Portia de Cargas, Oficina 108, 15000 Montevideo, Uruguay
Dragonair, El Al, EVA Air, Finnair, Luxair, S7 Airlines, Shandong Tel +59 82 604 0315 Fax +59 82 604 0315 2 x Airbus A320-200
Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Tibet Airlines, Email Info@airclass.com.uy Website www.airclass.com.uy 7 x ATR 72-500
Virgin Atlantic Airways Date operations started 1997 Main base Ajaccio AJA
Date operations started 1 July 1988
Description The flag carrier for the People’s Republic,
Description Operates a passenger and freight schedule
between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, together with
Hubs Bastia (BIA), Figari (FSC), Calvi (CLY)
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operating international and domestic scheduled passenger charter flights to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile. Air Cote d’Ivoire
and cargo services linking 70 domestic and 36 international
destinations in the Far and Middle East, Australia, North
History The airline began operations as an air-taxi service
and added scheduled flights between Montevideo and
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of the J
America and Europe. Buenos Aires in 2000. Ivory Coast (51%), Air France-KLM Group (35%), Aga Khan
History Formerly the Beijing-based international carrier division Executives Fund for Economic Development (17%)
of the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China), the carrier
was re-named in 1988 when the government split CAAC’s
Managing Director .................................Daniel Hernandez
VP Operations.......................................... Daniel Gonzalez
Description Start-up new national carrier planning to launch
services in April 2012 with two leased Airbus A319s.
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operating divisions into separate airlines, each with its own Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-200 History Announced in November 2011 as the government-
name. On 28 October 2002 Air China consolidated with China
National Aviation Company and China Southwest Airlines.
4 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Montevideo (MVD)
owned replacement of Air Ivoire, which ceased operations
in March 2011. Originally planned to launch services on L
Cathay Pacific Airways acquired a minority shareholding in Hubs Buenos Aires (AEP) 1 January 2012.

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October 2004. On 15 December 2004, Air China was listed Main base Abidjan (ABJ)
on the Hong Kong and London stock exchanges. Air China Air Contractors [AG] (ABR)
made a partial IPO on 18 August 2006. On 27 September No 3 Malahide Road, Swords, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland Air Creebec [YN] (CRQ)
2006 Cathay Pacific doubled its shareholding. Became a Tel +353 1 812 1900 Fax +353 1 812 1919 PO Box 430, 101 7th Street, Val d'Or, Quebec, J9P 4P4,
member of the Star Alliance on 12 December 2007.
Employees total 24,459
Email info@aircontractors.com Website www.aircontractors.com
Parent organisation/shareholders ASL Aviation Group (100%)
Canada
Tel +1 819 825 8355 Fax +1 819 825 0885 N
Executives Date operations started 1972 Email info@aircreebec.ca Website www.aircreebec.ca

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Chairman............................................... Wang Changshun Description Provides scheduled freight services within Parent organisation/shareholders Creeco (100%)
President.......................................................Cai Jianjiang Europe, operating mainly on behalf of postal organisations Date operations started 1 July 1982
Chief Financial Manager...................................Chaofan He and express parcel operators. Also operates ad hoc charters Description Provides scheduled and charter services from
VP Flight Operations...................................... Zhiyong Song throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. its base at Val d’Or to Montreal and 16 other destinations in
Fleet (orders) 33 x Airbus A319-100
20 (14) x Airbus A320-200
History Formed as Air Bridge Carriers and was rebranded as
Hunting Cargo Airlines in September 1992. Became Air
northern Quebec and northern Ontario.
Executives
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(5) x Airbus A321-100 Contractors following the airlines joint acquisition by President ........................................... Matthew Happyjack


34 (5) x Airbus A321-200
23 (8) x Airbus A330-200
Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) and Safair in June 1998,
at which time the airline relocated to Dublin. On 13
General Director......................................... David Bertrand
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D Q
6 (7) x Airbus A330-300 November 2007 CMB, acting in partnership with 3P 2 x Beechcraft King Air 100
6 x Airbus A340-300 Airfreighters (part of the Petercam Group) agreed to jointly 8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100


(10) x Airbus A350-900XWB
22 x Boeing 737-300
acquire Safair's interest in the Air Contractors Group. The
deal was completed before the end of 2007. In December


1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
1 x Embraer EMB-110P
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19 (3) x Boeing 737-700 2007, the French postal service, La Poste, announced the 2 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2


80 (38) x Boeing 737-800
9 x Boeing 747-400
sale of its airline subsidiary, Europe Airpost to Air
Contractors. The sale was completed in February 2008.
Main base Val D’Or (YVO)
Hubs Timmins (YTS) S
9 x Boeing 757-200 Executives
Air Cuenca
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3 x Boeing 767-300 Chairman....................................................... Ludwig Criel
10 x Boeing 777-200 Chief Executive Officer......................................Hugh Flynn Ecuador
5 (14) x Boeing 777-300 Chief Financial Officer.......................................Colin Grant Date operations started 4 June 2010
(15) x Boeing 787-9 Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 42-300 Ceased operations 21 June 2011
Main base Beijing PEK
Hubs Shanghai PVG, Chengdu (CTU)


13 x ATR 72-200
1 x Boeing 737-300
Provided scheduled and charter services from its base at
Cuenca to Quito and Guayaquil, but ceased operations on U
1 x Lockheed L-100-30 21 June 2011 when its air operator’s certificate was
Air China Cargo [CA] (CAO)
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Main base Dublin (DUB) withdrawn. Its successor LAC – Linea Aerea Cuencana –
No. 29 Tian Zhu Road, Tian Zhu District, Beijing, Hubs Glasgow (GLA), Malmo-Sturup (MMX), London (STN) plans to launch services in 2012.
101318, China
Tel +86 10 6146 5320 Fax +86 10 6146 5359 Air Corsica [XK] (CCM) Air Do [HD] (ADO)
Website www.airchina.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air China (75%), China
Napoleon Airport, BP 505, 20186 Ajaccio, 20 000, France
Tel +33 825 353535 Fax +33 495 290505
Nishi 2-chome 9 Kita 1-jo, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0001,
Japan
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National Aviation Company (CNAC) (25%) Email cariera@ccm-airlines.com Website www.aircorsica.com Tel +81 11 252 5533 Fax +81 11 252 5580

Date operations started 3 May 2003
Description Operates dedicated freighters on routes from
Beijing and Shanghai to five major US cities, as well as to
Frankfurt, London and Paris. The airline also manages cargo
services flown over a comprehensive route network in the
cargo holds of around 60 Air China passenger aircraft.
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Parent organisation/shareholders Collectivité Territoriale Website www.airdo.jp
Corse (60.37%), Air France (11.95%), Crédit Agricole Parent organisation/shareholders Development Bank of
(7.55%), SNCM (6.68%), Caisse des Dépôts et des Japan (32.49%), ANA Group (13.61%), Sojitz Corporation
Consignations (4.76%), TAT EA (2.52%), CADEC (2.34%), TAT (10%), Individual holders (3.93%), others (39.97%)
SA (1.68%), CCI de Corse du Sud (1.21%), CCI de Haute-
Corse (0.84%), others (0.01%)
Alliances ANA – All Nippon Airways
Date operations started 20 December 1998
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Description Connects Tokyo Haneda with the cities of the
northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. Offers several
daily low-fare services on the high-density trunk route
to Sapporo's New Chitose airport, also serving Asahikawa
and Hakodate.
History Established to take advantage of the impending
deregulation of the Japanese domestic market by a group
of investors led by Teruo Hamada, a successful Hokkaido
poultry farmer. Launched services between Tokyo and
Sapporo in December 2008, using a single Boeing 767-200.
Restructured in June 2002 after falling into financial
difficulties in the aftermath of 9/11. Received new equity
capital through the Development Bank of Japan, by means
of an investment fund in which ANA All Nippon Airways was a
key investor. This led to the start of commercial co-operation
with ANA. Following the closure of the investment fund in
September 2008, the Development Bank of Japan and ANA
became direct investors in Air Do, leading to ongoing
commercial co-operation between the two carriers.
Executives
Executive Managing Director....................... Taiji Maruyama
President ......................................................Sadao Saito
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 737-500
3 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Tokyo (HND)
Air Dolomiti [EN] (DLA)
Via Paolo Bembo, 37062 Dossobuono di Villafranca, Italy
Tel +39 045 8605211 Fax +39 045 8605229
Email relazioniesterne@airdolomiti.it
Website www.airdolomiti.it
Alliances Austrian, Lufthansa, Luxair
Date operations started January 1991
Description A regional airline in northern Italy linking 11
domestic cities and Vienna with the Lufthansa network via
Munich and Frankfurt.
History Established by the Leali Group. Began operations with
a Trieste-Genoa route. After several years of co-operation,
Lufthansa acquired a 26% stake in January 1999. It then
increased its stake to 52% in April 2003, and to 100% in
July 2003.
Executives
President & CEO..........................................Michael Kraus
VP Finance Controlling & Purchasing.............Andrea Venturi
Operations Director.......................................Ivan Bassato
Fleet (orders) 11 x ATR 72-500
5 (5) x Embraer 195-200LR
Main base Trieste TRS, Verona VRN
Hubs Munich (MUC)
Air Europa [UX] (AEA)
Centro Empresarial Globalia, Apdo Correos 132,
07620 Llucmajor, Spain
Tel +34 971 178 105 Fax +34 971 178 350
Email recepcion.globalia@air-europa.com
Website www.aireuropa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Globalia (100%)
Alliances Orbest, Transavia France
Date operations started 1 November 1993
Description Operates an extensive scheduled network
throughout Spain, as well as to destinations in Asia, North
and South America, Caribbean, Europe and North Africa.
Air Europa also serves the inclusive-tour market between
northern and western Europe and popular holiday resorts.
History Originally part of the Airlines of Europe Group. It
signed a franchise agreement with Iberia in January 1998,
but this has since been dissolved. The airline launched daily
services between Madrid and New York, flown by Airbus
A330-200s, in July 2009.
Employees total 2,915
Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................... Juan Jose Hidalgo
Director General...................................Maria Jose Hidalgo
Finance Director ...................................... Joaquín Solares
Operations Manager...................................... Andres Bello
Fleet (orders) 9 x Airbus A330-200
18 (22) x Boeing 737-800
(8) x Boeing 787-8
11 x Embraer 195-200LR
Main base Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
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Lotissement Krim Belkacem, Dar el Beida, Algiers, Algeria
Tel +213 2150 8894 Fax +213 2150 8894
Email contactus@airexpress-dz.com
Website www.airexpress-dz.com
Date operations started 2002
Description Operates domestic flights and support for oil
exploration.
Executives
President & Head of Fleet Planning............... Chakib Belleili
Director of Flight Operations...................... Annette Dorfling
Fleet (orders) 5 x Beech 1900D
4 x Let L-410UVP-E
1 x Let L-420
2 x Pilatus PC-6/B
Main base Hassi Messaoud (HME)
Air Finland [OF] (FIF)
Rahtikuja 1, 01530 Vantaa, Finland
Tel +358 9 251 200 Fax +358 9 251 20 200
Email info@airfinland.fi Website www.airfinland.fi
Parent organisation/shareholders Berling Capital Oy
(55%), others (45%)
Date operations started 3 April 2003
Description Operates charter and scheduled flights to
various destinations in southern Europe. Also offers ACMI
leasing services.
History Owned by a private equity company (Berling Capital
Oy) and five professionals of aviation, finance and travel
marketing.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Esa Karppinen
Chief Executive Officer.................................Mika Helenius
Chief Financial Officer.......................................Harri Naivo
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Helsinki (HEL)
Air France [AF] (AFR)
45 Rue de Paris, 95747 Roissy, France
Tel +33 1 41 56 78 00 Fax +33 1 41 56 84 19
Website www.airfrance.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air France-KLM Group
(100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings CityJet (100%), Transavia
France (60%), Air Corsica (11.95%), Air Tahiti (7.48%), Tunisair
(5.58%), Cameroon Airlines (3.57%), Air Madagascar (3.17%),
Air Mauritius (2.78%), Royal Air Maroc (2.72%), Air Caledonie
(2.09%), Brit Air (100%), Regional (100%)
Alliances SkyTeam, Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Caledonie,
Air Corsica, Air Madagascar, Air Mauritius, Air One, Air
Seychelles, Air Tahiti Nui, AirCalin, Airlinair, Alaska Airlines,
Austrian, Azerbaijan Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Brit Air,
Bulgaria Air, Cargojet Airways, Chautauqua Airlines, CityJet,
Comair, Coyne Airways, Finnair, Flybe, GOL Linhas Aereas
Inteligentes, Japan Airlines, Jat Airways, Luxair, Martinair,
Middle East Airlines (MEA), Pinnacle Airlines, Qantas,
Regional, Rossiya, Royal Air Maroc, Saudi Arabian Airlines,
SWISS, TAAG Angola Airlines, Twin Jet, Ukraine International
Airlines, VARIG - VRG Linhas Aereas, VLM Airlines, Volare Air
Transport Stock Company
Date operations started 7 October 1933
Description Principal French carrier which, together with its
regional subsidiaries, makes up a group operating
scheduled passenger and cargo services within France, and
to destinations throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far
East, the Americas, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Together
with Air France-KLM Group sister company KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines, Air France operates a dual network from primary
hubs at Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam Schiphol.
Airline subsidiaries include two French-based regional
carriers, Brit Air and Régional, Dublin-based CityJet and the
Paris Orly-based low cost and charter carrier joint-venture,
Transavia France.
History Airline operations in France date back to the
creation, in 1919, of Lignes Aériennes Farman, which later
that year flew the first airline service between Paris and
London. In August 1930, the airline, now renamed SGTA-
Société Générale de Transport Aérien, merged with three
others (Air Orient, Air Union and CIDNA-Compagnie
Internationale de Navigation) to create Société Centrale
pour l'Exploitation. In October 1933, the new company also
acquired the assets of state-owned Compagnie Générale
Aéropostale. The French government took a 25% stake in
the airline, which served an extensive route network across
Europe and to the French colonies in northern Africa and
the Far East. Operations continued in support of the war
effort, and were transferred to North Africa in 1942, centred
on Algiers, Dakar and Damascus. After the war, the French
air transport industry was nationalised, resulting in the
Société Nationale Air France, established on 1 January
1946. An act of parliament created Compagnie Nationale
Air France on 16 June 1948, in which the French state’s
shareholding was reduced to 70%. On 12 January 1990, all
government-owned airlines, Air France, Air Inter, Air Charter
and UTA, were merged into the Air France Group. A new
group holding company, Groupe Air France SA, was set up by
decree on 25 July 1994, taking majority shareholdings in
both Air France and Air Inter. In 1997, Air France Europe
(the former Air Inter) was fully absorbed into Air France.
Partially privatised on 10 February 1999, and listed the
Paris stock exchange. The French government retained a
controlling interest, although this was subsequently reduced
to just under 56%.The group took a 25% equity stake in
CityJet in May 1999, making the Irish regional carrier a
wholly-owned subsidiary in February 2000. Became a
founder member of SkyTeam alliance together with Delta
Air Lines, Aeromexico and Korean Air in June 2000. On 30
September 2003, Air France and KLM announced a merger
through a share exchange, and an agreement for KLM to
join the SkyTeam alliance. The completion of the merger, on
5 May 2004, created the Air France-KLM Group. Both
airlines’ brands were retained, while their passengers now
benefited from co-ordinated schedules throughout the
entire combined route network. In December 2004, the
French state reduced its equity in Air France-KLM to under
20%. An initially successful offer by Air France-KLM to
takeover Alitalia, in March 2008, was withdrawn on 21 April
2008. Following Alitalia’s merger with Air One and
acquisition by Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) in December
2008, Air France-KLM was announced as Alitalia's strategic
partner on 12 January 2009. Air France-KLM took a 25%
equity stake in the new Alitalia, at a cost of €323 million
($431 million). In May 2009, Air France-KLM and Delta
implemented global joint venture agreement through which
the carriers would jointly operate transatlantic routes,
sharing revenues and costs. The agreement also covered
all flights between Amsterdam and India, North America and
Tahiti. Subsidiary VLM began operating under the CityJet
brand in January 2010.
Employees total 60,686
Executives
Chairman & CEO.................................Alexandre de Juniac
Chief Financial Officer................................. Frederic Gagey
Chief Operating Officer.....................................Alain Bassil
Fleet (orders) 18 x Airbus A318-100
44 x Airbus A319-100
58 (5) x Airbus A320-200
5 x Airbus A321-100
20 x Airbus A321-200
15 x Airbus A330-200
15 x Airbus A340-300
6 (6) x Airbus A380-800
12 x Boeing 747-400
27 x Boeing 777-200
34 (8) x Boeing 777-300
Main base Paris (ORY), Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG)
Hubs Lyon (LYS), Amsterdam (AMS)
Air Freight NZ (TFR)
Freightways House, Ground Floor, 32 Botha Road,
Penrose, Auckland, 1061, New Zealand
Tel +64 9 256 8580 Fax +64 9 256 8583
Email fieldair@fieldair.co.nz Website www.fieldair.co.nz
Parent organisation/shareholders Freightways Express
(100%)
Date operations started July 1989
Description Operates scheduled overnight cargo services
between Auckland, Christchurch and Palmerston North on
behalf of owner Freightways Express. Charter services within
New Zealand are also operated.
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History Began scheduled domestic freight services with two
Convair 580 freighter aircraft in July 1989. A single
stretched Convair 5800 freighter conversion was leased
from Kelowna Flightcraft in October 2004.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Mark Lasenby
Fleet (orders) 5 x Convair 580
Main base Auckland (AKL)
Hubs Palmerston North (PMR), Christchurch (CHC)
Air Georgian [ZX] (GGN)
2450 Derry Road East, Shell Aerocentre, Mississauga,
Toronto, Ontario, L5S 1B2, Canada
Tel +1 905 676 1106 Fax +1 905 676 1151
Email smonsen@airalliance.ca Website www.airgeorgian.ca
Alliances Air Canada
Date operations started 1994
Description Offers charter passenger and cargo services,
in addition to operating Tier III codeshare flights with Air
Canada Express on scheduled domestic and transborder
services into the USA.
History Air Georgian’s parent company was established in
Ontario on 5 March 1985 to develop a small private airport
and operate a flight school in Barrie. A cargo subsidiary,
Georgian Express was established, but sold to Cargojet
Airways on 3 October 2007 and rebranded as Cargojet
Regional. In May 2008 Air Georgian contracted to operate
transborder services for Air Canada from July 2008. In April
2011, all services operated on behalf of Air Canada were to
adopt Air Canada Express branding.
Executives
President................................................. Eric Edmondson
VP & CFO.................................................... Scott Monsen
VP Flight Operations....................................... Dan Bockner
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 125-800
16 x Beech 1900D
1 x Cessna 550
2 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800
2 x Beechcraft Premier
Main base Toronto Pearson YYZ
Hubs Halifax (YHZ), Mirabel (YMX)
Air Greenland [GL] (GRL)
Nuuk Airport, PO Box 1012, 3900 Nuuk, 3900, Greenland
Tel +299 34 3434 Fax +299 32 7288
Email info@airgreenland.gl Website www.airgreenland.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Greenland government
(37.5%), SAS Group (37.5%), Danish government (25%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Norlandair (25%)
Date operations started 1 May 1962
Description Offers concessional fares on air services
linking communities in Greenland and flies scheduled
services to Copenhagen and Baltimore. Also performs
charter, taxi and special flights, such as air ambulance
and search and rescue.
History Founded by SAS and mining company
Kryolitselskabet. In 1962 the Greenland Provincial
government and the Danish state became co-owners.
Greenlandair began operating its first jet airliner, a Boeing
757-200, in 1998. In 2002 Greenlandair changed its
corporate identity to Air Greenland.
Executives
Chairman...........................................................Julia Pars
Chief Executive Officer................................ Michael Binzer
Chief Financial Officer................................Mogens Jensen
Chief Operations Officer............................. Morten Nielsen
Director Flight Operations...................... Wilhelm von Platen
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A330-200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
1 x DHC7-101
1 x DHC7-102
1 x DHC7-103
1 x DHC7-110
Main base Nuuk (GOH)
Air Guyane Express [3S] (GUY)
Aeroport de Rochambeau, 97351 Matoury, French Guiana
Tel +594 594 35 03 00 Fax +594 594 35 03 10
Website www.airguyane.com
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Antilles Express (100%) Description India’s flag carrier operating a network of
B
Date operations started June 2002 passenger and cargo services worldwide, together with an
Description Operates scheduled flights between French
Guiana and the neighbouring countries. Also operates flights
extensive domestic network.
History Established as Tata Airlines. The inaugural flight from C
on behalf of subsidiary airline Air Antilles Express. Karachi to Mumbai was by a light Puss Moth carrying the
Executives
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postal mail of Imperial Airways. Tata Airlines became a public
President............................................ Christian Marchand limited company on 29 July 1946 and was renamed Air India.
Operations Director.................................Fabrice Waechter Replaced by Air India International on 8 March 1948, which
Finance & Administration Director................Jean-Joel Elgea commenced international flights to London on 8 June that
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
1 x DHC6-300
same year. It was nationalised on 1 August 1953, transferring
all domestic services to Indian Airlines. The ‘International’ E
3 x Let L-410UVP-E was dropped from the name in 1962. In 1994 Air India was
F
Main base Cayenne (CAY) registered as Air-India Ltd. On 23 August 2007, the Indian
government confirmed its approval for the merger with Indian
Air Hong Kong [LD] (AHK) Airlines. The official first flight of the new Air India took place
4F South Tower, Cathay Pacific City, 8 Scenic Road, on 1 August 2007, between Mumbai and New York.
Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong
Tel +852 2761 8407 Fax +852 2761 8586
Executives
Chairman & Managing Director......................Rohit Nandan
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Email ahk.hq@airhongkong.com.hk Executive Director Operations . .........................A S Soman
H
Website www.airhongkong.com.hk Finance Director..................................... S Chandrashekar
Parent organisation/shareholders Cathay Pacific (60%),
DHL International Aviation (40%) Fleet (orders) 24 x Airbus A319-100
Date operations started February 1988 29 x Airbus A320-200
Description Dedicated freighter airline created as a
partnership between Cathay Pacific and DHL Express
20 x Airbus A321-200
2 x Airbus A330-200
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to develop the express freight network in Asia. While 5 x Boeing 747-400
DHL Express parcels make up most of the cargo, general
freight is also carried.
8 x Boeing 777-200
12 (3) x Boeing 777-300 J
History Began charter operations in 1988 and added (27) x Boeing 787-8
scheduled services in 1989. In October 2002. Cathay Main base Mumbai (BOM)
Pacific entered into a business partnership with DHL.
Air Hong Kong was the launch customer for the Airbus
Hubs Delhi (DEL) K
A300-600F general freighter. Air India Express [IX] (AXB)
Executives
Chief Operations Officer............................ Anna Thompson
Air India Building, Nariman Point, Mumbai, 400021, India
Tel +91 22 2626 3492 Fax +91 22 2615 7430 L
Chief Financial Officer....................................... Japhet Wai Email A.d'souza@airindia.in Website www.airindiaexpress.in
M
Fleet (orders) 8 x Airbus A300F4-600 Parent organisation/shareholders Air India (100%)
3 x Boeing 747-400 Date operations started 29 April 2005
Main base Hong Kong (HKG) Description Low-cost Air India subsidiary operating flights to
nine international destinations within around 4h flying time
Air Iceland [NY] (FXI)
Reykjavikur Flugvelli, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
from 10 Indian cities.
History Commenced operations with an inaugural flight
N
Tel +354 570 3000 Fax +354 570 3001 between the southern Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram and
O
Email websales@airiceland.is Website www.airiceland.is Abu Dhabi. Merged with Alliance Air on 1 October 2007.
Parent organisation/shareholders Icelandair Group (100%) Executives
Alliances Atlantic Airways (Faroe Islands) Chairman & Managing Director......................Rohit Nandan
Date operations started 1997 Fleet (orders) 21 x Boeing 737-800
Description Operates a network from Reykjavik serving
destinations in Iceland and Greenland. Also operates flights
Main base Mumbai BOM
Hubs Delhi (DEL)
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to the Faroe Islands (in co-operation with Atlantic Airways).
Air Inuit [3H] (AIE)
Passenger and freight charters as well as aircraft leasing
are also offered. 547 Meloche Avenue, Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2W2, Canada Q
History Originally formed in Akureyri by Tryggvi Helgason as Tel +1 514 636 9445 Fax +1 514 636 8916
Nordurflug, and was incorporated under the title of Flugfelag Email info@airinuit.com Website www.airinuit.com
Nordurlands on 1 May 1975. A further re-organisation as
part of the Icelandair Group resulted in the present name
Parent organisation/shareholders Makivik (100%)
Date operations started 1978
R
in 1997. Description Offers domestic passenger services as well as
Executives
Managing Director................................... Arni Gunnarsson
charter and cargo services, including essential and
emergency air services linking 14 communities along the S
Director of Finance.....................................Sigfus Karason eastern Hudson Bay coast, the southern shore of the
T
Director of Flight Operations.......................Einar Bjornsson Hudson Strait, and the Ungava coasts of Northern Québec.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 History Established in 1978 by the Makivik Corporation as a
6 x Fokker 50 wholly-owned airline subsidiary to operate essential air
Main base Reykjavik (KEF) services in the Nunavik region of Northern Québec. In 2001,
Hubs Akureyri (AEY) Air Inuit contracted to operate the utility company Hydro-
Québec’s corporate shuttle fleet of Dash 8-300s out of U
Air India [AI] (AIC) Montreal, a contract which was extended to cover the
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Air-India Building, Narriman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, maintenance and operation of two new Dash 8-Q400s in
400 021, India 2003. Introduced jet service with the Boeing 737 in July 2008.
Tel +91 22 2626 5555 Fax +91 1123 71 4546 Executives
Email airindpr@bom3.vsnl.net.in Website www.airindia.com President...................................................Peter Horsman
Parent organisation/shareholders NACIL (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Mauritius (2.6%),
Vice President.......................................... Christian Busch
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beechcraft King Air 100
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Air India Express (100%), Air India Regional (100%) 2 x Boeing 737-200
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air Mauritius, Air
Seychelles, Austrian, British Midland International BMI,
6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
7 x DHC6-300 X
Cargojet Airways, Croatia Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Kuwait 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Airways, Lufthansa, Luxair, Singapore Airlines, South African 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Airways, SriLankan Airlines, Swiss, Turkish Airlines (THY)
Date operations started 1932
2 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2
Main base Kuujjuaq (YVP)
Y
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Air Italy [I9] (AEY)
Corso Sempione, 111, 21013 Gallarate, Italy
Tel +39 0331 211 011 Fax +39 0331 211 019
Email press@airitaly.it Website www.airitaly.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Meridiana fly (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Poland (75%)
Alliances Alitalia
Date operations started 29 May 2005
Description Provides charter lights for leading tour operators
to destinations within Europe, Brazil, the Dominican
Republic, Kenya and Madagascar. Also operates scheduled
domestic flights as part of the Meridiana fly-Air Italy group.
History Founded by former co-founder of Air Europe, Captain
Giuseppe Gentile. Launched services in May 2004 with
a charter from Turin to Budapest. Initially offered
international charter flights from Milan, Rome and Verona
to Eastern Europe. The Italian investment fund Synergo
SGR took a 40% shareholding in September 2006, but
the airline became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meridiana
fly on 14 October 2011, and part of the Meridiana fly-Air
Italy group.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Giuseppe Gentile
Commercial Director...............................Alessandro Notari
Head of Engineering..................................Christian Batello
Flight Operations Director.......................Graziano Guzzinati
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 737-400
3 x Boeing 737-700
2 x Boeing 767-200
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Turin (TRN)
Air Ivoire
Cote d’Ivoire
Alliances Air Burkina
Date operations started August 1964
Date operations ceased August 2011
Established to take over services previously operated by
French carrier TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux.
Launched services on three domestic routes. Later
introduced African regional services. Nationalised in 1976.
Suspended operations in September 1999 and was
liquidated in December 2000. Relaunched services in
March 2002 as Nouvelle Air Ivoire, dba Air Ivoire, following a
major investment by All Africa Airways. Partially privatised in
August 2008, when CFI Aérien, a division of Groupe Atlantic,
acquired a controlling interest. Fell into financial difficulties
in early 2011 and was reduced to operating only domestic
services with a single Boeing 737. Ceased operations in
late March 2011 and reported liquidated in August 2011.
A new national carrier, Air Cote d’Ivoire, is expected to
commence operations in April 2012.
Air Jamaica [JM] (AJM)
Air Jamaica Building, Norman Manley International Airport,
Kingston, Jamaica
Tel +1 876 922 3460 Fax +1 876 967 3125
Website www.airjamaica.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Caribbean Airlines
(84%), Jamaican government (16%)
Alliances LIAT
Date operations started 1 April 1969
Description Jamaican flag carrier and subsidiary of
Caribbean Airlines, operating scheduled services from
Jamaica to Baltimore, Fort Lauderdale, Nassau, New York,
Philadelphia and Toronto.
History Established as Jamaica’s national flag carrier.
Operations began with daily non-stop flights to New York
and Miami. Long-haul services to Europe were launched on
1 April 1974. The airline was partially privatised in 1994,
with the government retaining a 25% shareholding.
Implemented an extensive modernisation process after
privatisation, which included a major route expansion and
the purchase of new aircraft. This contributed to
subsequent cash flow difficulties and in July 2000 the
Jamaican government moved to alleviate the carrier’s
financial problems by increasing its shareholding to 45%.
Re-nationalised in December 2004, via a new holding
company, Air Jamaica Holdings, with the fleet and schedules
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subsequently being cut back. A possible sale to Florida-
based Spirit Airlines in the summer of 2009 proved
unsuccessful. Negotiations later that year with Caribbean
Airlines proved more successful, culminating in Air Jamaica
becoming a subsidiary of the Trinidad & Tobago-based
carrier, effective 28 April 2010. The Jamaican government
took a 16% stake in Caribbean Airlines, while its holding
company, Air Jamaica Holdings, employer of all Air Jamaica’s
staff, was closed.
Executives
Chairman..................................................Shirley Williams
General Manager...................................... William Rodgers
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Kingston (KIN)
Hubs Montego Bay (MBJ)
Air Japan [NQ] (AJX)
1-5-2 Higashi-Shinbasi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-7135, Japan
Tel +81 3 6735 5900 Fax +81 3 6735 5902
Email bunsho@ajx.ana-g.com Website www.air-japan.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders ANA Group (100%)
Alliances ANA – All Nippon Airways
Date operations started 2001
Description Low-cost subsidiary of All Nippon Airways
operating scheduled services from Tokyo and Osaka, as
well as seasonal charters to destinations in mainland China,
Guam, Hawaii, Hong Kong and South Korea, using Boeing
767-300s transferred in as required from and flown by the
parent carrier.
History ANA & JP Express, a cargo airline operating services
linking Osaka and Tokyo to Seoul in South Korea using
Boeing 767 freighter aircraft from the ANA fleet, was merged
into Air Japan in July 2010.
Executives
President & CEO.................................. Shunichi Kobayashi
Finance Director ................................... Shinichi Shinkawa
EVP Operations.......................................Yutaka Hamaoka
Main base Tokyo (HND)
Air Kasai
BP 541, Aeroport de Ndolo, Kinshasa,
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tel +243 816 581 276 Fax +243 817 499 856
Email airkasai@micronet.cd
Alliances CAA-Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
Description Swedish-owned company operating a charter
service within Africa.
History Formerly known as TAC-Transport Aérien Congo and
TAZ-Transport Aérien Zairois.
Executives
General Manager...................................... Basile Malamas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-26
1 x Hawker Siddeley Andover C.1
1 x Britten-Norman BN2A
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Kinshasa (NLO)
Air KBZ [K7] (KBZ)
33-49, Corner of Bank Street & Maha Bandoola Garden
Street, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel +95 (01) 372977~80 Email oakkartun@airkbz.com
Website www.airkbz.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kanbawza Bank (100%)
Date operations started 2 April 2011
Description Privately-owned airline operating domestic
scheduled services to 15 destinations and planning to
eventually serve international routes.
History Established by Kanbawza Bank, part of the Kanbawza
Economic Group. Plans to launch services as Air Kanbawza
in time for the 2010 peak tourist season were set back
due to delays in sourcing a suitable aircraft. Finally
launched domestic services, as Air KBZ, in April 2011.
Initially operated two routes: Yangon-Mandalay-Heho and
Yangon-Myeik.
Executives
Chief Executive.................................................Oakkar Tun
Managing Director.....................................Moe Sann Aung
Assistant General Manager..................................Myat Thu
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 72-500
Main base Yangon (RGN)
Air Kiribati [4A] (AKL)
PO Box 274, Bonriki International Airport, Bikenibeu,
Tarawa, Kiribati
Tel +686 21550 Fax +686 28216
Email airkiribati.admin@tskl.net.ki Website www.kiritours.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Kiribati
(100%)
Date operations started 1 April 1995
Description National airline of the Republic of Kiribati,
operating local passenger services within the Kiribati
Islands, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands. Also
undertakes charters, medical evacuation and search and
rescue services to isolated communities.
History Established to take over from the previous national
airline Air Tungaru. In March 2004 Air Kiribati ended its
international operations.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................... Iosabata Namakin
Fleet (orders) 1 x CASA 212-200
1 x Harbin Y12
Main base Tarawa (TRW)
Air Koryo [JS] (KOR)
Sunnan Airport, Sunnan District, Pyongyang, North Korea
Tel +850 02 18 111 999 Email iceland@korea-dpr.com
Website www.korea-dpr.com/airkoryo.htm
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of North
Korea (100%)
Date operations started 21 September 1955
Description The state airline of the Korean Democratic
People’s Republic is responsible for all civilian aviation in the
country, including the operation of all airports. Scheduled
domestic and international services are flown from
Pyongyang. The international route network includes China,
Malaysia, Russia and Thailand. Charter flights also link
Pyongyang, Paektusan and Samjiyeon with destinations in
Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and
Switzerland. Dedicated cargo flights serve destinations
including Moscow, Nagoya and Seoul.
History Formed in 1954 as Chosonminhang Korean Airways
(CAAK) through the nationalisation of SOKAO, the joint Soviet-
North Korean airline established in 1950. Adopted the Air
Koryo identity in March 1992. Became an affiliate member of
the IATA on 21 October 1996. Included on the list of air
carriers banned by the European Union between March 2006
and March 2010. On 30 March 2010 two Tupolev Tu-204
aircraft were exempted from the blacklist and the airline
became eligible to resume international services to western
Europe. Launched weekly services to Kuala Lumpur in April
2011 and Kuwait City in May 2011, although the Kuwait
service had been withdrawn by the end of the year.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer......................................... Choe Gu
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-24B
3 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Ilyushin Il-18D
1 x Ilyushin Il-18V
4 x Ilyushin Il-62M
3 x Ilyushin Il-76MD
2 x Tupolev Tu-134B
2 x Tupolev Tu-154B
1 x Tupolev Tu-204-100
1 x Tupolev Tu-204-300
Main base Pyongyang (FNJ)
Air Labrador [WJ] (LAL)
85 Dakota Drive, Building S7, Happy Valley, Goose Bay,
Newfoundland & Labrador, A0P 1C0, Canada
Tel +1 709 896 6730 Fax +1 709 753 7787
Email sales@airlabrador.com Website www.airlabrador.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Philip Earle (100%)
Alliances Air Canada
Date operations started 1948
Description Operates daily scheduled passenger and freight
services as well as charter services, offering the option of
landing in remote and off strip destinations using skis,
wheels and floats. Since 2 February 2001 Air Labrador has
been operating services between the Newfoundland cities of
St Johns and Gander as part of a codeshare agreement with
Air Canada.
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History Established as Newfoundland Airways, operating out
of Gander with float-equipped aircraft. Started with charter
work, but mail and freight deliveries were also offered to
Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1983 Provincial Investments,
owned by Roger Pike, purchased the airline and its associate
company, Labrador Aviation Services.
Executives
Chairman.........................................................Philip Earle
Chief Financial Officer..................................... Jason Wight
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
1 x Beechcraft King Air 100
6 x DHC6-300
Air Loyaute (VZR)
BP 1116, Noumea, 98845 Noumea, New Caledonia
Tel +687 25 37 09 Fax +687 25 46 62
Email contact@airloyaute.com Website www.airloyaute.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SODIL
Date operations started 1983
Description Operates on-demand passenger and cargo
charters, postal and medical evacuation services throughout
the French Pacific island chain and to surrounding islands
including Vanuatu, Norfolk, Wallis and Futuna.
History Established as Aviazur, later becoming Air Avia.
Executives
difficulties during 2000-2002. Temporarily suspended
B
services to Europe in April 2011 after both Boeing 767s
used on routes to Paris and Marseille were banned by the
European Commission due to safety concerns. European C
services resumed using wet-leased equipment.
Executives
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Chief Executive Officer.........................Hugues Ratsiferana
Chief Operations Officer........................Zaonihery Rasolofo
SVP Finance........................................ Tantely Andrianome
SVP Operations & Chief Pilot......................... José Rabenja
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300 E
1 x ATR 42-500

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Main base Goose Bay (YYR) Chief Executive Officer .........................Christian Menvielle 2 x ATR 72-500
Hubs St Johns (YYT), Sept-Iles (YZV) Operations Manager ............................. Frederic Haegelen 2 x Boeing 737-300
Fleet (orders) 3 x DHC6-300 1 x Boeing 767-300
Air Libya [7Q] (TLR) (2) x Viking Air Limited DHC6-400 3 x DHC6-300
PO Box 17791, Jamahiria Airport Road, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +218 61 442 0580 Fax +218 61 442 0581
Main base Noumea (NOU) 1 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Antananarivo (TNR)
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Email info@airlibya.ly Website www.airlibya.ly Air Macau [NX] (AMU)
Air Malawi [QM] (AML)
Date operations started 1996
Description Operates domestic flights in support of oilfield
398 Alameda Dr. Carlos D’ Assumpcao, Edificio CNAC,
13-18 Andar, Macau
Tel +853 396 6888 Fax +853 396 6866
4 Robins Road, PO Box 84, Blantyre, Malawi
Tel +265 1 820811 Fax +265 1 820042
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operations and provides locust control and agricultural
spraying services. Frequent flights link Tripoli and Benghazi. Email mpmavisc@airmacau.com.mo Email enquiries@airmalawi.com Website www.airmalawi.com
History Founded as Air Libya Tibesti. Introduced a single BAE
146-300 into service with an international charter flight on
Website www.airmacau.com.mo
Parent organisation/shareholders China National Aviation
Parent organisation/shareholders Malawi government
(100%)
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17 February 2009. Rebranded as Air Libya in 2009. Company (CNAC) (80.8%), STDM (14%), Macau government Alliances Precision Air
Executives
Chairman...........................................Mohamed Abouasaif
(5%), EVA Air (0.025%), others (0.0175%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Macau Asia Express (51%)
Date operations started 1 September 1967
Description National airline of Malawi operating scheduled J
Chief Executive Officer ...............................Emad Abdullah Alliances Air China, ANA – All Nippon Airways, Korean Air, regional passenger services linking Blantyre with
General Director ................................. Abdallah Hassouna Thai Airways International Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam, Lusaka, and Harare.
Fleet (orders) (5) x Antonov An-140
1 x BAe 146-300
Date operations started 9 November 1995
Description Carrier of Macau providing connections to 12
Domestic flights operate between Blantyre and Lilongwe.
History Established as one of three wholly-owned
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1 x Boeing 727-200 Chinese mainland destinations, together with international subsidiaries of Central African Airways Corporation (CAA) in
1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Tripoli (TIP)
services to Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
History The unique “one-plane” service across the Taiwan
1964. Following the dissolution of CAA in 1967, CAA’s three
former subsidiaries remained. In early 1992 co-operative L
Hubs Benghazi (BEN) Straits between Macau, Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei began agreements with airlines in neighbouring countries, including

in December 1995. Pure freighter service was launched in
Air Link [DR] October 2002, between Taipei and Shenzhen via Macau.
PO Box 223, Hangar 1, Dubbo Airport, Dubbo, In 2008 the introduction of direct scheduled flights between
New South Wales, 2830, Australia Mainland China and Taiwan had an adverse effect on Air
Tel +61 2 6884 2435 Fax +61 2 6882 2846
Email contact@airlinkairlines.com.au
Macau, by removing the need for all such flights to route
through either Hong Kong or Macau. In July 2009 the airline
Website www.airlinkairlines.com.au received approval for a funds injection of up to $65 million
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Air Tanzania, Air Zimbabwe and Uganda Airlines, led to
improved regional services from early 1992. Through these
arrangements services to Dubai were introduced in 1996.
In August 2008 the finance minister announced the
government’s intention to disband Air Malawi and establish
a new airline in which it would take a 51% shareholding,
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while seeking a strategic investor to take the remaining

Parent organisation/shareholders Rex – Regional
Express (100%)
Date operations started 1971
Description Regional charter subsidiary of the Rex Group
operating regular flights linking eight New South Wales
towns with Dubbo and Sydney. Pel-Air is a sister charter
carrier also owned by Rex.
History Established as an aircraft charter operation, the
company was acquired by David and Barbara Miller in 1989.
Regular regional airline services commenced in 1991. On 30
November 2005 Regional Express Holdings acquired all the
shares in Air Link, which continues operating independently.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................David Miller
VP Finance.......................................................... Irwin Tan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
3 x Cessna C310R
4 x Piper PA-31-300
1 x Piper PA-39-100
Main base Dubbo (DBO)
Air Link International Airways
Air Link Building, Domestic Road, 1300 Pasay City,
Philippines
from its shareholders, in an effort to maintain operations.
In December 2009 a further cash injection of $20 million
raised CNAC’s stake in the carrier to around 80%.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ............................... Zhao Xiaohang
VP Finance ........................................................Xu Yu Lan
VP Commercial .............................................Yang Jianhua
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Airbus A320-200
4 x Airbus A321-100
3 x Airbus A321-200
Main base Macau (MFM)
Air Madagascar [MD] (MDG)
31 Avenue de l'Indépendance, Analakely, 101
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Tel +261 20 22 222 22 Fax +261 20 22 337 60
Website www.airmadagascar.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Malagasy government
(90.6%), privately held (4.46%), Air France (3.17%),
employees (0.76%), others (1.01%)
Alliances Air France, Thai Airways International
Date operations started 14 October 1962
Description National carrier operating domestic services and
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shares. Plans announced by the government in June 2009
to sell a 49% stake in the flag carrier to South African carrier
Comair subsequently fell through, leaving Air Malawi to seek
a strategic partnership with another carrier. In mid-2010 the
airline held talks with Air Zambezi (Tanzania), but no
partnership deal had been announced by the end of 2010.
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Executives
Chairman...................................................... Brian Bowler
Chief Executive Officer ............................ Patrick Chilambe Q
Financial Director.......................................George Chikuse
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Main base Blantyre (BLZ)
Hubs Lilongwe (LLW)
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Air Mali [I5] (CMM)
Immeuble Tomata, Avenue Cheik Zayed, PO Box 2286, S
Hamdaleya, Bamako, Mali
Tel +223 20 22 24 24 Fax +223 222 71 11
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Email bamako@air-mali.com Website www.air-mali.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aga Khan Fund for
Economic Development (51%), Agora Mali (21.66%),
government of Mali (20%), private Malian investors (7.34%)
Alliances Aigle Azur Transports Aériens, Air Burkina U
Date operations started 16 June 2005

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Email airlink@pacific.net.ph linking the island of Madagascar with neighbouring African Description Operates regional services within West Africa,
Date operations started 1984 and Indian Ocean destinations. Also serves destinations in linking Mali with Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Ghana,
Description Undertakes charter services and also operates the Far East and South Africa. Due to EU safety concerns, Nigeria, Gabon, and Congo.
a flying school with small aircraft. European services are operated using wet-leased aircraft. History Established as Compagnie Aérienne du Mali (CAM),
Executives
President & General Manager................. Geronimo Amurao
History Traces its origins back to the foundation of Madair in
1947. A new company, retaining the Madair brand, was
part of Group Celestair, by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic
Development (AKFED). AKFED took a majority 94%
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Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech Baron 55 created through a joint venture between Madair, the shareholding, while the government of Mali took a minority
1 x Beech Queen Air 65
1 x Beech Travel Air 95
government of the newly-formed Malagasy Republic and Air
France. Launched services between Tananarive and Paris on
2% stake in the carrier. The balance of shares was taken by
local investors. CAM launched services with a wet-leased X
1 x Cessna C210C 20 October 1961, using an aircraft operated by French carrier Bombardier Dash 8-100. Jet services to Paris were
1 x Cessna C414 TAI. Rebranded as Air Madagascar in 1962. Launched introduced in March 2006 in conjunction with Group
1 x NAMC YS11A
Main base Manila (MNL)
international services in its own right in October 1962.
Restructured in 2003, after falling into severe financial
Celestair. Shareholding redistributed and airline rebranded
as Air Mali on 15 May 2009.
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Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................ Abderahman Berthe
Flight Operations Director ..................................Yaya Toure
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-200
4 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Bamako (BKO)
Air Malta [KM] (AMC)
Head Office, Vjal I-Avjazzjoni, Luqa, LQA 902, Malta
Tel +356 22 99 90 00 Fax +356 21 67 32 41
Email info@airmalta.com Website www.airmalta.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Maltese government
(98%), private companies (2%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Medavia (25%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Austrian, British Midland
International, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech
Airlines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, LOT Polish Airlines,
Lufthansa, Luxair, Meridiana fly, S7 Airlines, Swiss, Turkish
Airlines, Vladivostok Air
Date operations started April 1974
Description National flag carrier serving around 50
destinations in Europe, north Africa and eastern
Mediterranean.
History Founded by the Maltese government. Began
operations with two wet-leased Boeing 720B aircraft. A joint
venture with Italian interests created Azzurra Air, a new
regional carrier based in Bergamo, in December 1995, but
the airline ceased operation in March 2004. Air Malta has
diversified through investments within the tourist industry.
Executives
Chairman.....................................................Sonny Portelli
Chief Executive Officer....................................Peter Davies
Chief Financial Officer .............................. Nicholas Xuereb
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A319-100
6 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Malta MLA
Hubs Birmingham (BHM), Bristol (BRS)
Air Manas [M2] (MBB)
Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Alliances Kyrgyzstan
Description Operates scheduled and charter services,
domestically and internationally. Also operates aircraft on
behalf of the president of the Kyrgyz Republic.
History Created in late 2006 as the private airline of the
president of Kyrgyzstan. Initially operated a single Tupolev
Tu-154M donated by Russia. From November 2009, the
airline began limited passenger services using an Airbus
A320 wet-leased from Donbassaero. Banned from operating
in the EU after a ban on all Kyrgyz carriers since December
2003. Regular passenger services between Osh and
Moscow Domodedovo launched January 2010.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Air Mandalay [6T] (AMY)
146 Dhammazedi Road, Bahan Township, 11201 Yangon,
Myanmar
Tel +95 1 501520 Fax +95 1 525937
Email info@airmandalay.com Website www.airmandalay.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Mandalay Holdings
(Singapore) (51%), Myanma Airways, Premier Airlines
(Malaysia)
Date operations started 18 October 1994
Description Regional airline operating domestic schedules,
and international charter flights to neighbouring countries.
History Established as a joint venture between Air Mandalay
Holdings and Myanmar Airways and inaugurated operations
with a flight from Yangon to Mandalay. Launched its first
international service, to Chiang Mai in Thailand, in August
1995. The route was temporarily suspended in 1999,
reinstated shortly thereafter and finally suspended in
June 2008. Suspended all domestic services on 22 July
2010 when its only active aircraft required scheduled
maintenance. Resumed services in late September
2010 with two ATR72s.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Thura Win Myint
Chief Executive Officer & COO................. Major Selvakumar
Finance Manager ........................................... Win Win Yee
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Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
2 x ATR 72-200
Main base Yangon (RGN)
Air Marshall Islands [CW] (MRS)
PO Box 1319, Majuro, MH 96960, Marshall Islands
Tel +692 625 3731 Fax +692 625 3730
Email amisales@ntamar.com
Website www.airmarshallislands.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of the
Marshall Islands (100%)
Description Flag carrier of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands and designated the official flag carrier of the
government of Tuvalu. Operates scheduled inter-island
flights which provide regular weekly services to many of the
Republic’s atolls and islands.
History Formed as the Airline of the Marshall Islands and
adopted its present title in 1989.
Executives
Chairman & CEO.....................................Michael Konelius
Chief Financial Officer....................................Victon Balico
General Manager..............................................Bill Capelle
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Majuro (MAJ)
Air Mauritius [MK] (MAU)
PO Box 441, Air Mauritius Centre, 5 President John
Kennedy Street, Port Louis, Mauritius
Tel +230 207 7070 Fax +230 208 8331
Email contact@airmauritius.com Website www.airmauritius.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Mauritius Holding
(51%), government of Mauritius (8.37%), Air France (2.78%),
Air India (2.6%), others (35.25%)
Alliances Air Austral, Air France, Air India, Emirates, Kenya
Airways, Malaysia Airlines, South African Airways
Date operations started August 1972
Description National carrier, serving over 25 destinations
in the Indian Ocean, South and East Africa, India, Australia,
the Middle and Far East and western Europe.
History Founded as an airline handling agent for BOAC and
Air France. Commenced airline operations with assistance
from both European carriers. Launched regular services on
13 September 1972, between Port Louis and the sister-
island of Rodrigues, using a leased Piper Navajo. Introduced
Twin Otters on all inter-island services from 1979. Wet-
leased a Boeing 707 from British Airtours to introduce
international services in October 1977. Launched its IPO in
November 1994, offering 20% of its shares on the stock
exchange of Mauritius. Major corporate restructuring
programme undertaken in March 2002.
Employees total 2,352
Executives
Chairman ............................................... Kamal Taposeea
Chief Executive Officer...................................Andre Viljoen
EVP Flight Operations.........................Pramil Banymandhub
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Airbus A330-200
6 x Airbus A340-300
2 x ATR 72-500
Main base Mauritius (MRU)
Air Mediterranee [ML] (BIE)
25, rue du Luxembourg, 31410 Le Fauga, 65290, France
Tel +33 5 34 48 20 00 Fax +33 5 34 48 20 20
Email operations@air-mediterranee.fr
Website www.air-mediterranee.fr
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates short and medium-haul passenger
charters and subcharters. Also offers low-cost flights to
destinations in and around the Mediterranean, and operates
IT charter flights in conjunction with leading tour operators.
ACMI leasing services and cargo flights are also offered.
History Established at La Fauga, south of Toulouse.
Employees total 410
Executives
General Director.........................................Antoine Ferretti
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A321-100
3 x Airbus A321-200
1 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Tarbes-Lourdes (LDE)
Air Mekong [P8] (MKG)
No 3 Village 7, An Thoi Town, Phu Quoc, Vietnam
Tel +84 4 3719 3399 Email vutt@airmekong.vn
Website www.airmekong.vn
Parent organisation/shareholders Skywest Airlines (30%),
others (70%)
Date operations started 9 October 2010
Description Operates domestic services from Ho Chi Minh
City and Hanoi to Buon Me Thuot, Con Dao, Da Lat, Da Nang,
Phu Quoc, Pleiku, Qui Nhon and Vinh City. Eventually plans to
expand into regional and international services.
History Established as a joint venture between local interests
and US corporation, SkyWest, parent of Atlantic Southeast
Airlines and SkyWest Airlines.
Executives
Senior Manager........................................Truong Thanh Vu
Fleet (orders) 4 x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Hanoi (HAN), Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Air Memphis [M1] (MHS)
6 Ahmed Lofty Street, Elnozha Elgedida, Heliopolis,
Cairo, 11769, Egypt
Tel +20 2 624 8822 Fax +20 2 624 8893
Email headquarter@airmemphis.com.eg
Website www.air-memphis.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Date operations started March 1996
Description Operates charter services, domestically and
worldwide. Flights on behalf of tour operators connect
Egypt’s resorts with cities in several European countries.
Subcharters, private and VIP flights are also operated.
Executives
Chairman........................................................Hamdy Eisa
General Director.........................................Ezz Eldin Saied
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Douglas DC-9-30
2 x Fokker 50
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Cairo (CAI)
Hubs Aswan (ASW)
Air Mikisew [V8]
Fort McMurray, Canada
Date operations started 1961
Date operations ceased 2010
Operated scheduled passenger services in the Fort
McMurray/Fort Chipewyan region, together with hunting and
fishing trips in Canada’s North, and fire fighting. The airline
was found to be in violation of the Canada Transportation
Act and its licence was revoked on 22 July 2011.
Air Moldova [9U] (MLD)
80/2 Dachia, 2026 Chisinau, Moldova
Tel +373 22 52 55 02 Fax +373 22 52 60 09
Email info@airmoldova.md Website www.airmoldova.md
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic of Moldova
(100%)
Alliances Austrian, China Airlines, Cirrus Airlines, Lufthansa,
Meridiana fly, Rossiya, Tarom
Date operations started May 1992
Description Flag carrier of the Republic of Moldova
operating scheduled services from Chisinau to almost
20 regional and international destinations in Europe and
the Middle East. Charter flights and all-cargo services
are also operated.
History Traces its origins back to the creation of an Aeroflot
division at Chisinau in September 1944. Established as the
State airline company after Moldovan independence from the
former Soviet Union in 1991. Air Moldova launched
international services with Tupolev Tu-134s between Chisinau
and Frankfurt in May 1992. Operated as a joint-stock company
between June 2000 and August 2002, also becoming a joint
venture with a sister carrier, Air Moldova International. Taken
back into full state ownership in August 2002.
Executives
Director General..........................................Iulian Scorpan
Head of Operations................................... Adrian Boldesco
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Embraer 190-100LR
Main base Chisinau (KIV)
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BP 6019, 98702 Faa’a, French Polynesia
Tel +689 864 262 Fax +689 864 269
Email direction@airmoorea.pf Website www.airmoorea.pf C
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Tahiti (100%)
Alliances Air Tahiti
Date operations started September 1968
Description Part of the Air Tahiti Group, operating charter
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flights throughout Polynesia. Other services flown in
conjunction with Air Tahiti.
History Formed by a local businessman in 1968 as Air Tahiti. E
Operated high-frequency passenger and cargo schedules

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between Moorea and the neighbouring island of Tahiti, 11
miles away. On 1 November 2010, all scheduled services
were discontinued.
Executives
Chairman..................................................Marcel Galenon
Chief Executive Officer............................... Olivier Hamonic
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Fleet (orders) 2 x DHC6-300

RIchard Vandervord
(2) x Viking Air Limited DHC6-400
Main base Papeete (PPT)

Air Namibia [SW] (NMB)

PO Box 731, Trans Namib Building, Bahnhofstreet,
Windhoek, 9000, Namibia
Tel +264 61 299 6000 Fax +264 61 299 6009
Email HKIA.dutymgr@airnamibia.aero
Website www.airnamibia.com.na
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Namibia (100%)
Alliances TAAG Angola Airlines
Date operations started 1948
Description National airline of Namibia operating scheduled
domestic, regional and international passenger and freight
services from its Windhoek hub. Long-haul flights serve
Frankfurt, while regional routes serve seven destinations in
Air New Zealand’s fleet includes five Boeing 777-300s
Air Nelson (RLK)
Private Bag 32, Nelson, 7030, New Zealand
Tel +64 3 547 8700 Fax +64 3 547 8788
Email info@airnz.co.nz Website www.airnelson.co.nz
Parent organisation/shareholders Air New Zealand (100%)
Date operations started 1979
Description Regional carrier operating services on provincial
routes under the Air New Zealand Link brand.
History Founded by Robert Inglis and Nicki Smith, the carrier
was sold to Air New Zealand.
Executives
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New Zealand Stock Exchange. ANZ purchased TNT’s 50%
holding in Ansett Australia in 1996, acquiring the remaining
50% in 2000 In May 1999, Brierley Investments increased J
its ANZ shareholding to 47%. In April 2000, Singapore
Airlines purchased a 16.7% stake in ANZ from Brierley,
bringing its stake in the carrier to 25%. In June 2000, Ansett
Australia became a wholly-owned subsidiary of ANZ. During
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2001, and following the heavy losses and subsequent
collapse of its Ansett subsidiary, combined with ANZ’s poor
financial performance, the New Zealand government L
announced a New Zealand dollar (NZ$) 885 million ($707

Angola, Botswana, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia and
Zimbabwe. Domestic services link Windhoek with five
destinations.
History Established as South West Air Transport, the carrier
was renamed South West Airways in 1959. South West
merged with Namib Air in 1978, retaining the Namib Air title.
The airline was appointed national carrier in 1987, and
following independence from South Africa changed its name
again, this time to Air Namibia, in October 1991. In April
2009 Air Namibia announced major cutbacks in the face
of the global economic slowdown. These included the
withdrawal of the service to London in June 2009 and
a scaling down of domestic services.
Executives
Managing Director......................................Theo Namasas
Finance Manager................................... Michael Ngapurue
GM Technical & Operations......................Jonas Sheelongo
Fleet (orders) 2 (2) x Airbus A319-100
2 x Airbus A340-300
2 x Beech 1900D
2 x Boeing 737-500
3 x Embraer ERJ-135ER
Main base Windhoek WDH
Hubs Windhoek (ERS)
Managing Director ............................................Grant Kerr
Finance Manager.............................................Barry Goble
Fleet (orders) 23 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Nelson NSN
Hubs Auckland (AKL), New Plymouth (NPL), Nelson (NSN),
Tauranga (TRG)
Air New Zealand [NZ] (ANZ)
185 Fanshawe Street, Private Bag 92007, Auckland,
1142, New Zealand
Tel +64 9 366 2400 Fax +64 9 336 2401
Website www.airnewzealand.co.nz
Parent organisation/shareholders New Zealand
(73.72%), publicly traded (26.28%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Virgin Australia
(19.99%), Air Pacific (1.94%), Eagle Airways (100%), Air
Nelson (100%), Mount Cook Airline (100%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air Pacific, Air Rarotonga, Air Tahiti
Nui, Air Vanuatu, AirCalin, Cargojet Airways, Etihad Airways,
Frontier Airlines, Japan Airlines, Luxair, Skywest Airlines,
Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia
Date operations started 30 April 1940
Description New Zealand’s flagship carrier, serving over 25
domestic, six Australian and more than a dozen Pacific
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million) rescue package, taking an 83% shareholding in ANZ.
After the recapitalisation, Singapore Airlines stake had been
diluted to 6.3%, and was disposed of in October 2004.
Alliance talks during 2002-2004 and the planned Tasman
Networks Agreement with Qantas were finally abandoned
after the competition authorities in both countries refused to
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allow it. After being announced in May 2010, a new initiative
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to form a Tasman alliance, this time with Virgin Blue, was
more successful, gaining ministerial approval in December
2010. In January 2011 ANZ announced the purchase of
between 10 and 14.99% of Virgin Blue, although the carrier
stated it had no interest in taking over the Australian carrier.
Employees total 10,861
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Executives
Chairman....................................................... John Palmer
Chief Executive Officer......................................... Rob Fyfe Q
Chief Financial Officer............................. Robert McDonald
GM Operations & Chief Pilot..........................David Morgan
Fleet (orders) 16 (10) x Airbus A320-200
(7) x ATR 72-600
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13 x Boeing 737-300
3 x Boeing 747-400
5 x Boeing 767-300 S
8 x Boeing 777-200

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Island destinations, together with long-haul flights to 5 x Boeing 777-300
Air National (JPS) Honolulu, London, Los Angeles, Osaka, Shanghai, Tokyo and (8) x Boeing 787-9
New Zealand Vancouver. Domestic services link Auckland with four major Main base Auckland (AKL)
Date operations started 1990 cities and connect with Air New Zealand link services to Hubs Los Angeles (LAX)
Date operations ceased 10 March 2011
Founded in 1989 as Menzies Aviation in Melbourne and
more than 20 others, operated by Mount Cook Airlines,
Air Nelson and Eagle Airways. Air New Zealand Link U
Auckland. Relocated to Auckland International Airport and History Founded by the governments of New Zealand, New Zealand

renamed Air National Corporate in 1992. Operations in
support of scheduled regional airline services were
introduced in 1993. Launched scheduled services for Ansett
New Zealand in 1997. Introduced domestic Part 121 charter
services in 2001. Began operating for Air New Zealand Link
in January 2006, with services from Auckland to Kaitaia,
followed services linking Christchurch to Oamaru and
Hokitika, in August 2006. Operations were suspended by
the NZCAA due to safety concerns on 28 January 2011.
The suspension was extended twice, before, on 10 March
2011, the airline notified the NZCAA that it was voluntarily
ceasing operations and requested that its air operator’s
certificate be cancelled. The AOC was revoked immediately.
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Australia and the UK as Tasman Empire Airways Ltd (TEAL).
Launched operations in April 1940, with Shorts flying boat
services across the Tasman Sea to Australia and the South
Pacific Islands. In 1947 the New Zealand government
launched New Zealand National Airways Corporation
(NZNAC) to begin domestic and regional services to the
South Pacific Islands. Became wholly-owned by the New
Zealand government in 1961 and was rebranded as Air New
Zealand (ANZ) on 1 April 1965. The first jets, Douglas DC8-
50s, were ordered shortly thereafter. New Zealand National
Airways Corporation (NZNAC – founded in 1947) and its
subsidiary Safe Air were taken over on 1 April 1978. In
October 1989, ANZ was privatised with shares listed on the
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Description Brand name for operations provided by wholly-
owned subsidiaries of Air New Zealand, Air Nelson, Eagle
Airways and Mount Cook Airlines. See separate entries.
Air Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua
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Description Start-up airline planning to launch international
scheduled passenger services from Managua to Caracas,
Havana and Mexico City. X
History Established in February 2011 to operate international
scheduled passenger services from Managua to Caracas,
Havana and Mexico City as the new national carrier. An
extension of services to Europe was also planned through
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an agreement with Blue Panorama Airlines of Italy. Originally
intended to launch services with Boeing 737-200 aircraft
in July and then October 2011, but operations had not
started by March 2012. The airline’s co-ordinator is
Adolfo Membreno.
Main base Managua (MGA)
Air Nigeria [VK] (ANP)
9th Floor, Etiebets Place, 21, Mobolaji Bank-Anthony Way,
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel +234 1 271000 Website www.myairnigeria.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Nigerian Institutional
Investors (51%), Nicon Group (49%)
Alliances Delta Air Lines, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways
Date operations started 28 June 2005
Description Operates regional services to destinations in
west Africa, together with a domestic network which links
Lagos with five other cities.
History The Nigerian government and Virgin Atlantic signed an
agreement on 28 September 2004 to establish a new airline
for Nigeria, to be called Virgin Nigeria. International services
to London were introduced in June 2005. Virgin Nigeria
announced its withdrawal from long-haul international
services in January 2009 in the face of greatly increased
competition. On 17 September 2009 the airline announced
its rebranding as Nigerian Eagle Airlines. The airline
rebranded again, becoming Air Nigeria on 2 June 2010,
following divestment by Virgin Atlantic, which was replaced as
major shareholder by Jimoh Ibrahim’s Nicon Group.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Jimoh Ibrahim
Chief Executive Officer .............................. Kinfe Kahssaye
Executive Director Finance..............................Stephen Ojo
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
2 (8) x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Lagos (LOS)
Air Nippon [EL] (ANK)
5 Shiodome City Center, 2-Chome Higashi-Shinbashi,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-7137, Japan
Tel +81 3 6735 5411
Parent organisation/shareholders ANA Group (100%)
Date operations started 10 October 1974
Description Regional subsidiary of ANA All Nippon, operating
scheduled services from Tokyo Haneda in support of ANA’s
domestic services. Domestic services reach many isolated
islands, while regional routes include destinations in China
and Taiwan.
History Formed as Nihon Kinkyori Airways by Japan Air Lines,
All Nippon Airways and TOA Domestic. Rebranded as Air
Nippon in 1987. Wholly-owned subsidiary airline Air Nippon
Network (also known as A-Net), which operated turboprop
feeder services, was rebranded as ANA Wings on 1 October
2010 after absorbing two other ANA subsidiaries. Parent ANA
All Nippon agreed on 25 November 2011 to a merger, which
would acquire and absorb Air Nippon/ANK on 1 April 2012,
after which both subsidiary brands would be discontinued.
Executives
President................................................Kouichi Uchizono
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-500
16 x Boeing 737-700
17 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Tokyo HND
Hubs Sapporo (CTS)
Air Niugini [PX] (ANG)
PO Box 7186, Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Tel +675 325 9000 Fax +675 327 3482
Email airniugini@airniugini.com.pg
Website www.airniugini.com.pg
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Papua
New Giunea (100%)
Alliances Qantas, Solomon Airlines
Date operations started 1 November 1973
Description National airline of Papua New Guinea, operating
a network linking Port Moresby and Lae with over 20
domestic destinations. International routes serves cities in
Australia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore and the Solomons.
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History Established as the national airline with the
government holding 60% of the shares, while the balance
was held by Australian carriers Ansett, Qantas and TAA. The
government bought out Qantas and TAA in 1976, and Ansett
in 1980. International services were launched in February
1976. The acquisition of Ansett’s shares in 1980 made the
airline wholly government-owned.
Executives
Chairman......................................................... Jim Tjoeng
Chief Executive Officer...................... Wasantha Kumarasiri
General Manager Finance...........................Phillip Williams
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-300
(2) x Boeing 787-8
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
6 x Fokker 100
Main base Port Moresby (POM)
Hubs Lae (LAE)
Air North [4N] (ANT)
150 Condor Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Y1A 6E6,
Canada
Tel +1 867 668 2228 Fax +1 867 393 4601
Email office@flyairnorth.com Website www.flyairnorth.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Joseph T Sparling
(51%), Vuntut Development Corporation (49%)
Alliances Cargojet Airways
Date operations started 1977
Description Operates scheduled and charter services
throughout the Yukon and Northwest Territories, with
extensions to Alberta, British Columbia and Fairbanks, Alaska.
History Air North’s operations have grown in step with the
needs of passengers travelling to, from and within the
Yukon Territory.
Executives
President..................................................Joseph Sparling
Chief Financial Officer..............................Bruce Demchuck
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 737-400
1 x Boeing 737-500
4 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2
Main base Whitehorse (YXY)
Air Norway [M3] (NFA)
Fosen Næringshage, 7130 Brekstad, Orland, Norway
Tel +47 9242 2746 Fax +47 7252 2795
Email orland.lufthavn@flylink.no Website www.airnorway.no
Description Provides a small network linking Orland with
Oslo, and Oslo with Aalborg in Denmark. Flights are operated
by North Flying.
Executives
Managing Director ................................... Snorre Hvitsand
Main base Orland (OLA)
Air Nostrum [YW] (ANS)
Avda. Comarques del Pais Valencia 2, Zona Servicio,
Aeropuerto de Valencia, Quart de Poblet, 46930 Valencia,
Spain
Tel +34 96 196 0200 Fax +34 96 196 0287
Email direccion@airnostrum.es Website www.airnostrum.es
Parent organisation/shareholders Nefinsa SA (76.8%),
Caja Duero (22.2%), others (1%)
Alliances Iberia
Date operations started December 1994
Description Operates as an Iberia regional partner providing
a network of domestic and international routes to over 50
destinations. The airline also provides charter flights.
History Founded as Lineas Aéreas del Mediterraneo/Air
Nostrum at Valencia. In May 1997 Air Nostrum signed an
agreement with Iberia to become an Iberia franchise. Air
Nostrum acquired Iberia subsidiary Binter Mediterraneo
and absorbed its operations. Following Iberia’s merger with
Aviaco in 1999, additional domestic and international routes
were taken over by Air Nostrum. Air Nostrum acquired Dutch
carrier Denim Air in 1999 but disposed of its interest in the
company in 2002.
Executives
President.................................................. Javier Seratosa
Chief Executive Officer.............................Carlos Bertomeu
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 72-500
(10) x ATR 72-600
10 (25) x Bombardier CRJ-1000
32 x Bombardier CRJ-200
11 x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Valencia (VLC)
Hubs Barcelona (BCN)
Air Nunavut (BFF)
PO Box 1239, Iqaluit, Northwest Territories, X0A 0H0,
Canada
Tel +1 867 979 4018 Fax +1 867 979 4318
Email airnuna@nunanet.com
Date operations started 1989
Description Local and Inuit-owned air carrier in the eastern
Arctic providing medevac and charter services throughout
Canada’s Arctic, Northern Quebec and Greenland.
Scheduled services are also provided in the Baffin region.
History Established as a charter air service under the name
of Air Baffin. Its scheduled service was inaugurated in
May 1992.
Executives
Chairman President & CEO............................ Jeff Mahoney
Chief Financial Officer........................................ Judy Allen
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beechcraft King Air 200
2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 1
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 1
Main base Iqaluit (YFB)
Air One [AP] (ADH)
Piazza Almerico da Schio, Pal RPU, Fiumicino, 00054
Rome, Italy
Website www.flyairone.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Alitalia (100%)
Alliances Air France, Alitalia
Date operations started 14 April 2010
Description Alitalia’s “smart carrier” (low cost brand)
operating domestic and international services from hubs
at Milan Malpensa, Pisa and Venice, serving 13 domestic
and 21 international destinations going as far north as
St Petersburg.
History Established in Pescara as Aliadriatica, providing
air-taxi services as well as operating a flying school.
Regional services were soon offered as the company
thrived and in 1988 civil engineering concern Gruppo Toto
acquired a 99.77% holding through its subsidiary company
AP Holding. Scheduled and charter services were
introduced in July 1994. In November 1995 Aliadriatica
re-branded as Air One. The flying operations of Fortune
Aviation were taken over in March 1997. Following the sale
of Alitalia to the CAI consortium, Air One was acquired
outright by the new CAI-owned Alitalia on 31 December
2008 for €300 million, and was merged on 13 January
2009. On 14 April 2010, Air One was repositioned as
Alitalia’s low-cost partner on both domestic and regional
routes. On 1 July 2011, services were launched from a
new base at Pisa.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................... Carlo Toto
Chief Financial Officer................................Domenico Lellis
Chief Operations Officer................................ Nicola Ruccia
Director General........................................... Lino Bergonzi
Main base Milan MXP, Fiumicino FCO
Hubs Pisa (PSA), Venice (VCE)
Air Onix Airlines
9A, Trenoyova Street, Simferopol, 95034, Ukraine
Tel +380 652 255 208 Fax +380 652 255 208
Email info@aironix.ua Website www.aironix.ua
Parent organisation/shareholders Igor Melnik (80%),
Crimea Didactic (10%), Onix Group (10%)
Description Start-up airline which is planning to launch
scheduled passenger services from Simferopol to Kiev, Lvov,
Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as charter flights, from
March 2012.
History First registered in Simferopol in 2007.
Main base Simferopol (SIP)
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Air Pacific [FJ] (FJI) Air Rarotonga [GZ] (RAR) Air Signature
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PO Box 9266, Nadi Airport, Suva, Fiji PO Box 79, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Calle 6, no.66-79, Hangar 53, Mediellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Tel +679 6 720 777 Fax +679 6 720 512
Email corporate@airpacific.com.fj Website www.airpacific.com
Tel +682 22888 Fax +682 20979
Email admin@airraro.co.ck Website www.airraro.com
Tel +57 4 352 9675 Email gerencia@airsignature.com
Website www.airsignature.com C
Parent organisation/shareholders Fiji government (51%), Parent organisation/shareholders Tripartite private Description Proposed executive and charter operator.
Main base Medellin (EOH)
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Qantas (46.3%), Air New Zealand (1.94%), government of ownership (100%)
Kiribati (0.27%), government of Tonga (0.27%), government of Alliances Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti
Samoa (0.12%), government of Nauru (0.08%), others (0.02%) Date operations started July 1978 Air South
Alliances Air New Zealand, Air Vanuatu, Alaska Airlines, Description Provides inter-island scheduled flights PO Box 31, Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia
American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Frontier Airlines, Jetstar,
Qantas, S7 Airlines, Solomon Airlines
throughout the Cook Islands, serving Rarotonga, Aitutaki,
Atiu, Mitiaro, Mauke, Mangaia, Penrhyn, Manihiki and
5950, Australia
Tel +61 8 8234 3244 Fax +61 8 8234 4033 E
Date operations started July 1951 Pukapuka. On-demand air charter services are also Email adelaide@airsouth.com.au Website www.airsouth.com.au

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Description Flag carrier of Fiji, operating domestic flights provided to neighbouring Pacific islands including Tahiti, Date operations started 1993
between Nadi and Suva and international services linking Fiji Niue, Tonga and Samoa. Scenic flights over the island Description Provides a charter service for passengers and
with other South Pacific islands, including Kiribati, Samoa, the of Rarotonga are operated daily and the airline also freight throughout Australia, together with aerial work and
Solomons, Tonga and Vanuatu, as well as three destinations offers tours to outlying islands. Charter flights are flight training.
each in Australia and New Zealand. Long-haul flights operated
to Honolulu, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Vancouver.
additionally operated.
History Privately-owned company which commenced
Executives
Managing Director........................................... Dale Elliott
G
History The airline was founded by Australian aviator Harold operations with a five-passenger Cessna twin. Launched Fleet 1 x Beechcraft 1900
Gatty as Katafaga Estates and began operations as Fiji Air.
The company was subsequently reorganised by BOAC,
charter services to Niue in April 1999.
Executives
1 x Beechcraft Super King Air 200
1 x Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante H
Qantas and TEAL. The Air Pacific brand was adopted in Managing Director...........................................Ewan Smith Main base Adelaide (ADL)
1971, with Qantas taking a 10% share, which increased in Financial Controller......................................Kerry O'Meara
two steps to over 46% by 1998. Local competitor Sun
Airways (founded in 1980 as Sunflower Airlines, now trading
Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer EMB-110P
1 x Saab 340A
Air Southwest [SZ] (WOW)
UK
I
as Pacific Sun Airways) was acquired on 1 February 2007. Main base Rarotonga (RAR) Alliances Eastern Airways
Executives
Chairman......................................................... Nalin Patel Air Saint-Pierre [PJ] (SPM)
Date operations started 26 October 2003
Date operations ceased 30 September 2011 J
Chief Executive Officer & MD..........................Dave Pflieger PO Box 4225, 18 Rue Albert Briand, 97500 St Pierre, Established as Mid South Aviation by Sutton Harbour Holdings.
Executive GM Corporate Support & Company Secretary...... St. Pierre and Miquelon Started operations in 2003 by taking over British Airways
Josephine Yee Joy
Fleet (orders) (3) x Airbus A330-200
Tel +508 41 0000 Fax +508 41 0002
Email contact@airsaintpierre.com
services from Plymouth and Newquay to London Gatwick.
Subsequently developed a low fares network offering flights
K
1 x Boeing 737-700 Website www.airsaintpierre.com from Plymouth, Newquay, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester and
3 x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 747-400
Parent organisation/shareholders Briand family (100%)
Date operations started 1964
Aberdeen to UK and Irish destinations including Cork, Dublin,
Jersey, and Guernsey. Eastern Airways acquired the airline in L
Main base Nadi (NAN) Description Operates scheduled services linking the September 2010. Ceased flying from Newquay and Plymouth

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St Pierre and Miquelon Islands off the Newfoundland to London Gatwick on 1 February 2011. In July 2011 the
Air Panama (PST) coast with mainland Canada. airline announced that all Air Southwest-branded flights
Aeropuerto Marcos A. Gelabert, Main Office, Albrook, History Established as a limited company on 6 March 1964 would cease on 30 September 2011.
Panama City, Panama by the Briand family.
Tel +507 316 9000 Fax +507 316 9021
Email info@flyairpanama.com Website www.flyairpanama.com
Executives
President...................................................... Remy Briand
Air Sunshine [YI] (RSI)
PO Box 22237, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33335, USA
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Parent organisation/shareholders PARSA S.A. (100%) General Manager......................................Loic Detcheverry Tel +1 954 434 8900 Fax +1 954 359 8229

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Date operations started 1980 Operations Director..................................Georges Bartlett Email email@airsunshine.com Website www.airsunshine.com
Description Provides comprehensive scheduled passenger Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-500 Date operations started 1982
service to over 20 domestic destinations, with extensions 1 x Reims F406 Description Provides scheduled and charter services from
from David and Bocas del Toro to San Jose, Costa Rica. Main base Saint Pierre (FSP) Fort Lauderdale to other points in Florida, and to the
History Established by Parsa as Turismo Aéreo in 1980.
Rebranded as Air Panama in 2005. Air Seychelles [HM] (SEY)
Bahamas, Cuba (Guantanamo Bay), Dominican Republic,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands and the
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Executives PO Box 386, International Airport, Mahé, Seychelles US Virgin Islands.
Chief Executive Officer..................................George Novey
Finance Manager......................................... Rafael Endara
Tel +248 4 391 000 Fax +248 4 324 194
Email info@airseychelles.com Website www.airseychelles.com
Executives
CFO & General Manager...................................... Moe Adili Q
General Manager........................................ Eduardo Stagg Parent organisation/shareholders Seychelles government Fleet (orders) 7 x Cessna C402C
Fleet (orders) 6 x Britten-Norman BN-2A (100%) 1 x Embraer EMB-110P
1 x Cessna C182J
1 x Cessna CE208
Alliances Air France, Air India, Etihad Airways
Date operations started September 1978
1 x Saab 340A
Main base Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
R
2 x DHC6-300 Description National airline of the Seychelles providing
1 x Fokker F-27-400
3 x Fokker F-27-500
regular scheduled domestic inter-island services, as
well as international services to Johannesburg and
Air Sweden (SNX)
Soderbyvagen 1, PO Box 85, Arlandastad, S
2 x Fokker 50 Mauritius. 190 45 Stockholm, Sweden
History Founded as Seychelles Airlines when the government Tel +46 8 5000 96 00 Fax +46 8 411 85 51
T
2 x Fokker 70
6 x Britten-Norman BN2A nationalised the existing carriers Air Mahé (established Email Customerservices@airsweden.net
1 x Britten-Norman BN2B 1972) and Inter Island Airways (established 1976). The Website www.airsweden.net
1 x Piper PA-34-200T airline was rebranded as Air Seychelles in September 1978. Date operations started 4 February 2010
2 x Saab 340B
Main base Panama City (PFN)
Weekly international services to London and Frankfurt
were introduced in November 1983, using chartered
Description Charter and wet-lease specialist operating from
Stockholm Arlanda. U
British Caledonian DC-10 aircraft. Discontinued services History Established as a successor to Nordic Airways, which
Air Post
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to London, Milan and Rome in January 2012, and Paris was forced to suspend operations in October 2009 after its air
Auckland Airport, PO Box 201064, Auckland, New Zealand in March 2012. operator’s certificate was revoked by the Swedish Civil Aviation
Tel +64 9 256 7514 Fax +64 9 275 6791 Executives Authority due to concerns about the carrier’s financial position.
Parent organisation/shareholders Airwork New Zealand Executive Chairman.....................Maurice Loustau-Lalanne The new carrier was awarded an operating licence on 11
(50%), New Zealand Post (50%)
Date operations started 1990
Chairman....................................................... Garry Albert
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Cramer Ball
December 2009.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
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Description Provides night postal services for New Zealand Chief Financial Officer.....................................Shelley Cole Main base Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN)
Post in a joint venture agreement with Airwork New Zealand,
as well as operating ad hoc charter services.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 767-300
(2) x Boeing 787-8 Air Tahiti [VT] (VTA) X
Executives 3 x DHC6-300 Tahiti Faa’a Airport, BP 314, 98 713 Papeete,
Chief Executive Officer........................... Andrew McMaster 1 x Shorts 360-300 French Polynesia
Fleet (orders) Uses Airwork aircraft
Main base Auckland (AKL)
1 (1) x Viking Air DHC6-400
Main base Mahe Island (SEZ)
Tel +689 86 4005 Fax +689 86 4009
Email direction.generale@airtahiti.pf Website www.airtahiti.aero
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Parent organisation/shareholders Private shareholders
(33.5%), Territory of French Polynesia (13.7%), Socredo Bank
(13.4%), employees (8.4%), Agence Francaise de
Developpement (8%), Groupe MoanaNui (7.8%), Groupe
Martin (7.6%), Air France (7.48%), others (0.12%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Tahiti Nui (3.56%),
Air Moorea (100%), Air Archipels (100%)
Alliances Air Moorea, Air Rarotonga
Date operations started 1953
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services
to over 40 islands within French Polynesia.
History Began operations as Reseau Aérien Interinsulaire
(RAI), when the government of French Polynesia took over
the operations of small private carrier Air Tahiti, dating from
1950. In 1958 RAI was taken over by the French airline TAI
(later UTA). The name Air Polynesie was adopted in 1970,
with the further change of identity to Air Tahiti implemented
in January 1987.
Employees total 973
Executives
Chairman........................................... Christian Vernaudon
Chief Executive Officer...............................Marcel Galenon
Financial Director.......................................Moana Caradec
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
(3) x ATR 42-600
(2) x ATR 72-200
7 x ATR 72-500
Main base Papeete (PPT)
Air Tahiti Nui [TN] (THT)
Rue Paul Gauguin, Immeuble Dexter, Pont de L’Est,
BP 1673, 98713 Papeete, French Polynesia
Tel +689 46 03 03 Fax +689 46 0290
Email reservations@airtahitinui.pf Website www.airtahitinui.com
Parent organisation/shareholders French Polynesian
government (84.42%), Socredo Bank (4.03%), Air Tahiti
(3.56%), SEGC (wholesale/retail) (2.79%), GIE Tahiti
Tourisme (1.64%), Wan Holding Participation (0.64%),
others (3.14%)
Alliances Air France, Air New Zealand, Japan Airlines, Jetstar,
Qantas
Date operations started 20 November 1998
Description Serves the low and high-end leisure travel
markets to French Polynesia, linking the islands with seven
destinations in Australia, France, Japan, New Zealand and
the USA.
History The first international airline based in Papeete Tahiti,
formed to develop inbound tourism.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Etienne Howan
VP Operations & Accountable Manager......Francis Dziadula
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A340-300
Main base Papeete (PPT)
Air Tanzania [TC] (ATC)
PO Box 543, ATC House, Ohio Street, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Tel +255 22 211 8411 Fax +255 22 212 5221
Email info@airtanzania.com Website www.airtanzania.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Tanzania (51%), China Sonangol International Holdings Ltd
(CSIHL) (49%)
Alliances Comores Aviation
Date operations started 1 June 1977
Description National airline operating domestic services
linking Dar es Salaam with Aruba, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro,
Mwanza,Tabora and Zanzibar.
History Established as Air Tanzania Corporation, the new
state carrier, to operate domestic services, which had
formerly been operated by the defunct tri-national East
African Airways Corporation. Privatised in November 2002,
becoming Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL). South African
Airways acquired a 49% stake in December 2002, although
the Tanzanian government bought this back for a nominal
US $1 in September 2006. Failed the IATA Operational
Safety Audit (IOSA) in November 2007 and was issued
with notice to rectify the problems within one year. IATA
suspended the airline from operating in early December
2008, as the required improvements had not been made.
Temporarily ceased operations after the Tanzania Civil
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Aviation Authority (TCAA) revoked its air operator’s
certificate on 8 December 2008. IATA then officially banned
Air Tanzania from airline operations. It was later announced
that Air Tanzania had also failed to meet new International
Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards. Despite the
IATA and ICAO actions, the TCAA is reported to re-issued the
airline with its AOC before the end of 2008, and operations
resumed shortly thereafter. In late 2009 the acquisition by
China Sonangol International Holdings Ltd (CSIHL) of 49%
of the airline, first announced in August 2008, was finally
completed. Air Tanzania’s AOC was again suspended by
the TCAA on 1 March 2010, after its only jet aircraft,
a Boeing 737-200, suffered an undercarriage collapse.
The TCAA again subsequently allowed the airline to resume
limited domestic services. Services were once again
suspended on 18 March 2011 when the airline’s one
remaining DHC-8 went for heavy maintenance. The carrier
resumed domestic services with a single DHC-8-300 on
1 November 2011, after receiving an injection of funds
from the government.
Executives
Chairman......................................... Mustapha Nyang’anyi
Chief Executive Officer................................ David Matakka
Acting Chief Financial Officer...................Eliasaph Matthew
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Dar es Salaam (DAR)
Air Taraba
Jalingo, Nigeria
Website www.airtaraba.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Taraba
State (100%)
Description Start-up airline planning to operate domestic
services in 2012 with Embraer ERJ-145 and Boeing 737
aircraft from the newly expanded airport at Jalingo. Initial
domestic destinations will be Abuja, Jalinga, Lagos and Yola,
with a cross-border route to Douala in Cameroon. Charter
flights will also be provided.
History Established by the Governor of Taraba State,
Danfulani Suntai, as a state-funded carrier.
Main base Taraba
Air Tindi [8T]
PO Box 1693, Yellowknife, Northern Territories, X1A 2P3,
Canada
Tel +1 867 669 8200 Fax +1 867 669 8210
Email info@airtindi.com Website www.airtindi.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Discovery Air (100%)
Date operations started 1 November 1988
Description Operates daily scheduled passenger and cargo
flights linking isolated communities with Yellowknife. Also
specialises in off-strip flight operations throughout Canada’s
Arctic region, utilising aircraft equipped with floats, skis and
tundra tyres, offering on-demand and contract charters,
scenic floatplane tours and air ambulance flights.
History Founded in Yellowknife by the Arychuk family.
Launched operations in November 1988 with four float/
ski-equipped Cessna light aircraft and eight employees.
Expanded operations following the introduction of the
DHC-6 Twin Otter in 1990, providing an increased range
of services as the mining and exploration industry in
the region steadily expanded. Acquired and absorbed the
operations and fleet of Latham Island Airways in 1991.
Acquired by the aviation services company Discovery Air
in December 2006.
Executives
President.....................................................Peter Arychuk
Chief Financial Officer....................................... Paul Henry
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
5 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
1 x Canadair CL601
2 x Cessna A185F
3 x Cessna CE208
1 x DHC6-200
5 x DHC6-300
2 x DHC7-102
2 x DHC7-103
2 x Learjet Learjet 35
Main base Yellowknife (YZF)
Air Transat [TS] (TSC)
5959 Chemin Cote Vertu Ouest, Montreal, Quebec,
H4S 2E6, Canada
Tel +1 514 906 0330 Fax +1 514 906 5133
Email information@airtransat.com Website www.airtransat.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Transat (100%)
Alliances Cargojet Airways
Date operations started November 1987
Description Scheduled and charter carrier operating
from major bases in Canada. Primary destinations served
during the summer season are points in Europe and the
Caribbean. Primary winter destinations are the Caribbean,
Mexico, USA and South America. Also operates year-round
scheduled flights from Canada to Europe as well as
the USA.
History In February 2008 Air Transat became the first airline
in North America to obtain Operational Safety Audit
registration.
Employees total 2,516
Executives
President..................................................... Allen Graham
Chief Executive Officer........................ Jean Marc Eustache
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A310-300
8 (2) x Airbus A330-200
4 x Airbus A330-300
Main base Montreal YUL
Hubs Quebec (YQB), Halifax (YHZ), Calgary (YYC)
Air Transport International (ATI)
(ATN)
2800 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, USA
Tel +1 501 615 3500 Fax +1 501 603 2098
Email sales@airtransport.cc Website www.airtransport.cc
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Transport Services
Group (ATSG) (100%)
Date operations started 1979
Description Provides worldwide cargo and combi charters for
the express-package industry and freight forwarders, as well
as for the US Department of Defense and the automotive
industry. ATI also wet-leases aircraft on ACMI basis.
History Formed as US Airways, later known as Interstate
Airlines. The current name was adopted in 1988. On 1
October 1994 ICX International Cargo Express was merged
into Air Transport International (ATI), itself purchased by the
Brinks Company in February 1998. In December 2007,
ATI was acquired by Cargo Holdings International (CHI),
an Orlando, Florida-based aviation services group.
Executives
President................................Cindi C Treadwell-McConnell
VP Operations.......................................... Michael Sterling
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-200
12 x Douglas DC-8-70
3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60
Main base Toledo Express (TOL)
Air Transse (TSQ)
Hakodate Airport, 511 Takamatsu-cho, Hakodate,
042-0952, Japan
Tel +81 1 3836 5222 Fax +81 138 57 5556
Email info@airtransse.com Website airtransse.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hideo Sawada
Date operations started 13 March 2005
Description Provides a scheduled service in the
northernmost island of Hokkaido.
History Formed as Air Shenpix but changed its name to Air
Transse in December 2004.
Executives
Chairman....................................................Hideo Sawada
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Rika Emura
Main base Hakodate (HKD)
Hubs Sapporo (CTS)
Air Tropiques
2 Avenue des Flamboyants, Gombe, Kinshasa,
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tel +243 818 949 904
Email airtropiques.operation@vodanet.cd
Parent organisation/shareholders Erik Jacobs (90%),
Alison Jacobs (2%), Aude Jacobs (2%), Audrey Jacobs (2%),
Dylan Jacobs (2%), Mimo Khoury (2%)
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Date operations started February 2001 Air Vanuatu [NF] (AVN) Executives
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Description Operates domestic and regional charter flights. PO Box 148, Du Vanuatu House, Rue de Paris, Port Vila, President & CEO.......................................... James Rankin
Executives
Managing Director........................................... Erik Jacobs
Vanuatu
Tel +678 23 848 Fax +678 23250
EVP & Chief Financial Officer................. Christine Deister R
VP Flight Operations...................................... Robert Frisch C
Head of Fleet Planning................................ Igor Liashenko Email admin@airvanuatu.com.vu Website www.airvanuatu.com Fleet (orders) 71 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Main base Appleton (ATW)
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Cessna C402B
Vanuatu (100%)
Alliances Air New Zealand, Air Pacific, Qantas Air Zimbabwe [UM] (AZW)
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1 x Let L-410UVP Date operations started 1987 Zimbabwe
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
1 x Piper PA-34-200T
Description National carrier operating between Port Vila,
Australia, New Zealand and points in the South Pacific.
Date operations started 1967
Date operations ceased 3 January 2012 E
Main base Kinshasa (NLO) History Originally formed as New Hebrides Airways, the Description The national airline of Zimbabwe operated

Air Turks & Caicos [RU] (IWY)
Airport Road, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Tel +1 649 946 4181 Fax +1 649 946 4040
Email fltops@flyairtc.com Website flyairtc.com
Parent organisation/shareholders InterIsland Aviation
Company (100%)
Date operations started 1993
Description National airline linking Providenciales with
other points in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and to
neighbouring Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Regular
flights are also undertaken to destinations in Florida and
the Bahamas.
History In 2008 Air Turks and Caicos completed a buyout of
rival SkyKing.
Executives
President................................................. Lyndon Gardiner
VP Operations........................................... Harold Williams
Fleet (orders) 4 x Embraer EMB-120RT
1 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Providenciales PLS
carrier changed to Air Vanuatu after independence from
Britain and France in 1980. The national airline has been
a fully state-owned company since December 1987. Vanair
was acquired by Air Vanuatu in September 2004.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ..................................Peter Fogarty
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 72-500
1 x Boeing 737-800
3 x Harbin Y12
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Port Vila (VLI)
Hubs Espiritu Santo (SON), Brisbane (BNE)
Air Via Bulgarian Airways [VL] (VIM)
54 GM Dimitrov Blvd, 1125 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 971 3625 Fax +359 2 973 3454
Email headoffice@air-via.com Website www.air-via.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Bulgarian investors (100%)
Date operations started 1990
Description Holiday airline operating charter services,
primarily for major tour operators in Belgium, Germany
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services in Southern Africa and to Europe. Established as Air
Rhodesia, a government owned carrier on 1 September 1967,
to take over from the tri-national Central African Airways (CAA,
formed 1 January 1946) which ceased operating at the end of
that year. Briefly rebranded as Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia in
1978, becoming Air Zimbabwe in April 1980. Launched
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international services from Harare to London Gatwick in April
1980. International services to Athens, Frankfurt and Larnaca
followed. Launched a weekly joint service, operated by Qantas H
with a Boeing 747SP, to Perth and Sydney in November 1982.
Acquired cargo specialist Affretair in 1983, which continued to
operate under its own branding. Suspended services between
Harare, Cape Town and Durban and in November 2000,
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announcing plans to co-operate with other African carriers on
regional services. Contracted with Lignes Aeriennes
Congolaises (LAC) to provide and operate domestic and J
international services on its behalf in April 2008. Plans to
privatise the loss-making carrier were dropped in 2009. In
November 2011, a group representing Air Zimbabwe’s
employees launched a court action to have the airline wound
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up and liquidated because they were owed $35 million in

Air Uganda [U7] (UGB)

and France.
History The airline was founded as Varna International
Plot 11/13, Lower Kololo Terrace, PO Box 36591, Airways by a group of private Bulgarian investors.
unpaid salaries. Air Zimbabwe’s total debt in early 2012 was
put at $140 million. Suspended domestic services in L
December 2011 and international services to London and

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Kampala, Uganda Executives Johannesburg on 3 January 2012. Placed under court
Tel +256 41 425 8262 Fax +256 41 450 0932 Director of Flight Operations ......................... Atanas Vitkov management in late January 2012 and suspended all
Email info@air-uganda.com Website www.air-uganda.com Fleet (orders) 5 (2) x Airbus A320-200 operations on 8 February 2012. Parent company, Air
Parent organisation/shareholders Group Celestair (100%) Main base Sofia (SOF) Zimbabwe Holdings, was disbanded on 12 March 2012 as
Alliances Brussels Airlines, Rwandair
Date operations started November 2007
Hubs Varna (VAR) insolvent, with the government assuming its debts and
announcing plans to create a new airline company, Air
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Description Provides scheduled passenger services from Air Wakaya Zimbabwe Private.

Entebbe to Juba, Kilimanjaro, Kigali, Nairobi, Mombasa and
Dar es Salaam.
History Established as part of Group Celestair, by the Aga
Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). Services
were launched using two wet-leased Douglas DC-9-30s.
Executives
Operations Director.........................Darlington Omamteker
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Entebbe (EBB)
Air Urga [3N] (URG)
1A Dobrovolsky Street, Kirovograd, 25005, Ukraine
Tel +380 522 351 125 Fax +380 522 353 505
Email info@urga.com.ua Website www.urga.com.ua
Parent organisation/shareholders State Property Fund of
Ukraine (51%), American International Consulting
Corporation (43.5%), Lyktos Group of Companies (5.5%)
Date operations started August 1993
Description Provides regular international charter passenger
and cargo flights from various airports in the Ukraine. Also
operates scheduled flights between Krivoj Rog and Istanbul.
History Founded as International Joint-Stock Aviation
Company URGA by the State Property Fund of Ukraine and
c/o The Wakaya Club & Spa, Post Office Box 15424,
Suva, Fiji
Tel +679 3448 128 Fax +679 3448 406
Email info@wakaya.com.fj Website www.wakaya.com
Date operations started 1989
Description Operates ad hoc passenger connections
between Suva Nausori International Airport and the exclusive
private holiday resort on Wakaya Island. Operates Islander
and Grand Caravan aircraft during daylight hours only.
History Established in 1989 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Wakaya Club.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
1 x Cessna CE208
Main base Suva (SUV)
Air Wisconsin [ZW] (AWI)
West 6390 Challenger Drive, Suite 203, Appleton,
Wisconsin, 54914, USA
Tel +1 920 739 5123 Fax +1 920 749 4158
Email corporatecommunication@airwis.com
Website www.airwis.com/
Parent organisation/shareholders Six individuals (100%)
Alliances US Airways
Date operations started 23 August 1965
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AirAsia [AK] (AXM)
LCCT Terminal KLIA, Jalan KLIA S3, Southern Support
Zone, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, 64000 Sepang,
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel +60 3 8777 8002 Fax +60 3 8777 8031
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Website www.airasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tune Air (26.28%),
employees provident fund board (7.92%), Wellington Q
Management Company (5.52%), Genesis Smaller
Companies (5.43%), Institutions and others (54.85%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Thai AirAsia (49%),
Indonesia AirAsia (49%), AirAsia Philippines (40%), AirAsia
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Japan (33%), AirAsia X (16%)
Alliances Jetstar
Date operations started 18 November 1996 S
Description The original Malaysian arm of the multinational
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low-cost airline group, operating scheduled services to
destinations throughout Malaysia and international services
to destinations in Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia,
China, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Long-haul
destinations served through a franchise agreement with U
AirAsiaX. Overseas joint venture airlines include Indonesia

the Greek Lyktos Group, initially focusing on international
tourist charter flights. Regular passenger flights from Krivoy
Rog and Kiev were added in May 1997.
Executives
Director General.................................. Aleksandr Galinskiy
Deputy Director General.......................... Galina Kuzmenko
Deputy Economic Director.............................Sergey Purish
Description The largest independent regional airline in the
USA, performing flying services for US Airways Express,
serving 70 cities throughout North America.
History Began operations with flights between Appleton and
Chicago O’Hare. In 1985 Air Wisconsin absorbed regional
carrier Mississippi Valley Airlines and in 1990 acquired
Denver-based Aspen Airways. The company was itself
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AirAsia, Thai AirAsia, AirAsia Philippines and a potential
subsidiary in Vietnam.
History Established in Malaysia by DRB Hicom as a national
airline to provide a complementary regional airline service
alongside other carriers. Launched operations as a full
service carrier in November 1996. The loss-making carrier
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was acquired for a token sum in December 2001 by a local

Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-24B

acquired by United Airlines in 1991 but was sold on to CJT
Holdings in 1993. In February 1998 Air Wisconsin acquired
music personality and three partners, including CEO Tony
Fernandes and former Ryanair manager Conor McCarthy. X
8 x Antonov An-24RV the assets of Mountain Air Express, so as to expand Remodelled as Asia’s first low-cost carrier and rebranded as
1 x Antonov An-26 operations in the Western US. In April 2006 the airline Tune Air Sdn Berhad, doing business as AirAsia. Expanded
9 x Antonov An-26B
Main base Krivoy Rog (KWG)
operated its last flight for United Express, later signing a
feeder deal with US Airways.
its route network in February 2004 by adding international
flights to Thailand and Singapore through its Thai AirAsia
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division, a joint venture with the Shin Corporation. Launched
its IPO in November 2004. Launched a new Jakarta-based
subsidiary, Indonesia AirAsia, in December 2004, followed
by a new long-haul subsidiary, AirAsia X, in 2007 to provide
high-frequency and point-to-point services with widebodied
aircraft. In February 2008 Bahrain-based Manara and
Japanese leasing company Orix each took a 10% stake in
AirAsia X. Acquired a 30% stake in nascent Hanoi-based
start-up carrier VietJet in February 2010, but announced the
withdrawal of this investment in October 2011 after failing to
agree on the carrier’s branding with the CAAV. In August
2011, the Tune Group agreed to acquire 20.5% of Malaysia
Airlines, in return for which Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund,
Khazanah Nasional, took a 10% holding in AirAsia.
Employees total 4,702
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................... Tony Fernandes
Chief Operations Officer.................................... Bo Lingam
Group Financial Controller.......................Andrew Lilttledale
Fleet (orders) 57 (77) x Airbus A320-200
(200) x Airbus A320neo
Main base Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Hubs Penang (PEN), Kuching (KCH), Kota Kinabalu (BKI)
AirAsia Japan
Narita Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Website www.airasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders ANA Group (67%),
AirAsia (33%)
Description Start-up low-cost carrier planning to serve the
Japanese market and northeast Asian countries, including
China, South Korea and Taiwan, from August 2012. From
2013 long-haul routes are expected to serve destinations
including Australia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
History Announced on 22 July 2011, as the new joint venture
low-cost carrier being created by ANA Group and AirAsia Group.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Kazuyuki Iwakata
Main base Tokyo Narita (NRT)
AirAsia Philippines [PQ]
Clark Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, Clark Civil
Aviation Complex, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, 2023
Angeles City, Philippines
Parent organisation/shareholders AirAsia (40%),
Antonio Cojuangco (20%), Marianne Hontiveros (20%),
Michael Romero (20%)
Description Filipino start-up airline planning to launch services
in early 2012 from Clark’s Diosdado Macapagal International
Airport to domestic destinations including Cebu and
Zamboanga and international destinations, including China,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
History Created as a joint venture between Air Asia
International and three local entrepreneurs, led by company
vice chairman Michael Romero.
Russian cargo specialist AirBridgeCargo operates a mostly Boeing 747 fleet
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Chief Executive Officer....................... Marianne Hontiveros
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Clark (CRK)
AirAsia X [D7] (XAX)
LCC Terminal, Kuala Lumpur Intl Airport, Airport Main
Terminal Building, 64000 Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Tel +603 8660 4488 Fax +603 8660 4889
Website www.airasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aero Ventures (48%),
AirAsia (16%), Virgin Group (16%), Manara Consortium
(10%), Orix Corporation (10%)
Date operations started 5 November 2007
Description Low-cost, no frills long-haul airline operating under
a franchise agreement with AirAsia. An expanding route
network currently links Kuala Lumpur with cities in Australia,
China, France, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, UAE and the
UK. Daily point-to-point services to over 45 long-haul
destinations throughout Asia, Australasia, China, Europe and
India are planned. Long-haul charter services are also offered.
History Established as FAX-Fly Asian Express by Tony
Fernandes, Kamarudin Meranun (both AirAsia directors) and
Raja Mohd Azmi (a former AirAsia CFO). Initially took over the
loss-making domestic operations of Malaysia Airlines (MAS).
FAX was granted approval to operate as a low-cost, long-haul
carrier on 4 January 2007 and initially planned to launch
these services as AirAsia X in July 2007 under a franchise
agreement with AirAsia. FAX ceased operating most domestic
services on 14 June 2007 following a dispute with Malaysia
Airlines concerning the maintenance of the company’s Fokker
50s. On 10 August 2007, the Virgin Group confirmed it was
taking a 20% stake in the airline. In February 2008 Japanese
leasing company Orix Corp and the Bahrain-based Manara
Consortium each acquired a 10% shareholding, together
worth in excess of ringgit 250 million ($77 million). All
domestic services and the turboprop fleet operating them
were transferred to MASwings on 1 October 2007. After a
delay of four months, long-haul operations under the AirAsia X
brand were launched from Kuala Lumpur to Coolangatta on
the Australian Gold Coast in November 2007, using the
carrier’s first leased Airbus A330-300. In June 2010 it was
announced that AirAsia X was considering the launch of an
IPO as a stand-alone airline in the second half of 2011,
subject to market conditions.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Tan Rafidah Aziz
Chief Executive Officer........................... Azran Osman-Rani
Chief Financial Officer..............................Andrew Littledale
Head of Flight Operations.......................... Azhanudin Shah
Fleet (orders) (3) x Airbus A330-200
9 (17) x Airbus A330-300
2 x Airbus A340-300
(10) x Airbus A350-900XWB
Main base Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Ton Jochems
airBaltic [BT] (BTI)
Riga International Airport, Marupe Municipality, 1053 Riga,
Latvia
Tel +371 7 207 069 Fax +371 7 207 369
Email info@airbaltic.lv Website www.airbaltic.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Latvian government
(99.8%), others (0.2%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines,
Air Astana, Alitalia, Armavia, Austrian, Azerbaijan Airlines,
Belavia Belarussian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Georgian
Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Moldavian Airlines,
Rossiya, SAS Cargo, Scandinavian Airlines, Skyways,
Transaero Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways
Date operations started 1 October 1995
Description Latvia’s national airline, operating services from
Riga to destinations throughout Europe, Western Russia,
the CIS and Middle East. Additional European services link
Liepaja with three cities and Vilnius (Lithuania) with 19
destinations. Direct flights are also flown between
Copenhagen and Kaliningrad. Worldwide connections are
available through strategic partner SAS. A single domestic
route is also served between Riga and Liepaja.
History Formed as a joint venture, primarily between the
Latvian state (51% stake) and Scandinavian Airlines (29%
stake), with investors from Denmark, Sweden and the USA
taking the balance of shares. Took over all SAS activities in
Latvia during 1998-2000. Reconstituted from a limited
liability company to a joint stock company in January 1999.
On 30 October 2001, SAS acquired most of the minority
shareholdings, while the Latvian state retained its majority
interest. Launched operations from a new Lithuanian hub in
Vilnius on 1 June 2004, following the accession of the Baltic
States into the European Union. Launched its first domestic
service linking the capital Riga with the port of Liepaja on
5 September 2005. Government acquired SAS’s 47.2%
shareholding through Baltijas Aviacijas Sistemas on 30
January 2009. Announced the creation of a new hub at Oulu,
Finland in September 2010. Confirmed its intention to
continue network operations serving airports in Europe, the
Middle East, and Russia/CIS after the legal protection plan
it filed on 21 September 2011 was rejected by the Latvian
court. Renationalised in December 2011 after the Latvian
government increased its shareholding to 99.8%.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Martin Gauss
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-300
6 x Boeing 737-500
2 x Boeing 757-200
8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
10 x Fokker 50
Main base Riga RIX
Hubs Oulu (OUL), Tallinn (TLL), Vilnius (VNO)
airberlin [AB] (BER)
Saatwinkler Damm 42-43, 13627 Berlin, Germany
Tel +49 30 3434 1500 Fax +49 304 102 103
Email serviceteam@airberlin.com Website www.airberlin.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Etihad Airways
(29.21%), Pegasus Airlines (16.48%), ESAS Holding (12%),
Hans Joachim Knieps (7.51%), TUI Travel (6.85%), Reidun
Lundgren (Metolius Foundation) (5.97%), others (38.46%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings LTU International
Airways (100%), airberlin Turkey (50%), Niki (49.9%),
Belair (49%)
Alliances American Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British
Airways, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Hainan
Airlines, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, LGW, Niki,
Pegasus Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, S7 Airlines
Date operations started 28 April 1979
Description Germany’s second largest airline operates
as a hybrid carrier, serving the both leisure and business
travellers. Offers low-cost flights to destinations across
Europe, around the Mediterranean Basin, in the Americas,
east Africa, southern Africa and the Far East. Also offers
non-stop and connecting flights and a successful and fast-
growing frequent flyer programme. Airberlin Turkey is a
charter joint venture with Pegasus Airlines.
History Formed as a US charter company in Portland, Oregon
by former Pan Am pilot Kim Lundgren. Anticipating the end of
the privileges afforded to carriers from the former Allied
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powers in 1992, Lundgren formed a partnership with former e-ticketing, wireless check-in and self check-in kiosk facilities Aircruising Australia (AIX)
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LTU manager Joachim Hunold, who established Air Berlin as a to Pakistan. AirBlue launched the first-ever long-haul flights Unit 20/77 Bourke Road, Alexandria, New South Wales,
German carrier on 16 April 1991, bringing in new German
investors. Introduced a route network that served not only
by a privately-owned Pakistani airline on 1 June 2007 with
services to Manchester, via Ankara.
2015, Australia
Tel +61 2 9693 2233 Fax +61 2 9669 6064 C
major German cities, but also many regional airports. Executives Email info@aircruising.com.au
Website www.billpeachjourneys.com.au
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Introduced “seat-only” services in 1998, thereby reducing the Chief Executive Officer...............Tariq Mehmood Chaudhary
company’s reliance on tour operators. The highly successful Chief Operations Officer...................Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Date operations started 1983
“Mallorca Shuttle” seat-only service from 12 German cities Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100 Description Provides air cruises/sightseeing trips as well
led to seat-only services being made available on all routes. 1 (13) x Airbus A320-200 as charter flights around Australia and New Zealand.
Reorganised under the holding company Air Berlin PLC
through the IPO issued on 11 May 2006, becoming the
Main base Karachi (KHI) History Founded by Nancy Knudsen and Bill Peach and
formerly known as Charter Cruise Air. Aircruising Australia E
second German airline to list on the SDAX stock exchange. AirBridgeCargo [RU] (ABW) is the trade name of Bill Peach Journeys.

Acquired the remaining shares of Dba on 17 August 2006.
Announced the acquisition of a 49% stake in Swiss carrier
Belair in March 2001, together with a 100% stake in long-haul
carrier LTU. Introduced an extensive domestic network
following the integration of former Dba routes from 1 April
2007. Dba continued to operate three Boeing 737-300s as a
division of airberlin, until its official closure on 30 November
2008. Implemented a cross-ownership agreement with TUIfly
on 1 October 2009, with each airline acquiring a minority
stake in the other. Also agreed to wet lease 17 aircraft from
TUIfly for 10 years to operate 100 former TUIfly city routes
between 45 cities. In March 2009, the acquisition of a
minority stake by Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines’ parent
company, ESAS, was agreed. Commercial co-operation with
Pegasus began on 30 September 2009. Indirectly increased
its shareholding in Austrian carrier Niki to 49.9% in February
2010. Announced its intention to join the oneworld global
airline alliance in July 2010. Announced a major restructuring
in August 2011 which included dropping routes, particularly
from German regional airports, and reducing its fleet by the
end of 2011. Created airberlin Turkey in a joint venture with
Pegasus in August 2011, followed by a codeshare agreement
with the Turkish carrier in September 2011.
Employees total 8,900
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Krylatskaya Street, Building 17 D, Moscow, 121614, Executives
Russia Managing Director....................................Tracey Patterson
Tel + 7 495 786 2613 Fax +7 495 755 6581 Main base Sydney (SYD)
Email elena.balyasnukova@airbridgecargo.com
Website www.airbridgecargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Aires [4C] (ARE) – see LAN Colombia
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(100%) AIRFAST Indonesia (AFE)
Date operations started 1 April 2004
Description Operates scheduled air cargo services from
Plaza Kuningan, Menara Utara Suite 305, 3rd Floor,
JI. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav C11-14, Jakarta, 12940, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 520 0696 Fax +62 21 520 2557
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Europe (Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Milan) via
Moscow and Krasnoyarsk to Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong Email charter@airfastindonesia.com
and Tokyo. Also provides charter flights on ad hoc basis.
History Established by charter freight specialist Volga-Dnepr
Website www.airfastindonesia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Frank Reuneker (53%),
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Group as its scheduled freight arm. ABC operated its Other shareholders (47%)
inaugural scheduled flight between Asia and Europe in May
2004. In November 2006 ABC received its own air
Date operations started 1971
Description Specialises in contract operations, aviation J
operator’s certificate. management services, charter passenger and cargo
Employees total 689 services to the oil, mining and construction industries in
Executives
Executive President................................Tatyana Arslanova
Indonesia and other countries in the region. A variety of
aerial work activities such as aerial mapping, survey flights,
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Chief Financial Officer............................ Andrey Kolesnikov heli-logging and medical evacuation are also undertaken.
Operations Director ................................... Evgeny Borisov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-200
History Established to provide helicopters and fixed wing
aircraft to the oil exploration industry in Indonesia. Initially L
1 x Boeing 747-300 an Australian-Indonesian joint venture, but evolved into a

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Executives 8 x Boeing 747-400 fully Indonesian-owned and operated company in 1982.
Chairman..........................................Hans-Joachim Korber 1 (4) x Boeing 747-8 Executives
Chief Executive Officer ...........................Hartmut Mehdorn (2) x Ilyushin Il-96-400 President .................................................. Irma Reuneker
Chief Financial Officer...................................Ulf Huttmeyer Main base Moscow (DME) Finance Manager.......................................Taufik Rachman
Chief Operating Officer........................Helmut Himmelreich
Fleet (orders) 8 x Airbus A319-100 AirCalin [SB] (ACI)
Operations Manager ................................. Sopian Suhada
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27 x Airbus A320-200 PO Box 3736, 8 Rue Frederic Surleau, 98846 Noumea, Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-100

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11 x Airbus A321-200 New Caledonia 1 x Beech Queen Air 65
12 x Airbus A330-200 Tel +687 26 5546 Fax +687 27 2772 1 x Boeing 737-200
2 x Airbus A330-300 Email aircalin@aircalin.nc Website www.aircalin.com 3 x DHC6-300
11 (7) x Boeing 737-700 Parent organisation/shareholders Agence pour la 1 x Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy
34 (39) x Boeing 737-800
(18) x Boeing 787-8
Desserte Aerienne de Nouvelle Caledonie (99%), staff
and others (1%)
1 x IPTN 212-200
3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
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Main base Berlin (TXL) Alliances Air Austral, Air Europa, Air France, Air New Zealand, (4) x Viking Air Limited DHC6
Hubs Nuremberg (NUE)

airberlin Turkey [AB] (BER)

Antalya, Turkey
Parent organisation/shareholders airberlin (50%),
Pegasus Airlines (50%)
Date operations started 1 November 2011
Description New Turkish carrier operating charter services
linking 14 German cities with the Antalya.
History Established as a joint venture between airberlin and
Pegasus Airlines, to take over the charter operations of both
carriers between Turkey and Germany. Initial equipment was
the first two of a planned fleet of six Boeing 737-800s.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Antalya AYT
Airblue [ED] (ABQ)
Jetstar, Korean Air, Qantas
Date operations started December 1983
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Hubs Balikpapan (BPN) Q
Description New Caledonias international airline providing
scheduled services to 10 regional destinations in Australia, Airgo Airlines [4A] (AGS)
Fiji, French Polynesia, Japan, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Wallis
and Futuna.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel +30 694 166 9808 Fax +30 210 968 9112
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History Began operations with a Boeing 747 between Email info@airgoairlines.gr Website www.airgo-airlines.com
Melbourne and Noumea in association with Qantas.
This service later became known as le Caledonian Express.
Date operations started 18 September 2008
Description Provides a cargo charter service from Sofia to S
Memorandum of understanding for alliance signed with destinations in the Balkans and southeast Mediterranean.
History Founded by former Olympic Aviation CEO Petros
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Qantas on 11 July 1996, leading to the establishment
of joint services. Air Caledonie International became Aircalin Stefanou. Launched in September 2008 with a thrice-weekly
on 30 September 1996. flight between Athens and Larnaca. Established a sister
Employees total 475 company, Airgo Airlines Bulgaria, in Sofia, in September
Executives
Chairman....................................................Charles Lavoix
2008, which operated a single BAe ATP wet-leased from
Westair Sweden. Relocated operations from Athens to Sofia U
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12th Floor, ISE Towers, 55-B Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad, VP Flight Operations...................... Dominique Decarpentrie its own BAe ATP in January 2012.
Pakistan Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 Executives
Tel +92 21 3460 1126 Fax +92 51 280 0173 2 x Airbus A330-200 Chief Executive Officer ............................... Rajan Nambiar
Email writetous@airblue.com Website www.airblue.com 2 x DHC6-300 Main base Sofia SOF
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Date operations started 18 June 2004
Main base Noumea (NOU)
Airjet (MBC) W
Description Scheduled carrier operating daily domestic Airco Aircraft Charters Rua Kassenda 13, Luanda, Angola

services linking Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore,
Peshawar and Quetta, as well as international services to
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Sharjah and Manchester.
History The carrier received its air operator’s certificate in
November 2003 and launched domestic services in June
2004 with three leased Airbus A320s. It introduced
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Canada Tel +244 222 356 883
Provided a scheduled service from Edmonton City Centre Date operations started 2003
Airport to Grand Prairie, together with passenger and cargo Description Provides a charter service throughout Angola
charter flights to all points in the greater Edmonton area. and neighbouring countries in southern Africa.
Established by three Edmonton businessmen in 1987.
Suspended operations indefinitely on 24 February 2012.
History Established as Airjet Exploraçao Aérea de Carga in
2003, operating a single Yakolev Yak-40.
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
2 x Embraer EMB-120ER
2 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Luanda (LAD)
Airkenya Express [P2] (XAK)
PO Box 30357, Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel +254 20 39 25 00 0 Fax +254 20 60 06 56 7
Email info@airkenya.com Website www.airkenya.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kenyan-controlled
consortium (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Regional Air Services
Date operations started 1987
Description Provides domestic scheduled and charter
services with scheduled flights into Tanzania. Airkenya
has a sister company based in Arusha, Tanzania that
operates scheduled services and charters.
History Formed as Airkenya Aviation through a merger between
Air Kenya and Sunbird Aviation in November 1987. The
company rebranded as Airkenya Express in January 2007.
Executives
CEO & Head of Flight Operations...................... Dino Bisleti
Chief Financial Officer.................................. John Kimondo
Operations Manager...................................... Anna Nzomo
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
3 x DHC6-300
1 x DHC7-102
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Nairobi (WIL)
Airlift International (Ghana)
321 Aviation House, 2 Aviation Road, Kotoka International
Airport, Accra, Ghana
Tel +233-21762-886 Fax +233-21-286-311
Email Operations@airlift.aero Website www.airlift.aero
Date operations started 2008
Description Ghanaian-registered cargo airline offering
charter flights and ACMI leasing services, operating primarily
from Bahrain, Accra and Miami.
History The airline was restricted to using a single DC-8
freighter on services to Europe from September 2010,
after EU inspections led to the banning of three in-service
and two stored Airlift DC-8s, because of safety concerns.
In the scheduled review in November 2010 the EU lifted
the restrictions from a second DC-8 freighter.
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60
Main base Accra (ACC)
Airlinair [A5] (RLA)
Parc d’Affaires Silic, 24 Rue de Villeneuve, BP 40193,
94563 Rungis, France
Tel +33 1 4512 1717 Fax +33 1 4512 1718
Email airlinair@airlinair.com Website www.airlinair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Financière Linair
(80.5%), Brit Air (19.5%)
Alliances Air France
Date operations started May 1999
Description Operates domestic scheduled services from
Paris Orly, from La Rochelle to Poitiers and Lyon and from
Bezier to Bastia. Additional domestic destinations are
served in conjunction with Air France and its partners. Also
operates regional services to Amsterdam and Eindhoven in
conjunction with Chalair and overnight mail services for
Europe Airpost.
History Established by four principal shareholders.
Executives
Chairman & CEO...........................................Lionel Guerin
Director General...................................... Nugues Jean-Luc
Finance Director...................................... Jacques Feuvrier
Operations Director ............................... Dominique Lucas
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300
13 x ATR 42-500
4 x ATR 72-200
3 x ATR 72-500
Main base Paris Orly (ORY)
Airlinair Portugal
Largo Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro nº 16, 1200-369 Lisbon,
Portugal
Tel +351 21 324 50 23 Website airlinairportugal.com
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Description Lisbon-based airline operating as an ACMI
leasing specialist offering ATR turboprops.
History Founded in 2008 by the French regional carrier
Airlinair, in association with Portuguese investors.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Main base Lisbon LIS
Airlines of Papua New Guinea [CG]
(TOK)
PO Box 170, Jacksons Airport, Boroko, Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea
Tel +675 325 2011 Fax +675 325 2219
Email sales@apng.com Website www.apng.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly floated (50%),
John Wild (47%), Wild family members (3%)
Alliances Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia (New Zealand)
Date operations started 1987
Description Operates an extensive scheduled domestic
network linking airports and airstrips throughout Papua New
Guinea and also links the capital, Port Moresby with Cairns
and Brisbane (using wet-leased aircraft). Also operates
charter flights, primarily in support of mining and other
natural resource exploitation in the region.
History Established as Milne Bay Air and later MBA Airline.
Awarded a major contract to provide aviation support for the
Chevron Niugini Kutubu oilfield project in 1987. Thereafter
charter flights in support of the natural resource development
industry became a major part of the airline’s business.
Obtained an regular public transport licence in September
1992. Awarded its sir operator’s certificate in March 1997.
Rebranded as Airlines of Papua New Guinea (aka Airlines
PNG and APNG) in April 2001. In May 2008 the Cairns-based
Wild family sold a 50% stake in the airline through a public
float on the Port Moresby stock exchange. John Wild
remained the largest shareholder with 47%.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................... Gary Toomey
Fleet (orders) 2 x DHC6-200
8 x DHC6-300
10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Port Moresby (POM)
Airlink [4Z] (LNK)
4th Floor Domestic Building, Oliver Tambo International
Airport, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa
Tel +27 11 451 7367 Fax +27 11 451 7300
Email info@flyairlink.com Website www.flyairlink.com
Parent organisation/shareholders FBCF Nominees No 1
(32.51%), Coronation Capital (32.5%), SA Airlink
Investments (15.15%), B J Webb (9.7%), R A Foster (7.17%),
South African Airways (2.95%), others (0.02%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Swaziland Airlink (49%)
Alliances South African Airways
Date operations started 10 June 1992
Description Regional carrier operating feeder services to 18
destinations in South Africa, and another 10 in Madagascar,
Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe, in conjunction with
South African Airways. All services are flown using Airlink
aircraft as SA Connector, using SAA flight codes.
History Began operations as Airlink Airline after taking over
the defunct Link Airways. The airline changed its name to
SA Airlink in 1995. In December 1995 it bought fellow
South African carrier Metavia. From November 2001,
the airline operated services to Bulawayo and Zimbabwe
under a franchise agreement with Zimbabwe Airlink,
in which the company took a minority shareholding.
This agreement was terminated in May 2004 due to
the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe. SA
Airlink subsequently served Bulawayo and Harare in its
own right. In January 2006 the airline reverted to its former
Airlink brand. The year also saw the end of the three-way
alliance with SAA and SA Express, although the close
partnership with SAA continues.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Rodger Foster
Fleet (orders) 7 x BAe 146-RJ85
11 x BAe Jetstream 41
9 x Embraer ERJ-135LR
Main base Johannesburg JNB
Hubs Cape Town (CPT), Durban (DUR)
Airlink
Eleventh Street, Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, Mascot,
New South Wales, 2020, Australia
Tel +61 2 9317 5400 Fax +61 2 9693 2715
Email jlim@qantas.co.au Website www.qantas.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%)
Date operations started 1991
Description Part of the Qantaslink Group of subsiduary
airlines operating services to various cities and regional
points throughout Australia. Flights are provided by National
Jet Systems in Qantaslink colours.
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Airmark Aviation
No.10, Changi South Street, 3 #02-01 Tang Logistics
Centre, Singapore, 486147, Singapore
Tel +65 6482 4864 Fax +65 6542 0629
Email enquiries@airmark.com.sg Website www.airmark.com.sg
Description Airmark Aviation is comprised of 12 member
companies that provide scheduled and charter cargo
services within the Asia Pacific region.
History Airmark Aviation was created as part of the Airmark
Transportation group which was established in 1973.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................. Mohammed Yunos Ishak
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Singapore (SIN)
AirNet Express (USC)
7250 Starcheck Drive, Columbus, Ohio, 43217, U
nited States
Tel +1 614 409 4900 Fax +1 800 926 7283
Email sales@airnet.com Website www.airnet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders AirNet Systems (100%)
Description Specialises in the timely delivery of documents
and small packages. The airline operates more than 500
flights per night to over 80 cities throughout the USA and
is a major carrier for more than 300 of the country’s
largest banks.
History Formerly known as US Check Airlines. Expanded
rapidly from 1996, acquiring seven similar but smaller
businesses, including Midway Aviation, Express Convenience
Center, Pacific Air Charter, Data Air Courier, Float Control and
Mercury Business Services.
Executives
President & CEO.............................................. John Dupuy
Chief Financial Officer................................. Fred De-Leeuw
Fleet (orders) 41 x Beech Baron 58
6 x Cessna C310R
7 x Cessna CE208
15 x Learjet 35
17 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Columbus (LCK)
Airnorth [TL] (ANO)
4 Lancaster Road, Darwin Airport, Marrara, Winnellie,
Northern Territories, 0821, Australia
Tel +61 8 8920 4000 Fax +61 8 8920 4095
Email airnorth@regionallink.com.au
Website www.airnorth.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Skyport Group (incl.
Roger Leach) (55%), QTEC (including Michael Bridge) (31%),
Sabeline (inc John Gamble) (14%)
Alliances Qantas
Date operations started July 1978
Description Northern Australia’s regional airline operating
scheduled services to destinations in the Northern Territory,
Queensland and Western Australia, with extensions to
Dili in East Timor and Kupang in Indonesia. Contract charter
services are also flown in support of oil exploration and
mining companies, as well as the Australian armed forces
and government bodies. Ad hoc charters are also offered,
to destinations as far away as Indonesia, Malaysia and
the Philippines.
History Initially operated charter flights only, introducing
scheduled services in 1981. Formerly known as Air North
International. In October 2003 Airnorth acquired Airlines of
South Australia (ASA), intending to bring ASA’s operations
under Airnorth’s air operator’s certificate. In March 2004,
the assets of Emu Airways of South Australia were acquired.
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The airline introduced a new global brand, RegionalLink, on 1 Airstars Airwork (NZ) (PST)
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March 2004 with the aim of providing a raft of centralised Russia PO Box 3271, Auckland, New Zealand
services, including reservations, marketing, yield
management and leveraged purchasing to operators with
Date operations started 2000
Date operations ceased 21 October 2011
Tel +64 9 377 1663 Fax +64 9 377 1664
Email headoffice@airwork.co.nz Website www.airwork.co.nz C
strong local identities. Both ASA and Emu Airways were Established as Aerostarz in 1997. Rebranded as Airstars Parent organisation/shareholders Direct Capital,

disposed of in 2005.
Executives
Chairman......................................................Barry Coulter
Chief Executive Officer............................Simone Saunders
GM Finance........................................................Jack Kelly
General Manager Operations..........................Evan Bartlett
Fleet (orders) 3 (1) x Embraer 170-100LR
D
in 2000 and launched cargo-only services within Russia HR Jones
and Europe with Ilyushin Il-76TD freighters. Later introduced Description Operates a joint venture airline Air Post, which
regular services to destinations in China. Introduced is 50% owned by Airwork and NZ Post, and also provides
passenger services in 2003 and VIP passenger charters a variety of general aviation services from its bases at
in 2008. Ceased operations in October 2011, after
Rosaviatsia revoked its air operator’s certificate because of
Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch International Airports
and Ardmore. E
maintenance irregularities. Executives

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4 x Embraer EMB-120ER General Manager............................................. Richard Pitt
3 x Fairchild Metro 23 AirTran Airways [FL] (TRS) Finance Manager...................................... Michelle Ramos
Main base Darwin (DRW) 9955 AirTran Boulevard, Orlando, Florida, 32827, Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Hubs Kununurra (KNX) Maningrida (MNG) USA 5 x Boeing 737-300

AirNow (BEN)
USA
Date operations ceased 24 February 2011
History Founded as Business Air. Operated scheduled and
charter cargo services, including services for major
integrators. Ceased operations on 24 February 2011 after
UPS withdrew many of its freight contracts.
Airphil Express [2P] (GAP)
R1 Hangar, APC Gate 1, Andrews Avenue, Nichols,
1300 Pasay City, Philippines
Tel +63 2 851 7601 Fax +63 2 854 0661
Email info@airphilippines.com.ph Website www.airphils.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Philippines
Corporation (70%), U-Land Airlines (30%)
Alliances Philippine Airlines
Date operations started 1 February 1996
Description Provides domestic scheduled services linking
Manila and Cebu with destinations throughout the Philippine
Tel +1 407 318 5600 Fax +1 407 318 5918
Website www.airtran.com
1 x Boeing 737-400
2 x Fairchild Metro 23
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Parent organisation/shareholders Southwest Airlines 3 x Fairchild Metro III
(100%)
Date operations started 26 October 1993
3 x Fokker F-27-500
1 x Israel Aircraft Industries H
Description Major low-cost carrier serving destinations 1 x Piper PA-31-300
throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest from its Main base Auckland (AKL)
Atlanta base. The world’s largest operator of the Boeing
717 is also a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, merged
Hubs Blenheim (BHE), Timaru (TIU), Christchurch (CHC)
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onto their air operator’s certificate on 1 March 2012. AIS Airlines
History AirTran’s immediate predecessor, Valujet Airlines,
was founded in 1993 by airline industry veterans.
Flamingoweg 20, NW Lelystad Airport, 8218 NL Lelystad,
Netherlands J
The original AirTran Airways was an Orlando-based Boeing Tel +31 320 268 799 Fax +31 320 268 876
737 operator founded by AirTran, the holding company of Email info@aisairlines.nl Website www.aisairlines.nl
Mesaba Airlines, which operated as a Northwest Airlink
carrier from hubs in Minneapolis and Detroit. In 1994
Parent organisation/shareholders A van der Meer (100%)
Description Provides passenger charter and wet-leasing
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AirTran Holdings purchased Conquest Sun Airlines, services from its base at Lelystad Airport. A flight school
a start-up 737 operator, and rebranded the carrier as
AirTran Airways. In 1995 AirTran Airways was spun off
is also operated.
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archipelago, as well as regional schedules to Hong Kong and
Singapore and charter flights.
History Awarded a 25-year domestic franchise to serve both
primary trunk lines and feeder routes in June 1997.
Launched international charter services in July 2004 with
a flight between Subic Bay and Guangzhou. Launched
operations from a second hub at Cebu in May 2002.
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company named Airways Corporation. On 17 November Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 32
1997, ValuJet Inc, the holding company for ValuJet Airlines Main base Lelystad (LEY)
Inc, acquired Airways Corporation. On 24 September
1997 ValuJet Airlines rebranded as AirTran Airlines. Ak Bars Aero [BG] (BGM)
In the summer of 1998, the two airlines merged onto
the same FAA certificate and the AirTran Airways name
Bugulma Airport, Bugulma, Tatarstan Republic, 423230,
Russia N
survived. While the hub remained in Atlanta, the Tel +7 855 144 1734 Fax +7 855 944 1504

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Rebranded as Airphil Express on 28 March 2010, headquarters of the new entity was combined in Email airport@tatais.ru Website www.akbarsaero.ru
after taking over the fleet and operations of Philippine Orlando, Florida, on 28 January 1998. In September Parent organisation/shareholders Ak Bars (100%)
Airlines’ domestic carrier, PAL Express. Launched its 2010 AirTran was acquired by Southwest Airlines. The Date operations started 2000
irst international scheduled service from Cebu to Singapore merger was completed on 27 April 2011 after receiving Description Operates scheduled services to Moscow and
at the end of 2010, followed by a second, to Hong Kong,
in July 2011.
US Justice Department approval. Operations were merged
onto the Southwest air operator’s certificate on 1 March
regional destinations, primarily in southern Russia, western
Siberia and the countries of the CIS. Also offers domestic
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Executives 2012, while continuing to use the AirTran brand. and European charter services.
President & CEO................................................. Harry Tan
Chief Financial Officer................................Conchita Tabios
Employees total 8,330
Executives
History Originally established as part of Aeroflot’s Bugulma
Division and integrated as part of Tatarstan Airlines in Q
Chief Operations Officer................................ Cesar Chiong Chairman................................................... Robert Fornaro 1997. The carrier was restored to independent operations
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A320-200 President........................................................ Bob Jordan in 2000 as Bugulma Air Enterprise. Became part of Ak
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
EVP Operations & Customer Service............ Klaus Goersch
Fleet (orders) 88 x Boeing 717-200
Bars Holding Company in 2005. Rebranded as Ak Bars
Aero in March 2010.
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Main base Manila (MNL) 52 x Boeing 737-700 Executives
Hubs Cebu (CEB) Main base Orlando (MCO)
Hubs Atlanta (ATL)
General Director........................................... Peotr Trubaev
Head of Flight Operations.................... Nadezhda Sabanina S
AirQuarius Aviation (AQU) Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CL604
Airwest (AWZ)
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Gate 6, Hanger 10, Lanseria International Airport, 1 x Bombardier CL605
Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1748, South Africa El-emarat, Street 17, PO Box 10217, 0000 Khartoum, 8 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Tel +27 11 659 1634 Fax +27 11 701 2869 Sudan 5 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Email michealg@airquarius.com Website www.airquarius.com Tel +249 18 374 4036 Fax +249 18 374 4035 1 x Yakovlev Yak-40D
Parent organisation/shareholders Gavin Branson (100%)
Date operations started 1999
Website www.sunairgroup.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Capt Saif Omer (90%),
Main base Bugulma (UUA)
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Description Specialises in air charter operations and Housam Saif (10%) Akash Ganga Airlines

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aircraft leasing. Contracts are maintained with companies Date operations started October 1992 147-148 Somdutt Chamber II, 9 Bhikaji Cama Place,
throughout Africa and the Middle East. Description Provides domestic passenger services and New Delhi, 110066, India
Executives international cargo charters. Tel +91 11 467 67741 Fax +91 11 467 67742
Managing Director.......................................Gavin Branson History In 2010 the airline became part of the JAMA Group, Email info@flyakashganga.com
Chief Operations Officer...................................Mike Brews
General Manager.....................................Michael Goodwin
whose other member airlines include Attico, Juba Air Cargo
and Marsland. From 31 March 2010, all Sudanese airlines
Website www.flyakashganga.com
Description Start-up carrier planning to provide a regional
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Head of Flight Operations.................................. Paul Botha were banned from operating in the EU. service based on Amausi International Airport in Lucknow.
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
1 x BAe 146-300
Executives
President.......................................................... Saif Omer
Plans call for the introduction of scheduled services within
two years of launch. Initial equipment is expected to be two X
2 x Fokker F-28-4000 Operations Manager...................................... Yosif Ibrahim Embraer 145s.
1 x Fokker 70 Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26 Executives
Main base Lanseria (HLA)
Hubs Cape Town (CPT)
Main base Khartoum (KRT)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
Managing Director........................................Pankaj Verma
Main base Lucknow (LKO)
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Aklak Air [6L] (AKK)
PO Box 1190, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, X0E 0T0,
Canada
Tel +1 867 777 3777 Fax +1 867 777 3388
Email info@aklakair.com Website www.aklakair.ca
Parent organisation/shareholders Inuvialuit Joint Venture
Company (100%)
Date operations started 1978
Description Operates year-round scheduled services
between Inuvik, Holman, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour
and Tuktoyaktuk, as well as seasonal service to Fort
McPherson, together with charter flights throughout
the western Arctic.
History In June 1994 the Inuvialuit Development Corporation
and Kenn Borek Air set up a joint venture (Aklak Air), under
the terms of which it has access to Kenn Borek Air’s fleet
as and when required.
Executives
President..............................................James Thorbourne
Chief Financial Officer................................. Karen Douglas
Fleet (orders) 1 x DHC6-300
Main base Inuvik (YEV)
Alada (RAD)
Rua Ferraz Bomboco, 4, Cx. P. 12261, Luanda, Angola
Tel +244 222 32 09 19 Fax +244 222 32 71 78
Email alada@snet.co.ao
Description Provides passenger and cargo charter services
throughout Angola and other parts of Africa.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Adelino Ribeiro
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-18D
Main base Luanda LAD
Alajnihah Air Transport [2T] (ANH)
Hyandalus, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +218 21 477 0971 Fax +218 21 477 9072
Email info@alajnihah.com Website www.alajnihah.com
Date operations started 9 October 2005
Description Operates charter flights using its own aircraft
and wet-leasing aircraft as required. Regular flights are
made between Tripoli and Istanbul. The airline’s plans to
serve an international network which includes Amsterdam,
Birmingham, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Malta, Marseille, and Milan
have yet to materialise.
History After being founded by the ADM Group in July 2004,
the airline launched cargo operations on 9 October 2005
using leased Ilyushin Il-76 equipment. Scheduled passenger
services linking Tripoli with Benghazi were
added under the Alajnihah Airways brand in January
2007 using a 210-seat Airbus A321-131 wet-leased
from Turkish carrier Bestair.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-76MD
Main base Tripoli (TIP)
Alaska Airlines [AS] (ASA)
19300 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, Washington,
98188, USA
Tel +1 206 433 3200 Fax +1 206 392 5366
Email newsroom@alaskaair.com Website www.alaskaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Primecap Management
Company (7.4%), Blackrock Institutional Trust Company
(6.8%), Vanguard Group (5.1%), others (80.7%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Horizon Air (100%)
Alliances Air France, Air Pacific, American Airlines, British
Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Emirates,
Era Aviation, Frontier Airlines, Horizon Air, Icelandair,
Kenmore Air, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air,
LAN Airlines, PenAir, Qantas, SkyWest Airlines,
Virgin Australia International
Date operations started 1932
Description Major carrier operating scheduled air service
throughout the state of Alaska, Lower 48, Hawaii, Mexico and,
inconjuction with partner Horizon Air, western Canada. Also
operates dedicated cargo services, notably in support of
Alaska’s oil and fisheries activities, and the US military.
History Traces its roots to McGee Airways, whose inaugural
service between Anchorage and Bristol Bay was established in
1932 with a single-engine, three passenger plane. Over the
years, mergers and acquisitions produced changes in the name
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of the airline and saw business expand throughout Alaska and
the Lower 48. The name Alaska Airlines was adopted in 1944.
Sister carrier, Horizon Air, was founded in 1981 to serve
communities using routes vacated by larger airlines after the
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. In 1985 Alaska Air Group was
formed as a holding company for Alaska Airlines.
Employees total 8,651
Executives
Chairman & CEO............................................ William Ayer
President ................................................... Bradley Tilden
Chief Financial Officer............................Brandon Pedersen
Chief Operating Officer................................. Ben Minicucci
Fleet (orders) 30 x Boeing 737-400
17 x Boeing 737-700
60 (4) x Boeing 737-800
12 (19) x Boeing 737-900
Main base Anchorage ANC
Hubs Los Angeles (LAX), Portland (PDX)
Alaska Seaplane Service [J5]
1873 Shell Simmons Dr, Suite 110, Juneau, Alaska,
99801, USA
Tel +1 907 789 3331 Fax +1 907 463 4453
Email akseaplanes@alaska.com
Website www.flyalaskaseaplanes.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Mike Stedman (50%),
Kent Craford (50%)
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates a scheduled service around Alaska
based in Juneau and serving Angon, Tenakee Springs,
Pelican and Elfin Cove. Also operates charter flights and
adventure tours.
History Founded by Craig and Aral Loken, former owners of
Loken Aviation. On 31 March 2011, the Lokens sold their
interest in the company to Mike Stedman and Kent Craford.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Craig Loken
Director of Operations..................................Mike Stedman
Fleet (orders) 3 x DHC-2 Beaver I
Main base Juneau (JNU)
Albanian Airlines
Albania
Date operations started 20 June 1995
Date operations ceased 10 November 2011
Description Formed as a joint venture between the Albanian
state-owned Albtransport in Tirana, and Tyrolean Airways.
Initially operated as the national airline of Albania, with
scheduled services to Frankfurt, Rome, Vienna and Zurich.
Suspended operations in August 1994 when Tyrolean
withdrew. Relaunched on 1 October 1995 after being
acquired by the Kharafi Group. Operated routes to several
Italian cities and Istanbul, as well as seasonal flights to
Dubai, Sharm el Sheikh and Jeddah. Evsen Group acquired a
93% shareholding in August 2009. Contracted Air Slovakia in
December 2009 to operate all services on a wet-lease basis
for a period of 12 months. Ceased operating on 10
November 2011 when the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority
revoked its air operator’s certificate.
Alexandria Airlines (KHH)
Piece no. 5-1156 sq., El Academia El Bharia Street,
Sheraton Heliopolis, 11361, Egypt
Tel +202 2267 9606 Fax +202 2268 5116
Email hany.osman@alexandriaairlines.com
Website www.alexandriaairlines.com
Date operations started 2007
Description Provides charter services and aircraft leasing
services in the Middle East.
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Hassan Aziz
Chief Executive Officer....................................Ihab Munem
Head of Finance............................................. Ashraf Sami
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Alexandria (AEX)
Alfa Air (ALM)
11 Rue Michel-Ange, 20050 Casablanca, Morocco
Tel +212 619 900900 Fax +212 522 397714
Email info@alfaair.ma Website www.alfaair.ma
Description Moroccan charter passenger airline operating
services in North Africa and Europe. Medical evacuation and
sightseeing trips are also provided.
Executives
President.................................................. Chakib Lahrichi
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 1
Main base Casablanca (CMN)
Alfly Taxi Aereo
Av Nova de Abril 1823, AN 2 Sl 24, Centro, 11510-000
Cubatao, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel + 55 13 3361 4042
Description Start-up regional airline planning to launch
domestic scheduled passenger services in February 2012 .
Initial equipment is expected be two Let L-410-UVP
turboprop aircraft.
Alidaunia [D4] (LID)
Aeroporto “G. Lisa”, 71100 Foggia, Italy
Tel +39 0881 617961 Fax +39 0881 619660
Email info@alidaunia.it Website www.alidaunia.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Roberto Pucillo (55%),
Roberto Manzo Rocco (20%), Paulo Giangrossi (15%),
Michele Perrieone (5%), others (5%)
Description Provides scheduled passenger services
between Foggia, Isole Tremiti and Vieste, together
with charter, air ambulance/HEMS and aerial work
using helicopters.
History Issued a licence in 1978 for aerial work and in
1984 received a licence for public transport. Scheduled
flights commenced in 1985 with a service from Foggia to
Tremiti. In 1992 the company received authorisation
to perform NATO classified works, and in 1993 it began
transportation of medical teams and human organs
in co-operation with Regione Sicilia.
Executives
General Manager........................................Roberto Pucillo
Fleet (orders) 1 x AgustaWestland A109 II
1 x AgustaWestland A109 E Power
2 x AgustaWestland A109S Grand
1 x AgustaWestland AW139
1 x Eurocopter BK117 C1
1 x Robinson R22
1 x Sikorsky S-76A
Main base Foggia (FOG)
Alitalia [AZ] (AZA)
Piazza Almerico da Schio, 3, 00054 Fiumicino, Italy
Tel +39 06 65 62 1 Fax +39 06 6563 5874
Email ufficio.stampa@alitalia.it Website www.alitalia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Compagnia Aerea
Italiana S.p.A. (75%), Air France-KLM Group (25%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings CAI First (100%),
Air One (100%)
Alliances SkyTeam, Air Alps Aviation, Air China, Air Corsica,
Air Italy, Air One, airBaltic, Bulgaria Air, Cargojet Airways,
Carpatair, Cyprus Airways, Darwin Airline, Etihad Airways,
Jat Airways, Jet Airways, Luxair, Malaysia Airlines, TAP
Portugal, Ukraine International Airlines
Date operations started 5 May 1947
Description Italian flag carrier operating from hubs at
Rome Fiumicino, Milan, Turin, Venice, Naples and Catania.
Domestic flights serve 23 cities, while international flights
serve 48 destinations in Europe, the Americas, Africa,
Asia and Australia.
History Founded as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali,
but more commonly known as Alitalia. On 31 October
1957 Alitalia merged with Linee Aeree Italiane (LAI) and
took on the name of Alitalia Linee Aeree. In 1969 Alitalia
became the first airline in Europe to have an all-jet fleet.
In 1997 Alitalia created regional subsidiary Alitalia Express.
In July 2001 Alitalia became a member of the SkyTeam
alliance. In March 2008 the Alitalia Board accepted
a conditional takeover offer from Air France-KLM. The
offer was however withdrawn on 21 April 2008, following
opposition from Alitalia unions and incoming Italian
Prime Minister Berlusconi. On 30 May 2008 the Italian
government announced the launch of a fresh initiative
to sell a 49.9% stake in the airline. On 20 November 2008
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investor consortium, Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI),
led by Piaggio chairman Roberto Colaninno and made
up of 16 private companies, each of which took a 6.25%
share in the carrier. The transfer of assets took place on
30 November 2008. Operations under CAI ownership,
which were originally due to start on 1 December 2008,
were delayed until 12 January 2009. Plans also called
for Air One to become a separate but subsidiary carrier,
and the two airlines began operating a new joint timetable
on 13 January 2009. Air One was subsequently positioned
as Alitalia’s low-cost subsidiary. On 19 January 2009,
Air France-KLM was announced as Alitalia’s strategic
partner, taking a 25% equity stake with an investment
of €323 million. In February 2011 Alitalia and Meridianafly
confirmed they were in talks over a possible merger.
The carrier then announced in January 2012 that it
was planning to acquire and merge with Blue Panorama
Airlines and Wind Jet, subject to all necessary shareholder
and legal approvals.
Executives
President..............................................Roberto Colaninno
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Rocco Sabelli
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Paolo Amato
Fleet (orders) 17 (5) x Airbus A319-100
58 (26) x Airbus A320-200
23 x Airbus A321-100
8 (2) x Airbus A330-200
(12) x Airbus A350-800XWB
4 x Boeing 767-300
10 x Boeing 777-200
1 x Cessna 550
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
(13) x Embraer 175-200LR
(2) x Embraer 190-100LR
18 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
1 x Partenavia AP68TP-100
Main base Fiumicino (FCO)
Hubs Milan (MXP), Turin (TRN), Venice (VCE), Naples (NAP),
Catania (CTA)
Allegiant Air [G4] (AAY)
8360 South Durango Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89113,
USA
Tel +1 702 851 7300 Fax +1 702 851 7301
Email malle@allegiantair.com Website www.allegiantair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Allegiant Travel (100%)
Date operations started June 1998
Description Provides low-cost scheduled non-stop domestic
services linking nearly 70 cities. Operates primarily from
secondary and smaller city airports, linking them with
eight leisure market hubs: four in Florida, and four in
the western USA. Also provides flights as part of vacation
packages sold by its Allegiant Vacations affiliate and
offers charter flights throughout the USA, Canada, Cuba
and Mexico.
History Founded as WestJet Express. Became Allegiant Air
to avoid brand confusion with similarly named carriers
and commenced charter services from its Fresno, California
base in June 1998. Launched scheduled services on 15
October 1999 between Fresno and Las Vegas. Established
a second hub at Long Beach in 2000, replicating the
previous Winair network. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection in December 2000. Relocated to its Las Vegas
hub in 2001 and emerged successfully from Chapter 11
in 2002. Allegiant then expanded steadily, opening several
new hubs.
Executives
Chairman & CEO................................... Maurice Gallagher
President.......................................................Andrew Levy
Chief Financial Officer.................................. Scott Sheldon
VP Flight Operations & Operational Command...Greg Baden
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 757-200
47 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
6 x Boeing MD-88
Main base Las Vegas (LAS)
Hubs Sanford (SFB), Clearwater (PIE), Grand Rapids (GRR),
Bellingham (BLI), Mesa AZA), Fort Lauderdale FLL), Tampa
(TPA), Los Angeles (LAX)
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Alliance Airlines [QQ] (QQA) Aloha Air Cargo [KH] (AAH)
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PO Box 1126, Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, 4009, 371 Aokea Street, PO Box 30900, Honolulu, 96820,
Australia
Tel +61 7 3212 1212 Fax +61 7 3212 1522
USA
Tel +1 808 836 4191 Fax +1 808 836 4190 C
Email info@allianceairlines.com.au Email CustomerService@alohaaircargo.com
Website www.allianceairlines.com.au Website www.alohaaircargo.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Queensland Airline Parent organisation/shareholders Saltchuk Resources
Holdings (100%) (100%)
Date operations started April 2002 Date operations started 2 May 2008
Description Operates primarily under contract to Australia’s
mining and resources industries and the federal
Description Cargo airline which took over the former Aloha
Airlines Cargo network. E
government, providing “fly-in, fly-out” charters from its History Established by Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources,
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Brisbane base as well as Adelaide, Cairns, Perth and which acquired Aloha Airlines Cargo on 1 May 2008. The
Townsville. Also operates in the western Pacific and company is known as Aeko Kula, doing business as Aloha
Southeast Asia and offers ad hoc charter operations and Air Cargo. The sale was finalised on 15 May 2008 when the
aircraft leasing to international airlines. company was awarded its own air operator’s certificate.
History Traces its history back the foundation of Flight West
Airlines on 25 May 1987, by Sir Dennis Buchanan MBE.
Executives
President ........................................................ Lee Steele
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Operations began using three leased Beechcraft King Airs to VP Operations................................................Patrick Rosa
link Western Queensland with Brisbane and Townsville. Went
into voluntary liquidation on 19 June 2001 although on 26
Head of Operations ....................................... Rollie Smith
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-200 H
June 2001 a rescue plan was in place and the airline 2 x Saab 340A
resumed operations, operating aircraft wet-leased from Main base Honolulu (HNL)
Ansett. Flight West suspended passenger flights on 14
September 2001 following Ansett’s demise. In November Alpine Air [N6] I
2001 regular passenger flights from Brisbane to Gladstone House No. 49, Ananda Bhairav Marg, Gyaneshwor,
resumed, although the airline went into voluntary
administration once again in December 2001. Acquired by
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977 1 444 4713 Email coo@alpineair.com.np J
Queensland Airline Holdings, a newly-formed aviation Website www.alpineair.net.np
services company based in Brisbane, on 5 April 2002 Description Start-up international carrier planning to
and rebranded as Alliance Airlines. Services were then
relaunched from its Brisbane base to Rockhampton,
inaugurate services from Kathmandu to Delhi using an
Airbus A319-100 leased from Bahrain Air. Flights to Kuala
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Norfolk Island, Gladstone and Townsville. Lumpur, Guangzhou and Doha are to follow. Additional
Executives
Managing Director...................................... Scott McMillan
destinations including Bahrain, Bangkok, Dhaka and
Singapore are also planned. L
Chief Financial Officer........................................Jeff Childs History Originally established in 1998 by owner and
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GM Network & Operations............................. Craig Duncan managing director Surendra Malla. Before it could
Flight Operations Manager ............................... Phil James commence services the airline was one of seven privately-
Fleet (orders) 15 x Fokker 100 owned carriers whose air operator’s certificate was revoked
5 x Fokker 50 as part of a drive by the Nepali DGCA to increase oversight
2 x Fokker 70
Main base Sydney (SYD), Brisbane (BNE)
over the country’s commercial aviation sector. Alpine Air was
re-established in 2008 with an initial investment of $11
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Hubs Melbourne (MEL), Townsville (TSV) million, and the carrier was awarded a new AOC in 2009.
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Executives
Allied Air Cargo [4W] (AJK) Hairman & Managing Director......................Surendra Malla
Nahco Cargo Building, 2nd Floor, Murtala Mohammed Chief Executive Officer...................... Hari Bhakta Shrestha
Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
Tel +234 1 6594735 Fax +234 1 470 9221
Email info@alliedaircargo.com. Alpine Air Express [5A] (AIP) P
Website www.alliedaircargo.com 1177 Alpine Air Way, Provo, Utah, 84601, USA
Date operations started 1998
Description Operates scheduled cargo services from Lagos,
Tel +1 801 373 1508 Fax +1 801 377 3781
Email info@alpine-air.com Website www.alpine-air.com Q
primarily to African destinations including Accra, Entebbe, Parent organisation/shareholders Universal Express
Freetown, Malabo and Monrovia. Also operates regular (80%), publicly held (20%)
international services linking Lagos, Nairobi and Ostend and
offers cargo charters. Executive jet charter services are
Description Provides scheduled air cargo flights on more
than 15 routes throughout Utah, North Dakota, South
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flown by Allied Air’s executive division. Dakota, Montana, Washington, and Hawaii. Also offers
History Founded by CEO Val Tongo. From 1 October 2008 a
full-time wet-lease contract with World Airways allowed Allied
ad hoc air cargo services.
History Incorporated in 1975 as a fixed-based operator under S
Air to introduce regular MD-11F cargo services between the name of Alpine Aviation. Commuter passenger services
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Lagos, Nairobi and Ostend. In 2009, this contract was were launched in 1982. In 1986 the company was acquired
extended to the end of 2011. by its then general manager, Eugene Mallette. Passenger
Executives services were discontinued in 1999. The United States
Chief Executive Officer ....................................... Val Tongo Postal Service (USPS) became Alpine’s biggest customer
Director Flight Operations .......................... Anthony Oghide
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 727-200
for mail services, while United Parcel Service became
the largest for cargo services. The company's shares U
Main base Lagos (LOS) were publicly traded for the first time on 17 August 2001.
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In 2004 the airline began inter-island cargo services
Alnaser Airlines [6N] in Hawaii, under contract to USPS. In October 2004
Al-Karrada, Babel Region, District 929, Lane 21, Universal Express acquired a majority stake and controlling
House No. 46, Baghdad, Iraq interest for $12 million.
Tel +964 790 193 3656 Email info@alnaserairlines.com
Website www.alnaserairlines.com
Executives
Chairman & CEO...................................... Eugene Mallette
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Description Privately-owned Iraqi airline operating scheduled General Manager.......................................... Bill Distefano
passenger services from Baghdad to selected domestic
destinations within Iraq as well as international routes
Fleet (orders) 8 x Beech 1900C
2 x Beech 99 X
including destinations in Sweden, London (Gatwick), and 3 x Beech 99A
Kuwait. Charter services are also offered. 1 x Beech 99B
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Baghdad (BGW)
5 x Beech 99C
Main base Utah (PVO)
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Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise [6R]
(DRU)
Mirny Airport, Sakha Republic, Mirny, Sakha Yakutiya,
678174, Russia
Tel +7 411 363 5197 Fax +7 411 363 4122
Email ok@map.alrosa-mir.ru Website www.mapalrosa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Alrosa Closed Joint-
Stock Company (100%)
Date operations started 1992
Description The air transport division of Russia’s largest
diamond producer. Operating passenger and cargo
schedules and charters with a mixed fleet of fixed wing
and helicopter aircraft.
History Formed as Aeroflot’s Mirny division. Following
the creation of the Almazy Rossii Sakha Trade Company
as Russia’s largest diamond producer in February 1992,
the new company established its own air transport division
under the same name. A Moscow-based VIP charter division,
Alrosa-Avia, operated between 1995 and 2010. Almazy
Rossii Sakha was renamed as Mirny Air Enterprise Alrosa
in 2000.
Executives
Aviation Enterprise Commander...............Oleg N Varnavskiy
Head of Flight Operations............................... Andrey Gulov
Technical Director ........................................ Yuriy Potzelov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24B
3 x Antonov An-24RV
2 x Antonov An-26
2 x Antonov An-38
2 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
8 x PZL An-2
1 x Tupolev Tu-134B
7 x Tupolev Tu-154M
Main base Mirny (MJZ)
Alta Flights (ALZ)
PO Box 9831, Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton,
Alberta, T5J 2T2, Canada
Tel +1 780 890 1330 Fax +1 780 890 1331
Email info@altaflights.com Website www.altaflights.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aviation Acquisitions
(100%)
Date operations started 1986
Description Operates regional passenger and cargo charters
throughout Canada and the USA.
History Started scheduled services on 19 November 2001,
but these were suspended on 1 January 2006.
Executives
President.................................................David Robertson
Director of Flight Operations.......................Bob Lamoureux
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beechcraft King Air 300
2 x Fairchild Metro 23
2 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Edmonton (YEG)
Hubs Calgary (YYC)
Alwafeer Air (WFR)
Saudi Arabia
Date operations started 2009
Date operations ceased September 2011
Saudi Arabian charter carrier which specialised in transporting
pilgrims to Mecca and Medina during the Umrah and Hajj.
Regular flights to Iraq and Jakarta were also operated.
Founded by President and CEO Adnan Dabbagh, a former
Executive Vice President of Operations at Saudi Arabian
Airlines. On 4 October 2009 the General Authority for Civil
Aviation approved Alwafeer’s operating licence. Regular
flights to Iraq were started in July 2010. Its air operator’s
certificate was suspended in September 2011.
Amakusa Airlines
1-2080-5 Jyokawara, Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, 863-2114,
Japan
Tel +81 969 576000 Fax +81 969 576013
Email k-ueda@amx.co.jp Website www.amx.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders Municipal governments
(80%), Japan Airlines Domestic (2%), others (18%)
Date operations started 23 March 2000
Description Provides a regional service from the Amakusa
Islands to Fukuoka and Kumamoto.
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Chief Executive Officer................................ Toru Okushima
VP Operations ........................................... Hiroshi Nagata
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Kumamoto (KMJ)
Amapola Flyg (APF)
PO Box 192, 195 05 Arlandastad, Sweden
Tel +46 8 555 556 00 Fax +46 8 555 556 99
Email info@amapola.nu Website www.amapolaflyg.nu
Parent organisation/shareholders Salenia (100%)
Date operations started 2004
Description Freight carrier operating on behalf of the
Swedish Post Office. Ad hoc charters are also available.
History Formed and wholly owned by Salenia AB to take over
the postal services previously operated by Falcon Air.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer .................................. Lars Jordahh
Chief Operations Officer................................ Peter Korning
Director of Flight Operations...................... Thomas Nilsson
Fleet (orders) 12 x Fokker 50
Main base Stockholm Arlanda (ARN)
Amaszonas [Z8] (AZN)
Avenida Saavedra Nº 1649, Zona de Miraflores, La Paz,
Bolivia
Tel +591 2 222 0848 Fax +591 2 211 1104
Email info@amaszonas.com Website www.amaszonas.com
Alliances aerocon
Description Domestic carrier providing scheduled passenger
and cargo services from La Paz to major towns and cities in
central and northern Bolivia. Charters are also undertaken.
Executives
General Manager......................................... Sergio Urioste
VP Operations......................................Friedl Hochhaeuser
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fairchild Metro 23
Main base La Paz (LPB)
AMC Airlines (AMV)
5 El Nasr Street, El Nozha El Gedida, Heliopolis, Cairo,
Egypt
Tel +20 2 623 0401 Fax +20 2 623 0401
Email amryaboukoura@link.net Website www.amcairlines.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Elsayed Saber and
family (100%)
Date operations started 1992
Description Provides charter services between Europe and
the Red Sea tourist destinations of Hurghada and Sharm el
Sheikh and the ancient Egyptian tourist attractions, including
Aswan and Luxor. Also offers ad hoc domestic and
international charters, VIP flights, military transport and
offers aircraft for long and short-term wet lease.
History The Egyptian government approved the foundation of
the Aircraft Maintenance Company (AMC) in Cairo. In 1992,
company president Elsayed Saber and his family launched
AMC Aviation after obtaining a licence to conduct worldwide
passenger charter operations. Rebranded as AMC Airlines
on 1 September 1999.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Elsayed Saber
Managing Director...................................... Medhat Nashit
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Cairo CAI
Hubs Hurghada (HRG), Luxor (LXR), Sharm el Sheikh (SSH)
Amerer Air (AMK)
Airport Linz, Flughafenstr 22, 4063 Hoersching, Austria
Tel +43 7221 64752 Fax +43 7221 64753
Email office@amererair.com Website www.amererair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Heinz Peter Amerer
(50%), Susanne Amerer (50%)
Date operations started 1995
Description Dedicated cargo carrier, operating services
from Linz and Cologne throughout Europe, the Middle East
and north Africa.
History Established at Linz by Heinz Peter Amerer. Cargo
services were initially operated using a single Fokker
F27-500. In 1999 Amerer Air supplemented its activities
through the introduction of international long-distance
road transportation.
Executives
General Director...................................Heinz Peter Amerer
Fleet (orders) 1 x Piper PA-32RT-300T
Main base Linz (LNZ)
Hubs Cagliari (CAG)
American Airlines [AA] (AAL)
Executive Office, PO Box 619616, Dallas, Texas,
75261-9616, USA
Tel +1 817 963 1234 Fax +1 817 967 4162
Email corp.comm@aa.com Website www.aa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders AMR Corporation
(100%)
Alliances Oneworld, Air Pacific, Air Tahiti Nui, airberlin,
Alaska Airlines, American Eagle (Executive), American
Eagle Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cape Air, Chautauqua
Airlines, El Al, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Frontier Airlines,
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes, Gulf Air, Hainan Airlines,
Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air, JAL Express, Jet Airways,
JetBlue Airways, Jetstar, Kingfisher Airlines, LAN
Argentina, LAN Ecuador, Martinair, Niki, OpenSkies,
Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas, Republic Airlines,
WestJet Airlines
Date operations started 1934
Description Operates an extensive global scheduled
network throughout North America, the Caribbean,
Latin America, Europe and Asia. American and its
oneworld alliance partners serve nearly 900 destinations
in more than 150 countries. American Airlines is one of
the world’s largest scheduled air freight carriers,
with American Eagle and American Connection as
regional affiliates.
History Founded under the present name as a direct
successor to American Airways, established in 1934,
with other predecessor companies going back to 1926.
Acquired American Overseas Airways (AOA) in December
1945 and began operating short-lived transatlantic services
to Europe. Within five years AOA had been sold as the
company concentrate on its home market. Introduced
transpacific services to Australia and New Zealand, via
Honolulu, in August 1970. Expanded its Caribbean network,
firstly with the acquisition of Trans Caribbean Airways
in March 1971 and later with acquisition of Pan American’s
routes in the region in 1975. Re-organised in May 1982,
as the principal subsidiary of holding company, AMR
Corporation. Relaunched transatlantic services in
May 1982, with the Dallas/Fort Worth to London Gatwick
route. Established a network of regional airlines to feed
its mainline services under the American Eagle brand
in 1972. Acquired AirCal in 1986, integrating its extensive
west coast network by July 1987. Expanded Latin American
services in 1990 with former Eastern Airlines routes out
of Miami. Acquired TWA’s London routes in 1991. Became
a founder member of the oneworld global airline alliance
on 1 February 1999. Acquired Reno Air in February 1999,
integrating its operations by September 1999. Acquired
the assets of TWA in April 2001. Began co-operating with
its oneworld alliance partners on transatlantic routes
from 6 October 2010, after receiving EU and US antitrust
immunity. Parent AMR Corp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection on 29 November 2011, while American and
American Eagle were granted court approval to continue
operating.
Employees total 66,525
Executives
Executive Chairman ................................. Edward Brennan
Chief Executive Officer............................... Thomas Horton
Chief Financial Officer .................................Isabella Goren
SVP & General Counsel.................................Gary Kennedy
Fleet (orders) 171 (135) x Boeing 737-800
116 x Boeing 757-200
15 x Boeing 767-200
58 x Boeing 767-300
47 (6) x Boeing 777-200
(7) x Boeing 777-300
196 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Dallas (DFW)
Hubs Miami (MIA), Los Angeles (LAX), Chicago (ORD),
New York (JFK)
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(EXW)
PO Box 38082, Airport Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico,
00937-0082, USA C
Tel +1 787 253 6400 Fax +1 787 253 6650
Website www.aa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders American Eagle
Airlines (100%)
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Alliances American Airlines
Date operations started 1986
Description Operates an extensive inter-island service to E
cities from San Juan, Puerto Rico, in American Eagle colours.

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History Formerly Executive Air Charter, the airline joined
the American Eagle system on 15 September 1986 and
became an AMR Eagle subsidiary on 7 December 1989.
Executives
Director Finance & Accounting.......................Brenda Torres
VP Flight Operations ......................................... Bill Boone
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Fleet (orders) 18 x ATR 72-200
Hubs San Juan (SJU)
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Rob Finlayson
American Eagle Airlines [MQ] (EGF)
4333 Amon Carter Blvd, MD5494, Fort Worth, Texas,
76155, USA
Tel +1 817 967 1577 Fax +1 817 967 3816
Japan’s ANA was the first operator of the Boeing 787 I
Website www.aa.com Executives Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders AMR Corporation (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings American Eagle
President.................................................... Gary Richards
VP Airline Operations.....................................Jeffrey Drees
President..............................................Tom Wachendorfer
Finance Director.........................................Fleet Lassetter J
(Executive) (100%) Fleet (orders) 22 x Beech 1900C VP Operations................................................. Stacy Muth
Alliances American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, 12 x Beech 99B Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Hawaiian Airlines
Date operations started 1 November 1984
44 x Beech 99C
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
3 x Douglas DC-9-10
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
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Description Regional airline affiliate of American Airlines 8 x Embraer EMB-120ER Main base Dallas DFW
operating over 1,700 flights per day, serving cities across
the USA, Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
19 x Fairchild Merlin IV
25 x Fairchild Metro III
Hubs Nashville BNA, El Paso ELP, Detroit DTW
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Considered the world’s largest regional airline system. 5 x Learjet Learjet 35 Amsterdam Airlines

History Founded by amalgamating Executive Airlines,
Flagship Airlines, Simmons Airlines and Wings West Airlines,
which began operating under the American Eagle banner.
All are now owned by AMR Eagle, which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of AMR Corporation. American Eagle launched
its first jet service in May 1998 from Chicago O’Hare,
using Embraer ERJ-145s. Business Express was acquired
40 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Portland (PDX)
Hubs Ontario (ONT), Salt Lake City (SLC), Oakland (OAK),
Burbank (BUR), San Juan (SJU), Phoenix (PHX), Billings (BIL),
Dallas (DFW), Cincinnati (CVG), San Juan (UAQ)
Amerijet International [M6] (AJT)
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Netherlands
Date operations ceased 31 October 2011
Dutch airline which specialised in tour operator charter flights,
business-to-business all-premium operations, military
charter and wet-lease work. It was established in April 2006
by former Denim Airlines CEO Matthijs Boertie and Denim Air
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In July 2011, AMR Corporation announced that it would be USA November 2011.
proceeding with its long-planned divestiture of American Tel +1 954 320 5300 Fax +1 954 765 3521
Eagle, which was first announced in November 2007. Email sales@amerijet.com Website www.amerijet.com ANA – All Nippon Airways [NH] (ANA)
Employees total 9,270
Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders HIG Capital (66%),
David Bassett (34%)
Shiodome City Center, 1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo, 105-7133, Japan
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President & CEO...........................................Daniel Garton Alliances Cargojet Airways Tel +81 3 6735 1000 Fax +81 3 6735 1005

Chief Financial Officer.............................. John Hutchinson
Fleet (orders) 47 x Bombardier CRJ-700
21 x Embraer ERJ-135LR
59 x Embraer ERJ-140LR
118 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
Main base Dallas (DFW), San Juan (SJU)
Hubs New York (JFK), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Raleigh/
Durham (RDU), Miami (MIA), Los Angeles (LAX), New York (LGA)
Ameriflight (AMF)
4700 Empire Avenue, Hangar 1, Burbank, California,
91505-1098, USA
Tel +1 818 847 0000 Fax +1 818 980 5018
Email info@ameriflight.com Website www.ameriflight.com
Parent organisation/shareholders ATI Systems
International (ATIS) (100%)
Alliances Transcarga
Date operations started 1968
Description Cargo carrier operating scheduled and contract
cargo flights to destinations in 30 US states, Canada,
Mexico, the Caribbean and South America. Ameriflight serves
major financial institutions, freight forwarders, laboratories,
and overnight couriers in the western US, and provides
feeder service for overnight express carriers nationwide.
History Commenced operations as California Air Charter,
and was merged in 1971 with United Couriers, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of ATI Systems International. In April
1993 the fixed wing division of Wings Express of Van Nuys
was purchased, and the outstanding shares of Sports Air
Travel were purchased in mid-1997.
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Date operations started 1974
Description Provides an all-jet cargo service to destinations
in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
History Founded by David Bassett and a partner with one
leased aircraft, serving passengers and cargo on routes
between the USA and Bahamas. Two years later became a
freight-only carrier. In 1982 Bassett bought out his partner
and created Amerijet International. Operated under Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection from 22 August 2001 until 31
December 2001, when it completed financial restructuring.
Executives
Chairman & CEO......................................... David Bassett
Chief Financial Officer....................................... John Nash
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 727-200
3 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Fort Lauderdale FLL
Ameristar Air Cargo [7Z] (AJI)
4400 Glenn Curtiss Drive, Addison Airport, Addison, Texas,
75001, USA
Tel +1 972 248 2478 Fax +1 972 931 6011
Email info@ameristarjet.com Website www.ameristarjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tom Wachendorfer (100%)
Date operations started 4 September 2000
Description Provides a cargo service in North and South
America using a large fleet of jet aircraft. Also acts as a
broker to other cargo carriers. Executive jet flights are
undertaken under Ameristar Jet Charter.
History Established by and wholly owned by Tom
Wachendorfer, owner also of Ameristar Jet Charter.
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Website www.ana.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders Financial institutions
(23.92%), Japanese companies (16.38%), non-Japanese
companies (7.22%), individuals and others (52.48%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings ANA – All Nippon Airways
(100%), ANA Wings (100%), Air Japan (100%), Air Nippon
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(100%), AirAsia Japan (67%), Peach (38.67%), ALLEX (36.38%),
Solaseed Air (14.99%), Air Do (13.61%), StarFlyer (1%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air Do, Air Japan, Air Macau, Etihad S
Airways, EVA Air, Eznis Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, IBEX
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Airlines, Jet Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Oriental Air Bridge,
Qatar Airways, Shenzhen Airlines, Solaseed Air, StarFlyer,
UPS Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Date operations started 15 December 1953
Description One of the world’s top ten passenger carriers,
operating an extensive scheduled network which serves U
more than 50 domestic and 27 overseas destinations in
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Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Cargo and charter
services are also flown.
History Incorporated as Nippon Helicopter and Aeroplane
Company. A 1957 merger with Far Eastern Airlines created
All Nippon Airways Company (ANA). Early growth was based
on the acquisition of domestic competitors, including Fujita
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Airlines (1963), Nakanihon Air Services (1965) and
Nagasaki Airways (1967). Had become Japan’s leading
domestic carrier by the end of the 1960s. The launch X
customer, in 1978, for the short-range, high-capacity Boeing
747SR, an aircraft optimised for the Japanese domestic
market. Became a minority shareholder in the 1978
creation of Japan’s first all-cargo airline, NCA Nippon Cargo
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Airlines. Launched scheduled international services with a
flight between Tokyo and Guam in March 1986. A revised
“ANA All Nippon Airways” branding was introduced in 2002.
Became the launch customer for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner
in 2004. In July 2005, ANA divested its interest in NCA
Nippon Cargo Airlines. ANA & JP Express was a joint venture
subsidiary, which introduced cargo services to China and
other Asian destinations on 15 May 2007. On 27 March
2008, ANA became the launch customer for the Mitsubishi
Regional Jet, with an order for 15 MRJ90s and options on
10 more. Merged three consolidated subsidiaries: Air
Nippon Network, Air Next and Air Central, on 1 October
2010. Surviving carrier Air Nippon Network was rebranded
as ANA Wings. Overtook JAL to become Japan’s biggest
airline by passengers carried in June 2010. After receiving
US and Japanese antitrust approval in October 2010, ANA
implemented its transpacific joint venture with United and
Continental in the first half of 2011. Became the world’s
first operator of the Boeing 787 on 26 October 2011, with
the launch of services between Tokyo and Hong Kong.
Agreed in November 2011 to acquire consolidated
subsidiary Air Nippon through a short-form merger
scheduled for 1 April 2012. The Air Nippon/ANK brand
would then be discontinued.
Executives
Chairman.........................................................Yoji Ohashi
President & CEO............................................Shinichiro Ito
SEVP Legal Affairs & Public Relations........ Koshichiro Kubo
Fleet (orders) 24 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Boeing 737-700
(10) x Boeing 737-800
8 x Boeing 747-400
64 (1) x Boeing 767-300
23 (5) x Boeing 777-200
26 x Boeing 777-300
5 (35) x Boeing 787-8
(15) x Boeing 787-9
(15) x Mitsubishi MRJ90
Main base Tokyo Narita (NRT)
Hubs Osaka (KIX), Osaka (ITM), Komaki (NKM)
ANA Wings [EH] (AKX)
Haneda Airport, 3-3-2, Ohota-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tel +81 3 5757 4200 Fax +81 3 5757 4218
Email k,kondo@anawings.co.jp Website www.anawings.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders ANA Group (100%)
Date operations started 1 October 2010
Description Operates domestic and regional passenger
services for parent company.
History Created by parent ANA through the consolidation of
three subsidiaries: Air Nippon Network, Air Next and Air
Central. Air Nippon Network was the surviving carrier after
the consolidation, but was rebranded at the time of the
merger, becoming ANA Wings.
Executives
President.............................................. Akihiko Hasegawa
Fleet (orders) 12 x Boeing 737-500
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
17 (4) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q40
Main base Tokyo (HND)
Hubs Nagoya (NGO), Sapporo (CTS), Osaka (ITM), Fukuoka (FUK)
Anadolu Jet [TK] (THY)
Tutorial Island Airport, Management Floor Offices,
Anadolu Jet Esenboaya, 34149 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 312 398 01 00 Fax +90 312 398 22 14
Email musteri@anadolujet.com Website www.anadolujet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Turkish Airlines (100%)
Alliances BoraJet, Turkish Airlines
Date operations started 23 April 2008
Description Low-cost brand of Turkish Airlines serving a
network of 36 domestic and European destinations from its
operational base at Ankara Esenboga Airport and Sabiha
Gokcen Airport.
Executives
General Manager..............................................Temel Kotil
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
8 x Boeing 737-700
13 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Ankara (ESB)
Andes Lineas Aereas [OY] (ANS)
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Av Rafael Obligado S/N,
Espigon B, Oficina de Andes LA, 1054 Buenos Aires,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel +54 11 4508 6750 Fax +54 11 4508 6750 x18
Email clientes@andesonline.com
Website www.andesonline.com
Date operations started 20 June 2006
Description Regional airline linking Salta and Puerto Madryn
to the capital Buenos Aires. Additionally provides charter
flights to Argentinean and Brazilian tourist destinations
on behalf of local tour operators. Cargo services are
also offered.
History The carrier began by offering services between Salta
and Buenos Aires.
Executives
President.................................................Hector Bonasert
Fleet (orders) 5 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Salta (SLA)
Hubs Buenos Aires (AEP)
Angara Airlines [IK] (AGU)
9 Shiryamova Street, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Region, 664009,
Russia
Tel +7 3952 287 830 Fax +7 395 221 1271
Email info@angara.aero Website angara.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Irkutsk Aircraft Repair
Plant 403 (100%)
Date operations started November 2000
Description Operates passenger schedules in the Irkutsk
region and others within Siberia. Also offers fixed-wing
and helicopter charter flights throughout Russia and
provides emergency medical flights, search and rescue
and wide-ranging aerial work.
History Founded by the Irkutsk Aircraft Repair Plant 403,
part or the diversified Eastland Group. Absorbed the
helicopter specialist Irkutsk Avia in October 2010. Opened
a branch in Chita in the Transbaikal oblast to provide air
transportation in the region in October 2010.
Executives
President & CEO........................................ Anatoly Yurtaev
Financial Director........................................ Natalia Popova
Fleet (orders) 6 x Antonov An-24RV
4 x Antonov An-26
Main base Irkutsk (IKT)
Hubs Chita (HTA), Novosibirsk (OVB)
Anguilla Air Services [Q3]
P O Box 559, Wallblake Airport, Anguilla
Tel +1 264 498 5922 Fax +1 264 498 5921
Email info@anguillaairservices.com
Website www.anguillaairservices.com
Date operations started 2005
Description Operates air charter services in the
northeastern Caribbean from Anguilla to destinations
in the neighbouring Leeward Islands and Netherlands
Antilles, including Tortola, St Maarten, St Kitts, Nevis and
St Barths. Also operates scheduled services between
Anguilla and St Maarten on behalf of Winair.
History Established in 2005 by chief pilot, Captain Carl
Thomas. In 2007 AAS was contracted by Windward Islands
Airways (Winair) to operate its daily scheduled flights
between Anguilla and St Maarten.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Anguilla (AXA)
Antonov Airlines (ADB)
1 Tupolev Street, Office 2, Kiev, 03062, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 454 2860 Fax +380 44 454 2852
Email sales@antonov.kiev.ua Website www.antonov.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Antonov (100%)
Date operations started 1989
Description The airline arm of the Antonov Design Bureau,
primarily operating Antonov-built freighter aircraft to serve
the world outsize cargo charter market. The airline also
serves as the national cargo operator for the Ukraine and
operates scheduled cargo flights for third party carriers,
including Ukraine Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines
on routes linking Kiev with major cargo hubs, such as
Amsterdam, Istanbul and Luxemburg.
History Entered a marketing agreement in 1989 with
Air Foyle, since discontinued, to market Antonov An-124
cargo charters world-wide. This led to the design bureau
obtaining its own operating certificate.
Executives
General Director of Air Transport.................Volodymyr Inkov
Executive Director.............................. Konstantin Lushakov
Fleet (orders) 7 x Antonov An-124
1 x Antonov An-225
Main base Gostomel (GML)
Antrak Ghana [O4] (ABV)
50 Senchi Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra, Ghana
Tel +233 302 782814 Fax +233 302 782816
Email info@antrakair.com Website www.antrakair.com
Date operations started September 2003
Description Provides scheduled domestic services
between Accra, Kumasi, Sunyani, Tamale and Takoradi.
Regional services are also planned to destinations in west
Africa, including Dakar, Freetown and Monrovia. Charter
flights are also offered throughout west Africa.
History This private Ghanaian company was established in
December 2001.
Executives
President............................................Alhaji Asuma Banda
Finance Director ......................................Abigail Asamoan
Head of Flight Operations....................................WK Asare
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
Main base Accra (ACC)
Ararat International Airline (RRN)
22/6 Building, Nairi Zaryan Street, 000051 Yerevan,
Armenia
Tel +374 10 257 011
Website www.araratinternationalairline.com
Date operations started 2010
Description Armenian passenger charter airline operating
out of Zvatnots International Airport.
Executives
Director...............................................Vardan Chilingaryan
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Yerevan (EVN)
Arctic Sunwest Charters
100 Dickins Street, PO Box 1807, Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories, X1A 2P4, Canada
Tel +1 867 873 4464 Fax +1 867 873 9334
Email info@arcticsunwest.com Website www.arcticsunwest.com
Description Operates both cargo and passenger charter
services to Canada’s Arctic north with wheel, ski and float-
equipped aircraft. Scheduled passenger flights between
Wekweti and Yellowknife are also operated.
History Created from the Aviation Division of RTL-Robinson
Enterprises.
Executives
VP & General Manager................................... Thom Pilgrim
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 99
1 x Beechcraft King Air 100
1 x Cessna A185F
2 x De Havilland Canada DHC-5
1 x DHC6-100
2 x DHC6-300
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
2 x De Havilland Canada Turbo
1 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Yellowknife (YZF)
Arcus Air (AZE)
Luetticher Strasse 12, 53842 Troisdorf, Germany
Tel +49 2241 952 516 Fax +49 2241 406 128
Email info@arcus-air.com Website www.arcus-air.com
Description Provides cargo charters throughout Europe,
together with VIP passenger flights and helicopter aerial
work services.
Executives
Managing Director...............................Francisco Muehlens
Finance Manager....................... Alejandro Tapia Haarmann
Fleet (orders) 4 x Dornier 228-200
2 x Embraer Phenom 100
Main base Mannheim (MHG)

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Ariana Afghan Airlines [FG] (AFG)
Metrology Building Kabul Airport, PO Box 76, Kabul,
Afghanistan
Tel +93752022884 Email kblxtfg@flyariana.com
Website www.flyariana.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Afghan government
(100%)
Description National carrier of Afghanistan linking Kabul
with Mazar-e-Sharif, in addition to international services to
15 destinations, primarily within Asia and the Middle East,
but also including Frankfurt and Moscow.
History Established in January 1955 by an American pilot
who relocated several DC-3 aircraft to Afghanistan. As a
result of the collapse of the Kabul communist regime in
1992, internal factional fighting destroyed a large proportion
of the Ariana infrastructure and aircraft. In October 1996
Pakistan provided a temporary maintenance and operational
base at Karachi Airport. Domestic routes were also
relaunched at the time from Kabul Airport. In 1999 UN
sanctions forced the airline to suspend overseas operations,
and in November 2001 it was grounded completely. However
the following month the airline started rebuilding its
operations and in January 2002 sanctions were lifted.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................... Nasir Hakimi
VP Finance ............................................. Abdul Fahim Safi
VP Operations.................................... Momin Khan Momin
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A310-300
3 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Kabul (KBL)
Arik Air [W3] (ARA)
Arik Air Aviation Centre, Murtala Muhammed Domestic
Airport, P.O Box 10468, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel +234 1 279 9999 Fax +234 1 497 5940
Email info@arikair.com Website www.arikair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sir lLA Arumemi-Ikhide
& Mrs M Arumemi-Ikhide (95%), David Mablaku (5%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Arik Niger
Alliances Emirates
Date operations started 30 October 2006
Description Nigeria’s leading international carrier, operating
long-haul international services to Johannesburg and New
York, as well as African regional and domestic services from
hubs at Lagos and Abuja.
History Founded in Lagos by Sir JIA Arumemi-Johnson’s
Ojemai Investment. Flying operations were launched with a
domestic service between Lagos and Abuja. The first
intercontinental routes to London was opened in December
2008. The first transatlantic service between Lagos and
New York (JFK) was operated in November 2009.
Discontinued all services to London on 29 October 2011.
Executives
Chairman................................... Joseph Arumemi-Johnson
Group Chief Executive Officer..........Michael Arumemi-Ikhide
Managing Director......................................... Chris Nudule
Chief Financial Officer...................................Steve Garroro
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 737-700
4 (8) x Boeing 737-800
(2) x Boeing 747-8
(7) x Boeing 787-9
4 x Bombardier CRJ-900
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800
Main base Lagos (LOS)
Hubs Abuja (ABV)
Arkas (KRA)
Carrera 65 A N013 157, Terminal del Sur, Medellin,
Antioquia, Colombia
Tel +57 4 361 7039 Fax +57 4 361 1227
Email llema@arkas.com.co Website www.arkas.com.co
Parent organisation/shareholders Undisclosed private
investor (60%), former pilots of ACES Airlines (35%),
Industrial Aeronáutica (Indaer) (5%)
Alliances Tampa Cargo
Date operations started November 2007
Description Colombian cargo airline linking Barranquilla with
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Bogota, Cali and Medellin as well as with regional Armavia [U8] (RNV)
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destinations including Quibdo, Bahia Solano, Puerto Carreno International Airport Zvartnots, 0042, 375042 Yerevan,
and Rio Negro. Cargo charter services are also available.
History Established in 2004 by former ACES Airlines
Armenia
Tel + 374 60 374 270 Fax + 374 10 540 810 C
employees to provide improved domestic cargo operations. Website www.armavia.am
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Mika Armenia Trading
General Manager ....................................Ricardo Restrepo
Chief Financial Officer................................... Chrisley Frota
(100%)
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, airBaltic, Kuban Airlines, LOT
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Operations Director......................................... Juan Galvis Polish Airlines, Rossiya, RusLine, Ural Airlines, UTair Aviation,
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300F
Main base Medellin (MDE)
VIM Avia
Date operations started 2001 E
Description Privately-owned flag carrier operating international
ArkeFly [OR] (TFL)
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scheduled services to over 35 destinations in more than 20
PO Box 75607, 1118 ZR Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands countries, including Russia and the CIS, India, Iran, Israel, the
Tel +31 20 892 1400 Fax +31 20 655 7345 Middle East and western Europe. Charter flights also flown.
Email info@arkefly.nl Website www.arkefly.nl History In October 2002 a strategic alliance was formed
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings ArkeFly Curaçao (100%)
with Sibir Airlines, which took a major stake. On 1 January
2005 Armavia took over many of the international routes
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Date operations started 14 April 2005 which had previously been operated by the defunct carrier
Description Dutch arm of TUI providing inclusive tour
packages to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean,
Armenian International Airways. Became entirely Armenian-
owned on 1 June 2005, when Mika Armenia Trading H
Middle East, Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Americas acquired the S7/Aviafin shareholding.
and Caribbean. Also offers seat-only sales and cargo Executives
services across its entire network.
History ArkeFly’s history dates back to the creation of Air
Chairman & President.......................... Mikhail Bagdasarov
Director General.........................................Norair Belluyan
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Holland in 1981. Following Air Holland’s bankruptcy in March Finance Director....................................... Ojen Dondonyan
2004 the company was taken over by Exel Aviation Group
(EAG), becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary under the name
Director of Flight Operations........................ Rafael Eritsyan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 J
ATR Leasing. Began operating as HollandExel later in March 1 x Airbus A320-200
2004. Parent Group EAG was declared bankrupt in 2005 and 2 x Boeing 737-500
HollandExel was consequently taken over by TUI Netherland
in April 2005. Operations were then relaunched under a new
1 x Bombardier CRJ-100
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
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brand, ArkeFly, in line with the name of the Dutch TUI 1 (1) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95
subsidiary, and largest Dutch tour operator, Arke. The first
services under the new brand were launched in September
1 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Main base Yerevan (EVN) L
2005 with a flight between Amsterdam, Hurghada and Luxor.
ARP 410 Airlines (URP)
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Executives
Chief Executive Officer & COO..........Steven Van der Heijden 94 Povitroflotsky Avenue, Kiev, 03151, Ukraine
Finance Manager............................................. Hari Naster Tel +380 442 469 926 Fax +380 442 469 983
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-800 Description Provides passenger and cargo services
5 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Amsterdam (AMS)
throughout the Ukraine and to destinations in Europe,
Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Executives
Arkia [IZ] (AIZ)
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Genaral Director ........................................ Sergej Podreza
PO Box 39301, Dov Airport, 61392 Tel Aviv, Israel Head of Flight Operations......................... Arkadiy Yaroszuk
Tel +972 3 690 2222 Fax +972 3 690 3496 Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24B
Website www.arkia.com 1 x Antonov An-24RV
Parent organisation/shareholders Nakash Group (70%),
Employees (30%)
1 x Antonov An-30
Main base Kiev (KBP)
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Date operations started 1950
Aserca Airlines [R7] (OCA)
Description Operates scheduled domestic and international
services as well as charter flights to western Europe and the Calle Guaicaipuro, Torre Taeca, PB y Piso 1, El Rosa, Q
Mediterranean. Dedicated divisions also offer specialised Caracas, Carabobo, 2001, Venezuela
services, including vacation packages in Israel, security Tel +58 241 820 8800 Fax +58 241 820 8710
services and commercial aircraft leasing.
History Founded by El Al and Israel’s labour federation,
Email comprasint@asercaairlines.com
Website www.asercaairlines.com
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Histradut, as Arkia Inland Airlines. Acquired 50% of Kanaf Parent organisation/shareholders Migdalia Garcia (95%),
Airlines & Aviation Services and formed Kanaf Arkia Airline
& Aviation Services in 1972. In March 1980, Kanaf Arkia
Simeon Garcia (5%)
Date operations started 1991 S
acquired the remaining stock of Arkia and merged the two Description Operates domestic scheduled services linking
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operations. In April 2006, the Nakash Group completed its nine domestic destinations in addition to regional scheduled
acquisition of a majority stake in the airline. A new scheduled services to Aruba and Curaçao. Charters are also flown to
service between Tel Aviv and Moscow Domodedovo was points in the Caribbean, Central America and the USA.
launched on 4 March 2011. History Started operations with small aircraft for private
Executives
Chairman.........................................................Avi Nakash
transportation purposes. In 1992 it entered the scheduled
domestic market with a leased DC-9-30 aircraft. Aserca’s U
Chief Executive Officer ....................................Gadi Tapper operations were centred around Valencia, but it managed
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VP Operations............................................ Ishay Gurfinkel to develop Caracas as a hub after 1994. Between 1998
VP Finance....................................................... Yariv Baror and 2000 Aserca had a controlling interest in Air Aruba.
VP Flight Operations........................................... Nir Dagan Aserca acquired Santa Barbara Airlines in the summer
of 2008. The two carriers initially retained their separate
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 72-500
2 x Boeing 757-300
identities while working to amalgamate their networks.
Executives
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(2) x Boeing 787-9 President................................................... Simeon Garcia
1 x Bombardier BD-100
1 x Bombardier BD-700
Managing Director........................................... Dina Flores
General Director............................................. Orlan Viloria X
1 x Embraer 195-200LR Fleet (orders) 7 x Douglas DC-9-30
1 x Gulfstream IVSP 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV)
Hubs Tel Aviv (SDV)
Main base Valencia (VLN)
Hubs Caracas (CCS)
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Asia Majestic Airlines
Vongvanij, Complex B Building, 24th floor, Rama 9 Road,
Huay Kwang, Bangkok, 10310, Thailand
Tel +66 2 645 0335 ext. 19-20 Fax +66 2 645 0375
Email info@asiamajestic.com Website www.asiamajestic.com
Description Start-up airline planning to launch services
connecting Bangkok with five destinations in China,
Singapore and Japan, to be followed within 12 months by
flights to Korea. Planned initial equipment is 12 aircraft,
made up of Boeing 737-800s and 777-200s.
Main base Bangkok (BKK)
Asia Pacific Airlines (MGE)
156 Diablo Road, Suite 203, Danville, California, 94526,
USA
Tel +1 925 362 4430 Fax +1 925 362 4432
Email info@flyapa.com Website www.flyapa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tan Holdings (100%)
Date operations started 3 June 1999
Description Operates cargo charter services from Guam and
Honolulu throughout the Pacific.
History Set up as Aero Micronesia.
Executives
President....................................................Michael Quinn
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 727-200
Main base Guam (GUM)
Asia Pacific Airlines
Tabubil Airport, Tabubil, Papua New Guinea
Tel +675 548 9477 Fax +675 548 9466
Email pngstaff@nationaljet.co.au
Date operations started 1991
Description Provides local services within Papua New
Guinea, together with flights to Cairns in Australia.
History Known as Fubilan Air Transport between 1996-2000.
Executives
General Manager .........................................Richard Shaw
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Tabubil (TBG)
Asia Wings
65 Kenesary Str, Astana, Kazakhstan
Tel +7 7172 519243 Fax +7 7172 519228
Date operations started 2010
Description Operates domestic flights to cities within
Kazakhstan from Karaganda, and from Almaty to
Petropavlovsk in Russia, via Kokshetau. Flights are operated
by BH Air on its behalf with an Airbus 320-200, and by
Hemus Air with two ATR 42-300.
Main base Karaganda (KGF)
Hubs Almaty (ALA)
Asialink Cargo Airlines [KP] (AKC)
Graha Irama Building, Unit 2C, JI. HR. Rasuna Said Blok
X-1, Kav. 1-2, Jakarta 12950, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 526 1480 Fax +62 21 526 2485
Website asialinkcargo.com
Date operations started 1 September 2006
Description Cargo airline offering regional charters centred
on Batam Island, from where services radiate to other points
in Indonesia and to Malaysia and Singapore.
History Formed as a joint venture between Kaltimex Lestari
Makmur and AsiaLink Cargo Express. Originally launched
services from Singapore’s Changi Airport in 2006, but
ceased operations in 2007. Resumed services from Batam
in March 2010. In April 2011, Asialink was one of four
Indonesian cargo airlines removed from the European
Union’s list of banned carriers.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Joseph Mathew
Finance Manager ..........................................Eko Prasetyo
Operations Manager ................................ Irawan Sugondo
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker F-27-500
Main base Batam (BTH)
Asian Express Airline
9/1 Ahmadi Donish Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel +992 372 226 5888 Fax +992 372 226 5999
Email info@asian-express-airline.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Kont Bank Investment
(100%)
Description Start-up airline planning to launch domestic and
international flights from Dushanbe in 2012.
History Established as Asian Express Aviacompany. Acquired
by Kont Bank Investment in 2011 and rebranded as Asian
Express Airline.
Main base Dushanbe (DYU)
Asian Wings (AWM)
No.34(A-1), Shwe Taung Gyar Street, Bahan Township,
Yangon, Myanmar
Tel +95 9 7313 5991 Email info@asianwingsairways.com
Website www.asianwingsairways.com
Date operations started 27 January 2011
Description Independent airline operating domestic
scheduled services, linking its Yangon base with all the
major tourist destinations including Bagan, Bhamo, Dawei,
Heho, Homalin, Kawthaung, Kyaing Tong, Lashio, Mandalay,
Monywa, Myitkyina, Myeik, Tachileik and Thandwe. Regional
destinations are planned to be introduced in the near future.
History Established on 17 September 2010 as a private airline.
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 72-500
Main base Yangon (RGN)
Asiana Airlines [OZ] (AAR)
Asiana Town, No 47 Osae Dong, PO Box 98, Gangseo-gu,
Seoul, 157-713, South Korea
Tel +82 2 2669 3847 Fax +82 2 2669 3840
Email aaprz@flyasiana.com Website www.flyasiana.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kumho Industrial
(32.89%), Kumho Petrochemical, (13.78%), Korea
Development Bank (6.84%), others (46.49%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Busan (46%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air Astana, Air Busan, Cargojet
Airways, China Southern Airlines, Etihad Airways, EVA Air,
Frontier Airlines, Luxair, Qantas, Qatar Airways, S7 Airlines,
Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Vladivostok Air
Date operations started 23 December 1988
Description Second designated Korean carrier operating
to 14 domestic destinations and 85 international
destinations in 21 countries in Asia, Australasia, Europe,
the Middle East and North America. The airline also has
a substantial cargo operation.
History Established by the Kumho Asiana Group as part of
the South Korean government’s policy to create a second
flag carrier, and originally known as Seoul Air International.
Asiana’s initial public offering was opened in late 1999 and
raised more than $300 million. On 13 July 2000 Asiana
operated the first flight to Pyongyang in North Korea since
the division of 1945. The South Korean government has
approved the raising of the limit set on foreign ownership
of the airline from 20% to 50%.
Employees total 8,580
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Sam-Koo Park
President & CEO........................................Yoon Young-doo
SVP Finance.............................................. Chang Soo Han
SVP Operations ..............................................Ee Dae Kim
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A321-100
15 (1) x Airbus A321-200
10 x Airbus A330-300
(10) x Airbus A350-1000XWB
(8) x Airbus A350-800XWB
(12) x Airbus A350-900XWB
(6) x Airbus A380-800
3 x Boeing 737-400
12 x Boeing 747-400
8 x Boeing 767-300
11 (2) x Boeing 777-200
Main base Seoul Incheon (ICN)
ASKY Airlines [KP] (SKK)
B.P. 2988, Immeuble Bidc-Cedeao, Lomé, Togo
Tel +228 223 0510 Fax +228 223 8900
Email headoffice@flyasky.com Website www.flyasky.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Ethiopian Airlines
(25%), others (75%)
Alliances Ethiopian Airlines
Date operations started 15 January 2010
Description African regional airline linking the west African
capitals of Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul,
Brazzaville, Conakry, Cotonou, Douala, Freetown, Kinshasa,
Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Monrovia, N’Djamena, Niamey,
Ouagadougou and Yaounde. Services are also planned
to Addis Ababa, Harare, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Nairobi
and Windhoek.
History On 15 September 2005,the Regional Airline
Promotion Company, known as SPCAR, was created to
conduct feasibility studies and find a technical and financial
partner, as well as private investors. On 29 November 2007,
the shareholders determined that SPCAR had accomplished
its mission, and decided to proceed with the creation of the
airline carrying the brand ASKY (Africa Sky). Ethiopian
Airlines became a technical and strategic partner, signing
a five-year management contract.
Executives
Chairman.................................................. Gervais Djondo
Chief Executive Officer ...................................Busera Awel
Fleet (orders) 1 (3) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Lome (LFW)
Aspiring Air [OI]
PO Box 68, Wanaka Airport, Lakes District, Wanaka,
New Zealand
Tel +64 3443 7943 Fax +64 3443 8949
Email aspiring.air@xtra.co.nz Website www.aspiringair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Barrie McHaffie (100%)
Description Operates a fleet of twin and single-engine
aircraft on charter pleasure flights around New Zealand’s
Southern Alps and three times daily to Queenstown,
connecting with Air New Zealand.
Executives
Managing Director..................................... Barrie McHaffie
Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Wanaka WKA
ASSL
301 Hamilton Hanger, General Aviation Area, Jinnah
International Airport, Karachi, 75200, Pakistan
Tel +92 21 4598 536 Fax +92 21 4598 325
Email Assl@cyber.net.pk
Date operations started 1975
Description Pakistani charter carrier operating primarily in
support of the oil and gas industry, as well as providing
medical evacuation and passenger charter flights.
History Founded as Agricultural Aviation in 1972. Became
Aircraft Sales and Services Ltd (ASSL) in 1975.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C
1 x Beech 1900D
1 x Fokker F-27-500
1 x Piper PA-34-200T
1 x Reims F406
Main base Karachi (KHI)
ASTAR Air Cargo [ER] (DHL)
1200 Brickell Avenue, 16th Floor, Miami, Florida, 33131,
USA
Tel +1 305 982 0500 Fax +1 305 416 9564
Website www.astaraircargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders DHL (49%), others (51%)
Date operations started 1969
Description Provides regular scheduled commercial
cargo charter services to more than 34 US airports
and nine international airports. Also provides air freight
services to six domestic and foreign locations for the
US Department of Defense. Worldwide charter freight
services are offered.
History Initially formed as DHL Worldwide Express, taking
its name from the initials of its three founders, Dalsey,
Hillblom and Lynn. The company’s initial business was
based on expediting the movement of bills of lading between
Hawaii and San Francisco. The company rebranded as
DHL Airways in 1983 and grew rapidly, creating an entirely
new industry of international door-to-door express service.
Lufthansa and Japan Air Lines each acquired a 5% stake,
which both carriers increased to 25% in 1992. The German
Post Office acquired a 22.5% stake in 1998, which was
increased in stages to 51%, 76% and finally 100% during
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headed by John Dasburg completed a management buyout
of the cargo carrier using financing provided by Boeing
Capital and the carrier was rebranded as ASTAR Air Cargo
on 30 June 2003. DHL acquired a minority share in August
2007 (which gave them 24.9% voting rights). ASTAR later
made an unsuccessful bid for ABX Air, which also operates
for DHL.
Executives
Chairman President & CEO............................John Dasburg
Chief Financial Officer..................................Stephen Dodd
Chief Operations Officer...............................Gary Hammes
Fleet (orders) 7 x Douglas DC-8-70
Main base Wilmington (ILM)
Hubs Newark (EWR), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA)
Astra Airlines [A2] (AZI)
12kmThessaloniki Moudania Road, PO Box 608 04,
546 23 Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel +30 2310 489390 Fax +30 2310 489393
Email operation@astra-airlines.gr
Website www.astra-airlines.gr
Date operations started 2008
Description Greek airline operating scheduled services
from Thessaloniki to Russia’s main cities, and to Nuremberg
and Munich in Germany. The carrier additionally provides
a domestic connection between Thessaloniki and Chios.
It also operates an aircraft for the local football team and
provides a charter service.
History Originally established as travel agency Interaviator.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Ioannis Zlatanis
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-300
Main base Thessaloniki (SKG)
Astraeus (AEU)
UK
Date operations started 6 April 2002
Date operations ceased 21 November 2011
Founded by staff of the former British World Airlines and t
he Aberdeen Asset Management investment group.
Icelandic investment company Northern Travel Holdings
(NTH) acquired a 51% shareholding in October 2006.
The remaining 49% was divided between Astraeus directors
and AAM. Continued to operate its existing route structure
from London Gatwick and Manchester, while also assisting
other NTH companies. Became wholly-owned by NTH in
November 2007. Introduced scheduled services, under
the Flystar brand, to destinations including Accra, Aktau,
Freetown, Malabo, Sal and Uralsk but all were discontinued
in the summer of 2008. The airline concentrated on
providing wet-leasing services only from October 2008
and after NTH-owned sister carrier Iceland Express became
a major customer from 2008, Astreus assigned five aircraft
to operating all its services from the summer season
of 2010.
Astral Aviation (ACP)
Mechanised Freight Terminal, Specialised Freight Road,
1st Avenue, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi,
00606, Kenya
Tel +254 20 827222 Fax +254 20 827243
Email info@astral-aviation.com
Website www.astral-aviation.com
Date operations started January 2001
Description Operates scheduled cargo flights from Nairobi
to Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Juba, Kigali, Mwanza and
Zanzibar. Also offers charter flights throughout eastern
Africa and the Indian Ocean.
History Established as a pure charter cargo service.
The airline was designated as a scheduled cargo carrier
in November 2006 and introduced scheduled services
on African regional routes.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................Sanjeev S Gadhia
Financial Director.......................................... Aman Bhasin
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-72
1 x Cessna CE208
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Main base Nairobi (NBO)
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Atlantic Airlines (NPT) – now Description Operates corporate, passenger and cargo
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operates as West Atlantic charters, medevac flights and offers ACMI leasing services
Atlantic Airways (Faroe Islands)
throughout western and eastern Europe and north Africa, from
bases at Nantes-Atlantique Airport and Paris Le Bourget. C
[RC] (FLI) Executives
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Vagar Airport, Faroe Islands, FO-380 Soervagur, President...................................................Andre Besseau
Faroe Islands Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
Tel +298 34 10 60 Fax +298 34 10 01 1 x Beech 1900C
Email tyrlan@atlantic.fo Website www.atlantic.fo 1 x Beech 1900D
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of the
Faroe Islands (66%), others (34%)
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90
Main base Nantes (NTE) E
Alliances Air Iceland Hubs Le Bourget (LBG)
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Date operations started 28 March 1988
Description National airline of the Faroe Islands, operating Atlantis European Airways [TD]
domestic helicopter services, offshore services, scheduled (LUR)
international passenger flights to Billund, Copenhagen 29 Sayat-Nova Avenue, Yerevan, 375001, Armenia
and Reykjavik and seasonal services to destinations
including Aberdeen, London, Oslo, Stavanger and between
Tel +374 1 566 696 Fax +374 1 561 776
Email info@atlantis.am Website www.atlantis.am
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London and Shetland. Charter services are also flown. Alliances Austrian, CSA Czech Airlines
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History Atlantic Airways was founded in 1987, with Cimber Air Description Operates scheduled passenger flights from
as a shareholder. However, the Faroese government took full Yerevan to Prague and Vienna, and other points in Europe and
ownership in 1989. In spring 1994, the helicopter company the USA, using connections to the Austrian route network.
operating on the Faroe Islands, SL Helicopters, was Main base Yerevan (EVN)
incorporated into Atlantic Airways.
Executives Atlas Air [K0] (GTI) I
Chairman........................................... Christian Andreasen 2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York,
President & CEO...............................................Magni Arge
Chief Financial Officer.............................. Marius Davidsen
New York, 10577-2543, USA
Tel +1 914 701 8000 Fax +1 914 701 8001 J
Fleet (orders) (1) x Airbus A319-100 Email info@atlasair.com Website www.atlasair.com
1 x BAe 146-200 Parent organisation/shareholders Atlas Air Worldwide
1 x BAe 146-RJ100
2 x BAe 146-RJ85
Holdings (100%)
Date operations started 1993
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Main base Faroe Islands (FAE) Description A leading provider of ACMI leasing services to
Hubs Stavanger (SVG) major airlines, and of heavy airlift capability to the US
military. Also operates scheduled cargo services and L
Atlantic Southeast Airlines [EV] performs CMI passenger and cargo charters. With sister
(CAA)
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company Polar Air Cargo, Atlas Air operates one of the
USA world’s largest fleet of all-cargo Boeing 747s.
Alliances Delta Connection, United Express History Founded by the late Michael Chowdry to specialise in
Date operations started 21 June 1979 the long-term contract outsourcing of its Boeing 747 aircraft.
Date operations ceased 1 January 2012
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) was a regional airline serving
Launched its IPO in August 1995, offering four million shares
of common stock at $16 per share. Filed for Chapter 11
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destinations in the USA, Bahamas and Canada, flying bankruptcy protection in February 2004, emerging three
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primarily as Delta Connection. ASA also served eastern and months later after restructuring. Became the launch
mid-western US cities, flying as United Express. Subsidiary customer for the Boeing 747-8F freighter in September
Expressjet also operated a domestic and regional network, 2006. Launched passenger charter services in May 2010,
flying as Continental Express and United Express. The operating a Boeing 747-400 on CMI charters between
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) brand was dropped in favour
of the ExpressJet Airlines brand, following the completion of a
Houston and Luanda, under a contract to the US-Africa
Energy Association. Began operating Boeing’s fleet of four
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merger with the Houston-based carrier of the same name on 747-400 Dreamlifters under a CMI contract, delivering major
1 January 2012. ASA had been founded by three Atlanta
entrepreneurs, John Beiser, George Pickett and Robert Priddy,
787 assemblies from July 2010.
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in March 1979, launching services between Atlanta and Chairman..................................................... Eugene Davis
Columbus, Georgia three months later with a single Twin President & CEO............................................William Flynn
Otter. After becoming a public company on 21 July 1982, ASA
acquired South-Eastern Airlines in April 1983 and became
Chief Financial Officer.............................Spencer Schwartz
COO & Chief Human Resources Officer
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one of the original Delta Connection carriers with the launch Chief Marketing Officer.................................Michael Steen
of the new feeder system on 1 March 1984. On 22 March
1999 Delta Air Lines acquired the remaining 72% of stock
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-200
25 x Boeing 747-400 S
not already held, to make ASA a wholly-owned subsidiary. (6) x Boeing 747-8
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ASA was acquired from Delta by SkyWest, on 8 September 2 x Boeing 767-300
2005. On 11 February 2010 ASA launched services as Main base New York (JFK)
United Express, operating CRJ200 regional jets from United’s Hubs Miami (MIA), Hong Kong (HKG)
Washington and Chicago hubs. On 4 August 2010 SkyWest
entered into a merger agreement whereby its subsidiary,
Atlantic Southeast Airlines, acquired all outstanding common
Atlasjet [KK] (KKK)
Yesilyurt Mah., Eski Halkali Yolu, No. 5/B Florya, U
stock of ExpressJet Holdings. The deal was completed on 34153 Istanbul, Turkey
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16 November 2010. ASA and ExpressJet initially continued Tel +90 212 663 20 00 Fax +90 212 663 2751
to serve their own networks on behalf of their partner Email admin@atlasjet.com Website www.atlasjet.com
carriers. On completion of the merger, on 1 January 2012, Parent organisation/shareholders ETS Group (90%),
the Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) brand was dropped Tuncay Doganer (10%)
and the newly-combined carriers began operating under
the ExpressJet brand.
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Atlasjet Iraq
Date operations started 1 June 2001
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Description Operates domestic scheduled passenger
Atlantique Air Assistance (TLB)
27 rue de la Clef des Champs, La Chevrolière, 44118
services and regular charter flights to cities across Europe,
Iraq, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia from Istanbul’s Atatürk X
Nantes, France International and hubs at Izmir and Antalya.
Tel +33 240 843 737 Fax +33 240 841 909 History Established as Atlasjet International Airlines, a
Email contact@atlantique-aviation.com
Website www.atlantiqueairassistance.com
subsidiary of Öger Holding. Approved to operate charters
to the USA in September 2003. In 2004 Ersoy Turistik
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Servisleri (ETS Group), a conglomerate of travel companies Description Moscow-based cargo airline operating regular
with tourism offices across Turkey, acquired a 45% cargo flights from Moscow (Domodedovo) to Leipzig and
shareholding, which was increased to 90% on 1 February Luxemburg as well as charters to Europe, Russia and the CIS.
2006 after acquiring Öger’s 45% stake. Planned to take a History Former Aeroflot agency which became independent
controlling shareholding in struggling Cypriot carrier KTHY and began international operations in 1990. Aviatrans
in June 2010. This evolved into a plan to create KTHY’s became a private public limited liability company in 1993.
successor and take a 51% stake in the new carrier. The ATRAN-Aviatrans Cargo Airline brand was adopted in
Began operating KTHY services from 23 June 2010, January 1997.
expecting to do so until the launch of services by its Executives
new Cypriot subsidiary. President & CEO........................................ Roman Krishtal
Executives VP Operations...................................... Gennady Smorodin
Chairman....................................................... Murat Ersoy Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
Chief Executive Officer................................. Orhan Coskun 2 x Antonov An-12T
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 Main base Moscow (DME)
2 x Airbus A321-100
8 x Airbus A321-200 Atyrau Aue Joly [IP] (JOL)
2 x Airbus A330-200 Atyrau Airport, Atyrau, 060011, Kazakhstan
3 x Boeing 757-200 Tel +7 3122 209 303 Fax +7 312 220 9302
Main base Istanbul (IST) Email aaw96@nursat.kz
Hubs Antalya (AYT), Izmir (ADB) Parent organisation/shareholders LLP Avia-Asia-Service
(100%)
Atlasjet Iraq Date operations started 26 December 1996
Baghdad, Iraq Description Provides charters within Kazakhstan and to
Parent organisation/shareholders Atlasjet neighbouring CIS destinations and Europe, using wet-leased
Description Start-up airline planning to launch domestic aircraft only. Helicopter search and rescue services are also
scheduled passenger services within Iraq in 2012. flown for Agip KCO.
History Turkish carrier Atlasjet announced plans in late 2011 History Regional carrier Air Atyrau became part of the Air
to acquire an airline company in Iraq which would become Kazakhstan Group in December 1999 - the Group also
the basis of a new subsidiary company, Atlasjet Iraq. comprised the former Kazakhstan Airlines and Pavlodar-
Main base Baghdad (BGW) based regional operator Irtysh Avia. In November 2000 Air
Atyrau and Atyrau airport were transferred to Euro-Asia Air,
ATMA (AMA) a subsidiary of the state petroleum company Kaztransoil.
Atyrau Airport, Atyrau, 465017, Kazakhstan Executives
Tel + 7 7122 970251 Fax +7 7122 209270 General Director....................................... A. A. Kulnazarov
Email atma@atyrauairport.com Website www.atyrauairport.com Main base Atyrau (GUW)
Parent organisation/shareholders Atyrau Regional
Administration (50%), Magdenli Yer Hizmetleri (50%) Augsburg Airways [IQ] (AUB)
Date operations started 1994 Zeppelinstrasse 1, Halbergmoos, 85399 Munich, Germany
Description Offers domestic and international cargo charter Tel +49 811 999 990 Fax +49 811 999 999 103
flights from its Atyrau base, where it is the only carrier Email info@augsburgair.de Website www.augsburgair.de
licensed to operate cargo services. Parent organisation/shareholders Dr Lutz Helmig (100%)
Executives Alliances Lufthansa
General Director................................................Erol Oktug Date operations started 1981
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-12B Description German regional airline operating as part of
1 x Antonov An-12T the Lufthansa Regional system, serving 37 destinations
1 x Ilyushin Il-76T within Germany and other European countries. Charter
Main base Atyrau (GUW) flights are also offered.
History Founded by the Haindl Papier company to operate
ATRAN-Cargo Airlines [V8] (VAS) regular charters in conjunction with Interot Internationale
Airport Domodedovo, Moscow, 142015, Russia Spedition. Launched commercial services connecting
Fax +7 095 787 8678 Email atran@aha.ru Augsburg with Düsseldorf as Interot Airservice in 1981.
Website www.atran.ru Authorised to operate regional services connecting Augsburg
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Volga-Dnepr Airlines with Berlin Tempelhof, Cologne, Dusseldorf, and Hamburg in
(100%) December 1989. Launched international scheduled
Date operations started 1990 operations with services to Florence in 1994. Rebranded as
Augsburg Airways on 1 January 1996 and began operating
as a franchise member of Team Lufthansa for the winter
season of 1996/97. Restructured from June 2002,
thereafter operating primarily from Munich on behalf of
Lufthansa. Became one of five airline partners operating
as part of the Lufthansa Regional programme in 2003,
dropping most of its own services from Augsburg.
Continued to operate independently after being acquired by
Gerd Brandecker’s Cirrus Group in 2004. The ATON Group’s
Dr Lutz Helmig acquired the airline outright in 2008.
Executives
Managing Director................................. Bernadette Rampl
Chief Financial Officer....................................Baerbel Greif
VP Flight Operations......................................Frank Joosten
Fleet (orders) 9 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2 x Embraer 190-100LR
5 x Embraer 195-200LR
Main base Munich (MUC)
Aurela (LSK)
Rodunes Keles 32, 2187 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel +370 5 216 4433 Fax +370 5 216 4145
Email aurela@aurela.lt Website www.aurela.lt
Date operations started May 1996
Description Provides passenger charter services throughout
Europe on behalf of major travel agents in the Baltic States.
History Founded as a joint-stock air company and started
operations with a 90-seat Tupolev Tu-134A.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.........................Valdis Barakauskas
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Vilnius (VNO)
Aurigny Air Services [GR] (AUR)
States Airport, La Planque Lane, Forest, GY8 ODT,
Guernsey
Tel +44 1481 266444 Fax +44 1481 266446
Email admin@aurigny.com Website www.aurigny.com
Parent organisation/shareholders States of Guernsey (100%)
Date operations started 1 March 1968
Description Operates scheduled passenger and freight
services between the Channel Islands, Northern France,
Southern England and Amsterdam. The airline also carries
overnight mail for the UK Post Office between Jersey,
London Gatwick and East Midlands and undertakes
emergency ambulance charters between the Channel
Islands and the UK.
History Established by Aurigny Aviation Holdings and in
July 1971 became the first operator of the Britten-Norman
Trislander and remains the world’s largest operator of the
type. Ownership passed to Close Brothers Private Equity in
May 2000. Aurigny was acquired by the States of Guernsey
on 15 May 2003. As of July 2010 Blue Islands was in talks
with Aurigny Airlines over a possible purchase.
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Jon Moulton
Managing Director........................................ Malcolm Hart
Commercial Director.................................Malcolm Coupar
Financial Director..................................... Peter O’Donovan
Flight Operations Manager.................................David Rice
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 72-200
2 x ATR 72-500
6 x Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk.II
6 x Fairey SA BN-2A Mk.III
Main base Guernsey GCI
Hubs Jersey (JER), Alderney (ACI)

Austral [AU] (AUT)

Bouchard 547, 4 Piso, 1106 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel +54 11 4130 3599 Fax +54 11 4130 3595
Email adrigani@aerolineas.com.ar
Website www.aerolineas.com.ar
Parent organisation/shareholders Interinvest
(government of Argentina) (100%)
Alliances Aerolineas Argentinas
Description Argentina’s second largest scheduled
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domestic airline is a sister company of Aerolineas

Argentina’s, serving all major domestic destinations and
selected regional destinations in Chile and Paraguay from
Avianca, the Colombian airline, has 10 Airbus A318s in its fleet its two bases in Buenos Aires.

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History Formed by the merger of Austral Compania Argentina
de Transportes Aereos and Aerotransportes Litoral
Argentino. Austral was acquired by Cielos del Sur, a holding
company, in 1987. Following the privatisation of Aerolineas
Argentinas in 1990, Cielos del Sur and Iberia both took
Employees total 5,934 Alliances Ural Air
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Executives Date operations started 2003
Chairman & CEO.......................................... Jaan Albrecht
Chief Operating Officer..................................Peter Malanik
Description Regional carrier providing domestic schedules
between Bishkek, Osh and Isfana, and linking the capital C
Corporate Finance Officer...........................Heinz Lachinger Bishkek with Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

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holdings, both since divested. In 2001 Spanish-based Grupo and Russian cities including Kazan, Moscow, Novosibirsk
Marsans acquired a majority holding. After a long-standing Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A319-100 and Ekaterinburg.
dispute with Grupo Marsans, an agreement was finally 9 x Airbus A320-200 History Originally planned to only operate domestic charter
reached which allowed the Argentine government to re- 3 x Airbus A321-100 flights. Later expanded to offer scheduled services, both
nationalise Austral and parent carrier Aerolineas Argentinas
in July 2008, although the process was not approved by the
3 x Airbus A321-200
2 x Boeing 737-600
domestically and to neighbouring countries within the
CIS. In common with all Kyrgyz carriers, the airline has E
Argentine Congress until December 2008. 2 x Boeing 737-700 been banned from operating in the European Union

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Executives 7 x Boeing 737-800 since 27 December 2003. Jet service was introduced
President..................................................Mariano Recald 6 x Boeing 767-300 in 2010 with the BAe 146-200. This enabled the extension
Finance Director............................................Pablo Ceriani 4 x Boeing 777-200 of the route network to new destinations, including Kazan
Fleet (orders) 20 x Embraer 190-100AR Main base Vienna (VIE) and Ekaterinburg.
6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
1 x Boeing MD-88 Avanti Air (ATV)
Executives
General Director............................................Karim Damin
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Main base Buenos Aires (AEP) Airport Siegerland, Flughafenstrasse, 57299 Burbach, Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-200
Hubs Buenos Aires (EZE)
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Germany 1 x Boeing 737-300
Tel +49 273 644 430 Fax +49 273 644 4399 Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Australian Air Express [XM] (XME) Email fly@avantiair.com Website www.avantiair.com
PO Box 1324L, 2nd Floor, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Parent organisation/shareholders Gerhard Mahler Aviacon Zitotrans [ZR] (AZS)
Australia
Tel +61 3 8613 1213 Fax +61 3 8633 3141
(33.3%), Markus Baumann (33.3%), Stefan Kissinger
(33.3%), others (0.1%)
56 Belinsky Street, Room 605, Ekaterinburg, 620019,
Russia
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Email sperera@aae.com.au Website www.aae.com.au Date operations started 1 July 1994 Tel +7 343 379 2455 Fax +7 343 379 2457
Parent organisation/shareholders Australian Postal
Corporation (50%), Qantas Airways (50%)
Description Operates ad hoc charter services and ACMI
contracts worldwide and provides aircraft and fleet
Email azs-ops@aviacon.ru Website www.aviacon.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders AVS Group (100%) J
Date operations started 1 August 1992 management services. Date operations started 25 June 1995
Description Operates all-freight services within Australia History Founded by former pilots Markus Baumann and Description Operates commercial and humanitarian cargo
using leased Qantas aircraft.
History Formed as a joint venture business partnership
Stefan Kissinger as an aircraft management company,
the airline entered the charter market in 1996 with two
charters, including transporting outsized loads. Operations
are primarily conducted outside Russia, encompassing
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between the Australia Post Corporation and Qantas. Beech 1900s. Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle and Far East
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Wayne Dunne
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..............................Stefan Kissinger
and Southeast Asia.
History The company’s first service was a charter to the L
Main base Melbourne (MEL) Director of Flight Operations....................Markus Baumann United Arab Emirates.

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Hubs Sydney (SYD) Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-300 Executives
1 x ATR 72-200 Board Chairman........................................ Valery Savelyev
Austrian [OS] (AUA) Main base Siegerland SGE General Director..................................... Nikolay Boltenkov
Office Park 2, PO Box 1, Vienna Airport, 1300 Vienna, Head of Operations................................... Eugeny Rozhkov
Austria
Tel +43 5 1766 0 Fax +43 1 6886 526
AVE.com (PHW)
PO Box 7801, Sharjah Airport SAIF Zone, Sharjah,
Financial Director........................................ Andrey Vasiliev
Fleet (orders) 6 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
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Email public.relations@austrian.com Website www.austrian.com United Arab Emirates Main base Ekaterinburg (SVX)

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Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (95.4%), Tel +9716 557 2522 Fax +9716 557 2533
ÖLH Österreichische Luftverkehrs-Holding (4.6%) Email secretary@avecomfze.ae Aviaenergo [7U] (ERG)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Lauda Air (100%), Parent organisation/shareholders Alexei Yantchouk (100%) 16/23, 1-St Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Building 1,
Ukraine International Airlines (58.6%), Tyrolean Airways (100%) Date operations started 1996 Moscow, 125047, Russia
Alliances Air Astana, Air Dolomiti, Air France, Air India,
Air Malta, Air Moldova, airBaltic, Atlantis European Airways,
Description Operates charter passenger and cargo flights as
well as aircraft leasing.
Tel +7 495 777 4924 Fax +7 495 737 4924
Email info@aviaenergo.ru Website www.aviaenergo.ru
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Azerbaijan Airlines, Belavia Belarussian Airlines, Bulgaria History Established by Kyrgyzstan-based Phoenix Aviation, Parent organisation/shareholders Russian State Energy
Air, Cirrus Airlines, Condor, Dniproavia, Donavia, Georgian
Airways, Germanwings, Iran Air, Jat Airways, Lufthansa
through its holding company AVE FZE, which was registered
and based at Sharjah airport free zone in 1996. The
Company (100%)
Description Operates charter services within Europe, the CIS Q
Italia, Luxair, Montenegro Airlines, Rossiya, S7 Airlines, company launched operations as a cargo and passenger and beyond.
Tarom, Transaero Airlines, Tyrolean Airways, Ukraine aircraft leasing and charter company, while also operating Executives
International Airlines
Date operations started 31 March 1958
a scheduled passenger service and cargo flights from
Sharjah and Dubai. Phoenix Aviation rebranded as AVE.com
General Director........................................ Alexey Tiutiunin
Main base Moscow (SVO)
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Description Austrian flag carrier operating scheduled in October 2005.
services to more than 130 destinations in 66 countries on
five continents and charter flights within Europe, to Asia,
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................................Said Al Rumhy
Avial (NVI)
35/2 Khoroshevskoe Shosse, Building 1, Moscow, S
the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Cuba. Head of Operations....................................Vladimir Chukyo 123007, Russia
History Formed through a merger of Air Austria and Austrian Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200 Tel +7 499 195 8259 Fax +7 499 195 8496
Airways. Launched domestic services in May 1963.
Transatlantic services, in co-operation with Sabena, were
3 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800
Email avialnv@mail.ru Website www.avialnv.ru
Description Provides charter flights from its Moscow
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inaugurated in April 1969. Became a member of the Star Main base Sharjah (SHJ) Domodedovo base throughout Russia, the CIS and
Alliance in March 2000. Acquired Rheintalflug in February
2001. Rebranded its three constituent carriers in Avia Jaynar [JN] (SAP)
the Middle East.
History Established from Avial Aircompany, which was U
September 2003. In November 2007 the Austrian Kostanay Airport, Kostanay, 110007, Kazakhstan founded on 21 March 1991 and began operations on

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privatisation agency announced that it had chosen Tel +7 7142 27 39 00 Fax +7 7142 27 39 00 24 December 1992.
Lufthansa for exclusive final negotiations on the sale of the Date operations started 2001 Executives
state’s stake in Austrian Airlines. By May 2009 Lufthansa Description Operates domestic charter flights. General Director....................................... Victor Golovskoi
had received declarations of acceptance from Austrian Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24B Chief Accountant...................................Evgenia Gagarkina
Airline’s freefloat shareholders for the expected equivalent
of more than 85% of the Austrian Group. On 1 September
2 x Antonov An-24RV
Main base Kostanay (KSN)
Fleet (orders) 4 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Moscow (DME)
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2009 the European Union agreed to Austrian’s acquisition
Avia Traffic [YK] (AVJ) Avialeasing [B1] (TWN)
by Lufthansa by means of subsidiary instruments. The
acquisition was completed on 4 February 2010. A major Panfilova street 26, 720052 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tel +996 312 544 788 Fax +996 312 311 404
Sergeli Airport, 100154 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel +998 71 120 4956 Fax +998 71 120 4951
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restructuring programme, which would include route
cutbacks, reducing staff costs and a replacement of the Email atc@aero.kg Website www.aero.kg Email president@avialeasing.co.uz
fleet of Boeing 737s with a smaller number of Airbus A320s,
was announced in January 2012.
Parent organisation/shareholders Private Kyrgyz
investors (100%)
Parent organisation/shareholders SRX Transcontinental
(61%), Igor Smirnov (39%)
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Date operations started 1992
Description Operates cargo services linking cities in Asia with
east and western Europe. Avialeasing has also international
licences to operate in the USA, Canada, from its base in
Miami, and is an authorised carrier for the United Nations.
History Founded as the first private airline in Uzbekistan.
Executives
General Director.............................Farhad Musahodzhayev
Finance Director ....................................Batye Dzhabbarov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Tashkent TAS
Avianca [AV] (AVA)
Avenida Eldorado No 92-30, Centro Administrativo Avianca,
4879773 Operaciones Cap Jacome, Bogota, 1, Colombia
Tel +57 1 413 9202 Fax +57 1 413 8716
Email producto@avianca.com.co Website www.avianca.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Avianca – TACA (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Tampa Cargo (100%),
SAM Colombia (94%)
Alliances AeroGal, Air Canada, Air France, Avianca (Brazil),
Frontier Airlines, Iberia, Lufthansa, SAM Colombia, Satena,
TACA International Airlines, Tame, United Airlines
Date operations started June 1940
Description Colombia’s privately-owned flag-carrier, operating
scheduled domestic services linking Bogotá with most major
cities and international schedules to destinations in Latin
American, the Caribbean, Europe and the USA.
History Traces its history back to 5 December 1919 and the
founding of Sociedad Colombo-Alemana de Transportes
Aéreos – SCADTA – by a group of Colombian and German
expatriate businessmen. Domestic services launched in
September 1920. Pan American acquired 84.4% of SCADTA
in February 1930. Thereafter SCADTA concentrated on
domestic services. A new joint venture between Pan
American and Colombian carrier Servicio Aéreo Colombiano
(SACO) created the new carrier, Aerovías Nacionales de
Colombia – Avianca – on 14 June 1940. The airline became
fully Colombian-owned in 1978. Grupo Empresarial Bavaria,
a Colombian conglomerate, became the major shareholder
in 1994. In March 2002, Avianca and its subsidiaries formed
a short-lived operating alliance with rival ACES Colombia,
known as Alianza Summa. In March 2003 Avianca filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the USA but continued
to operate until its acquisition by the Brazilian conglomerate
Grupo Synergy in December 2004. Avianca emerged from
bankruptcy protection on 10 December 2004 under the new
name Aerovias de Continente Americano, but the Avianca
brand was retained. In December 2008 Avianca indirectly
acquired Tampa Cargo. In October 2009, Grupo Synergy and
Grupo Taca announced a strategic merger aimed at creating
Latin America’s leading airline company. The two airlines
were to retain their branding and independent operations.
On 28 March 2011, parent Avianca-TACA Holding launched
an IPO on the Colombian stock exchange.
Executives
Chairman............................................ German Efromovich
Chief Executive Officer..................................Fabio Villegas
VP Commercial & Marketing........................ Mauricio Leyva
VP Operations............................................ Sergio Jacome
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A318-100
10 (2) x Airbus A319-100
25 (14) x Airbus A320-200
8 (2) x Airbus A330-200
(12) x Boeing 787-8
10 x Fokker 50
Main base Bogota (BOG)
Avianca (Brazil) [O6] (ONE)
Av. Washington Luis 7059, 04627-006 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel +55 11 21 76 1000 Fax +55 11 21 76 1012
Website www.avianca.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Avianca – TACA (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Wayra Peru (49%)
Alliances Avianca
Date operations started 1998
Description Operates passenger services from Rio de
Janeiro to 30 destinations along the eastern length of Brazil.
History Started with air-taxi flights and added scheduled
services in 2002. Formerly known as Oceanair.
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Employees total 1,867
Executives
President................................................. Jose Efromovich
Chief Executive Officer................................Santiago Diago
VP Operations........................................Norberto Ranieiro
Finance Manager................................... Frederico Pedreira
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A318-100
3 x Airbus A319-100
4 x Airbus A320-200
14 x Fokker 100
Main base Rio de Janeiro (SDU)
Avianova[AO] (AWA)
Russia
Date operations started 27 August 2009
Date operations ceased 9 October 2011
First registered in 2006 under the ownership of the Russian
registered company Luch as a joint venture between the
Russian-based A1 Group, the investment arm of the Alfa
Group (51%), Texas Pacific Group with David Bolderman (35%)
and Indigo Partners (14%). Awarded its air operator’s
certificate on 31 July 2009. Launched services with a flight
from Moscow Vnukovo to Sochi in August 2009. All
operations were transferred to Moscow Sheremetyevo’s
Terminal B on 28 March 2010. A second hub was established
at St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport in May 2010. Launched
international services on 15 June 2011 with a new route to
Simferopol in the Ukraine. Following a long dispute between
the shareholders, Avianova stopped selling tickets on 3
October 2011 and operated its last flight on 9 October 2011.
Aviast [6I] (VVA)
Russia
Operated a variety of cargo services throughout Russia and
the CIS from Moscow Domodedovo and Yaroslavl, but is
believed to be no longer operational.
Aviastar Mandiri [MV]
Jl Raya Kalimalang, Puri Sentra Niaga, Blok B/29, Jakarta,
13620, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 8626789 Fax +62 21 8626813
Email sales@aviastar-mandiri.com Website www.aviastar.biz
Date operations started November 2003
Description Indonesian regional airline operating charter
services from its base at Banjarmasin.
History Established in June 2000 but did not receive its air
operator’s certificate until 20 November 2003. Introduced
its first jet equipment into service, a leased BAe 146-300,
in December 2007.
Executives
Owner .......................................................Sugeng Triyono
Operations Manager ........................................... Sukrisno
Finance Manager .........................................Carolina Dewi
Fleet (orders) 3 x BAe 146-200
4 x DHC6-300
Main base Banjarmasin (BDJ)
Aviastar-Tu [4B] (TUP)
PO Box 186, Pos Zhukovskiy-5, Moscow Region, Moscow,
140185, Russia
Tel +7 495 775 6756 Fax +7 495 775 6756
Email d483@aviastar-sp.ru Website www.aviastartu.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Ulyanovsk Aviation
Industrial Complex Aviastar JSC (100%)
Description Offers contract and ad hoc cargo charter flights,
plus ACMI leasing services.
History A subsidiary of the Aviastar aircraft production
complex at Ulyanovsk. Initially operated cargo flights but
launched passenger charters to Spain, Italy, Turkey, Egypt
and Bulgaria in 2007. In late 2007 a contract was signed to
operate three Tu-204Cs on an ACMI basis for Dubai-based
start-up cargo airline Liwa Air. After the crash of a company
Tupolev Tu-204 passenger aircraft on the approach to
Moscow Domodedovo on 21 March 2010, the company’s
licence was restricted to cargo charter flights only.
Executives
DDG of Flight Operations..........................Alexandr Petuhov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26B
3 x Tupolev Tu-204C
Main base Moscow (DME)
Aviavilsa (LVR)
Ustaicio No.1, 2188 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel +370 5 230 2200 Fax +370 5 230 2200
Email info@aviavilsa.lt Website www.aviavilsa.it
Date operations started 1999
Description Operates contract and ad hoc cargo charter
services throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.
History Launched cargo flights between Vilnius and Leipzig on
behalf of DHL in 1999. Also operates worldwide on behalf of
the United Nations. Introduced the ATR42(F) Large Cargo
Door freighter conversion into service on 16 July 2008.
Executives
General Director...............................Vaidotas Vegiliavichus
Chief Accountant....................................Inge Vecherkevich
Director of Flight Operations.......................Oleg Matvijenko
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26
1 x Antonov An-26B
1 x ATR 42-300
Main base Vilnius (VNO)
Avient Aviation [Z3] (SMJ)
Unit 6 & 7, Minton Distribution Park, London Road,
Amesbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7RT, UK
Tel +44 1980 676010 Fax +44 1980 626634
Email info@avient.aero Website www.avient.aero
Date operations started 1993
Description Zimbabwe registered, UK-headquartered cargo
airline operating weekly scheduled flights between Africa,
Europe and the Middle East. Charter services also offered.
History Established in Zimbabwe, initially operating wet-
leased freighter aircraft on African charters and other ad hoc
activities. Acquired first aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-76 freighter,
in 1999. Established headquarters in the UK in 2001.
Launched scheduled services from Paris-Vatry with its first
DC-10 freighter in 2004. Relocated European hub to Liege
in September 2009 and applied for a Belgian air operator’s
certificate in October 2010.
Executives
Group Chairman...........................................Andrew Smith
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Simon Clarke
Commercial Director................................ Samantha Smith
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
1 x Boeing MD-11F
Main base Liege (LGG)
Hubs Harare (HRE)
Avies [U3] (AIA)
Sepise 1, 11101 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel +372 6301 37 Fax +372 6301 371
Email info@avies.ee Website www.avies.ee
Parent organisation/shareholders Priit Piilmann, Oliver
Kruuda and Allan Soll (100%)
Alliances Flyglinjen
Date operations started 1991
Description Operates scheduled domestic service between
Tallinn and Kärdla, and regional services between Tallinn
and Tampere in Finland, together with charter and air-taxi
services. Also offers wet-lease services to other carriers,
including operating on behalf of Airlink in Finland and
Flyglinjen in Sweden.
History Formed in 1991 as Estonia’s first privately-owned
regional air-taxi company. Introduced regular services
connecting Tallinn with cities in surrounding countries,
including Finland, Russia and Sweden.
Executives
President & CEO................................................Allan Sholl
Chief Accountant ..........................................Maris Makke
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31
1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 7
2 x Learjet Learjet 60
Main base Tallinn (TLL)
Aviogenex (AGX)
Narodnih Heroja 43, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel +381 11 660 0445 Fax +381 11 711 2972
Email info@aviogenex.com Website www.aviogenex.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Genex Holding
Corporation (100%)
Date operations started May 1968
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Description Provides international and domestic ad hoc and
wet-lease aircraft charters.
Executives
Chairman................................................Milorad Savicevic
Managing Director .....................................Nikola Rajkovic
Flight Operations Manager.......................Branislav Lazovic
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Belgrade (BEG)
Avion Express [N9] (NVD)
Rodunios kelias 34, 2187 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel +370 5 200 1040 Fax +370 5 200 1050
Email info@avionexpress.lt Website www.avionexpress.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Eyjafjoll SAS (100%)
Date operations started 2005
Description Offers ad hoc cargo and passenger charters,
ACMI leasing and aircraft management services.
History Founded by Per Weithz as UAB Nordic Solutions
Air Services (NSA) as the air freight division of Swedish
logistics support company Nordic Solutions, operating
primarily on regular overnight cargo routes. A joint
venture with Avion Aircraft Trading came to an end in
July 2007, after which the Icelandic company agreed
to acquire a 90% stake in NSA. The carrier was then
rebranded as UAB Avion Express in 2008. Acquired
by French investment company Eyjafjoll SAS in 2010.
The new owner was created by Swiss-based Avion
Capital Partners together with strategic industry
investors. Created an Italian subsidiary, Avion Express
Italia, which operated passenger charters from Milan
Malpensa on behalf of Italian tour operators between
April and September 2011.
Executives
Managing Director ....................................Aleksei Lupitski
Chief Accountant.....................................Vaidotas Brantas
Flight Operations Manager..........................Aloyzas Knipas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
3 x Saab 340A
Main base Vilnius (VNO)
Aviones Comerciales de Guatemala
(AVCOM)
Avenida Hincapie 18-05 - Zona 13, Interior Aeropuerto
Hangar L1, Aeropuerto La Aurora, Guatemala City,
Guatemala
Tel +502 2332 6672 Fax +502 2331 9353
Email aeronaves1@internet.com
Description Provides a domestic charter service. Associated
with TACA International Airlines.
Executives
President.................................................Robert Hamptad
VP Operations ......................................Alejandro Piscaino
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C337E
3 x Rockwell Commander 500
Main base Guatemala City (GUA)
Avioquintana (AQT)
Terminal 1 ASUR FBO, Aeropuerto Internacional Cancun,
Quintana Roo, Mexico
Tel +52 998 734 1975 Fax +52 998 886 0553
Email operaciones@avioquintana.com
Website www.avioquintana.com
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates charter passenger services within
Mexico and the Caribbean. Its only aircraft, an Embraer
Brasilia, is presently stored and the company may have
ceased operations.
Executives
President................................................Mario Hermosillo
Main base Cancun (CUN)
Avior Airlines [9V] (ROI)
Aeropuerto José Antonio Anzoátegui, Barcelona,
Anzoategui, 6001, Venezuela
Tel +58 281 2872080 Fax +58 281 286 6728
Email presidencia@avior.com.ve Website www.aviorairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Jorge Añez Dager
(50%), Rafael Ciarcia Walo (50%)
Date operations started 1995
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Description Operates scheduled domestic passenger and Alliances Air France, airBaltic, Austrian, Belavia Belarussian
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cargo services linking its Caracas hub with its Barcelona Airlines, British Midland, Czech Airlines, Lufthansa, S7
base, Barinas, Barquisimeto, Coro, Maracaibo, Merida,
Porlamar, Puerto Ordaz, San Tomé and Valencia,
Airlines, Silk Way Airlines, Turan Air, UTair Aviation
Date operations started 7 April 1992 C
International destinations include Aruba, Curacao and Description State-owned airline operating scheduled
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Miami. Charter flights are also operated. passenger and cargo services from Baku to the CIS,
History Launched services with one Cessna 337 Skymaster, Europe, China and the Middle East. Also operates
operating charter flights, serving tour operators and within Azerbaijan. The airline is planning to introduce
providing corporate shuttle services for oil companies new services to Europe, Southeast Asia and the USA
to Margarita Island and Canaima in eastern Venezuela.
Launched passenger services in early 1995, following
from 2014.
History Traces its history back to the establishment of the E
the arrival of two Dornier Do28s. The fleet had grown Aeroflot Azerbaijan directorate in Baku in 1923. This
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to nine aircraft by January 1997. Expanded operations was the basis from which the government of the newly
following the introduction of jet service with Boeing independent Republic of Azerbaijan created a new national
737-200s in 2003. airline. The country’s airline concern was made up of
Executives three parts, with Azerbaijan Airlines (aka AZAL Avia) as
President ........................................................ Jorge Anez
VP Operations............................................... Luis Mendes
the national flag carrier. An all-cargo subsidiary, AZAL Cargo,
was established in 1996.
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 Executives
8 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Barcelona (BLA)
Director General...................................... Jahangir Askerov
First Deputy Director General...........................Sabir Ilyasov H
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100
Aviostart Airlines 7 x Airbus A320-200
13 Tzvetna Gradina Street, 1421 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 963 53 90 Fax +359 2 963 53 50
(1) x Antonov An-140
2 x ATR 42-500
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Email aviostart@abv.bg Website www.aviostart-bg.com 4 x ATR 72-500
Date operations started 1999
Description Charter airline offering fixed wing passenger,
4 x Boeing 757-200
2 (3) x Boeing 767-300 J
VIP and cargo charters. Other activities include business (2) x Boeing 787-8
aviation and humanitarian relief work, flown using a mixed 1 x Tupolev Tu-154M
fleet of business aircraft and helicopters.
History Privately-owned airline established in 1999. Operated
Main base Baku (GYD) K
two Antonov An-24 turboprops until these were transferred Azul [AD] (AZU)
to Macedonian subsidiary carrier Airlift Service in 2008.
Executives
Alameda Surubiju 2010, Alphaville Industrial, Barueri,
06455-040 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil L
President................................................ Veselin Stoyanov Tel +55 11 8447 1756 Fax +55 11 4134 9801
Website www.voeazul.com.br
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Flight Operations Director........................Tihomir Kaloherov
Finance Manager..................................... Rumen Atanasov Parent organisation/shareholders David Neeleman
Main base Sofia (SOF) (90%), Texas Pacific Group (10%)
Date operations started 15 December 2008
Axiom Air (EAN)
Sky Power Catering Complex, Domestic-International
Description Brazilian low-cost carrier operating point-to-point,
domestic passenger services from São Paulo Viracopos-
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Terminal Link Road, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Campinas International Airport to 45 major cities.
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Lagos, Nigeria History Founded by David Neeleman, the Brazilian-born
Tel +234 709 814 1828 American who established US low cost carrier JetBlue in
Date operations started 2010 1999. Services were launched in December 2008 on routes
Description Nigerian cargo charter airline operating a single linking São Paulo with Salvador de Bahia and Porto Alegre.
Boeing 737-200 on the Skypower air operator’s certificate.
History Established by the Nigerian conglomerate Conau.
In January 2010 Texas Pacific Group (TPG) acquired a 10%
stake in the airline.
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Executives Employees total 2,932
Executive Chairman...........................................Cyril Ajagu
Chief Executive Officer ...............................Akinola Olateru
Executives
President........................................................Pedro Janot Q
GM Flight Operations .............................Ndubisi Ekwempu Chief Executive Officer..............................David Neeleman
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300 Chief Operations Officer................................... Miguel Dau
Main base Lagos (LOS) Flight Operations Director................................. Alvaro Neto
Fleet (orders) 8 x ATR 72-200
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AZAL Avia Cargo (AHC) 5 (25) x ATR 72-600
Heydar Aliev International Airport, 1044 Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel +994 12 497 2889 Fax +994 12 497 1946
10 x Embraer 190-100AR
28 (29) x Embraer 195-200AR S
Email salesdepcac@azeurotel.com Website www.cacazal.com Main base Campinas (VCP)
Parent organisation/shareholders Azerbaijan Airlines
(100%)
Alliances Silk Way Airlines
Azza Transport (AZZ)
PO Box 11586, Mak Nimir Street – KRT, Khartoum, Sudan
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Description Operates scheduled and charter cargo services Tel +249 183 779 717 Fax +249 183 770 408
within Azerbaijan and to other CIS countries.
History Established as a wholly-owned cargo subsidiary of
Email azzaair@hotmail.com Website www.azzatransport.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Omdurmon National U
flag carrier Azerbaijan Airlines. Bank, Shaikan Insurances, Sheikan Insurance.
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Executives Date operations started September 1993
Chief Executive Officer................................ Zaur Akhundov Description Operates a cargo charter service throughout
Managing Director.................................... Yashar Hasanov Africa and the Middle East. The carrier is also planning to
Finance Director......................................Avtandil Ismaylov extend its services to Europe.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Baku (GYD)
History From 31 March 2010, all Sudanese airlines were
banned from operating in the EU.
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Executives
Azerbaijan Airlines [J2] (AHY)
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Managing Director ................................Mustafa Al Dwaehi
11 Azadlig Avenue, AZ 1000 Baku, Azerbaijan Commercial Manager . ...........................Osman Al-Hassan
Tel +994 12 498 3471 Fax +994 12 598 5237 Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-12B
Email azal@azal.az Website www.azal.az 1 x Antonov An-32
Parent organisation/shareholders Government owned (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AZAL Avia Cargo (100%)
1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Khartoum (KRT)
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B&H Airlines [JA] (BON)
Kasindolska 136, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tel +387 33 703 855 Fax +387 33 717 095
Email bkasumagic@bhairlines.ba Website www.bhairlines.ba
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Bosnia-
Herzegovina (51%), Turkish Airlines (49%)
Alliances Jat Airways, Turkish Airlines (THY)
Date operations started May 1994
Description Flag carrier for Bosnia and Herzegovina, operating
scheduled services from Sarajevo to Banja Luka, Copenhagen,
Istanbul and Zurich. Charter flights are also offered.
History Formed as Air Bosna but suspended operations in
2003. On 23 June 2005 the airline re-emerged as BH
Airlines. On 17 December 2008 Turkish Airlines agreed to
acquire 49% of the airline from the Bosnian government.
Executives
General Director................................................ Amir Jazic
Flight Operations Director ............................... Amir Baralic
Chief Financial Officer ................................. Mustafa Aydin
Fleet (orders) (2) x Airbus A319-100
2 x ATR 72-200
Main base Sarajevo (SJJ)
BA CityFlyer [CJ] (CFE)
1st Floor, Pioneer House, Towers Business Park, Wilmslow
Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2BA, UK
Tel +44 161 447 5400 Fax +44 161 447 5480
Email carl.mcnally@ba.com Website www.ba.com
Parent organisation/shareholders British Airways (100%)
Alliances Iberia
Date operations started 25 March 2007
Description British Airways subsidiary operating scheduled
services from London City Airport. Domestic services, flown
by single-class configured aircraft, link London City with
Edinburgh, and Glasgow. International services, flown by two-
class configured aircraft, serve 17 destinations in Austria,
Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
History BA’s London City Airport based subsidiary received its
air operator’s certificate on 8 February 2007. In December
2008 the airline ordered a mixed fleet of 11 Embraer E-170
and E-190 SR aircraft, which started replacing the Avro RJs
in service from the second half of 2009.
Executives
Managing Director...................................... Peter Simpson
General Manager Flight Operations................... Carl Phelan
Commercial Manager..................................... Luke Hayhoe
Fleet (orders) 6 x Embraer 170-100LR
7 x Embraer 190-100SR
Main base London (LCY)
Baboo [F7] (BBO)
Switzerland
Date operations started 3 November 2003
Date independent operations ceased April 2011
Privately-owned Swiss regional airline which operated a
scheduled European network serving Florence, Istanbul, Kiev,
Marseille, Naples, Nice, Rome, St Petersburg, Valencia and
Venice. Lugano was also served via a code share with Darwin
Airline. Summer flights to Ajaccio, Biarritz, Figari, Ibiza,
Marseille, Olbia and St Tropez and charter services were also
flown. Founded by Julian Cook to exploit the gap in the market
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created by Swiss Air Lines’ withdrawal from the Geneva-
Lugano route from November 2003. In October 2006
obtained fresh financing to expand its fleet. The new investors
included M1 Travel, a subsidiary of the Lebanon-based M1
Group (which became the largest shareholder with a 30%
stake) and Investcom, a Dubai-based telecommunications
company. The airline announced its rebranding as Baboo on
13 May 2008. On 25 November 2010 Baboo’s acquisition by
Darwin Airline of Lugano was announced. Both brands and
Baboo’s two Q400s were expected to be retained, but the
Baboo brand was discontinued from April 2011.
BADR Airlines (BDR)
Abdul Moneim Mohamed Street, Arkaweet Block 65,
Building 39, Takamul, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel +249 91 232 7000 Fax +249 1551 44662
Email badr@badrairlines.com Website www.badrairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Ahame Abu Shaira
(50%), Hashim Al Digair (50%)
Date operations started 1998
Description Operates charter cargo services, primarily in
support of aid activities by NGOs including WFP, UNICEF, MSF,
FAO and IRC. Also offers ad hoc and VIP charter flights.
History Established as Sarit Airlines by Ahame Abu Sharia
and Hasim Al Digair. Temporarily grounded by the Sudanese
authorities due to safety concerns on 6 October 2004.
Allowed to resume operations the following month.
Rebranded as BADR Airlines. From 31 March 2010 all
Sudanese airlines were banned from operating in the EU.
Executives
Chairman........................................ Hashim Yousif Aldigair
Finance Manager ............................................ Tagir Alnoor
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26B
1 x Antonov An-74T
2 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Khartoum (KRT)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
Bahamasair [UP] (BHS)
Bahamasair House, Coral Harbour Road, PO Box N-4881,
Hangar 2, Nassau, 4881, Bahamas
Tel +1 242 702 4100 Fax +1 242 702 4180
Website www.bahamasair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Bahamasair Holdings
(100%)
Alliances US Airways
Date operations started 18 June 1973
Description National airline of the Bahamas, providing
scheduled services linking Nassau with the islands of the
Republic. Regional routes from Nassau also serve Havana,
the Turks and Caicos Islands and cities on the Florida coast,
from Orlando in the north to Miami in the south.
History Founded when the newly independent Commonwealth
of the Bahamas acquired the operations of Flamingo Airlines
and Out Island Airways in June 1973.
Executives
Chairman................................................ J Barri Farrington
Chief Financial Officer......................................Eloise Rolle
Director - Flight Operations & Chief Pilot.....Paulo Cartwright
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Nassau (NAS)
Bahrain Air [2B] (BAB)
Building 151 Road No 44, Arad Block 243, Muharraq,
Bahrain
Tel +973 1746 3330 Fax +973 1746 3331
Email info@bahrainair.net Website bahrainair.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Bahraini and Saudi
investors (100%)
Alliances Sama
Date operations started 3 February 2008
Description Privately-owned low-cost carrier operating from
Bahrain to 18 destinations in the Middle East, United Arab
Emirates and the Indian subcontinent.
History Incorporated in Bahrain as a closed Bahraini
shareholding company. Managing Director Ibrahim Abdulla
Al Hamer was previously CEO of Gulf Air and is a former Civil
Aviation Affairs under-secretary. Services to India were
launched on 26 May 2008 with a flight to Cochin.
Executives
Chairman....................... Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa
Chief Executive Officer................................ Richard Nuttall
Finance Manager.......................................... Rizwam Khan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Bahrain (BAH)
Baires Fly
Sarmiento S/N, Aeroparque Jorge Newberry, Hangar 4,
1425 Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel +54 11 4776 2800 Fax +54 11 4776 2800
Email info@bairesfly.com Website www.bairesfly.com
Description Operates passenger and cargo charter services
throughout Argentina, together with executive flights, aerial
ambulance and the transport of banking cheques.
Executives
CEO & Owner................................................. Luis Grande
VP Operations........................................... Gustavo Barros
Finance Director.............................................. Gaston Paz
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fairchild Metro II
4 x Fairchild Metro III
3 x Learjet Learjet 35
3 x Learjet Learjet 60
Main base Buenos Aires (AEP)
Baltia Air Lines (BTL)
Terminal 4, Room 262.089, Jamaica, New York, New York,
NY 11430, USA
Tel +1 718 275 5205 Fax +1 718 275 4731
Email info@baltia.com Website www.baltia.com
Description US start-up airline which is planning to launch
non-stop services from New York to St Petersburg, Moscow,
Minsk and Kiev, using Boeing 747-200 aircraft.
History Originally founded by Igor Dmitrowsky in 1989, with
a plan to offer services between New York and the Latvian
capital, Riga. The airline was granted US Department of
Transport approval for the route, and planned to launch
services in 2006 with a single Boeing 747-200. These
plans received a setback by the loss of its financial backing,
amidst the airline industry downturn and political chaos in
the Baltic region.. On 10 March 2009 the airline obtained
final DOT approval to launch non-stop scheduled passenger
services from New York (JFK) to St Petersburg Pulkovo.
The carrier has yet to receive FAA Air carrier Certification.
Executives
President & CEO........................................Igor Dmitrowsky
VP Finance.......................................................Barry Clare
VP Operations................................................... Russ Thal
Main base New York (JFK)
Bangkok Airways [PG] (BKP)
99 Mu 14, Vibhavadirangsit Road, Chom Phon, Chatuchak,
Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
Tel +66 2265 5678 Fax +66 2 265 5500
Email pr@bangkokair.co.th Website www.bangkokair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Dr Prasert Prasarttong-
Osoth (92.31%), Sahokol Estate Co (4.3%), Other
shareholders (2.19%), Bangkok Dusit Medical Services
Public Co. (1.2%)
Alliances Air France, airberlin, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Finnair,
Kenya Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Malaysia Airlines,
S7 Airlines, Thai Airways International
Date operations started 1986
Description Operates scheduled domestic services from
Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, and purpose-built airports
at Koh Samui, Sukhotai and Trat Domestic schedules serve
most major cities and resorts. International routes serve
destinations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India,
Laos, Maldives, Myanmar and Singapore.
History Formed by the Bangkok United Mechanical Company
as Sahakol Air in 1968. Initially operated contract air-taxi
services in support of natural resource exploration in the Gulf
of Thailand. Became Thailand’s first privately-owned domestic
airline on launch of scheduled services in 1986. Re-branded
as Bangkok Airways in 1989. Established a wholly-owned
Cambodian subsidiary, Cambodian Air, in May 1998 to
operate services between Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh
and the tourist destination of Siem Reap. Operated these
services under the Siem Rep Airways brand, on an ad hoc
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continue Cambodian operations after Siem Reap Airways’ 1 x Airbus A321-200 (BRU)
suspension of operations in December 2008.
Employees total 1,708
2 x Airbus A330-200
15 x Boeing 737-300
14 Nemiga Street, 220004 Minsk, Belarus
Tel +375 17 220 2424 Fax +375 17 220 2383 C
Executives 11 x Boeing 737-400 Email info@belavia.by Website www.belavia.by
Parent organisation/shareholders Belarus government
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Chief Executive Officer................Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth 1 x Boeing 737-500
President & EVP Operations.... Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth Main base Jakarta (CGK) (100%)
EVP Finance............................... Thavatvong Thanasumitra Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines,
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A319-100 BB Airways airBaltic, Austrian, Azerbaijan Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines,
3 x Airbus A320-200
6 x ATR 72-500
Kathmandu, Nepal
Email info@bbairways.com Website bbairways.com
El Al, Estonian Air, Finnair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT
Polish Airlines, Rossiya, S7 Airlines, Transaero Airlines E
Main base Bangkok (BKK) Parent organisation/shareholders TBI Group (Japan) Date operations started 5 March 1996

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Description Nepalese start-up carrier planning to launch Description Flag carrier airline of Belarus, offering
Bar XH Air (BXH) international scheduled services between Kathmandu and direct scheduled services to more than 20 destinations,
PO Box 161, Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 7E8, Canada Bangkok, Doha, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, primarily in Europe and the CIS. Minsk is also connected
Tel +1 403 527 3328 Fax +1 403 527 4721 Singapore and Tokyo in September 2012. to more than 130 additional destinations in Europe,
Email contact-us@barxh.com Website www.barxh.com
Date operations started 1974
History Established with investment from Japanese firm TBI
Group. Obtained operating licence in January 2012.
the Middle East, North America and Southeast Asia through
code shares.
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Description Provides North American charter services with Main base Kathmandu (KTM) History Created on the basis of the former Aeroflot Division
aircraft of up to 37 seats. Also operates air ambulance
services primarily in Alberta, southern Saskatchewan and Bearskin Airlines [JV] (BLS)
in the Republic of Belarus.
Employees total 1,300 H
eastern British Columbia. Alberta Citylink is a sister company. PO Box 1447, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, P8T 1C1, Canada Executives
History Founded to provide medevac and charter services in Tel +1 807 737 3473 Fax +1 807 737 3093 General Director....................................... Anatoly Gusarov
western Canada. The airline was previously a full scheduled
passenger and cargo airline operating feeder services for Air
Email Cservice@bearskinairlines.com
Website www.bearskinairlines.com
Deputy General Director Flight Operations...Vitaly Meleshko
Head of Operations................................... Vladimir Bokhon
I
BC and Air Canada, serving seven airports under the Alberta Parent organisation/shareholders Exchange Income Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-300
CityLink name until its contract was cancelled in April 2000.
Executives
Corporation (100%)
Date operations started July 1963
6 x Boeing 737-500
1 x Boeing 737-800 J
General Manager.........................................Robert Phillips Description Operates from Sioux Lookout and Thunder Bay 1 x Bombardier CRJ-100
Fleet (orders) 4 x Beechcraft King Air 200 linking destinations in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec, 3 x Bombardier CRJ-200
1 x Piper PA-31T
Main base Medicine Hat (YXH)
ranging from remote rural communities to the cities of
Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg.
(2) x Embraer 175-200LR
4 x Tupolev Tu-154M
K
Hubs Calgary (YYC) History Founded on the Bearskin Lake reserve in 1962. 1 x Yakovlev Yak-40

Barents AirLink [8N] (NKF)

Following the collapse of NorOntair in 1993, Bearskin
picked up over two thirds of the former carrier’s routes.
Main base Minsk (MSQ)
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Flygstationsvagen 4, 972 54 Luleå, Sweden In January 2011, Bearskin Airlines was acquired by Belle Air [XH] (LBY)

Tel +46 92 022 7474 Fax +46 92 022 0348
Email info@barentsairlink.se Website www.barentsairlink.se
Date operations started 1978
Description Provides scheduled services in Northern
Sweden, linking Luleå with Pajala, as well as charter flights.
History Established as Nordkalottflyg in 1978 and rebranded
as Barents AirLink on 3 October 2006.
Exchange Income Corporation.
Executives
President................................................... Harvey Friesen
VP Finance.....................................................Rick Baratta
VP Operations................................................ Karl Friesen
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 100
6 x Fairchild Metro 23
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Skanderbeg Square, Central Plaza, Tirana, Albania
Tel +355 4 240186 Fax +355 4 240213
Email info@flybelleair.com Website www.belleair.it
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Belle Air Europe
Date operations started 1 March 2006
Description Privately-owned low-cost carrier operating from
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Tirana to a number of Italian cities. Belle Air also serves

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Executives 10 x Fairchild Metro III destinations in Greece and Bosnia Herzegovina. Charter
Managing Director...................................... Handy Hansen 1 x Piper PA-23-200 services are also operated.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beechcraft King Air 200 Main base Sioux Lookout (YXL), Thunder Bay (YQT) History Founded in May 2005. New international destinations
Main base Lulea (LLA) Hubs Sudbury (YSB) to Bari, Perugia, Firenze, Ancona, Pescara, Parma, Milan

Baron Aviation Services (BVN) BEK Air [Z9] (BEK)

Malpensa and Treviso were opened in December of the
same year. Plans announced for services to the USA in
P
PO Box 518, Rolla National Airport, Vichy, Missouri, MO 32 Mailin Street, Almaty, 500 39, Kazakhstan 2007 have yet to be realised.
65580, USA
Tel +1 573 299 4744 Fax +1 573 299 4272
Website www.baron-aviation.com
Tel +7 727 328 64 05 Email bekair@list.ru
Date operations started 1 September 2011
Executives
President............................................................Llir Xhelo Q
Description Almaty-based airline initially operating six-times Finance Manager.........................................Mirgen Dobiua
Description Operates small package express cargo services daily return services between Almaty and Uralsk using Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
on behalf of Federal Express.
Executives
Fokker 100 aircraft operated by Caspiy.
Executives
2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x ATR 72-500
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President.................................................Charles Schmidt President............................................. Vladimir Monakhov Main base Tirana (TIR)
Chief Financial Officer............................ Frank Zimmerman
Fleet (orders) 35 x Cessna CE208
Fleet (orders) 1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Almaty (ALA) Belle Air Europe [L9] (BAL) S
Main base Rolla (RLA) Piazzale Sandro Sordoni, Falconara Marittima, 60015
Belair [4T] (BHP) Ancona, Italy
Batavia Air [Y6] (BTV)
Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No.15, Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta, 10120,
Saegereistrasse 27, 8152 Glattbrugg, Switzerland
Tel +41 43 211 8120 Fax +41 43 211 8130
Tel +39 071 590 2111 Fax +39 071 590 2126
Email occ@belleaireurope.eu Website www.belleaireurope.eu
T
Indonesia Email thomas.frischknecht@flybelair.com Parent organisation/shareholders Belle Air, Italian
Tel +62 21 386 4308 Fax +62 21 386 4486
Email batavia_training@batavia-air.co.id
Website www.flybelair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hotelplan (51%),
investors
Date operations started 28 September 2010 U
Website www.batavia-air.co.id airberlin (49%) Description Operates low-cost flights within Italy and regional

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Parent organisation/shareholders PT Metro-Batavia (100%) Date operations started 3 November 2001 services linking western Europe with cities in Albania,
Date operations started 5 January 2002 Description Operates charter flights to destinations Croatia, Kosovo and Macedonia.
Description Operates a domestic scheduled network linking worldwide, to meet the demand from its parent company, History Founded by Italian investors in conjunction with
Jakarta with around 30 destinations, in addition to Hotelplan, and third parties. Albanian parent carrier Belle Air. Launched services in
international services to Guangzhou and Kuching.
History Originally known as Metro Batavia, the airline started
History Formed on the demise of the SAirGroup out of
its leisure carrier Balair/CTA by one of Belair’s largest
September 2010 with a flight from Ancona to Tirana.
Executives
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operating using Fokker F27s wet-leased from Sempati, but customers, Hotelplan. The airline became part of the Air General Manager................................................. Ilir Xhelo
launched its own scheduled service in January 2002
between Jakarta and Pontianak.
Berlin Group during 2007.
Executives
Operations Manager..................................... Stefano Prola
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 X
Executives Chief Executive Officer.......................Thomas Frischknecht 1 x Airbus A320-200
Chief Executive Officer.............................Yudiawan Tansari Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100 1 x ATR 72-500
Finance Director ....................................Bambang Wibowo
Operations Director .........................................Nur Effendi
7 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Zurich (ZRH)
Main base Ancona (AOI)
Hubs Bergamo (BGY)
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Bemidji Aviation [CH] (BMJ) History Formerly known as Pacific Air Charter. In June 2011, Bhoja Air (BHO)
4125 Hangar Drive, Bemidji, Minnesota, 56601, USA Indonesian carrier Lion Air announced its intention to acquire 46-K, Block 6, P.E.C.H.S, 74200 Karachi, 74200, Pakistan
Tel +1 218 751 1880 Fax +1 218 759 3552 49% of Berjaya Air, as part of a plan to transform Berjaya Air Tel +92 111 246 247 Fax + 92 21 34529715
Email keven@bemidjiaviation.com into Lion Air’s Malaysian low-cost carrier subsidiary. Email info@bhojaair.com.pk Website www.bhojaair.com.pk
Website www.bemidjiaviation.com Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Bhoja Group (100%)
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%) General Manager ...................................................BH Tan Date operations started 7 November 1993
Date operations started 1947 Head of Flight Operations & Chief Pilot................Idi Haidzar Description Provides scheduled domestic passenger services
Description Operates domestic cargo flights and extensive Fleet (orders) 2 (2) x ATR 72-500 from Karachi to Islamabad, Lahore, Multan and Sukkur.
charter and air-taxi work within continental USA and Canada. 1 x Bombardier BD-100 History Founded by the Bhoja Group in the summer of 1993.
History Has provided fire patrol, flight instruction and 1 x Bombardier BD-700 Launched scheduled domestic passenger services linking
passenger charter work from 1970. In 1981 Bemidji Airlines 3 x DHC7-110 Karachi, Lahore and Quetta in November 1993 with a single
began with a scheduled service between Bemidji and the Main base Subang (SZB) leased Boeing 737-200. Suspended operations in July
Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport. Since 1991, 2004. Resumed scheduled passenger services connecting
primary activities have been scheduled cargo services. Berkut Air (BEK) Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore in June 2005 with two wet-
Executives 6, Akhmetova Str, Office 26, Almaty, 480079, Kazakhstan leased Yak-42D aircraft. Expanded the network to include
President........................................................Larry Diffley Tel +7 3272 572 542 Fax +7 327 257 2684 Faislabad, Multan, Peshawar, and Sukkur in 1996, doubling
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech Baron 58 Email berkutairsvs@2day.kz the leased Yak-42 fleet to four. Launched international
3 x Beech 99 Website www.berkutairsvs.almaty.kz services from Karachi, Lahore and Multan to Dubai in
2 x Beech 99A Description State air company operating transport and January 1998. Fell into financial difficulties and voluntarily
6 x Beech 99C custom-made VIP flights to destinations within the Republic suspended operations in July 2001. Relaunched scheduled
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 of Kazakhstan. Also offers airport ground handling services. domestic passenger services a second time in March 2012.
22 x Beech Queen Air 65 History On 8 April 2009 Berkut Air was one of six Kazakh Executives
3 x Fairchild Metro III airlines which were banned from operating in EU airspace Chairman............................................. Farook Omar Bhoja
Main base Bemidji (BJI) because of safety concerns. Managing Director.........................Mohammed Arshad Jalil
Hubs Minneapolis (MSP) Executives Director Finance.............................................. Arif Majeed
General Director.....................................Vladimir Monakov Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-200
Benin Golf Air [A8] (BGL) Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 Main base Karachi (KHI)
05 BP 508, 05 Cotonou, Benin 1 x Airbus A330-200
Tel +229 21 33 3195 Fax +229 21 33 5945 1 x Antonov An-12B Bighorn Airways (BHR)
Email golfair29@hotmail.com 1 x Boeing 757-200 PO Box 4037, Sheridan, Wyoming, 82801-1237, USA
Date operations started 2002 1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD Tel +1 307 672 3421 Fax +1 307 672 8580
Description Operates regional flights on a very occasional 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40 Email clearskies@bighornairways.com
basis from Cotonou to 12 destinations in west Africa, Main base Almaty (ALA) Website www.bighornairways.com
including Abdijan, Bangui, Bamako, Brazzaville, Conakry, Parent organisation/shareholders Robert Eisele and P&G
Dakar, Douala, Kinshasa, Libreville, Lome, Pointe Noire and Berry Aviation (BYA) Date operations started 1947
Malabo. Aircraft are leased in when required. 1807 Airport Drive, San Marcos, Texas, 78666, USA Description Operates a domestic charter passenger and
Executives Tel +1 512 353 2379 Fax +1 512 353 2625 cargo service, including on demand services for UPS.
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Latifou Lauriano Email ops@berryaviation.com Website www.berryair.com Executives
Main base Cotonou (COO) Date operations started 1983 President & CEO..........................................Robert Eiseley
Description Operates private charter passenger and cargo Fleet (orders) 4 x CASA 212-200
Bering Air [8E] (BRG) flights within the USA and abroad. Regular customers include 3 x Cessna C340A
PO Box 1650, Nome Airport, Nome, Alaska, AK 99762, major casinos, governmental agencies, the Department of 1 x Cessna C414A
USA Defense, private corporations and sports teams. 1 x Cessna Conquest I
Tel +1 907 443 5422 Fax +1 907 443 5919 History Established in Austin, Texas with a single twin- 1 x Cessna T210N
Email info@beringair.com Website www.beringair.com engined Piper Seneca. Subsequently relocated to the private 3 x Dornier 228-200
Parent organisation/shareholders James Rowe and municipal airport at San Marcos. Main base Sheridan (SHR)
Christine Rowe (100%) Executives
Date operations started 3 October 1979 President.....................................................Harry Berry III Biman Bangladesh Airlines [BG]
Description Operates domestic scheduled services linking VP Operations.................................................. Stan Finch (BBC)
32 cities in western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue Finance Director............................................ Danny Smith Biman Bhaban “Balaka”, Zia International Airport,
and Unalakleet. Passenger and cargo charter services are Fleet (orders) 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 Kurmitola, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
also flown from Kotzebue and Nome within Alaska, the lower 1 x Cessna 550 Tel +880 2 891 7400 Fax +880 2 891 7472
48 states, Canada and Russia. Also provides an air 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 Email mdbiman@bdbiman.com
ambulance service and helicopter charters. 2 x Dornier 328-100 Website www.biman-airlines.com
History Founded by James and Christine Rowe to provide 3 x Fairchild Metro II Parent organisation/shareholders Bangladesh
quality passenger and cargo service to the people of 6 x Fairchild Metro III government (100%)
western Alaska. Main base San Marcos (HYI) Alliances Gulf Air
Executives Date operations started February 1972
President & CEO............................................ James Rowe BH Air (BGH) Description Bangladesh flag carrier operating services
Co-Owner...................................................Christine Rowe Diakon Ignati 7 Street, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria linking Dhaka with major domestic destinations, as well as
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900D Tel +359 2 981 0189 Fax +359 2 981 0187 international services to cities in south Asia, the Middle and
2 x Beechcraft King Air 200 Email office@bhairlines.com Far East, and services to London, Manchester and Rome.
2 x CASA 212-200 Website www.bhairlines.com/en.htm History Incorporated shortly after the country obtained its
2 x Cessna C207A Date operations started January 2002 independence from Pakistan. Flights commenced with a
6 x Cessna CE208 Description Charter arm of Balkan Holidays International, Douglas DC-3 transferred from the air force. The Bangladesh
6 x Piper PA-31-300 which primarily serves the Bulgarian market through holiday government has been seeking a strategic airline partner
Main base Nome OME charters to the UK, Germany, Denmark, Israel and since 2000 and announced plans to offer 40% of Biman to
Hubs Kotzebue (OTZ), Unalakleet (UNK) Switzerland. Ad hoc charters and ACMI leases also offered. foreign airlines, with the intention that the buyer will assume
History Formed as a joint venture between Balkan Holidays management control of the carrier. There have not yet been
Berjaya Air [J8] (BVT) Bulgaria and Hemus Air. Services were launched with four any takers. Faced with a shortage of aircraft, Biman has
Sky Park Terminal 3, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, 157-passenger Tupolev Tu-154Ms. been cutting back on services in recent years. In August
47200 Subang, Selangor, 47200, Malaysia Executives 2006 the airline was transformed from a public sector
Tel +60 3 78468228 Fax +603 7846 5637 Managing Director..........................................Ianko Ivanov corporation into a public limited company, albeit one which
Email sales@berjaya-air.com Website www.berjaya-air.com Finance Director............................................Diana Koleva remained 100% state owned. The airline relaunched under
Parent organisation/shareholders Berjaya Group (through Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 a new image and logo in February 2010, and introduced
Berjaya Land) (99.7%), others (0.3%) 4 x Airbus A320-200 Boeing 777 services to London Heathrow and Dubai using
Date operations started 1989 1 x Gulfstream G550 a wet-leased aircraft.
Description Operates domestic scheduled services from 1 x Israel Aircraft Industries Galaxy Executives
Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport to Redang and Tioman, and Main base Varna (VAR) Managing Director .......................Mohammed Zakiul Islam
regional flights to Singapore and Koh Samui in Thailand. Hubs Sofia (SOF), Burgas (BOJ), Plovdiv (PDV) Director of Flight Operations ...............Naseeruddin Ahmed

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Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A310-300 Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%) Blue Panorama Airlines [BV] (BPA)
B
2 (2) x Boeing 737-800 Date operations started 13 December 2004 Viale delle Arti 123, Fiumicino, 00054 Rome, Italy
2 (2) x Boeing 777-300
(4) x Boeing 787-8
Description Operates low-cost services to Italy, Spain,
Germany, France, Belgium, Cyprus, Great Britain, Ireland and
Tel +39 06 6550 8313 Fax +39 06 6550 8767
Email presidenza@blue-panorama.com C
2 x Fokker F-28-4000 Portugal from four Romanian airports: Arad, Bacau, Website www.blue-panorama.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Distal & Itr Group
D
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Bucharest and Cluj Napoca.
Main base Dhaka (DAC) History Commenced operations with leased Boeing 737- (66.6%), Franco Pecci (33.4%)
Hubs Dubai (DXB), Chittagong (CGP) 300s. Introduced the first route outside Romania, linking Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Blu-express (100%)
Brussels and London in October 2008. Domestic feeder Alliances Cubana de Aviacion
Bimini Island Air (BMY)
USA
services were added in October 2009, operating Saab 340
turboprops supplied by Direct Aero Services.
Date operations started December 1998
Description Private Italian airline operating scheduled and E
Date operations started June 1993 Executives charter flights to various international destinations.

F
Date operations ceased 27 June 2011 General Manager........................................ Sherif Ussama History Established by tour operator Astra Travelling. In January
Founded as an aircraft brokerage company. Expanded its Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300 2012 Alitalia announced that it planned to acquire and merge
operations in June 1993 to include corporate and pleasure 6 x Boeing 737-400 with both Blue Panorama and Sicily-based carrier Wind Jet.
charter services. Its air operator’s certificate was revoked on 1 x Boeing 737-500 Executives
27 June 2011 for operating scheduled flights to the
Bahamas, despite being licensed only for charter services.
(2) x Boeing 737-800
(3) x Boeing 737-900
Chairman & CEO............................................Franco Pecci
General Director..........................................Giancarlo Veni
G
Main base Bucharest BBU Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400
Binter Canarias [NT] (IBB)
Canon del Ambar s/n, Edificio BinterCanarias, Paligono
Industrial Salientas, Gran Canaria, 35219, Spain
Hubs Bacau (BCM)

Blue Dart Aviation [BZ] (BDA)

2 x Boeing 757-200
4 x Boeing 767-300 H
1 x Piaggio P180
Tel +34 928 218 100 Fax +34 928 579 603 88/89 Old International Terminal Building, Meenambakkam (4) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95
Email dirgeneral@bintercanarias.es
Website www.binternet.com
Airport, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600027, India
Tel +91 44 2256 8200 Fax +91 44 2256 8385
Main base Fiumicino (FCO)
I
Parent organisation/shareholders Ilsamar Tenerife Website www.bluedartaviation.com Blue Sky (BLM)
(49.81%), Ferma Canarias Eléctrica (10.44%), Agencia
Maritma Afroamericana (10.11%), Flapa (10%), others
Parent organisation/shareholders Blue Dart Express
(Tushar Jani and Khushroo Dubash) (100%)
UI. David Anakht 9/3, 375037 Yerevan, Armenia
Tel +374 102 84788 Fax +374 102 84788 J
(19.64%) Date operations started 17 June 1996 Email evn@blueairways.org
Date operations started 26 March 1989 Description India’s largest express cargo company operating Date operations started 2005
Description Domestic service linking all eight Canary Island
airports from Gran Canaria, as well as international services
scheduled services from Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai,
Kolkata and Delhi as part of an overnight transport/next day
Description Armenian ACMI leasing specialist operating a
fleet of Boeing 747-300 (SCD), 747-400, and Airbus A300
K
to El Aioun, Funchal, Madeira, Marrakech, Milan and Paris. delivery express/cargo service. The company also offers air family aircraft, all of which are currently flown for Iranian
History Formed as a subsidiary of Iberia to operate services
in the Canary Islands. In late 1999 SEPI (the Spanish state
cargo charters, engineering, software development, aviation
consultancy and flight handling services.
carrier Mahan Air.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-300 L
holding company of Iberia) implemented the privatisation of History Subsidiary of Blue Dart Express, which pioneered Main base Yerevan (EVN)

M
Binter Canarias, selling Binter Canarias to a consortium of domestic freighter services within India in June 1996.
Canary Island-based investors. Executives Blue Wing Airlines (BWI)
Executives Managing Director ...............................Tulsi Mirchandaney Zorg en Hoop Airport, Doekhieweg 3, Paramaribo, Surinam
President.......................... Pedro Agustin Castillo Machado Chief Financial Officer............................................V N Iyer Tel +597 434 393 Fax +597 433 909
Director of Operations............ José Antonio Carrillo Romero
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 72-500
Head of Flight Operations................................... V S Ashok Email info@bluewingairlines.com
Website www.bluewingairlines.com N
Main base Las Palmas (LPA) Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200 Date operations started 2004

Hubs La Laguna-Tenerife Norte (TFN)
Bionic Aviation
Postnet Suite 121, Private Bag X1, Northcliff,
Johannesburg, 1748, South Africa
Tel +27 82 656 5450 Email bota@bionicaviation.com
Website www.bionicaviation.com
Description Operates passenger charters and offers ACMI
leasing services to other carriers. Services to Lubumbashi in
the Democratic Republic of Congo operated in conjunction
with Congolese carrier International Trans Air Business.
History Established as an MRO and aircraft parts company
which also provided occasional charter services using wet-
leased aircraft. The company acquired its own air operator’s
certificate in 2007 and began offering charters in its own
right using a single Boeing 737-200C.
Executives
Director of Aviation.......................................... Vasile Bota
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Main base Lanseria (HLA)
Blekingeflyg
Ronneby flygstation, Pl 2000, 372 92 Ronneby, Sweden
Tel +46(0)457-62 99 99 Email info@blekingeflyg.se
O
4 x Boeing 757-200 Description Operates charter and scheduled services from
Hubs Kolkata (CCU), Delhi (DEL), Mumbai (BOM), Hyderabad Paramaribo to destinations in the Caribbean region.
(HYD), Bengaluru (BLR), Ahmedabad (AMD) Executives
President................................................ Amichand Jhauw
Blue Islands [SI] (BCI)
Jersey Airport, St Peter, JE3 7BP, Jersey
VP Operations............................................Soejijar Verkuijl
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
P
Tel +44 1534 740900 Fax +44 1534 740943 2 x Cessna U206G
Email ops@blueislands.com Website www.blueislands.com
Parent organisation/shareholders The Healthspan Group
2 x DHC6-200
1 x Reims F406 Q
(100%) Main base Paramaribo (ORG)
Date operations started 14 February 2006
Description Blue Islands is the operating name for AirX,
which operates scheduled services linking Jersey, Guernsey
Blue1 [KF] (BLF)
PO Box 168, Vantaa, 01531 Helsinki, Finland
R
and Alderney with Geneva and Zurich, as well as flights Tel +358 20 58 56000 Fax +358 20 58 56001
between the Channel Islands, Southampton and the Isle of
Man. Contract and ad hoc charters also offered.
Email blue1@blue1.fi Website www.blue1.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SAS Group (100%) S
History Established in 2001 by Le Cocq’s Stores as Le Alliances Star Alliance, Luxair, SAS Cargo
Date operations started 1988
T
Cocq’s Airlink. Initially transported perishable goods from
Bournemouth to Alderney. Scheduled passenger services Description Regional airline feeding traffic into the SAS
were launched on 1 February 2002. The Rockhopper name system via Stockholm and Copenhagen from cities in
was adopted on 29 August 2003. On 14 February 2006, the Finland. Scheduled routes are also operated to 17 European
airline operated the first regional service, between the Isle of
Man and Jersey, under the new Blue Islands brand name.
destinations, including seasonal services to Biarritz, Split
and Dubrovnik. U
International services started with the Paris route, followed History Formed as Air Botnia. The airline was purchased by

Website www.blekingeflyg.se
Date operations started 2007
Description Operates low cost services linking Ronneby and
Visby with Stockholm - Bromma airport and Gdansk in Poland
using Saab 340 turboprops wet-leased from Avitrans Nordic.
History Blekingeflyg Introduced an international route
between Ronneby and Gdansk in August 2007.
Main base Ronneby (RNB)
by Geneva. The Paris route was subsequently dropped, and
services to Zurich were launched.
Executives
Chairman.....................................................Derek Coates
General Manager...............................................Rob Veron
Operations Manager..................................... John Stretton
Employees total 408
V
Scandinavian Airlines in January 1998. In January 2004 the
airline was re-branded as Blue1 and joined Star Alliance as
the first regional member in November. In 2006 Blue 1
opened up new routes to 11 European destinations. Became
a full member of the Star Alliance On 1 January 2010 with
the abolition of the regional member classification.
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Blue Air [0B] (JOR)

Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 42-500
Executives
Chairman....................................................Gunnar Reitan X
2 x BAe Jetstream 31 President & CEO..................................... Stefan Wentjaervi
5th Floor, Street 71, Buzesti, 013695 Bucharest, Romania 3 x BAe Jetstream 32 VP Operations...............................................Jakko Schildt
Tel +40 21 208 86 02 Fax +40 21 208 8612
Email info@blue-air.ro Website www.blueairweb.com
Main base Jersey (JER)
Hubs Guernsey (GCI)
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 717-200
Main base Helsinki (HEL)
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Bluebird Airways [BZ] (BBG) bmi regional [BD] (BMR)
Heraklion International Airport, PO Box BBG, 731 00 Aberdeen Airport East, Wellheads Drive, Dyce, Aberdeen,
Heraklion, Greece AB21 7EU, UK
Tel +30 281 022 4451 /86 Fax +302810224452 Tel +44 1224 401900 Fax +44 1224 770141
Email info@bluebirdair.gr Website www.bluebirdair.gr Website www.flybmi.com
Date operations started August 2010 Parent organisation/shareholders British Midland
Description Private start-up airline operating scheduled International BMI (100%)
domestic passenger services from Heraklion to destinations Date operations started August 1987
including Corfu, Rhodes and Thessaloniki. International Description Wholly-owned subsidiary of BMI, operating
routes include Heraklion-Moscow Domodedovo. Charter scheduled passenger services from regional airports
flights are also operated. including Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford,
History Launched services in August 2010, initially using Manchester and East Midlands to more than a dozen
aircraft wet-leased from Heraklion-based Sky Express, but destinations, mainly in the UK, and from UK regional airports
took delivery of its first aircraft in October 2010. to destinations in Europe. Ad hoc charters are also offered.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400 History Originally known as British Midland Commuter, and
Main base Heraklion (HER) rebranded in May 2001. On 1 November 2009 parent BMI
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa, through
Bluebird Aviation (BBZ) LHBD Holding, a UK holding company.
PO Box 52382, Hangar 23, Wilson Airport, Nairobi, 00200, Executives
Kenya Accountable Manager...................................... Paul Alcock
Tel +254 20 602 338 Fax +254 20 602 337 Business Director...................................... Steven Griffiths
Email info@bluebirdaviation.com Fleet (orders) 4 x Embraer ERJ-135ER
Website www.bluebirdaviation.com 13 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
Date operations started 1999 1 x Embraer ERJ-145EU
Description Provides regional passenger and cargo charter 1 x Embraer ERJ-145MP
services as well as medical evacuation and relief flights. Main base Aberdeen (ABZ)
The company serves 15 destinations from its Nairobi base. Hubs Glasgow (GLA), East Midlands (EMA), Edinburgh (EDI),
Executives Leeds/Bradford (LBA)
President.........................................Hussein Ahmed Farah
Operations Manager .........................................Noor Adan bmibaby [WW] (BMI)
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D Tiny Town, Beverley Road, East Midlands Airport, Castle
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2SA, UK
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 Tel +44 1332 854000 Fax +44 1332 854979
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Email pressoffice@flybmi.com Website www.bmibaby.com
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 Parent organisation/shareholders British Midland
4 x Fokker 50 International BMI (100%)
Main base Nairobi (WIL) Date operations started 20 March 2002
Description Low-cost subsidiary of British Midland, operating
Bluebird Cargo [1B] (BBD) domestic scheduled services linking UK destinations and
Lyngháls 4, 110 Reykjavik, Iceland Jersey from hubs at East Midlands, Birmingham and Belfast,
Tel +354 420 0200 Fax +354 420 0202 as well as international services to European destinations.
Email skuli@bluebirdcargo.com History Began operations with a flight between East Midlands
Website www.bluebirdcargo.com and Malaga in March 2002. Introduced services from a new
Parent organisation/shareholders Íslandsbanki hf. (100%) hub at Cardiff in November 2002. Opened a third base at
Date operations started 25 March 2001 Manchester in May 2003 and a fourth, at Durham Tees
Description Operates cargo services to and from Iceland and Valley, in October 2003. Began flying under its own air
within Europe on scheduled/contract abd charter basis. operator’s certificate on 15 March 2004. Birmingham
History Founded by a group of Icelandic investors with became the fifth base in January 2005. The base at Durham
backgrounds in aviation. US authorities granted Bluebird Tees Valley was closed in October 2006. On 1 November
permission to operate transatlantic services in 2004. 2009 parent BMI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Acquired by FL Group in August 2005. Acquired by Icelandair Lufthansa, through LHBD Holding, a UK holding company.
Group in 2006. Islandsbanki completed the acquisition of Operations from the hubs at Cardiff and Manchester airports
Icelandair Group’s 100% shareholding in February 2011. were discontinued at the end of the summer season in
Executives October 2011. Operated its inaugural flight from its new base
Managing Director...................................... Skuli Skulason at Belfast City Airport to Geneva on 19 December 2011.
Director of Finance ...............................Baldur Haraldsson Executives
Operations Director ................................. Bjarki Sigfusson Managing Director............................................ Julian Carr
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-300 Chief Financial Officer.................................Simone Menne
1 x Boeing 737-400 Operations Director ....................................Peter Durnford
Main base Reykjavik (KEF) Fleet (orders) 12 x Boeing 737-300
Hubs Milano – Linate (LIN), Cologne/Bonn (CGN) 2 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Donington (EMA), Birmingham (BHX)
Blu-express [BV] (BPA) Hubs Belfast (BHD)
Viale delle Arti, 123 Pal. D, Fiumicino, 00054 Rome, Italy
Email corporate@blu-express.com BoA-Boliviana de Aviacion [OB]
Website www.blu-express.com (BOV)
Parent organisation/shareholders Blue Panorama Airlines Calle Jordán #202, esq. Nataniel Aguirre, Cochabamba,
(100%) Bolivia
Date operations started 21 November 2005 Tel +591 414 0873 Fax +591 411 4643
Description Low-cost arm of Blue Panorama Airlines, Email ventasweb@boa.bo Website www.boa.gov.bo
operating from Rome Fiumicino airport to around 20 Parent organisation/shareholders Ministry of Works,
destinations in Europe, and from Milan to Istanbul. Seasonal Services & Housing (100%)
services also link the two main airports in Italy with holiday Date operations started 29 March 2009
destinations in the Mediterranean. Description Bolivian flag carrier linking the cities of La Paz,
Executives Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Sucre, Tarija and Cobija.
Chairman.......................................................Franco Pecci Also provides an international connection to Buenos Aires.
General Manager ........................................Giancarlo Veni History Established by the Bolivian government to replace the
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300 defunct former flag carrier Lloyd Aero Boliviano.
2 x Boeing 737-400 Executives
Main base Fiumicino (FCO) General Manager ........................................ Ronald Casso
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Cochabamba (CBB)
Hubs Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI)
BoraJet [BJ] (BRJ)
IDRM Blokari A-3, Blok Kat 5, Yesillkoy, 34149 Istanbul,
Turkey
Tel +90 212 465 2878 Fax +90 212 465 2882
Email info@borajet.aero Website www.borajet.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Alliances Anadolu Jet
Date operations started May 2010
Description Istanbul Ataturk-based airline operating
scheduled domestic passenger services.
History Established as Bora Jet Exclusive Charter in 2008.
Awarded a regional air operations licence and began regular
operations in May 2010. Initially linked 11 destinations with
a fleet of four ATR72-500s. On 20 December 2010 the
airline began operating domestic wet-lease services on
behalf of Anadolu Jet using two of its ATR72 aircraft.
Executives
General Manager............................................. Kadir Peker
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-500
1 x Bombardier Global Express
Main base Istanbul IST
Hubs Antalya (AYT), Ankara (ANK)
BQB Lineas Aereas (BQB)
Rambla Baltasar, Brum 2965 Esq. 12 de Diciembre,
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel +598 2 208 84 76 Fax +598 2 208 84 76 Int 1515
Email bqb@buquebus.com.uy Website www.flybqb.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Date operations started 14 May 2010
Description Uruguayan carrier operating domestic services
to 12 regional destinations in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina,
from its base at neighbouring Buenos Aires.
History Established by the Argentine/Uruguayan Lopez Mena
family. The airline’s branding reflects the family’s existing
Buquebus Turismo coach and ferry company.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..........................Juan Patricio Lopez
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 72-500
Main base Buenos Aires (AEP)
Brindabella Airlines [FQ]
5 Rayner Road, Canberra Airport, Fyshwick, Australian
Capital Territories, Canberra, Victoria, 2609, Australia
Tel +61 2 6200 0670 Fax +61 2 6200 0699
Email lara@brindabella-airlines.com.au
Website www.brindabella-airlinescom.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Business Air Holdings
Group (100%)
Alliances Aeropelican Air Services, Qantas
Date operations started 1994
Description Operates daily direct flights between Albury,
Armidale, Brisbane, Canberra, Cobar, Coffs Harbour,
Newcastle, Sydney and Tamworth as a Qantas affiliate
airline, Charter services and aerial tours are also offered.
History Established by Jeff Boyd and Lara Corry-Boyd. Began
business as an executive aircraft charter/hire service, with
an affiliated aircraft maintenance business. Expanded by
opening a flight training school in 2000. Changed its core
business activity to become a regional airline in 2003. A
new scheduled service, introduced in conjunction with local
community, mining and medical services interests, began
linking Cobar, NSW with Sydney from 24 September 2010.
Acquired by Business Air Holdings Group in September
2011 and merged with its other carrier, Aeropelican. Both
carriers initially retain their separate branding.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Jeffrey Boyd
Managing Director.....................................Lara Corry-Boyd
Operations Manager....................................... Brett James
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 41
1 x Beech Aircraft Corporation
1 x Cessna R182
4 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Canberra (CBR)
Hubs Sydney (SYD), Brisbane (BNE)

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Brit Air [DB] (BZH)
Aeroport, CS 27925, 29679 Morlaix, France
Tel +33 2 9863 1022 Fax +33 2 9862 7766
Website www.britair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Airlinair (19.5%)
Alliances Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Date operations started 1975
Description Regional carrier operating scheduled services
within France and to other European countries as an Air
France franchise.
History Founded to provide a customised air service for
business executives from western France. Introduced
regular flights to London Gatwick in 1979. Signed a
franchising agreement with Air France Europe on 1
December 1995 and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Air France in October 2000. Became a launch customer for
the Bombardier CRJ 1000 when it placed a firm order for
eight on 19 February 2007, with options on a further eight.
Executives
Chairman & CEO..........................................Marc Lamidey
Managing Director....................................Alain Huberdeau
General Manager.......................................... Alain Brothier
Fleet (orders) 13 x Bombardier CRJ-100
11 (3) x Bombardier CRJ-1000
15 x Bombardier CRJ-700
Main base Morlaix (MXN)
Hubs Lyon (LYS), Paris Orly (ORY)
British Airways [BA] (BAW)
PO Box 365, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex,
UB7 0GB, UK
Tel +44 20 8738 5050 Fax +44 20 8738 9947
Email media.relations@ba.com Website www.ba.com
Parent organisation/shareholders International Airlines
Group (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Comair (18%), Flybe
(15%), Iberia (10%), OpenSkies (100%), BA CityFlyer (100%)
Alliances Oneworld, Aer Lingus, airberlin, American Eagle
Airlines, Cargojet Airways, Caribbean Airlines, Comair,
Flybe, Kingfisher Airlines, Loganair, Meridiana fly, SUN-AIR
of Scandinavia, TAAG Angola Airlines, Tampa Cargo, WestJet
Airlines
Date operations started 25 August 1919
Description UK flag carrier and one of the world’s leading
airlines, operating services to around 160 destinations
worldwide. A founding member of the oneworld global airline
alliance, the combined members of which, in mid-2011,
served nearly 900 destinations in more than 150 countries,
with some 9,500 daily departures. Together with Spanish
flag carrier Iberia, British Airways makes up the International
Airlines Group (IAG), in which it is the senior partner.
History Traces its history back to 25 August 1919 and the
world’s first daily international scheduled air service between
London and Paris. On 31 March 1924 a merger between
four airlines created Imperial Airways, which developed its
Empire routes to Australia and also deep into Africa. The
1939 nationalisation and amalgamation of Imperial Airways
with British Airways (a company created through the 1935
merger of a number of smaller UK air carriers) created
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). Post-war
continental European and domestic flights were flown by a
new airline: British European Airways (BEA). In 1972 BOAC
and BEA were combined, becoming British Airways (BA) in
1974. Privatised in February 1987. Concluded the takeover
of Britain’s second-force airline, British Caledonian, in April
1988. In 1992, BA acquired an initial 49.9% holding in
France’s leading independent carrier, TAT European Airlines,
which was increased to 100% in 1996. BA later withdraw
completely from French domestic operations. BA also
acquired 49% of Friedrichshafen-based regional carrier Delta
Air Regionalflug in early 1992, renaming the carrier as
Deutsche BA in March 1992. In 1993, BA acquired a 25%
stake in Australian flag carrier Qantas for £290 million. In
January 1993, BA had also formed an alliance with US
Airways, purchasing a 24.6% stake in the Charlotte-based
carrier for $300 million. Following a court battle BA parted
with the US carrier in 1996, after it announced its intention
of forming a partnership with American Airlines. BA then
divested its interests in US Airways and the codeshare
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a founder member, along with American Airlines, Canadian
Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and Qantas Airways, of a new
global airline alliance, oneworld, which came into being on 1
February 1999. BA acquired a 9% stake in Iberia Lineas
Aereas de España in March 2000, as part of the Spanish
airline’s privatisation programme. BA was engaged in merger
talks with KLM from June 2000, but withdrew in September
2000, after failing to reach agreement with the Dutch carrier.
In November 2000, BA announced much-improved second
quarter financial results and put its low-cost carrier
subsidiary, Go Fly Aviation, up for sale. On 8 September
2004, BA announced the sale of its 18.5% stake in Qantas,
which raised £425 million. On 5 March 2007 BA completed
the sale of its UK regional subsidiary carrier BA Connect to
Flybe, acquiring a 15% stake in Flybe. The BA Connect brand
was then adopted by franchise partner GB Airways on all of
its services for BA flown from Manchester, East Midlands
and Bristol from 25 March 2007. A new subsidiary, BA
CityFlyer launched services from London City Airport on 25
March 2007. In June 2007 BA announced it would operate
business class services across the Atlantic to US
destinations using dedicated aircraft by the summer of
2008 under the name OpenSkies, which was merged with
French premium carrier L-Avion, acquired by BA on 2 July
2008. In October 2008 BA the end of its franchise
agreements with both GB Airways and Loganair. In November
2009, after months of talks, British Airways and Iberia
agreed to merge. The merger was expected to create a
carrier with 419 aircraft, serving 205 destinations and
was completed on 21 January 2011, when British Airways’
and Iberia’s shares were cancelled and the merged
companies began trading as the International Consolidated
Airlines Group. In July 2010 oneworld alliance members
American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and
Royal Jordanian Airlines had received final antitrust
immunity approval from the European Union and
US Department of Transportation, clearing the way
for co-operation between the carriers on transatlantic
routes, from 6 October 2010.
Employees total 36,178
Executives
Chairman............................................... Martin Broughton
Chief Executive Officer................................. Keith Williams
Chief Financial Officer........................................ Nick Swift
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A318-100
33 x Airbus A319-100
41 x Airbus A320-200
11 x Airbus A321-200
(12) x Airbus A380-800
19 x Boeing 737-400
52 x Boeing 747-400
21 x Boeing 767-300
46 x Boeing 777-200
5 x Boeing 777-300
(8) x Boeing 787-8
(16) x Boeing 787-9
Main base London Heahtrow (LHR), London Gatwick (LGW)
British Gulf International (BGI)
Basing PO Box 7759, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6 557 0316 Fax +971 6 557 0589
Email bgi@britishgulf.com Website www.britishgulf.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Igor Bakhmutov (100%)
Date operations started 2001
Description Cargo airline operating between Sharjah and
Dubai and countries in the Arabian Gulf and elsewhere in the
Middle East. Regular destinations include Djibouti, Somalia,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Kuwait and Qatar. The airline also
offers ad hoc charter and ACMI services.
History Established in São Tome and Principe in 2000. In
2002 the company’s activities were redirected to also
encompass the Middle East.
Executives
President.................................................. Igor Bakhmutov
Finance Director................................. Svetlana Yaropolova
General Manager Operations..................... Andrei Khambov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
Main base Sharjah (SHJ)
Hubs Dubai (DXB)
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[BD] (BMA)
Donington Hall, Castle Donington, East Midlands, Derby,
DE74 2SB, UK C
Tel +44 1332 854000 Fax +44 1332 854662
Email service@flybmi.com Website www.flybmi.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings BMI regional (100%),
bmibaby (100%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air India, Air Malta, Azerbaijan
Airlines, bmibaby, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, Jet Airways, Jet E
Airways Konnect, Lufthansa Italia, Luxair, Malaysia Airlines,
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Oman Air, Qatar Airways, SriLankan Airlines, Transaero
Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Date operations started 1953
Description The UK’s second-largest scheduled airline,
serving destinations in the UK, Europe, Africa, the Middle
East, central Asia and the USA from London Heathrow.
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History Established in 1938 at the then Derby Airport in
Burnaston, as a reserve flying school operating on behalf of
the Royal Air Force under the name Air Schools. Became H
Derby Aviation in 1949 and Derby Airways in 1958. The
British Midland Airways name was adopted on 1 October
1964. Acquired by Minster Assets, an investment and
banking group, in 1968. Was briefly merged with another
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Minster-owned carrier, Manston-based Invicta Airways, in
February 1969, as part of Air Britain. The merger was short-
lived, as in July 1969 Invicta was sold back to its founder, J
Hugh Kennard, becoming Invicta Air Cargo. In 1978 a
management buyout took place. Airlines of Britain Holdings
(ABH) was formed in March 1987 as a holding company for
British Midland and British Midland Aviation Services. In
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1988 SAS acquired 40% of ABH and in 1997, ABH became
British Midland. In 1999 Lufthansa acquired 20% of BMI’s
equity from Star Alliance partner SAS. British Midland joined L
the Star Alliance on 1 July 2000 and rebranded BMI British
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Midland in February 2001 In May 2001 the airline
commenced transatlantic services to the USA with a service
from Manchester to Washington Dulles. Lufthansa increased
its stake in BMI to 30% in November 2002 by acquiring 10%
from the BBW Partnership, and acquired full control with
effect from 1 November 2009. In 2003, the carrier’s brand
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was shortened to BMI. Later that month the airline
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announced a restructuring, giving up unprofitable routes and
all long-haul services, reducing the fleet and concentrating in
future on European, Central Asian and Middle Eastern
services. In December 2010 the airline introduced a
modified logo and the adoption of the name British Midland
International, although the short form, BMI, was retained. On
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28 October 2011, BMI confirmed advanced discussions for
the sale of BMI Regional to a UK-based investor group.
Employees total 3,984 Q
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................Wolfgang Prock-Schauer
Chief Operations Officer.....................................Alex Grant
Chief Financial Officer ................................Simone Menne
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Managing Director ........................................Dominic Paul
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A319-100
7 x Airbus A320-200 S
7 x Airbus A321-200
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2 x Airbus A330-200
1 x Beech Baron 58
Main base London Heathrow (LHR)
Hubs Manchester (MAN)
Brussels Airlines [SN] (BEL) U
B. House, Brussels Airport Building 26, Ringbaan,
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1831 Diegem, Belgium
Tel +32 2 754 1900 Fax +32 2 754 1910
Website www.brusselsairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SN Air Holding (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Korongo (38.5%)
Alliances Air Astana, Air Dolomiti, Air India, Air Malta, Air
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Uganda, airBaltic, American Airlines, Cargojet Airways, Cirrus
Airlines, Condor, Cyprus Airways, Estonian Air, Etihad Airways,
germanwings, Hainan Airlines, Jat Airways, Jet Airways, X
Lufthansa Italia, Luxair, Malmo Aviation, OLT Express, Royal
Air Maroc, Rwandair, S7 Airlines, TAAG Angola Airlines,
Ukraine International Airlines
Date operations started 25 March 2007
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Description Belgian flag carrier, operating an European and
African network serving more than 70 destinations. Long-
haul routes serve east, central and west Africa. Code share
agreements with around 20 carriers extend the network to
north America, the Indian subcontinent and Middle and Far
East. Additional services include chartering, maintenance
and training of cockpit and cabin crews.
History Traces it origins back to the foundation, in Antwerp in
1966, of Delta Air Transport (DAT) as a privately-owned airline.
After initially flying unscheduled holiday flights, DAT also began
to fly scheduled services for Sabena and KLM. DAT later
became Sabena’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary. After
Sabena’s demise in November 2001, DAT took over some of
its former owner’s routes, beginning independent operations
on 10 November 2001. DAT rebranded as SN Brussels
Airlines on 15 February 2002, and developed into Belgium’s
largest full-service airline. In October 2004 SN Brussels
Airlines absorbed Birdy Airlines (founded 2002), which had
been operating SNBA’s long-haul African services. SN
Brussels merged with Virgin Express on 12 April 2005 under
a newly-created holding company, SN Air Holding. In November
1997, the company sold a 49% interest in a global initial
public offering. Brussels Airlines came into being in November
2006 on completion of the merger, commencing operations in
March 2007. Lufthansa acquired 45% of the airline in
September 2008, with a view to acquiring the carrier outright
from 2011, subject to European Commission regulatory
approval, which was received on 22 June 2009. The German
carrier has an option to acquire the remaining shares for no
more than €250 million. Brussels Airlines became the 26th
member of the Star Alliance on 9 December 2009.
Executives
Chairman............................................... Etienne Davignon
Joint Chief Executive Officer.........................Bernard Gustin
Joint Chief Executive Officer.......................Michel Meyfroidt
Chief Financial Officer..........................Jan De Raeymaeker
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A330-200
5 x Airbus A330-300
1 x BAe 146-200
12 x BAe 146-RJ100
7 x BAe 146-RJ85
3 x Boeing 737-300
4 x Boeing 737-400
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Brussels (BRU)
Buddha Air [U4] (BHA)
Jawalakhel Lalitpur, GPO Box 2167, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977 1 552 1015 Fax +977 1 553 7726
Email buddhaair@buddhaair.com Website www.buddhaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
Date operations started October 1997
Description Operates domestic services and a single
international service to the Indian city of Lucknow, flying
principally in support of Nepal’s tourism industry.
History Started operations with a single new Beech 1900D.
Executives
Chairman................................................ Surendra Basnet
Managing Director..................................... Birenda Basnet
Head of Operations .................................. Suvarna Kharel
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-300
2 x ATR 72-500
3 x Beech 1900D
Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
Buffalo Airways [J4] (BFL)
1000 Buffalo Drive, Hay River, X0E 0R9, Canada
Tel +1 867 873 6112 Fax +1 867 874 3572
Email buffalo@buffaloairways.com
Website www.buffaloairways.com
Description Provides scheduled passenger services between
Yellowknife and Hay River, as well as cargo and passenger
charters, fire fighting, pollution/pest control and aerial
tanker and firefighting services with a mixed fleet of mainly
piston engine transports and light aircraft.
Executives
President...................................................... Joe McBryan
Director of Flight Operations.......................... Mike Handley
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Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech Baron 55 History Privately-owned carrier established in June 2000 to
2 x Beechcraft King Air 90 carry passengers, cargo and mail on charter flights.
3 x Beech Travel Air 95 Executives
7 x Canadair CL-215 Chief Executive Officer.................................Filip Mustakov
1 x Cessna A185E Operations Director.......................................Ivan Minchev
1 x Curtiss C-46A Chief Accountant.................................... Emilia Mladenova
1 x Curtiss C-46D Fleet (orders) 6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
1 x Curtiss C-46F Main base Sofia SOF
8 x Douglas DC-3/C-47 (Piston) Hubs Plovdiv (PDV), Burgas (BOJ), Varna (VAR)
5 x Douglas DC-4/C-54
2 x Lockheed L-188A Bural [U4] (BUN)
1 x Noorduyn Norseman V Respublika Buryatiya, Airport 10, Ulan-Ude, 670018,
Main base Hay River (YHY) Russia
Tel +7 3012 22 7137 Fax +7 3012 22 7965
Bukovyna Airlines [BQ] (BKV) Email bural@mail.ru
30 Chkalova Street, Chernovtsy, 58009, Ukraine Parent organisation/shareholders Unspecified investors
Tel +380 372 243 211 Fax +380 372 243 214 (90%), government of Russia (10%)
Email airlines@sacura.chernovtsy.ua Date operations started 1993
Date operations started 1992 Description Operates trunk and regional passenger service.
Description Provides charter and wet-leasing services. History Formerly known as Buryatia-Buryat Airlines JSC and
History Established as Chernovtsy Aviation Enterprise. Ulan Ude Air Enterprise.
Received its first western-built equipment, a McDonnell Executives
Douglas MD-82, in September 2008. General Director..........................................Tamara Pavina
Executives Chief Accountant......................................Galina Smirnova
Chairman....................................................... Robert Lljuk
Flight Operations Director .......................... Yuriy Poplavskiy Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-24RT
Finance Manager ......................................... Larisa Korbut 3 x Antonov An-24RV
Fleet (orders) 9 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 1 x Antonov An-24T
3 x Boeing MD-88 1 x PZL An-2
Main base Chernovtsy (CWC) Main base Ulan-Ude (UUD)
Bulgaria Air [FB] (LZB) Buraq Air [UZ] (BRQ)
Boulevard Bruksel 1, Sofia Airport, 1540 Sofia, Bulgaria Mitiga International Airport, PO Box 93149, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +359 2 402 0306 Fax +359 2 937 3254 Tel +218 21 3500821 Fax +218 21 3500949
Email office@air.bg Website www.air.bg Email bashir@buraqair.com Website www.buraqair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Balkan Aviation Group Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
(BAG) (99.99%), Bulgarian government (0.01%) Date operations started 15 November 2001
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines, Air Description Operates scheduled services linking Tripoli with
France, Alitalia, Austrian, CSA Czech Airlines, Iberia, KLM Benghazi and four other domestic destinations, as well as
Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, S7 Airlines, Tarom international services to three cities in Morocco, Syria and
Date operations started 4 December 2002 Turkey. Also offers passenger and cargo charter services,
Description National flag carrier, operating scheduled and flights for the oil industry in a joint venture with CHC.
services linking Sofia with Bourgas and Varna, in addition to History Founded as the first private airline in Libya.
international services to 28 destinations in Europe and the Executives
Middle East. Also operates charter services to over 80 President................................................ Marwan Bobaida
destinations in Europe, Africa and Asia in conjunction with Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
more than 60 tour operators and travel companies. Also 1 x Boeing 737-800
offers wet-leasing services to other carriers. Main base Tripoli TIP
History Balkan Air Tour took over responsibility for flights from
the collapsed national carrier Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. In Business Air [8B] (BCC)
2003 Balkan Air Tour was rebranded Bulgaria Air. A Room G1-022, Level 1, Concourse G, Suvarnabhumi
privatisation process initiated in July 2006 culminated in International Airport, 999 Nong Prue, Bangphli,
the Balkan Hemus Group acquiring Bulgaria Air in November Samutprakan, 10540, Thailand
2006. In July 2007 a merger was announced of Bulgaria Tel +66 2134 6036 Email info@businessaircenter.com
Air with both Hemus Air and Viaggio Air into what became Website businessaircenter.net
the Balkan Aviation Group, owned by Chimimport. Viaggio Date operations started 24 December 2009
Air was subsequently wound up. Description Thai charter airline, operating regular services
Executives between Bangkok and Seoul.
Executive Director . .................................... George Yankov Executives
Finance Manager..........................................Yonka Kogova Chairman................................................. Pong Maneesilp
President ..........................................Chotisak Asapaviriya
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100 Chief Executive Officer ................................. Anucha Tivari
3 x Airbus A320-200 Chief Operations Officer.................... Trakoolchai A'Khanha
1 x BAe 146-300 Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 767-300
1 x Boeing 737-300 Hubs Bangkok (BKK)
(4) x Embraer 190-100LR
Main base Sofia (SOF) Business Aviation Center (BCV)
Hubs Burgas (BOJ), Varna (VAR) Povitroflotsky Ave 92, Office 420, Kiev, 03151, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 496 3670 Fax +380 44 496 3674
Bulgarian Air Charter [1T] (BUC) Email ops@bac.kiev.ua Website www.airtaxi.ua
Pavel Krasov Str 35, 1138 Sofia, Bulgaria Parent organisation/shareholders Yuriy Grebionkin (100%)
Tel +359 2 978 7676 Fax +359 2 978 4244 Date operations started 2003
Email office@bgaircharter.com Description Charter/air-taxi services in CIS, Europe, and Asia.
Website www.bulgarianaircharter.com History Began as a Let L-410 charter agency.
Parent organisation/shareholders Aviation Service Group Executives
(100%) Director General....................................... Yuriy Grebionkin
Date operations started 14 December 2000 Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Description Operates charter services for tour operators 1 x Beechcraft Premier
between points in Europe and the Bulgarian cities of Plovdiv, Main base Kiev (KBP)
Sofia and Varna. Hubs Kiev (IEV)
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C & M Airways (RWG)
7335 Boeing Drive, El Paso, Texas, 79925, USA
Tel +1 915 779 3097 Fax +1 915 779 0479
Description Texas-based cargo operator providing a charter
service within the USA and to Canada, mostly under contract.
Executives
President............................................. Bradley Cryderman
Fleet (orders) 1 x Convair 640
1 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-10
Main base El Paso (ELP)
CAA-Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation
Route des Poids Lourds 1, Limete, Kinshasa, Congo
(Democratic Republic)
Tel +243 99 590 39 00 Email info@caacongo.com
Website www.caacongo.com
Alliances Air Kasai
Date operations started 26 December 1992
Description Operates passenger and cargo flights linking
Kinshasa N’djili Airport with over 30 destinations throughout
the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The new African
international route to Entebbe, Uganda was the first of eight
planned for launch in 2011. All airlines in the DRC are
banned from operating in the EU due to safety concerns.
History Established by GAP Holding company in 1991 to ferry
group personnel across the DRC. Introduced commercial
operations in December 1992.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. David Blattner
Deputy Director General............................ Basile Malamas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Fokker 100
4 x Fokker 50
Main base Kinshasa (FIH)
Cairo Aviation (CCE)
6A, Moustafa Reffat Street, Sheraton, Cairo, Egypt
Tel +20 2 2266 6458 Fax +20 2 2266 6461
Email info@cairoaviation.com Website www.cairoaviation.com
Date operations started November 1998
Description Provides charter flights primarily to destinations
in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Sometimes operates
scheduled flights on behalf on national carrier EgyptAir.
History Established in 1997 as Air Cairo by Dr Ibrahim
Kamel’s Kato Group, in conjunction with a consortium of
Egyptian travel agents, to operate inclusive tours within
Egypt and to Europe and Africa. In 2003 Egyptair acquired
100% of Air Cairo and the existing Tupolev fleet, and
operations were then transferred to a new company, Cairo
Aviation, which is now owned by the Kato Group and Egyptair.
Executives
Chairman.............................................. Hani El Ghamrawy
Fleet (orders) 1 x Tupolev Tu-204-120
1 x Tupolev Tu-204-120C
Main base Cairo (CAI)
CAL Cargo Air Lines [5C] (ICL)
PO Box 271, 1 Hayarden Street, Ben Gurion Airport, 70100
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel +972 3977 9999 Fax +972 3973 1320
Email commercial@cal.co.il Website www.cal.co.il
Parent organisation/shareholders Plants Production and
Marketing Board, Group led by Yarom Osen and Ofer Gilboa
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Date operations started 2 November 1976 Camair [QC] (UYC)
Description Operates a cargo schedule linking Tel Aviv with Boulevard de la Liberté, PO Box 4852, Douala, Cameroon
Liege, Luxembourg and New York. Other destinations include
Amsterdam, Abuja, Budapest and Cologne. CAL exports
Tel +237 33 55 50 55 Email yolande.bodiong@camair-co.net
Website www.camair-co.cm C
perishables and industrial materials, while imports include Parent organisation/shareholders Government of the
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machinery, motor cars, industrial equipment, livestock and Republic of Cameroon (100%)
hazardous materials. ACMI leasing services are also offered. Date operations started 28 March 2011
History CAL (short for Cavei Avir Lemitanim) Cargo Airlines was Description Government-owned flag carrier operating
established as a co-operative in which El Al initially took a domestic schedules, regional routes to Ndjaména, Libreville
49% share. Scheduled services introduced December 1999.
Executives
and Lagos and an international service from Douala to Paris,
via Yaoundé. E
Chairman....................................................... E Ben David History Created by government decree in September 2006,
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President....................................................... Isaac Tobaly as a precursor to establishing a new flag carrier – two years
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-200 before the official liquidation of the previous national carrier,
Main base Tel Aviv-Yafo TLV Cameroon Airlines.
Hubs Liege LGG, Amsterdam (AMS) Executives
California Pacific Airlines
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Alex van Elk
Deputy Managing Director.............Emmanuel Mbozo’o Ndo
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5670 El Camino Real, Suite D, Carlsbad, California, CA Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-700
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92011, USA 1 x Boeing 767-300
Tel +1 760 710 4404 Email info@flycpair.com Main base Douala (DLA)
Website www.flycpair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Theodore L Vallas (100%) Cambodia Angkor Air [K6] (VAV)
Description Start-up domestic carrier planning to link
Carlsbad with six cities in California, Arizona and Nevada.
No 41, 214 Street, Samdech Pan, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel +855 23 666 6786 Email cambodiaangkor@everyday.com.kh
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Planned initial equipment is five Embraer 170 regional jets. Website www.cambodiaangkorair.com
History Established in 2010 by Ted Vallas, founder and
former owner of Air Resorts.
Parent organisation/shareholders Cambodian
government (51%), Vietnam Airlines (49%) J
Executives Alliances Vietnam Airlines
Chairman & CEO............................................... Ted Vallas Date operations started 27 July 2009
President & COO................................................Bud Sittig
Chief Financial Officer................................Steve Lupinacci
Description Cambodia’s national flag carrier, operating
scheduled regional services linking Siem Reap to Phnom
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Main base Carlsbad (CLD) Penh and Ho Chi Min City. All services are operated under
Calima Aviacion (CMV)
a codeshare with Vietnam Airlines. Plans call for domestic
services and direct flights to South Korea, China and Japan. L
Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria, Terminal Interislas, History Established through a memorandum of
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Apdo Correos 93, Sucursal 1, Las Palmas, Islas Canarias, understanding signed by the Cambodian government on 23
35230 Telde, Spain November 2007 with two multi-industry Indonesian
Tel +34 928 706 021 Fax +34 928 575 162 companies, the Rajawali Group and PT Ancora International.
Email info@calima.aero Website www.calima.aero The Cambodian government took a 51% shareholding, while
Parent organisation/shareholders Calima Aviation Group
(100%)
deriving 30% of the proceeds from the joint venture. Vietnam
Airlines acquired the 49% shareholding previously held by
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Date operations started October 2009 the Indonesian companies in 2009.
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Description Las Palmas-based airline offering charter and Executives
ACMI leasing services. Chairman & CEO.....................................Trinh Ngoc Thanh
History Created by the aviation group of the same name. Chief Operation Officer..............................Nguyen Anh Duc
Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 72-500
President & CEO.......................................... Javier Cabrera
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Phnom Penh (PNH)
Hubs Siem Reap (REP)
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1 x Boeing 737-800
Canadian North [5T] (ANX)
2 x Dornier Do28
Main base Las Palmas (LPA) 5201 50th Avenue, Suite 300, Yellowknife, Northwest Q
Territories, X1A 3S9, Canada
Calm Air [MO] (CAV) Tel +1 867 669 4000 Fax +1 867 669 4040
90 Thompson Drive, Thompson, Manitoba, R8N 1Y8, Canada
Tel +1 204 778 6471 Fax +1 204 778 6954
Email reception@cdn-north.com Website www.canadiannorth.com
Parent organisation/shareholders NorTerra Inc (100%)
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Email mail@calmair.com Website www.calmair.com Alliances Calm Air, Cargojet Airways, Kivalliq Air
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately owned (100%)
Alliances Canadian North
Description Operates scheduled passenger services to
communities in the Northwest and the territory of Nunavut. S
Date operations started 1962 Southern gateways include Ottawa and Edmonton.
Description Operates passenger services in northern History Established to focus on the air transport needs of
Manitoba and the Kivalliq district of the Nunavut Territories.
Charter and freight work is also undertaken.
northern Canadian communities. Canadian North was
purchased from Canadian Airlines in September 1998 by
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History Founded by Arnold Morberg and his wife as a charter NorTerra, a 100% northern aboriginal-owned holding company.
service in northern Saskatchewan. In 1976 Calm Air took over
the Transair passenger service in Nunavut. Canadian Airlines
Executives
President.......................................................Tracy Medve U
acquired a 45% holding in 1987 and began operating as a Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-200
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Canadian partner after this shareholding passed to Canadian 3 x Boeing 737-300
Regional Airlines. Following Canadian’s collapse in 1999, 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Calm Air’s ownership reverted to being entirely privately held. Main base Yellowknife (YZF)
Executives
President.................................................Gary Beaurivage
Controller.................................................. Greg Pennicook
CanaryFly (CAU)
Gran Canaria Airport, Hangar L, P O Box No 84, Gran Canaria,
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Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 42-300 Spain
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2 x ATR 72-200 Tel +34 928 579 968 Fax +34 928 574 861
1 x BAe 748-2 Email info@canaryfly.es Website www.canaryfly.es
1 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2 Date operations started 2008
6 x Saab 340B Description Operates scheduled and charter passenger flights
Main base Thompson (YTH)
Hubs Churchill (YYQ), Winnipeg (YWG)
from the Canary Islands to west African destinations,including
Agadir, Laayoune, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott and Villa Cineros.
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History Founded as Canaria Aeronautica. Launched services
in 2008, operating cargo and air ambulance services
between the Canaries and west Africa.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
2 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Las Palmas (LPA)
CanJet Airlines [C6] (CJA)
677 Barnes Road, PO Box 980, Enfield, Nova Scotia,
Nova Scotia, B2T 1K6, Canada
Tel +1 902 873 7800 Fax +1 902 873 6580
Website www.canjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders IMP Group
International (100%)
Date operations started 5 September 2000
Description Provides full-service contract and ad hoc charter
flights throughout North America.
History First launched in 2000 as a division of IMP Group
Limited, CanJet merged with Canada 3000 in May 2001.
With the closure of Canada 3000 in late 2001, CanJet was
relaunched in June 2002. On 10 September 2006 CanJet
withdrew from scheduled services, which had served 15
destinations in Canada and Florida, citing increased costs
and competitive pressures. In February 2010 Canjet and
Transat signed a five year deal under which Transat would
utilise Canjet’s 737 services to around 20 “sun”
destinations.
Executives
Chairman.................................................Kenneth C Rowe
Director Flight Operations.........................Michael Zorychta
President & CEO.........................................Kent Woodside
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Halifax (YHZ)
Cape Air [9K] (KAP)
Barnstable Municipal Airport, 660 Barnstable Road,
Hyannis, Massachusetts, 02601, USA
Tel +1 508 771 6944 Fax +1 508 775 8815
Website www.capeair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hyannis Air Service (100%)
Alliances American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Frontier
Airlines, JetBlue Airways
Date operations started 1989
Description Operates scheduled passenger flights in
Cape Cod and the islands, Florida and the Caribbean,
including the US Virgin Islands. Flights between Hyannis
and Nantucket are flown under the Nantucket Airlines name.
Also operates as United Express in Micronesia, linking
Guam, Rota and Saipan, and in the Caribbean, Florida
and the US Midwest.
History Launched operations with a service between Boston
and Provincetown. Continental Connection flights between
South Florida and the Keys were introduced in 1993. Further
Continental Connection operations were launched in the
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Caribbean in 1998, Micronesia in 2004, and the Midwest History Founded by Peter Fox, Capital Cargo obtained its
(Indianapolis) in December 2007. Services as a Continental operating certificate on 24 April 1996.
Connection carrier were rebranded as United Express on 30 Executives
November 2011. Chief Executive Officer.......................... Dennis Manibusan
Executives Chief Financial Officer..................................Allen McAnally
Owner............................................................. Daniel Wolf VP Operations ................................................ John Vestal
President........................................................Dave Bushy Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 727-200
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300 2 x Boeing 757-200
57 x Cessna C402C Main base Orlando (MCO)
Main base Hyannis (HYA)
Cardig Air [8F] (CAD)
Capital Airlines [JD] (CBJ) Alia Building 4th Floor, Jl. M.I.Ridwan Rais No. 10-18,
3 Capital Airlines Building, Huo Yun Bei Road, Beijing, Gambir, Jakarta, 19110, Indonesia
100027, China Tel +62 21 3867666 Fax +62 21 3867665
Tel +86 10 6961 5555 Fax +86 10 6961 5555 Email boyke.soebroto@cardigair.com Website www.cardigair.com
Email da@hnair.com Website www.capitalairlines.com.cn Parent organisation/shareholders Investor group led by
Parent organisation/shareholders HNA Group (70%), Boyke Soebroto, PT Cardig International
Beijing Tourism Group (BTG) (30%) Date operations started January 2009
Date operations started 4 May 2010 Description Cargo airline specialising in time-definite, airport-
Description Operates scheduled domestic services across to-airport scheduled freight service, connecting major cargo
China from bases at Beijing, Guangzhou, Xi’an and Sanya. markets in Indonesia and Asia. Also offers inclusive charters
Limited international routes are also served, initially to and ACMI contracts.
Mongolia. The airline is the only corporate and leisure History Established in 1998 as a joint venture between UPS
charter flight operator in China. and PT Cardig International to provide scheduled domestic
History Originally established as Deer Jet by Hainan and regional cargo services. In July 2008, a group of
Aviation Holding. In October 2006 Deer Air was created investors led by company CEO Boyke Soebroto acquired
as the low-cost carrier arm of Deer Jet, while Deer Jet a majority shareholding. PT Cardig International retained a
continued to operate the corporate executive jet fleet. minority shareholding. In April 2011, Cardig Air was one of
In May 2010 Deer Jet was spilt into two companies. Deer four Indonesian cargo airlines removed from the European
Jet continued to operate charter services, while a new Union’s list of banned carriers.
company, Capital Airlines, began operating scheduled Executives
passenger flights. Chief Executive Officer ..............................Boyke Soebroto
Executives Chief Finance Officer . ...........Husein Paolo Kartadjoemena
Deputy Chairman.............................................Ming Bo Hu Chief Operation Officer .................................... Resdi Triadi
Chief Executive Officer............................................ Jun Xu Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
General Control Officer .................................. Zhi Qun Ning Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Fleet (orders) 25 x Airbus A319-100
10 x Airbus A320-200 Cargo Air (VEA)
2 x Boeing 737-300 1 Brussels Blvd, Sofia Airport, 1540 Sofia, Bulgaria
1 x Gulfstream G400 Tel +359 2 8144 550 Fax +359 2 945 9076
4 x Gulfstream G550 Email sales@cargoair.bg Website www.cargoair.bg
1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 4 Parent organisation/shareholders Petar Cenkov (65%),
1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 9 Ivan Ivanov (35%)
Main base Beijing (PEK) Date operations started November 1998
Hubs Guangzhou (CAN), Xi’an (XIY), Sanya (SYX) Description Operates ad hoc cargo charter services
throughout Europe, the Middle East and CIS. Also operates
Capital Cargo International contact cargo charters for TNT Airways.
Airlines [PT] (CCI) History Founded as Vega Airlines in Plovdiv on 4 July 1997.
7100 TPC Drive, Suite 200, Orlando, Florida, 32822, USA The airline was re-established under the new name of Cargo
Tel +1 407 855 2004 Fax +1 407 855 6620 Air on 26 October 2007 and received its new air operator’s
Email mail@capitalcargo.com Website www.capitalcargo.com certificate on 9 September 2008. It resumed operations
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Transport Services with a charter service between Hanover and Kogalniceanu in
Group (ATSG) (100%) Romania on 15 September 2008. Introduced contact cargo
Date operations started April 1996 charters for TNT Airways in Jul 2009.
Description Provides on-demand and wet-lease charters. Executives
Managing Director............................................Ivan Ivanov
Operations Director............................... Konstantin Taskov
Finance Manager ......................................Anelia Angelova
Commercial Director.......................................Angel Petrov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Sofia (SOF)
CARGO airways international (TNF)
Bonapriso, Lieu dit Asecna III, Douala, Cameroon
Tel +237 331 52254 Fax +237 331 52258
Email info@cargo-airways.com Website www.cargo-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Agur Invest, Cargoleasing
(Luxembourg), Jean Bidegain, Jean-Christophe Berrouet
Date operations started 4 March 2010
Description Cargo airline operating scheduled flights linking
Douala with major cities throughout Francophone Africa,
using a single, wet-leased Boeing 737-200 freighter. Charter
services are also offered.
Main base Douala (DLA)
CargoBIS
Klaus Boettcher
Av Dr. Sebastiao Henrique da Cunha Pontes, 4760,
1 And., Pq. Industrial, 12237-823 Sao Jose dos Campos,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel +55 12 3933 2886 Email contact@cargobis.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Arbeit (100%)
Description New cargo airline initially planning to operate
domestic schedules linking Manaus, Brasilia, Porto Alegre,
Salvador, Recife, Fortaleza and Belém.
History Created by Grupo Arbeit to offer an integrated
logistics solution to Brazilian companies.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 757-200F
Main base Sao Jose dos Campos (SJK)
Cargoitalia
Italy
Date operations started April 2006
Date operations ceased 21 December 2011
Founded by majority shareholder Air Logistic Holding together
with Tristar. Launched services from Milan to Chennai and
Delhi in April 2006 with a single leased DC-10-30F.
Authorised for scheduled and charter services from Milan
to four US cities in September 2006. Ceased operations in
August 2008 and passed its air operator’s certificate on to
start-up cargo carrier Alis Aerolinee Italiane, whose
shareholders were Alis Holding (66.7%) and Intesa San
Paolo Bank (33.3%). Purchased Cargoitalia in April 2009,
resuming operations in July 2009. Scheduled and charter
cargo services subsequently served destinations in the Far
East and USA. Voluntarily ceased operations on 21
December 2011, announcing that it was to be liquidated.
Cargojet Airways [W8] (CJT)
350 Britannia Road East, Units 5 & 6, Mississauga,
Toronto, Ontario, L4Z 1X9, Canada
Tel +1 905 501 7373 Fax +1 905 501 9494
Email cs@cargojet.com Website www.cargojet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Cargojet Income Fund
(public) (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Prince Edward Air
(100%), Starjet (100%), Winnport Logistics (100%)
Alliances Air France, Air India, Air New Zealand, Air North, Air
Transat, Alitalia, Amerijet International, Asiana Airlines, British
Airways, Brussels Airlines, Canadian North, China Airlines,
CSA Czech Airlines, Etihad Crystal Cargo, EVA Air, Japan
Airlines, Jet Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air,
LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Pacific Coastal Airlines,
Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian Airlines, SAS Cargo, SATA
International, Singapore Airlines Cargo, Swiss, Varig Log
Date operations started June 2002
Description Operates both Canada-wide and on international
cargo networks. Also offers full aircraft charters. Small
aircraft are used on Ontario Regional and Eastern Canada
Regional networks under the Cargojet Regional banner.
History Formerly Canada 3000 Cargo. Ajay Virmani acquired
50% of Canada 3000 Cargo in July 2001 and purchased the
other half in February 2002. The name change came into
effect on 22 February 2002. In July 2002 it acquired Winnport
Logistics. Cargojet Regional was a subsidiary company
created following the acquisition of the cargo business of
Georgian Express. It began operating on 2 October 2007,
but was sold to SkyLink Aviation on 14 July 2010.
Executives
President & CEO............................................. Ajay Virmani
Chief Financial Officer ........................................ John Kim
SVP Airways Division......................................Alan Pidgeon
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Boeing 757-200
2 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Toronto Pearson (YYZ)
Cargolux [CV] (CLX)
Luxembourg Airport, L-2990 Luxembourg
Tel +352 4211 1 Fax +352 435446
Email info@cargolux.com Website www.cargolux.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Luxair (43.3%),
Qatar Airways (35%), Banque et Caisse d’Epargne state
(10.9%), Societe Nationale de Credit et d’Investissement
(10.7%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Cargolux Italia (40%)
Alliances Coyne Airways, Silk Way Airlines
Date operations started September 1970
Description Major scheduled all-cargo airline, serving a
global network. Also provides charter flights and third-party
maintenance services.
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History Founded by Luxair, Loftleidir Icelandic, the Salen profitable routes as a subsidiary of Caribbean Airlines.
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Shipping Group and private Luxembourg interests. Luxair The Jamaican government took a 16% stake in Caribbean
increased its stake to 24.5% in 1987, while Lufthansa
acquired a 24.5% shareholding. Lionair was established
Airlines, and the carrier acquired all routes operated by
Air Jamaica on 26 May 2011. The carrier then announced C
jointly with Luxair in 1988 to operate passenger charters plans, in February 2012, to introduce long-haul international
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using two Boeing 747s, but ceased operations in 1990. services to London Gatwick from June 2012, which are
Became a scheduled cargo carrier in 1990. Became the expected to be offered with two soon-to-be acquired Boeing
first operator of the Boeing 747-400F in 1993. SAir 767-300ERMs.
Logistics acquired Lufthansa’s shareholding in 1997, while Executives
Luxair further increased its stake to 34.9%. Became the
launch customer for the Boeing 747-8 Freighter in 2005.
Chairman..................................................Devant Maharaj
Chief Executive Officer..................................Robert Corbie E
Took a 33.4% share in Luxembourg-based Freighter Leasing Chief Financial Officer ...................................K Andre Mills
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in January 2007. HSH Nordbank was one of three financial Flight Operations Officer & Chief Pilot...... Thomas Lawrence
institutions that each took 22.2% stakes in the new lessor,
which was to acquire former Cargolux Boeing 747-400 Fleet (orders) 2 (7) x ATR 72-600
freighters as they left the fleet. Created Cargolux Italia 11 x Boeing 737-800
through a joint venture with Italian interests in December
2008. Under a restructuring announced in December
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Port Of Spain (POS)
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2009, SAirlines sold its 33.7% stake in Cargolux to Hubs Montego Bay (MBJ), Kingston (KIN)
three existing shareholders: Luxair, BCEE, SNCI and
new shareholder, the state of Luxembourg. The acquisition Carpatair [V3] (KRP) H
in June 2011, of the Luxembourg government’s 35% Timisoara International Airport, 307210 Timisoara,
shareholding by Qatar Airways, was granted approval in Romania
September 2011.
Employees total 1,477
Tel +40 256 306 933 Fax +40 256 306 962
Email timisoara@carpatair.com Website www.carpatair.com
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Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Romanian
Chairman....................................................Albert Wildgen
Chief Executive Officer .................................Frank Reimen
shareholders (51%), Swiss and Swedish shareholders (49%)
Alliances Alitalia, Moldavian Airlines J
Chief Financial Officer.................................Richard Forson Date operations started February 1999
Fleet (orders) 12 x Boeing 747-400 Description Regional airline, linking niche east European
2 (11) x Boeing 747-8
Main base Luxembourg (LUX)
destinations with cities in Italy, Germany and France. The
carrier co-operates closely with Moldavian Airlines on issues
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of fleet, maintenance and logistics.
Cargolux Italia [C8] (ICV)
Strada Provinciale Nr. 52 No 3, 21020 Vizzola Ticino, Italy
History Formed at Cluj Napoca as Veg Air in 1998, initially
operating a single Yakolev Yak-40 leased from Moldavian L
Tel +39 0331 233 811 Fax +39 0331 230 573 Airlines. The current name was adopted in December
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Email francesco.rebaudo@cargoluxitalia.com 1999 after Swiss and Swedish investors took a 49%
Website cargoluxitalia.com stake in the company.
Parent organisation/shareholders Italian shareholders Executives
(60%), Cargolux (40%) President & CEO Nicolae Petrov
Date operations started 13 June 2009
Description Subsidiary of Cargolux International operating
Fleet (orders) 3 x Fokker 100
3 x Fokker 70
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a scheduled cargo service from Milan Malpensa to Dubai 7 x Saab 2000
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and Hong Kong, returning via Baku. Also connects Milan Main base Cluj (CLJ)
with Luxembourg. Hubs Timisoara (TSR)
History Established in December 2008 through a strategic
alliance with Italian interests. Caspian Airlines [RV] (CPN)
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Pierandrea Galli
No. 5 Sabounchi Street, Beheshti Avenu, Tehran, 11100,
Iran
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-400 Tel +98 21 8875 1671 Fax +98 21 8875 1692
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Main base Milan Malpensa (MXP) Email casp_avia@hotmail.com Website www.caspian.aero
Date operations started September 1993
Caribbean Airlines [BW] (BWA) Description Operates between Tehran and other major
Iere House, Golden Grove Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad, cities in Iran, and to Syria, Turkey, the Ukraine, the UAE
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel +1 868 669 3000 Fax +1 868 669 0453
and Armenia.
History Set up as a joint venture between Iranian and
R
Email mail@caribbean-airlines.com Russian interests.
Website www.caribbean-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Trinidad
Executives
President.................................................Asghar Razzaghi S
and Tobago (84%), Government of Jamaica (16%) VP & Commercial Manager............ Maouchehr Hadjibandeh
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Jamaica (84%), Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
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Tobago Express (100%) Main base Tehran (THR)
Alliances British Airways
Date operations started 1 January 2007 Caspiy
Description National flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago
operating a Caribbean network with northward extensions
Office building 19, Embankment of 4th micro-district,
Mangistau Region, Aktau, 130000, Kazakhstan U
to Miami, New York and Toronto, and southwards to Caracas Tel +8 7292 579900 Fax +8 7292 579905
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in Venezuela. Email info@caspiy.kz
History Created in January 2007 by the government of Date operations started 2011
Trinidad and Tobago to replace the loss-making national Description Start-up airline planning to operate services
carrier BWIA West Indies Airways. Began offering from Aktau and within the Mangistau Oblast. Also operates
connections to London in March 2007 through a codeshare
on British Airways flights between Port of Spain and London
services for other Kazakh carriers, including Investavia and
BEK Air.
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Gatwick. Took an initial 49% stake in Tobago Express History Established by the socially responsible corporation
through its BWIA holding company on 1 January 2007.
Acquired all outstanding TBX shares on 1 October 2007,
Caspiy National Company to promote air transport links to
and from Aktau and in the Mangistau region. X
taking over its routes and fleet with immediate effect. Executives
Acquired Air Jamaica from the Jamaican government in Chairman.........................................Nurgaliyev Kairtaevich
April 2010. Air Jamaica initially retained its air operator’s
certificate and route licences, and continued to operate
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker 100
Main base Aktau (SCO)
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Akron Canton Airport, 5430 Lauby Road, Building 39,
North Canton, Ohio, 44720-1573, USA
Tel +1 330 498 9333 Fax +1 330 498 9322
Email contact@castleair.com Website www.castleair.com
Date operations started January 1986
Description US charter cargo operator principally
specialising in priority freight from main base at Akron-
Canton regional airport.
History Initially operated in conjunction with Air Medical
Transport, which had originally been set up by Michael
Grossmann in January 1984. Air Medical Transport ceased
operations at the end of 1986, with all business from
that point being done under the names of Castle Aviation
and Aeromed.
Executives
President........................................... Michael Grossmann
Financial Controller......................................David Oplinger
Fleet (orders) 3 x Aero Design & Engineering
4 x Cessna CE208
3 x Piper Aerostar 600
Main base Akron-Canton (CAK)
Cathay Pacific [CX] (CPA)
Cathay Pacific City, 7/F, North Tower, Cathay Pacific,
8 Scenic Road, Hong Kong International Airport, Lantau
Island, Hong Kong
Tel +852 2747 5000 Fax +852 2810 6563
Website www.cathaypacific.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Swire Group (43.97%),
Air China (29.99%), public shareholders (23.11%), CITIC
Pacific (2.99%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Dragonair (100%),
Air Hong Kong (60%)
Alliances oneworld, Aer Lingus, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines,
Comair, Coyne Airways, Dragonair, Jet Airways, Jetstar, Jetstar
Pacific, LAN Peru, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines,
Vietnam Airlines, WestJet Airlines
Date operations started 24 September 1946
Description Major international airline based and
registered in Hong Kong, which offers scheduled cargo
and passenger services throughout Asia and destinations
in North America, Europe, Australasia, the Middle East
and Africa. The airline is a founding member of the
oneworld global airline alliance, the combined members
of which, in mid-2011, served nearly 900 destinations
in more than 150 countries, with some 9,500
daily departures.
History Founded by American Roy Farrell and Australian
Sydney de Kantzow, who each put up Hong Kong dollar
(HK$) 1 ($0.1) to register the airline. In 1948 one of Hong
Kong’s major trading companies, Butterfield & Swire (which
became the Swire Group) bought a 45% share of Cathay
Pacific, with Australian National Airways taking 35% and
Farrell and de Kantzow splitting the remaining 20% between
them. The new company began operations on 1 July
1948 and was registered as Cathay Pacific Airways on
18 October. In January 1990, Cathay Pacific and parent
company Swire Pacific acquired a significant shareholding
in Dragonair and this was converted into full share
ownership on 28 September 2006. In September 1998,
Cathay Pacific became a founder member of the oneworld
alliance. A new around-the-world cargo service, flown by
the airline’s fleet of Boeing 747-400Fs, was introduced
on 9 July 2010.
Employees total 21,592
Executives
Chairman................................................ Christopher Pratt
Chief Executive Officer.....................................John Slosar
Finance Director.......................................... Martin Murray
Chief Operating Officer......................................... Ivan Chu
Director of Flight Operations ........................... Richard Hall
Fleet (orders) 34 (18) x Airbus A330-300
11 x Airbus A340-300
(30) x Airbus A350-900XWB
39 x Boeing 747-400
5 (5) x Boeing 747-8
5 (8) x Boeing 777-200
37 (25) x Boeing 777-300
Main base Hong Kong (HKG)
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Cayman Airways [KX] (CAY)
PO Box 10092, 91 Owen Roberts Drive, Grand Cayman,
Cayman Islands
Tel +1 345 949 8200 Fax +1 345 949 7607
Email joyce.groskreutz@caymanairways.net
Website www.caymanairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Cayman Islands
government (100%)
Date operations started July 1968
Description National airline of the Cayman Islands,
operating primarily as a scheduled passenger carrier
providing services between the Cayman Islands, USA,
Cuba and Jamaica, and domestic services to Cayman
Brac and Little Cayman. Cargo services are available on
all routes, and a limited charter service is also offered.
History Formed to replace Cayman Brac Airways and became
wholly government-owned in December 1977.
Executives
Chairman....................................................Roy McTaggert
Chief Executive Officer............................... Fabian Whorms
VP Flight Operations ......................................Adrian Miller
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-300
2 x DHC6-300
Main base Grand Cayman Island (GCM)
CDS Regional Express
Avenida Shell 319, Oficina 701, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Email info@cdsregional.com Website www.cdsregional.com
Description Start-up airline planning to offer passenger and
cargo charters following the delivery of the first of a planned
fleet of four Xian Aircraft (XAC) MA60 turboprops.
History Received its operating licence for commercial aviation
activities in January 2004.
Fleet (orders) (4) Xian MA60
Main base Lima (LIM)
Cebu Pacific Air [5J] (CEB)
Airline Operations Center, Domestic Road, 1301 Pasay
City, Philippines
Tel +63 2 851 9463 Fax +63 2 851 7362
Email feedback@cebupacificair.com
Website www.cebupacificair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders CP Air Holdings
(65.57%), PCD Nominee Corporation (Non Filipino) (25.89%),
PCD Nominee Corporation (Filipino) (7.42%), others (1.14%)
Date operations started 8 March 1996
Description Low-cost carrier operating domestic and
international services from its Manila base and three hubs.
Regional destinations are served in Brunei, China,
Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan,
Thailand and Vietnam.
History Founded as Cebu Air. Acquired by Lance Y
Gokongwei’s JG Summit Holdings in 1995. Launched
domestic services under the Cebu Pacific Air brand in
March 1996, following deregulation of the Philippine
domestic market. Temporarily grounded by the Philippine
authorities in February 1998, resuming services in late
March 1998 following government re-certification of its
fleet. Launched international services in November 2001,
with the Manila-Hong Kong route. Received Philippine Pesos
(Ps) 23.3 billion ($542 million) from the sale of just over
30% of the company to domestic and international
investors through an IPO launched on 25 October 2010.
Bought back just over 4% of the shares in March 2011.
Announced plans in January 2011 for long-haul flights to
destinations in Australia, Europe, India, the Middle East,
Oceania and the USA from 2013/14, subject to all
regulatory approvals and a Philippines’ safety audit
upgrading by US and EU regulators.
Employees total 2,475
Executives
Chairman Emeritus................................... John Gokongwei
President & CEO..................................... Lance Gokongwei
Chief Financial Officer................................Jaime Cabangis
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A319-100
20 (24) x Airbus A320-200
(30) x Airbus A321neo
8 x ATR 72-500
Main base Manila MNL
Hubs Davao (DVO), Cebu (CEB), Clark (CRK)
Ceiba Intercontinental [G8] (CEL)
Calle Presidente Naser, APDO numero 916, Malabo,
Equatorial Guinea
Tel +240 3330 98149 Fax +240 3330 98147
Email ceiba@fly-ceiba.com Website www.fly-ceiba.com
Date operations started May 2007
Description Provides a domestic passenger network linking
Malabo with Bata and Annobon, together with Africa-wide
cargo charters serving destinations including Abidjan,
Accra, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, Pointe
Noire and Sao Tome.
History Launched passenger services with ATR42 turboprops
in 2007.
Executives
Director General.........................................Mamadou Jaye
Director Finance..................................... Bienvenido Ateba
Director Operations...................................Derrick Luembe
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-500
2 x ATR 72-500
Main base Malabo (SSG)
Central Connect Airlines [CQ] (CCG)
Ostrava International Airport, Building 407, 742 51
Mosnov, Czech Republic
Tel +420 59 747 1401 Fax +420 59 747 1402
Email airline@flycca.cz Website www.flycca.cz
Parent organisation/shareholders Job Air (100%)
Date operations started November 2005
Description Provides scheduled services from Ostrava,
including a link to Vienna, where connections are available
to other European destinations by Austrian Airlines and
Prague and beyond to three additional destinations.
History Established as a subsidiary of Ostrava-based
aircraft maintenance operation Job Air. Part of the Central
Connect Group. Launched daily passenger services
between Vienna and Ostrava in November 2005.
CCA assumed Job Air’s air operator’s certificate during
the first half of 2006.
Executives
President ..................................................... Peter Lehres
Fleet (orders) 3 x Saab 340B
Main base Ostrava (OSR)
Central Mountain Air [9M] (GLR)
PO Box 998, Smithers, British Columbia, VOJ 2NO, Canada
Tel +1 250 847 4780 Fax +1 250 847 3744
Email info@flycma.com Website www.flycma.com
Parent organisation/shareholders 580741 BC (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Northern Thunderbird
Air (%)
Alliances Jazz
Date operations started 1987
Description Offers scheduled and charter services from its
base at Smithers to 17 communities in British Columbia and
Alberta. CMA also contracts aircraft to Air Canada Express
to fly designated Air Canada routes in western Canada.
Charter flights are also undertaken.
Employees 300
Executives
President.................................................Douglas McCrea
Chief Financial Officer................................... Leona Pollard
Operations Director.....................................David Menzies
Fleet (orders) 14 x Beech 1900D
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
1 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Smithers YYD
Hubs Calgary (YYC), Prince George (YXS), Vancouver (YVR)
Centurion Air Cargo [WE] (CWC)
1800 NW 89th Place, Miami, Florida, 33172, USA
Tel +1 786 265 5959 Fax +1 786 265 5957
Email sales@centurionaircargo.com
Website www.centurioncargo.com
Date operations started 2001
Description Offers all-cargo services to Central and
South America, serving 13 scheduled destinations.
Specialises in carrying seafood, vegetables, flowers
and horses to and from Latin America. Also offers
worldwide cargo charters.
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History Formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Challenge services under the US Airways Express, American Employees total 10,492
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Air Transport, but this connection was severed in 1986. Connection, Continental Express, United Express and Executives Chairman Chia-Juch Chang
In June 1999 United Parcel Service agreed to buy the
assets of Challenge Air Cargo, excluding the company’s
Delta Connection banners.
History Acquired by Wexford Management in January 1998.
President Huang-Hsiang Sun
SVP Finance Roger Han C
name and air operator’s certificate. Centurion Air Cargo The carrier was reorganised as a subsidiary of Republic SVP Flight Operations Yu-Chung Hsiung
Fleet (orders) 22 (2) x Airbus A330-300
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was then formed in July 1999, taking over the operating Airways Holding, which completed its initial public offering
certificate of Challenge Air Cargo. Following acquisition in May 2004. 6 x Airbus A340-300
n 2001 by Alliance Management Center, owner of sister Executives (14) x Airbus A350-900XWB
cargo carriers Cielos del Peru and Master Top Linhas Chairman President & CEO........................... Bryan Bedford 10 x Boeing 737-800
Aéreas, Centurion Air Cargo was transformed into a
supplemental air carrier. The airline merged with Miami-
Chief Operations Officer................................. Wayne Heller
Fleet (orders) 15 x Embraer ERJ-140LR
31 x Boeing 747-400
Main base Taipei (TPE) E
based South Winds Cargo on 7 August 2006 to become 55 x Embraer ERJ-145LR Hubs Kaohsiung (KHH)

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a fully integrated scheduled airline. Main base Indianapolis IND
Executives Hubs Newark EWR, New York (LGA), Orlando (MCO), Pittsburgh China Cargo Airlines [CK] (CKK)
Chairman....................................................... Peter Ullrich (PIT), Dallas (DFW) 199 Kong Gang 6 Lu, Hong Qiao Airport, Shanghai,
Chief Financial Officer.......................... Marcus Montesano 200335, China
Chief Operating Officer..................................... John Millon
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing MD-11F
Chengdu Airlines [EU] (UEA)
6th Floor Aviation Equipment Building, Shuangliu
Tel +86 21 6268 2800 Fax +86 21 6268 6505
Email gaopei@ck-air.com Website www.cc-air.com/cargo G
Main base Miami (MIA) International Airport, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610202, China Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Airlines

Chang An Airlines [2Z] (CGN)
Operating Base, Xianyang International Airport, Xi’an,
Shaanxi, 712035, China
Tel +86 29 8653 9567 Fax +86 29 8653 9566
Email caair@pub.xaonline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hainan Airlines
(87.35%), others (12.65%)
Date operations started 1 June 1993
Description Operates scheduled passenger and cargo
services within the Shaanxi province of China, and to
neighbouring provinces.
History Developed under the name Dapeng Airlines.
The company was jointly reorganised by Shaanxi Province
and the Xian Aircraft Corporation and renamed Air Changan
Airlines in 1992. In August 2000 Hainan Airlines announced
that it would be jointly forming a new domestic carrier to
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Tel +86 28 6683 2359 Fax +86 28 8570 6199 (51%), China Ocean Shipping Company (17%), EVA Air (16%),
Email bin.wang@chengduair.cc Website www.chengduair.cc Singapore Airlines Cargo (16%)
Parent organisation/shareholders Comac(48%), Sichuan Date operations started October 1998
Airlines (40.9%), Sichuan Communication Investment Group Description China’s first all-cargo airline, operating dedicated
(11.03%), others (0.07%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Rainbow Cargo
freighters in addition to using the cargo holds on China
Eastern Airlines’ passenger services.
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Airlines (43%) History Founded as a joint venture between China Eastern
Date operations started 26 July 2005
Description Provides scheduled passenger services in the
Airlines and China Ocean Shipping, initially wet-leasing the
former’s MD-11s and other aircraft as required. The operations J
southern and eastern parts of China. of Great Wall Airlines were merged on 1 June 2011.
History Established as United Eagle Airlines by Guangzhou- Executives
based IT company E & Net Communications, becoming the
first privately-owned airline to be approved by the General
Chairman....................................................... Li Yangming
President.......................................................... Yimin Zhu
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Administration of Civil Aviation of China. Launched domestic Finance Manager............................................. Gan Yiming
operations in July 2005, with an inaugural flight from
Chengdu to Shenzhen. Sichuan Airlines Group acquired a
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A300B4-600
5 x Boeing 747-400 L
20% shareholding in November 2006. Juneyao Airlines also 2 x Boeing 757-200

take over the operations of Changan Airlines.
Executives
Director General ...................................... Zhong Liang Shi
Finance Director .......................................... Jianfei Shang
Operations Manager ........................................... Jian Hao
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Xi’an (XIY)
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acquired a minority shareholding. Sichuan Airlines acquired 6 x Boeing 777-200
a majority shareholding in March 2009 and restructured 3 x Boeing MD-11F
United Eagle as part of Sichuan Airlines Group, a division of Main base Shanghai (SHA)
Chengdu Transportation Investment Group. This process Hubs Shanghai (PVG)
increased United Eagle’s equity capital from the original yuan
3 billion to 6.8 billion (US$ 453 million to $4.02 billion). China Eastern Airlines [MU] (CES) N
Chinese Aerospace manufacturer Comac acquired just over 2550 Hongqiao Road, Hongqiao International Airport,

Hubs Yinchuan (INC)
Chanchangi Airlines [5B] (NCH)
Nigeria
Date operations started February 1997
Date operations ceased 2011
Operated scheduled domestic passenger services linking
Abuja, Kaduna, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Authorised to
operate scheduled regional services to Abidjan, Accra,
Dakar, Douala and Malabo in 2004, but did not launch these
services until March 2006. All African regional services were
subsequently suspended. All operations were temporarily
suspended by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for 10 days
in December 2005, with full services not being resumed until
mid January 2006. Chanchangi was briefly grounded again
by the NCAA on 5 July 2010, resuming services in August
2010. The NCAA again grounded the carrier on 22 August
2010 when it no longer had the prerequisite minimum of two
active aircraft required to operate scheduled air services.
Services were again resumed with a flight between Abuja
and Lagos on 19 October 2010 and an active fleet of two
Boeing 737-300s. All operations are understood to have
ceased in summer 2011.
Chautauqua Airlines [RP] (CHQ)
8909 Purdue Road, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana,
46268, USA
Tel +1 317 484 6000 Fax +1 317 484 6040
Email marketing@rjet.com Website www.rjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic Airways
Holdings (100%)
Alliances Air France, American Airlines, Continental Airlines,
Delta Air Lines, US Airways
Date operations started 1 August 1974
Description Operates scheduled passenger services on
more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, the District
of Columbia, Canada and the Bahamas through feeder
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35% of United Eagle from Sichuan Airlines in August 2009,
reducing the latter’s stake to just over 40%. Rebranded as
Chengdu Airlines 22 January 2010.
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Wenbin Wang
Chief Executive Officer................................ Mingguang Sui
Finance Manager....................................... Zhang Minghua
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A319-100
7 x Airbus A320-200
(30) x Comac ARJ21-700
Main base Chengdu (CTU)
China Airlines [CI] (CAL)
No. 1, Hangzhan South Road, Dayuan Township, Taoyuan
County, 33758, Taiwan
Tel +886 3 399 8888 Fax +886 2 2514 6005
Website www.china-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders China Aviation
Development Foundation (39.61%), National Development
Fund, Executive Yuan (11.37%), others (49.02%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Mandarin Airlines
(93.99%), Yangtze River Express (25%)
Alliances Air Moldova, Cargojet Airways, EVA Air, Frontier
Airlines, Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Thai Airways
International
Date operations started 31 October 1962
Description Flag carrier of Taiwan, operating passenger and
cargo routes to 98 international destinations in 29 countries
in Asia, Oceania, Europe and the US.
History Introduced the first domestic schedule in October
1962. The first international services were initiated in
December 1966. China Airlines was listed on the Taiwan
Stock Exchange in 1993. In August 1999 CAL merged its
Mandarin Airlines and Formosa Airlines subsidiaries into
a single domestic carrier, retaining the Mandarin brand.
Became the 15th member of the SkyTeam global airline
alliance on 28 September 2011.
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Shanghai, 200335, China
Tel +86 21 6268 6268 Fax +86 21 6268 6116
Email xyang@ce-air.com Website www.ce-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Air
Holding Corporation (42.84%), HKSCC Nominees Limited
(30.81%), Others (26.35%)
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Shanghai Airlines
(100%), China Eastern Airlines Wuhan (96%), China Eastern
Airlines Jiangsu (63%), China Cargo Airlines (51%) Q
Alliances Cathay Pacific, China Yunnan Airlines,
Japan Airlines, Mandarin Airlines, Qantas, S7 Airlines,
Thai Airways International
Date operations started August 1998
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Description Major Chinese airline operating international,
domestic and regional routes. The airline has a strong
presence on routes within Asia, and to Australia, Europe S
and North America. Domestic services of the group link
T
some 90 towns and cities.
History Established on the basis of the CAAC Huadong
Administration. During 1997 China Eastern took over
loss-making China General Aviation and also became the
country’s first airline to offer shares on the international
market. Founded China Cargo Airlines in a joint venture with U
China Ocean Shipping in 1998. In July 2000 the CAAC
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selected China Eastern as one of three airlines to lead the
restructuring of China’s air transport industry. In March
2001 China Eastern Airlines completed its takeover of Air
Great Wall. CEA instigated the takeover of Shanghai Airlines
in July 2009, through the airline’s absorption into CEA
Holding company. The merger, through which Shanghai
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Airlines became a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern
while retaining its brand and independent operations, was
completed with a shares swap on 28 January 2010. In X
February 2010 CEA announced that it was to establish a
wholly-owned subsidiary to house the assets and debts
of newly-acquired Shanghai Airlines, which would be known
as New Shanghai Airlines.
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Employees total 44,153 China Express Airlines [G5] (HXA) (A shareholders) (31.09%), private Hong Kong and non-PRC
Executives Longdongbao International Airport, Guiyang, 550005, investors (H shareholders) (17.41%), Nan Lung (China
Vice Chairman.................................................... Xulun Ma China Southern Air Holding Company H shareholding) (10.25%)
Chief Financial Officer ...................................Yongliang Wu Tel +86 851 5499662 Email mkt@chinaexpressair.com Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Guangxi Airlines
VP Sales & Marketing...............................Jianzhong Zhang Website www.chinaexpressair.com (95%), Sichuan Airlines (39%)
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A300B4-600 Parent organisation/shareholders Hongshang Industry Alliances Air France-KLM, Asiana Airlines, Dragonair,
15 (15) x Airbus A319-100 Holding Company (40%), High Hero International (25%), Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines,
115 (33) x Airbus A320-200 Tampines International (24%), Beijing Longkai Chuangxing Mandarin Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines,
22 (23) x Airbus A321-200 Technology Development (11%) S7 Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
9 (12) x Airbus A330-200 Date operations started 25 September 2006 Date operations started 1989
15 x Airbus A330-300 Description Privately-owned passenger carrier based in Description Largest Chinese carrier operating international
4 x Airbus A340-300 the eastern city of Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province, and regional services, with Guangzhou and Beijing as its
5 x Airbus A340-600 operating domestic services to over 20 destinations. major hubs and Urumqi and Shenyang as regional hubs,
5 x Boeing 737-300 The airline is also known as Huaxia Airlines. served by a network which covers all of Asia and offers
20 (3) x Boeing 737-700 History The airline obtained its air operator’s certificate in convenient connections worldwide. Direct services are
17 (5) x Boeing 737-800 September 2006 and started operations later that month, flown from Guangzhou to the major cities in North America,
(15) x Boeing 787-8 using three Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets wet-leased Europe, Australia, South East Asian areas, Japan and
1 x Bombardier BD-100 from Shandong Airlines. South Korea.
1 x Bombardier BD-700 Executives History Established on 1 February 1991 from the CAAC
1 x Gulfstream G550 Chief Executive Officer...................................... Xiaojun Hu Guangzhou Regional Administration. China Southern
10 x Harbin ERJ-145LI Fleet (orders) 5 x Bombardier CRJ-200 Airlines initial public stock offering (IPO) on the New
1 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800 Main base Guiyang (KWE) York and Hong Kong stock exchanges in June 1997
Main base Shanghai (SHA) generated more than US$700 million. In July 2000
Hubs Shanghai (PVG) China Flying Dragon Aviation (CFA) the CAAC selected China Southern as one of three
15 You Xie Da Street, Pingfang District, Harbin, 150066, airlines to lead the restructuring of China’s air transport
China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu China industry. Absorbed the domestic operations of China
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Tel +86 451 8650 1308 Fax +86 451 8653 1610 Northern and its subsidiaries Beiya Airlines, China
Tel +86 21 6268 6268 Fax +86 21 6268 6116 Website www.chinafda.com.cn/ Northern Swan and Xinjiang Airlines from January 2003.
Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Airlines Parent organisation/shareholders Harbin Aviation Industry This process was completed in November 2004 by
(63%), Jiangsu Provincial Guoxin Asset Management Group Group, Ministry of Geological Mineral Resources the acquisition of the holding company that owned
Co (24%), others (13%) Date operations started 1981 China Northern and Xinjiang. The airline joined the
Date operations started 1993 Description Operates mostly short-haul passenger and SkyTeam global airline alliance on 15 November 2007.
Description Subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines, providing cargo charter flights, as well as maritime surveillance, Employees total 65,085
services from Nanjing using aircraft from the parent company. aerial photography and forestry protection services. Executives
Main base Nanjing (NKG) History Established in 1981 as a joint venture between Chairman & General Manager..........................Si Xianming
Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing and the Ministry of Geological Chief Financial Officer..........................................Jie Bo Xu
China Eastern Airlines Wuhan (CWU) Mineral Resources. Head of Flight Operations...................................... Qian Liu
435 Jianshe Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China Executives Sales & Marketing Manager......................... Zhi Qiang Guo
Tel +86 27 63 603 888 Fax +86 21 6268 6116 General Manager ...................................................Ruiyi Li Fleet (orders) 41 x Airbus A319-100
Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Airlines Finance Manager................................................Yan Wang 79 (26) x Airbus A320-200
(96%), other (2%), state-owned assets supervision and Flight Operations Manager........................... Shouzhi Wang 57 (20) x Airbus A321-200
administration commission (2%) Fleet (orders) 13 x Harbin Y11 13 (3) x Airbus A330-200
Date operations started 1986 14 x Harbin Y12 8 (6) x Airbus A330-300
Description Operates domestic scheduled flights from Main base Harbin (HRB) 3 (2) x Airbus A380-800
Wuhan along with an international route to Thailand, 25 x Boeing 737-300
using aircraft from its parent company. China Postal Airlines [8Y] (CYZ) 31 (3) x Boeing 737-700
History Founded as Wuhan Airlines during the period F11-14 Ziyu Building, 55 Zengguang Road, Haidian 52 (44) x Boeing 737-800
of economic reform in China. In September 1997 the District, Beijing, 100048, China 2 x Boeing 747-400
airline jointly founded the Xinxing (New Star) Alliance Tel +86 10 6845 8899 Fax +86 10 6831 7098 15 x Boeing 757-200
along with five of Chinas provincial airlines. The airline Email cpa@cpairlines.com Website www.cpairlines.com 16 (6) x Boeing 777-200
was revamped in August 2002 following its acquisition Parent organisation/shareholders Chinese Postal Bureau (10) x Boeing 787-8
by China Eastern Airlines and was subsequently renamed (51%), China Southern Airlines Group (49%) 8 (12) x Embraer 190-100LR
China Eastern Airlines Wuhan, operating under the China Date operations started 1997 6 x Harbin ERJ-145LI
Eastern name and using aircraft from the parent company Description Specialises in express mail services and cargo Main base Guangzhou (CAN), Beijing (PEK)
as required. transport working primarily for the Chinese Postal Service Hubs Guiyang (KWE), Guilin (KWL), Shenyang (SHE),
Executives covering more than 300 Chinese towns and cities. Shantou (SWA), Zhuhai ZUH, Urumqi URC, Wuhan (WUH),
Executive......................................................... Ch Yaokun International scheduled and charter services are also flown. Zhengzhou (CGO), Changchun (CGQ), Changsha (CSX),
Main base Wuhan (WUH) History A joint venture between majority shareholder Dalian (DLC), Haikou (HAK), Hangzhou (HGH), Xiamen (XMN),
China State Post Bureau and China Southern Airlines, Shenzhen (SZX)
China Eastern Yunnan Airlines which was originally established to operate domestic
Kunming, China postal services. China Postal introduced international China United Airlines [KN] (CUA)
Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Air scheduled services, initially to South Korea and Japan Yi Hao Yuan Xi Qu, 6 Jing Bei Dong Lu, Fengtai District,
Holding Corporation (65%), Yunnan Provincial People’s during 2006. International cargo charter services were Beijing, 100076, China
Government (25%), unspecified investors (10%) added from January 2007. Tel +86 10 6797 8899 Fax +86 10 6797 3399
Date operations started 2 August 2011 Executives Email yanxy@cu-air.com Website www.cu-air.com
Description Start-up airline operating scheduled General Manager.................................................Yufeng Li Description Carrier operating a scheduled domestic
domestic and regional services from Kunming using Finance Manager .........................................Xiaoguang Hu network of around 50 destinations, in co-operation with
a fleet of aircraft which were transferred from China VP Operations............................................. Jian Guo Yang local enterprises.
Eastern Airlines. The airline plans to expand its route Fleet (orders) 10 x Boeing 737-300 History In 2003 China United suspended operations
network connecting Southeast Asia and south Asia. 6 x Boeing 737-400 and in 2004 underwent an ownership change, through
History Following the signing of an agreement between 2 x Shaanxi Y8 which Shanghai Airlines bought a controlling stake.
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) and the Yunnan provincial Main base Tianjin (TSN) Executives
government, in 2009, the airline was established as Chairman............................................................Zhou Chi
a joint venture between the two bodies in 2011. Launched China Southern Airlines [CZ] (CSN) President & CEO...............................................Weihui Yao
services from Kunming on 2 August 2011. 278 Airport Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510406, China Finance Manager ........................................... Guoqing Shi
Fleet (orders) 11 x Boeing 737-300 Tel +86 20 8613 0810 Fax +86 20 8665 8984
24 x Boeing 737-700 Email suliang@cs-air.com Website www.cs-air.com/en Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Boeing 737-800 Parent organisation/shareholders China Southern 2 x Boeing 737-700
5 x Bombardier CRJ-200 Airlines Group (100%), comprising China Southern 8 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Kunming (KMG) Air Holding Company (41.25%), private PRC Investors Main base Beijing Nanyuan (NAY)

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China Xinhua Airlines [XW] (CXH) Description Greek start-up carrier planning to launch Became a Team Lufthansa carrier in February 2000.
B
16 Fu Tian Yi Jie, Tian Zhu Town, Shun Yi District, Beijing, long-haul services from Athens to the USA, Far East Became part of the new Cirrus Airline Group in 2004.
Beijing, 101312, China
Tel +86 10 6459 1790 Fax +86 10 6774 8999
and Australia, using leased widebody aircraft. No start
date has been given.
The ATON Group acquired a 51% equity share in the
Cirrus Group in May 2007. Operated scheduled flights C
Website www.chinaxinhuaair.com History The airline is being established by Greek on behalf of Lufthansa and Swiss International Air
Parent organisation/shareholders Hainan Airlines
D
businessman Panayiotis Neufelt. Lines linking German cities with Chisinau, Salzburg
(67.59%), others (32.41%) Executives and Zurich. Also offered charter flights. Suspended
Date operations started 6 June 1993 Chairman & CEO Panayiotis Neufelt operations on 20 January 2012, subsequently filing
Description Subsidiary of Hainan Airlines operating Main base Athens (ATH) or insolvency.
scheduled trunk services from Beijing and Tianjin,
together with charter flights. Cielos Airlines [A2] (CIU) Citilink [GA] E
History In April 1997 became a partner in the creation Av. Elmer Faucett, Lima, Callao, Peru SBU Citilink, Management Building 3rd Floor,

of Oriental Falcon Jet Service, with Dassault Falcon Jet
and Avion Pacific to operate Falcon 50 charter operations
in China. In August 2011, HNA announced the planned
acquisition of the remaining 32.41% of China Xinhua Airlines
from Grand China Air.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Jinglin Yang
Deputy Director Operations........................ Shaoping Wang
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
7 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Beijing (PEK)
Hubs Tianjin (TSN)
Chongqing Airlines [OQ] (CQN)
Chongqing Jiangbei Intl Airport, Shauangfeng Bridge Street,
Yubei District, Chongqing, 401120, China
Tel +8623 6715 0023 Fax +8623 6715 0024
Website www.flycq.com
Parent organisation/shareholders China Southern
Airlines Group (60%), Chongqing Development & Investment
(40%)
Date operations started 8 July 2007
Description Domestic carrier operating premium and
business class services between Chongqing and Beijing,
Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
History Established as a joint venture between majority
shareholder China Southern Airlines and the Chongqing
Development & Investment Company. The carrier was
awarded its air operator’s certificate on 28 May 2007.
Executives
F
Tel +511 575 5135 Fax +511 484 0405 Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Cengkareng,
Email hvasquez@cienturoncargo.com Jakarta, 19120, Indonesia
Website www.cielos-airlines.com Tel +62 21659 9049 Fax +62 21 625 8151
Parent organisation/shareholders Alfonso Conrado Rey Email customer.service@citilink.co.id Website www.citilink.co.id
(70%), Francisco Berninson (15%), Manuel Eduardo
Francesqui Navarro (15%)
Parent organisation/shareholders Garuda Indonesia (100%)
Date operations started 16 July 2001
G
Date operations started 1998 Description Low-cost division of Garuda Indonesia, set up to
Description Engages in scheduled, ad hoc and contract
charter cargo transport, both domestically and internationally.
provide shuttle services between Indonesian cities.
History Created as a strategic business unit of Indonesian H
History Founded in November 1997. On 31 January 1998 flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. Launched services with a
Export Air was merged into the company after Cielos flight from Surabaya to Tarakan via Balikpapan, operated by
purchased the outstanding stock.
Executives
a Fokker F28. Temporarily suspended operations from
January 2008, to allow parent Garuda’s main board to
I
Chairman........................................... Francisco Berninzon redefine its low-cost subsidiary’s strategic orientation.
President........................................................Alfonso Rey
Chief Executive Officer................Orestes Romero Gusinsky
Resumed operations in September 2008 under a new
management structure. J
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Executives President & CEO.....................Emirsyah Satar
Main base Lima (LIM) Fleet (orders) 3 (19) x Airbus A320-200
Cimber Sterling [QI] (CIM)
(10) x Airbus A320neo
5 x Boeing 737-300
K
c/o Cimber A/S, Lufthavnsvej 2, 6400 Sonderborg, 1 x Boeing 737-400
Denmark
Tel +45 70 10 12 18 Fax +45 74 42 65 11
Main base Jakarta CGK
Hubs Surabaya (SUB) L
Email info@cimber.dk Website www.cimber.dk
City Airline
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Parent organisation/shareholders Mansvell Enterprises
(70.8%), Cimber Sterling Group (29.2%) Sweden
Alliances SAS Cargo, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Date operations started 10 September 2001
Date operations started 14 January 2009 Date operations ceased 30 November 2011
Description Operates low-cost services linking eight
Scandinavian cities. Also operates low-cost scheduled
Founded in 1997 to transport tourists to Salzburg on tours
organised by the airline’s co-owners, Salzburgerhoff Hotels
N
services to over 30 destinations in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, and a group of Swedish tour operators. Began operating

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President & CEO................................................De Jun Liu the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, as City Airline following its acquisition by Lars Magnusson,
Chief Financial Officer.....................................You Lu Chen Switzerland and the UK. The airline aims to serve both the and launched regional services out of Gothenburg in
General Manager...........................................Wangeng Tan business and leisure traveller, with flights serving major September 2001. A management buyout, completed in
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100 European cities and holiday destinations across the April 2010, saw the airline bought by managing director
5 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Chongqing (CKG)
Mediterranean basin, in the Canary Island and Madeira.
Charters and aircraft leasing services are also offered.
Jimmie Bergqvist and three senior colleagues from founder
Lars Magnusson. Operated direct international services
P
Hubs Yinchuan (INC) History Founded by Captain Ingolf Nielsen. SAS purchased from Gothenburg to around 19 European destinations

Chukotavia
26% in May 1998 and expanded its codeshare agreement.
In March 2003 SAS sold the stake back to Cimber Air
in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece,
Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Also operated Q
6 Portovaya Str, 686720 pos, Ugolnye Kopi, Anadyr Holding. Cimber Air merged into Cimber Sterling 22 domestic schedules, some on a seasonal basis. Charter
Region, Anadyr, 686720, Russia December 2009. In July 2011, Cyprus-based Mansvell and wet-lease services were also offered within Europe.
Tel +7 4273 227 569 Fax +7 4273 227 531
Email chavia@anadyr.ru
Enterprises acquired 70.8% of the airline for Danish krone
(DKr) 165 million ($31.8 million), and was expected to make
Acquired by Stockholm-based airline Skyways on 28 April
2011, and absorbed into an enlarged operation under the
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Parent organisation/shareholders Anadyr Air Enterprise, a mandatory public takeover of the remaining shares. Skyways brand on 30 November 2011.
Keperveyem Air Enterprise, Mys Shmidta Air Enterprise,
Pevek Air Enterprise
Executives
Chairman........................................Vilhelm Hahn-Petersen CityJet [WX] (BCY) S
Date operations started 1996 Chief Executive Officer......................................Jan Palmer Swords Business Campus, Balheary Road, Swords, Dublin,
Description Operates a variety of passenger, cargo and Ireland
T
President................................................... Jorgen Nielsen
utility services. Chief Financial Officer...........................Martins Antonovics Tel +353 1 8700 100 Fax +353 1 8700 115
History Formed by the merger of Anadyr and Chaunski Air Chief Operations Officer...................... Steen Neuchs Vedel Email info@cityjet.com Website www.cityjet.com
Enterprises. Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500 Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (100%)
Executives
General Director................................................. Jurij Leus
3 x ATR 72-200
2 x ATR 72-500
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings VLM Airlines (100%)
Alliances Air France, KLM U
Chief Accountant......................................... Irina Cibukova 6 x Boeing 737-700 Date operations started 12 January 1994

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Flight Division Commander........................Oleg Lomonosov 7 x Bombardier CRJ-100 Description Part of the Air France-KLM Group, operating
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24RV 4 x Bombardier CRJ-200 franchise routes from hubs at Paris Orly, Dublin and London
3 x Antonov An-26B Main base Copenhagen (CPH) City to destinations in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy,
2 x Antonov An-3T Hubs Aalborg (AAL) Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK. CityJet also
2 x PZL An-2
Main base Anadyr (DYR) Cirrus Airlines
provides an aircraft and crew service for Air France and its
network partners at both main Paris airports.
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Germany History Launched services between London City Airport and
Ciel Airlines
44 Kresnas Street, 113 63 Athens, Greece
Tel +30 210 361 6800 Fax +30 2103 616940
Date operations started 1995
Date operations ceased 20 January 2012
Dublin under a franchise licence with Virgin Atlantic Airways.
From 4 July 1997 CityJet began operating under its own X
Founded by Gerd Brandecker as an international VIP air brand, both on this route, and on the new Paris Charles de
Email admin@cielairlines.com Website www.cielairlines.com charter company operating worldwide. Licensed for Gaulle-London City route, operated on behalf of Air France.
Parent organisation/shareholders Panayiotis Neufelt
(99%), other Investors (1%)
scheduled air services in March 1998, with executive
charters taken over by sister company DC Aviation.
The French flag carrier took a 25% equity stake in May 1999,
in partnership with Air Foyle Ireland. In February 2000,
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CityJet became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air France.
In April 2007 the carrier expanded its operations from
London City, adding Belfast, Geneva, Madrid, Nice and
Zurich to its network. On 24 December 2007, Air France-
KLM agreed to acquire VLM Airlines through CityJet. This
acquisition was given final approval on 24 October 2008.
Executives
Chairman......................................................Patrick Byrne
Chief Executive Officer.........................Christine Ourmieres
Chief Operating Officer................................ Michael Maher
Deputy CEO & Chief Financial Officer............Michael Collins
Fleet (orders) 21 x BAe 146-RJ85
Main base Dublin (DUB)
Hubs Paris Orly (ORY), London City (LCY)
CityLine Hungary [ZM] (CNB)
Dozsa Gyorgy u. 86, Vecses, Budapest, 2220, Hungary
Tel +36 29 553 252 Fax +36 29 551 320
Email cityline@cityhun.hu Website www.cityhun.hu
Date operations started 2003
Description Operates passenger and cargo charters
throughout Europe, the near East, North Africa and the
CIS countries.
History Founded to provide air cargo charters in and around
Europe. Operations were launched with two Antonov An-26
turboprops. Entered the passenger charter market in July
2008 with the arrival of a convertible Boeing 737-200C.
A new Swiss-based subsidiary was established to offer
passenger charters from June 2010, but plans have
now been abandoned.
Executives
Managing Director .......................................Andras Vinnai
Finance Director .........................................Natalija Vinnai
Flight Operations Manager ........................... Ferenc Josvai
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-26
1 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Budapest (BUD)
Click Airways [4C] (CGK)
PO Box 8536, Block E2-04, Saif Zone, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6 572 7389 Fax +9716 532 2038
Description Kyrgyzstan airline operating international charter
services out of Sharjah.
Executives
Chief Pilot ...................................................Yuri Balmazov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Sharjah (SHJ)
Coastal Air Transport [DQ] (CXT)
PO Box 3985, Chrsitansted, Saint Croix, 00822-3985,
US Virgin Islands
Tel +1 340 773 6862
Date operations started 1976
Description Operates scheduled and charter flights from
St Croix-Alexander Hamilton Airport to destinations in the
Caribbean and US Virgin Islands.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C402B
1 x Cessna C404
Main base Saint Croix (STX)
Cobham Aviation Services [NC] (NJS)
National Drive, Adelaide Airport, Adelaide, South Australia,
5090, Australia
Tel +61 8 8154 7000 Fax +61 8 8154 7019
Email airportrcpt@nationaljet.com.au
Website www.nationaljet.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders FR Aviation (100%)
Date operations started 1 July 1990
Description Provides aviation services such as wet-
leasing, scheduled airline operations, charter and resource
industry air services for major corporate and government
organisations.
History Formerly known as National Jet Systems and
rebranded as Cobham Aviation Services on 1 March 2009.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Peter Nottage
Chief Financial Officer.................................. Matthew Lang
Operations Manager ...............................Ashley McDonald
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Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe 146-100
2 x BAe 146-200
5 x BAe 146-300
3 x BAe 146-RJ100
11 x Boeing 717-200
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Adelaide (ADL)
Hubs Launceston (LST), Brisbane (BNE), Perth (PER),
Darwin (DRW), Cairns (CNS)
Colgan Air [9L] (CJC)
1769 Paragon Drive, Suite 100, Memphis, Tennessee,
38132, USA
Tel +1 703 656 2307 Fax +1 703 331 3116
Website www.colganair.com
Alliances Continental Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways
Date operations started 1 December 1991
Description Operates daily scheduled air services to
more than 50 cities in 15 US states and two in Canada.
Operates as United Express and US Airways Express.
History Established as Colgan Air in 1991, after parent
company Presidential Airlines ceased operations.
Commenced Continental Connection service in 1997.
Switched to US Airways Express in 1999. Acquired by
Pinnacle Airlines in January 2007. Launched Continental
Connection service from Newark with new DHC-8-Q400
turboprops in February 2008. Services as a Continental
Connection carrier were rebranded as United Express on
30 November 2011.
Employees total 1,533
Executives
President & General Manager........................George Casey
Fleet (orders) 31 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
33 x Saab 340B
Main base Memphis MEM
Hubs Flushing (LGA), Pittsburgh (PIT), Washington (AD),
Boston (BOS)
Comair [MN] (CAW)
PO Box 7015, Bonaero Park, Germiston, Johannesburg,
Gauteng, 1622, South Africa
Tel +27 11 921 0111 Fax +27 11 973 1659 / 3913
Website www.comair.co.za
Parent organisation/shareholders Bidcorp Group
(25.82%), British Airways (18%), Alan Gray (11.15%),
Innercreek Investments (10.14%), Jetcreek Investments
(5.77%), Oakbay Investments (4.66%), Oasis (4.59%),
others (15.81%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings kulula.com (90%),
Imperial Air Cargo (30%)
Alliances British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, KLM
Date operations started 14 July 1946
Description Operates as British Airways on franchised
services linking Johannesburg with Cape Town, Dar
es Salaam, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Harare,
Livingstone, Port Louis (Mauritius), Victoria Falls,
Windhoek, and between Cape Town and Durban.
Low-cost subsidiary kulula.com operates on routes in South
Africa, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
History Founded in July 1946 as Commercial Air Services
by four former South African air force colleagues.
Launched scheduled air services in 1948, flying a
Cessna 195 between Rand Airport and Durban.
Scheduled services between Johannesburg and Cape
Town were commenced in 1992. The carrier became
a British Airways franchise carrier in 1996, operating
local and Southern African regional services. British
Airways then acquired an 18% shareholding in 2000.
The carrier established low-cost subsidiary kulula.com
in July 2001, initially connecting Johannesburg and
Cape Town.
Executives
Chairman..........................................Donald (Dave) Novick
Director................................................... Pieter van Hoven
Financial Director................................ Yasas Sri-Chandana
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 737-300
10 x Boeing 737-400
5 (8) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
Hubs Durban (DUR), Cape Town (CPT)
Comair [OH] (COM)
82 Comair Blvd, Cincinnati International Airport, Erlanger,
Kentucky, 41018, USA
Tel +1 859 767 2550 Fax +1 859 767 2863
Website www.comair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Delta Air Lines (100%)
Alliances Delta Air Lines
Date operations started April 1977
Description One of the world’s largest regional airlines,
operating Delta Connection flights to more than 70
destinations in the USA, Canada and the Bahamas.
History Founded by David Mueller and his father Raymond in
Cincinnati and commenced scheduled services with three
Piper Navajo aircraft. Under its parent Comair Holdings, it
became a public company in July 1981 to support the
growth and capital requirements to upgrade its fleet. Comair
became a Delta Connection Carrier in 1984 and in July
1986 Delta Air Lines acquired 20% of Comair’s stock,
changed to full ownership on 22 October 1999.
Employees total 2,446
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................................... Erik Venter
Chief Financial Officer........................................Dan Dixon
VP Aircraft Operations..................................... Ryan Gumm
Fleet (orders) 38 x Bombardier CRJ-100
15 x Bombardier CRJ-700
13 x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Cincinnati (CVG)
CommutAir [C5] (UCA)
240 Valley Road, South Burlington, New York, 12901, USA
Tel +1 802 951 2500 Fax +1 802 951 2555
Email aprice@commutair.com Website www.commutair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Champlain Enterprises
(100%)
Alliances Continental Airlines
Date operations started 1 August 1989
Description Regional carrier serving 25 cities in eight states
in the north-eastern USA as a United Express carrier.
History Founded by Antony von Elbe, John Sullivan, and Jim
Drollette, a trio whose experience included founding and
selling Clinton Aero, a Plattsburgh, New York-based
commuter airline, and establishing the Brockway Airline
Division, as a division of Brockway, Inc. CommutAir had a
marketing affiliation with US Airways since August 1989
but transferred to Continental Airlines on 2 December 2000.
From June 2007 CommutAir began operating Continental
Connection services from a new hub at Cleveland. Services
as a Continental Connection carrier were rebranded as
United Express on 30 November 2011.
Executives
President...................................................... Andrew Price
VP Finance................................................... Missy Kelsen
Fleet (orders) 16 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Plattsburgh (PLB
Hubs Cleveland (CLE), Flushing (LGA), Philadelphia (PHL), Albany
(ALB)
Comores Aviation [O5] (KMZ)
Route de la Corniche, PO Box 5274, Moroni, Comoros
Tel +269 7733 400 Fax +269 7733 401
Email info@comoresaviation.com
Website www.comoresaviation.com
Parent organisation/shareholders J M Heintz (70%),
Batouli Heintz (30%)
Date operations started 1997
Description Privately-owned carrier operating domestic
scheduled flights to around nine destinations within
Comaores, Madagascar, and Tanzania. Charters are flown
mainly to tourist destinations in Southern and East Africa.
History Established by French-based Comoro investors,
including the owners of the France Comores Voyages travel
agency, together with Air Madagascar.
Executives
President................................................Jean-Marc Heintz
General Director Batoulis Heintz
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP
Main base Moroni (HAH)
Hubs Dzaoudzi (DZA)
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Moroni, Comoros
Date operations started 6 October 2009
Description Operated Haj flights, but has temporarily ceased
operations. Plans are currently under way for a resumption
of services, which are expected to include schedules to
east Africa and the Gulf.
History Established under an initiative between Kuwait and
the Comoro Islands government.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Moroni (HAH)
Compass Airlines [CP] (CPZ)
7500 Airline Drive, Suite 130, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
55450, USA
Tel +1 703 631 7100 Fax +1 703 631 1436
Email bill.lange@compassairline.com
Website www.compassairline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Trans States
Holdings (100%)
Alliances Delta Air Lines
Date operations started 2 May 2007
Description Regional airline operating primarily out of
the former Northwest Airlines hubs at the Minneapolis/
St Paul, Detroit and Memphis to 35 US domestic, Canadian
and Mexican destinations.
History Incorporated as Northwest Airlines Cargo, prior
to being renamed on 16 March 2006. Obtained US
Department of Transport approval for passenger services in
March 2007. The airline was sold to Trans States Holding
in July 2010.
Executives
Finance Controller............................................ David Rust
President.....................................................Tim Campbell
Fleet (orders) 5 x Embraer 170-100LR
36 x Embraer 175-200AR
Main base Washington (IAD)
Hubs Detroit (DTW), Minneapolis (MSP), Memphis (MEM)
Condor [DE] (CFG)
Am Grunen Weg 3, Kelsterbach, 65451 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel +49 6171 65 00 Fax +49 6107 939 440
Website www.condor.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Thomas Cook
Group (100%)
Date operations started 29 March 1956
Description German holiday airline operating services
to destinations in the Mediterranean basin, together
with long-haul flights to Asia, Africa, North America and
the Caribbean.
History The carrier was formed as Deutsche Flugdienst.
The slump in charter market led to its take over by
Lufthansa in early 1960 and change of name to Condor
Flugdienst on 25 October 1961. Amalgamated with
Südflug in August 1992. C&N Touristic, the parent
company of Condor, was renamed Thomas Cook following
C&N’s acquisition of the UK tour group. In March of 2003
the airline was renamed “Thomas Cook – powered by
Condor” as part of the group’s rebranding, but this branding
decision was reversed in May 2004. On 21 September
2007, Air Berlin announced that it would acquire Condor,
subject to approval from the competition authority, but this
was abandoned in July 2008.
Executives
Chairman of the Management Board ......... Ralf Teckentrup
Chief Operations Officer .................................. Uwe Balser
Fleet (orders) 12 x Airbus A320-200
13 x Boeing 757-300
10 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Frankfurt (FRA)
Hubs Munich (MUC), Berlin Schoenefeld (SXF)
Confort Airlines
Avenida del Puerto s/n, Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Email confortairlines@confortairlines.com
Website www.confortairlines.com
Date operations started March 2011
Description Start-up airline operating services from its Bata
base, initially using a wet-leased ATR72.
Main base Bata (BSG)
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Constanta Airlines (UZA)
Blokvikna 4, Zaporozhye Airport, Zaporozhye, 69013,
Ukraine
Tel +380 617 214 323 Fax +380 617 214 323
Email talanov@optima.com.ua
Parent organisation/shareholders Private investors and
Employees (58%), state of Ukraine (42%)
Date operations started 1 June 1994
Description Operates charter flights from the Ukraine’s
main airports to points in Europe, Russia and the CIS.
History Formerly known as Zaporozhye Aviation Enterprise.
Executives
Director General ......................................... Andrey Kuchin
Fleet (orders) 3 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Zaporozhye (OZH)
Contact Air [C3] (KIS)
Airport Business Centre III, 2 Gottlieb-Manz Street,
70794 Filderstadt, Germany
Tel +49 711 1 676 50 Fax +49 711 1 676 565
Email info@contactair.de Website www.contactair.de
Parent organisation/shareholders Gunther Eheim (100%)
Alliances Lufthansa, Swiss
Date operations started 1974
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services
throughout Europe, primarily out of Stuttgart on behalf of the
Lufthansa Regional system, but also out of Zurich on behalf
of Swiss International Air Lines.
History Established by Gunther Eheim as a worldwide
passenger and executive charter airline, operating a fleet
of Falcon 20 and Lear Jet aircraft. Became the first partner
airline in the Team Lufthansa regional group in 1996.
On 16 October 2003 Contact Air introduced the new
Lufthansa Regional brand and began operating as such
in early 2004.
Executives
Owner & President...................................... Gunther Eheim
Chief Financial Officer............................ Jurgen Armbruster
Managing Director..................................Manfred Gaertner
Fleet (orders) 8 x Fokker 100
Main base Stuttgart (STR)
Continental Airlines
USA
Date operations started 15 July 1934
Date operations ceased 30 November 2011
Was one of the world’s largest airlines, serving 120
international destinations throughout the Americas, Europe
and Asia, together with 150 domestic points. Continental’s
history began in July 1934, with the launch of air services by
the southwest division of Varney Speed Lines, which linked El
Paso with six cities in California, Colorado, New Mexico and
Texas. The carrier became Varney Air Transport on
17 December 1934. In 1936, Robert F Six acquired 40% of
the company. The Continental Airlines identity was adopted
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continued to grow and modernise. The 1954 acquisition of
Pioneer Airlines gave the combined carrier a network of 46
cities across six states. Relocated operations from Denver to
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1982. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
September 1983, emerging and returning to normal
operations in 1986. Acquired and absorbed People
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11 bankruptcy protection for a second time in 1987,
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for international route expansion, starting in 2000. Granted
limited antitrust immunity by the US Department of Transport
on 10 July 2009, enabling it to join the Star Alliance. Duly
ceased to be a member of SkyTeam on 24 October 2009,
becoming a Star Alliance member on 27 October 2009. The
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Airlines, announced on 3 May 2010 created the world’s
largest airline, serving 370 destinations worldwide. The Q
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but adopted the logo and colours of Continental Airlines. The
merger was approved by the European Union in July 2010
and by both carriers’ shareholders in September 2010.
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Continental and ANA All Nippon Airways implemented a
transpacific joint venture in the first half of 2011 after
receiving US and Japanese antitrust approval in October
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Date operations started 6 April 1997
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Continental Airlines by Colgan Air, Cape Air, Commutair and
Gulfstream International (see individual listings), all now
operating as United Express following the absorption of
Continental Airlines into United Airlines.
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Continental Micronesia [CS] (CMI) Copa Airlines Colombia [P5] (RPB) Fleet (orders) 4 x Beech 1900C
Guam Terminal Aereo Simon Bolivar, Entrada 1, Bogota, 36 x Cessna CE208
Date operations started 16 May 1968 Cundinamarca, Bogota, Colombia 2 x Shorts SD.330-100
Date operations ceased 30 November 2011 Tel +57 1 320 9191 Fax +57 1 414 7949 Main base Billings BIL
This carrier offered connections from Guam to Japan, Website www.copaair.com Hubs Subic Bay (SFS)
Micronesia, Indonesia, Australia, Hawaii and beyond Parent organisation/shareholders Copa Airlines (99.9%),
to continental USA, using aircraft leased from the parent others (0.1%) Corporate Flight Management (VTE)
company as and when required. Following the merger Date operations started 19 June 1993 276 Doug Warpole Road, Smyrna, Tennessee, 37167,
of Continental Airlines into United Airlines, all services Description Colombian airline providing scheduled services USA
are now operated by United. The airline was formerly from Bogotá to 11 domestic destinations and to Panama Tel +1 615 220 1761 Fax +1 615 220 1769
known as Air Micronesia. City, as well as domestic and international charter services Email bill.minkoff@flycfm.com Website www.flycfm.com
to the USA and Caribbean. International connectivity is also Date operations started 1982
Conviasa [V0] (VCV) offered using Copa Airlines’ Hub of the Americas, through Description Carrier providing on-demand air charter for
Avda. Intercomunal, Aeropuerto Int. de Maiquetia, Edificio daily flights from Bogotá and Medellin. passengers and freight to the southern US States. Offers a
6 Seccion 6.3, Zona Estrategica, Caracas, Venezuela History Commenced operations as a full-service, low-cost full service fixed base operation and is also an FAA-certified
Tel +58 212 303 7394 Fax +58 212 507 8873 airline offering scheduled domestic services from Medellin. repair station.
Email ventas@conviasa.aero Website www.conviasa.aero In March 2006 Aero República was acquired by Copa Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders Venezuela government Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines of Panama. Chief Executive Officer.................................... Allen Howell
(80%), Regional government of Nueva Esparta (20%) In October 2010 the airline announced it was rebranding President................................................... David Angustin
Alliances Cubana de Aviacion as Copa Airlines Colombia. Chief Financial Officer .......................................Doug Cate
Date operations started 10 December 2004 Executives Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31
Description State-controlled Venezuelan flag carrier VP Operations & VP Maintenance........... Eduardo Lombana 3 x BAe Jetstream 32
serving domestic destinations and points in the Caribbean Finance Manager .........................................Carlos Guerin 1 x BAe Jetstream 41
and South America, including Bogota, Buenos Aires, VP Commercial..........................................Julian Finisterra 2 x Beechcraft King Air 100
Dominica, Havana, Guayaquil, Grenada, St Vincent and Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-700 1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
Port of Spain. A long-haul service is also flown to 3 x Embraer 190-100AR 1 x Cessna 525
Damascus, via Madrid. 11 x Embraer 190-100LR 2 x Cessna 560
History The airline was established by presidential decree Main base Bogota (BOG) 2 x Cessna 650
in March 2004, and launched domestic and international Hubs Medellin (MDE) 1 x Cessna 680
services simultaneously in December 2004. It suspended 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 1
all services from 17 September 2010 but resumed Corendon Airlines [XC] (CAI) 1 x Embraer Phenom 100
services, operating a reduced schedule, 1 October Güzeloluk Mahallesi, 1879 Sokak No :148, 07200 Antalya, 1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 9
2010. Two new international routes were launched Turkey 1 x Israel Aircraft Industries
immediately thereafter, serving Damascus via Madrid, Tel +90 242 323 3400 Fax +90 242 324 3240 2 x Learjet Learjet 35
and to Buenos Aires. Email maslan@corendon-airlines.com 2 x Learjet Learjet 45
Executives Website www.corendon-airlines.com Main base Smyrna (MQY)
President.................................................... Nicolas Seijas Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Corendon Dutch
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A340-200 Airlines (100%) Corsairfly [SS] (CRL)
1 x ATR 42-400 Date operations started 12 April 2005 2 avenue Charles Lindbergh, 94636 Rungis, France
2 x ATR 72-200 Description Operates passenger and cargo charter services Tel +33 1 4979 4912 Fax +33 1 4979 4998
4 x Boeing 737-200 from its Istanbul base. Email o.besnard@corsairfly.fr Website www.corsairfly.com
2 x Boeing 737-300 History Established in 2004 by the partnership of Atilay Uslu Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
4 x Bombardier CRJ-700 and Yildiray Karaer. Alliances Air Caraibes, Sunwing Airlines
Main base Caracas (CCS) Executives Date operations started 17 May 1981
Chief Executive Officer .................................Yildray Karaer Description Provides international scheduled and charter
Copa Airlines [CM] (CMP) Finance Manager............................................ Serap Oyalh services to destinations throughout Europe, the French
PO Box 0816-06819, Panama City, 1, Panama Flight Operations Manager............................Erhan Bayram Overseas Territories, Africa, North America, the Antilles,
Tel +507 304 2672 Fax +507 304 2082 Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300 and Asia Pacific.
Email customerservice@copaair.com Website www.copaair.com 2 x Boeing 737-400 History Founded by the Rossi family. Acquired by tour
Parent organisation/shareholders Copa Airlines Holdings 5 x Boeing 737-800 operator Nouvelles Frontieres in 1990 and rebranded as
(99.8%), others (0.2%) Main base Antalya (AYT) Corsair. Worldwide traffic rights were obtained in 1991.
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Copa Airlines In 2000, TUI acquired Nouvelles Frontieres.
Colombia (99.9%) Corendon Dutch Airlines (CND) Executives
Alliances Aeromexico, Air France, Cubana de Singaporestraat 82, Lijnden, 1175 RA Amsterdam, Chairman & CEO.................................. Pascal de Izaguirre
Aviacion, Dutch Antilles Express, GOL Linhas Aereas Netherlands Finance Director.................................... Mariline Wiesmayr
Inteligentes, Kenya Airways, KLM, Silver Airways, Tel +31 23 751 0606 Fax +31 20 449 9478 Operations Director................................... Jean-Pierre Bes
Tame, United Airlines Email info@corendon.nl Website www.corendon.nl Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A330-200
Date operations started 5 May 1947 Parent organisation/shareholders Corendon Airlines (100%) (2) x Airbus A330-300
Description Principal Panamanian airline operating Description Dutch start-up leisure airline planning to operate 5 x Boeing 747-400
passenger flights to destinations in North, Central, charter flights to destinations across central and northern Main base Paris Orly (ORY)
South America and the Caribbean. Europe, with holiday destinations across Turkey, in the
History After it was founded as Compañia Panameña Mediterranean basin, Israel and Kazakhstan. Coyne Airways [F0] (COY)
de Aviacion (Copa) in 1946, Pan American Airways took Executives Roberts House, 103 Hammersmith Road, London,
a 33% share the new carrier, with the balance of ownership Chief Executive Officer.......................................Atilay Uslu W14 0QH, UK
held by local investors. Copa subsequently became entirely Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-800 Tel +44 207 605 6860 Fax +44 20 7602 9474
Panamanian-owned after Pan American sold its holding Main base Amsterdam (AMS) Website www.coyneair.com
to the Panamanian government in 1971. In 1998 Parent organisation/shareholders Coyne Aviation
Copa Airlines and Continental Airlines emtered into Corporate Air (CPT) (of which Coyne family owns 100%) (100%)
a strategic alliance and on 19 May 1999 Continental PO Box 81050, Billings, Montana, 59102, USA Alliances Air France, Cargoitalia, Cargolux, Cathay Pacific,
Airlines increased its stake to 51%, but reduced its Tel +1 406 247 3131 Fax +1 406 247 3154 Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Etihad Crystal Cargo, Global
holding in 2006. Email caoffice@corporateair.net Website www.corporateair.net Supply Systems, Jade Cargo International, Martinair, Qatar
Employees total 5,389 Alliances FedEx Airways, Saudi Airlines Cargo, Singapore Airlines Cargo,
Executives Description Provides feeder cargo services for Federal SriLankan Airlines, TNT Airways, United Airlines, UPS Airlines,
Chairman.....................................................Stanley Motta Express in the USA, and in the Philippines and Southeast Virgin Atlantic Airways
Chief Executive Officer................................ Pedro Heilbron Asia. In the Philippines, the company performs airbridge and Date operations started 1994
Chief Financial Officer........................................ Victor Vial feeder operations between Subic and Davao with stops in Description Operates cargo flights to Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Fleet (orders) 17 x Boeing 737-700 Manila and Cebu, also on behalf of Federal Express. Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan,
28 (41) x Boeing 737-800 Executives Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as to non-CIS
12 x Embraer 190-100AR Chairman............................................. Michael Overstreet locations including Africa and Asia, using Antonov and
Main base Panama City (PTY) President & CEO.......................................Linda Overstreet Ilyushin aircraft as required.

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History Started as a charter broker, specialising in the CIS
market. In 1997 it started to operate scheduled services to
the Caspian and in July 2002 it inaugurated a freighter
service between Seoul and Yuzno Sakhalinsk.
Employees total 26
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Larry Coyne
Finance Manager ...................................Julian Hargreaves
Main base London STN
Hubs Dubai (DXB), Chalons-en-Champagne (XCR)
Croatia Airlines [OU] (CTN)
with a wet-leased A320 was reported in February 2011,
but plans for launch of services were subsequently set back
to February 2012, following the expected delivery of its first
Boeing 767-300 in early 2012.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer......................... Manika Savasdipan
Vice President..........................................Pittipol Vannarot
Main base Bangkok (BKK)
CSA Air (IRO)
260 Riverhills Road, Kingsford, Michigan, 9802,
USA
Date operations started 30 October 1930
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Description Cuban flag carrier operating scheduled
domestic flights and international services from Havana
to destinations in the Caribbean, north America, south C
America and Europe.
History Founded as Compania Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss.
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Taken over in 1932 by Pan American Airways, and renamed
as Compania Nacional Cubana de Aviacion. Through a
further name change in 1944, the airline became Compania
Cubana de Avacion. Cuban investors acquired a majority
shareholding in 1945, with Pan American retaining a 42% E
stake. Commenced overseas flights, with daily services to

Bani 75 b, 10000 Buzin, 10000, Croatia
Tel +385 1 616 0014 Fax +385 1 616 01 53
Email pr@croatiaairlines.hr Website www.croatiaairlines.hr
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic of Croatia
(94.8%), State Agency for Deposit Insurance and Bank
Rehabilitation (2.2%), Croatian Privatisation Fund (1.5%),
Private individuals (0.9%), other shareholders (0.6%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air Dolomiti, Cirrus Airlines, Condor,
germanwings, Lufthansa Italia, Luxair
Date operations started 5 May 1991
Description Flag carrier of the Republic of Croatia linking
its capital Zagreb to domestic and western European
destinations.
History Originally formed as Zagal (Zagreb Airlines),
operating a Cessna 402C as part of the UPS network.
Following the first democratic elections in Croatia, on
23 July 1990, Zagal was rebranded as Croatia Airlines.
Launched domestic servicesfrom Zagreb to Split on 5 May
1991, using a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 wet-leased from
Adria Airways. Joined the Star Alliance as a regional member
on 18 November 2004, before becoming a full member on
1 January 2010.
Employees total 1,117
Executives
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Tel +1 906 774 3101 Fax +1 906 779 1304 Miami, in 1946. Transatlantic services to Madrid were
Email csainfo@csaair.com Website www.csaair.com launched in June 1948. Services from Havana to New
Parent organisation/shareholders Air T (100%) York commenced in 1956. Nationalised following the
Description Provides express cargo services in Michigan, socialist revolution in 1959. In 1961, Cubana inaugurated
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, South Dakota
and Canada.
flights to Prague, thus forming the first air link between
Latin America and then socialist Europe. In 2005 Cubana
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Executives and Iberia formed a joint venture MRO operation for
President & CEO............................................. Walter Clark
General Manager......................................... Robert Norton
western-built airliners.
Executives H
Fleet (orders) 26 x Cessna CE208 Chief Executive Officer......................... Manuel Lopez Bello
Main base Iron Mountain (IMT) Finance Manager.........................................Alicia Sanchez
CSA Czech Airlines [OK] (CSA)
Director General....................................... Heriberto Priego
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Building APC Street, Jana Kaspara 1, Airport Ruzyne, Fleet (orders) (3) x Antonov An-148
160 08 Prague, Czech Republic
Tel +420 2 2056 1993 Fax +420 2 2056 2266
6 x Antonov An-24RV
3 x Antonov An-26 J
Email secretary@csa.cz Website www.csa.cz 1 x ATR 42-500
Parent organisation/shareholders Ministry of Finance 3 (2) x Ilyushin Il-96-300
of the Czech Republic (91.75%), Ceska pojistovna (4.33%),
City of Prague (2.94%), City of Bratislava (0.98%)
2 x Tupolev Tu-204-120
2 x Tupolev Tu-204-120C
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Alliances SkyTeam, AeroSvit Airlines, Air Malta, Atlantis Main base Havana (HAV)
European Airways, Azerbaijan Airlines, Belavia Belarussian
Airlines, Bulgaria Air, Cargojet Airways, Donavia, El Al, Etihad Cyprus Airways [CY] (CYP) L
Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Luxair, , Rossiya, S7 Airlines, 21 Alkeou Street, Engomi, PO Box 21903, 2404 Nicosia,

Chief Executive Officer............................Srecko Simunovic
EVP Finance ..................................................Jasmin Bajic
SVP Flight Operations .....................................Zlatko Sirac
Fleet (orders) 4 (4) x Airbus A319-100
3 x Airbus A320-200
6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Tatarstan Air, Ural Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways
Date operations started 29 October 1923
Description The Czech Republic’s flag carrier, operating
scheduled flights from Prague to more than 104
destinations in 52 countries, including most European
cities, key transit points in North America and a number
of destinations in the Middle East, the Far East and north
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Cyprus
Tel +357 22 365 700 Fax +357 22 663 167
Email marketing@cyprusair.com Website www.cyprusair.com.cy
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Cyprus
(69.62%), private shareholders (30.38%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Alitalia, Brussels Airlines,
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Etihad Airways, Gulf Air, KLM, Middle East Airlines, Olympic

Main base Zagreb (ZAG)
Cronos Airlines [C8] (CRA)
PO Box 12478, Douala, Equatorial Guinea History Founded by the Czechoslovak government as CSA
Tel +237 77 713 458 Email info@cronosair.com
Website www.cronosair.com
Date operations started 2010
Description Operates scheduled domestic passenger
services with daily flights between Malabo and Bata.
A regional service is also flown to Cotonou in Benin,
and Douala in Cameroon. The company also offers
passenger and cargo charter flights.
Executives
General Manager................................ Zacharie Mampouya
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
Main base Malabo (SSG)
Employees total 2,022
Executives
Crystal Thai Airlines [YL] (KPS)
222, 19A Fl. Voravit Building, Surawong Road, Sipraya,
Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Thailand Fleet (orders) 9 x Airbus A319-100
Tel +662 631 7771 Fax +662 631 7772
Email info@crystalthaiair.com Website www.crystalthaiair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Thai Investors (51%),
South Korean Investors (49%)
Description Start-up, low-cost, full-service airline that Main base Prague (PRG)
was planning to launch scheduled services between Hubs Bratislava (BTS)
Bangkok and Seoul in February 2012. Services from
Bangkok to Bhutan, India (Cochin), the Philippines (Clark),
Sri Lanka, South Korea (Muan) and United Arab Emirates
(Dubai) are also planned, as are services from Phuket to
Mumbai and Seoul.
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Africa. CSA also offers travel agencies and other contractual Air, Syrianair, Tarom, Virgin Atlantic Airways
partners year-round charter flights and has an expanding Date operations started 19 April 1948
cargo business. Description Flag carrier for Cyprus serving more than
20 scheduled destinations in Europe, the Middle and
Ceskoslovenske Statni Aerolinie to provide domestic air
services. International services were launched in 1930 with
near East and the Gulf. Additional routes are served
through codesharing agreements.
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a route from Prague to Bratislava and Zagreb. Transatlantic History Founded initially as a joint venture by British
services were inaugurated on 3 February 1962 with
a flight to Havana. After the break-up of the Czechoslovak
European Airways, the Cyprus government and private
interests. Lost Nicosia base and several aircraft when Q
Federation the airline adopted its present name in Turkey invaded Cyprus in July 1974 but restarted limited
May 1995. CSA became a full member of the SkyTeam operations from Larnaca on 8 February 1975. Established
alliance on 18 October 2000. Plans to privatise the carrier
first announced in April 2008 were abandoned in October
Eurocypria Airlines in 1992 to obtain greater share of the
charter market, and this subsidiary was sold to the Cypriot
R
2009, after the Czech Government rejected the Unimex/ government in 2006.
Travel Service bid.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................George Mavrocostas S
Financial Director . ........................................... Stelios Epi
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Chief Executive Officer...............................Miroslav Dvorak General Manager..................................Christos Kyriakides
Financial Manager ............................................ David Rod Head of Operations & Planning ...................Mike Valiandes
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100
8 (7) x Airbus A320-200 7 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A321-200
7 x ATR 42-500
Main base Larnaca LCA
Hubs Paphos (PFO) U
4 x Boeing 737-500
Czech Connect Airlines [CQ] (CCG)
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Czech Republic
Date operations started May 2010
Cubana de Aviacion [CU] (CUB) Date operations ceased January 2012
Ave Van Troi Y Final, Aeropuerto Inter Jose Martin,
Terminal 1, 10400 Havana, Cuba
Operated regular charter and ad hoc charter services
from Ostrava, Bratislava, and Prague. Also offered
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Tel +53 7 266 4495 Fax +53 7 233 4056 wet leasing services to other carriers. Established

History Thai/South Korean joint-venture, established
with a registered capital of baht 201 million (US$6.54
million) by Thai businesswoman Manika Sawasdipan.
Obtained its business license in April 2010, followed by
its air operator’s certificate on 29 September 2010.
An inaugural flight between Bangkok and Incheon flown
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Email comunication@cubana.avianet.cu Website www.cubana.cu
Parent organisation/shareholders Corporacion Cubana
de Aviacion (100%)
Alliances Aerocaribbean, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Blue
Panorama Airlines, Conviasa, Copa Airlines, TACA Costa
Rica, TACA International Airlines
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as part of the Central Connect Group. A Slovakian sister
company was established in 2010 but closed by the
end of the year. At the end of 2010, the airline came
under new ownership and decided to concentrate
on offering scheduled services to destinations in
Russia and the CIS.
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Daallo Airlines [D3] (DAO)
Office # J21, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 299 4485 Fax +971 4 299 4486
Email daallo@emirates.net.ae Website www.daallo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Mohammed Asusitha
(50%), Mohammed Yassin (50%)
Alliances Yemenia
Date operations started 20 March 1991
Description National airline of Djibouti. Operates scheduled
services to points in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East,
with extensions to France and the UK.
History Private airline founded in the Republic of Djibouti,
operating Cessna Caravans. Launched long-haul international
flights linking Djibouti with Paris in July 2001 and London in
October 2002 using wet-leased aircraft. On 13 November
2007 it was announced that the airline would be rebranded
as the flag carrier for Djibouti following its planned purchase
by a new holding company created by the airline’s founders
with IWA Holdings and the government of Djibouti.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................Mohamed Ibrahim Yassin
Regional Manager......................................Yousuf Abdillahi
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24RV
Main base Djibouti (JIB)
Daily Air
2F,340-9 Tun-hua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei,
Taiwan
Tel +886 2 2712 3995 Fax +886 2 2545 2979
Website www.dailyair.com.tw
Date operations started 8 June 2005
Description Provides scheduled passenger services to
offshore islands from eastern and western Taiwan, together
with helicopter contract services and charters.
History Started operations as a Eurocopter/Kawasaki BK117
helicopter operator. Scheduled fixed wing services with
Dornier 228s were added on 8 June 2005.
Low-cost carrier Dana Air serves a number of cities in Nigeria
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Chief Executive Officer........................................Mark Kuo
Finance Manager ............................................ Gitsun Lien
Flight Operation Director...................................Taosung Liu
Fleet (orders) 4 x Dornier 228-200
Main base Taipei (TSA)
Hubs Kaohsiung (KHH), Taitung (TTT)
Dalian Airlines [CA] (CCD)
Dalian Airport, Liaoning Province, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Tel +86 411 8388 6699
Parent organisation/shareholders Air China (80%), Dalian
Baoshui Zhengtong (Dalian municipal government) (20%)
Date operations started 31 December 2011
Description Start-up airline operating daily flights from the
northeastern port city of Dalian to Beijing, Shenzhen and
Taiyuan, with onward flights from Taiyuan to Sanya. Services
to Japan and South Korea are planned.
History First announced in August 2009 as a proposed joint
venture between the administration of Dalian Free Trade
Zone and HNA Group. After progress on this venture stalled,
Air China announced a new joint venture, between Air China,
which invested yuan 800 million ($126 million), 80% of the
start-up capital and Dalian Baoshui Zhengtong, a unit of the
Dalian city government, which invested yuan 200 million
($32 million). Received preliminary CAAC approval to launch
on 5 July 2011. Received its public air carrier’s licence from
the CAAC on 8 December 2011 and launched services with
a flight from Dalian to Shenzhen on 31 December 2011.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Dalian (DLC)
Dana Air [9J] (DAN)
Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal 2, MMA2, Ikeja,
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel +234 1 280 9991 Fax +234 1 2663645
Email flightoperations@flydanaair.com
Website www.flydanaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Dana Group (100%)
Date operations started 10 November 2008
Description Nigeria’s first low-cost carrier operating frequent
flights between Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Uyo.
Also offers VIP charter services using business jets.
History Received its air operator’s certificate on 5 November
2008 and launched domestic services five days later.
Executives
Chairman..........................................Ramesh Hathiramani
Chief Executive Officer........................... Jacky Hathiramani
Fleet (orders) (1) x Bombardier CL605
(2) x Embraer Phenom 100
(1) x Embraer Phenom 300
1 x Learjet Learjet 45
4 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
1 x Piper PA-23-200
Main base Lagos (LOS)
Stephen Borg
Danish Air Transport [DX] (DTR)
PO Box 80, Kolding Airport, Lufthavnsvej 7A, 6580
Vamdrup, Denmark
Tel +45 75 58 3777 Fax +45 75 58 3722
Email sales@dat.dk Website www.dat.dk
Parent organisation/shareholders Rungholm Family
(60%), privately held (40%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings DOT LT (75%),
Vildanden (15%)
Date operations started 1989
Description Operates passenger schedules between
Billund, Esbjerg and destinations in Norway, including
Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. Also links Pau in southwest
France with Marseille and Rome Fiumicino. Passenger
and cargo charters and ACMI/wet leasing services are
also offered, worldwide.
History Founded by Jesper and Kirsten Rungholm as a
specialist cargo carrier. Initially transported everything from
post, packages and race horses to supplies for the annual
Paris-Dakar rally. Passenger charters were added in 1994,
followed by scheduled services, between Esbjerg, Aalborg
and Stavanger, on 18 November 1996. In 2003, Lars Høeg
joined as new managing director, becoming a co-owner in
2007. Passenger jet services, primarily for ad hoc and IT
charters, were introduced in October 2009. Scheduled
flights linking Pau with Marseille and Rome Fiumicino
were introduced in November 2010.
Executives
President & CEO......................................Jesper Rungholm
Managing Director............................................. Lars Høeg
Director of Flight Operations......................... Brian Madsen
Account Manager....................................Lars Dahl Hansen
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 42-500
2 x ATR 72-200
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Kolding-Vamdrup
Hubs Floro (FRO), Esbjerg (EBJ), Copenhagen (CPH)
Danube Wings [V5] (VPA)
Ivanska cesta 30/B, 820 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel + 421 2 2042 0713 Fax +421 2 4363 8539
Email info@danubewings.eu Website www.danubewings.eu
Parent organisation/shareholders VIP AIR (100%)
Date operations started 4 August 2008
Description Regional carrier providing scheduled
services from Bratislava, Poprad, and Kosice to
destinations in Austria, Croatia, Italy and Switzerland.
Seasonal summer flights serve resorts in Bulgaria,
Croatia, Greece, Italy and Romania. Charter flights and
VIP services are also operated.
History Established and operated by VIP Wings
Executives
Managing Director............................................Jan Rostas
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-200
Main base Bratislava BTS
Hubs Poprad/Tatry (TAT), Kosice (KSC)
Darwin Airline [0D] (DWT)
Via Alla Campagna 2A, 6904 Lugano, Switzerland
Tel +41 91 973 2850 Fax +41 91 973 2859
Email info@darwinairline.com Website www.darwinairline.com
Alliances Alitalia, Swiss
Date operations started 28 July 2004
Description Regional airline connecting Geneva, Lugano,
Luxembourf, Nice and several Italian cities. Seasonal
services connect cities in Switzerland France, Greece, Italy
and Spain and charter services are also flown. Operates
the Zurich-Lugano route for Swiss International Air Lines.
History Acquired Geneva-based Baboo Airlines on 25
November 2010. Retained Baboo’s fleet of two Q400s,
but had phased out the Baboo brand by mid-2011.
Executives
President.................................................... Sergio Ermotti
Chief Executive Officer................................ Maurizio Merlo
Chief Financial Officer....................................... Carlo Gatti
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
6 x Saab 2000
Main base Lugano (LUG)
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D-Connection Employees total 80,000 DETA Air [9D] (DET)

3rd Floor Kellico Complex, Mombasa Road,
PO Box 42627-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel +254-20-828-290 Fax +254-20-2500-195
Email Info@D-Connection.co.ke Website www.d-connection.co.ke
Date operations started 1 May 2004
Description Operates scheduled services linking Nairobi and
Lokichogio in Kenya with Juba, Rumbek, Yei and Malakal in
southern Sudan. Passenger and cargo charters are also
offered throughout east Africa and in the Horn of Africa.
History Established as Delta Connection to connect Nairobi’s
Wilson Airport with Juba and other points in southern Sudan.
Executives
Chairman of the Board.....................................Daniel Carp
President.................................................. Edward Bastian
Chief Executive Officer............................Richard Anderson
Chief Financial Officer..................................Paul Jacobson
EVP Operations........................................... Steve Gorman
Fleet (orders) 57 (5) x Airbus A319-100
69 (2) x Airbus A320-200
11 x Airbus A330-200
21 x Airbus A330-300
10 x Boeing 737-700
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Kabinbay Batir 75A, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Tel +7 727 3410501 Fax +7 727 3218889
Email air@deta.kz Website www.deta.kz C
Parent organisation/shareholders DETA Tour Operator
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(100%)
Date operations started 16 January 2006
Description Operates cargo and passenger charters from
bases at Almaty and Shymkent, primarily to destinations in
the Baltics, China, the Far East, Turkey and the United Arab
Emirates. Also operates regular passenger and cargo E
services linking Shymkent with Istanbul.

F
Rebranded as D-Connection in 2009 following a court ruling 70 x Boeing 737-800 History Established as a tour operator. Expanded to include
on a trademark infringement case brought by the major US (100) x Boeing 737-900 a travel and ticketing agency, and after receiving its air
carrier of the same name. 15 x Boeing 747-400 operator’s certificate on 6 July 2004, airline operations.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200 154 x Boeing 757-200 Air services were launched on 1 August 2005.
Main base Nairobi (WIL) 16 x Boeing 757-300
72 x Boeing 767-300
Executives
Financial Director..................................Svetlana Rudakova
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De Bruin Air 21 x Boeing 767-400 General Director.................................... Yerlan Zhaxybekov
23 Penola Road, PO Box 52, Mount Gambier,
South Australia, 5290, Australia
Tel +61 8 8725 5332 Fax +61 8 8723 4066
18 x Boeing 777-200
(18) x Boeing 787-8
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-62M
2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-40 H
24 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-50 Main base Almaty (ALA)
Website www.debruinair.com.au 117 x Boeing MD-88 Hubs Shymkent (CIT)
Date operations started March 2009
Description Provides a charter service based on Mount
32 x Boeing MD-90-30
Main base Atlanta ATL DHL Aero Expreso [D5] (DAE) I
Gambier. Hubs Jamaica (JFK), Memphis (MEM), Cincinnati (CVG), PO Box 00241, Zona Postal 0818, Panama City, Panama
History Established in 2008 when local businessman Adrian
de Bruin bought the assets of the failed O’Connor Airlines.
Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG), Salt Lake City (SLC),
Amsterdam (AMS), Detroit (DTW), Minneapolis (MSP),
Tel +507 238 2000 Fax +507 238 2001
Email ptyavi@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com J
Executives Tokyo Narita (NRT) Parent organisation/shareholders Felix Picardi (51%),
President .................................................. Adrian Debruin DHL Express (49%)
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 32
Main base Mount Gambier (MGB)
Delta Connection [DQ] (DCP)
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia,
Date operations started August 1996
Description Operates scheduled cargo services between
K
30320, USA Panama City and other Central American cities and
Deccan 360 (DEC)
India
Tel +1 404 715 2600
Parent organisation/shareholders Delta Air Lines (100%)
Miami, on behalf of DHL. Also provides charter flights
for third parties. L
Date operations started May 2009 Date operations started 1 March 1984 History Commenced operations with charters, but added

Date operations ceased 30 April 2011
Operated express cargo services based on Nagpur.
Established by Air Deccan founder, Captain GR Gopinath.
Delta Air Lines [DL] (DAL)
1030 Delta Boulevard, Hartsfield Atlanta International
Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, 30354, USA
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Description Commuter feeder and connection service at scheduled services on 7 November 1996.
Delta Air Lines’ hubs, operated by Chautauqua Airlines, Executives
Comair, Compass, ExpressJet Airlines, GoJet Airlines, President of the Board of Directors...................Felix Picardi
Pinnacle Airlines, Shuttle America, and SkyWest Airlines. CENAM & Panama General Manager.............. Steve Getzler
Denim Air
Finance Manager................................... Norman Beaufond
Flight Operations Manager.........................Augusto Villalaz
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Vermogensweg 3, 3641 SR, Mijdrecht, Netherlands Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 757-200

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Tel +1 404 715 2600 Fax +1 404 715 5494 Tel +31 297 230 690 Fax +31 297 230 699 Main base Panama City (PTY)
Website www.delta.com Email info@denimair.nl Website www.denimair.nl
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly traded (100%) Date operations started 2000 DHL Air [D0] (DHK)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Comair (100%), Delta Description ACMI leasing specialist created after the failure of EMA Cargo West, East Midlands Airport, Castle Donington,
Connection (100%), Aeromexico (3.5%), GOL Linhas Aereas
Inteligentes (3%)
Denim Air. Offers wet-leasing services and ad hoc charters.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fokker 100
Derbyshire, DE74 2TR, UK
Tel +44 1332 857815 Fax +44 1332 857819
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Alliances SkyTeam, Air Nigeria, Alaska Airlines, American 3 x Fokker 50 Email clare.oldfield@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com
Eagle Airlines, Avianca, Chautauqua Airlines, Comair,
Compass Airlines, Coyne Airways, GOL Linhas Aereas
Main base Amsterdam (AMS)

Deraya Air Taxi (DRY)

InTeligentes, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air, Jet Airways,
Kingfisher Airlines, KLM cityhopper, Malaysia Airlines,
Olympic Air, Pinnacle Airlines, Republic Airlines, Royal Air
Maroc, S7 Airlines, Shuttle America, SkyWest Airlines, Virgin
Australia, Virgin Australia International, WestJet Airlines
Date operations started 17 June 1929
Description One of the world’s largest airlines, which,
together with its Delta Connection partners, serves over 375
destinations in the USA, central and south America, Africa,
Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific. Delta
Connection is an extensive feeder network. Delta Shuttle
provides high frequency, non-stop services every working day
linking New York, Boston and Washington, DC.
History Founded in Macon, Georgia, as Huff-Daland Dusters,
the world’s first cropdusting company. The company moved to
Parent organisation/shareholders Deutsche Post DHL (100%)
Date operations started December 2001 Q
Description Provides services on DHL’s European network
Terminal Building 1st Floor, Room 150/HT, Halim from its hub at East Midlands Airport and also offers charter
Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 809 3627 Fax +62 21 809 5770
flights to third parties.
History Established by Deutsche Post WorldNet to operate
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Email admderaya@deraya.co.id Website www.deraya.co.id scheduled cargo services on its European network. Became
Parent organisation/shareholders Boedihardjo Group
(100%)
a limited company in November 2001.
Executives S
Date operations started 1967 Managing Director & CEO.................................Paul Bishop
Description Operates commuter flights, charter services,
T
Finance Manager .........................................Adam Pradela
medical evacuation, aerial photography and a flying school. Fleet (orders) 22 x Boeing 757-200
History Established by shipping company PT Deraya, initially 3 x Boeing 767-300
operating both fixed and rotary-wing air charter services. Main base East Midlands (EMA)
In 1971 Deraya Air and US company Air Services
International formed a joint venture company, Derazona DHL de Guatemala [L3] (JOS) U
Air Service, to take over all helicopter operations. In 1979 Air Ops Dept, 10 Avenida 6-75, Zona 13, Boulevard Juan

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Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925 and became Delta Air Service in Deraya introduced scheduled commuter services in Java, Pablo II, 01013 Guatemala City, Guatemala
1928 after field manager CE Woolman and two partners Sumatera and Kalimantan. Tel +502 2 361 3460 Fax +502 2 361 3440
acquired the company. In 1929 Delta expanded into Executives Email gtlaviation@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com.gt
passenger services. In 1953 Delta merged with Chicago and Chief Executive Officer............................ Atty Boedimilyarti Description Provides a scheduled express cargo service in
Southern Airlines (founded in 1933) and in 1972 absorbed
Northeast Airlines (also founded in 1933), then Western
Finance Manager...................................... Rachmat Kurnia
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe ATP
Central America for DHL.
History The airline put its first ATR42 freighter into service
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Airlines in April 1987 to form the third-largest US carrier. Delta 2 x Cessna C402B in mid-2001.
Air Lines increased its stake in Comair to 100% in November
1991 with the airline operating under the Delta Connection
1 x Cessna C402C
1 x Cessna U206F
Executives
President.................................................. Enrique Salazar X
name. On 14 September 2005 the carrier filed for Chapter 11 1 x Piper PA-31T Finance Manager ......................................Carolina Gomez
bankruptcy protection, from which it emerged on 30 April 2 x Shorts SD.330-100 Operations Manager .................................. Gabriel Andreu
2007. On 29 October 2008 it merged with Northwest Airlines.
The Northwest Airlines brand has been discontinued.
2 x Shorts SD.360-300
Main base Jakarta (HLP)
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Main base Guatemala City (GUA)
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DHL Ecuador [7T] (RTM) Direct Air [XP]
Aeropuerto Simon Bolivar, Guayaquil, Ecuador 1600 Oak Street, Suite B, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,
Tel +593 4 228 25 10 Fax +593 4 239 6478 29577, USA
Date operations started 1991 Tel +1 843 916 9700 Fax +1 843 448 7920
Description Operates cargo services for DHL in Ecuador. Website www.visitdirectair.com
The airline is also known as Trans Am Aero Express Alliances Dynamic Airways, Sky King, Vision Airlines,
del Ecuador. Xtra Airways
Executives Date operations started 8 March 2007
General Manager.......................................... Luis Grudena Description Low-cost airline franchise operating primarily
VP Operations .......................................... Cosme Jacome seasonal domestic services. All flights are operated as
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300 non-stop public charters, flown by other carriers, including
Main base Guayaquil (GYE) Falcon Air Express, USA Jet Airlines, Vision Airlines, Skyking
and XTRA Airways. Flights serve around 15 destinations in
DHL International [ES] (DHX) the eastern USA.
Air Freight, Cargo City South, Frankfurt Airport, Germany History Founded as Myrtle Beach Direct Air, aiming at the
Tel +49 69 1301 7040 market niche vacated though the demise of Hooters Air
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Polar Air Cargo (49%) in March 2007. The franchise adopted the shortened
Alliances Polar Air Cargo Direct Air identity in August 2009.
Description Operates scheduled and non-scheduled Executives
cargo services throughout the Middle East on behalf of President........................................................Ed Warneck
DHL Express. Main base Myrtle Beach (MYR)
Fleet (orders) (3) x Boeing 767-300
Main base Frankfurt (FRA) Direktflyg [HS] (HSV)
Överstevagen 50, 784 63 Borlange, Sweden
DiAir (DIS) Tel +46 243 444 700 Fax +46 243 444 799
Mila Radunovica S-3, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Email callcenter@direktflyg.com Website www.direktflyg.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Dragan Ivancevic (100%) Parent organisation/shareholders Skyways Holding (100%)
Date operations started 2000 Date operations started October 2000
Description Operates international charter flights from Description Regional airline operating seven routes in
Podgorica and Tivat to neighbouring countries. Sweden and Norway. A further three routes are flown on
History Originally named Pelican Blue Line. behalf of Skyways. Charter services within Scandinavia
Executives are also offered.
Chief Executive Officer............................. Dragan Ivancevic History Formed through a merger of Skyway Holdings
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C421B egional carriers, Air Express, Highland Air, and Airborne.
1 x Cessna 500 Rebranded as Direktflyg in April 2002, following the sale
1 x Piper PA-44-100 of the turboprop operation to Largas Aviation.
Main base Podgorica (TGD) Executives
Hubs Tivat (TIV) Chief Executive Officer................... Tezz Tordsdotter Olsson
Finance Manager ................................. Mats Ove Eriksson
Diexim Expresso Fleet (orders) 9 x BAe Jetstream 32
Rua 21 de Janeiro R/c, Aeroporto 4 de Fevereiro, Luanda, Main base Borlange/Falun BLE
Angola Hubs Linkoping (LPI), Sundsvall (SDL)
Tel +244 923 546 861 Fax +244 222 329 529
Email contacto@dieximexpresso.com Djibouti Air
Website www.dieximexpresso.com Corniche, Boulevard George Pompidou, PO Box 2522,
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Bartolomeu Djibouti
Dias (100%) Tel +253 34 4848 Fax +253 34 4747 Website djibouti-air.com
Date operations started 2003 Parent organisation/shareholders Ibrahim Sa’eed
Description Privately-owned Angolan airline providing Lootah, Djibouti government
scheduled domestic services linking the major towns and Date operations started 3 March 2011
cities with Luanda, together with VIP flights and charter Description Start-up national flag carrier for Djibouti
services within Angola and to neighbouring Namibia. operating scheduled services between Djibouti and Dubai.
History Established as part of the Grupo Bartolomeu History Established as a joint-venture between the
Dias (Grupo BD) an Angolan conglomerate with interests Djibouti government and the Dubai-based Lootah Group,
including travel and tourism, import and export, trucking whose chairman, Ibrahim Sa’eed Lootah, is the airline’s
and mineral exploration. majority shareholder.
Executives Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................Bartolomeu Domingos Chief Executive Officer.......................... Shabab Attarzadeh
Fleet (orders) 3 x Embraer EMB-120RT Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Embraer ERJ-145MP Main base Djibouti (JIB)
1 x Learjet Learjet 45
Main base Luanda (LAD) Dniproavia [Z6] (UDN)
Airport 42, Dnipropetrovsk, 49042, Ukraine
Direct Aero Services [OB] Tel +380 562 39 53 11 Fax +380 562 39 55 65
40 Bucuresti-Ploiesti Road, Baneasa Airport, 013695 Email commerce@dniproavia.com Website www.dniproavia.com
Bucharest, Romania Parent organisation/shareholders Haltera (94.57%),
Tel +4021 208 00 00 Fax +4021 232 09 88 State Property Fund (Dnipropetrovsk Region) (5.43%)
Email office@aeroservices.ro Website www.aeroservices.ro Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, Austrian, S7 Airlines, WindRose Air
Date operations started October 2009 Date operations started 1933
Description Regional airline division of AeroTaxi operating Description Operates a domestic scheduled network
feeder services from Bucharest Baneasa in conjunction linking Dnipropetrovsk with Kiev and other major cities,
with Blue Air. as well as international scheduled services to destinations
History Established as AeroTaxi operating light and business in Armenia, Austria, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
aircraft and helicopters on private charter flights from Also operates charter flights from Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev and
Bucharest Baneasa airport. Domestic passenger services Odessa to Egyptian and Turkish holiday destinations.
flown by Blue Air using aircraft Direct Aero Services Saab History The Dnipropetrovsk Integrated Air Squad was
340s were launched in October 2009. originally part of Aeroflot. On 22 June 1996 the airline
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna 510 became a joint-stock company, which includes
3 x Saab 340A Dnepropetrovsk International airport. After the parent
Main base Bucharest (BBU) company was declared bankrupt in July 2004, the airline
continued as part of the Joint-Stock Company, under
the slightly modified Dniproavia title. The airline was
privatised in August 2009 with the acquisition of 94.6%
by Dnipropetrovsk-based company Haltera.
Executives
Director General........................................Aleksey Kushch
First Deputy Director General...................Sergei Tkachenko
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 737-400
2 x Boeing 737-500
(10) x Embraer 190-100
3 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
3 x Embraer ERJ-145EU
8 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Dnipropetrovsk (DNK)
Donavia [D9] (DNV)
272 Sholokov Avenue, Rostov-on-Don, 344009, Russia
Tel +7 863 200 1920 Fax +7 863 200 1906
Email avia1@aeroflot-don.ru Website www.aeroflot-don.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot Russian
Airlines (100%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines,
Austrian, CSA Czech Airlines, Ural Airlines, UTair Aviation
Date operations started 13 April 2000
Description Russian regional carrier operating a
scheduled domestic and international passenger network
to destinations in Europe, CIS, Africa and the Middle East.
Passenger and cargo charters are also flown, primarily
destinations in the Middle East, around the Mediterranean
basin and Germany.
History Donskie Avialinii was formed in 1925. It merged
with Yug Avia in 1992 but was absorbed into Aeroflot in
1993, becoming the JSC Donavia Airlines. In April 2000
the carrier was renamed Aeroflot-Don, after Aeroflot Russian
International Airlines acquired a controlling interest.
On 25 September 2009 the airline officially reverted to
its previous Donavia identity.
Executives
Director General........................................... Vitaly Golovin
Finance Director .................................... Vladimir Hizhnyak
Head of Flight Operations...............................Sergej Pavlov
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-400
7 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Rostov (ROV)
Hubs Moscow (VKO)
Donbassaero [7D] (UDC)
Vzlyotnaya Street 1V, Donetsk, 83021, Ukraine
Tel +38 062 388 5103 Fax +38 062 332 0055
Email info@donbass.aero Website www.donbass.aero
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, S7 Airlines, WindRose Air
Date operations started 1933
Description The Ukraine’s largest domestic carrier, also
providing scheduled international services from Donetsk to
destinations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia,
Greece, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey and the UAE.
History Founded as Donetsk State Airline and was rebranded
as Donbassaero in 2003. A ten-year strategic alliance with
AeroSvit, the “Ukrainian Aviation Group”, came into effect in
January 2007. This allowed the two carriers to benefit from
serving a common route structure with a single, pooled fleet.
Executives
General Director.................................Alexander V Grechko
Deputy Director General Operations....... Vladimir Poslavskiy
GD Flight Department.................................. Eduard Denim
General Manager........................................... Oleg Novikov
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Airbus A321-200
Main base Donetsk (DOK), Kharkov (HRK)
Donghai Airlines [J5] (EPA)
2F Donghai Wanhao Plaza, 11th Avenue, Gao Xin Nan,
High Tech Park South, Nan Shan Qu, Shenzhen, China
Tel +86 755 2998 2777 Fax +86 755 2998 2488
Website www.donghaiair.cn
Parent organisation/shareholders Shenzhen Donggang
Trade (51%), Donghai United Group (24%), Yonggang (24%),
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Date operations started September 2006
Description Operates domestic cargo services from its base
in Shenzhen to Beijing, Kunming, Qingdao, Shanghai
Pudong, Shanghai Hongqiao, Shenzhen and Wuhan.
International cargo and passenger services are planned.
History Originally Jetwin Cargo Airline when established by
Hong Kong-based Orient Holdings Group (65%) and the East
Pacific Group (35%) in 2002. Rebranded as East Pacific
Airlines in 2004, but rebranded again as Donghai Airlines in
July 2006 as part of a reorganisation which saw Shenzhen
Donggang Trade become the majority owner. The carrier’s
inaugural service was flown between Shenzhen and Shanghai.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Chu Biao Huang
Chief Executive Officer....................................... Guoxin Su
Finance Manager .............................................Guo Yin He
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 737-300
5 x Bombardier BD-100
2 x Bombardier CL605
Main base Shenzhen (SZX)
Dornier Aviation Nigeria (DANA)
(DAV)
Kaduna Old Airport, PO Box 5662, Kaduna, Nigeria
Tel +234 62 310102 - 7 Fax +234 62 317325
Email info@dananig.com Website www.dananig.com
Date operations started 1979
Description Operates Dornier aircraft in Nigeria on a charter
basis, as well as running a fixed-base and maintenance
operation. Also undertakes agricultural flying, aerial
photography, medical evacuation and other aerial work.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Michel Dupoux
Fleet (orders) 1 x Dornier 228-200
2 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Kaduna (KAD)
Hubs Port Harcourt (PHC), Abuja (ABV)
DOT LT [R6] (DNU)
Kaunas Airport, Karmelavoa LT, 5446 Kaunas, Lithuania
Tel +370 6199 0660 Fax +370 6199 0662
Email info@dot.lt Website www.dot.lt
Parent organisation/shareholders Danish Air Transport
(75%), others (25%)
Date operations started 2004
Description Operates scheduled services in Norway, linking
Oslo with Fragernes and Roros. Also offers ACMI/wet-leasing
services with passenger, cargo and combi- configured regional
turboprops, as well as contract and ad hoc charter services.
History Established in 2003 as Danu Oro Transportas with
assistance from majority shareholder Danish Air Transport
(DAT). Took over the routes and aircraft of defunct Air
Lithuania in late 2005. Launched scheduled passenger
services between Palanga and Billund in Denmark in
December 2005.Rebranded as DOT LT in April 2006.
Scheduled services linking Kaunus and Palanga with Billund
were dropped in March 2007. Specialised for a time offering
ACMI and charter services within the EU, before re-
introducing scheduled domestic passenger services in
Norway from April 2009.
Executives
Deputy Director General....................... Albertas Pocevicius
Flight Operation Director..............................Evaldas Petkus
Head of Operation & Chief Pilot.......... Rimantas Vainovskis
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 42-500
1 x ATR 72-200
2 x Saab 340A
Main base Kaunas (KUN)
Hubs Oslo (FBU)
Dragonair [KA] (HDA)
Dragonair House, 11 Tung Fai Road, Hong Kong
International Airport, Lantau, Hong Kong
Tel +852 3193 3888 Fax +852 3193 3889
Website www.dragonair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Cathay Pacific (100%)
Alliances Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines,
Jetstar, Jetstar Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Brunei
Airlines, S7 Airlines
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Date operations started July 1985 Europe and Croatian holiday destinations. Also offered ACMI
B
Description Hong Kong-based international airline operating leasing services. Fell into financial difficulties from 2009
a passenger service and freighter network that covers
destinations across the Asia-Pacific region, including 21 in
onwards. Atlantska Plovidba transferred its interest in the
company to Singer in early 2011 and operations were C
mainland China. Scheduled freighter services are also flown substantially scaled back. Ceased operations on 23 October
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between Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan and Taiwan. 2011 with the grounding of its last remaining aircraft.
History Established on the initiative of KP Chao, but Cathay
Pacific and Swire Pacific acquired a 35% holding from the Dutch Antilles Express [9H] (BXL)
Chao family in January 1990, while CITIC obtained a 38% PO Box 4101, Kralendijk, Willemstad, Curacao,
share. A further redistribution of shares took place in April
1996, when CNAC purchased 35.86% of Dragonair,
Netherlands Antilles
Tel +599 9461 2502 Fax +599 9461 2508 E
becoming the largest shareholder. The stake was further Email info@flydae.com Website www.flydae.com
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increased when CNAC listed on the Hong Kong Stock Parent organisation/shareholders Arnold Leonora (100%)
Exchange on 17 December 1997. On 28 September 2006 Alliances Copa Airlines
Dragonair became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathay Date operations started 18 August 2003
Pacific. Dragonair became an affiliate member of the Description Regional airline operating high-frequency
oneworld global airline alliance on 1 November 2007.
Executives
scheduled flights linking Curacao, with Aruba, Bogota,
Bonaire, Caracas, Cartagena, Colombia, Panama, Santo
G
Chief Executive Officer ................................. Patrick Yeung Domingo, St Maarten, and Valencia in Venezuela.
General Manager Operations.................... Peter Sanderson
Fleet (orders) 13 x Airbus A320-200
History Formerly known as Bonaire Express and Curaçao
Express, DAE started operations under its new name on H
6 x Airbus A321-200 30 April 2005 with flights between the islands of the Dutch
15 x Airbus A330-300 Antilles and Aruba. On 9 December 2005 DAE launched
Main base Hong Kong (HKG) services to its first international destination, Valencia in
Venezuela. In December 2010 Arnold Leonora acquired
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Druk Air [KB] (DRK) the airline from Niek Sandman.
Druk-Air Corporation, Royal Bhutan Airlines, Nemeyzampa,
Paro, Bhutan
Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................... Floris Van Pallandt J
Tel +975 8 271856 Fax +975 8 271861 Managing Director................................... Raymundo Saleh
Email enquiry@drukair.com.bt Website www.drukair.com.bt Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Parent organisation/shareholders Ministry of Finance,
royal government of Bhutan (100%)
2 x Fokker 100
Main base Curacao (CUR)
K
Date operations started 14 January 1983
Description National airline of Bhutan, operating scheduled
services to cities in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Thailand.
Dynamic Airways [D2]
7996 North Point Boulevard, Winston Salem, North L
History Established by a Royal Proclamation on 5 April 1981. Carolina, 27106, USA
M
Commenced operations in January 1983 with two Dornier Tel +1 540 908 9933 Website www.dynamicaviation.com
228 turboprop aircraft. Introduced jet service with BAe 146s Parent organisation/shareholders Dynamic Aviation
in 1988. Group (100%)
Executives Alliances Direct Air
Chairman.................................................Lhatu Wangchuk
Chief Executive Officer..................................Tandin Jamso
Date operations started 2010
Description Charter and ACMI leasing arm of the Dynamic
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Flight Operations Manager ...................Sangay Wang Chuk Aviation Group, offering public and private air charter
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Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100 services for collegiate and professional sports teams
1 x ATR 42-500 and other groups. Commercial operations are focused
Main base Paro (PBH) entirely on Boeing 767s.
History Traces its origins to the creation of K&K Aircraft by
Dubrovnik Airline
Croatia
Karl Stoltzfus in 1967. Initially offered aerial spraying
services across the USA using converted Beechcraft BE-18s
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Date operations started April 2005 and Douglas DC-3s. Rebranded as Dynamic Aviation.
Date operations ceased 23 October 2011
Founded in December 2004 by minority shareholder
Offered passenger and cargo charters as well as a wide
range of aerial applications with a large fleet of converted Q
Captain Zeno Singer, backed by Croatian shipping company Beechcraft U21As from 1996. Received FAA certification for
Atlantska Plovidba, which took a major shareholding. commercial services on 28 October 2010.
Primarily operated tourist charter flights between western Main base Winston Salem (INT) R
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Eagle Air [H7] (EGU)
Adam House, 11 Portal Avenue, PO Box 7392, Kampala,
Uganda
Tel +256 414 232 185 Fax +256 414 344 501
Email admin@flyeagleuganda.com
Website www.flyeagleuganda.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Tony
Rubombora (62.5%), Captain Charles Muthama (37.5%)
Date operations started November 1994
Description Operates a scheduled domestic service
from Entebbe to Arua, Murchison Falls, and to Yei in South
Sudan. Charter flights cover Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi,
Zambia, Congo Brazzaville, Djibouti, Sudan and Ethiopia.
Executives
Managing Director....................................Tony Rubombora
VP Operations .......................................... Nassan Nataka
Head of Finance .......................... Hannington Ssemwanga
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C
3 x Let L-410UVP-E
1 x Piper PA-34-200T
Main base Entebbe (EBB)
Eagle Airways (WEG)
Private Bag 3048, Hamilton, 2020, New Zealand
Tel +64 7 857 1000 Fax +64 7 857 1081
Parent organisation/shareholders Air New Zealand (100%)
Date operations started 12 September 1973
Description Regional airline providing scheduled services
in New Zealand’s North and South Islands as an Air New
Zealand Link carrier.
History Eagle Airways was founded in 1969 as a flight training
school but began operating scheduled services on 12
September 1973. In 1989 Air New Zealand purchased 50%
of Eagle Air, and acquired 100% of the company in 1992.
Executives
General Manager ................................Carrie Hurihanganui
Fleet (orders) 18 x Beech 1900D
Main base Hamilton (HLZ)
Hubs Auckland (AKL), Christchurch (CHC), Wellington (WLG)
Eagles Airlines [E3] (EGS) – see
Prima Aero Traporti Italiani
Eaglexpress (EAX)
40-A, 1st Floor, Jalan PJU 1/43, Aman Suria Damansara,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Darul Ehsan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor,
Malaysia
Tel +603 7887 2882 Email enquiry@eaglexpressair.com
Website www.eaglexpressair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Shin Man
Soo (40%), Captain Azlan Zainal Abidin (20%), Dato Wan
Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (20%), Tan Sri Dato Seri Ase Bin
Haji Che Mat (20%)
Description Start-up ACMI leasing specialist which was
planning to launch services in February 2012, initially
offering cargo services to other airlines with the first of
three Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft.
History Established and funded by investors from Malaysia,
South Korea and the Middle East. Planning to offer wet-
leasing services using three Boeing 747-400 aircraft
acquired from Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad.
Main base Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
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East Horizon Airlines [EA] (EHN)
Wazir Akbar Khan, Street 13, Lane I, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel +93 770 14 22 52 Email m.hashemi@flyeasthorizon.com
Website www.flyeasthorizon.com
Description Start-up airline which is planning to launch
domestic cargo and passenger scheduled and charter
services from Kabul and Kandahar. Plans call for an initial
fleet of four CASA 212 turboprop freighters.
History Established in early 2011 as an entirely Afghan-
owned enterprise. Announced plans to acquire four CASA
212-100s in April 2011.
Executives
President......................................... Mohammad Hashemi
Main base Kabul (KBL)
Eastar Jet [ZE] (ESR)
2nd Floor, Yangseo Building, 534-9 Banghwa-dong,
angseo-gu, Seoul, Gangseo-gu, South Korea
Tel +82 2 2665 7378 Fax +82 2 2665 7470
Email recruit@eastarjet.com Website www.eastarjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Eastar Group,
various private investors
Date operations started 7 January 2009
Description Provides low-cost scheduled domestic
and international passenger services, mainly aimed
at the leisure market. Domestic services are flown from
Seoul Gimpo airport to destinations including Cheongju,
Gunsan and Jeju. International services, flown from Seoul
Incheon airport, serve destinations in China, Japan,
Malaysia and Thailand.
History Established by major shareholder Eastar Group.
Plans to launch services in August 2008 were delayed
until 7 January 2009 when the first domestic service
was flown between Seoul and Jeju. Launched international
services on 24 December 2009, with a flight from Seoul
Incheon to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. Started regular
charter services from Cheongju to Mudanjiang in China
on 16 August 2011.
Executives
President...................................................... Hae-Gu Yang
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-600
5 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Seoul (GMP)
Hubs Jeju (CJU)
Eastern Airways [T3] (EZE)
Schiphol House, Franklin Way, Humberside International
Airport, Kirmington, Lincolnshire, DN39 6YH, UK
Tel +44 8703 669 669 Fax +44 1652 680899
Website www.easternairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Bryan Huxford
(ultimate controlling party) (50%), Richard Lake (ultimate
controlling party) (50%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Kilroe (100%)
Alliances Air Southwest
Date operations started December 1997
Description Operates a high-frequency network of
scheduled domestic passenger services across the
UK, from Wick in the north to Southampton in the south,
with extensions to Belgium and Norway. Charter flights
are also provided.
History Began operations with a scheduled service
between Humberside and Aberdeen. In February 1999
it purchased Manchester-based Air Kilroe. Routes, together
with Jetstream 41 aircraft, were transferred from British
Airways CitiExpress with effect from 30 March 2003.
In September 2010 Eastern Airways purchased Air
Southwest from Sutton Harbour Group.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Bryan Huxford
Chief Executive Officer...................................Richard Lake
Chief Financial Officer................................John Derbyshire
Chief Operations Officer................................ Chris Holliday
Fleet (orders) 15 x BAe Jetstream 41
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
2 x Embraer ERJ-135ER
1 x Embraer ERJ-145MP
8 x Saab 2000
Main base Humberside (HUY)
Hubs Aberdeen (ABZ), Norwich (NWI)
Eastern Australia Airlines [QF]
(EAQ)
203 Coward Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2020,
Australia
Tel +61 2 9691 2333 Fax +61 2 9691 3277
Website www.qantas.com.au/flights/qantaslink.html
Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%)
Date operations started 1949
Description Regional airline serving 16 destinations in
New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria,
Tasmania and Lord Howe Island under the Qantaslink banner.
History Founded as Tamworth Air Taxi Service (the name
was soon after condensed to Tamair), serving the farming
and grazing communities of western and northwestern
New South Wales and southwest Queensland. Following
expansion and amalgamation with several smaller
commuter operators, the current name was adopted
in 1987. Australian Airlines purchased 26% of Eastern
Australian Airlines from East West in 1988, and the airline
became a wholly-owned subsidiary in 1991. In 2002
Southern Australia Airlines was merged into the operations
of Eastern Australia Airlines.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..............................Narendra Kumar
Fleet (orders) 5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
15 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Hubs Melbourne (MEL)
Eastern Express
Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Email info@flyaha.com Website www.flyaha.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Abu Al Houl, Al Hajjar Air
Description Start-up low-cost airline planning become the
UAE’s first domestic scheduled carrier when it launches
services, initially between Fujairah and Abu Dhabi, in the
first quarter of 2012.
History Founded as a joint venture between Al Hajjar Air
and Abu Al Houl.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Alex De Vos
Main base Fujairah (FJR)
Eastern SkyJets [EA] (ESJ)
Suite 3E107, Dubai Airport Free Zone, Dubai International
Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 299 7868 Fax +971 4 299 5822
Email sales@esaternskyjets.com
Website www.easternskyjets.com
Date operations started 2004
Description Regional operator offering corporate charters,
leisure flights and medevac services, as well as regular
charters operated to hostile regions including Afghanistan
and Iraq.
History Established offering a business jet charter service.
Eastern SkyJets was awarded an Air Operator Certificate
in December 2005.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Tariq Khan
Head of Flight Operations........................ Hamayoun Ashraf
Fleet (orders)
1 x BAe Jetstream 41
1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Eastok Avia [E4] (EAA)
PO Box 120710, Sharjah International Airport, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6557 9008 Fax +971 6557 9003
Email ops@eastok-avia.ae Website www.eastokaviafze.com
Date operations started 2006
Description Privately-owned Kyrgyz carrier based in
Sharjah Airport Free Zone in the UAE. Primarily provides
wet-lease charter services to other carriers in the region.
Also operates charter services from bases at Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan and Sharjah, UAE to regional destinations
including Istanbul and Sulaimaniyah.
Executives
President ................................................Aleksey Yanchuk
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300 EasyJet Switzerland [DS] (EZS) Executives

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3 x Boeing 737-200 Route de l’Aéroport 5, Meyrin, 1215 Geneva, Switzerland Chief Executive Officer......................................Karl Kistler
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
Tel +41 22 717 8820 Fax +41 22 788 2700
Website www.easyjet.com
Head of Finance........................................... Ruedi Voegeli
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200 C
Parent organisation/shareholders Swiss private investors 1 x Airbus A330-200
Easy Fly Express [8E] (EFX)
D
(51%), EasyJet (49%) 1 x Airbus A330-300
House 4, 5th Floor, Road 20, Sector 3, Uttara, Dhaka, Alliances EasyJet Main base Zurich (ZRH)
1229, Bangladesh Date operations started 23 March 1989
Tel +880 191 134 1454 Fax +880 2 896 2804 Description Operates scheduled services as an EasyJet Efly (LEF)
Email lucy@ez-fly.com Website www.ez-fly.com
Description Provides a scheduled cargo service linking Dhaka,
franchise from Geneva and Basel.
History Originally known as TEA Basel, the airline was
Commercial Department, 55 Mensija Road, San Gwann,
Malta E
Cox’s Bazar, Jessore and Chittagong. Charters also flown. founded as part of the TEA group of airlines, which provided Tel +356 20107350 Email info@efly.it Website www.efly.it

F
History Established in 2007 by Crystal Bangladesh Supports, charter flights from various European destinations. In March Date operations started 6 September 2009
which provides logistics support, import and export, 1998 EasyJet took a 40% stake in the airline, which Description Maltese charter and wet-lease services airline.
distribution and consultancy services. commenced franchise services on 1 April 1999. History Originally planned to commence operations on
Employees total 30 Executives 20 April 2009. The airline finally launched charter services
Executives
Chief Executive Officer & MD.................... Shaukat-ul Islam
Chairman................................................. Bernard Vischer
Managing Director.............................. Jean-Marc Thevenaz
in September 2009. Scheduled services between Malta
and Catania were added on 19 September 2009 but have
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DMD Operations......................................... Parveen Nahar Flight Operations Director............................ Philippe Sutter since been discontinued.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2
Main base Dhaka (DAC)
Fleet (orders) 15 x Airbus A319-100
5 x Airbus A320-200
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Antonio Mattei H
Main base Geneva (GVA) Main base 1 x BAe 146-300
Easyfly (EFY) Hubs Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL) Malta (MLA)
Avenida El Dorado 103-08, Entrada 1 Interior 14,
Aeropuerto Internacional, Bogota, Colombia EasySky (EKY) EGA – Ecuato Guineana de Aviacion I
Tel +57 1 414 8095 Fax +57 1 414 8111 La Ceiba, Honduras (EGA)
Website easyfly.com.co
Date operations started October 2007
Tel +504 2445 0537 Website www.easysky.hn
Date operations started September 2011
Apartado 665, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Tel +240 094 003 Fax +240 091 489 J
Description Low-cost airline linking Bogotá and Medellin with 14 Description Honduran start-up airline operating domestic Description The national carrier of Equatorial Guinea
destinations from Monteiro in the north to Neiva in the south. services from its La Ceiba base to the island of Roatan. operating passenger and cargo services between Malabo
History Established by president and chief executive
Dr Alfonso Avila Valendia.
EasyFly also plans to serve both of the other airports in
Honduras, connecting the capital, Tegucigalpa with Roatan
and Bata, and from Malabo to destinations in west Africa.
Executives
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Executives President & CEO........................ Alfonso Avila and San Pedro Sula from December 2011. International Executive Director................................................... J Lowa
Fleet (orders) 10 x BAe Jetstream 41
Main base Bogota (BOG)
services to other Central American countries are planned
from 2012. Weekly services linking Fort Lauderdale with
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer ERJ-145
Main base Malabo (SSG) L
Hubs Medellin (EOH), Bucaramanga (BGA) both Roatan and San Pedro Sula are planned in conjunction
EgyptAir [MS] (MSR)
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with an unnamed US carrier. Initial equipment is a single
EasyJet [U2] (EZY) Boeing 737-200. EgyptAir Complex Building, Cairo Airport Road,
Hangar 89, London Luton International Airport, History Established with British investment after acquiring PO Box 11776, Cairo, Egypt
Bedfordshire, Luton, LU2 9PF, UK Central American Airways. Tel +202 2267 4700 Fax +202 2635 3861
Tel +44 1582 525252 Fax +44 1582 443355
Email easyjet@mailnj.custhelp.com Website www.easyjet.com
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base La Ceiba (LCE)
Website www.egyptair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Egyptair Holding (100%)
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Parent organisation/shareholders Stelios Haji-Ioannou Hubs Tegucigalpa (TGU) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Cairo (60%)

(26.2%), Polys Haji-Ioannou (11.3%), Standard Life
Investments (6%), Schroders (5.5%), Prudential (5.1%),
Sanderson Asset Management (3.1%), others (42.8%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings EasyJet Switzerland (49%)
Alliances EasyJet Switzerland
Date operations started 10 November 1995
Description Europe’s second-largest low-fare airline, operating
frequent daily scheduled services for both leisure and
business passengers, now serving over 120 key European
cities, including 15 in the UK and Ireland, from 19 bases.
History Launched services with two leased Boeing 737s
operating two routes between Luton, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
A 40% stake in TEA Switzerland was acquired in March 1998
and the carrier was renamed EasyJet Switzerland. Floated on
the London stock exchange in October 2000. In 2002 the
company acquired rival low-cost carrier Go Fly. The FL Group
acquired an 11.5% stake in October 2004, which was
increased to 16.2% before being sold off in May 2006.
Blackrock Investment Management acquired a minority share
in the airline in August 2007. EasyJet acquired GB Airways in
a deal concluded on 31 January 2008.
Employees total 6,887
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Michael Rake
ECAir [LC]
1604, Avenue des Trois Martyrs, Quartier Batignolles,
Brazzaville, Congo
Tel +242 0686 97730 Email info@flyecair.com
Website www.flyecair.com
Date operations started 24 September 2011
Description ECAir is the trading name of Equatorial Congo
Airlines, the new start-up national carrier for the Republic of
Congo. The airline operates three daily return services
between its Brazzaville and Point-Noire. Additional domestic
and international routes are planned.
History Established with assistance from Lufthansa
Consulting and in conjunction with Swiss carrier Privatair,
which provide, operate and maintain EC Air’s initial aircraft,
thereby avoiding the ban applied by the EU to all airlines in
the Republic of Congo.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................Fatima Beyima-Moussa
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Brazzaville (BZV)
Edelweiss Air [WK] (EDW)
Operations Centre, Postfach, CH-8058 Zurich, Switzerland
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Alliances Gulf Air, Malaysia Airlines, Olympic Air, Syrianair,
Tunisair, Yemenia
Date operations started July 1933
Description Egyptian flag carrier operating scheduled
services to more than 60 destinations in Europe, Africa,
the Middle and Far East, Australia and the USA. A domestic
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network links eight points, including all major tourist
attractions. The cargo network also serves over 10
destinations in nine countries. Q
History Established in association with the Airwork
Company under the name of Misr Airwork. During the
Second World War the Egyptian government took charge
of the airline and its name was changed to Misr Air in 1949.
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In January 1961 Misr Air joined with Syrian Airways to form
United Arab Airlines as a result of new political links
between Egypt and Syria, but this accord was short-lived. S
It retained the name for a short time until it was changed
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to EgyptAir in October 1971. The airline became the 21st
member of the Star Alliance on 10 July 2008 and the
first in the Middle East.
Executives
Chairman.............................................. Hussein Massoud
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Alaa Ashour U
Deputy CEO..............................................Hisham Elnahas

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Chief Executive Officer ............................... Carolyn McCall Tel +41 43 816 50 60 Fax +41 43 816 50 61 VP Commercial........................................... Ashraf Hassan
Chief Financial Officer .................................Chris Kennedy Email office@edelweissair.ch Website www.edelweissair.ch Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300B4
Operations Director.....................................Warwick Brady Parent organisation/shareholders SWISS (100%) 2 x Airbus A300B4-600
Fleet (orders) 151 x Airbus A319-100 Alliances Swiss 13 x Airbus A320-200
32 (34) x Airbus A320-200
(1) x Airbus A321-200
Date operations started 10 February 1996
Description Swiss-owned charter airline operating passenger
4 x Airbus A321-200
7 x Airbus A330-200
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Main base Luton (LTN, London Gatwick (LGA services to the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Maldives, Kenya, 4 (1) x Airbus A330-300
Hubs London (STN), Dortmund (DTM), Geneva (GVA), Paris
(CDG), Lyon (LYN), Berlin Schönefeld (SXF), Paris Orly (ORY),
Caribbean and Canary Islands.
History Acquired by Swiss International Air Lines in
3 x Airbus A340-200
4 x Boeing 737-500 X
Amsterdam (AMS), Birmingham (BHX, Liverpool (LPL), October 2008, becoming a separate operating division. 18 (2) x Boeing 737-800
Newcastle (NCL), Belfast (BFS), Bristol (BRS), Edinburgh The acquisition was part of the Swiss Group’s broader 4 x Boeing 777-200
(EDI), East Midlands (EMA), Glasgow (GLA), Manchester
(MAN), Milan Malpensa (MXP)
strategic partnership with former owner Kuoni, Switzerland’s
biggest tour operator.
6 x Boeing 777-300
Main base Cairo (CAI)
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EgyptAir Express [MS] (MSE)
EgyptAir Complex Building, Cairo Airport Road,
PO Box 11776, Cairo, Egypt
Tel +202 2697 3404 Fax +202 2696 4804
Email express@egyptair.com Website www.egyptair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Egyptair Holding (100%)
Date operations started 1 June 2007
Description Regional division of EgyptAir providing services
to 12 points within Egypt and to the Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,
Hungary, Italy and Malta.
History EgyptAir revealed plans to launch a regional jet
division, EgyptAir Express, in April 2006 with an order
for six Embraer E-170 aircraft, and options on a further six.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................... Hilmy Rizk
GM Operations.................................................. Atef Ghith
GM Finance............................................. Mohamed Yousif
Fleet (orders) 12 x Embraer 170-100LR
Main base Cairo (CAI)
Hubs Sharm el Sheikh (SSH), Alexandria (ALY)
El Al [LY] (ELY)
El-Al Head Office, Ben-Gurion Airport, PO Box 41, 70100
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel +972 3 971 6111 Fax +972 3 972 1442
Email corporate@elal.co.il Website www.elal.co.il
Parent organisation/shareholders Knafaim Holdings
(39.3%), Public (35.8%), Ginsburg Group (8.7%), Delek Group
(7.4%), Employee Trust Holdings (6.1%), others (2.7%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Sun D’Or International
Airlines (100%)
Alliances Air China, American Airlines, Belavia Belarussian
Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Iberia, JetBlue Airways, S7
Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways International, Virgin America
Date operations started August 1949
Description Israeli flag carrier operating scheduled
passenger services to destinations throughout the world,
as well as charter flights through subsidiary Sun D’Or.
The company also has a thriving cargo business and
continues in a range of national activities including flying
humanitarian aid and medical missions.
History Established in 1948 as the national flag carrier of
Israel, and was state-controlled until June 2003 when the
company’s shares were listed on the Tel Aviv stock
exchange. The process was completed in January 2005 with
the transfer of company control to Knafaim-Arkia Holdings.
The state owns a “golden share” to ensure its vital
interests, including the ability to maintain national air
transportation in times of emergency.
Employees total 3,814
Executives
Chairman...................................................Amikam Cohen
Chief Executive Officer............................... Elyiezer Shkedy
CEO North and Central America............................Offer Gat
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-700
12 x Boeing 737-800
(4) x Boeing 737-900
1 x Boeing 747-200
7 x Boeing 747-400
2 x Boeing 757-200
3 x Boeing 767-200
6 x Boeing 767-300
6 x Boeing 777-200
Main base Tel Aviv-Yafo (TLV)
Emirates [EK] (UAE)
Emirates Group Headquarters, PO Box 686, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4286 4066 Fax +971 4295 0758
Email anna.garcia@emirates.com Website www.emirates.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Emirates Group (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Emirates SkyCargo
(100%)
Alliances Air Malta, Air Mauritius, Arik Air, Coyne Airways,
Frontier Airlines, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, JetBlue Airways,
Kingfisher Airlines, Korean Air, Oman Air, Philippine Airlines,
Royal Air Maroc, S7 Airlines, South African Airways, Thai
Airways International, TNT Airways, United Airlines, Virgin
America, Virgin Australia International, WestJet Airlines
Date operations started 25 October 1985
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Description Dubai’s flag carrier, opearating a continuously
expanding global network serving countries throughout
Africa, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Americas,
the Pacific Rim, and the Indian sub-continent. Emirates
SkyCargo is a freight subsidiary, serving destinations
worldwide, also responsible for selling cargo space
on Emirates passenger services.
History Incorporated by an Emiri Decree issued in 26
June 1985 as the international airline of the United
Arab Emirates. Launched services in October 1985
with flights to Bombay, Delhi and Karachi. Launched
European services with flights to Frankfurt and London
Gatwick on 1 July 1987. Far Eastern services, initially
to Bangkok, Manila and Singapore, began in June 1990.
Acquired a 24.9% stake in Air Lanka (renamed Sri Lankan)
in April 1998, at the same time as contracting to manage
the airline for 10 years. Became the launch customer
for the Airbus A380 in July 2000, with an order for five
passenger and two freighter variants of the A380-800.
Introduced services to North America in 2004. Became
the first carrier to serve six continents non-stop from
a single hub, when the airline introduced South American
services in October 2007. The management contract
with Sri Lankan was completed in March 2008,
without renewal.
Employees total 30,258
Executives
Chairman & CEO..................Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Executive Vice Chairman.........................Maurice Flanagan
President........................................................... Tim Clark
EVP Engineering & Operations.......................Adel Al-Redha
Fleet (orders)
26 x Airbus A330-200
8 x Airbus A340-300
10 x Airbus A340-500
(20) x Airbus A350-1000XWB
(50) x Airbus A350-900XWB
21 (69) x Airbus A380-800
(10) x Boeing 747-8
22 (10) x Boeing 777-200
78 (85) x Boeing 777-300
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Empire Airlines [EM] (CFS)
11559 North Atlas Road, Hayden, Idaho, 83835, USA
Tel +1 208 292 3850 Fax +1 208 292 3851
Email timk@empireairlines.com Website www.empireairlines.com
Date operations started May 1977
Description Operates scheduled and charter cargo flights
in the USA and Canada, flying primarily for FedEx.
History Established as Clearwater Flying Service in
Orofino, Idaho, offering a range of services including
ad hoc charters, fire patrol, air ambulance, air pollution
monitoring and flight instruction. The company began
contract flying for organisations including the US Forestry
Service (1983) and the Grenada Department of Defence
(1984). Commuter services out of Boise, Idaho, were
launched on 3 January 1984. During 1988 FedEx
contracted Empire to fly and maintain Caravan 208s
out of Portland, Spokane, and Seattle.
Executives
President & CEO....................................Timothy Komberec
Director Operations...................................... Randy Lanfell
Chief Financial Officer....................................Scott Marikis
Fleet (orders) 11 x ATR 42-300
7 x ATR 72-200
33 x Cessna CE208
Main base Coer d’Aline (COE)
Hubs Spokane (GEG)
Enerjet
1440 Aviation Park NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 7E2, Canada
Tel +1 403 648 2800 Fax +1 403 648 2840
Email info@enerjet.ca Website www.enerjet.ca
Date operations started 30 November 2008
Description Canadian charter airline, providing workforce
transportation charter flights in support of the oil, gas,
mining and construction industries; domestic and
international passenger charters flights; and charters on
behalf of leading tour operators.
History Established as New Air and Tours by a small team
led by former WestJet founders Tim Morgan and Bill
Lamberton. Rebranded as enerjet on 20 October 2008.
Awarded its air operator’s certificate on 28 November
2008, also receiving regulatory approvals to commence
domestic and international charter flights. Launched
services with a flight from Fort McMurray, in northern
Alberta to St Johns, Newfoundland.
Executives
President & CEO....................................... Thomas Morgan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Calgary (YYC)
Enter Air (ENT)
17 ul. Stycznia 45 B, 02-146 Warsaw, Poland
Tel +48 22 3 320 880 Fax +48 22 3 225 757
Email enterair@enterair.pl Website www.enterair.pl
Date operations started 25 April 2010
Description Operates charter flights, primarily in conjunction
with Polish tour operators, to holiday destinations in the
Mediterranean. Ad hoc charters throughout Europe and to
Africa and Asia are also offered.
History Established by Polish investors in November 2009.
Executives
President.............................................Grzegorz Polaniecki
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-400
2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Warsaw (WAW)
Equaflight Service [5E] (EKA)
BP 4247, Pointe Noire, Congo
Tel +242 6 945 7004 Website www.equaflight.com
Description Operates scheduled services from Pointe Noire
to Luanda, Brazzaville, Port-Gentil and Libreville, with an
extension planned from Libreville to Douala. Passenger and
cargo charter services are also flown out of Pointe Noire.
History Established by French companies Occitania to
operate passenger and cargo charter services, primarily
for Total Oil.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 42-320
1 x Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
1 x Embraer EMB-135
Main base Pointe Noire (PNR)
Era Aviation [7H] (ERH)
6160 Carl Brady Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA
Tel +1 907 248 4422 Fax +1 907 266 8350
Website www.flyera.com
Parent organisation/shareholders HoTH (100%)
Alliances Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Hageland Aviation
Services
Date operations started 1948
Description A division of Era Alaska, operating a network of
services from Anchorage as part of the Alaska Airlines
Commuter service and from Bethel as part of the Alaska
Airlines Village Service. Contract and on-demand charters
are also offered, as are medevac services.
History Founded as Economy Helicopters by Carl Brady.
Relocated to Alaska after being awarded a federal
government contract to map Alaska. As the operator of the
first commercial helicopter in the state, the company quickly
diversified, flying in support of Alaskan oil and geophysical
survey activities, and becoming one of the pioneers of
offshore helicopter support services. The need for larger
helicopters led to a 1958 merger with Rotor Aids, Inc. The
merged company combined the initials of its founders,
becoming ERA Helicopters. Alaskan fixed wing air charter
operations were introduced in 1978, after the acquisition
of Jet Alaska. Scheduled passenger services began in May
1983. ERA Helicopters rebranded in 1988, as Era Aviation,
reflecting the now much diversified nature of the business.
In February 2009 Frontier Alaska, the holding company of
HoTH, acquired 100% of Era Aviation, which became a sister
airline of Frontier Flying Service and Hageland Aviation, all
operating within Frontier Alaska’s air group.
Executives
President ................................................Bob Hajdukovich
Financial Controller..................................... David Richards
Operations Director........................................... Jeff Sharp
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Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech 1900D Estonian Air [OV] (ELL) History Founded by Emperor Haile Selassie I on 26 December
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5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 13 Lennujaama Street, 11101 Tallinn, Estonia 1945 and set up and managed by Trans World Airlines.
Main base Anchorage (ANC) Tel +372 640 1101 Fax +372 601 6092
Email ov@estonian-air.ee Website www.estonian-air.com
Operations started with five war-surplus Douglas C-47s
donated by the US government. In July 1953 the Ethiopian C
Eritrean Airlines [B8] (ERT) Parent organisation/shareholders Estonian government government negotiated a new agreement with TWA to

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PO Box 222, Asmara, Eritrea (90%), SAS Group (10%) eventually change the personnel entirely to Ethiopians.
Tel +291 1 126 681 Fax +291 1 124 406 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Estonian Air Regional Ethiopian Airlines started its long-haul flights to Frankfurt in
Website www.flyeritrea.com/index.htm (100%) 1958. The first jet service was inaugurated on January 15
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Eritrea Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit Airlines, Belavia 1963, from Bole to Nairobi. In 1965 the status of the airline
(100%)
Date operations started April 2003
Belarussian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, KLM, Rossiya,
Scandinavian Airlines
was changed from corporation to a share company, and the
title Ethiopian Air Lines became Ethiopian Airlines. E
Description National carrier operating charter flights from Date operations started 1 December 1991 Employees total 5,555

Asmara, primarily for the Hajj pilgrimage.
History Originally established as a ground-handling company,
Eritrean Airlines began offering passenger operations in
April 2003. Scheduled passenger flights were discontinued
in 2008.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................Shakil Kashirwala
Flight Operations Manager ...........................Gebre Berhan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Asmara (ASM)
Esen Air (ESD)
134/4 Chui Ave, Kyrgyz Republic, 720001 Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
Tel +996 312 628 406 Fax +996 312 628 408
Email esenair@yandex.ru
Date operations started 10 October 2006
Description Domestic carrier operating between Bishkek
and Karakol, and international charter flights to Russia
and other Central Asian republics. Aircraft are operated
by Avia Traffic.
History Esen Air was established in April 2006 and obtained
its air operator’s certificate to commence unscheduled
domestic and international passenger flights.
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Description National carrier of Estonia, operating scheduled Executives
and charter passenger services to some 20 destinations Chairman.................................................. Seyoum Mesfin
throughout Europe. Charter services are also operated to Chief Executive Officer..................... Tewolde Gebremariam
over 50 destinations in Europe, the Middle East and north Chief Financial Officer...............................Kassim Geressu
Africa, most of which are located in and around the
Mediterranean basin.
Fleet (orders) (12) x Airbus A350-900XWB
8 x Boeing 737-700
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History Founded as a government-owned joint-stock 6 (9) x Boeing 737-800
company, with shares also taken by state-owned
investment bank Cresco. Inherited the remaining fleet
9 x Boeing 757-200
11 x Boeing 767-300 H
of its predecessor, the Estonian division of Aeroflot. 5 (6) x Boeing 777-200
Partially privatised in 1996, with Maersk Air taking a 49% (10) x Boeing 787-8
stake. SAS Group acquired Maersk Air’s shareholding
in September 2003. In the spring of 2007 a subsidiary
7 (2) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2 x Boeing MD-11F
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company, Estonian Air Regional, was established to take Main base Addis Ababa (ADD)
over domestic and short-haul flights to neighbouring
regions. In June 2010 a deal was reached with SAS Etihad Airways [EY] (ETD) J
whereby the Estonian government increased its New Airport Road, PO Box 35566, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
shareholding to 90%. Under the terms of the agreement, Emirates
the SAS stake was reduced to 10%, which Estonia has
the option to buy back. SAS has the option to dispose
Tel +971 2511 0000 Fax +971 2508 8565
Email info@etihad.ae Website www.etihadairways.com
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of its stake after June 2014. Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Abu
Employees total 261
Executives
Dhabi (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Seychelles (40%), L
Chairman........................................................Endrus Ljus airberlin (29.21%)

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Executives Chief Executive Officer.....................................Tero Taskila Alliances Aer Arann Regional, Air Astana, Air Malta, Air New
Executive Director....................................Aibek Aidarbekov Chief Financial Officer ...................................Wade Stokes Zealand, Air Seychelles, airberlin, Alitalia, American Airlines,
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200 Chief Operations Officer .................................... Jyri Ketola All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British
Main base Osh (OSS) Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-500 Midland International BMI, Brussels Airlines, CSA Czech

Estafeta Carga Aerea [E7] (ESF)

3 x Bombardier CRJ-900
1 x Embraer 170-100LR
Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Flybe, Hainan Airlines, Jet Airways,
Jetstar, Kuwait Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Middle East
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Centro de Intercambio “Estafeta”, Aeropuerto 2 x Saab 340A Airlines, Olympic Air, Philippine Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, S7

Internacional, Ponciano Arriaga, San Luis Potosi,
78428 Mexico, Mexico
Tel +52 444 834 8000 Fax +52 444 834 8002
Email joaquin.martinez@estafeta.com
Website www.estafeta.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Estafeta Group (100%)
Date operations started February 2002
Description Operates domestic cargo scheduled and charter
services in Mexico and to the USA. Has interline agreements
providing connecting services to the rest of the Americas,
Europe and Asia.
History The carrier was founded in February 2000. Added
international services in January 2002.
Executives
General Manager ..................................... Ernesto Moreno
Operations Manager ......................... Daniel Mario Belarde
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Main base San Luis Potosi (SLP)
ESTELAR Latinoamerica (ETR)
Av Francisco de Miranda, Centro Plaza, Torre B, Piso 10,
Officina A, Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 961 6979 Fax +58 212 283 5064
Main base Tallinn (TLL)
Estonian Air Regional [OV] (ELL)
Lennujaama tee 13, 11101 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel +372 6401 101 Fax +372 6016 092
Email ov@estonian-air.ee Website www.estonian-air.ee
Parent organisation/shareholders Estonian Air (100%)
Alliances Rossiya
Date operations started September 2007
Description Wholly-owned subsidiary of Estonian Air
operating flights linking Tallinn with destinations including
Kuressaare, Helsinki, Minsk, Stockholm and Vilnius. Also
links Pärnu and Kuressaare with Stockholm. Services are
operated with Saab 340A turboprops leased from and
operated by Swedish carrier Golden Air.
Main base Tallinn (TLL)
Ethiopian Airlines [ET] (ETH)
Bole International Airport, PO Box 1755, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Tel +251 116 615 110 Fax +251 116 611 474
Email publicrelations@ethiopianairlines.com
Website www.ethiopianairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
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Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines,
Ukraine International Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin
Australia, Virgin Australia (New Zealand), Virgin Australia
International, Yemenia
Date operations started 5 November 2003
Description The national carrier of Abu Dhabi is one
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of the world’s fastest-growing international airlines,
operating scheduled services within the Middle East
and to destinations in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Far East, Q
Indian subcontinent and North America. The airline’s cargo
services are marketed as Etihad Crystal Cargo.
History Created and wholly-owned by the government of
Abu Dhabi. Originally operated an all wide-bodied fleet,
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primarily on medium and long-haul services. Abu Dhabi
announced, on 13 September 2005, its withdrawal from
Gulf Air so as to concentrate on developing Etihad Airways. S
Introduced short and medium-haul routes, for the first time
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utilising single-aisle aircraft from September 2007.
Employees total 9,038
Executives
Chairman............................................... Hamed Bin Zayed
Chief Executive Officer..................................James Hogan
Chief Operations Officer................................... Richard Hill U
Chief Financial Officer...................................James Rigney

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Email info@estelarlatinoamerica.com Ethiopia (100%) VP Flight Operations............................. Christoph Schoppel
Website www.estelarlatinoamerica.com.ve Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings ASKY Airlines (25%) Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
Date operations started March 2009 Alliances Air India, Air Nigeria, ASKY Airlines, Gulf Air, 14 (19) x Airbus A320-200
Description Venezuelan airline operating charter Kuwait Airways, Linhas Aereas de Moçambique, Rwandair, 18 (2) x Airbus A330-200
services from Caracas Simon Bolivar de Maiquetia
International Airport, primarily to Latin American holiday
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Date operations started 8 April 1946
6 x Airbus A330-300
4 x Airbus A340-500
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destinations, including Aruba, Cancun. Cartagena, Description National carrier of Ethiopia, operating scheduled 7 x Airbus A340-600
Guadeloupe, Manaus, Martinique, Porlamar, Port of Spain,
Punta Cana and Santo Domingo.
international passenger and freight services around 60
destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East
(19) x Airbus A350-1000XWB
(10) x Airbus A380-800 X
Executives and since 1998 across the North Atlantic to Washington DC 1 (2) x Boeing 777-200
President................................................Eduardo Rosales and New York. An extensive domestic network serves 28 10 (8) x Boeing 777-300
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Caracas (CCS)
points. Ethiopian also undertakes passenger and cargo
charter flights.
(41) x Boeing 787-9
Main base Abu Dhabi (AUH)
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Euro-Asia Air [5B] (KZE)
Aimanova 6, 2nd Floor, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Tel +7 7172 793 078 Fax +7 7172 793 078
Email diir@euroasiaair.kz Website www.euroasiaair.kz
Parent organisation/shareholders KazMunayGas (100%)
Date operations started May 1997
Description Operates passenger services to Russia and
within the Asian republics.
History The company’s origins date back to the creation
of Atyrau Airways in 1996. The carrier became part of
the Air Kazakhstan Group in 1999. In November 2000,
the airline and its Atyrau Airport base were merged into
the single entity, JSC Euro-Asia Air, and ownership was
transferred to the state oil company, Kaztransoil. The
current owner is KazMunayGas, created in 2002 by the
merger of the state oil and gas companies.
Executives
President........................................Askar Dzhanzharkenov
VP Finance........................................Saltanat Kushkalieva
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-700
1 x Tupolev Tu-134A
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Atyrau (GUW)
euroAtlantic airways [YU] (MMZ)
Rua das Sesmarias 3, Quinta da Beloura, 2710-444 Sintra,
Portugal
Tel +351 21 924 7300 Fax +351 21 924 7390
Email commercial@euroatlantic.pt
Website www.euroatlantic.pt
Parent organisation/shareholders Quanlux (Luxembourg)
(45%), Dr Tomaz Julio Teixeira A G Metello (25%), Anglotel
(Luxembourg) (20%), Danielle Chadrin Metello (10%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings STP Airways (37%)
Date operations started May 1997
Description Provides worldwide charter flights, mainly
concentrating on destinations in the USA, Canada, Mexico
and Australia. Also specialises in ACMI and other wet-lease
operations.
History Began services as Air Madeira (the trading name
of Air Zarco) in 1997, using a TriStar 500 for transatlantic
charter flights. Obtained its own air operator’s certificate in
1999 and rebranded as euroAtlantic Airways – Transportes
Aereos on 17 May 2000. Added cargo aircraft to its ACMI
leasing fleet in late 2009. Became the first foreign airline
authorised by the US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) to
perform long-term wet lease operations in the USA in
October 2010.
Executives
President & CEO..........................................Tomaz Metello
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 767-300
1 x Boeing 777-200
Main base Lisbon (LIS)
EuroLOT [K2] (ELO)
17 Stycznia 39, 00-906 Warsaw, Poland
Tel +48 22 606 6467 Fax +48 22 606 6159
Email info@eurolot.com.pl Website www.eurolot.com.pl
Parent organisation/shareholders The Polish state
(62.1%), LOT Polish Airlines (37.9%)
Date operations started 1 July 1997
Description Regional airline providing scheduled services
to a number of domestic and regional central European
destinations, operating primarily on an ACMI basis for
LOT Polish Airlines. Ad hoc charter flights are also
operated for other contractors. EuroLOT also leases
out Embraer ERJ-175s; two to the Polish government
and one to LOT.
History Commenced regular air services under in its own air
operator’s certificate, tasked with reconstructing the network
of domestic and regional flights while also reducing
operational costs. In 2000 the company became a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the national carrier. All ATR aircraft
operations by LOT were then transferred to EuroLOT, which
provides services on an ACMI basis. The Polish state
subsequently acquired a majority shareholding. The carrier’s
first jet equipment, three Embraer ERJ-175s, were acquired
in 2009, and operated on a dry-lease basis by LOT. In June
2010 two of these ERJ-175s were chartered to operate
for the Polish government.
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Executives
President ................................................Dbrowki Mariusz
Finance Director.............................................Rafal Oldziej
Flight Operations Manager........................... Jan Czyzewski
Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-500
9 x ATR 72-200
Main base Warsaw (WAW)
Europe Airpost [5O] (FPO)
22 Avenue Des Nations, BP 49015 (Villepinte),
95911 Roissy CDG , France
Tel +33 1 48 17 75 75 Fax +33 1 48 17 75 65
Website www.europeairpost.fr
Parent organisation/shareholders ASL Aviation Group
(100%)
Date operations started 2000
Description Operates mail and cargo flights for the French
Post Office during the night, and daytime scheduled and
charter services.
History Originally formed by the French postal service
La Poste. Formerly known as Société d’Exploitation
Aéropostale. Adopted current name in 2000 when it
commenced services in its own right. Groupe La Poste
announced the sale of the airline to Imperial Holdings of
South Africa on 2 February 2007, although this was
subsequently cancelled. In February 2008, the sale
was completed of the airline to Air Contractors of Dublin,
which is partially owned by Imperial Holdings.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................... Jean-Francois Dominiak
Fleet (orders) 16 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Paris (CDG)
European Air Transport Leipzig
[QY] (BCS)
August-Euler-Strasse 1, Schkeuditz, Germany
Tel +49 341 4499 1020 Fax +49 341 4499 1219
Email charters@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Deutsche Post DHL
(100%)
Date operations started March 2010
Description Cargo airline created as part of the DHL Aviation
group. Operates in support of DHL’s activities from its hub
in Leipzig.
History Founded as European Air Transport (EAT) by four
pilots, who diversified their business in 1972 by setting
up a flying school. VIP, air ambulance and express cargo
charters were added to the services offered by the airline.
In 1986 EAT was acquired by DHL to transport urgent
shipments across Europe. In March 2010 EAT’s operations
were transferred from Belgium to the European Air
Transport Leipzig base. The airline was awarded it air
operator’s certificate on 31 March 2010 by the German
civil aviation authority.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Markus Otto
Director of Flight Operations.........................Wolfgang Oehl
Finance Manager ........................................Michael Rahm
Fleet (orders) 11 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Leipzig/Halle (LEJ)
Eurowings [EW] (EWG)
Grossenbaumerweg 6, 40472 Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel +49 231 92 45 0 Fax +49 231 9245 6000
Email presse@germanwings.com Website www.eurowings.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (99.91%)
Alliances Lufthansa
Date operations started 1 January 1994
Description Regional airline, part of Lufthansa Regional,
operating scheduled domestic and regional flights on behalf
of Lufthansa.
History Formed by the merger of NFD Luftverkehrs of
Nuremberg (founded 1975) and RFG Regionalflug of
Dortmund (founded 1976) on 1 January 1994. The
proposed merger of Eurowings and Germanwings into
Lufthansa has been vetoed by the German competition
authority. In 2009 Eurowings sold its stake in Germanwings
to Lufthansa. Previously based at Dortmund Airport, the
carrier is now headquartered at Düsseldorf.
Executives
Chairman of Supervisory Board................... Albrecht Knauf
Joint Chief Executive Officer....................... Thomas Lindner
Joint Chief Executive Officer........................Jochen Wallisch
Chief Financial Officer......................................Adolf Rosell
Fleet (orders) 23 x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Dusseldorf DUS
Hubs Frankfurt (FRA)
EVA Air [BR] (EVA)
EVA Air Building, 376 Hsin-nan Rd, Luchu, Section 1,
Taoyuan, Hsien, Taiwan
Tel +886 3 351 5151 Fax +886 3 351 0005
Email victor.chiang@evaair.com Website www.evaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Evergreen Marine Corp
(19%), foreign investors (16%), Chang family (13%),
Evergreen International (11%), others (41%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings China Cargo Airlines
(16%), UNI Air (15.67%), Air Macau (0.025%)
Alliances Air Canada, Air China, American Airlines, All Nippon
Airways, Asiana Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Cargojet Airways,
China Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Qantas,
UNI Air, US Airways
Date operations started 1 July 1991
Description Major Taiwanese carrier operating passenger
flights to more than 40 international destinations in Asia,
Europe, Australia, the Middle East and the USA. Dedicated
cargo flights also serve the major markets across the world.
History Founded by YF Chang as the first Taiwanese private
international airline. Has expanded rapidly since 1991.
Launched European air freighter operations in October
1996, with services between Taipei and Amsterdam.
Domestic passenger services were transferred to UNI Air
July 1998. EVA Air took a minority shareholding in Chinese
start-up cargo airline Shanghai Airlines Cargo International
in June 2006.
Employees total 5,121
Executives
Chairman........................................................James Jeng
President ..................................................Kuo-Wei Chang
EVP Finance .....................................................David Tsai
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A330-200
3 x Airbus A330-300
16 x Boeing 747-400
15 x Boeing 777-300
8 x Boeing MD-11F
3 x Boeing MD-90-30
Main base Taipei (TPE)
EVAS Air Charters [8K] (EVS)
PO Box 355, 70 C L Dobbin Drive, Gander, Newfoundland
& Labrador, A1V 1W7, Canada
Tel +1 888 651 3827 Fax +1 709 651 3827
Email charters@evasair.com Website www.evasair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Canadian Aerospace
(100%)
Date operations started 1994
Description Provides corporate and group passenger and
cargo charters and offers a range of aerial services including
air ambulance, photography, sightseeing, surveillance and
surveying. Also operates services in Newfoundland and
Labrador on behalf of Jazz Air/Air Canada Express.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................................Patrick White
Chief Operations Officer.............................. Florence White
Charter Manager.........................................Thomas White
Fleet (orders) 5 x Beech 1900D
1 x Piper PA-44-100
Main base Gander (YQX)
Evergreen International Airlines
(EIA)
3850 Three Mile Lane, McMinnville, Oregon, 97128,
USA
Tel +1 503 472 0011 Fax +1 503 434 4210
Email simon.allsop@evergreenairlines.com
Website www.evergreenaviation.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Evergreen International
Aviation (Delford Smith) (100%)
Date operations started 1960
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Description Contract freight airline, offering long and
short term charters as well as scheduled flights, together
with wet-lease services for other airlines worldwide.
It also flies for the US military and the US Postal Service
and undertakes ad hoc charter flights.
History Traces its history back to 1924 and the foundation
of Johnson Flying Service. The company’s air operator’s
certificate was acquired by Evergreen Helicopters in 1960.
The airline was rebranded as Evergreen International
Airlines on 28 November 1975. The holding company,
Evergreen International Aviation, was formed in 1979,
becoming the parent company to the airline and the
Parent organisation/shareholders Expo Lanka Group (100%)
Date operations started 3 June 2002
Description Operates a domestic schedule between
Colombo and Jaffna, as well as charter services to
the Middle East.
Executives
Managing Director.......................................Shafik Kassim
Deputy Chief Executive Officer..................... Azad Thowfeek
Chief Operating Officer.........................Sam Samarasinghe
Finance Manager.......................................... Almaz Ansary
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
1 x Cessna Grand Caravan
operator in July 1956. Vercoa operated scheduled services
B
for Lake Central Airlines from early 1968 before rebranding
as Britt Airlines in February 1975. Britt was acquired by
People Express in December 1985, which in turn was C
acquired by Texas Air, owner of Continental Airlines. The Britt
D
Airways brand lived on as a Continental Express carrier until
being merged in 1996 with three other subsidiary carriers
under the ExpressJet brand. Services from Continental hubs
in Cleveland, Houston and Newark were launched in April
1987, and ExpressJet began operating from six Californian
hubs under its own branding. In 2007/8 ExpressJet E
operated for JetBlue and as Delta Connection, under short-

helicopter company, as well as six other subsidiaries
in the aviation and agricultural sectors. In August 2007,
the airline took over operational control of the Boeing
747-400 Dreamlifter fleet from Boeing. It operated the
fleet until July 2010, when Atlas Air was awarded the
contract for Dreamlifter operation.
Executives
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1 x Fokker F-27-500 term capacity purchase agreements. All ExpressJet branded
1 x Ilyushin Il-18 services were discontinued in September 2008. ExpressJet
1 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-60 launched services as United Express in May 2010, as part
Main base Colombo Bandaranaike International (CMB) of a multi-year agreement. ExpressJet also operated
Express Freighters Australia (EFR)
weekday charters as Branson AirExpress, connecting
Branson, Missouri and Houston with cities in the Midwest
G
203 Coward Street, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales, and south between May and October 2010. Atlantic

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Founder Owner & CEO...................................Delford Smith 2020, Australia Southeast Airlines (ASA) was founded by three former
Chairman............................................... Timothy Wahlberg Tel +61 2 9691 3636 Fax +61 2 9691 3339 Southern Airways senior executives led by George Pickett on
VP Finance...................................................... Ryan Smith Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%) 5 March 1979, launching intra-state services between
VP Operations.......................................... Raymond Wright Date operations started October 2006 Atlanta and Columbus in June 1979. ASA acquired
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 747-200
1 x Boeing 747-400
Description Operates Qantas-owned dedicated
freighter aircraft on behalf of Australian Air Express
Southeastern Airlines in April 1983 and became one of the
original Delta Connection carriers in May 1984. In March
I
Main base Columbus (LCK), Columbus (CSG) and Qantas Freight. 1999 Delta Air Lines acquired the remaining the 72% of
Hubs Hong Kong (HKG) History Qantas subsidiary established to wet-lease Qantas-
owned Boeing 737 converted freighters to Australian air
stock not already held, to make ASA a wholly-owned
subsidiary. SkyWest acquired ASA in September 2005. In J
Everts Air Alaska [3K] Express. In February 2011 the company took delivery February 2010 ASA launched services as United Express
5525 Airport Industrial Road, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709, of a Boeing 767-300F for use on Trans-Tasman services from United’s Washington and Chicago hubs. In August
USA
Tel +1 907 450 2383 Fax +1 907 450 2363
as Qantas Freight.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-300
2010 SkyWest agreed to purchase, through its ASA
subsidiary, all outstanding common stock of ExpressJet
K
Email reservations@evertsair.com Website www.evertsair.com 1 x Boeing 767-300 Holdings. The deal was completed on 16 November 2010.
Description Specialises in the transport of bulk fuel and
cargo throughout Alaska and Canada.
Main base Sydney (SYD) Earlier plans to adopt the new brand name SureJet for
the merged carrier were dropped in October 2011. L
Executives Expressair [XN] (XAR) On completion of the merger, on 1 January 2012,

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General Manager..........................................Robert Everts Boutique Office Park, Kemayoran, Jln. Benyamin Sueb the Atlantic Southeast Airlines brand was dropped and
Operations Director........................................... Ken Leary Blok A No. A11, Jakarta, 10210, Indonesia all operations were thereafter conducted under the
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208 Tel +62 21 658 65656 Fax +62 21 658 67353 ExpressJet brand, serving more than 180 airports in
1 x Curtiss C-46D Website www.expressair.biz the US, Bahamas, Canada and Mexico, flying in the colours
1 x Curtiss C-46R
1 x Douglas DC-6
Parent organisation/shareholders Tommy Linbunan (100%)
Date operations started 26 June 2003
of United Express and Delta Connection.
Employees total 7,319
N
3 x Douglas DC-6A Description Operates a scheduled domestic network Executives

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2 x Douglas DC-6B linking around 20 destinations in Indonesia, including Chairman of the Board...................... George R Bravante Jr.
2 x Embraer EMB-120FC Ambon, Jakarta, Jayapura and Ternate from its operating President & COO.......................................... Bradford Holt
1 x Embraer EMB-120QC base at Ujung Pandang. Fleet (orders) 110 x Bombardier CRJ-200
1 x Embraer EMB-120RT History Founded as Xpressair. Became Indonesia’s first 43 x Bombardier CRJ-700
1 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-30
1 x Pilatus PC-12
privately-owned, scheduled airline when it launched daily
services between Jakarta and Jayapura, operating two
10 x Bombardier CRJ-900
23 x Embraer ERJ-145ER
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3 x Piper PA-32R-300 leased Boring 737-200s. Rebranded as Expressair in 2006. 115 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
Main base Fairbanks (FAI)

Exact Air Inc [6O] (ASJ)

Executives
Finance Director ........................................................Echi
104 x Embraer ERJ-145XR
Main base Atlanta (ATL) Q
President .............................................. Tommy Limbunan Hubs Cleveland (CLE), Houston (IAH), Newark (EWR), Detroit
St-Honore Airport, 850 chemin Volair, St-Honore, Quebec, Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200 (DTW), Atlanta (ATL), Washington (IAD), Chicago (ORD)
G0V 1L0, Canada
Tel +1 418 673 3522 Fax +1 418 673 6156
2 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-500 Eznis Airways [O7] (EZA)
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Email info@exactair.ca Website www.exactair.ca 6 x Dornier 328-100 4F 8 Zovkhis Building, Seoul Street, 210628 Ulan Bator,
Parent organisation/shareholders Gestion Jean Fournier
(100%)
1 x Dornier 328JET-300
Main base Ujung Pandang (UPG)
Mongolia
Tel +976 11 313689 Fax +976 11 314258 S
Date operations started May 1968 Email management@eznis.com Website www.eznisairways.com
Description Provides scheduled passenger and cargo ExpressJet [XE] (BTA) Parent organisation/shareholders Newcom Group (100%)
operations linking half a dozen destinations within Quebec.
The airline also operates ad hoc charter flights, supplies
100 Hartsfield Center Parkway, Suite 700, Atlanta,
Georgia, 30354, USA
Alliances All Nippon Airways
Date operations started 6 December 2006
T
aviation fuel, ground services and maintains and repairs Tel +1 404 856 1000 Fax +1 404 856 1405 Description Leading domestic carrier providing scheduled
aircraft and operates a flying school.
History Founded by Jean Fournier and Réal Poulin as a flying
Email xjtinvestor@expressjet.com Website www.expressjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SkyWest (100%)
and charter services from the capital Ulan Bator to
destinations across Mongolia. International schedules U
school. The acquisition of other related companies led to Alliances Aer Lingus, Air Canada, United Airlines link Ulan Bator with Hailar, China and Ulan Ude, Russia.

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the launch into passenger and cargo transport services. Date operations started April 1987 Charter flights are offered, both domestically and to
Air Satellite merged into Exact Air in October 2007. Description The world’s largest regional airline, providing destinations in China, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Executives scheduled services from seven hubs on feeder networks History Began operations with a service to Choibalsan.
President General.........................................Edith Fournier in the USA, Canada, Latin America and Caribbean, flying Began first cross-border route to Hailar in China’s Inner
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C310R
1 x Cessna C335
primarily as United Express and Delta Connection.
History The current ExpressJet Airlines came into being on
Mongolia region in August 2009. Launched services to
Ulan Ude in June 2010.
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Main base St-Honore (YRC) 1 January 2012, on the completion of the merger between Executives
Hubs Baie Comeau (YBC)

Expoair [Y0] (EXV)

two subsidiaries of SkyWest: Atlantic Southeast Airlines
(ASA) and ExpressJet. The merger followed Atlanta-based
Chief Executive Officer........................................L Tsoodol
Operations Manager .........................................Deltermaa X
ASA’s acquisition of Houston-based ExpressJet in November Finance Director ...................................... Bat-Ider Chinbat
6 Joseph lLne, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka 2010 and the decision to use the ExpressJet Airlines brand Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-RJ85
Tel +94 1 1255 5156 Fax +94 1 1255 5169
Email expoair@expoavi.com Website www.expoavi.com
for the newly-merged carrier. ExpressJet’s origins date back
to the founding of Vercoa Air Service as a fixed-based
4 x Saab 340B
Main base Ulan Bator (ULN)
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Falcon Air [FC] (FAO)
2601 NW 105th Avenue, Doral, Miami, Florida, 33172,
USA
Tel +1 305 592 5672 Fax +1 305 592 8608
Email raranha@flyfalconair.com Website www.flyfalconair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Icon International
Holdings (100%)
Date operations started March 1996
Description Offers charter and ACMI leasing services from
its base in Miami.
History Founded by Emilio Dirube. Certified as a US domestic
carrier in 1998. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
on 10 May 2006, continuing to fly a single McDonnell
Douglas MD-83 until operations were suspended in early
2007. Acquired by Felix Ramiz in June 2007 and resumed
operations. Plans to re-launch as a low-cost carrier under
the Ufly Airways brand were dropped in favour of resuming
ACMI and charter flights under the original Falcon Air
Express identity. Operated seasonal public domestic charter
flights as part of the Direct Air network. By early 2011 the
company was marketing itself as Falcon Air.
Executives
President & CEO........................................... Emilio Dirube
Chief Operations Officer............................. James Sprinkle
Fleet (orders) 3 x McDonnell-Douglas MD-80
Main base Miami (MIA)
Falcon Express Cargo Airlines [FC]
(FCX)
PO Box 93722, Dubai International Airport, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 282 6886 Fax +971 4 282 3125
Email feca@emirates.net.ae
Description Operates express parcel services throughout the
Gulf, mainly on behalf of FedEx.
Executives
President & CEO.......................................... Vicken Karjian
Chief Financial Officer..................................... Amer Dajani
General Manager Operations......................Saad Al Assaad
Fleet (orders) 4 x Beech 1900C
1 x Beech 1900D
2 x Fokker F-27-500
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Falkland Island Government Air
Service (FIGAS)
Port Stanley Airport, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Tel +500 27219 Fax +500 27309 Email fwallace@figas.gov.fk
Website www.falklandislands.com
Date operations started 24 December 1948
Description Provides non-scheduled passenger services
to locations throughout the archipelago, lying in the
South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina, and operates
a limited scheduled service during the summer months.
Also undertakes aerial surveillance of the 200-mile
economic exclusion zone surrounding the island.
History Formed initially to provide a medical and mail service
to outlying farming communities.
Executives
General Manager........................................... Shaun Minto
Chief Pilot..................................................... Derek Clarke
Fleet (orders) 5 x Britten-Norman BN2B
Main base Port Stanley (PSY)
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Farnair Hungary (FAH)
Ulloi Street 200, PO Box 173, Budapest, 1191, Hungary
Tel +36 1 296 86 24 Fax +36 1 296 87 27
Email fah@farnair.hu Website www.farnair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Farnair Switzerland (100%)
Date operations started 1990
Description Operates scheduled express cargo transport,
ad hoc charters and relief missions.
History Founded as NAWA Air Transport, the first privately-
owned airline in Hungary. In 1993 it was acquired by Farner
Air Transport and was renamed Farner Air Transport Hungary.
It became Farnair Hungary in 1997.
Executives
Managing Director & Technical Director......... Laszlo Molnár
Finance Manager........................................... Diana Plunar
Flight Operations Manager...............................Istven Salla
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C
Main base Budapest (BUD)
Farnair Switzerland (FAT)
Baslerstrasse 101, Postfach 612, 4030 Allschwil,
Switzerland
Tel +41 61 5603 333 Fax +41 61 5603 330
Email fat@farnair.com Website www.farnair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Farnair Hungary (100%)
Date operations started 1984
Description Operates regular express parcel services from
Switzerland to the main hubs in Europe. Also specialises in
operations for humanitarian organisations, the oil industry
and other types of special operations, including troop
transport for the Swiss armed forces.
History Founded as Farner Air Transport, an air-taxi and
express cargo airline. Formerly known as Farnair Europe.
Employees total 150
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Guy Girard
Finance Manger.....................................Daniele Cereghetti
Head of Flight Operations................................Luca Bianda
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-300
11 x ATR 72-200
Main base Basle (BSL)
Fars Air Qeshm [QE] (QFZ)
PO Box 1391953541, Bahonar Boulevard, Qeshm Island,
Iran
Tel +98 21 872 4871 Fax +98 21 872 4874
Email info@farsairco.com Website www.farsairco.com
Date operations started 6 July 2006
Description Operates scheduled services linking its Qeshm
Island base with Teheran and around a dozen domestic
destinations. An international route serves Dubai in the
United Arab Emirates, with plans for an expansion of services
to destinations in India, Oman, Pakistan and Yemen.
History Privately-owned airline which launched services with
Yakolev Yak-42D aircraft. Introduced a wet-leased McDonnell
Douglas MD83, flown by Bukovyna Airlines, in 2008.
Executives
Chairman..................................................Abdullah Naderi
Managing Director ....................................... Ahmad Sanei
Operations Manager................................. Bahram Ardalan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Yakovlev Yak-42
1 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Main base Qheshm Island (GSM)
Faso Airways [F3] (FSW)
01 BP 5853, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Tel +226 50 33 42 42 Fax +226 33 42 43
Date operations started 2000
Description Operates charter flights to Africa, Europe and
the Middle East.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
1 x Let L-410 UVP
Main base Ouagadougou (OUA)
Federal Air (FDR)
Hangar 14, OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg,
1622, South Africa
Tel +27 11 395 9000 Fax +27 11 395 9010
Email info@fedair.com Website www.fedair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Solenta Aviation (50%),
others (50%)
Description Provides a daily premier air shuttle from
Johannesburg and Nelspruit to a number of private game
resorts, together with charter flights throughout Africa
serving the business community and tourist industries.
Also operates scheduled services linking Johannesburg and
Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport with Vilanculos in
Mozambique under the Pelican Air brand.
History Formerly known as Comair Charters (Natal).
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ..................................... Troy Reiser
Finance Director ............................................ Jaco Van Zyl
Head of Operations .............................Michael Oberholzer
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
3 x Beech 1900D
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
2 x Cessna CE208
1 x Cessna S550
1 x Gippsland Aeronautics GA8
2 x Pilatus PC-12
Main base Durban (VIR)
Hubs Cape Town (CPT), Nelspruit (MQP)
FedEx [FX] (FDX)
3610 Hacks Cross Roads, Memphis, Tennessee, 38120, USA
Tel +1 901 369 3600 Fax +1 901 818 7570
Email mediairlations@fedex.com Website www.fedex.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (100%)
Alliances Corporate Air
Date operations started 17 April 1973
Description Premier global provider of transportation,
e-commerce and supply chain management services. It is
one of the world’s largest express transportation companys,
delivering packages and freight to 220 countries each day.
History Founded by FedEx Corp Chairman Frederick W Smith,
the company began operations with the launch of 14 small
aircraft from Memphis International Airport. Rapid growth
followed air cargo deregulation in 1977, which allowed
Federal Express to use large aircraft. Following several
international acquisitions, overseas operations began in
1984 with service to Europe and Asia. In 1995 FedEx
acquired air routes from Evergreen International with
authority to serve China. In 2000 the airline was renamed
FedEx Express. Round the world flights, in both easterly and
westerly directions, were launched in 2005. FedEx also
announced the development of a new Asia Pacific hub in
Guangzhou, China, that same year. In October 2010, FedEx
opened a new European hub at Cologne Bonn Airport.
Executives
President & CEO............................................. Frank Smith
Managing Director.......................................... Mark Yerger
Chief Financial Officer...................................Tracy Schmidt
SVP Air Operations....................................... James Parker
Fleet (orders) 29 x Airbus A300B4-600
42 x Airbus A300F4-600
29 x Airbus A310-200
16 x Airbus A310-300
51 x Boeing 727-200
46 x Boeing 757-200
(27) x Boeing 767-300
17 (15) x Boeing 777-200
1 x Bombardier BD-700
3 x Canadair CL601
5 x Cessna CE208
7 x Learjet Learjet 45
56 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-1
17 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-3
2 x Boeing MD-11ERF
62 x Boeing MD-11F
Main base Memphis MEM
Hubs Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Anchorage (ANC), Fort Worth
(AFW), Indianapolis (IND), Newark (EWR), Oakland (OAK),
Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Subic Bay (SFS)
Feeder Airlines (FDD)
Behind Nile Commercial Bank, Juba, South Sudan
Tel +249 91 286 5397 Fax +249 183740365
Email almadavid2020@yahoo.com
Website www.feederairlines.com
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Date operations started 2 January 2007
Description Operates regular domestic services in South
Sudan linking Juba with Malakal, Rumbek and Wau, with
cross-border flights to Khartoum in Sudan and Entebbe
in Uganda.
History From 31 March 2010, all Sudanese airlines were
banned from operating in the EU.
Executives
Managing Director............................. David Martin Hassan
Operations Director.............................. Nichola Ali Khamis
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker 50
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Juba (JUB)
Felix Airways [FO] (FXX)
Al-Hasaba Street, Airport Road, PO Box 8104, Sana’a,
Yemen
Tel +967 1 565 656 Fax +967 1 252 992
Email marketing@felixairways.com
Website www.felixairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Islamic Corporation for
the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (45%), Yemenia
(25%), Al-TayyarTravel & Tourisme Group (20%), National
Travel and Tourism Bureau (10%)
Alliances Yemenia
Date operations started 18 October 2008
Description Regional airline serving all major towns
and cities within Yemen, with extensions to Saudi Arabia,
Djibouti, Oman and Egypt. Felix replaces flag carrier
Yemenia in operating all domestic services.
History On 16 January 2008 Yemenia Airways and the
Jeddah-based Islamic Corporation for the Development
of the Private Sector (ICD) announced that Felix Airways,
also known as Al-Saeeda Airways, had been established
with launch capital of $80 million. Yemen Airways was to
manage the new carrier for an initial period of three years.
Services were launched in October 2008 with a service
between Sana’a and Aden.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ....................Mohammed Al-Arrasha
Chief Operating Officer............................................. Habib
Fleet (orders) (6) x Avic XAC MA60
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
2 (6) x Bombardier CRJ-700
Main base Sana’a (SAH)
Filair (FIL)
Avenue Tabora 1686, Barumbu, Kinshasa, Congo
(Democratic Republic)
Tel +243 9999 46 002 Email filairaviat@ic.cd
Date operations started 3 September 1989
Description Offers regional cargo and passenger lights from
Kinshasa’s second airport at N’Dolo to destinations
including Boma, Idiofa, Kikwit, Matadi and Muanda.
Executives
Managing Director ....................................Mimie Mulowayi
General Manager ................................... Danny Philemotte
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Antonov An-26B
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Kinshasa (NLO)
Finnair [AY] (FIN)
Tietotie 11A, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, 01053 Vantaa,
Finland
Tel +358 9 818 81 Fax +358 9 818 4401
Email comms@finnair.com Website www.finnair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders State of Finland: Office
of Counsil of State (55.8%), Skagen Global Verdipapirfonds
(5.3%), Local Government Pensions Institution (3.9%),
shareholders holding less than 3.9% (35%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Flybe Nordic (40%),
Norwegian (4.77%)
Alliances oneworld, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air China,
Air France, airberlin, Bangkok Airways, Belavia Belarussian
Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Flybe Nordic, Icelandair,
Kingfisher Airlines, Malmo Aviation, Meridiana fly, Rossiya,
Sun-Air of Scandinavia, Ukraine International Airlines,
Ural Airlines
Date operations started 20 March 1924
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Description National carrier of Finland, focused on routes First Air [7F] (FAB)
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between Europe and Asia, via Helsinki. Intercontinental 20 Cope Drive, Kanata, Ontario, K2M 2V8, Canada
destinations include New York but are primarily in Asia,
including Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, Nagoya,
Tel +1 613 254 6200 Fax +1 613 254 6423
Email charters@firstair.ca Website www.firstair.ca C
Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. Over 30 European and Parent organisation/shareholders Makivik Development
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15 domestic destinations are also served. Leisure flights (100%)
operated with a dedicated charter fleet to over 60 holiday Date operations started 1946
resorts in the Mediterranean, Canaries, Caribbean and Description Division of Bradley Air Services operating
Southeast Asia, on behalf of in-house tour operators. schedules from Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton
History Founded in the winter of 1923 as Aero OY, the
company began operations the following spring across the
to 24 communities in Nunavut, Nunavik and the Northwest
Territories. First Air also charters its fleet worldwide through E
Gulf of Finland to Tallinn using a single Junkers F-13 brokers, freight forwarders and alliances with various
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seaplane. Landplanes took over all services from December other carriers.
1936, following the construction of the country’s first History The company was originally founded as Bradley Air
airports. In 1946, the Finnish government acquired a majority Services in 1946. Purchased Ptarmigan Airways in 1995.
holding, re-establishing European services in November In 1997 Northwest Territorial Airways was acquired and
1947. The Finnair brand was adopted in 1953, but was not
made official until 25 June 1968. Transatlantic service to
merged into First Air.
Executives
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New York inaugurated in May 1969. Acquired a controlling Chief Executive Officer..................................... Kris Dolinki
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interest in Helsinki-based domestic and charter airline, Kar- VP Flight Operations....................................... Mark Gallant
Air (founded 1957) in 1962. In 1979 a domestic subsidiary, Fleet (orders) 9 x ATR 42-300
Finnaviation, was established under Finnair majority control. 1 x ATR 72-200
Both subsidiaries later became wholly-owned and were 1 x Boeing 727-200
integrated into the mainline operation in 1997. Established
Aero Airlines in 2002, as a wholly-owned Estonian regional
6 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 767-200
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subsidiary, to operate routes in Finland and the Baltic States, 2 x Lockheed L-100-30
but ceased operations in 2008. Swedish no-frills airline
FlyNordic (founded 2001) acquired in 2003. On 30 June
Main base Ottawa (YOW)
Hubs Yellowknife (YZF), Iqaluit (YFB) J
2007 Finnair sold FlyNordic to Norwegian Air Shuttle, for just
over 5% of the Norwegian carrier. In July 2010 oneworld First Nation Airways (FRN)
alliance members American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair,
Iberia and Royal Jordanian Airlines were cleared to co-operate
First Nation Airways (SS) Ltd., FirstNation Plaza,
66b Opebi Road, P.M.B 21766, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
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on transatlantic routes from 6 October 2010, after receiving Tel +234 1 2702 7001 Fax +234 1 2707 936
approval from the EU and US Department of Transport.
Employees total 7,578
Email reservation-IKJ@flyfirstnationair.com
Website flyfirstnation.com L
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
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Chairman of the Board of Directors............Christoffer Taxell Description Nigerian airline operating a domestic service
President & CEO...................................... Mika Vehvilainen linking Lagos with Abuja and Port Harcourt. African regional
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Erno Hilden and long-haul services are planned.
SVP Operations.................................................... Ville Iho History Created by former owners and management of
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A319-100
12 x Airbus A320-200
Bellview Airlines.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
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6 (5) x Airbus A321-200 Main base Lagos (LOS)
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8 x Airbus A330-300
7 x Airbus A340-300 Flair Airlines [F8] (FLE)
(11) x Airbus A350-900XWB 5655 Airport Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1S1,
4 x Boeing 757-200 Canada
4 x Embraer 170-100LR
12 (1) x Embraer 190-100LR
Tel +1 250 491 5513 Fax +1 250 765 8397
Email info@flairair.ca Website www.flairair.ca
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Main base Helsinki (HEL) Date operations started 19 August 2005
FinComm Airlines [FC] (WBA) –
see Flybe Nordic
Description A privately-owned carrier providing passenger
and cargo services within Canada and the USA. ACMI Q
wet-lease services are also provided.
History Established to supply contract and ad hoc charter
Firefly [FY] (FFY)
FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd, 3rd Floor, Admin Building 1, MAS
services with large commercial aircraft by Jim Rogers,
a co-founder of Kelowna Flightcraft. Briefly operated all
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Complex A, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, 47200 Subang, cargo services between Cuba and Canada on behalf of
Selangor, Malaysia
Tel +6 03 7840 4241 Fax +6 03 7846 6461
Cuban flag carrier Cubana between January and April
2006, before refocusing its business on passenger S
Email info@fireflyz.com.my Website www.fireflyz.com.my charters and wet-leasing services.
Parent organisation/shareholders Malaysia Airlines (100%) Executives
Alliances Malaysia Airlines
Date operations started 3 April 2007
President ........................................................Jim Rogers
Director of Business Development................Chris Lapointe
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Description A subsidiary of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-400
flying point-to-point services linking domestic destinations
and points in southern Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore.
1 x Cessna C340
Main base Kelowna (YLW) U
History Originally known as Kelas Services. Received its air
Flightline (FTL)
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operator’s certificate on 14 March 2007. Effectively took
over the rural routes in East Malaysia previously operated by Calle Industria 105, Entresuelo 1, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
Malaysia Airlines but transferred to FlyAsian Xpress in 2006. Tel +34 934 359 940 Email info@flightlinebarcelona.com
Jet service was introduced in January 2011 with Boeing Website www.flightlinebcn.com
737-800s transferred from Malaysia Airlines.
Executives
Date operations started 1994
Description Operates passenger and cargo charters within
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Managing Director..........................................Ignatius Ong Spain, in Europe and North Africa and offers ACMI leasing
Chief Operations Officer............................... Ng Fook Meng
Finance Manager ...........................Andriaty Abdul Rahman
services.
Executives X
Fleet (orders) 12 (3) x ATR 72-500 President.......................................................Jorge Casas
Main base Subang (SZB) Fleet (orders) 2 x Fairchild Merlin IV
Hubs Kota Kinabalu (BKI), Kuala Lumpur (KUL), Penang (PEN),
Johor Bahru (JHB)
1 x Fairchild Metro II
Main base Barcelona (BCN)
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FLN Frisia Luftverkehr
Westerlooger Strohweg 5, Flugplatz Norden-Norddeich,
26501 Norden, Germany
Tel +49 4931 93320 Fax +49 4931 9332 1523
Email info@fln-norddeich.de Website www.fln-norddeich.de
Date operations started 1969
Description Operates scheduled flights from Norden to
the Friesian islands of Juist and Norderney, together
with sightseeing trips.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Uwe Thies
General Manager........................................Armin Ortmann
Fleet (orders) 4 x Britten-Norman BN2B
Main base Norderney (NOE)
Florida West International Airways
[RF] (FWL)
PO Box 025752, Miami, Florida, 33102-5752, USA
Tel +1 305 492 2000 Fax +1 305 492 2001
Email sales@fwia.com Website www.fwia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Mansour Rasnavad
and others (75%), LAN Airlines (25%)
Alliances ABSA – Aerolinhas Brasileiras, MAS Air
Date operations started 12 March 1996
Description Operates scheduled and charter services
worldwide, with its primary markets in Latin America,
Caribbean and the USA.
History Initially known as Florida West Airlines. Following
entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October
1994, its assets, as well as its subsidiaries, were sold
to Florida West International Airways in August 1995.
Operations resumed on 12 March 1996. In December
2000 LanChile acquired 25% of the airline. President
and CEO Mansour Rasnavad became the largest single
shareholder in May 2002.
Executives
President & CEO...................................Mansour Rasnavad
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Martin Gitlitz
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Miami (MIA)
Fly Aruba
c/o Arevenca, Arevenca Building Suite 200, LG Smith
Boulevard 60, Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel +297 582 6717 Fax +297 582 7496
Website www.flyaruba.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Arevenca (100%)
Description Start-up airline planning to launch services from
Aruba to destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean,
followed by routes to the USA and Europe.
History Created and owned by Arevenca, a multinational
petrochemical company first established in Venezuela in
1994, which is now headquartered in Aruba.
Main base Aruba AUA
Fly Guam
Guam International Airport, Admiral Sherman Boulevard,
Building 17-80, Tiyan, Guam
Tel +1 671 588 2359 Fax +1 671 477 0203
Email guamreservations@flyguam.com Website flyguam.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Freedom Air,
World Aviation
Date operations started 4 March 2011
Description Start-up airline operating scheduled passenger
services, initially linking Guam with Hong Kong, Palau and
Saipan.
History Founded as a joint venture between local carrier
Freedom Air and Hong Kong-based investment firm,
World Aviation.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Guam (GUM)
Fly Hellas [VQ] (VKH)
Greece
Date operations started February 2010
Date operations ceased November 2011
Operated scheduled services from Athens to Manchester
and the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah,
together with charter flights linking Greece with destinations
throughout Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, north
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Africa and the Middle East. Originally created as the
Viking Group’s second airline, after Stockholm-based
Viking Airlines AB, to operate shuttle services between
Athens and Cyprus using two Fokker 50s. When services
were launched they instead concentrated on providing
international charter and scheduled jet services. Scheduled
services were launched in February 2010. Operations
continued despite the demise of Swedish sister carrier,
Viking Airlines AB, in October 2010. Viking Hellas became
Fly Hellas in February 2011. Operations ceased in
November due to financial difficulties and efforts to
restart operations came to nothing. The airline went
into administration in December 2011.
Fly Jamaica (FJM)
17 Kings Way, Kingston, 10, Jamaica
Tel +876-564-1288 Email info@fly-jamaica.com
Website fly-jamaica.com
Description Start-up airline which is planning to
launch international scheduled passenger services
from Kingston to Georgetown, New York and Toronto
in early 2012. Services are initially planned to be
operated by Air Guyana.
Main base Kingston (KIN)
Fly540 [F5] (FTZ)
ABC Place, Westlands, PO Box 10293, Nairobi, 00100,
Kenya
Tel +254 20 4453252 / 3/ 4 / 5 / 6 Fax +254 20 445 3257
Email info@fly540.com Website www.fly540.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kenyan investors
(51%), Lonrho Africa (49%)
Date operations started 24 November 2006
Description Original, Kenyan arm of the pan-African
low-cost airline group, operating scheduled services
from Nairobi to destinations throughout Kenya and
African regional routes to destinations in Burundi,
South Sudan and Uganda. Passenger and cargo
charter flights are also offered.
History Lonrho Africa, a subsidiary of UK-based investment
and mining conglomerate, Lonrho PLC, established Fly540
in Kenya, taking a 49% shareholding and control of the
airline’s board, in October 2006. Launched domestic
services linking Nairobi and Mombasa in November
2006, and regional services to Uganda, Tanzania, the
Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan in
January 2008. Fly540 Group is developing operations
based around African operational hubs in Kenya, Angola,
Tanzania and Ghana.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... David Lengias
Chief Executive Officer...................................... Don Smith
Chief Operations Officer...................................Neil Steffen
Head of Flight Operations................................. Nixon Ooko
Fleet (orders) (8) x ATR 72-500
2 x Beech 1900C
2 x Bombardier CRJ-100
1 x Cessna CE208
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Nairobi (NBO)
Fly540 Angola [5H] (FFV)
Rua da Samba, No. 56 Bairro Azul, Luanda, Angola
Tel +244 222 351 540 Fax +244 222 355 000
Email infoangola@fly540.com Website www.fly540.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lonrho Africa (60%),
Angolan investors (49%)
Date operations started December 2010
Description Angolan arm of the growing pan-African
regional low-cost airline group. Operates domestic
scheduled services, initially linking its Cabinda hub, which
is located in the heart of the country’s oil industry, with
Luanda and Soyo. Charter flights are also offered.
History Established by Lonrho Africa in conjunction
with Angolan investors, as part of a plan to establish a
pan-African airline network. Fly540 launched services
Kenya in November 2006. Fly540 Angola launched
charter services in December 2010, commencing
scheduled services as an ICAO- registered airline
on 31 January 2011.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 72-200
1 x ATR 72-500
Main base Cabinda CAB
Hubs Luanda (LAD)
Fly540 Ghana (FOX)
222 Ahiakle Avenue, 2nd Floor, Abelenkpe, PMB CT
Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
Email info@fly540.com Website www.fly540ghana.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lonrho Africa
(60%), Ghanaian investors (40%)
Date operations started December 2011
Description Start-up Ghanaian arm of the growing
pan-African regional low-cost airline, operating scheduled
services from Accra.
History Lonrho Africa, a subsidiary of UK based investment
and mining conglomerate, Lonrho, established Fly540 in
Ghana in 2011, taking a 60% shareholding. The airline
took delivery of its first aircraft, an ATR72-500, on
14 September 2011.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 72-500
Main base Accra (ACC)
Fly540 Tanzania
767/39 Somora Avenue, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel +255 22 212 5912/3 Email info@fly540.com
Website www.fly540.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lonrho Africa (90%),
Tanzanian investors (10%)
Date operations started 2010
Description Tanzanian arm of the growing pan-African
regional low-cost airline operating domestic services
linking its Dar es Salaam base with Arusha, Kilimanjaro,
Manyara, Mtara, Mwanza, Serengeti and Zanzibar, as well
as regional services to Kenya.
History Established by Lonrho Africa in conjunction
with Tanzanian investors, as part of a plan to establish
a pan-African airline network. Operational hubs were
developed in Kenya, Angola and Ghana, all under the
Fly540 brand. Services were launched in Kenya in
November 2006. Fly540 received its Tanzanian air
operator’s certificate in 2010 and within 12 months
of operations had become the second largest carrier
in the country, behind Precision Air.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-100
1 x Cessna CE208
Main base Dar Es Salaam (DAR)
Flybe [BE] (BEE)
Jack Walker House, Exeter International Airport, Devon,
EX5 2HL, UK
Tel +44 1392 366669 Fax +44 1392 366151
Website www.flybe.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Rosedale (JW)
Investments (49.6%), British Airways (15%), Quantum
Partners (3%), employee share scheme, Jim French (CEO)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Flybe Nordic (60%)
Alliances Air France, British Airways, Etihad Airways,
Loganair
Date operations started 1 November 1979
Description One of Europe’s largest low-cost regional
carriers, serving around 75 destinations, including over
30 in mainland Europe and more than 35 in the UK.
The network received a substantial boost with the
inauguration of franchise services with Loganair.
Flybe also has a thriving charter business serving
European destinations at weekends.
History Came into being as Jersey European Airways
(JEA), taking over the operations of Jersey-based Intra
Airways. Acquired by Walkersteel Group in November
1983. The two companies continued to operate
independently until their amalgamation under the
Jersey European brand in 1985, operating from a new
base at Exeter. Rebranded again as British European
on 1 June 2000. In response to the downturn in air travel
in the aftermath of 9/11 in 2001, the airline adopted
a new business model combining low fares, online ticket
sales, full service and optional extras including passenger
lounges, flexible tickets and a frequent flyer programme.
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The new strategy was accompanied on 18 July 2002 by

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further rebranding as Flybe. Agreed to acquire BA
Connect from British Airways in November 2006,
completing the process on 5 March 2007, adding C
the entire BA Connect network, excluding routes out

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of London City Airport and the Manchester-New York
service (which had been operated on behalf of BA).
British Airways indirectly took a 15% stake in Flybe
as part of the deal, although this was seen as a
temporary measure, pending Flybe’s planned IPO.
In June 2007, Flybe was the first airline in the world E
to introduce an “ecolabel” for its aircraft, which was

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designed to inform passengers of the environmental
impact of individual flights together with a scheme
allowing passengers to offset their carbon emissions.
Glasgow-based Loganair became the airline’s first
franchise partner on 26 October 2008. Floated on
the London stock exchange in December 2010, raising
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£66 million ($106 million). On 1 July 2011, Flybe and
Finnair announced a new joint venture, Flybe Nordic,
intended to acquire privately-owned Finnish regional H
carrier FinnComm Airlines for €25 million ($36.2 million).
Once acquired, FinnComm would operate under Flybe’s
day-to-day management and brand. On 25 July 2011
Flybe announced the introduction of a new structure
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which divided the company into three units: Flybe UK,
Flybe Europe and Flybe Aviation Support. The Finncomm
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joint acquisition was completed in August 2011 and the
first Flybe Europe service took off on 30 October 2011.
Employees total 2,962
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................................... Jim French
Chief Financial Officer............................... Andrew Knuckey
Managing Director Flybe Europe........................Mike Rutter
Managing Director Flybe UK..........................Andrew Strong
Fleet (orders) 49 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Flydubai
Flydubai was set up by the Dubai government as a low-cost regional carrier in 2009
FlyDubai [FZ] (FDB) History Launched services linking Jönköping with Stockholm-
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c/o Emirates Group Headquarters, PO Box 686, EKE Bromma. A second route was planned from Jönköping to
Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4295 1111 Fax +971 4295 0758
Copenhagen in conjunction with Nextjet, but this had not
been launched when operations were suspended in May L
Website www.flydubai.com 2010 by the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud. Relaunched

4 (31) x Embraer 175-200LR
14 x Embraer 195-200LR
Main base Exeter (EXT)
Hubs Jersey (JER), Isle Of Man (IOM), Newcastle (NCL),
Glasgow (GLA), Guernsey (GCI), Edinburgh (EDI), Belfast
(BHD), Manchester (MAN), Southampton (SOU)
Flybe Nordic [FC] (FCM)
PO Box 800, Seinajoki Airport, 60101 Seinäjoki, Finland
Tel +358 9 4243 2000 Fax +358 9 4243 2200
Email info@finncomm.com Website www.flybe.fi
Parent organisation/shareholders Flybe (60%), Finnair (40%)
Alliances Finnair
Date operations started 1997
Description Privately-owned Finnish airline operating
domestic routes and from Helsinki to destinations in
Denmark, Norway, Poland and Sweden.
History Co-operation with Finnair began in 1998 when
Finncomm started to provide Swedish carrier Golden
Air with staff, flight planning, operations control and
marketing functions in Finland. In June 2007 Finncomm
extended its co-operation with Finnair by adding Finnair’s
flight codes to its domestic routes from Helsinki to eight
destinations and to Tallinn, in Estonia. On 1 July 2011,
Flybe and Finnair announced that a new joint-venture,
Flybe Nordic, intended to acquire Finncomm. Flybe took
a 60% stake in the joint venture airline while Finnair
took the remaining 40%. Under the plan, Finncomm
would operate under Flybe’s day-to-day management
and brand. The joint acquisition received regulatory
approval and the transaction was completed in August
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Parent organisation/shareholders Dubai Aviation (100%) services between Jönköping and Stockholm-Bromma in
Date operations started 1 June 2009 August 2010.
Description Dubai’s first low-cost carrier linking the city Executives
with the Middle East, north and east Africa, eastern Europe Chief Executive Officer...............................Henrik Lindberg
and Indian sub-continent.
History The government of Dubai announced the formation
President......................................................Bengt Lundin
Main base Jonkoping (JKG)
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of a new low-cost airline in March 2008, as a subsidiary
Flying America
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of flag carrier Emirates, which supported FlyDubai in its
establishing phase. Received its air operator’s certificate Aeropuerto Internacional San Fernando, Ruta 202 y Balcarce,
on 25 May 2009 and launched services to Beirut a few Hangar Air Delta, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, Argentina
days later. Services to Amman, Damascus and Alexandria Tel +54 11 5648 8626 / 8627 Fax +54 11 4714 5433
followed in the next few days. By the end of 2010, FlyDubai’s
network already served 30 destinations and was continuing
Email info@flyingamerica.com.ar
Website www.flyingamerica.com.ar P
to expand. Description Operates private passenger, VIP and cargo
Executives
Chairman.............................Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
charters, including medevac services throughout Argentina
and South America. Q
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Ghaith Al Ghaith History Contracted by former airline LAER in December 2009
Chief Financial Officer................................ Mukesh Sodani to operate all services it previously flew between Buenos
Chief Operating Officer................................... Kenneth Gile
Fleet (orders) 23 (32) x Boeing 737-800
Aires, Concordia and Cordoba.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fairchild Metro III
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Main base Dubai DXB 1 x Learjet Learjet 35
FlyGeorgia
Main base San Fernando (FDO)
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Tbilisi, Georgia Freebird Airlines [FH] (FHY)
Email info@fly-georgia.com Website fly-georgia.com
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Yesilkoy Caddesi 9-A, Block 3-4, Florya, 34153 Istanbul,
Description Start-up airline which is planning to launch Turkey
international scheduled passenger services from Tbilisi Tel +90 212 663 7777 Fax +90 212 663 2353
to Delhi, Dubai, Dusseldorf, London and Rome in the Email info@freebirdairlines.com
summer of 2012. Initial equipment is expected to be
two Airbus A319s.
Website www.freebirdairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Gozen Air Services U
Main base Tbilisi (TBS) (100%)

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2011. Announced in late 2011 that it would be launching Date operations started 5 April 2001
services between Stockholm and Copenhagen on Flyglinjen [U3] Description Offers worldwide charter flights and provides
21 January 2012. Narvagen 45, Jonkoping, Sweden charter flights in Europe to and from Turkish holiday resorts.
Executives Tel +46 771 333 000 Email kundtjanst@flyglinjen.se History Established by the Gözen Group in June 2000.
Chairman................................................ Jaakko Keskinen
Chief Executive Officer............................ Mikko Sundstrom
Website www.flyglinjen.se
Parent organisation/shareholders Henrik Lindberg,
Executives
Chairman......................................................Mekin Gozen
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Finance Manager............................................Pirjo Savijoki Thomas Johansson and three other investors Flight Operations Director...............................Utkan Oursel
Flight Operations Manager.......................... Nilo Syrjaniemi
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
Alliances Avies
Date operations started 8 February 2010
Managing Director......................................Izzet Tukenmez
Financial Director...................................... Selim Tukenmez X
11 (1) x ATR 72-500 Description Swedish private airline operating domestic Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Embraer 170-100LR scheduled services between Jönköping, Visby and 2 x Airbus A321-200
Main base Seinajoki (SJY)
Hubs Helsinki (HEL)
Stockholm-Bromma. All services are operated by the
Norwegian carrier Helitrans AS.
Main base Istanbul/Ataturk (IST)
Hubs Antalya (AYT), Dalaman (DLM)
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PO Box 1578, Hagatna, 96932, Guam St. Toeniser Strasse 42, 47918 Toenisvorst, Germany President & CEO – Republic Holdings............ Bryan Bedford
Tel +1 671 472 8010 Fax +1 671 472 8080 Tel +49 2156 80988 Fax +49 2156 80052 President, CEO & COO....................................David Siegel
Website www.freedomairguam.com Email info@freshline.aero Website www.freshline.aero Chief Operating Officer............................. John Bendoraitis
Parent organisation/shareholders Aviation Services (100%) Parent organisation/shareholders Private (100%) SVP Finance..............................................Robert Ashcroft
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Fly Guam Description Start-up low-coast all cargo airline planning Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A318-100
Date operations started 1976 to fly perishable goods from Africa and the Middle East 41 x Airbus A319-100
Description Operates scheduled passenger services from to Frankfurt Hahn and Keflavik. (20) x Airbus A319neo
Guam to Tinian, Rota and Saipan, together with passenger Executives 15 x Airbus A320-200
and cargo charter flights in and around the Marianas. MD Admin Finance & Marketing.................. Michael Hoevel (60) x Airbus A320neo
History Founded as Bicentennial Aviation Services and MD Operations & Technical..................... Thomas Stuenkel Main base Denver DEN
adopted the Freedom Air name in 1976. Main base Hahn (HHN) Hubs Milwaukee (MKE), Kansas City (MCI)
Executives
General Manager.........................................Joaquin Flores Frontier Airlines [F9] (FFT) Frontier Express
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C207A Frontier Center One, 7001 Tower Road, Denver, Colorado, Frontier Center One, 7001 Tower Road, Denver, Colorado,
1 x Piper PA-23-200 80249-7312, USA 80249-7312, USA
1 x Piper PA-31-300 Tel +1 720 374 4200 Fax +1 720 374 4375 Website www.frontierairlines.com
5 x Piper PA-32 Email corpcomm@flyfrontier.com Description Frontier Express is a brand operated by
1 x Shorts SD.330-200 Website www.frontierairlines.com Chautauqua Airlines (using Embraer 135, Embraer
2 x Shorts SD.360-300 Parent organisation/shareholders Republic Airways 145 regional jets) and Republic Airlines (using Bombardier
Main base Guam (GUM) Holdings (100%) Q400 turboprops) from its hub at Milwaukee’s General
Alliances Air New Zealand, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines, Mitchell International Airport.
Freight Runners Express (FRG) American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Cape Air, History Services under the Frontier Express brand were
1901 East Layton Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53207, China Airlines, Emirates, Era Aviation, EVA Air, Great Lakes launched in the spring of 2011. Frontier Express services
USA Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Iberia, Icelandair, were formerly operated for Midwest Connect.
Tel +1 414 744 5525 Fax +1 414 744 4850 Korean Air, Lynx Aviation, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Hubs Milwaukee (MKE)
Email fre@freightrunners.com Website www.freightrunners.com Sun Country Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Virgin
Date operations started 1985 Australia International Frontier Flying Service (FTA)
Description Provides cargo charters all over the USA Date operations started 5 July 1994 5245 Airport Industrial Road, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709,
and Canada from its Milwaukee base. A passenger Description Major low-cost carrier serving more than 80 USA
division, Air Charter Express, operates air-taxi charter destinations in the USA, Mexico and Costa Rica from its Tel +1 907 450 7250 Fax +1 907 450 0774
flights throughout the USA. hubs at Denver, Kansas City and Milwaukee. Email info@eraalaska.com Website www.eraalaska.com
History Founded by company president Chip Zens. History Established at the new Denver International Parent organisation/shareholders HoTH, (100%)
Launched overnight freight services with a single Airport to serve gaps in the market created by the Date operations started 1959
Cessna 207. downsizing of Continental Airlines operations from Description Operates an extensive network of year-round
Executives the hub. On 10 April 2008 Frontier and its subsidiaries scheduled commuter services and charters from its main
President.......................................................... Chip Zens filed voluntary petitions for reorganisation under Chapter base at Fairbanks under the Era Alaska name. Also has
General Manager.......................................... Robert Sevier 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as a precaution. All a full service FBO.
Director Operations...................................Matthew Reuter services continued to be flown. Frontier emerged from History Established by a retired USAF officer in 1959,
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C bankruptcy protection on 1 October 2009 as a wholly- Frontier Flying Service was acquired by Bob Hajdukovich
4 x Beech 99 owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, whose in 1974. By March 2008 the airline was operating
4 x Beech 99A other subsidiaries are Chautauqua Airlines, Lynx Aviation, scheduled services from nine hubs across rural Alaska.
2 x Beech 99B Midwest Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Merged with Anchorage-based Hageland Aviation on
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 In 2010, parent company Republic Airways Holdings 1 March 2008, becoming a division of Era Alaska,
2 x Cessna C207 announced that Midwest Airlines and Lynx Aviation would the holding company of HoTH, in which the owners of
1 x Cessna C402B be consolidated into Frontier Airlines. the merged carriers both held shares.
Main base Milwaukee (MKE) Employees total 4,309 Executives
Chief Executive Officer......................... Robert Hajdukovich
President................................................. Jim Hajdukovich
Finance Manager..........................................Steve Warnke
Fleet (orders) 8 x Beech 1900C
2 x Cessna C207A
9 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Fairbanks (FAI)
Hubs Bethel BET, Anchorage (ANC), Barrow (BRW)

Fuji Dream Airlines [JH] (FDA)

Nagoya Airport, Toyoyama-Cho, Nichi-Kasugai 480-0202,
Japan
Tel +81 568 39 0025 Fax +81 568 39 0084
Email info@fujidream.co.jp Website www.fujidreamairlines.com
Alliances Japan Airlines
Date operations started 23 July 2009
Description Japanese low-cost carrier operating scheduled
domestic services from the new Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport
to Komatsu, Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Matsumoto,
Nagoya and Sapporo. Other services are planned to operate
between Toyama, Niigata, Sendai and Tokyo. International
services to destinations in China, Korea and Taiwan are
to follow.
History Established by the Suzuyo Group. In August 2008
FDA concluded an agreement with Mandarin Airlines
whereby the Taiwanese carrier will provide assistance in the
fields of operations, marketing, and maintenance.
Executives
President ..................................................... Yohei Suzuki
Fleet (orders) 3 x Embraer 170-100LR
Bombardier

3 x Embraer 175-200LR
Main base Shizuoka (FSZ)
Flybe flies 49 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s Hubs Nagoya (NKM)

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Gabon Airlines [GY] (GBK)
Gabon
Date operations started 11 April 2007
Date operations ceased July 2011
Privately-owned successor to the former state-owned flag
carrier, Air Gabon, which had been liquidated in March
2006. Launched scheduled domestic passenger services
connecting Libreville with Port Gentil in April 2007. Regional
services to Point Noire and international services to Paris,
Marseille and Johannesburg quickly followed. Launched
cargo services between Libreville and Paris-Vatry in 2007.
Suspended all services in February 2011 due to a lack
of available aircraft. Relaunched services from Libreville
to Port Gentil and Pointe Noire on 14 March 2011, using
a leased ATR 42. Long-haul services to Paris resumed on
21 March 2011, using a wet-leased Airbus A340. Forced
to suspend operations in July 2011 when it became one
of six Gabonese carriers whose air operator’s certificates
were revoked following a safety audit by the Gabonese
civil aviation authority.
Garuda Indonesia [GA] (GIA)
Management Building, 3rd Floor, Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport, Cengkareng, Jakarta, 19120,
Indonesia
Tel +62 21 559 15671 Fax +62 21 381 1486
Email pujobroto@garuda-indonesia.com
Website www.garuda-indonesia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Indonesian
government (69.14%), public/listed (27.98%), PT (Persero)
Angkasa Pura (2.88%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Citilink (100%),
Merpati (6.8%)
Alliances China Airlines, China Southern Airlines, KLM,
Korean Air, Malaysia Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Royal
Brunei Airlines, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines,
Vietnam Airlines
Date operations started 31 March 1950
Description Indonesia’s flag carrier, which operates
scheduled domestic services from hubs at Jakarta,
Bali, Medan and Surabaya. International services are
flown to destinations in the Middle East, Far East,
Australasia and Europe. Citilink is Garuda Indonesia’s
low-cost domestic subsidiary.
History Incorporated jointly by the Indonesian government
and KLM, taking over the operations of the Dutch flag
carrier’s post-war Inter-Island Division of KLM and the
pre-war KNILM. Nationalised on 12 July 1954. Operated
its first international service to Singapore later that year.
Acquired nationalised domestic carrier Merpati Nusantara
in October 1978. Merpati continued to operate largely
independently and under its own identity and subsequently
took over many of Garuda’s domestic services. Adopted
the name Garuda Indonesia in 1985 as part of a major
corporate turnaround. Established low-cost domestic
subsidiary Citilink on 15 July 2001 to operate point-to-point
services between half a dozen destinations. The entire
Garuda Group was restructured by a new management
team from 2005. Suspended all European services from
28 June 2007 after the European Union added all
Indonesian airlines to the list of carriers banned from
flying in EU airspace due to safety concerns. The EU ban
was renewed on 28 November 2007. Garuda was one of
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effect on 15 July 2009. International services to Europe 12 Rustaveli Avenue, 0108 Tbilisi, Georgia
were relaunched on 1 June 2010 with a service from
Jakarta to Amsterdam via Dubai. Launched its
Tel +995 32 999 730 Fax +995 32 999 660
Email international@georgian-airways.com C
initial public offering on 11 February 2011, hoping Website www.airzena.com
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, airBaltic, Austrian, KLM, S7
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to generate rupiah (Rp) 4.751 trillion ($556 million) in
return for 27.98% of the company. Airlines, WindRose Air
Employees total 5,745 Date operations started 1994
Executives Description Privately-owned carrier linking the Black Sea
Chairman..................................................... SH Abdulgani
President & CEO.........................................Emirsyah Satar
republic of Georgia with destinations in Russia and CIS, the
Mediterranean basin, the Middle East and western Europe. E
Chief Financial Officer ........................ Elisa Lombantorwan History Established as Airzena, initially offering business and
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EVP Operations..................................................Ari Sapari charter flights. Introduced scheduled services in 1997.
Fleet (orders) (6) x Airbus A320-200 Merged with Air Georgia in November 1999, to become
8 (3) x Airbus A330-200 Airzena Georgian Airlines. Rebranded as Georgian Airways
6 (7) x Airbus A330-300 on 1 October 2004, although still widely known as Airzena.
5 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 737-400
Executives
President............................................. Tamaz G Gaiashvili
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5 x Boeing 737-500 Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-500
52 (13) x Boeing 737-800
3 x Boeing 747-400
1 x Bombardier CRJ-100
4 x Bombardier CRJ-200 H
(10) x Boeing 777-300 2 x PZL An-2
(6) x Bombardier CRJ-1000 Main base Tbilisi (TBS)
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Hubs Surabaya (SUB), Denpasar Bali (DPS), Medan (MES) Georgian International Airlines I
[4L] (GNN)
Gatari Air Service (GHS)
Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, 2nd Floor, Terminal
269 Agmashenebeli Street, Kobuleti, Office 1, Tbilisi,
Georgia J
Building, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia Tel +995 55 111046 Fax +995 32 437878 Email info@avia.ge
Tel +62 21 809 3428 Fax +62 21 809 2900 Date operations started 2004
Email gatari@gatariair.com Website www.gatariair.com
Date operations started 4 April 1983
Description Operates scheduled regional services from
Batumi, capital of the Adzhariya autonomous republic, within
K
Description Operates a private charter and executive Georgia and from Kutaisi and Tbilisi to Russian destinations,
service, princinpally in support of the oil and gas industry
in Indonesia.
as well as Kiev and Kharkov in the Ukraine and Minsk in
Belarus. Also offers passenger, VIP and cargo charters. L
Executives History Formally known as Avia24 and part of the Euroline
M
President ............................................ Ahmad Syarifuddin Group of companies, awarded its air operator’s certificate on
Operations Manager ................................................. Didit 22 October 2004. Euroline became Georgian International
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-500 on 6 February 2010.
Main base Jakarta (HLP) Executives
Gazpromavia [4G] (GZP)
General Director.................................... Michael Karashvili
Chief Accountant.................................. Diana Kopaleishvili
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District Podolskiy, Ostafyevo Airport, Moscow, 142131, Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-500
O
Russia Main base Tbilisi (TBS)
Tel +7 495 719 1832 Fax +7 495 719 1185 Hubs Batumi (BUS)
Email office@gazavia.gazprom.ru Website www.gazpromavia.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Gazprom Russia (100%) German Sky Airlines (GHY)
Date operations started 16 April 1996
Description Operates passenger and cargo charters,
Lierenfeld Strasse 45, 40231 Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel +49 211 699 3180 Fax +49 211 699 318 899
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principally in support of the oil and gas industry in Email info@germanskyairlines.com
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Russia. The airline also conducts scheduled domestic Website www.germanskyairlines.com
flights from Moscow and international charter passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Kayi Group (100%)
and cargo flights. Specialist helicopter services are Date operations started 13 November 2010
also undertaken. Description Airline linking German, Dutch, Austrian and
Executives
Director General Andrey Ovcharenko
Swiss cities to Antalya and other Turkish holiday
destinations, working closely with Turkish sister company
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DGD of Finance Galina Pushkina Sky Airlines, and other carriers and tour operators.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-74
3 x Boeing 737-700
History Established as a tour operator by independent
Düsseldorf-based tourism group Kayi Group. Began offering S
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 7 seats on its own aircraft to tour operators for the start of the
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6 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9 2010 summer season. Launched services with a flight from
(10) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95 Cologne to Antalya on 13 November 2010.
4 x Tupolev Tu-154M Executives
2 x Yakovlev Yak-40 Chief Executive Officer..................................... Isa Gorgulu
3 x Yakovlev Yak-40K
8 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Chief Operating Officer.............................Haklan Katlandur
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-800 U
Main base Moscow (VKO) Main base Düsseldorf (DUS)
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GCS Cargo Germania [ST] (GMI)
Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, 122406, Sharjah, Riedemannweg 58, Haus 4, 13627 Berlin, Germany
United Arab Emirates Tel +49 30 522 808 700 Fax +49 30 522 808 701
Email info@gcscargo.net
Description Start-up cargo airline planning to operate
Email info@germania.aero Website www.germania.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Members of the
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worldwide cargo charter services from its base in the Bischoff family (100%)
Sharjah Airport International Free Zone.
History Privately-owned carrier which was established by
Date operations started September 1978
Description Focuses primarily on dry and wet-leasing of X
former managers of the Kyrgyz-based cargo carrier Sun aircraft to other operators, including airberlin and Tuifly.
Light Airlines. Also operates a holiday charter programme from Berlin,
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300F4
Main base Sharjah (SHJ)
Dusseldorf and Stuttgart to destinations in the
Mediterranean and north Africa.
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History Originally founded as SAT and renamed Germania
in June 1986. Airberlin chief Joachim Hunold was tasked
by Germania owner Hinrich Bischoff to take interim charge
of the company shortly before Bischoff’s death on 11
November 2005. The Germania brand was retained for
charter and wet-leasing services, the former initially offered
as Germania Express, before reverting to Germania
Fluggesellschaft.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Andreas Wobig
Fleet (orders) 4 (3) x Airbus A319-100
8 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Berlin (TXL)
Hubs Cologne/Bonn (CGN)
germanwings [4U] (GWI)
Germanwings Str 2, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Tel +49 2203 1027 310 Fax +49 2203 1027 300
Website www.germanwings.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (100%)
Date operations started 27 October 2002
Description Major low-fare airline serving over 70 European
destinations.
History Established as the low-cost carrier subsidiary
of Eurowings. Launched services in October 2002 from
Cologne/Bonn, Berlin Schönefeld, Dresden, Leipzig and
Munich to 35 European destinations. Talks on a potential
three-way merger with Condor and TUIfly in July 2008 were
replaced in August 2008 by talks on a possible merger
with Condor. In December 2008 German flag carrier
Lufthansa agreed to buy Germanwings from Eurowings.
The deal was completed on 1 January 2009.
Executives
Managing Director.........................................Axel Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer....................... Thomas Winkelmann
Fleet (orders) 32 (6) x Airbus A319-100
Main base Cologne/Bonn (CGN)
Hubs Stuttgart (STR), Dortmund (DTM), Hannover (HAJ),
Hamburg (HAM), Schönefeld (SXF)
Gestair Cargo (RGN)
11-2B, Alcobendas, 28011 Madrid, Spain
Tel +34 902 100 466 Fax +34 91 625 9980
Email cargo@gestair.com Website www.gestair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Gestair Group (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Gestair Airlines (99%)
Date operations started November 1998
Description Cargo airline operating regular routes from
Madrid to Tenerife, Las Palmas and Frankfurt, as well as
providing non-scheduled cargo services to destinations
on five continents.
History Part of the Commercial Aviation Unit of Gestair
Group, which specialises in private, commercial and training
aviation. Created by Regional Airlines of France and the
Spanish business airline Gestair as Regional Lineas Aereas.
Operated passenger schedules from Madrid until
suspending services in January 1998. Re-emerged as
Cygnus Air, initially operating all cargo flights with two
DC-8- 62F. The airline was sebranded as Gestair Cargo on
1 April 2007.
Executives
President................................................. Jesus Macarron
Operations Manager................................. David Marta-nez
Financial Manager.................................Arancha Gonza¡lez
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 757-200
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Madrid (MAD)
Global Air (DMJ)
Jose T Cuellar No. 20, Colonia Obrera, Delegacion
Cuauhtemac, 06800 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Tel +52 55 5588 7484 Fax +52 55 5561 0003
Email mrodriguez@globalair.aero Website www.globalair.aero
Date operations started 17 May 2003
Description Operates charter flights for tour operators and
offers ACMI leasing services to other carriers, operating
primarily in Latin America, Caribbean and throughout Africa.
History The Meigas Group created Meigas Aviation Services
in Guadalajara in 1999. The company initially specialised in
offering executive jet brokerage and charters. ACMI leasing
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name Aerolineas Damojh. Introduced domestic and
international passenger and cargo charters, flown from
Mexico City under a new air operator’s certificate, in May
2003, operating as Global Air.
Executives
General Manager ....................... Manuel Rodriguez Campo
Operations Manager ............................Raul Martinez Paez
Finance Manager ........................................Robert Alvarez
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Mexico City (ME)X
Global Jet Airlines [7G] (GBG)
5 East Building B, Dubai Airport Free Zone, PO Box 54944,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 406 1470 Email mouayad@globaljetdubai.com
Date operations started 3 February 2009
Description Operates passenger charter services out of Dubai.
Executives
General Manager...................................... Moayad Hassan
Director of Flight Operations ............... Salim Aboud Jassim
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Dubai DXB
Global Supply Systems [XH] (GSS)
Room 13, Stansted House, Stansted Airport, Stansted,
Essex, CM24 1AE, UK
Tel +44 1279 682 908 Fax +44 1279 682 910
Email admin@gssair.co.uk Website www.gssair.co.uk
Parent organisation/shareholders GSS Employee Benefit
Trust (51%), Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (49%)
Alliances Coyne Airways
Date operations started 29 June 2002
Description Provides dedicated Boeing 747-400F freighters
to airlines on a long-term ACMI basis.
History Established as a British all-cargo carrier. The first
customer was British Airways, on whose behalf GSS operate
scheduled cargo services to destinations which include
Hong Kong, India, Southern Africa and Germany.
Employees total 142
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Rod Lynch
Financial Director...........................................David Pippen
Flight Operations Director ........................ Steve Monaghan
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 747-8
Main base London STN
Globus [GH] (GLP)
PO Box 633104, Ob-4, Moscow, 115054, Russia
Tel +7 495 777 9999 Fax +7 495 540 4780
Email globus@s7.ru Website www.s7.ru/globus
Parent organisation/shareholders East Line Group (100%)
Date operations started 18 March 2008
Description Russian charter airline specialising in
international flights to popular tourist destinations, as well
as flights within Russia.
History Established as the wholly-owned charter arm of S7
Airlines in January 2007, and awarded its own air operator’s
certificate on 7 March 2008. On 15 November 2010,
Globus became a full member of the Oneworld global airline
alliance, along with its operational affiliate S7 Airlines.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-400
6 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Novosibirsk OVB
GMG Airlines [Z5] (GMG)
Plot 1&3, Road 21, Nikunja 2, Dhaka, 1229, Bangladesh
Tel +880 2 8920961-5, 8920975-0
Fax +880 2 8964533, 8955500 Email info@gmgairlines.com
Website www.gmgairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders GMG Group (100%)
Date operations started 6 April 1998
Description Bangladesh’s first and largest private airline.
Domestic services link major cities from the capital, Dhaka,
while regional routes serve destinations in India, Nepal,
Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
History Started with domestic operations and launched
international flights on 8 September 2004 with a service
from Chittagong to Kolkata.
Executives
Chairman................................................ Shayam Rahman
Chief Executive Officer..................................Sanjiv Kapoor
Managing Director ......................................Shahab Sattar
Finance Director .....................................Mizanur Siddique
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-300
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Dhaka (DAC)
Go! [YV] (ASH)
300 Rodgers Blvd. #23, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819, USA
Tel +1 808 351 7387 Fax +1 808 351 7989
Website www.iflygo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Transpac Express
Date operations started 9 June 2006
Description Hawaiian inter-island carrier operating high-
frequency services between Hilo, Honolulu, Kahalui,
Kona and Lihue with CRJ regional jets. Inter-Island
turborop services also operated under the Go!Mokulele
brand by Mokulele Airlines using Cessna 208B
Grand Caravans.
History Established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Mesa Air Group. In October 2009 Go! parent Mesa
Air Group entered into an agreement with Mokulele
parent Republic Airways Holdings whereby the jet
operations of the two carriers would be combined
in a new joint venture, in which Mesa took a 75% stake,
while Mokulele’s owners took the remaining 25%. The
joint venture subsequently adopted new Go!Mokulele
branding. On 3 November 2011 Mesa Air Group
announced the sale of Mokulele Flight Services, its
inter-island turboprop service to Transpac Aviation,
now operating as Mokulele Airlines.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ......................... Jonathan Ornsgein
Chief Marketing Officer.........................................Joe Bock
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-100
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Main base Honolulu (HNL)
GoAir [G8] (GOW)
Paper Box House, Off Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri(E),
Mumbai, 400093, India
Tel +91 22 6741 0000 Fax +91 22 5541 0001
Email sudhir@goair.in Website www.goair.in
Parent organisation/shareholders Wadia Group (100%)
Date operations started 4 November 2005
Description Privately-owned budget airline operating
domestic passenger services to around 18 major cities
in the Indian sub-continent.
History Established by the Wadia Group conglomerate,
which has a wide range of commercial interests in India.
Domestic passenger services were launched with an
inaugural service from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Georgio De Roni
Managing Director............................................. Jeh Wadia
VP Flight Operations .......................................... D Gandhi
Fleet (orders) 11 (9) x Airbus A320-200
(72) x Airbus A320neo
Main base Mumbai (BOM)
GoJet Airlines [G7] (GJS)
11495 Navaid Road, Suite 303, Bridgetown, Missouri,
63044, USA
Tel +1 314 222 4777 Fax +1 314 222 4793
Email info@gojetairlines.com Website www.gojetairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Trans States Holdings
(100%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, United Airlines
Date operations started 4 October 2005
Description US airline headquartered in Missouri, providing
commuter feeder services for United Airlines to around
30 cities in 18 states.
History The carrier was established as a subsidiary of
Trans States Holdings and secured US FAA certification
on 20 September 2005.
Employees total 560
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President.........................................................Rick Leach
Chief Financial Officer................................. Gerry Wigmore
Chief Operations Officer..................................... Dan Reed C
Fleet (orders) 29 x Bombardier CRJ-700
Main base Saint Louis STL
Hubs Chicago (ORD), Denver (DEN), Washington (IAD) D
GOL Linhas Aereas InTELIgentes
[G3] (GLO)
Praca Comandante Linneu Gomes, s/n - Portaria 3, Jardim E
Aeroporto, 04626-020 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Tel +55 11 5098 2000 Fax +55 11 3169 6245
Email comcorp@golnaweb.com.br Website www.voegol.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeropar Participacoes
(77%), Venture (17.6%), American International Group
(through BSSF Air Holdings) (5.4%), Delta Air Lines (3%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Webjet Linhas Aereas
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(100%)
Alliances Air France, American Airlines, Copa Airlines, Delta
Air Lines, Iberia, KLM, NOAR Linhas Aéreas, Passaredo H
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Date operations started 15 January 2001
Description Major Brazilian low-fare airline operating an
extensive domestic schedule from São Paulo linking some This Airbus A330--200 is part of Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda’s fleet
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60 major points in the country. Regional services are also
flown to Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and Peru.
History Established as a subsidiary of Brazil’s GOL Linhas
Goma Air
Thirbum Marg, Gyaneshwor, PO Box 890, Kathmandu,
Grand China Air – see Hainan
Airlines [HU] (CHH) J
Aereas Inteligentes (GLAI). On 24 June 2004 GOL launched Nepal
simultaneous IPOs on the New York and São Paulo Stock Tel +977 1 443 6372 Fax +977 1 441 6547 Grandstar Cargo [GD] (GSC)
Exchanges. It also took a controlling stake in VRG Linhas
Aereas, also known as “new Varig”, which was acquired
Email md@gomaair.com Website gomaair.com
Date operations started February 2011
10th Floor, Tianjin Binhai, International Airport Building,
Tianjin, 300300, China
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by GOL’s major shareholder, Grupo Aurea from VarigLog and Description Regional airline initially linking its Surkhet Tel +86 22 2490 3800 Fax +86 22 2490 3810
Volo in March 2007. GOL and VARIG continued to operate
separately, each with its own fleet and management. On
base with remote communities in western Nepal, including
Mugu, Bajang, Bajura, Dolpa, Jumla, Humla, Rukum,
Email cs@grandstarcargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sinotrans Air (51%), L
30 July 2008 parent company GLAI announced that it had Chaurjahari, and Nepalgunj. Korean Air (25%), Hana Capital (13%), Shinhan Capital (11%)

applied to ANAC to restructure GOL Transportes Aéreos and
VRG Linhas Aéreas into a single airline company. Following
ANAC approval, Varig operations were fully integrated with
those of its parent carrier within GOL Linhas Aéreas
Inteligentes in October 2009. Agreed to acquire Webjet
Linhas Aereas on 8 July 2011. The deal received
governmental approval on 21 September 2011 and Webjet’s
History Received its air operator’s certificate in October
2010. Licensed to operate cargo charters and scheduled
passenger services.
Executives
Chairman.............................................. Upendra Bhattarai
Managing Director.......................................... Manoj Karki
Operations Director................................ Ang Dorje Sherpa
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Date operations started 27 June 2008
Description Provides non-stop scheduled cargo flights from
Tianjin to Asia, Europe and North America.
History Established as a joint venture in which Chinese
logistics company Sinotrans Air took a majority
shareholding. The company obtained its air operator’s
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certificate on 14 December 2007, and its ACC (Air Carrier

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operations were to be integrated into GOL’s. Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208 Certificate) on 12 June 2008. Services were launched with
Employees total 18,776 Main base Surkhet (SKH) a three times weekly Boeing 747-400F service routing from
Executives Hubs Nepalgunj (KEP) Tianjin to Frankfurt and back, via Shanghai.
President & CEO..............Constantino de Oliveira Junior Jnr Executives
Chief Financial Officer .............................Leonardo Pereira
Operations Director ...............Luiz Sergio Fernandes Junior
Gotlandsflyg
Box 247, 423 23 Torslanda, Sweden
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Yiping Lee
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-400
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Fleet (orders) 34 x Boeing 737-700 Tel +0498 22 22 22 Email info@gotlandsflyg.se Main base Tianjin (TSN)
69 (94) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Sao Paulo (CGH)
Website www.gotlandsflyg.se
Parent organisation/shareholders FastAir Invest (100%) Grant Aviation [GV] (GUN) Q
Hubs Rio de Janeiro (SDU), Curitiba (CWB), Fortaleza (FOR), Date operations started 28 May 2004 PO Box 92200, Anchorage, Alaska, 99509-2200, USA
Recife (REC), Porto Alegre (POA), Salvador (SSA), Brasilia Description Provides low-fare flights between Visby Tel +1 907 248 7025 Fax +1 907 248 7076
(BSB), Rio de Janeiro (GIG) andStockholm-Bromma. Flights are operated on its behalf
by Golden Air and Avitrans Nordic. Charter flights are also
Website www.flygrant.com
Date operations started 1971
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Golden Air [DC] (GAO) undertaken. Description Regional carrier operating scheduled
Trollhattan Vaanersborg Airport, 461 93 Trollhattan,
Sweden
Main base Visby (VBY) passenger and cargo services linking around half a dozen
Alaskan communities with Anchorage, using a mixed fleet S
Tel +46 520 48 4444 Fax +46 520 48 4446 Grand Canyon Airlines (CVU) of light transport aircraft. Charter and cargo services are
Email op@goldenair.se Website www.goldenair.se
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Grand Canyon Airlines Terminal, PO Box 3038, also available.
Parent organisation/shareholders Braathens Aviation Grand Canyon, Arizona, 86023, USA History Established in 1971 as Delta Air Services in
(75%), Erik Thun AB Group (25%) Tel +1 928 638 2463 Fax +1 928 638 9461 Emmonak, Alaska. Rebranded as Grant Aviation in 1993.
Alliances Malmo Aviation Website www.grandcanyonairlines.com Executives
Date operations started 15 August 1993
Description Operates regional scheduled passenger
Parent organisation/shareholders Elling B Halvorson
Date operations started 1927
President...............................................Bruce McGlassen
Operations Director.................................Mark Richardson U
services in Finland, Norway and Sweden, together with Description Operates sightseeing tours over the VP Finance...................................................... Jeff Taggert

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ad hoc charter flights. Grand Canyon, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Rainbow Bridge, Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
History The carrier was originally registered on 16 September Monument Valley and other major tourist attractions in 3 x Cessna C207
1976 and operated air-taxi and charter flights. It underwent the southwest USA. 11 x Cessna C207A
several changes over subsequent years until it was History Founded as Scenic Airlines by J Parker Van Zandt. 1 x Cessna CE208
restructured under present ownership on 15 August 1993.
Executives
The first sightseeing flight, using a Ford Trimotor, took off
on 3 October 1927.
1 x Cessna T207A
7 x Piper PA-31-300
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Chief Executive Officer..............................Anders Kallsson Executives Main base Anchorage (ANC)
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 72-500
11 x Saab 2000
President.............................................. Elling B Halverson
Assistant General Manager....................... Howard Jackson Great Lakes Airlines [ZK] (GLA) X
1 x Saab 340A Director Flight Operations......................... Craig Sanderson 1022 Airport Parkway, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 82001, USA
2 x Saab 340B Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208 Tel +1 307 432 7000 Fax +1 307 432 7001
Main base Visby (VBY), Trollhattan (THN)
Hubs Angelholm/Helsingborg (AGH), Bromma (BMA)
15 x DHC6-300
Main base Grand Canyon (GCN)
Email mmatthews@greatlakesav.com
Website www.flygreatlakes.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Raytheon Aircraft
Company (37.6%),D G Voss (29.1%), others (33.3%)
Alliances Frontier Airlines, United Airlines
Date operations started 5 April 1977
Description Regional airline headquartered in Cheyenne,
Wyoming , and operating domestic schedules and charter
flights to and from Denver, Las Vegas, Billings, Millwaukee,
Ontario, Phoenix and Albuquerque.
History Established as Spirit Lake Airways. Initiated
scheduled services in October 1981. Operated as
a United Express carrier from April 1992. Ceased exclusive
United Express operations in 2001, enabling services under
codeshare agreements with both United Airlines and Frontier
Airlines. Received a two-year essential air services contract
for services from St Louis in March 2007 which had
previously been operated by RegionsAir.
Executives
Chairman.....................................................Douglas Voss
Chief Executive Officer................................ Charles Howell
Chief Financial Officer............................ Michael Matthews
Fleet (orders) 28 x Beech 1900D
4 x Embraer EMB-120ER
2 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Cheyenne (CYS)
Hubs Denver (DEN)
Great Wall Airlines [IJ] (GWL)
China
Date operations started 1 June 2006
Date operations ceased 1 June 2011
Joint venture cargo airline which operated services linking the
carrier’s Shanghai-Pudong hub and Tianjin with Amsterdam,
Chennai, Chicago, Manchester, Mumbai, Seattle and Seoul,
but all services were merged into China Cargo Airlines.
Established in October 2005 and received its air operator’s
certificate on 25 May 2006. The airline briefly suspended
operations on 18 August 2006 after its parent company,
China Great Wall Industry, had sanctions imposed on it by the
US Treasury Department for allegedly supplying missile
technology to Iran. Operations resumed in December 2006.
Groznyavia [ZG] (GOZ)
Airport-26, Grozny, 364026, Russia
Tel +7 871 222 4789 Fax +7 871 222 4789
Email info@groznyavia.ru Website www.groznyavia.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of the
Chechen Republic (100%)
Date operations started December 2007
Description Operates scheduled passenger services linking
Grozny with Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. The only
international route serves Kiev (from October 2009).
History On 20 August 2007 the government of the Chechen
Republic announced that it would create a new airline, with
the primary objective of providing passenger services linking
the capital Grozny with Moscow.
Bahrain-based Gulf Air has a fleet of Airbus, Boeing and Embraer airliners
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President........................................................Alik Zulgaev Airlines Group (60%), Guizhou Xianfei Industrial (40%)
Fleet (orders) 2 x Yakovlev Yak-42 Description Small provinciail subsidiary of China Southern
2 x Yakovlev Yak-42D Airlines, operating scheduled domestic passenger and
Main base Grozny (GRV) cargo flights.
History Established in 1991 by the Guizhou Province.
Gryphon Airlines [6P] (VOS) Executives
PO Box 7497 Salmiya 22085, Al-Othman Center, 8th Floor Chairman............................................................Jie Bo Xu
Office 82, Hawally, Kuwait City, Kuwait Finance Manager.......................................... Renxin Zhang
Tel +965 226 75551 Fax +965 2265 0008 General Manager...........................................Huanan Feng
Email reservations@salaamtravels.com Website flygryphon.com Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-700
Date operations started 2007 5 x Boeing 737-800
Description Kuwait City based, principally American-owned Main base Beihai (BHY)
and operated indirect air carrier offering regular charter
flights linking Kuwait City with Baghdad and Kandahar, and Gulf Air [GF] (GFA)
Dubai with Kandahar in support of the US government PO Box 138, Building 138, Road 2403, Manama, Bahrain
and its contractors. Ad hoc charters throughout the Middle Tel +973 17 322 200 Fax +973 17 335 568
East and South Asia are also offered. Email willy.boulter@gulfair.com Website www.gulfair.com
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
President .........................................................Earl Gibbs Bahrain (100%)
Fleet (orders) 1 x Douglas DC-9-32 Alliances American Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines,
3 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80 British Midland International BMI, Cyprus Airways, Egyptair,
Main base Kuwait (KWI) Ethiopian Airlines, Jet Airways, KLM, Malaysia Airlines,
Philippine Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Saudi Arabian
GTRA Airways Airlines, Thai Airways International, Yemenia
Militant Avenue, Ndolo National Airport, Kinshasa, Congo Date operations started 5 July 1950
(Democratic Republic) Description The national carrier of the Gulf Kingdom
Tel +243-990-398-517 Email contacti@gtra-congo.cd of Bahrain, operating scheduled international flights
Website www.gtra-congo.cd from Bahrain to destinations in Africa, Asia, Australia,
Description Congolese cargo operation providing regional Europe, the Middle and Far East and the USA. Codeshares
cargo services in support of existing company operations. add another 20 destinations in the USA, UK, Europe and
Specialises in the transport of food stuffs and Far East.
pharmaceutical equipment. History The history of Gulf Air may be traced back to
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200 the establishment of the Gulf Aviation Company in
Main base Kinshasa (NLO) March 1950, when the airline was formed as a partnership
between a British aviator, F Bosworth and local investors.
Guinea Ecuatorial Airlines (GEA) BOAC became the major shareholder when acquiring
Calle Rey Malabo s/n, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 22% of the shares. In 1973 the governments of Bahrain,
Tel +240 2222 57127 Qatar, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of
Date operations started 1996 Oman purchased BOAC’s shares and the carrier was
Description Operates a domestic and regional charter rebranded as Gulf Air. The Foundation Treaty of 1 January
service in West Africa. The airline is on the list of carriers 1974 gave each government a 25% shareholding and
banned from flying to the European Union. Gulf Air became the national carrier for the four Gulf
Executives states. In May 2002 Qatar completed its previously-
Chief Executive Officer............................ Teodorín Nguema announced intention of withdrawing from Gulf Air, so as
Chief Pilot..................................................... Antonio Nico to concentrate on developing Qatar Airways, and on 28 April
Fleet (orders) 1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 5 2006 Abu Dhabi also withdrew from Gulf Air, as did Oman
1 x Let L-410UVP-E in May 2007. Gulf Traveller, an all-economy subsidiary,
Main base Malabo (SSG) commenced operations from Abu Dhabi to 17 destinations
in June 2003, but this subsidiary was disbanded following
Guizhou Airlines (CGH) Abu Dhabi’s withdrawal from Gulf Air, announced in
Longdongbao Airport Road, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550012, September 2005. Gulf Air temporarily suspended flights
China to Iran and Lebanon during the height of the 2011
Tel +86 851 5362032 Fax +86 851 5362500 Bahraini uprising.
Email zhao-yg@cs-air.com Website www.csair.com Executives
Chairman........................................................Talal Al-Zain
Chief Executive Officer .............................. Samer Al-Majali
Chief Operations Officer .............................Nasser Alsalmi
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
14 (2) x Airbus A320-200
10 x Airbus A330-200
(20) x Airbus A330-300
4 x Airbus A340-300
(16) x Boeing 787-8
2 x Embraer 170-100LR
2 x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Bahrain (BAH)
Guna Airlines
PO Box 11630, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977-1-448-8300 Fax +977-1-446-5083
Email info@gunaairlines.com Website www.gunaairlines.com
Date operations started 2010
Description Regional airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Provides scheduled passenger flights to six regional
destinations around Nepal.
History Established as part of the Guna Group.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900C
Gulf Air
1 x Beech 1900D
Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
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Employees total 10,969 Harbour Air Seaplanes [H3] (HES)
Executives 4760 Inglis Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, V7B 1W4,
Chairman......................................................... Ming Chen
Chief Executive Officer.............................................. Tie Li
Canada
Tel +1 604 274 1277 Email harbour@harbour-air.com C
Managing Director.......................................Xiangdong Tan Website www.harbour-air.com
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AirSea Lines
D
Chief Financial Officer........................................Xu Zhoujin
Fleet (orders) 1 (2) x Airbus A319-100 Date operations started 1981
3 (11) x Airbus A320-200 Description Scheduled and charter passenger services from
6 x Airbus A330-200 Vancouver Harbour to nine destinations in British Columbia.
4 x Airbus A330-300
3 x Airbus A340-600
History Founded as Windoak Air Service to provide seaplane
charter services for the forestry industry in British Columbia. E
5 x Boeing 737-400 It subsequently added charter flights to resorts, and some

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2 x Boeing 737-700 scheduled services, which it increased in 1993.
66 (8) x Boeing 737-800 Executives
3 x Boeing 767-300 President & General Manager.....................Greg McDougall
(10) x Boeing 787-8 Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna A185F

Hageland Aviation Services [H6]

(7) x Embraer 190-100LR
Main base Haikou (HAK)
8 x De Havilland Canada Beaver
2 x De Havilland Canada Otter
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(HAG) Hubs Xi’an XIY, Ningbo (NGB) 14 x De Havilland Canada Turbi
4700 Old International Airport Road, Suite 202A,
Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA
Tel +1 907 245 0119 Fax +1 907 245 5745
Halcyonair Cabo Verde Airways
[7Z] (HCN)
Main base Vancouver (YVR)

Hawaiian Airlines [HA] (HAL)

Website www.hageland.com
Parent organisation/shareholders HoTH (100%)
Alliances Era Aviation
Date operations started 1981
Description Regional airline operating passenger and cargo
services within Alaska, as well as charters from its base at
Anchorage and hub at Barrow. A division of Era Alaska.
History Founded by Mike Hageland with one Cessna 180.
Merged with Fairbanks-based Frontier Flying Service on
1 March 2009, becoming part of Era Alaska.
Executives
President...................................................... James Tweto
Treasurer................................................... Mike Hageland
Director of Operations............................... Patrick Thurston
PO Box 142, Concourse Hall, 1st floor, Amilcar Cabral
International Airport, Sal, Espargos, Cape Verde Islands
Tel + 238 241 29 48 Fax + 238 241 23 62
Email comercial@halcyonair.com Website www.halcyonair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Jorge Spencer Lima,
Morabitur, Soltrópico
Date operations started 1 March 2007
Description Domestic service linking Praia with Boavista,
Maio, Sal, São Felipe, Fogo, Santiago, São Nicolau and São
Vicente. Charter services also available.
History Established as Halcyonair Cabo Verde Airways by
Paulo Mirpuri and José Simões Coelho. In May 2006 former
TACV airlines owner Jorge Spencer Lima became a
shareholder and president of directors. The replacement of
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3375 Koapaka Street, Suite G-350, Honolulu, Hawaii,
96819, USA
Tel +1 808 835 3700 Fax +1 808 835 3690
I
Website www.hawaiianairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hawaiian Holdings (100%)
Alliances American Airlines, American Eagle Airlines, All J
Nippon Airways, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Island Air,
JetBlue Airways, Korean Air, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic
Airways, Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia International
Date operations started 11 November 1929
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Description Hawaii’s oldest airline, serving the islands of
Maui, Kauai, Lanai, Molokai and Hawaii from its Honolulu
hub. Hawaiian also offers non-stop service between Hawaii L
and mainland US cities and international routes to American

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Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900C the original shareholders was completed when local tour Samoa, Australia, Japan, Korea, Philippines and Tahiti.
3 x Cessna C207 operators Morabitur and Soltrópico acquired the remaining History Founded by Inter-Island Steam Navigation as Inter-
14 x Cessna C207A shares that year. Received its air operator’s certificate in Island Airways. The present title was adopted on 1 October
18 x Cessna CE208 February 2007 and launched services the following month. 1941. On 21 March 2003 Hawaiian Airlines filed for Chapter
1 x Cessna T207A
1 x Piper PA-31-300
Executives
President ........................................... Jorge Spencer Lima
11 bankruptcy protection with operations still continuing.
The carrier emerged from bankruptcy in June 2005.
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4 x Reims F406 Accounts Manager........................................Lino Salomao Employees total 4,023

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Main base Anchorage (ANC) Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300 Executives
Hubs Barrow (BWF) Main base Sal Island (SID) President & CEO........................................ Mark Dunkerley
EVP & Chief Financial Officer ........................ Scott Topping
Hainan Airlines [HU] (CHH) Hamburg Airways (HAY) Managing Director Treasury............................ Russell Ryan
New Hainan Airlines Building, 7 Guoxing Da Dao, Haikou,
Hainan Province, 570203, China
Hindenburgstrasse 171, 22297 Hamburg, Germany
Tel +49 40 500 501 0 Fax +49 40 500 501 11
Fleet (orders) 5 (16) x Airbus A330-200
(6) x Airbus A350-800XWB
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Tel +86 898 6673 9801 Fax +86 898 6679 5305 Email info@hamburgairways.com 16 x Boeing 717-200

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Email hhfwxx@hnair.com Website www.hnair.com Website www.hamburgairways.com 15 x Boeing 767-300
Parent organisation/shareholders Grand China Air Parent organisation/shareholders Privately owned (100%) Main base Honolulu (HNL)
Holding Company (41.6%), Hainan Meilan Airport Company Date operations started 30 March 2011
(10.46%), Hainan Provincial Development Holding Company Description Start-up airline operating charter services between Hawkair Aviation Services [BH]
(7.21%), Changjiang Leasing (6.27%), others (34.46%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Chang An Airlines
Germany and destinations in Europe, north Africa and Asia.
Operates primarily on behalf of leading tour operators.
(BHA)
4345 Bristol Road, Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 0E9,
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(87.35%), China Xinhua Airlines (67.59%), Yangtze River History Founded a month after its predecessor, Hamburg Canada
Express (2%), Tianjin Airlines (0.83%)
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, airberlin, American Airlines,
International Airways, ceased operations.
Executives
Tel +1 250 635 4295 Fax +1 250 635 7852
Email admin@hawkair.ca Website www.hawkair.ca S
Brussels Airlines, Capital Airlines, China Airlines, Etihad Joint Managing Director.................................Sergej Fieger Date operations started 1994
Description Scheduled and charter passenger services in
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Airways, EVA Air, Frontier Airlines, Grand China Air, Hong Kong Joint Managing Director................... Christoph von Saldern
Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways, Korean Air, Lucky Air, Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100 British Columbia and Alberta. Scheduled routes serve Prince
Rossiya, S7 Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, UNI Air, Westair 1 x Airbus A320-200 Rupert, Terrace-Kitimat and Smithers from Vancouver.
Date operations started 2 May 1993 Main base Hamburg (HAM) Executives
Description China’s largest privately-owned airline operating
a scheduled domestic and international network of routes Happy Air (HPY)
Chief Executive Officer...................................Rod Hayward
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 U
from its Haikou hub and nine locations on the mainland. 106/2 Moo.1 Airport Road, Tumbon Sakoo Aumper Talang, 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300

The international network serves destinations in around a
dozen countries and charter flights from Haikou also serve
Busan, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Singapore.
History Became China’s first joint-stock air transport
enterprise in January 1993. Executive jet operations with a
Learjet 55 added in April 1995. In 1998 Hainan Airlines
became the first Chinese carrier to buy shares in an airport
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Phuket, 83110, Thailand Main base Terrace (YXT)
Tel +66 81 978 3457 Email info@happyairway.com Hubs Fort St John (YXJ), Dawson Creek (YDQ), Vancouver
Website www.happyairway.com (YVR), Prince Rupert (YPR)
Date operations started 26 October 2009
Description Thai regional airline operating scheduled
domestic services between Phuket and Hat Yai and regional
hdair.com (RPX)
Elmdon Building, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham, UK
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services linking Phuket and Hat Yai with the Malaysian Tel +44 121 7829227 Fax +44 1235 844155

with a 25% stake in Haikou Meilan International Airport. In
June 2000 began its first flights outside of mainland China,
between Sanya and Macau. In November 2007 HNA group
formed the Grand China Airlines Holding Company. This
should allow all of HNA’s airlines to consolidate under the
Grand China Air title, but this has not yet been implemented.
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island of Langkawi. Planning services to Medan and Email mail@hdair.com Website www.hdair.com
Indonesia, and charter flights within the Andaman region. Parent organisation/shareholders 2morrow Group (100%)
Executives Date operations started 1992
Chief Executive Officer ............................Sanohh Sontipua Description Operates contract services for Royal Mail and
Fleet (orders) 1 x Saab 340B
Main base Phuket (HKT)
other express courier companies. The airline also provides
ad hoc freight charters and ACMI leases throughout Europe.
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Executives
Chairman..............................................Chris Howe-Davies
Chief Executive Officer.........................James Howe-Davies
Fleet (orders) 1 x Shorts SD360-200
Main base Inverness (INV), Luton (LTN), Coventry (CVT),
Aberdeen (ABZ)
HeavyLift Cargo Airlines [HN] (HVL)
PO Box Q596, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, New South
Wales, 1230, Australia
Tel +61 2 9232 4660 Fax +61 2 9232 4668 Email contact@
heavyliftcargo.com Website www.heavyliftcargo.com
Date operations started 2004
Description Sydney-based scheduled and charter cargo
airline operating out of Brisbane and Cairns. Scheduled flights
operate between Australia, Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands, while worldwide cargo charters are also
offered, including carriage of outsized cargo and heavy freight.
History After launching services in Australia under a foreign
air operator’s certificate in 2004, HeavyLift acquired an
Australian AOC after buying 97.4% of OzJet Airlines in May
2008. Ozjjet ceased passenger services in May 2009, by
which time HeavyLift had added cargo operations to its AOC.
Executives
General Manager..........................................Rodney Crane
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400SF
Main base Brisbane (BNE)
HeavyLift International Airlines
Room 210, Cargo Terminal 1, Sharjah International Airport,
Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6 558 1600 Fax +971 6 558 1661
Email info@hl-cargo.com Website www.hl-cargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aviation Leasing Group
(100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Kam Cargo (50%)
Date operations started 2005
Description Provided cargo charter and ACMI leasing
services in the United Arab Emirates and to points in the
Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Dormant since its two
Boeing 737-300(F) aircraft left the fleet in March 2011.
History Established by Farhad Azima as part of the Aviation
Leasing Group. Awarded its air operator’s certificate in
January 2005. In May 2010 a new joint venture cargo airline
Kam Cargo was created with Afghan carrier Kam Air.
Executives
CEO & Chairman.......................................... Farhad Azima
Chief Financial Officer ......................................Ray Adams
General Manager..........................................Afsaneh Zada
Main base Ras al Khaimah (RKT)
Hebei Airlines [NS] (HBH)
Shijiazhuang Zhengding Intl Airport, Shijiazhuang, Hebei,
China
Parent organisation/shareholders Sichuan Airlines
(97%), Shenyang branch of Zhongrui Investment, (3%)
Alliances Sichuan Airlines
Date operations started 29 June 2010
Description Operates domestic services from Shijiazhuang
to Chengdu, Guilin, Hohhot, Qinhuangdao and Shanghai.
History Relaunched airline formed from its predecessor,
Northeast Airlines/Dongbei Air, following its takeover in
June 2010 by Sichuan Airlines.
Executives
Vice Chairman............................................... Luo Zhanling
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-700
(10) x Comac ARJ21-700
2 x Embraer 190-100LR
5 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
1 x Gulfstream G400
Main base Shijiazhuang (SJW)
Helitrans (HTA)
Trondheim Lufthavn-Vaernes, Norway
Tel +47-7480-4090 Fax +47-7482-7625
Email Heli@helitrans.no Website www.helitrans.no
Date operations started 2004
Description Helicopter and fixed wing operation based in
Norway. Operates scheduled and charter passenger and
cargo flights, as well as special mission flights.
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History Established in 1990 as a pure helicopter company.
Added fixed wing operations, including charters and special
missions, in January 2004. Contracted to operate scheduled
services in Sweden on behalf of Flyglinjen from 2010.
Fleet (orders) 3 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Cessna C185A
1 x Cessna 525B
1 x Fairchild Merlin III
Main base Trondheim (TRD)
Helitt Lineas Aereas [H9] (HTH)
Calle de Pepita Barrientos 7, 29004 Malaga, Spain
Tel +34 952 243116 Fax +34 952 067595
Email info@helitt.com Website www.helitt.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Helitt Aeronauticak (10%)
Date operations started 21 November 2011
Description Start-up airline connecting Malaga, Barcelona,
Madrid and San Sebastian with north African city of Melilla.
History Established in 2009. Its other aeronautical interests
include airport services, flight training and helicopter.
Executives
General Director.........................................Miquel Pascual
President........................................................Abel Pizarro
Finance Director........................................Adrian Zamudio
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-200
Main base Malaga (AGP)
Hellenic Imperial Airways [HT] (IMP)
22 Vouliagmenis Avenue, Hellinikon, 167 77 Athens, Greece
Tel +30 210 961 3183 Fax +30 210 961 3171
Email info@hellenicairways.com
Website www.hellenicairways.com/
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Universal (100%)
Date operations started 2007
Description Scheduled passenger services from Athens to
Birmingham, Casablanca and Jeddah, as well as passenger/
cargo charters worldwide. Also offers ACMI wet-lease services.
History Established after parent company, Air Universal of
Jordan, was banned from EU operation on 22 March 2006.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Talal Abu Reyel
Finance Manager ................................... Anna Simeonidou
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 747-200
Main base Athens (ATH)
Hello [HW] (FHE)
PO Box 238, Basel Airport, 4030 Basel, Switzerland
Tel +41 61 325 3600 Fax +41 61 325 3599
Email info@hello.ch Website www.hello.ch
Parent organisation/shareholders Moritz Suter (100%)
Date operations started August 2004
Description Charter service operating flights to holiday
destinations in the Mediterranean and North Africa.
Also provides a wet-lease service for other carriers.
History Originally intended to be a regional scheduled carrier,
but relaunched in March 2004 as a charter airline.
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Moritz Suter
Chief Executive Officer................................Robert Somers
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Basle (BSL)
Hubs Zurich (ZRH)
Helvetic Airways [2L] (OAW)
PO Box 250, Zurich Airport, 8058 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel +41 44 270 8500 Fax +41 44 270 8501
Email info@helvetic.com Website www.helvetic.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Patinex AG
Alliances Swiss
Date operations started 15 February 2002
Description Operates scheduled services linking Zurich with
Bari, Berne, Brindisi, Bristol, Cardiff, Inverness, Lamezia
Terme, Ohrid, Palma de Mallorca and Rostock. Half the fleet
operates scheduled services on long-term wet-lease to Swiss
International Air Lines. The other half operates its own
schedules, as well as charters and ACMI leasing services.
History Founded as Odette Airways in the summer of 2001.
Restructured as Helvetic Airways in September 2003.
Investment firm Patinex became the airline’s majority
shareholder in 2006. Signed a four-year wet-lease agreement
with Swiss to operate a single Fokker 100 on the Swiss
carrier’s European network. Introduced charter services to
Mediterranean and north African holiday destinations for
summer of 2011 and planned to do so again in 2012.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Bruno Jans
Chief Financial Officer............................... Tobias Pogorevc
Fleet (orders) 6 x Fokker 100
Main base Zurich (ZRH)
Hubs Berne (BRN)
Hemus Air [DU] (HMS)
1 Brussels Blvd, Sofia Airport, 1540 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 400 1188 Fax +359 2 945 9147
Email office@hemusair.bg Website www.airbg.bg
Parent organisation/shareholders Balkan Hemus (100%)
Date operations started 1987
Description Operates scheduled domestic and international
services from Sofia and Varna. Charter, cargo and air
ambulance services are also offered.
History Branched off from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines in 1986,
initially providing ambulance services, flight calibration and
aerial photography. In 1991 it became a separate legal
entity from Balkan and took the name Hemus Air.
Executives
Executive Director.........................................Yonka Kogova
Executive Director....................................... George Yankov
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
2 x BAe 146-300
1 x BAe 146-RJ70
Main base Sofia (SOF)
Hubs Varna (VAR)
Henan Airlines [VD] (KPA)
No 6 Ying Bin Da Dao, Xinzheng International Airport,
Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 451162, China
Tel +86 37168511820 Email sales@shenzhenair.com
Website www.kunpeng-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Shenzhen Airlines
(95%), Ping Shan and Shan Yue (5%)
Date operations started 28 September 2007
Description Regional carrier linking Zhengzhou to more than
30 destinations in China. Charter flights also offered.
History Created as Kunpeng Airlines in December 2006
through a joint venture agreement between Shenzhen Airlines
and Mesa Air Group, as a feeder airline company in China.
Shenzhen Airlines took a majority shareholding while Mesa
held the balance. Received its air operator’s certificate and
launched services from Xi’an in September 2007. Operated
domestic passenger and cargo flights from Zhengzhou to
more than 30 destinations throughout China as well as
charters. Relocated to Zhengzhou in August 2008. Shenzhen
Airlines became the sole shareholder in April 2009.
Rebranded as Henan Airlines on 1 February 2010.
Suspended operations on 25 August 2010 after a fatal
crash. Expected to revert to its Kunpeng Airlines identity if it
resumes services as a subsidiary of Shenzhen Airlines.
Executives
General Manager .................................................. Cao Bo
Chief Operations Officer .......................................Han Zhu
Finance Manager................................................ Zeran Xia
Fleet (orders)
(50) x Comac ARJ21-700
Main base Zhengzhou (CGO)
Hubs Shenzhen (SZX), Nanning (NNG)
Heritage Air
Malacca International Airport, 75350 Batu Berendam,
Melaka, Malaysia
Tel +606 3191 680 Fax +606 3191 689
Date operations started 12 December 2010
Description Malaysian start-up airline operating regular
charter flights from its Malacca base. Also expecting to link
Malacca and Kuala Terenggangu in Malaysia with Bandung in
Indonesia. Plans call for charter services to more Indonesian
destinations, as well as to Hong Kong and points in Thailand.
History Launched services with a flight between the newly-
designated Malacca International Airport at Batu Berendam
and Dili, East Timor.
Main base Malacca (MKZ)
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No.93 Soheil blind alley Bahar Azadi Av, Chahar Baghe Bala St., Aeropuerto 4 Feveriro, Luanda, Angola 11 (1) x Airbus A330-200
Isfahan, 81739 89131, Iran
Tel +98 311 627 9245 Fax +98 311 627 1623
Parent organisation/shareholders Cabinda Gulf Oil (100%)
Date operations started 2005
(8) x Airbus A330-300
(15) x Airbus A350-900XWB C
Website www.pgair.ir Description Provides charter services throughout Angola, (10) x Airbus A380-800
Parent organisation/shareholders HESA (100%)
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primarily serving the oil industry. 2 x Boeing 737-300
Date operations started January 2011 History Established as Heli Malongo to operate helicopter 3 x Boeing 737-800
Description Operates domestic services between Tehran, services out of Luanda. The company introduced its first (6) x Boeing 777-200
Hamadan, Isfahan, Kish, Qeshm, Tabas and Yazd. fixed wing aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q300, into service Main base Hong Kong (HKG)
History Established in 2010 by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing
Industries Company, known locally as HESA.
in September 2005.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 Hong Kong Express Airways [UO] E
Main base Esfahan (IFN) 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (HKE)

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Main base Luanda (LAD) 7/F One Citygate, 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung, Hong Kong
Hevilift [QT] (RAW) Tel +852 31511800 Fax +852 31511838
PO Box 114, Edge Hill, Queensland, 4870, Australia Hoga Kusten Flyg Email info@hongkongexpress.com
Tel +61 7 4040 1420 Fax +61 7 4040 1491 Ornskoldsvik Airport, 890 35 Husum, Sweden Website www.hongkongairlines.com
Email info@heviliftgroup.com Website www.heviliftgroup
Parent organisation/shareholders Hevilift Group (100%)
Tel +46 660 292 280 Fax +46 660 293 313
Email bokning@hogakustenflyg.se
Parent organisation/shareholders HNA Group (45%),
Stanley Ho (25.3%), Mung Kin Keung (15%), China Energy
G
Date operations started 1994 Website www.hogakustenflyg.se Development (14.7%)
Description Aviation group operating fixed wing aircraft and
helicopter services transporting oil, gas and mining
Date operations started 2008
Description Scheduled passenger services from Stockholm
Alliances Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines, Tianjin Airlines
Date operations started 6 September 2005 H
personnel and equipment in the Asia-Pacific region. Seismic to the Örnsköldsvik region. Services flown by Golden Air. Description Provides scheduled services between Hong
surveys, medical evacuation, VIP transport, ship-to-shore Executives Kong and five cities within China, and international services
transfers and aerial construction work also undertaken.
History Established as Regional Aviation Group. Operated
Joint Co-owner.............................................Peter Forsberg
Joint Co-owner..........................................Markus Naslund
to the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand. Charters also flown.
History Originally established in 1996 by Helicopters Hong
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scheduled services in Papua New Guinea as Regional Air. Main base Ornskoldsvik (OER) Kong, as Heli Hong Kong. The current name was adopted in
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................Colin Seymour Hokkaido Air System (NTH)
2004. The HNA Group (owner of Hainan Airlines) acquired a
45% share in August 2006. J
Managing Director ............................................ Paul Booij Okadama Airport, Okadama-Cho, Higashi-Ku, Sapporo City, Executives
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-320 007-0880, Japan President ..................................................Yang Jian Hong
1 x De Havilland Canada DHC-6-200
Main base Madang (MAG), Port Moresby – Jacksons (POM)
Tel +81 11 769 0510 Fax +81 11 785 4656
Website www.hac-air.co.jp
Chief Executive Officer .................................. Kalid Razack
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-800
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Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines Group Main base Hong Kong (HKG)
Hewa Bora Airways (ALX)
Congo (Democratic Republic)
(51%), Hokkaido regional government (49%)
Date operations started March 1998 Horizon Air [QX] (QXE) L
Date operations started 1994 Description Operates scheduled domestic flights in Japan’s 19521 International Boulevard, Seattle, Washington,

Date operations ceased July 2011
Previously known as Congo Airlines, Zaire Airlines and Zaire
Express. Authorised to serve European routes until April
2008, but included on the banned list issued by the EU on
30 March 2010. Following a third accident in three years on
21 June 2011, the DR Congo’s Ministry of Transport
suspended Hewa Bora’s air operator’s certificate.
Hex-Air [UD] (HER)
Aeroport Le Puy-en-Velay, Loudes, Haute-Loire, F-43320
Loudes, France
Tel +33 4 7108 6228 Fax +33 471 080 410
Email a.rouchon@hexair.com Website www.hexair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SARL B&L-R (100%)
Description French regional airline operating a scheduled
service from Le Puy to Paris-Orly, and between Rodez,
Castres and Lyon. Also offers charters to corporate clients.
History Established as a sister company to Chambery-based
Pan European Air Service.
Executives
President.............................................Alexandre Rouchon
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900D
Main base Le Puy (LPY)
Hubs Castres (DCM)
Hi Fly [5K] (HFY)
Rua do Borja, 6, 1350-047 Lisbon, Portugal
Tel +351 21 004 6705 Fax +35 121 004 6701
Email hifly@hifly.aero Website www.hifly.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Mirpuri Investments (100%)
Date operations started 2006
northernmost island of Hokkaido.
Executives
President .......................................... Kimitoshi Nishimura
Operations Manager ................................ Toshiyuki Senou
Fleet (orders) 3 x Saab 340B
Main base Okadama (OKD)
HOLIDAYS Czech Airlines (HCC)
Airport Ruzyne, Prague 6, 160 08 Prague, Czech Republic
Tel +420 220 119 850 Website www.holidayscsa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Czech Airlines
Date operations started September 2010
Description Subsidiary of Czech Airlines operating holiday
charter flights to destinations in Austria, Cyprus, Egypt,
France, Israel, Tunisia and Turkey, on behalf of Blue Style
Travel and other domestic and foreign tour operators.
History Took Czech Airlines charter business from 1 June
2010. Received air operator’s certificate 31 August 2010.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Prague (PRG)
Hong Kong Airlines [HX] (CRK)
L2 CNAC House, 12 Tung Gai Road, HK International
Airport, Lantrau, Hong Kong, China
Tel +852 2559 1966 Fax +852 2151 1838
Email media@hkairlines.com Website www.hkairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Hong Kong Airlines
Holding (39.15%), HNA Group (27.7%), Hainan Airlines
Investment Holdings (19.02%), Hong Kong Airlines
Consultant Services (11.86%), Grand China Air (2.27%)
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98188, USA
Tel +1 206 241 6757 Fax +1 206 392 0201
Email bill.coniff@horizonair.com Website www.horizonair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Alaska Air Group (100%)
Alliances Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines,
Icelandair, Korean Air, Qantas, Virgin Australia International
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Date operations started 1 September 1981
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Description Large regional airline serving more than 45
cities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alberta.
History Soon after its foundation the airline extended its
network through the acquisition of Air Oregon in 1982 and
Transwestern Airlines in 1983. Became a public company in
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1984 and was purchased by Alaska Air Group, parent of
Alaska Airlines, in 1986. Horizon Air operated as a Frontier
JetExpress carrier until the end of 2007. From February Q
2011 Horizon Air’s brand logo was retired in favour of the
Alaska Airlines Eskimo, while retaining the Horizon name.
Employees total 3,045
Executives
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President................................................... Glenn Johnson
Chief Executive Officer.................................... William Ayer
VP Finance ...................................................Mark Eliasen S
Fleet (orders) 48 (2) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Seattle (SEA)
Hubs Portland (PDX), Spokane (GEG) T
Hornbill Skyways
North Pan Hangar, Kuching International Airport,
PO Box 1387, 93728 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia U
Tel +60 82 455737 Fax +60 82 455710

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Description Airline specialising in worldwide wet-leasing. Alliances Hainan Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways, Website www.hornbillskyways.com
History Previously operated as Air Luxor, rebranding in Tianjin Airlines Description Provides a variety of aerial services in rural
November 2005. The carrier gave up scheduled routes in Date operations started 5 July 2003 Malaysia, ranging from passenger and cargo charters and
May 2006 to concentrate on wet-leasing activities. Description Operates scheduled regional flights from Hong VIP transport to aerial lifting and survey work, using both
Executives
Chairman......................................................Paulo Mirpuri
Kong, together with business charter flights.
History Founded as CR Airways and rebranded as Hong Kong
fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.
History Established in May 1977.
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Finance Manager........................................ Sergio Bagorro Airlines on 30 September 2006. Executives
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A310-300
2 x Airbus A330-200
Executives
Chairman & Founder...............................Robert Yip Kwong
Chairman.......................................................Y. Aidanwing
Flight Operations Manager ........................ Hassan Suman X
2 x Airbus A340-300 President...................................................Yang Jian Hong Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CL605
2 x Airbus A340-500 Chief Executive Officer................................... Kalid Razack 1 x Cessna 750
(1) x Cessna 525B
Main base Lisbon (LIS)
Chief Financial Officer......................................Kelly Cheng
Chief Operations Officer............................ Chow Shoonyne
2 x Hawker Beechcraft King Air
Main base Kuching (KCH)
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Parent organisation/shareholders International Airlines
Group (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Vueling Airlines (46%),
British Airways (4.98%), Royal Air Maroc (0.98%)
Alliances oneworld, Air Nostrum, airberlin, Avianca,
BA CityFlyer, Binter Canarias, Bulgaria Air, Comair,
Czech Airlines, El Al, Frontier Airlines, GOL Linhas Aereas
Inteligentes, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru, Meridiana fly, Orbest,
Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas, Regional Cargo, Rossiya,
Royal Air Maroc, TACA International Airlines, Ukraine
International Airlines, Vueling Airlines
Date operations started 14 December 1927
Description Spanish flag carrier and the leading carrier
in the Europe-South America market. Together with
Iberia Group franchise partners Air Nostrum and Iberia
Regional, the company operates an extensive scheduled
network serving more than 105 destinations in 43
I Fly [H5] (FLY) countries. A further 90 destinations are served through
56/40 Sebastopol Avenue, Moscow, Moscow Region, codeshare agreements.
117342, Russia History Established as Iberia, Compañía Aérea de
Tel +7 495 642 8780 Fax +7 495 938 9377 Transportes by Basque businessman Horacio Echevarrieta,
Email info@iflyltd.ru Website www.iflyltd.ru with assistance from Deutsche Luft Hansa, which took a
Parent organisation/shareholders Tez Tour (100%) 24% stake. Launched government-sponsored regular postal
Date operations started December 2009 services between Madrid and Barcelona in December
Description Russian charter airline operating from Moscow 1927. In March 1929, a three-way merger with CETA
Vnukovo to destinations in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, (Compañía Española de Trifico Aéreo) and UAE (Unión Aérea
Egypt, Greece, the Maldives, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand Española) created a new national carrier, CLASSA
and Turkey. (Concessionaria Líneas Aéreas Subvencionadas S.A).
History Established by tour operator Tez Tour. Received its CLASSA held Spain’s sole air services concession. The
air operator’s certificate in early November 2009. Spanish government subsequently acquired 51% of CLASSA
Executives while Luft Hansa took up the remaining 49%. Rebranded as
General Manager......................................... Pyotr Morozov LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) in April 1932.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 757-200 After the Civil War, in April 1939, Iberia was the trading
Main base Moscow (VKO) name of a new privately-owned airline, CMA (Compañia
Mercantil Anonima), created to replace LAPE. The first
IBA International Business Air (IBZ) international service was inaugurated between Madrid and
Radhusgatan 2, 37436 Karlshamn, Sweden Lisbon in 1939. As hostilities drew to a close, the national
Tel +46 454 19595 Fax +46 454 19596 airline’s parlous state lead the Spanish government to take
Email sales@iba.nu Website www.iba.nu a 51% shareholding in 1944, granting the carrier exclusive
Date operations started 1983 rights to operate Spanish air services and renaming it as
Description Provides on demand passenger charter and Iberia Lineas Aéreas de España. Iberia was nationalised in
cargo flights in Europe, Africa and Asia. September 1944. Post-war international expansion from
History Started as an air-taxi operator with PA-31 aircraft in 1946 encompassed new short and long-haul routes,
1983. Expanded operations to provide charter, cargo and including Madrid-Buenos Aires, which was the first air
scheduled services, although schedules were terminated service between Europe and South America, flown with
in 2001. Douglas DC-4s. Following deregulation of the Spanish
Executives domestic market in 1994, Iberia acquired a minority stake
President...................................................Jan-Eric Olsson in Spain’s second largest carrier, Aviaco. In May 1997,
Valencia-based Air Nostrum became an Iberia franchise
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embrer EMB-120ER Brasilia partner, operating as Iberia Regional. In 1998, Aviaco
2 x Fairchild Metro III became a wholly-owned subsidiary and was fully integrated
Main base Stockholm Bromma (BMA) into Iberia during 1999. The airline was partially privatised
Hubs Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) and joined the oneworld alliance in September 1999. As
part of the privatisation process, British Airways (9%) and
IBC Airways [II] (CSQ) American Airlines’ parent, AMR Corp (1%) acquired
8401 Northwest 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33126, USA shareholdings. The company’s IPO was launched in 2001.
Tel +1 954 848 2310 Fax +1 305 639 6478 Low-cost subsidiary, Clickair, was launched in October
Email wwomick@ibcairways.com Website www.ibcairways.com 2006 but merged with low-cost competitor Vueling in
Parent organisation/shareholders International Bonded July 2009. Iberia held 45.9% of the merged airline which
Couriers Inc (100%) retained the Vueling name. On 8 April 2010 Iberia and
Description Courier company operating scheduled flights to British Airways formally agreed to merge. The merger would
Central America and the Caribbean. create a new holding company, International Airlines Group,
History IBC developed out of Joseph Costigan’s air freight under which both carriers will retain their operations and
forwarding business, Air Progress, formed in 1971. brands. The merger was approved by the EC in July 2010.
Executives Also in July 2010, oneworld alliance members American
President & CEO.......................................Joseph Costigan Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Royal Jordanian
Chief Financial Officer.................................Robert Basista Airlines received final antitrust immunity approval from the
VP Operations...........................................William Womick European Union and US Department of Transportation,
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fairchild Merlin IV clearing the way for co-operation between the carriers on
1 x Fairchild Metro II transatlantic routes, from 6 October 2010. On 29
5 x Fairchild Metro III November 2010 the shareholders of both Iberia and British
1 x Learjet Learjet 55 Airways voted in favour of the merger, which was completed
9 x Saab 340A on 24 January 2011, when shares in Iberia and British
3 x Saab 340B Airways were cancelled and the merged carriers began
Main base Miami (MIA) trading as the International Airlines Group. In April 2011
Iberia and British Airways announced that their respective
Iberia [IB] (IBE) cargo operations were to be combined into a single
Calle Velázquez 130, 28006 Madrid, Spain business division, although both would retain their existing
Tel +34 91 587 8787 Fax +34 91 587 7043 brands. Parent IAG announced the purchase of BMI British
Email infoib@iberia.es Website www.iberia.com Midland International from the Lufthansa Group for £172.5
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million ($271 million) on 22 December 2011. IAG
announced plans for the creation of a new low-cost
subsidiary, Iberia Express in October 2011 which initially
planned to launch domestic services in March 2012.
Employees total 20,103
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................Rafael Sanchez Lozano
Chief Financial Officer..............................Jose Maria Fariza
SVP Flight Operations................................Ricardo Genova
Fleet (orders) 19 (2) x Airbus A319-100
29 (17) x Airbus A320-200
19 x Airbus A321-200
(8) x Airbus A330-300
18 x Airbus A340-300
17 x Airbus A340-600
Main base Madrid (MAD)
Hubs Barcelona (BCN)
Iberia Express [I2] (IBS)
Calle Velázquez 130, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Fax +34 91 587 7469 Email info@iiberiaexpress.com
Website www.iberiaexpress.com
Parent organisation/shareholders International Airlines
Group (100%)
Description Start-up low-cost subsidiary of IAG planning
to launch services on 25 March 2012, taking over selected
short and medium-haul routes from Spanish flag carrier
Iberia, as well as an initial fleet of four Airbus A320s
with which to operate them. Plans call for Iberia Express
to be operating 13 aircraft by the end of 2012 and
40 aircraft by 2015. All services will be operated as
codeshares with Iberia.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Luis Gallego
Main base Madrid (MAD)
Ibertrans Aerea (IBT)
Centro de Carga Aerea, Calle Cinco Norte, Norte Parcela
1. 4. B. 4, Aeropuerto de Madrid Barajas, 28042 Madrid, Spain
Tel +34 91 748 0810 Fax +34 91 329 4703
Email sales@ibertrans.net Website www.ibertrans.net
Description Passenger and cargo airline, operating charters
and wet-leases for other airlines.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Miguel Alemany
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia
Main base Madrid (MAD)
Iberworld Airlines [TY] (IWD) – see
Orbest Orizonia Airlines [TY] (IWD)
IBEX Airlines [FW] (IBX)
1-2-3 Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-8640, Japan
Tel +81 3 5653 5561 Fax +81 3 5653 5652
Email goiken@ibexairt.co.jp Website www.ibexair.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Digital
Laboratory (47.9%), Kazuo Maezawa [Japan Digital
Laboratory] (14.6%), Art Vivant Co (9.5%), Southern
International (7.1%), others (20.8%)
Alliances All Nippon Airways
Date operations started 7 August 2000
Description Provides domestic services from Osakato
Akita, Sendai and Shonai as an All Nippon Airways (ANA)
connection carrier. IBEX also codeshares with ANA between
Osaka and Fukushima and on several domestic services
out of Tokyo Narita.
History Commenced domestic passenger operations
between Sendai and Osaka Kansai under the name of
Fair. Reached co-operative agreement with ANA under
which ANA provides assistance in flight operations, flight
crew provision, maintenance and engineering services
and in other areas. In October 2004 the airline changed
its name to IBEX Airlines.
Executives
Chairman......................................................... Takao Asai
President & COO....................................... Hiroyuki Hattori
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier CRJ-100
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
3 (1) x Bombardier CRJ-700
Main base Sendai (SDJ)
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Pallor 124 y Avenida Amazonas, Quito, Ecuador
Tel +5932 2439 868 Fax +5932 2439 867
Email presidencia@icaro.aero Website www.icaro.aero C
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Icaro Express
Alliances LAN Ecuador
Date operations started 1971
Description Operates domestic passenger and cargo
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schedules linking Quito with Manta and Coca. Services
to the Galapagos are also offered, operated by LAN Ecuador
under a codeshare. E
History Established as a flight training school in Quito

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in 1971. Introduced international charter services in
July 2004 with services to Cali in Colombia. Charter flights
to Lima, Peru followed in September 2004. By mid-2011,
Icaro had reduced its operations by more than 75% and was
operating only a single aircraft from Quito to just two
destinations. Filed for liquidation in June 2011.
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Executives
President & CEO............................................ Guido Saltos
Main base Quito (UIO) H
Iceland Express [5W] (AEU)
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Rob Finlayson
Efstalandi 26 Grimsbaer, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel +354 5 500 600 Fax +354 5 500 601
Email info@icelandexpress.is Website www.icelandexpress.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Fengur (Icelandic
investment company) (100%)
Ibex Airlines provides Japanese connection services for ANA
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Date operations started 27 February 2003 In October 2005, a further restructuring took place IMD Airways (IMD)
Description Low-cost airline based in the Icleandic capital with investment activities split into three divisions and Calle Morse 14, Getafe, 28906 Madrid, Spain
Reykjavik, linking Iceland with European destinations during
both the summer holiday peak season and in winter.
the groups airline and tourist service operations split
between two subsidiaries: Icelandair Group, and FL Travel
Tel +34 91 695 2094 Fax +34 91 684 2208
Email info@imdairways.com Website www.imdairways.com
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Operates daily services to Copenhagen and London. Group. The FL Group sold all its shares to other companies Date operations started 2009
Uses wet-leased aircraft.
History Launched services in February 2003 using
on 16 October 2006.
Executives
Description Madrid-based airline offering worldwide ad hoc
and VIP charters, ACMI and wet-leasing services. L
Boeing 737s wet-leased from UK carrier Astraeus. Chairman..............................................Sigurdur Helgason History Originally established as Aerofan Lineas Aereas

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Jet X and Hello subsequently operated for the airline Chief Executive Officer.............................. Birkir Gudnason by the successful flying school of the same name,
before Astraeus resumed flying all services at the start Chief Financial Officer............................ Bogi Nils Bogason the company announced its rebranding as IMD Airways
of the 2008 winter schedule. Launched transatlantic Fleet (orders) in February 2009.
services to Newark and Winnipeg in June 2010. Continued 17 x Boeing 757-200 Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
operations using aircraft wet-leased form Holidays Airlines
of the Czech Republic after sister company Astraeus
1 x Boeing 757-300
Main base Reykjavik (KEF)
Main base Madrid (MAD)
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suddenly ceased operations on 21 November 2011. Imperial Air Cargo
Icelandair Cargo [FI] (ICE)
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After serving 18 airports in Europe and five airports in PO Box 10402, Edenglen, Johannesburg, 1613, South Africa
North America in 2011, the airline’s published scheduled Brautarholt 10 - 14, 105 Reykjavik, Iceland Tel +27 11 974 9485 Fax +27 11 974 9488
for 2012 appeared to drop all summer transatlantic Tel +354 5050 400 Fax +354 5050 630 Email msahd@impair.co.za Website www.impair.co.za
services. The carrier was reportedly planning to introduce Email cargo@icelandair.is Website www.icelandaircargo.is Parent organisation/shareholders Imperial Holdings
services to Belfast in 2012.
Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders Icelandair Group (100%)
Date operations started 1 January 2000
Group (70%), Comair (30%)
Date operations started 1 August 2006
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Chairman............................................... Palmi Haraldsson Description Cargo division of the Icelandair Group, operating Description Joint-venture airline serving the domestic and
Managing Director.................................. Matthias Imsland
Finance Manager............................ Sigridur Lara Arnadottir
international freight services more than 30 destinations
globally. Cargo services are also provided for TNT, DHL
regional cargo charter market. Regular flights serve Cape
Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Q
Operations Director.............................Gudbergur Olafsson and Fedex. Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-200
Main base Reykjavik (KEF) Executives 2 x Boeing 737-200

Icelandair [FI] (ICE)

Managing Director............................ Gunnar Sigurfinnsson
Finance Director........................................Helgi Bjornsson
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) R
Reykjavik Airport, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland Director Operations.......................Ingunn Gudnnundsdottir ImperialJet (JTI)
Tel +354 5050 300 Fax +354 5050 350
Email sales@icelandair.is Website www.icelandair.net
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 757-200PF
Main base Reykjavik (KEF)
Markazia Building, 7th floor - South Block, Riad El Solh
Square, Soildere, Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon S
Parent organisation/shareholders Icelandair Group (100%) Hubs Liege (LGG), Reykjavik (KEF) Tel +961 1999 677 Fax +961 1751 1358
Alliances Air Iceland, Alaska Airlines, Finnair, Frontier Airlines, Email ops@imperial-jet.com Website www.imperial-jet.com
Horizon Air, JetBlue Airways, OLT Express, Scandinavian
Airlines (SAS)
IFL Group (TSU)
Oakland County International Airport, 6860 South Service
Date operations started 2005
Description Privately-owned Lebanese carrier offering private
T
Date operations started 20 July 1973 Drive, Waterford, Michigan, 48327, USA and VIP charters, aircraft management, ground handling,
Description Privately-owned flag carrier of Iceland, serving
around 18 destinations in Europe and eight across the
Tel +1 954 359 7766 Fax +1 248-666 9614
Website www.iflgroup.com
sales and flight service solutions.
History Imperial jet was established in 2004 as part of U
Atlantic in North America from its hub at Keflavik Date operations started 1983 Imperial Holdings in Beirut.

V
International Airport. Description Operates ad hoc cargo services in the Americas, Executives
History Formed through the merger of Flugfélag Islands as well as contract charters. Chief Executive Officer ................................Abed El-Jaouni
(the original Icelandair, founded in 1937 and operating Executives Chief Financial Officer ..................................... Elias Nader
domestic and European flights) and Loftleidir Icelandic Owner............................................................... Alan Ross Operations Manager ............................Houssam Hazzoury
Airlines (founded in 1944 and operating low-cost
transatlantic services). After the merger it was a holding
Chief Executive Officer ...................................Mike Church
VP Operations .............................................. Chris Church
Fleet (orders) 1 x Gulfstream III
1 x Learjet Learjet 60
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company for the two airlines, but assumed all operating Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 Main base Beirut (BEY)
responsibilities in October 1979. In 1997 the airline
established a subsidiary, Air Iceland, to operate domestic
1 x Boeing 727-100
2 x Boeing 727-200 IndiGo [6E] (IGO) X
and selected short-haul routes. In January 2002 Flugleidir- 10 x Convair 580 Level 3, Tower C, Global Business Park, Gurgaon, Haryana,
Icelandair Group became a holding company with 11 1 x Convair C131H 122001, India
subsidiaries, of which Icelandair was the largest. In March
2005 the Flugleidir Group changed its name to FL Group.
8 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
Main base Oakland County (PTK)
Tel +91 124 435 2500 Fax +91 12 4406 8536
Email marketing@goindigo.in Website book.goindigo.in
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Parent organisation/shareholders InterGlobe Enterprises
Date operations started 4 August 2006
Description Indian low-cost airline operating services
primarily in the domestic market, in addition to international
routes connecting Delhi and Mumbai with Bangkok, Dubai
and Singapore, Delhi with Kathmandu, and Mumbai
with Muscat.
History Established in February 2006 by Indian IT firm
InterGlobe Enterprises with an investment from Bruce
Ashby, a former US Airways EVP. Services were launched
with a flight from Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. Launched
international services with a flight from Delhi to Dubai on
1 September 2011. Rated as India’s only profitable airline
in October 2011.
Executives
President......................................................Aditya Ghosh
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Peter Pappas
Chief Financial Officer ..................... Riyaz Peermohammed
Head of Flight Operations............................Saleem Zaheer
Fleet (orders)
51 (72) x Airbus A320-200
(150) x Airbus A320neo
(2) x Airbus A321-200
Main base Delhi (DEL)
Indonesia Air Transport – IAT (IDA)
JL Baru Skatek Apron Selatan, Halim Perdana Kusuma
Airport, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 8087 0666 Fax +62 21 8087 0667
Email aircharter@iat.co.id Website www.indonesia-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Global Transport
Services (99.9%), PT Usaha Gedung Bimantara (0.01%)
Alliances CHC Airways, Pelita Air Service
Date operations started 1968
Description Provides a wide variety of aviation services
to the oil, gas and mining industries within Indonesia
and southeast Asia, both on and offshore.
History Commenced operations initially for the state
oil company Pertamina and its foreign oil production
sharing contractors.
Executives
President .................................................Syafril Nasution
Finance Director .............................................Arsal Ismail
Operations Director ................................ Toto Soebandoro
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
1 x ATR 42-500
1 x Beech 1900D
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
3 x Fokker 50
Main base Jakarta (HLP)
Indonesia AirAsia [QZ] (AWQ)
Office Management Building, 2nd Floor Terminal 1 A
Departu, Soekarno Hatta International A, Cengkareng,
Jakarta, 19110, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 559 4555 Fax +62 21 5594466
Email madeellen@airasia.com Website www.airasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders AirAsia (49%), Sendjaja
Widjaja (21%), Harris Family (Pin Harris) (20%)
Date operations started 22 June 2000
Description Low-cost carrier joint venture between
Indonesian interests and Malaysia’s AirAsia, operating
scheduled services linking domestic destinations from
Jakarta, as well as regional services to Malaysia, Singapore,
Australia and Thailand.
History Founded as Awair International by Abdurrahman
Wahid, former chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama Muslim
organisation. Wahid took a 40% stake in Awair in 1999
but relinquished his shareholding after being elected
president of Indonesia in October of that year. The airline
suspended operations in March 2002 but resumed
services within Indonesia as an associate of AirAsia
early in December 2004. The airline changed its name
to Indonesia AirAsia on 1 December 2005 in keeping with
its parent brand.
Executives
President.................................................Sendjaja Widjaja
Chief Executive Officer .......................................Dharmadi
Director of Finance ..................................... Titus Iskandar
Director of Flight Operation..................................Poedjiono
Fleet (orders) 17 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Hubs Bandung (BDO), Medan (MES), Surabaya (SUB)
InselAir [7I] (INC)
Maduro Plaza Building, Dokweg No 19, Willemstad,
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Tel +599 9 737 0444 Fax +599 9733 1522
Email information@fly-inselair.com Website www.fly-inselair.com
Alliances KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Salsa d’Haiti, US Airways
Date operations started 6 October 2006
Description Privately-owned carrier operating scheduled
services linking a dozen destinations in Aruba, Bonaire,
Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, St Maarten, Suriname,
the United Sates (Miami) and Venezuela.
History The airline aunched services to Aruba in
October 2006 with a single 19-seat Embraer EMB-110
Bandeirante. Jet services were introduced when the first
of two McDonnell Douglas MD80s entered service in
January 2007.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Albert Kluyver
Fleet (orders) 3 x Embraer EMB-110P
4 x McDonnell-Douglas MD-80
Main base Curacao (CUR)
Inter Island Airways (IWY)
Pago Pago International Airport, Airport Road, Hangar 2,
PO Box 4929, Pago Pago, 96799, American Samoa
Tel +1 684 699 5700 Fax +1 684 699 7600
Website www.interislandair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
Date operations started 1993
Description South Pacific airline operating scheduled
services from Pago Pago to the islands of Ofu and Tau,
and to Apia and Faleolo in Western Samoa. Charter flights
are undertaken to Tonga and other Pacific island states.
Executives
President...................................................... Alex Sene Jr.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
1 x Dornier 228-200
1 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Pago Pago (PPG)
Interair [D6] (ILN)
Private Bag 8, O.R. Tambo International Airport,
Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1627, South Africa
Tel +27 11 616 0636 Fax +27 11 616 0930
Email info@interair.co.za Website www.interair.co.za
Parent organisation/shareholders D Tokoph, J Attala,
M Attala, P Attala, V Nathan
Alliances Air Austral
Date operations started 1993
Description Operates regular scheduled passenger
services from Johannesburg to regional destinations,
primarily in French-speaking Africa, the Indian Ocean
islands and Zambia. Also links half a dozen west African
cities from a hub in Cotonou.
History Formed by Aeronautical Investments as Inter Air
Lines at Lanseria in 1979. Operated domestic services
from launch in 1994. The carrier switched to regional
services in April 1995. In 1997 the airline was partially
acquired by David P.Topokh and ceased operations,
remerging as Jet Air Charter. Resumed operations doing
business as Interair South Africa in 1999.
Executives
Chairman & CEO...........................................David Tokoph
Flight Operations Manager ............................... Tony Chica
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
Hubs Cotonou (COO)
Interisland Airlines (ISN)
Domestic Road, Beside old Domestic Terminal, Pasay City,
Philippines
Tel +63 2 8528010 Fax +63 2 852 7793
Email info@interislandairlines.com
Website www.interislandairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Consuelo N Helgen,
Gloria P Belen, Luc F Helgen, Lydia F Dizon, Marcelo P Pervera
Date operations started December 2004
Description Operates passenger and cargo charter flights
within the Philippines and Asia.
History The airline began operating as Interisland
Air Services, an air-taxi company in 1986. In 2004
it acquired two 36-seater Yak-40 aircraft and changed
its name to Interisland Airlines.
Executives
Chairman...................................................... Luc F Helgen
President.............................................Consuelo N Helgen
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Lydia Dizon
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26
1 x Dornier Do28D
Main base Manila (MNL)
Interjet [4O] (AIJ)
Ignacio Longares No 102, Lopez 12 Mexico City 2,
Col Paque Industrial, Fliccionamiento 1, Toluca, 50200
Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Tel +52 722 2765300 Fax +52 722 2765314
Email joseluis.garza@abcjets.com.mx
Website www.interjet.com.mx
Parent organisation/shareholders ABC Airlines Group (100%)
Date operations started 1 December 2005
Description Low-fare carrier providing scheduled connections
between 24 Mexican business and leisure destinations from
hubs in Mexico City and Toluca.
History Established by Mexican conglomerate the Aleman
Group, also known as ABC Aerolineas.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Jose Luis Garza
Fleet (orders) 33 (8) x Airbus A320-200
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
(15) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95
Main base Toluca (TLC)
Hubs Mexico City (MEX)
InterSky [3L] (ISK)
Bahnhofstrasse 10, 6900 Bregenz, Austria
Tel +43 5574 488 00 Fax +43 5574 488 0073
Email reservation@intersky.biz Website www.intersky.biz
Parent organisation/shareholders Renate Moser (50%),
Rolf Seewald (35%), family members (15%)
Date operations started 25 March 2002
Description Operates scheduled low-fare services out of
Friedrichshafen. The airline also operates charter flights to
Corsica, Elba and Mallorca in summer and to the Swiss
mountains from the UK during winter.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Claus Bernatzik
VP Finance...............................................Klaus Bernatzeg
Director of Operations.............................Andreas Velbinger
Fleet (orders) 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Friedrichshafen FDH
Iran Air [IR] (IRA)
Mehrabad Airport, Tehran, 13185, Iran
+98 21 4662 4255 Fax +98 21 4662 8224
Email pr@iranair.com Website www.iranair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Iran (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Iran Airtours (100%)
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Austrian
Date operations started April 1962
Description National flag carrier operating services to
scheduled and charter destinations. The international
network links Tehran with over 60 destinations in the
Middle and Far East, Europe and North America, while
the domestic route system takes in 30 of the major towns
and cities in Iran. The cargo fleet operates regular flights
to Europe and the Middle East, covering international
and domestic destinations.
History Iran Air’s origins date back to the creation of
Iranian Airways in May 1944. Launched services in
May 1945 and one year later operated its first scheduled
passenger flight from Tehran to Mashad. Services
to Baghdad, Beirut and Cairo soon followed and over the
next 17 years the airline developed a major domestic and
an international network that was largely confined to the

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Middle East, apart from a route to Paris. Acquired Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 72-200 History Privately-owned airline established by chairman
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Eagle Airways, a domestic competitor, in 1949. Another 2 x ATR 72-500 Alhaji Ishyaku Rabiu. Its air operator’s certificate has
privately-owned carrier, Persian Air Services (PAS) was
established in 1954, initially operating freight services
3 x Boeing 727-200
8 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
been suspended several times for safety irregularities.
Refinanced in 2007. C
to Europe. After PAS fell into financial difficulties in 1964, 4 x Dornier 228-200 Executives

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the Iranian government requested Iranian Airways to 18 x Fokker 100 Chairman............................................Alhaji Ishyaku Rabiu
intervene. On 10 February 1961 a proposal to establish Main base Tehran THR Fleet (orders) 1 x Fokker F-28-4000
a single national airline was ratified by the government’s Hubs Shiraz (SYZ), Mashhad (MHD), Dubai (DXB) 4 x Fokker 100
board of ministers and on 24 February 1961, Iranian Main base Abuja (ABV)
Airways and PAS were merged. One year later the airline
was nationalised to form Iran National Airlines Corporation.
Iranian Naft Airlines (IRG)
125 V. Dastgerdi Street, Dr. Shariati Avenue, PO Box 1863, Island Air [WP] (PRI) E
International services expanded with the introduction Tehran, 19118, Iran 99 Kapalulu Place, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819-1843, USA

of jets during the 1960s. Rebranded as Iran Air in 1973
and by the late 1970s, the airline was operating to over
100 destinations throughout the Middle East, western
Europe, Russia and the USA. Following the revolution
of 1979, the international network was reduced to less
than 30 destinations, while the domestic network was
relatively unaffected. Conflict with Iraq during the 1980s
further reduced Iran Air’s international operations. Plans
for privatisation of 49% of Iran Air, starting in 2005 were
delayed until September 2011, by which time the company
hoped to launch an intial public offering which would raise
$1.6 billion in return for 50% plus one share.
Executives
Chairman & MD........................................Farhad Pavaresh
Deputy Manager Finance........................................Kasraei
Deputy MD of Commercial..........Mohammad Khoshnevisan
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A300B2
5 x Airbus A300B4
4 x Airbus A300B4-600
1 x Airbus A310-200
2 x Airbus A310-300
5 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Boeing 737-200
Tel +98 21 4464 1598 Fax +98 21 2227 1554
Website www.iatc-ir.com
Parent organisation/shareholders National Iranian Oil (100%)
Date operations started 1992
Description Provides cargo, passenger and charter within
Iran and to neighbouring regions.
History Founded by the state-owned National Iranian Oil
as Iranian Air Transport Company. Renamed Iranian
Naft Airlines in 2004.
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Ahmad Jami
General Manager.................................... Aslan Kazempour
Managing Director Operation......................Aliakbar Sawebi
Fleet (orders) 4 x Fokker 100
4 x Fokker 50
Main base Ahwaz (AWZ), Tehran (THR)
Iraqi Airways [IA] (IAW0
Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq
Tel + 964 1 537 2002 Website www.iraqiairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Iraqi government (100%)
Date operations started 29 January 1946
Description The Iraqi flag carrier, operating a small network
of scheduled international flights from Baghdad to London,
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Tel +1 808 840 2400 Fax +1 808 840 2399
Email wpadmin@islandair.com Website www.islandair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Gavarnie Holding (100%)
Alliances Hawaiian Airlines, United Airlines
Date operations started May 2004
Description Offers scheduled flights throughout the state
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of Hawaii.
History Incorporated as Princeville Airways. Acquired by
the Aloha Airgroup in May 1987 and rebranded Aloha H
Island Air. Registered under the trade name Island Air
in June 1992. In December 2003 a purchase agreement
was signed between Gavarnie Holding and Aloha Air Group.
On 11 May 2004 the acquisition was completed and
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Aloha Island Air officially became Hawaii Island Air, but
continues trading as Island Air.
Executives J
Chairman.....................................................Charles Willis
Chief Executive Officer.............................Lesley Kaneshiro
Fleet (orders) 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Honolulu (HNL)
K
Hubs Kahului (OGG)
Island Air Service [2O] L
1420 Airport Way, Kodiak, Alaska, 99615, USA

1 x Boeing 747-100 Cairo, Amman, Damascus, Istanbul, Tehran and Dubai.
4 x Boeing 747-200 History Established by Iraq’s State Railways company,
4 x Boeing 747-SP the airline first launched services between Baghdad
13 x Fokker 100 nd Basra. Introduced international services on 14 June
Main base Tehran (THR) 1946. The UN suspended Iraqi Airways’ cross-border
flights following the imposition of sanctions in 1991
Iran Airtours [B9] (IRB) after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Attempted
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Tel +1 907 487 4596 Fax +1 907 4874693
Email islandair@alaska.com Website www.kodiakislandair.com
Description Small, privately-owned airline operating
a scheduled service to the villages on Kodiak Island
in Alaska, including Old Harbor, Akhiok, Homer, Ouzinkie,
Port Lions, Larsen Bay and Karluk. Bear-viewing flights
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are also offered.

191 Motahari Avenue, Dr Moffateh Road, Tehran, 15879,
Iran
Tel +98 21 8875 6062 Fax +98 21 8875 5884
Email info@iranairtours.com Website www.iranairtours.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Iran Air (100%)
Date operations started 1990
Description Operates scheduled flights within Iran and the
Middle East. Charters are also flown reaching as far as
Northern Europe.
History Began with scheduled flights operated for its
domestic tours division.
Executives
Chairman............................................. A Pourmohammadi
Managing Director & Finance Director......S. Mehdi Sadeghi
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Mashhad MHD
Executives
Iran Aseman Airlines [EP] (IRC)
Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran, 13145-1476, Iran
Tel +98 21 66035 310 Fax +98 21 66023 710 Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-700
Email abedzadeh@iaa.ir Website www.iaa.ir
Parent organisation/shareholders Iran Civil Pension Fund
Investment (100%)
Date operations started 1980
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to restart internal flights in May 1991 after receiving Executives
UN permission to operate helicopters on limited domestic Chief Executive Officer.............................. Robert Stanford
services. Fixed wing flights started in January 1992 from Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Queen Air 65
Baghdad to Basra, using but were suspended shortly 1 x Cessna U206G
after following a new UN ruling. Recommenced operations
on 18 September 2005, initially flying between Amman
3 x Britten-Norman BN2A
2 x Piper PA-32
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and Baghdad. Services to London resumed in May 2010, Main base Kodiak (KDK)
using a wet-leased Boeing 737-400 with an intermediary
stop in Stockholm. However, services were immediately Island Airlines [IS] (ISA) Q
suspended and on 27 May 2010 the airline announced 480 Barnstable Road, Hangar One, Hyannis,
that its closure was as a result of Kuwait’s continued Massachusetts, 02601, USA
efforts to seek $1.2 billion in compensation from the Iraqi
carrier. Recent negotiations appear to have found
Tel +1 508 771 7774 Fax +1 508 827 4658
Email info@islandair.net Website www.islandair.net
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a solution to this long-standing problem and operations Date operations started 1999
have resumed.
Description Nantucket Island’s community airline,
providing a high-frequency passenger schedule between S
General Director.........................................Saad Al-Khafaji Hyannis and Nantucket. Freight flights between the
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Assistant Director General Financial............. Saad Al-Qudsi two points are also provided by its Cape and Islands
Assistant Director General Operations.Kamel Al-Mashbadani Air Freight division.
Executives
(30) x Boeing 737-800 President ...................................................Trond Osthaug
1 x Boeing 747-400
1 x Boeing 767-300
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech H18
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 U
(10) x Boeing 787-8 5 x Cessna C402C

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Description Provides scheduled domestic and regional 6 (4) x Bombardier CRJ-900 1 x Piper PA-31-300
flights to the Gulf area from its main base at Mehrabad Main base Baghdad (BGW) Main base Nantucket (ACK)
international Aairport, serving more than 40 destinations.
Charters and air-taxi flights are also undertaken. IRS Airlines (LVB) Island Aviation (SOY)
History Established in 1980 by merger of four aviation
companies: Air Taxi, Air Service, Pars Air and Hoor Aseman.
1st Floor IGA House, No 1 IBB Way, Wuss Zone 4,
Abuja, Nigeria
A Soriano Hangar, Andrews Avenue, Pasay City, 1301
Metro Manila, Philippines
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The oldest of these, Air Taxi, dated back to 1958, while Tel +234 9 523 6071 Website www.irs-airlines.com Tel +63 2 831 4207 Fax +63 2 852 0948

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Aseman was the first aviation company in the Middle East Parent organisation/shareholders Alhaji Ishyaku Rabiu Email info@islandaviationph.com
to provide air ambulance services. (100%) Website www.islandaviationph.com
Executives Date operations started March 2002 Date operations started 1985
President & Managing Director..................... Ali Abedzadeh Description Operates scheduled passenger services linking Description Operates charter and air-taxi flights serving
Deputy Director ...............Seed Mohammad Sadaat Akhavi
Senior Deputy Managing Director......................Iraj Ronaghi
seven domestic destinations. Also operates ad hoc regional
charters and dedicated charter services during the Hajj.
more than 20 holiday and resort destinations in Luzon
and Palawan.
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History Formed as an off-shoot of the A Soriano Group of
companies, a management and investment company, for
which it has been conducting corporate flying for 26 years.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ...........................Ernest Cuyegkeng
General Manager....................................... Genever Malvar
VP Operations ..........................................Sammy Navarra
Fleet (orders) 3 x Dornier 228-200
Main base Manila (MNL)
Island Aviation Services [Q2] –
rebranded as Maldivian [Q2]
Islas Airways [IF] (ISW)
Avda. Punta de Anega 36, Edificio Traysesa 1a Planta,
Santa Maria del Mar, 38111 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Tel +34 822 020 400 Fax +34 822 020 401
Email islas@islasairways.com Website www.islasairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Miguel Concepcion
(50%), Naviera Armas (50%)
Date operations started February 2003
Description Operates scheduled inter-islands flights from
Tenerife Norte linking the Canary Islands of La Palma,
Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
History Founded by Francisco Gonzalez Yanez and Isidoro
Sanchez. In 2006, Miguel Concepcion acquired a majority
shareholding. Naviera Armas acquired a 50% shareholding
in May 2007.
Executives
President............................................. Miguel Concepcion
Finance Manager............................................ Raul Sapico
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-200
3 x ATR 72-500
Main base Tenerife Norte TFN
Islena Airlines [WC] (ISV)
Avenida Circunvalacion No Entrada, Principal Orquidea
Blanca, Edif Taragon, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Tel +504 552 9951 Fax +504 552 9964
Email reservation@flyislina.com Website www.flyislena.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TACA International
Airlines (20%), others (80%)
Alliances TACA International Airlines
Date operations started 31 March 1981
Description Operates scheduled and charter passenger
flights to within Honduras and to Guatemala under the TACA
Regional system in TACA Regional colours.
History Founded by Arturo Alvarado Wood, initially flying
between La Ceiba and Roatan.
Grounded Iraqi AIrways airliners at Baghdad in 2003
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Executives History Founded as Emek Wings. Became Israir Airlines in
President..................................................Armondo Funes 1996. Launched international charter flights in 1999.
VP Operations ............................................Ruben Tercero Operated regular charters to New York between 2004
VP Finance & Financial Director................ Armando Espinal and 2008. The airline has focused on developing its
Fleet (orders) 6 x ATR 42-300 European network since 2009, with charter and scheduled
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 flights to destinations including London, Paris, Berlin,
Main base La Ceiba (LCE) Moscow and Miami.
Executives
Isles Of Scilly Skybus (IOS) Chief Executive Officer................................ David Kaminitz
Lands End Aerodrome, St Just, Penzance, Cornwall, Fleet (orders) 2 (1) x Airbus A320-200
TR19 7RL, UK 1 x ATR 42-300
Tel +44 1736 787 017 Fax +44 1736 788 366 2 x ATR 72-500
Email enquiries@skybus.co.uk Website www.skybus.co.uk Main base Tel Aviv (SDV)
Parent organisation/shareholders Isles of Scilly Hubs Tel Aviv (TLV)
Steamship Company (100%)
Date operations started August 1984 ItAli Airlines (ACL)
Description Operates domestic services to St Mary’s Italy
from Exeter, Land’s End and Newquay. Seasonal summer Date operations started October 2003
services additionally link the islands with Bristol and Date operations ceased 11 March 2011
Southampton, and Newquay with St Brieuc in Brittany. Established by owner Giuseppe Spadaccini in 1984 as Air
The carrier also offers charter flights to the UK, Ireland Colombia. Launched services from Pescara to Milan and
and France. Rome in April 2004. Rebranded as Trasporti Aerei Italiani
History Established by the Isles of Scilly Steamship in 2003 and again as ItAli Airlines in 2004. Subsidiary
Company, which operates shipping services to the MustFly launched executive charter flights from Rome
Isles of Scilly. Isles of Scilly Skybus started by offering Ciampino and Milan Linate, using Cessna Citations in the
passenger and freight charters between Land’s End summer of 2009. Itali Airlines’ air operator’s certificate
and the Scilly Isles in August 1984. The carrier launched was suspended on 11 March 2011.
scheduled services in 1987.
Executives Izair (IZM)
Chairman...............................................................AJ May Adnan Menderes, Havalimani Girsi, Gaziemir, 35410 Izmir,
Chief Executive Officer....................................Jeff Marston Turkey
Fleet (orders) 1 x Britten-Norman BN2A Tel +90 232 298 3500 Fax +90 232 274 6235
2 x Britten-Norman BN-2B Email occ@izair.com.tr Website www.izair.com.tr
3 x DHC6-300 Parent organisation/shareholders ESAS Holding (61%),
Main base Land’s End (LEQ) local individual business interests (39%)
Hubs Newquay (NQY) Alliances Pegasus Airlines
Date operations started 14 June 2006
Israir [6H] (ISR) Description Turkish domestic carrier operating scheduled
23 Ben Yehuda Street, PO Box 26444, 63806 Tel Aviv, services to major cities out of Turkey’s third largest city,
Israel Izmir. Domestic schedules and charter services are also
Tel +972 3 7955 803 Fax +972 3 7955 810 operated for strategic partner Pegasus Airlines, which
Email incoming@israir.co.il Website www.israir.co.il markets all Izair flights.
Parent organisation/shareholders IDB Group (100%) History Established as Izmir Hava Yollari in 2005 by a
Date operations started 1989 group of Izmir-based businessmen. Launched services
Description Offers domestic schedules and air-taxi in June 2006 with a flight from Izmir to Antalya using the
flights from Tel Aviv Dov Hoz, as well as international first of three leased Airbus A319s. Began operating all
charters from Dov Hoz and Ben Gurion International three Airbus A319s on behalf of Pegasus Airlines on
airports to European and African destinations. Also 26 June 2006, with two aircraft devoted to scheduled
offers VIP and cargo flights. services and the third to charter work. Pegasus took a
20% shareholding in Izair on 30 March 2007 as part of
a strategic partnership with that carrier. Pegasus owner
ESAS Holding subsequently increased its stake to 61%,
with the remaining Izair shares held by a diversified group
of nearly 120 local business people.
Executives
President of Executive Board..................... Ekrem Demirtas
General Manager............................................Gurol Yuksel
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Izmir (ADB)
Izhavia (IZA)
Izhevsk Airport, Izhevsk, Republic of Udmurtia, 426015,
Russia
Tel +7 3412 630 675 Fax +7 3412 780 543
Email manager@izhavia.udm.ru Website www.izhavia.udm.ru
Date operations started 1992
Description National airline of the Urdmurtia republic
of Russia operating domestic charter and scheduled
passenger services.
History Formed from the Aeroflot Izhevsk Division and was
originally known as Izhevsk Air Enterprise.
Executives
General Director..................................... Mikhail Hatomkin
Chief Accountant..................................Ludmilla Terekhova
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-24RV
Rex Features
1 x Antonov An-26
2 x Tupolev Tu-134A
4 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Main base Izhevsk (IJK)
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J-Air [XM] (JLG)
2-2-5, Kuko, Ikeda City, 480-0202, Japan
Tel +816 4865 3691 Fax +816 4865 3691
Website www.jair.co.jp
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%)
Date operations started 1 November 1996
Description Regional commuter airline which operates
than 60 daily domestic scheduled flights over 15 routes,
on feeder services for Japan Airlines International.
History Established in 1991 based at Hiroshima West
Airport, but the airline did not launch services until 2001.
In February 2005 the base station was relocated to
Nagoya Airport.
Executives
President .......................................... Tsuyoshi Yamamara
Finance Manager ...................................Hiroaki Takahashi
Fleet (orders) 9 x Bombardier CRJ-200
10 x Embraer 170-100LR
Main base Nagoya (NKM)
Jade Cargo International [JI] (JAE)
Shenzen Airlines Flight Operation Building, Bao’an
International Airport, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518218, China
Tel +86 755 2991 0302 Fax +86 755 2991 0306
Email press@jadecargo.com Website www.jadecargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Shenzhen Airlines
(51%), Lufthansa Cargo (25%), DEG-Deutsche Investitions
Entwicklungsgesellschaft (24%)
Date operations started 5 August 2006
Description A joint venture airline operating a network
of regular scheduled services from Shenzhen to
destinations including Amsterdam, Anchorage,
Barcelona, Bombay, Brescia, Calcuttta, Chengdu,
Chicago, Delhi, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong,
Istanbul, Lahore, Luxemburg, Madras, Seoul, Shanghai,
Tianjin, Vienna and Yantai.
History Founded in October 2004 by Shenzhen Airlines,
Lufthansa Cargo and a German development finance
bank. On 31 December 2011, the company announced
a temporary suspension of services as a result of weak
demand for cargo services. A letter of intent was signed
between the shareholders and the UniTop Group on
29 February 2012, which should lead to a resumption
of services.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Kay Kratky
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 747-400
Main base Shenzhen (SZX)
JAL Express [JC] (JEX)
2-2-5 Ousaka Building, Iketa Kuko Airport, Osaka
Prefecture, Osaka, 563-0034, Japan
Tel +81 3 5756 8622 Fax +81 3 5756 8630
Email denshi.kuwagaki@jal.com Website www.jal.co.jp/jex
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%)
Alliances American Airlines
Date operations started 1 July 1998
Description Operates low-cost domestic services linking
Osaka with Kobe, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Oita,
Sapporo and Sendai.
History Established in April 1997 by Japan Airlines. Launched
services with flights from Osaka to Miyazaki and Kagoshima
in July 1998.
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Executives Japan TransOcean Air [NU] (JTA)
Chairman of the Board...............................Juntaro Shimizu 3-24 Yamashita-Cho, Naha-shi, Okinawa, 900 0027, Japan
President .................................................Yoshito Shimizu
VP Finance............................................... Hiroyuki Uehava
Tel +81 98 857 2112 Fax +81 98 857 9396
Email tsukasa.hokama@i-love-jta.co.jp C
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-400 Website www.jal.co.jp/jta
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (70.1%),
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28 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Osaka (ITM) other s(17%), Okinawa Prefecture (12.9%)
Date operations started 1 July 1967
Japan Air Commuter [3X] (JAC) Description Operates domestic services from Naha on the
Kagoshima Airport Building, 787-4 Fumoto, Mizobe-cho,
Kirishima-Shi, Kagoshima, 899-6495, Japan
island of Okinawa. Also offers charter flights.
History Part of the Japan Airlines Group, formed as Southwest E
Tel +81 995 58 2151 Fax +81 995 58 3904 Airlines. Rebranded as Japan TransOcean Air in July 1993.
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Email kotaro.fukuda@jal.com Website www.jac.co.jp Employees total 810
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (60%), Executives
12 Municipalities of Amami Islands in Kagoshima (40%) President .................................................... Manabu Sato
Date operations started December 1983 Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-400
Description Provides feeder services in support of Japan
Airlines.
Main base Okinawa (OKA)
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History Established in July 1983 by Japan Air System and Jat Airways [JU] (JAT)
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local municipalities in Kagoshima Prefecture. Launched 16 Bulevar Umetnosti, Jat Poslovni Centar, 11070
international routes with Tokyo-Seoul in 1990. Belgrade, Serbia
Executives Tel +381 11 313 1094 Fax +381 11 213 7756
Chairman................................................. Hiroyasu Muraki Email ceo@jat.com Website www.jat.com
President................................................... Arata Yasujima
VP Operations ................................. Katsushige Takemura
Parent organisation/shareholders Serbian government
(100%)
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Fleet (orders) 11 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Alliances Adria Airways, Aeroflot Russian Airlines,
11 x Saab 340B
Main base Kagoshima (KOJ)
Air France, Alitalia, Austrian, B&H Airlines, Croatia Airlines,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, J
Hubs Fukuoka (FUK), Osaka (ITM), Amami O Shima (ASJ) Luxair, Swiss, Tarom
Date operations started April 1947
Japan Airlines [JL] (JAL)
4-11 Higashi Shinagawa, 2 - Chrome, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo,
Description Operates scheduled domestic, regional
and international services to destinations in Europe,
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140-8605, Japan north Africa and the Middle East. Also offers charter and
Tel +81 3 5460 3109 Fax +81 3 5460 3108
Email stephen.pearlman@jal.com Website www.jal.co.jp
wet-leasing services.
History Founded as JAT- Jugoslovenski Aerotransport L
Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%) and renamed on 8 August 2003. In June 2008 the
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Japan Air Commuter Serbian government launched a failed attempt to
(60%), Jetstar Japan (42%) privatise the carrier, with the intention of offering a 51%
Alliances Aeromexico, Air France, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti stake in the airline. A second privatisation was planned
Nui, airberlin, Cargojet Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern during 2011.
Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Dragonair, Emirates, Fuji
Dream Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Jetstar, Kenya Airways, KLM,
Executives
Chief Executive Officer......................... Vladimir Ognjenovic
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Korean Air, LAN Argentina, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru, Thai Chief Financial Officer................................Meri Stevanovic
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Airways International, Vietnam Airlines, WestJet Airlines Fleet (orders) (8) x Airbus A319-100
Date operations started October 1951 4 x ATR 72-200
Description Japan’s major international carrier, connecting 8 x Boeing 737-300
some 70 destinations in countries throughout Europe, Main base Belgrade (BEG)
the Middle and Far East, Australasia and the Americas.
A comprehensive domestic network serves 30 cities. Jazeera Airways [J9] (JZR) P
History Formed as a private company. Launched services PO Box 29288, Safat, Kuwait
in October 1951 with a flight from Tokyo to Osaka.
Reorganised on 1 October 1953 with capital equally
Tel +965 2433 3304 Fax +965 2433 9432
Email lydia.rita@jazeeraairways.com
Website www.jazeeraairways.com
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divided between the Japanese government and private
investors. Became privately-owned once more in November Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (70%),
1987. Agreed to merge with Japan Air System (JAS) on
12 November 2001. JAS became Japan Airlines Domestic,
Boodai Group (30%)
Date operations started 31 October 2005
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while Japan Airlines re-branded as Japan Airlines Description Low-fare airline operating scheduled services
International in April 2004. The two divisions merged
under the Japan Airlines International (JAL) brand on 1
linking some of the most popular business and leisure
destinations in Bahrain, Dubai, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, S
October 2006. Absorbed Japan Asia Airways on 1 April Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.
History Kuwait’s first private low-fare airline founded in
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2008. Filed for bankruptcy protection on 19 January 2010,
continuing to operate as normal. Delisted from the Tokyo June 2004. Operations from its second hub at Dubai
stock exchange on 19 February 2010. Withdrew services were terminated in mid-2009. Restructured its route
by dedicated cargo aircraft in November 2010, after network from December 2009, cancelling four routes
which JALCARGO utilised only the cargo holds on the
airline’s passenger flights. Emerged from bankruptcy
and postponing the launch of a fifth. Acquired Sahaab
Aircraft Leasing in February 2010. U
protection on 29 March 2011 and announced change Employees total 420
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of its trade name to Japan Airlines on 1 April 2011. Executives
Executives Chairman.................................................. Marwan Boodai
President....................................................Masaru Onishi Chief Executive Officer................................. Stefan Pichler
Executive Officer Flight Operations................ Toshinori Shin Chief Financial Officer............................... Donald Hubbard
VP Finance .................................................Norikazu Saito
Fleet (orders) 13 (5) x Boeing 737-800
Chief Operations Officer ........................ Reinhard Kossack
Fleet (orders) 7 (3) x Airbus A320-200
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49 x Boeing 767-300 Main base Kuwait KWI
26 x Boeing 777-200
20 x Boeing 777-300 Jazz [QK] (JZA) X
(25) x Boeing 787-8 310 Goudey Drive, Halifax International Airport, Enfield,
(20) x Boeing 787-9 Nova Scotia, B2T 1E4, Canada
12 x Boeing MD-90-30
Main base Tokyo Narita (NRT), Tokyo (HND)
Tel +1 902 873 5000 Fax +1 902 873 4606
Email joseph.randell@flyjazz.ca Website www.flyjazz.ca
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Parent organisation/shareholders Chorus Aviation (100%)
Alliances Central Mountain Air
Date operations started 2001
Description One of the world’s largest regional airlines, flying
under the Air Canada Express brand and serving over 80
destinations in Canada and the USA, providing connections
to the worldwide networks of Air Canada and the Star
Alliance. Ad hoc and contract charter flights also operated,
including a winter programme for Thomas Cook Canada.
History Formed from the consolidation of the Air Canada
Connector carriers Air BC, Air Nova and Air Ontario, shortly
after the takeover of Canadian Airlines by Air Canada in
2000. ACE also held 100% of Jazz Air parent, Jazz Air
Income Fund. Jazz Air then operated virtually all the air
services flown under the Air Canada Jazz brand under a
capacity purchase agreement. ACE sold off all interests in
Jazz in 2006. Jazz Air Income Fund’s inital public offering,
launched on 2 February 2006, offered 25 million shares at
C$10 per share to give gross proceeds of C$250 million.
The Fund gained a 33.33% non-voting equity interest in
Pluna. Began flying holidaymakers to destinations in the
Caribbean, Mexico and Central America on 5 November
2010 under a two-year partnership deal with Thomas Cook
Canada. These services were flown, using a fleet of Boeing
757s transferred from Thomas Cook Airlines’ UK-based
fleet. This deal was subsequently extended to 2015 and to
cover up to 15 Thomas Cook 757 aircraft. Due to imminent
changes in local tax law, Jazz Air Income Fund completed
a corporate conversion in December 2010 to become Jazz
Aviation’s holding company owner, under the name Chorus
Aviation. Began operating all services for Air Canada under
its new Air Canada Express brand, applied to all former
Jazz Air branded regional services from 1 June 2011.
Employees total 4,694
Executives
President & CEO.........................................Joseph Randell
Chief Financial Officer.................................Rick Flynn MBA
Chief Operations Officer..............................Jolene Mahody
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 757-200
22 x Bombardier CRJ-100
26 x Bombardier CRJ-200
16 x Bombardier CRJ-700
10 (5) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q40
36 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
28 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Calgary (YYC)
Hubs Montreal Mirabel (YMX), Vancouver (YVR), Toronto (YYZ)
Jeju Air [7C] (JJA)
312-1 Yon-Dong, Cheju City, South Korea
Tel +82 64 710 3060 Fax +82 64 710 3069
Email kangts@provin.jeju.kr Website www.jejuair.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Aekyung Group (75%),
Jeju-do Municipal Office (25%)
Date operations started 5 June 2006
Description Domestic airline operating scheduled services
between Cheju and Pusan, Yangyang and Seoul.
History Established by the Aekyung Group and the Jeju
provincial government. Launched domestic services in
June 2006. Launched international charters with a flight
between Jeju and Hiroshima in 2008. Became an all-jet
operator in June 2010.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Kim Jong Chul
Fleet (orders) 8 (5) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Jeju (CJU)
Hubs Seoul (GMP)
Jet Air [O2] (JEA) – rebranded as OLT
Jetair [O2] (JEA)
Jet Airways [9W] (JAI)
SM Centre 5th Floor, Marol Naka, Andheri-Kurla Road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai, 400 059, India
Tel +91 22 4019 1000 Fax +91 22 2920 5878
Email sdatta@jetairways.com Website www.jetairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tailwinds (79.9%),
institutional investors (15.74%), others (4.26%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings JetLite (100%),
Jet Airways Konnect (100%)
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Alliances Air Canada, Air France, Alitalia, American Airlines,
All Nippon Airways, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Cargojet
Airways, Dragonair, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Gulf Air,
JetBlue Airways, JetLite, Jetstar, Kenya Airways, Malaysia
Airlines, Qantas, South African Airways, Swiss, United
Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Date operations started 5 May 1993
Description Major privately-owned carrier operating daily
flights to destinations throughout India, and internationally
to Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Hong Kong,
Kuwait, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, the UK and USA.
History Started operations as an air-taxi operator, but a
change in Indian law in January 1994 cleared Jet Airways to
apply for scheduled airline status, which was granted on 4
January 1995. Became the first privately-owned Indian airline
to launch international scheduled services in March 2004,
with a flight between Chennai and Colombo. Launched its
initial public offering in February 2005. Acquired rival Air
Sahara in April 2007, which was renamed as JetLite.
Launched low-cost brand, Jet Airways Konnect, in May 2009.
Employees total 11,927
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Naresh Goyal
Chief Executive Officer..............................Nikos Kardassis
Chief Operations Officer................................... Hameed Ali
SVP Finance ............................................... Carl Saldanha
Fleet (orders) 12 (5) x Airbus A330-200
17 x ATR 72-500
(5) x ATR 72-600
9 x Boeing 737-700
42 (45) x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 737-900
5 x Boeing 777-300
(10) x Boeing 787-8
Main base Mumbai (BOM)
Hubs Bengaluru (BLR), Chennai (MAA), Kolkata (CCU), Delhi (DEL)
Jet Airways Konnect [9W] (JAI)
SM Centre 5th Floor, Marol Naka, Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri East, Mumbai, 400059, India
Tel +91 22 4019 1000 Fax +91 22 2920 1313
Website www.jetkonnect.co.in
Parent organisation/shareholders Jet Airways (100%)
Date operations started 8 May 2009
Description Economy brand of Jet Airways, linking three
major bubs and four focus cities primarily with “tier 2”
cities across India.
History Introduced the Konnect Select premium economy
product on selected flights in April 2010.
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Naresh Goyal
Chief Executive Officer..............................Nikos Kardassis
Chief Operations Officer................................... Hameed Ali
SVP Finance ................................................. N Shivkumar
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-500
2 x Boeing 737-700
4 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Mumbai (BOM)
Hubs Chennai (MAA), Bengaluru (BLR, Delhi (DEL)
Jet Express Gabon [G2] (VXG)
BP 9900, Libreville, Gabon
Parent organisation/shareholders Salles Philippe (98%),
others (2%)
Description Operates a domestic schedule linking the major
towns in Gabon with extensions to neighbouring countries
in west Africa.
History Established in 1994. Formed Avirex Guinée
Equatoriale in early 2006, although this carrier was included
on the EU banned list issued in March 2006. In 2007
the airline was renamed as Jet Express.
Executives
President & CEO......................................... Philippe Salles
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C207
1 x Cessna C402B
1 x Cessna C404
1 x Hawker Siddeley 125-3
1 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Libreville (LBV)
Jet Time (JTG)
Skojtevej 27 - 31, 2770 Kastrup, Denmark
Tel +45 3246 7300 Fax +45 3246 7301
Email info@jet-time.dk Website www.jet-time.dk
Date operations started 14 August 2006
Description Danish charter airline focusing on providing
contracted flights, mainly for inclusive tour operators.
Also offers ad hoc passenger and cargo charters and
wet-leasing services.
History Founded by a group of Danish investors. Launched
operations using a wet-leased Boeing 737-300.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................Lars Thusan
President & CEO................................................Klaus Ren
Chief Financial Officer...................................Peter Lemche
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 737-300
3 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Copenhagen (CPH)
Jet2 [LS] (EXS)
Low Fair Finder House, Leeds Bradford International
Airport, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS19 7TU, UK
Tel +44 113 238 7444 Fax +44 113 238 7455
Email pressoffice@jet2.com Website www.jet2.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Dart Group PLC (100%)
Date operations started 1978
Description Operates scheduled low-cost services from eight
UK hubs to some 50 leisure destinations in Europe, Egypt,
Israel, Madeira and the Canaries. Also offers charter and
contract cargo flights.
History Established as Express Air Services, flying flowers
between the Channel Isles and the UK mainland with
Handley Page Heralds. Began operations in February 2003
as a low-cost passenger airline. In January 2006 sister
cargo carrier Channel Express was rebranded in order to
increase the exposure of the Jet2.com brand. East Midlands
Airport became the seventh hub in May 2010 and Glasgow
the eighth hub from March 2011.
Employees total 1,478
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Philip Meeson
Operations Director .....................................Ashley Cowen
Fleet (orders) 23 x Boeing 737-300
3 x Boeing 737-800
12 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Leeds/Bradford (LBA), Bournemouth (BOH)
Hubs Newcastle (NCL), Belfast (BFS), Blackpool (BLK),
Edinburgh (EDI), Manchester (MAN), Leeds/Bradford (LBA)
Jet4you [8J] (JFU)
4 Lotissement La Colline 2, Sidi Maarouf, 20190
Casablanca, Morocco
Tel +212 665 555 444 Fax +212 522 584 228
Email contactus@jet4you.com Website www.jet4you.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Date operations started 26 February 2006
Description Low-cost airline linking Moroccan cities,
including Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech and Rabat,
with European cities – mainly in France but also including
Barcelona, Geneva and Charleroi.
History Shareholders jointly formed a Moroccan company
Société d’Investissement Aerienne which was the
investment vehicle behind the airline. In June 2008 TUI
Travel acquired the remaining Moroccan-owned shares,
taking its shareholding to 100%. In July 2010 Royal Air
Maroc signed an MoU with TUI through which it intended
to acquire two-thirds of the capital of Jet4you.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Karim Baina
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Marrakech (RAK)
Hubs Paris Orly (ORY), Agadir (AGA), Casablanca (CMN)
Jetairfly [TB] (JAF)
Airport Building 45, Rintweg, Zaventem, 1930 Brussels,
Belgium
Tel +32 2712 9720 Fax +32 2712 9729
Email info@tub.jetair.be Website www.jetairfly.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Date operations started 1 April 2004
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Description Belgian charter airline operating for its parent
from Brussels, Ostend, Liège and Charleroi to resorts in the
Mediterranean, Caribbean, Canary Islands and Cape Verde,
serving over 80 summer and 40 winter season destinations.
History TUI Airlines Belgium was created in November 2003
by pan European tour operator TUI after the demise of
Sobelair. Became Jetairfly on 28 November 2005.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Gunther Hoffman
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400
1 x Boeing 737-500
4 x Boeing 737-700
7 x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Brussels (BRU)
JetBlue Airways [B6] (JBU)
118-29 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, New York, 11375, USA
Tel +1 718 286 7900 Fax +1 718 709 3621
Email corporatecommunications@jetblue.com
Website www.jetblue.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Institutions
and individuals holding (38.18%), Lufthansa (19%),
Fidelity Management and Research (17.21%), Donald
Smith (11.55%), Primecap Management (7.37%),
Morgan Stanley (6.667%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, American Airlines, Cape Air, El Al,
Emirates, Hawaiian Airlines, Icelandair, Japan Airlines,
Jet Airways, Korean Air, LAN Airlines, Lufthansa, Qatar
Airways, South African Airways, TAM Linhas Aéreas,
Virgin Atlantic Airways
Date operations started 11 February 2000
Description Low-fare, low-cost passenger airline operating
out of New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport,
offering services to over 60 cities in the USA, the Caribbean
and Latin America.
History Founded as New Air by David Neeleman. Awarded
an initial 75 take-off/landing slots at New York JFK. Adopted
the JetBlue brand before launching operations on two routes,
to Fort Lauderdale and Buffalo. The first transcontinental
service, to Ontario, California was launched in July 2000.
Announced its IPO in April 2002. Services from a second
hub at Boston’s Logan International Airport were launched
on 7 January 2004. The first international service, from JFK
to Santiago in the Dominican Republic was launched on 10
June 2004. In January 2008 Lufthansa became the largest
shareholder on the acquisition of a 19% stake.
Employees total 11,472
Executives
President ...................................................... Dave Barger
Chief Financial Officer....................................Mark Powers
Chief Operations Officer................................Rob Maruster
Fleet (orders) 120 (21) x Airbus A320-200
(40) x Airbus A320neo
(30) x Airbus A321-200
51 (33) x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base New York (JFK)
Hubs Long Beach (LGB), Oakland (OAK), Fort Lauderdale
(FLL), Washington (DCA), Boston (BOS), Washington (IAD)
JetConnect (QNZ)
PO Box 73 156, Auckland International Airport, Auckland,
1730, New Zealand
Tel +64 9 256 7626 Website www.jetconnect.co.nz
Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%)
Date operations started October 2002
Description Operates trans-Tasman services between New
Zealand and Australia for parent company Qantas.
History Established in July 2002 as an Auckland, New Zealand-
based Qantas subsidiary. Launched trans-Tasman services
between New Zealand and Australia under the Qantas brand
in October 2002. New Zealand domestic services were also
operated until 1 June 2009, when these services were taken
over by another Qantas subsidiary, Jetstar.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ....................................Geoff Dixon
Finance Director .............................................Peter Gregg
General Manager Operations........................David Edwards
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Auckland (AKL)
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JetGo Australia Parent organisation/shareholders Air Charter
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New South Wales, Australia Management (Arabia) (100%)
Email info@jetsgoaustralia.com.au
Website www.jetgoaustralia.com.au
Date operations started 2007
Description Provides non-scheduled seaplane operations C
Description Start-up airline planning to launch domestic within the UAE on behalf of Seawings LLC, and also offers
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Fly In-Fly Out passenger charter services on behalf of its aircraft for wet-leases.
corporate customers from Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine History Founded in 2005 by Stuart Wheeler.
Coast and Sydney from March 2012. Executives
General Manager........................................Stuart Wheeler
Jetisfaction
Germany
Fleet (orders) 3 x Cessna 208 Caravan
Main base Dubai (DXB) E
Date operations started 2010
Jetstar [JQ] (JST)
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Date operations ceased October 2011
German regional airline which operated seasonal scheduled PO Box 4713, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001, Australia
services linking Münster-Osnabrück, Poznan, Wroclaw and Tel +61 3 8628 3400 Fax +61 3 8628 3422
Zurich using the air operator’s certificate and aircraft Email jenny.borden@jetstar.com Website www.jetstar.com
provided by third party carriers. Charter flights were also
offered. Established by the aircraft brokerage and consulting
Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Jetstar Japan (42%)
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company of the same name. Dutch company Orange Aircraft Alliances Air France-KLM Group, Air Pacific, Air Tahiti Nui,
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Leasing provided and operated a single Beech 1900D, AirAsia, AirCalin, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Dragonair,
initially on scheduled services linking Bremen City Airport Etihad Airways, Japan Airlines, Jet Airways, LAN Airlines,
with Berlin Tegal and Cologne from the summer of 2010. Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian Airlines
Also briefly linked Munster-Osnabruck Airport with Poznan Date operations started 25 May 2004
and Zurich in September 2010. Relaunched services on 10
September 2011, linking Munster Osnabruck, Poznan,
Description Low-cost subsidiary of Qantas operating
domestic and international services across the Tasman to
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Wroclaw and Zurich using the air operator’s certificate and New Zealand, and to Cambodia, Hawaii, Hong Kong,
Saab 340 aircraft of Wroclaw-based charter airline, SkyTaxi. Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,
Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Services within New Zealand J
JetLink Express [J0] (JLX) link Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown and Wellington.
Freight Complex, 1st Floor, Embakasi, Kenya History Established by Qantas Airways in 2003 as a low-cost
Tel +254 20 827531 Fax +254 20 827535
Email admin@jetlink.co.ke Website www.jetlink.co.ke
domestic subsidiary. Qantas purchased Impulse Airlines and
relaunched the carrier under the Jetstar brand. On 10 June
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Date operations started 2004 2009 Jetstar launched domestic services within New
Description Scheduled domestic services to Mombasa,
Kisumu, Eldoraet, Wajir and Nairobi, and international
Zealand, taking over from Qantas.
Employees total 3,098 L
services to destinations including Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Executives
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Mogadishu in Somalia, and Juba in South Sudan. Passenger Group Chief Executive Officer.....................Bruce Buchanan
charter and cargo flights also available. Chief Executive Officer....................................... David Hall
History In early 2009, the network was extended to Zanzibar Chief Operating Officer...................................Mark Dal Pra
and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Fleet (orders) 45 (70) x Airbus A320-200
Executives
Managing Director ...........................................Elly Aluvale
(78) x Airbus A320neo
6 x Airbus A321-200
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Fleet (orders) 7 x Bombardier CRJ-100 11 x Airbus A330-200
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1 x Fokker F-28-4000 (15) x Boeing 787-9
Main base Nairobi (NBO) Main base Melbourne (MEL)
JetLite [S2] (JLL) Jetstar Asia [3K] (JSA)
SM Centre 5th Floor, Marol Naka, Andheri Kurla Road,
Andheri East, Mumbai, 400059, India
Level 3, Southwest Finger #034-30, Singapore Changi
Airport, Terminal 1, Singapore, 819642, Singapore
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Tel +91 22 2920 1270 Fax +91 22 2920 8729 Tel +65 6318 0888 Fax +65 6546 0571
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Email feedback@jetlite.com Website www.jetlite.com Website www.jetstarasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Jet Airways (100%) Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (49%), Tony
Alliances Jet Airways Chew (22%), Temasek Holdings (Singapore Sovereign Wealth
Date operations started 3 December 1993 Fund) (19%), FF Wong (10%)
Description Jet Airways subsidiary operating all-economy
class schedules to India’s major metropolitan centres,
Alliances Myanmar Airways International, Qantas
Date operations started 13 December 2004
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in addition to an international route to Kathmandu. Description Provides low-cost regional services from
History Commenced operations as Sahara Airlines and
rebranded as Air Sahara in October 2000. Launched
Singapore to destinations in Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, S
international operations in December 2003. Jet Airways New Zealand, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
History In April 2009, Jetstar Asia’s new holding company
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acquired the airline in April 2007, leading to a rebranding
as JetLite on 1 June 2007. International routes initially became Newstar Investment, which was majority owned by
served Colombo and Kathmandu, although the Colombo Choo Teck Wong’s Westbrook Investments. Qantas Group
route was later dropped. took the minority shareholding.
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Naresh Goyal
Executives
Chairman...................................................... Dennis Choo U
Managing Director....................................... Saroj K. Datta Chief Executive Officer.........................................Paul Daff
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VP Flight Operations .....................................Patrik Rastov Chief Operating Officer................................. Yuen Sang Ho
Fleet (orders) Fleet (orders) 16 x Airbus A320-200
9 x Boeing 737-700 Main base Singapore (SIN)
8 x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 737-900
Main base Delhi (DEL)
Jetstar Japan
Tokyo, Japan
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Hubs Mumbai (BOM), Kolkata (CCU), Chennai (MAA), Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (42%),
Hyderabad (HYD)
Jet-Ops
Jetstar (42%), Mitsubishi Corporation (16%)
Description Start-up low-cost carrier planning to launch X
services from Tokyo (Narita) and Osaka (Kansai), with
PO Box 261891, Dubai, United Arab Emirates other destinations under consideration including Sapporo,
Tel +971 4 204 5192 Fax +971 4 204 5194
Email sales@jet-ops.com Website www.jet-ops.com
Fukuoka, and Okinawa. Jetstar Japan also plans to offer
short-haul international services to key Asian cities.
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History Established as a joint venture between Japan
Airlines, Jetstar Airways and Mitsubishi Corporation.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Shinji Fukukawa
Group Chief Executive Officer.....................Bruce Buchanan
Chief Executive Officer ................................. Miyuki Suzuki
Jetstar Pacific [BL] (PIC)
112 Hong Ha Street, Ward 2, Tan Binh District,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel +84 8 845 0092 Fax +84 8 845 0085
Email group@jetstarpacific.com.vn Website www.jetstar.com/vn
Parent organisation/shareholders Vietnam Airlines (70%),
Qantas (30%)
Alliances Cathay Pacific, Dragonair
Date operations started April 1991
Description Provides low-cost scheduled domestic
passenger services connecting hubs at Ho Chi Minh City
and Hanoi with cities across Vietnam, including Da Nang,
Hai Phong, Hue, Nha Trang and Vinh. Ad hoc charter flights
are also offered.
History Established in 1990, becoming the first airline to be
formed in Vietnam following law changes allowing foreign
investment in the country’s airlines. Already Vietnam’s
second-largest carrier, Pacific Airlines relaunched itself as
a low-cost carrier on 13 February 2007. On 31 July 2007,
Qantas Group acquired an 18% stake. Rebranded as Jetstar
Pacific on 23 May 2008, dropping former international
services to Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ....................................Le Song Lai
Deputy Managing Director..................................Vu Duy Du
Deputy Managing Director..................... Nguyen Khac Hung
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
5 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Hubs Hanoi (HAN)
Jett8 Airlines [JX] (JEC)
20 Changi North Crescent, Unit 03-00, Singapore, 499613,
Singapore
Tel +65 6546 8871 Fax +65 6546 8221
Email enquiry@jett8airlines.com Website www.jett8airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Galeleo Holdings
(72.3%), Mid City Holdings (16.55%), NYK Shipping (11.2%)
Date operations started 23 June 2007
Description Cargo airline operating from Singapore to
Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Amsterdam and Manchester.
Services linking Singapore with the USA and other points
in Europe are planned to be added at a later date.
History Established as Jett8 Cargo Airlines in March 2005
by former Singapore Airlines pilot Louis Tan, with assistance
from Nippon Cargo Airlines. Received its air operator’s
certificate on 8 June 2007. Discontinued scheduled
cargo services in August 2008 to concentrate on charter
work. Effective 25 September 2009 the airline rebranded,
dropping “Cargo” from its name, so as to reflect its
intended future introduction of passenger services.
The airline ceased operations in December 2010, but
the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) renewed
its licence in August 2011.
Executives
Chairman & CEO................................................ Louis Tan
SVP Flight Operations......................................... Peter Leo
Finance Director ...............................................Grace Cxu
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-200F
Main base Singapore (SIN)
JetXtra
5th Floor, The Corn Exchange, Fenwick Street, Liverpool,
Merseyside, L2 7QL, UK
Tel +44 (0)872 563 7472 Website www.jetxtra.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Daniel Reilly (100%)
Description Start-up leisure airline planning to launch
international passenger charter services from its
Humberside base to Malaga and Palma in June 2012.
All services to be flown by AlbaStar Airlines.
History Established and owned by Daniel Reilly, working in
partnerships tour operator CTT Group.
Main base Humberside (HUY)
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Jin Air [LJ] (JNA)
653-25 Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Tel +82 2 3660 6000 Fax +82 2 3660 5999
Email kspark@jinair.com Website www.jinair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Korean Air (100%)
Date operations started 17 July 2008
Description Korean Air subsidiary operating low-cost
domestic services from Seoul (Gimpo and Incheon)
and Pusan to Jeju Island. International services to
Bangkok, Guam and Macau were launched in October
2009, followed by Clark, Osaka and Taichung.
History Established as Air Korea, rebranded before launch
as Jin Air.
Executives
President & CEO.............................................Jae Kun Kim
General Manager.......................................Choe Jae Kyung
General Manager........................................ Chung Hun Sik
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-800
1 x Cessna CE208
Main base Seoul (GMP)
Hubs Seoul Incheon (ICN)
Jordan Aviation [R5] (JAV)
Om-Othaina 6th Circle, PO Box 922358, Amman, 11192,
Jordan
Tel +962 6 5501760 Fax +962 6 552 5732
Email pr@jordanaviation.jo Website www.jordanaviation.jo
Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Mohammed
Khashman, Hazem Alrasekh, Swicorp
Date operations started October 2000
Description Operates a mix of scheduled and worldwide
charter flights from Amman and Aqaba, primarily to cities
in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Daily domestic
flights link Aqaba and Amman. Also provides wet-leasing
services to other carriers seeking additional capacity.
History Launched services from Amman as Jordan’s
first privately-owned charter airline. Scheduled operations
from Aqaba to destinations in the Gulf and North Africa
were added in June 2006.
Executives
President & CEO...................... Mohammed Z Al-Khashman
Accountable Manager & COO........................Mike Hawkins
Chief Financial Officer ......................Bassam Adel Mohsen
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A310-200
1 x Airbus A310-300
1 x Airbus A320-200
6 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
3 x Boeing 767-200
1 x Gulfstream III
Main base Amman ADJ
Hubs Aqaba AQJ
Jordan International Air Cargo
(JIAC) [J4] (JCI)
PO Box 340 956, Amman, 11134, Jordan
Tel +962 6 556 1652 Fax +962 6 461 8397
Email jiac_ops@jiac.com.jo Website www.jiac.com.jo
Date operations started April 2005
Description Provides on demand cargo services throughout
the Middle East and Asia.
History Privately-owned airline established in 2004, after
a feasibility study conducted by JIAC was approved by
the Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Khalid Jamoukha
Director of Operations.............................Ghazi Rawashdeh
Financial Manager................................... Ehab Abualshaur
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-76MD
2 x Ilyushin Il-76MF
Main base Amman ODJ
Joy Air [JR]
18 & 19 Floor, Block A, Wangzuo Modern Building, 35 Tang
Yan Road, Gaoxin Qu, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710082, China
Tel +86 4008 680 000 Fax +86 2988 655 990
Email jrkefu@joy-air.net Website www.joy-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders AVIC I (95%),
China Eastern Air Holding (5%)
Date operations started 15 August 2009
Description Chinese regional operating services from Xi’an
to 10 regional destinations in northwest China. Services
connect with China Eastern’s trunk route network.
History Established as Happy Air, a joint venture between
China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I. In June 2009 the CAAC
approved China Eastern’s reduction of its shareholding from
the planned 40% to 5%. AVIC I consequently increased its
shareholding to 95%.
Executives
Chairman............................................................ Yu Yi Gui
General Manager........................................Youchang Yang
Fleet (orders) 6 x Xian MA60
Main base Xi’an (XIY)
Juba Air Cargo (JUC)
Al-Mek Nimir Steet, Junction with Al-Sharif Al-Hindi Street,
PO Box 13322, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel +249 183 789 035 Fax +249 183 771 549
Email info@jubacargo.com Website jubacargo.net
Date operations started 1996
Description Operates cargo flights between Khartoum and
Juba, Waw and Malakal.
History Established by Bahaa Amin Akaska. Initially operated
wet-leased cargo aircraft as and when required. In 2010
the airline became part of the JAMA Group, whose other
member airlines included Attico, Airwest and Marsland.
From 31 March 2010, all Sudanese airlines were banned
from operating in the EU.
Executives
Director General................................... Baha Amin Akasha
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-12
Main base Khartoum (KRT)
Jubba Airways [6J] (JUB)
The 30th Street, PO Box 6200, Mogadishu, Somalia
Tel + 252 1 217000 Fax + 252 5 933155
Email mogadishu@jubba-airways.com
Website www.jubba-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Blue Bells Travels (100%)
Date operations started 28 May 1998
Description Operates low-cost scheduled passenger
services linking Mogadishu with Somali cities including
Bosaso and Galkayo, and regional destinations including
Djibouti, Dubai, Hargeisa and Jeddah. Also operates
passenger and cargo charter flights.
History Founded in April 1998 by a group of Calgary-based
entrepreneurs, in partnership with local Somali interests,
to establish an air service between Mogadishu and Dubai.
Executives
Managing Director................................Abdullahi Warsame
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
Juneyao Airlines [HO] (DKH)
80 Hongxiang Road San Lu, Hongqiao International Airport,
Shanghai, 200335, China
Tel +86 21 2238 8888 Fax +86 21 2235 6222
Email marketing@juneyaoairlines.com
Website www.juneyaoairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Juneyao Group (100%)
Date operations started 18 September 2006
Description Fast growing, privately-owned Chinese carrier
operating over 30 routes between major Chinese cities
from its base at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport.
History Approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of
China in June 2005. Launched international services
to Hong Kong on 17 December 2010. Due to an incident
involving one of its flight crews, the airline was sanctioned
by the CAAC in August 2011 and ordered to cut back its
operations by 10%, as well as restrict its growth pans for
an unspecified period.
Executives
Chairman......................................................Junjing Wang
President...........................................................Lijia Dong
VP Operations............................................... Guanping Jin
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
22 (6) x Airbus A320-200
Main base Shanghai (SHA)
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Kallat Elsaker Air (KES) Katekavia (KTK)
Al Dahraben Al Ualid, Waleed Avenue, Tripoli, Libya Vodopyanova Street, Severnyi District, Krasnoyarsk
Tel + 218 21 333 63 09 Fax + 218 21 3331273
Website www.k-saker.com
Region, 660125, Russia
Tel +7 391 230 2670 Fax +7 391 230 2671 C
Date operations started 2000 Email mail@katekavia.ru
Description Operates regular services between Tripoli Date operations started 1995
and Sebha and offers passenger and cargo charters and
wet-leasing services.
Description Regional carrier serving domestic destinations
in Eastern Siberia and Yakutia from Sharypovo’s airport in
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History Established as a division of the K-Saker shipping and Krasnoyarsk Krai.
railway company.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-200
Executives
General Director ....................................Menshekov Viktor E
Main base Tripoli (TIP) Deputy Director of Aviation..................... Sergey Savchenko

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Fleet (orders) 12 x Antonov An-24RV
KalStar Aviation (KLS) 2 x Tupolev Tu-134A
Blok SR 1 No. 14, Bumi Serpong Damai, Serpong, 15322, Main base Sharypovo
Indonesia

Kabo Air [N9] (QNK)

Tel +62 21 531 5345 Email aditya@kalstaronline.com
Website www.kalstaronline.com
Kavminvodyavia
Russia
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6733 Ashton Road, PO Box 1850, Kano, Nigeria Parent organisation/shareholders KalStar Tour & Travel Date operations ceased 28 September 2011

Tel +234 80 37712228 Fax +234 70 29695250
Website www.kaboair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kabo Holdings (100%)
Date operations started April 1981
Description Operates scheduled services between Kano,
Cairo, Dubai and Jeddah, as well as passenger and group
charter services, including flights for the Hajj and Umrah.
Planning to introduce domestic schedules between Lagos,
Kano and Abuja, and also add new international flights.
History Became Nigeria’s first privately-owned airline on its
creation in February 1980.
Executives
Managing Director & CEO.......................Saidu Mohammed
Executive Director Finance.................................Sabiu Yola
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 747-200
Main base Kano (KAN)
Kalitta Air [K4] (CKS)
818 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48198-0000, USA
Tel +1 734 484 0088 Fax +1 734 484 3640
Email operations@kalittaair.com Website www.kalittaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Conrad Kalitta (100%)
Date operations started November 2000
Description Operates a scheduled all-cargo route network
(100%)
Date operations started December 2003
Description Indonesian regional airline which operates
domestic scheduled passenger services to 24 destinations
using wet-leased aircraft. Also operates domestic
and international IT charters on behalf of an in-house
tour operator and carries cargo for sister company,
Star Cargo. Services are operated by other carriers,
including Pelita Air Services.
History Established as a travel agency KalStar Tour &
Travel. Launched domestic services using ATR42 aircraft
operated by Trigana Air Service until July 2008. The
airline introduced jet service in the summer of 2005
using a Fokker F28 operated by Pelita Air Service.
Commenced operations under its own air operator’s
certificate in November 2008.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Pontianak (PNK)
Hubs Berau (BEJ)
Kam Air [RQ] (KMF)
1st Floor Kabul Business Centre, Char Rahi Haji Yaqub,
Shah-e-naw Suburb, Kabul, Afghanistan
H
Founded as the Mineralnye Vody Aviation Group. Initially
operated scheduled services throughout Russia and the
CIS, gradually adding international services. Reorganised
into the Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise in 1988.
Reorganised again in August 1995 into the State United
Venture Kavminvodyavia, commonly known as KMV.
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Launched services to the west in 1999 with regular
schedules to Munich. Ultimately operated scheduled
services from Mineralnye Vody to 48 destinations across J
Russia and the CIS and 25 countries in Europe, Asia and
Africa. An extensive charter programme included year-round
flights to destinations around the Mediterranean and the
UAE, as well as seasonal charters to both summer sun and
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winter ski resorts. Plans announced in August 2008 called
for the incorporation of KMV into a new Russian domestic
carrier, based on Atlant-Soyuz and augmented by the state- L
owned stakes in a number of other carriers. New plans
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announced in February 2010 called for KMV and five other
Rostekhnologii-owned airlines to be integrated into flag
carrier Aeroflot-Russian Airlines, after first being combined
within Rossiya. Reorganised again at the end of January
2011, and separated into two companies, one responsible
for airline operations and the other for running Mineralnye
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Vody’s international airport. Warned by Rosaviatsia about its

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from three USA hubs to destinations in Europe, the Middle Tel +93 20 2200 447 Fax +93 70 0222 204 financial and economic status and given one month to rectify
East and Hong Kong. Aircraft are also operated for major Email kamaircustomercare@gmail.com matters on 28 August 2011. Rosaviatsia revoked KMV’s
international airlines through ACMI leases. The company also Website www.flykamair.com operating certificate on 1 October 2011.
offers commercial freight charters worldwide and provides Parent organisation/shareholders Private investors (100%)
Boeing 747 freighter lift to the US Department of Defense.
History Established by owner Conrad Kalitta, previous owner
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Kam Cargo (50%)
Date operations started November 2003
Kavok Airlines
Avenida 3E entre Calles 78 y 79, Centro Comercial Kalakawa,
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of American International Airways, which merged with Kitty Description Operates scheduled passenger services linking Planta Baja. Local Numero. 3, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Hawk in 1997. When Kitty Hawk ceased operations in April
2000, Kalitta acquired the company and it resumed
Kabul with seven domestic destinations and international
services from Kabul to destinations in the Gulf Region,
Tel +58 261 792 3701 Fax +58 261 792 4115
Website www.kavok-airlines.com Q
operations as Kalitta Air in November 2000. Europe, and the Indian subcontinent Date operations started November 2008
Executives History Become the first private airline in Afghanistan. Description Provides domestic and regional charter services
President & CEO.......................................... Conrad Kalitta
Chief Financial Officer.................................. Greg Strzynski
Services were launched to link Kabul with Dubai. Kam
Cargo, a planned cargo airline created in May 2010
from Maracaibo.
History Established in June 2005, but unable to launch
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Chief Operations Officer.............................. Pete Sanderlin as a joint-venture with UAE-based HeavyLift International services until it received its air operator’s certificate from
Fleet (orders) 15 x Boeing 747-200
7 x Boeing 747-400
has not launched services and the project may have
been abandoned.
Venezuela’s Instituto Nacional de Aeronautica Civil on 6
November 2008. S
Main base New York (JFK) Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 32
Hubs Newark (EWR), Chicago (ORD) Main base Maracaibo (MAR)
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President................................................. Zimaray Kamgar
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Abdul Raqib
Kalitta Charters Head of Flight Operations.............................Temor Shahab KayaAirlines (TWM)
843 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48198, USA Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 112, Marien N’gouabi Avenue, Caixa Postal 1599, Maputo,
Tel +1 734 544 3400 Fax +1 734 544 3421
Email customer.service@kalittacharters.com
1 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Antonov An-26
Mozambique
Tel +258 2146 5108 Fax +258 2146 5068 U
Website www.kalittacharters.com 1 x Boeing 767-200 Email info@kayaairlines.com Website www.kayaairlines.com

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Date operations started 2001 3 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80 Date operations started 1990
Description Charter, air ambulance and air cargo services Main base Kabul (KBL) Description PrivaTely-owned airline offering scheduled flights
from bases in Michigan and Tennessee, across the USA, within Mozambique and to neighbouring Swaziland from
Canada and Mexico, in Alaska, Hawaii and the Central Pacific. Karthago Airlines (KAJ) bases at Maputo and Beira. Charter flights are also offered.
Executives
President.................................................. Douglas Kalitta
Tunisia
Date operations started 22 March 2002
History Established as Sabin Air by Carlos Goncalves to
operate on demand charters. Rebranded as Transairways in
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Charter Operations Manager......................Andrea Pattison Date operations ceased 20 January 2011 2002. Rebranded again as KayaAirlines in September 2009
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
9 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
Established by the Karthago Group, which also owned
KoralBlue Airlines. In August 2008 Nouvelair Tunisie
Executives
General Manager........................................Jose Cachopas X
8 x Learjet Learjet 25 acquired the Karthago Groups shares in November 2008. Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer EMB-120RT
5 x Learjet Learjet 35 The two airlines, however, continue to operate under their 1 x Let L-410UVP
2 x Learjet Learjet 36
Main base Detroit (YIP)
respective brands. Flights served primarily the Tunisian
holiday centres of Djerba and Monastir.
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Maputo (MPM)
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Kazan Air Enterprise (KKA)
49-A, Patrisa Lumumby Street, Kazan, 420061, Russia
Tel +7 8432 725 022 Fax +7 8432 724 280
Email info@kazanavia.com Website www.kazanavia.com
Date operations started 1994
Description Operates scheduled services from Kazan to
Ekaterinburg and Ufa. Also undertakes air-taxi services and
aerial work with a mixed fleet of LET L-410s and helicopters.
History Formerly known as Kazan 2nd Aviation Enterprise.
Executives
General Director...............................Magomed Zakarzhaev
Chief Accountant............................. Ludmila Ogorodnikova
Flight Operations Director............................. Oleg Zakharov
Fleet (orders) 3 x Let L-410UVP-E
3 x PZL An-2
Main base Kazan (KZN)
KD AIR [XC] (KDC)
3539 Veldham Road, Port Alberni, British Columbia,
V9Y 8S5, Canada
Tel +1 250 752 5884 Fax +1 250 752 5750
Email info@kdair.com Website www.kdair.com
Date operations started 1991
Description Operates scheduled services from Qualicum
Beach to Vancouver and Gillies Bay. Charters are also flown.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Vancouver (YVR)
Hubs Qualicum (XQU)
Kelowna Flightcraft [KW] (KFA)
5655 Airport Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1S1,
Canada
Tel +1 250 491 5500 Fax +1 250 765 1489
Email info@flightcraft.ca Website www.flightcraft.ca
Parent organisation/shareholders Barry Lapointe Holding
(100%)
Date operations started June 1974
Description Canada’s largest dedicated cargo carrier,
operating cargo charters throughout north America as
the exclusive carrier for Purolator Courier, and heavy
lift provider for Canada Post. Also provides passenger
cargo charters, group charters and special flights such
as forest fire patrols.
History Parent company founded in 1970 by Barry Lapointe
and Jim Rogers, and the charter subsidiary in 1974.
Reorganised as part of Kelowna Flightcraft Group in 2000.
Executives
President....................................................Barry Lapointe
Chief Financial Officer................................. Meryle Corbett
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Aircraft Corporation
12 x Boeing 727-200
4 x Convair 580
1 x Israel Aircraft Industries
2 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30
1 x Beechcraft Premier
Main base Kelowna (YLW)
Hubs Mount Hope (YHM)
Kenmore Air [M5] (KEN)
6321 NE 175th St, PO Box 82064, Kenmore, Washington,
98028-0064, USA
Tel +1 425 486 1257 Fax +1 425 485 4774
Website www.kenmoreair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Munro/Banks family
(100%)
Alliances Alaska Airlines
Date operations started March 1946
Description Has two scheduled airline operations in the
Seattle area. Kenmore Air Seaplanes provides scheduled
seaplane services from two water-based air terminals.
Kenmore Air Express operates land-based IFR scheduled
passenger/cargo flights into and out of Boeing Field in
Seattle. Also offers “flightseeing” trips and charter flights
throughout the Pacific northwest.
History Founded by Robert Munro and two partners. Began
operations from a harbour on North Lake, Washington state,
with a single Aeronca seaplane. Munro later ran the
company alone for 60 years. Kenmore Air Express started
land based day/night IFR schedules in 2003 to various
locations in the Pacific northwest.
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President...................................................... Gregg Munro
Chief Financial Officer......................................Todd Banks
VP Flight Operations......................................... Tim Brooks
Fleet (orders) 4 x Cessna CE208
15 x De Havilland Canada Beave
6 x De Havilland Canada Turbin
2 x De Havilland Canada Turbo
2 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Seattle (BFI), Seattle (KEH)
Hubs Seattle (LKE)
Kenn Borek Air [4K] (KBA)
290 McTavish Road NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 7G5, Canada
Tel +1 403 291 3300 Fax +1 403 250 6908
Email borekair@telus.net Website www.borekair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Borek Construction (100%)
Date operations started 1970
Description Provides regional passenger and cargo services
from seven bases in the Canadian north and west in
conjunction with partners Aklak Air and Unaalik Aviation. Also
works with Maldivian Air Taxi and offers contract and leasing
services in the Arctic, Antarctic and the rest of the world.
History Started operations in 1970 supporting oil exploration
in the Arctic. Aircraft and ACMI leases have supplied aircraft
to operators in Canada, Cuba, Panama and the Maldives.
Executives
Chairperson................................................ Rosella Borek
President ..................................................... John Harmer
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 99B
3 x Beechcraft King Air 100
4 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90
1 x DHC6-100
18 x DHC6-300
6 x Douglas DC-3/C-47 (Turbo)
1 x Embraer EMB-110P
Main base Calgary (YYC)
Kenya Airways [KQ] (KQA)
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, PO Box 19002-00501,
Airport Road, Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel +254 20 642 2000 Fax +254 20 823 488
Website www.kenya-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Individual Kenyan
shareholders (32.5%), Air France-KLM Group (26%),
government of Kenya (22%), Kenyan Institutional Investors
(15.7%), Foreign Institutional Investors (4.36%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Precision Air (49%)
Alliances Air Botswana, Air Mauritius, Air Nigeria, AirCalin,
Airlinair, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Linhas Aereas de
Moçambique LAM, Precision Air, Qantas, TAAG Angola
Airlines, Twin Jet
Date operations started 4 February 1977
Description Flag carrier of the Republic of Kenya, operating
a scheduled network of services throughout Africa and
to Europe and the Indian subcontinent.
History Created following the 1977 demise of East African
Airways Corporation, and government-owned until its April
1996 privatisation, which saw 34% of its shares sold to the
public and 26% acquired by strategic partner KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines. Established domestic subsidiary, Flamingo
Airlines, in 2000. Acquired 49% of Tanzanian carrier
Precision Air in 2003. In April 2004 reintroduced Kenya
Airways Cargo. Re-absorbed Flamingo Airlines in July 2004.
Employees total 4,355
Executives
Chairman................................................Evanson Mwaniki
Chief Executive Officer...................................Titus Naikuni
Group Finance Director.....................Alex Wainana Mbugua
Director of Flight Operations...........................James Ouma
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-300
4 x Boeing 737-700
5 x Boeing 737-800
5 x Boeing 767-300
4 x Boeing 777-200
(9) x Boeing 787-8
5 x Embraer 170-100LR
3 (12) x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Nairobi (NBO)
Key Lime Air (LYM)
13252 East Control Tower Rd, Englewood, Colorado,
80112, USA
Tel +1 303 768 9626 Fax +1 303 768 8144
Email info@keylimeair.com Website www.keylimeair.com
Date operations started 1997
Description Denver based charter, training and aircraft rental
company. Frequent charter destinations include all major
cities in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.
Executives
President...............................................Clifford Honeycutt
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C404
1 x Dornier 328JET-300
1 x Embraer EMB-120ER
2 x Fairchild Metro 23
5 x Fairchild Metro II
13 x Fairchild Metro III
7 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Denver (DEN)
Khors Aircompany [X9] (KHO)
34 Lesi Ukrainki Avenue, Kiev, 01133, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 494 3286 Fax +380 44 494 3286
Email khors@khors.kiev.ua Website www.khors.com.ua
Date operations started 1990
Description Operates domestic schedules linking Kiev,
Kharkov, Lviv and Simferopol. Also offers charter services
within the CIS, Europe and the Middle East and offers ACMI
leasing and MD-80 maintenance services.
History Established as a cargo carrier operating entirely in the
CIS. Launched passenger services in 1992. Has operated
charters worldwide, except to the Americas, since 1993.
Executives
General Director..................................... Larisa Paschenko
Chief Financial Officer .................. Ekaterina Ladvinovskaja
Flight Operations Director........................ Vasiliy Pustovalov
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Learjet Learjet 60
13 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Kiev (KBP)
Kingfisher Airlines [IT] (KFR)
Kingfisher House, Domestic Airport, W E Highway,
Ville Parle (East), Mumbai, 400057, India
Tel +91 22 2626 2330 Fax +91 22 5502 0625
Email info@flykingfisher.com Website www.flykingfisher.com
Parent organisation/shareholders United Breweries
(Holding) (30.57%), institutions (10.97%), Vijay Mallya
(5.69%), UB Overseas (5.1%), Kingfisher Finvest India
(2.69%), public and others (22.76%)
Alliances Air France, American Airlines, British Airways,
S7 Airlines
Date operations started 9 May 2005
Description Operates an extensive domestic network,
targeting the business traveller in particular.
History Kingfisher Airlines merged with Deccan on 7 July
2008, with Deccan becoming the company’s low-cost
domestic brand Kingfisher Red from October 2008.
Although international services were launched on 3
September 2008 plans for long-haul international services
were put on hold in November 2008 due to poor market
conditions. Plans announced in October 2008 for close
co-operation with Jet Airways were also stalled by the
Indian antitrust authorities.
Executives
Chairman & Managing Director.........................Vijay Mallya
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Sanjay Aggarwal
Chief Financial Officer.................................A Raghunathan
EVP Operations & Engineering......................... Hitesh Patel
Fleet (orders) 1 (1) x Airbus A319-100
15 (65) x Airbus A320-200
3 x Airbus A321-200
4 (15) x Airbus A330-200
(5) x Airbus A350-800XWB
(5) x Airbus A380-800
2 x ATR 42-500
17 x ATR 72-500
(38) x ATR 72-600
Main base Delhi (DEL), Mumbai (BOM)
Hubs Ahmedabad (AMD)
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Kingfisher House, Off Western Express Highway, Ville Parle President & CEO.........................................Wayne McLeod 1 (1) x Airbus A330-300
(East), Ville Parle (East), Mumbai, 400057, India
Tel +91 22 2626 2200 Fax +91 22 5503 1096
Chief Financial Officer ................................ Denis Levallee
Operations Manager ............................... Trevor Gavinchuk
18 x Boeing 737-700
23 x Boeing 737-800 C
Email info@flykingfisher.com Website www.flykingfisher.com Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900C 5 x Boeing 737-900
Parent organisation/shareholders Deccan Charters (100%)
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8 x Beechcraft King Air 200 22 x Boeing 747-400
Date operations started 27 August 2003 2 x Learjet Learjet 35 15 x Boeing 777-200
Description Low-cost arm of Kingfisher Airlines operating 1 x Pilatus PC-12 5 (1) x Boeing 777-300
domestic services to more than 60 destinations all over Main base Winnipeg (YWG) 10 x Boeing MD-11P
India, using aircraft from the parent company.
History Established at Bangalore as helicopter operator
Hubs Rankin Inlet (YRT) Main base Amsterdam (AMS)
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Deccan Aviation. Air Deccan division established to operate KLM cityhopper [WA] (KLC) K-Mile Air [8K] (KMI)

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larger fixed wing aircraft, beginning operations in August PO Box 7700, Building 102, Schiphol Airport, 1117 ZL Room 307-309, 3rd Floor, B-FZ Building, Suvarnabhumi
2003. The carrier opened its initial public offering in May Schiphol, Netherlands Airport, No. 999, Moo 7, Racha Thewa, Bang Phli,
2006. During 2007 Kingfisher parent United Breweries Tel +31 20 649 9123 Fax +31 20 648 8391 Samutprakan, 10540, Thailand
acquired a 46% shareholding in Deccan Aviation. Air Deccan Website www.klmcityhopper.nl Tel +66 2134 2600 Fax +66 2134 2601
then began rebranding as Simplifly Deccan in September
2007, effectively becoming Kingfisher Airlines’ low-cost
Parent organisation/shareholders KLM (100%)
Alliances Delta Air Lines, KLM
Email pornpan.p@k-mile.com Website www.k-mile.com
Date operations started May 2006
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subsidiary brand, later titled Kingfisher Red. Date operations started 1991 Description Overnight cargo flights throughout Southeast Asia.
Executives
Executive Chairman......................................... G Gopinath
Description Regional subsidiary of KLM, linking the
Netherlands with a number of European cities.
History Established as a freight forwarding company by private
Thai investors. In January 2006 Transmile Air Services H
Executive Vice Chairman..................................Vijay Mallya History Formed through the merger of NLM CityHopper and acquired a 49% shareholding in the company. K-Mile Air
Officiating CEO & Chief Financial Officer....Ramki Sundaram Netherlines. As part of parent KLM’s restructuring plans its received its own air operator’s certificate in late 2006.
Deputy COO..................................................... Nick White
Main base Bengaluru (BLR
regional subsidiaries merged in November 2002 under the
KLM cityhopper name.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...........................Ratchanee Tubjitra
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Hubs Ahmedabad (AMD), Hyderabad (HYD), Mumbai (BOM), Executives Accounting Manager.............................. Nonglak Khumkan
Kolkata (CCU), Delhi (DEL), Chennai (MAA),
Thiruvananthapuram (TRV)
Chief Executive Officer................................... Boet Kreiken
Chief Operating Officer ..........................Melvin Khenderink
Flight Operations Manager.....................Prakarn Busayasiri
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 727-200 J
Finance Manager .............................................Dirk Neelis Main base Bangkok (BKK)
Kirov Air Enterprise (KTA) Fleet (orders) 17 (5) x Embraer 190-100LR
Kirov Airport, Kirov, 610009, Russia
Tel +7 8332 551 434 Fax +7 8332 551 434
5 x Fokker 100
27 x Fokker 70
Kokshetau Airlines [0K] (KRT)
PO Box 432, Kokshetau Airport, Kokshetau, 020004,
K
Email avia@avia.kirov.ru Website www.kirovavia.ru Main base Amsterdam (AMS) Kazakhstan
Description Domestic scheduled and charter passenger and
cargo operations within Russia and the CIS, international KLM [KL] (KLM)
Tel +7 3162 25 3466 Fax +7 3162 25 3103
Email airkokshe@mail.ru L
charter cargo operations and regional passenger operations. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij nv, PO Box 7700, Date operations started 2002

History Formed from the Aeroflot Kirov Division.
Executives
General Director...............................Aleksandr Andreychuk
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26B
2 x PZL An-2
Main base Kirov (KVX)
Kish Air [Y9] (IRK)
PO Box 19395/4639, Ekbapan Main Street, Opposite Side
of Stadium, Kish Air Building, Tehran, 13938, Iran
Tel +98 21 4464 9948 Fax +98 21 4466 5221
Email info@kishairline.com Website www.kishairline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kish Free Zone
Organisation (79%), Kish Investment & Development (11%),
Kish Development & Servicing (10%)
Date operations started 1990
Description Operates international routes to Dubai, Sharjah,
Abu Dhabi and Istanbul, together with a domestic network
linking 15 major points in Iran.
History Established by the Kish Free Zone Organisation.
Shares in the airline were subsequently acquired by other
local organisations.
Executives
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer ............... Saeed Bahari
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1117 ZL Schiphol Airport, Netherlands Description Scheduled domestic service and charter flights.
Tel +31 20 649 4545 Fax +31 20 648 8092 Executives
Email mediarelations@klm.com Website www.klm.com President ....................................................... Iljaf Vinollin
Parent organisation/shareholders Air France-KLM Group Finance Manager .............................Toligen Shaimerdenov
(100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Martinair (100%),
Head of Flight Division..................................Igor Romanov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40
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Transavia Airlines (100%), KLM cityhopper (100%) Main base Kokshetau (KOV)
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Alliances SkyTeam, Aer Lingus, Air Astana, airBaltic, AirCalin,
Airlinair, Alaska Airlines, Avianca, Bangkok Airways, Belavia Kolavia (Kogalym Avia) [7K] (KGL)
Belarussian Airlines, Brit Air, Bulgaria Air, Cargojet Airways, 43 Aeroflotskaya Street, Tyumenskaya Oblast, Posyelok
CityJet, Comair, Copa Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Estonian Air, Taezhniy, Surgut, Tyumen Region, 628422, Russia
Garuda Indonesia, Georgian Airways, GOL Linhas Aereas
Inteligentes, Gulf Air, InselAir, Jat Airways, Jet Airways,
Tel +7 3462 770 487 Fax +7 3462 770 488
Email nikol@kogalymavia.ru Website www.kolavia.ru
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Kingfisher Airlines, KLM cityhopper, Malaysia Airlines, Martinair, Date operations started May 1993
Olympic Air, PrivatAir, Qantas, Regional, Rossiya, Sichuan
Airlines, TAAG Angola Airlines, Twin Jet, Ukraine International
Description Serves communities in the oil-rich Tyumen area
of western Siberia from its base in Kogalym. Q
Airlines, Volare Airlines, WestJet Airlines Executives
Date operations started 17 May 1920 General Director........................................ Nikolai Zolnikov
Description Dutch flag carrier, one of two operating carriers
in the Air France-KLM Group, which operates scheduled
Chief Accountant..........................Aleksandra Lipovetskaya
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
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passenger and cargo services to nearly 100 destinations 1 x Airbus A321-200
in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australasia.
History Began operations between Amsterdam and London.
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Main base Kogalym (KGP), Surgut (SGC) S
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Chief Financial Officer................... Mahdi Molamohammadi original name. Began establishing a global airline system
Chief Operation Officer....................................Majid Ansari through an alliance with Northwest Airlines in July 1989. KoralBlue Airlines [K7] (KBR)
Fleet (orders) 5 x Fokker 50 During 1996, KLM acquired a 26% stake in Kenya Airways, Egypt
4 x McDonnell-Douglas DC-9-80 and also acquired full ownership in 1997 of Air UK, renamed Date operations started 27 March 2007
Main base Tehran (THR) KLM UK, since merged into KLM cityhopper. On 30
September 2003, Air France and KLM announced a merger
Date operations ceased 2011
Provided charter flights to the Egyptian resorts from various U
Kivalliq Air [FK] through a share exchange, and an agreement for KLM to join departure points across Europe from bases at Sharm el

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No.15-20 Hangar Line Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 3Y8, the SkyTeam alliance. This was completed in May 2004 Sheikh and Hurghada. Also offered wet-leasing services.
Canada creating the Air France-KLM Group. In January 2009 Air Established by Tunisian carrier Karthago Airlines and its
Tel +1 204 888 0100 Fax +1 204 888 3300 France-KLM became Alitalia’s strategic partner, taking a 25% owner Belhassen Trabelski, together with Egyptian
Email wmcleod@keewatinair.ca Website www.kivalliqair.com equity stake. In May 2009 Air France-KLM and Delta conglomerate Orascom and regional airline Sun Air.
Alliances Canadian North
Date operations started December 1998
implemented a global joint venture agreement through which
the carriers would jointly operate transatlantic routes, sharing Korean Air [KE] (KAL) W
Description Operates a scheduled passenger service revenues and costs. The agreement also covered all flights Korean Air Operations Center, 1370, Gonghang-Dong,

connecting eight communities in Nunavut Territory with
Churchill and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
History Kivalliq Air is a division of Keewatin Air, created
in December 1998 to offer a reliable passenger air service
connecting passengers between the Kivalliq region
and Manitoba.
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between Amsterdam and India and North America and Tahiti. Gangseo - gu, Seoul, 157-712, South Korea
Employees total 31,787 Tel +82 22 656 7274 Fax +82 22 656 7289
Executives Website www.koreanair.com
President & CEO......................................... Peter Hartman Parent organisation/shareholders Yang-Ho Cho and
Chief Financial Officer.................................. Erik Swelheim
EVP Operations.............................................Ype De Haan
family (10.8%), Hanjin (9.9%), National Pension Fund (8.1%),
Treasury Stock (6.2%), others (65%)
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Jin Air (100%),
Grandstar Cargo (25%)
Alliances SkyTeam, Air Macau, AirCalin, Alaska Airlines,
Cargojet Airways, Emirates, Frontier Airlines, Garuda
Indonesia, Hainan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Horizon Air,
Japan Airlines, JetBlue Airways, LAN Airlines, Malaysia
Airlines, MIAT-Mongolian Airlines, Rossiya, S7 Airlines,
Uzbekistan Airways, Xiamen Airlines
Date operations started March 1969
Description Privately-owned flag carrier serving 101 cities
in 37 countries, together with a domestic network linking
14 cities. Also has a strong cargo business.
History Established when the Korean government took over
Korean National Airlines (founded in 1948). The Hanjin
Group took control of the carrier on 1 March 1969. Long-
haul freight operations were introduced on 26 April 1971,
followed by a passenger service to Los Angeles on 19 April
1972. In June 2000 Korean Air was a founder member of
the SkyTeam global airline alliance. In September 2006
Korean Air took a 25% stake in a joint venture to establish a
new cargo airline in Tianjin, China, called Grand Star Cargo.
Employees total 17,395
Executives
Chairman & CEO........................................... Yang Ho Cho
President & COO...................................... Chang Hoon Chi
GM & Head of Finance................................Moon Kwon Oh
EVP Operations...........................................Yong Buck Lee
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A300B4-600
7 (7) x Airbus A330-200
16 (1) x Airbus A330-300
5 (5) x Airbus A380-800
1 x Boeing 737-700
19 (2) x Boeing 737-800
18 (4) x Boeing 737-900
40 x Boeing 747-400
1 (11) x Boeing 747-8
19 (4) x Boeing 777-200
13 (5) x Boeing 777-300
(10) x Boeing 787-9
1 x Bombardier BD-700
(10) x Bombardier CS300
2 x Cessna 525
1 x Gulfstream IV
Main base Seoul (GMP)
Hubs Jeju (CJU), Busan (PUS)
Kuban Airlines [GW] (KIL)
355 Bershanskoy Street, Krasnodar, 350912, Russia
Tel +7 861 219 1146 Fax +7 861 219 1029
Email naos@alk.ru Website www.alk.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders companies of the Bas
El Group (91.04%), minor shareholders (8.96%)
Alliances Armavia
Date operations started 1932
Description Operates from Krasnodar on domestic
schedules. Also provides international charters to Frankfurt.
History Established as a division of Aeroflot. Privatised in
1992. In August 2011 Bas EL Group announced plans to
combine the assets of Kuban Airlines and SkyExpress.
Expected to begin taking first deliveries of 12 Sukhoi
Superjet 100-95B aircraft in 2012.
Executives
General Manager ........................ Alexander Stognushenko
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Yakovlev Yak-42
5 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Main base Krasnodar (KRR)
kulula.com [MN] (CAW)
Cnr. 1 Marignane Drive & Atlas Road, Bonaero Park,
Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa
Tel +27 11 921 0111 Fax +27 11 388 1241
Email info@kulula.com Website www.kulula.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Comair (90%)
Date operations started August 2001
Description Low-cost brand of Comair, operating on
domestic routes linking Johannesburg with Cape Town,
Durban, George, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth and destinations
in Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia
and Zimbabwe.
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History Established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comair.
South Africa’s first low-cost carrier. Services launched in
August 2001, initially between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Executives
Joint Chief Executive Officer............................Gidon Novick
Joint Chief Executive Officer............................... Erik Venter
Financial Director................................ Yasas Sri-Chandana
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
Hubs George (GRJ), East London (ELS), Cape Town (CPT),
Lanseria (HLA)
Kunming Airlines [KY] (KNA)
3F and 4F, Block B Shidai Chuangfu, No 3 Jing Kai Road,
Kunming, Yunnan, 650217, China
Tel +86 871 7338 716 Fax +86 871 7338 616
Email erica.86@163.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Shenzhen Airlines
(80%), Wang Qingmin (20%)
Date operations started 15 February 2009
Description Domestic airline linking Kunming to Changsha,
Lijiang, Diqing, Mans, Dali, Jinan, Nanning, Zhengzhou,
Shenyang, Xishuangbanna and Harbin. The network will be
expanded to other cities in China and the ASEAN countries.
History Co-founded by Yunnan Zhongheng Innovation
Investment and private investors. Sichuan Airlines acquired
the Yunnan Zhongheng shareholding in 2006, but later sold
its stake to Shenzhen Airlines. In 2008 Shenzhen increased
its stake to 80%. Received its operating license in January
2009. Operated its inaugural service on 10 February 2009,
launching regular services five days later.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Wang Qingmin
Finance Manager ........................................ Xiao Yu Zheng
General Manager .............................................Yu En Xuan
Operations Manager ....................................... Hong Tao Li
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Kunming KMG
Kuwait Airways [KU] (KAC)
Kuwait International Airport, P.O.Box 394, Safat, 13004
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Tel +965 2 434 5555 Fax +965 2 473 3248
Website www.kuwait-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kuwaiti government (100%)
Alliances Air India, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Saudi
Arabian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Yemenia
Date operations started 16 March 1954
Description National carrier operating international
scheduled services throughout the Middle East, and to
Europe, the Far East and North America.
History Formed in February 1953 by two Kuwaiti
businessmen. Following the invasion of Kuwait on 2 August
1990, the Iraqi army destroyed all KAC premises and 15 of
its aircraft. The airline was relaunched after the liberation of
Kuwait on 26 February 1991. In January 2010 the Kuwaiti
cabinet decided to privatise the airline, although no
timetable for the process was announced.
Executives
Chairman & CEO....................................... Hamad Al-Falah
Finance Director.................................. Mohammad Al-Hilal
Operations Director............................. Jassim Mohammad
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A300B4-600
1 x Airbus A300C4-600
4 x Airbus A310-300
1 x Airbus A319-100
4 x Airbus A320-200
4 x Airbus A340-300
1 x Boeing 747-400
2 x Boeing 777-200
3 x Gulfstream V
Main base Kuwait KWI
Kyrgyz Airways [KR] (EAA)
95 Abdymomunova Street, Ave Manas, 720000 Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
Tel +996 312 323 075 Fax +996 312 661 770
Email office@airways.kg Website www.airways.kg
Description Scheduled passenger services from Bishkek and
Osh to Irkutsk, Istanbul, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Novosibirsk,
St Petersburg and Ürümqi. Charter flights also operated.
History Created in 2007 as a subsidiary of Sharjah-based
leasing company Eastok Avia, operating its first scheduled
service between Bishkek and Osh in September 2009.
Launched international scheduled services in December
2009 on the Bishkek-Moscow route.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Hubs Osh (OSS)
Kyrgyz Pegasus Airlines (KRA)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Parent organisation/shareholders Kyrgyz Air (51%),
Pegasus Airlines (49%)
Description Start-up airline planning to launch services
out of Bishkek on one domestic and six international
routes, including Almaty, Dubai, Moscow and Seoul. Initial
equipment will be two Boeing 737-800s and one 737-500,
all wet-leased from Pegasus Airlines.
History Created as a joint venture between majority
shareholder Kyrgyz Air and Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines in
October 2009. The carrier was expected to launch services
during 2011, initially operating aircraft wet-leased from its
Turkish co-owner, but operations have yet to be started.
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Kyrgyzstan [QH] (LYN)
12-A Manasa Street, 720017 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Tel +996 312 313 026 Fax +996 312 312 742
Email company@air.kg Website www.air.kg
Alliances Air Manas, Ural Air
Date operations started 2001
Description Scheduled carrier operating passenger services
from the capital Bishkek and Osh to other points within
Kyrgyzstan, to several destinations in Russia, and to Dubai,
China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Charters are also flown.
History Founded in April 2001 as Altyn Air and was rebranded
as Kyrgyzstan on 28 July 2006.
Executives
President....................................... Egemberdi Myrzabekov
Chief Accountant.................................... Juma Omurkanov
Head of Operations ......................... Aleksandr Viktorovich
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
1 x Boeing 737-500
3 x Tupolev Tu-154M
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Kyrgyzstan Airlines [R8] (KGA)
Manas Avenue 12a, 720017 Bishkek, 720026, Kyrgyzstan
Tel +996 312 313 003 Fax +996 312 312 742
Email company@air.kg Website www.air.kg
Parent organisation/shareholders Government (81%),
Private shareholders (11%), Social Foundation (8%)
Alliances S7 Airlines
Date operations started 1992
Description National carrier operating international schedules
to points in Russia, Afghanistan, China, Dubai, Pakistan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Domestic schedules link Bishkek
with Batken, Jalabad and Osh. Charter flights, extensive
aerial work and emergency services are also operated.
History Established in December 1992 from the former
Aeroflot Frunze division. In October 1997, Kyrgyzstan and
Aeroflot signed a co-operation agreement covering new
scheduled services, aircraft maintenance, marketing and
ticketing. In October 2000 Kyrgyzstan surrendered
management control to UK investment house Eastlink
Lanker in an attempt to make the carrier profitable. In
May 2009 the airline signed a joint venture agreement
with Turkish Airlines concerning the possible creation
of a new flag carrier for Kyrgyzstan. Joint-venture plans
fell dormant during 2010, however in early 2011 another
Turkish carrier, Atlas Jet, announced that it had applied
to the Kyrgyz authorities for permissions to launch flights
between Turkey and Kyrgyzstan, and from Kyrgyzstan
to Europe, in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan Airlines.
No further progress reported.
Executives
President.............................................Tulenbek Arpachiev
Main base Bishkek (FRU)
Hubs Osh (OSS)
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Internacional de Aviacion
Aeropuerto Internacional Alberto Carnevali, Avenida
Urdaneta, Mérida, Venezuela
Email info@lamia.com.ve Website lamia.com.ve
Parent organisation/shareholders Mérida state government
(50%), private Venezuelan and Chinese investors (50%)
Description Start-up airline planning to launch domestic
services from Mérida and later El Vigia. Initial equipment will
be a single BAe RJ85. Services to regional destinations are
planned. Plans for a launch in 2010 were set back after an
air operator’s certificate was refused by the Venezuelan
Description Argentine affiliate of the Chilean LAN group,
operating domestic services from Buenos Aires to Cordoba
and Mendoza.
History Established by the LAN airline alliance. On 13 August C
2010 parent LAN Airlines agreed to merge with TAM Linhas
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Aereas of Brazil in 2011, through the creation of a new
single parent company, LATAM Airlines Group. The carriers
and their subsidiaries were expected to retain their brands.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Enrique Plaza
Chief Operations Officer.............................. Luis Berguecio E
Fleet (orders) 12 x Airbus A320-200

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authorities. After resolving the issues which resulted in the 2 x Boeing 767-300
rejection, the airline re-applied for an air operator’s Main base Buenos Aires (AEP)
certificate in 2011 but has yet to receive authority to fly.
Main base Mérida (MRD) LAN Cargo [UC] (LCO)

La Costena
Hubs El Vigia (VIG) Terminal de Carga Aerea, Arturo Merino Benitez Airport,
Pudahuel, 8660360 Santiago, Chile
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Welos Nacionales, Aeropuerto Interna, Cional km 10.5, LAN Airlines [LA] (LAN) Tel +56 600 300 5000 Fax +56 2 565 3979

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Managua, Nicaragua Americo Vespucio 901, Comuna de Renca, 8660360 Email contactcenter.scl@lan.com Website www.lancargo.com
Tel +505 2 263 2142 Fax +505 263 1281 Santiago, Chile Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (99.89%)
Email info@lacostena.com.ni Website lacostena.com.ni Tel +56 2 565 2525 Fax +56 2 565 3890 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Linea Aerea Carguera
Alliances TACA International Airlines Email daniela.riutort@lan.com Website www.lan.com Colombia (90%)
Date operations started November 1999
Description Provides a passenger service between
Parent organisation/shareholders Cueto Group (34%),
Chilean pension funds (13%), Eblen Group (9%), Bethia
Date operations started 1929
Description Operates dedicated freighters, working in
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Managua and destinations within Nicaragua as part of (Solari family) (8%), ADRs (5%), others (30%) conjunction with fellow LAN Group cargo specialists ABSA
the TACA Regional system. Charter and courier flights are
also undertaken.
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings LAN Express (99.99%),
LAN Cargo (99.89%), LAN Colombia (98.942%), LAN
and MAS Air, on services linking major cities in Argentina,
Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay plus Frankfurt J
Executives Argentina (90%), ABSA – Aerolinhas Brasileiras (73.3%), LAN with Miami, and Santiago de Chile with Los Angeles.
President................................................... Julio Caballero Ecuador (71.91%), LAN Peru (70%), MAS Air (69.51%), Lan History Based on the original cargo divisions of LanChile,
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
4 x Cessna CE208
Dominicana (49%), Florida West International Airways (25%)
Alliances oneworld, Aeromexico, AeroSur, Alaska Airlines,
Ladeco and Fast Air. Re-absorbed into LanChile Airlines on
24 April 2002. On 17 June 2004, LanChile’s cargo operation
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Main base Managua (MGA) JetBlue Airways, Jetstar, Korean Air, LAN Express, LAN Peru, was rebranded as LAN Cargo in line with other LAN Group

LAC – Linea Aérea Cuencana

TAM Linhas Aéreas, TAM Mercosur
Date operations started 5 March 1929
airlines. On 13 August 2010 parent LAN Airlines agreed to
merge with TAM Linhas Aereas of Brazil in 2011, through the L
Loja, Ecuador Description Major South American airline, part of the creation of a new parent company, LATAM Airlines Group.

Email lacecuador@hotmail.com Website www.lacecuador.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Luis Estudillo (47.5%),
Victor Estudillo (47.5%), Carlos Torres (5%)
Description Start-up airline initially planning to launch
domestic services from Loja in early 2012.
History Successor to Air Cuenca, established with assistance
History Originally known as Línea Aeropostal Santiago-Arica, it
from Conviasa LAC. Applied for air operator’s certificate on
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consolidated entity that also includes several affiliates in The carriers were expected to retain their brands.
neighbouring countries, as well as LAN Cargo and its Executives
affiliates. The LAN Alliance serves destinations in the Chief Executive Officer .................................Cristian Ureta
Americas, Caribbean, Europe and Oceania. Chief Financial Officer..................... Alexandro De la Fuente
became LanChile in 1932. Privatised in September 1989.
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-300
2 (2) x Boeing 777-200
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Acquired control of the country’s second airline, Ladeco, on Main base Santiago (SCL)

19 July 2011.
Executives
President................................................ Marcos Cisneros
Chief Financial Officer............................. Santiago Serrano
Main base Loja (LOH)
LADE – Lineas Aéreas del Estado [5U]
(LDE)
Peru 714, San Telmos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel +54 11 5129 9000 Email informes@lade.com.ar
Website www.lade.com.ar
Date operations started 4 September 1940
Description State-owned airline operating public service
flights, using transport aircraft operated by the commercial
unit of the Argentine air force. Provides domestic scheduled
passenger and cargo air services, primarily in Patagonia
and the south of the country, from its main base in
Comodoro Rivadavia.
History Initially known as LASO – Líneas Aéreas del
Sudoeste. Operated its first flight from Palomar to Esquel
in September 1940. Consolidated with another air force-
operated airline, LANE – Líneas Aéreas del Noreste (founded
in September 1940) on 23 October 1944 to become LADE –
Lineas Aereas del Estado.
11 August 1995. In October 1998 LanChile merged Fast Air
with Ladeco. As of March 2004 LanChile and its subsidiaries
LanPeru, LanEcuador and LanDominicana became unified
under the single LAN brand. On 17 June 2004 LanChile
rebranded as LAN Airlines. LAN Argentina became LAN
Airlines’ latest affiliate in March 2005, launching operations
from Buenos Aires on 8 June 2005. LAN Airlines increased
its shareholding in LAN Argentina to 70% in February 2007.
On 13 August 2010 LAN and TAM Linhas Aereas of Brazil
unveiled plans to merge through the creation of a new parent
company, LATAM Airlines Group. In November 2010 LAN
Airlines acquired Colombian carrier Aires.
Employees total 18,967
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.........................Enrique Cueto Plaza
President & COO..........................................Ignacio Cueto
Chief Financial Officer.....................Alejandro De La Fuente
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A318-100
15 (7) x Airbus A319-100
21 (52) x Airbus A320-200
(20) x Airbus A320neo
(10) x Airbus A321-200
5 x Airbus A340-300
26 (13) x Boeing 767-300
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LAN Colombia [4C] (ARE)
Avenida Eldorado, Entrada 1 – Hangar Aires A.A. 44120,
Bogota, Colombia
Tel +571 294 0330 Fax +571 413 9610
Email presidencia@aires.aero Website www.aires.aero
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Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines
(98.942%), others (1.058%)
Date operations started 23 February 1981 Q
Description Colmbia’s second-largest domestic passenger
carrier also serves regional routes in the Caribbean,
including Aruba, Curaçao Fort Lauderdale and Panama City.
History Founded in the provincial city of Ibague in October
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1980 as Aerovias de Integracion Regional, better known as
AIRES Colombia. Launched services linking Ibague with
Bogota in February 1981, using two Embraer Bandeirante S
turboprops. Launched international services in 1998 to
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destinations including Aruba, Curacao and Panama using de
Havilland Dash 8s. Introduced jet service with Boeing 737-
700s on domestic trunk routes in February 2009, and on
new international routes, to Fort Lauderdale and New York in
March 2009. In November 2010 Chilean carrier LAN Airlines
agreed to acquire over 98%. The purchase would result the U
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 757-200 (22) x Boeing 787-8 newly-formed LATAM Airlines Group, with TAM Linhas Aereas
7 x DHC6-200 (10) x Boeing 787-9 of Brazil. Officially rebranded as LAN Colombia and
4 x Fokker F-27-400 Main base Santiago (SCL) relaunched on 5 December 2011.
1 x Fokker F-27-600 Hubs Lima (LIM) Executives
4 x Fokker F-28-1000
1 x Fokker F-28-4000 LAN Argentina [4M] (DSM)
Finance Manager.........................................Camilo Vargas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
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4 x Learjet Learjet 35 Av Rafael de Obligado, 1221 y Jeronimo Salguero, 9 x Boeing 737-700

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1 x Learjet Learjet 60 Complejo Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina 10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
1 x Lockheed C-130B Tel +54 11 4808 1442 Email ariel.carcagno@lan.com 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2 x Lockheed C-130H Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (90%), 10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
4 x Saab 340B Argentine investors (10%) Main base Bogota (BOG)
Main base Buenos Aires (AEP)
Hubs Comodoro Rivadavia (CRD)
Alliances American Airlines, TAM Linhas Aéreas
Date operations started 8 June 2005
Hubs Barranquilla (BAQ), Neiva (NVA), Medellin (EOH),
Ibague (IBE)
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LAN Ecuador [XL] (LNE)
Empresarial Las Camaras, Avenida Francisco de Orellana,
s/n y Victor Hugo Sicouret, Primer Piso, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Tel +593 4 259 8501 Fax +593 4 259 8505
Website www.lan.com
Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (71.91%),
others (28.09%)
Alliances American Airlines, Iberia, ICARO Air, TAME
Date operations started 28 April 2003
Description Subsidiary of LAN Airlines, operating regional
and international services linking Quito and Guayaquil with
Argentina, Chile, Peru, Spain and the USA, using aircraft
from LAN Airlines. Also operates a domestic service linking
Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca and the Galapagos Islands.
History Intended to launch services in December 2002, but
the US Department of Transport did not recognise LAN
Ecuador as Ecuadorean because it was owned by Chilean
carrier LanChile. Ecuadorean company Translloyd acquired
55% of the equity. In March 2004 LanChile and subsidiaries
LanPeru, LanEcuador and LanDominicana became
collectively known as LAN. Launched domestic services
linking Guayaquil and Quito in April 2009. On 13 August
2010 parent LAN Airlines unveiled plans to merge with TAM
Linhas Aereas of Brazil in 2011, through the creation of a
new single parent company, LATAM Airlines Group. The two
carriers would retain their separate brands.
Executives
President.............................................. Jose Awad Mehed
Chief Financial Officer.................Alejandrodela Fuente Goic
Operations Director .................................. Enrique Hirmas
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A320-200
3 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Quito (UIO)
Hubs Guayaquil (GYE)
LAN Peru [LP] (LPE)
Avenida Jose Pardo 513, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Tel +51 1 213 8300 Fax +51 1 213 8301
Website www.lan.com
Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (70%),
Emilio Rodriguez Larrain (30%)
Alliances Aeromexico, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, LAN Airlines,
TAM Linhas Aéreas
Date operations started 2 July 1999
Description Peru’s largest domestic scheduled carrier.
International schedules are also operated to the USA,
Mexico, Brazil and Spain in affiliation with LAN Airlines.
Charter flights are also offered.
History Began operations with domestic services from Lima
to Cuzco and Arequipa. An international service to Miami
was added on 15 November 1999. From March 2004,
LanChile and its affiliated carriers, LanPeru, LanEcuador and
LanDominicana, became collectively known under the LAN
Airlines brand. On 13 August 2010 parent LAN Airlines
unveiled plans to merge with TAM Linhas Aereas of Brazil in
2011, through the creation of a new single parent company,
LATAM Airlines Group. The two carriers and their affiliates
would retain their separate brands. while operating under
the merged parent company.
Executives
Chairperson.................................................Lorena Sousa
President.................................................Emilio Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer....................................Jose Vilches
Operations Manager ................................Tuillermo Pallete
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A319-100
Main base Lima (LIM)
LANHSA – Linea Aerea Nacional de
Honduras
Aeropuerto Internacional Ceiba Goloson,
Ilopango, Honduras
Tel +1 504 442 1283 Website www.lanhsa.com
Description Provides scheduled passenger services from
La Ceiba to Roatan, Gunaja, Utila, San Pedro Sula,
Tegucigalapa, and Puerto Lempira. Charter flights are
also undertaken to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Mexico and the Caribbean.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 99
3 x Cessna 402C
Main base La Ceiba (LCE)
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Lao Airlines [QV] (LAO)
2 Pangkham Road, Ban Xiengnhun, Chanthabury District,
BP 6441 Vientiane, Laos
Tel +856 21 212 057 Fax +856 21 212 056
Email nodeng@laoairlines.com Website www.laoairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Laos
(100%)
Alliances Thai Airways International, Vietnam Airlines
Date operations started September 1976
Description National airline of the Peoples Republic of Laos,
operating domestic and international flights to destinations
in Cambodia, China, Thailand and Vietnam.
History Formed in early 1976 as the Civil Aviation Company
to take over from Royal Air Lao and Lao Air Lines. The airline
was rebranded as Lao Aviation in 1979. The Laos
government subsequently took over full control of the airline,
which it rebranded as Lao Airlines on 26 March 2003.
Executives
President & CEO............................ Somphone Douangdala
Chief Financial Officer............. Leuangsamay Leuangvanxay
Chief Operations Officer............... Somsamay Visounnarath
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Antonov An-26
4 x ATR 72-500
4 x AVIC XAC MA60
1 x DHC6-300
Main base Vientiane (VTE)
Lao Central Airlines (LKA)
Ban Khounta, Sikhottabong District, Vientiane, Laos
Parent organsiation/shareholders Phongsavanh Group
(100%)
Date operations started 30 December 2011
Description Start-up airline planning to launch scheduled
services between Vientiane and Bangkok in early 2012. A
charter flight was made from Vientiane to Luang Prabang,
but scheduled services have yet to start. Services to
neighbouring countries such as Cambodia, China, Malaysia
and Singapore are expected to follow.
History Established with the assets of defunct carrier Lao
Capricorn Air. Initially known as Phongsavanh Airlines.
Rebranded in July 2011 as Lao Central Airlines.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............. Savanhphone Phongsavanh
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Vientiane (VTE)
LASER [QL] (LER)
Avenida Francisco de Miranda, Torre Bazar Bolivar, Piso 8,
El Marques, Caracas, 1051, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 202 0100 Fax +58 212 202 0151
Email laser@ven.net Website www.laser.com.ve
Date operations started 11 March 1994
Description Operates scheduled services linking Caracas,
El Vigia, Porlamar and Valencia. Domestic passenger and
cargo charters are also flown.
History Launched commercial operations from Porlamar to
Maiquetía on 11 March 1994. Came close to bankruptcy in
1999 and was taken over by Inocencio Alvarez. Services
were suspended for three years, but resumed in 2002.
Executives
President................................................Inocencio Alvarez
Fleet (orders) 4 x Douglas DC-9-30
4 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Caracas (CCS)
Lauda Air [OS] (AUA)
PO Box 56, Office Park 2, Vienna Airport, 1300 Vienna,
Austria
Tel +435 176 673 800 Email Info@laudaair.com
Website www.laudaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian (100%)
Date operations started 24 May 1979
Description Scheduled flights and charters connecting
Austria with holiday destinations in Europe, the Caribbean
and Southeast Asia, using aircraft from the Austrian fleet.
History Formed by former Formula 1 world motor racing
champion Niki Lauda, initially operating charter and air-taxi
services. Scheduled operations were licensed in 1987 and
in 1990 the airline obtained licences for international flights.
Lauda Air became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Austrian
Airlines in December 2000. Austrian Airlines increased its
shareholding in Lauda Air in three stages, achieving 100% in
June 2002. In 2004 the flight operations divisions of Lauda
Air and Austrian Airlines were merged.
Executives
Managing Director..........................Doris Koepf-Szankovich
Chief Financial Officer................................Heinz Lachinger
Main base Vienna (VIE)
Layonair
Calle Buenos Aires 3, 35002 Las Palmas, Spain
Tel +34 928 432158 Fax +34 928 384820
Website www.layonair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders
Date operations started 6 April 2011
Description Cargo airline operating services linking
the Canary Islands with destinations in Europe and west
Africa, primarily carrying perishable goods. Services within
the Canary Islands and charter services operated.
History Reportedly of Mauritanian origin, established in the
Canary Islands in April 2010.
Fleet 1 x 737-400(F)
Main base Las Palmas (LPA)
LC Peru [W4] (LCB)
Av. Pablo Carriquiry 857, San Isidro, Lima 14, Lima, Peru
Tel +51 1 204 1300 Email informes@lcperu.pe
Website www.lcperu.pe
Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian (100%)
Date operations started 1993
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services
linking Lima to seven destinations across the country.
Passenger and cargo charters are also flown.
History Established as a freight forwarder. Launched cargo
charters in 1998 and scheduled airline services in 2001 as
LC Busre. Re-introduced private charter flights for cargo and,
for the first time, passengers in 2005. The Peruvian Ministry
of Transport and Communications suspended the airline’s
air operator’s certificate on 15 November 2010, but
operations have restarted under the new name.
Executives
General Manager...................................... Carlos Carmona
Chief Financial Officer.................................Manuel Barriga
Fleet (orders) 4 x Dash 8-200
2 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Lima (LIM)
LeadAir
Golan House, PO Box 100, Airport City, Lod, 75150
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel +972 3 767 0000 Fax +972 3 767 0009
Email info@leadair.co.il Website www.leadair.co.il
Description Start-up charter airline, planning to launch
services in November 2011, but yet to start operations.
History Founded in 2009 and received its air operator’s
certificate in June 2010. Initially linked with flag carrier
El Al Israel Airlines, as the suggested successor to its
former subsidiary, Sun D’or International, which was
closed down on 1 April 2011. In August 2011 the airline
denied that it planned to operate as the de facto successor
Sun D’or International.
Executives
President.............................................. Michael Weinstein
Main base Tel Aviv-Yafo (TLV)
LFH Luftverkehr Friesland Harle
Harle Airport, 26409 Wittmund Carolinensiel, Germany
Tel +49 44 64 94 810 Fax +49 44 64 94 81 81
Email lfh.harle@inselflieger.de Website www.inselflieger.de
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
Date operations started 1 October 1983
Description Operates scheduled passenger and cargo flights,
serving the German islands in the North Sea from coastal
airports of Harle, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen and Fehmarn.
Executives
President & Chief Pilot....................Jan-Lueppen Brunzema
Fleet (orders) 3 x Britten-Norman BN-2A
Main base Harle
Hubs Wilhelmshaven (WVN), Wangerooge (AGE)
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LGW Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter to Libyan Airlines, but also to Afriqiyah Airways, United Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAU)
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[HE] (LGW) Aviation Company, Libyan Company for Catering Services and Avenida Calle 26 No 103 - 22, Entrada 2 Interior 7,
Flugplatz 11, 44319 Dortmund, Germany
Tel +49 231 921 3186 Fax +49 231 212 798
Libyan Handling & Aircraft Maintenance Services. The airline
was, like all Libyan carriers, grounded on 19 March 2011
Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado, Distrito Federal,
Bogota, Colombia C
Email info@lgw.de Website www.lgw.de when NATO forces began enforcing the no-fly zone over the Tel +57 1 413 8084 Fax +57 1 413 9608
Parent organisation/shareholders Bernd Walter Email lalvarez@lascargo.com Website www.lascargo.com
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country which was established by UN resolution two days
Alliances airberlin earlier. Resumed commercial services following the lifting of Parent organisation/shareholders Alvaro Cote (50%),
Date operations started 1980 all sanctions, on 17 October 2011, with a flight from Tripoli’s Luis Enrigue Prieto (50%)
Description Operates scheduled domestic flights from Mitiga military airport to Cairo. Date operations started 1972
Dortmund and seasonal services to the North Sea islands,
operating Bombardier Q400 aircraft leased from and
Executives
Vice Chairman...........................................Ibrahim A.Layas
Description Provides domestic cargo charters and
international services to North and South America, Mexico, E
operated in the colours of airberlin. Chief Executive Officer ......................... Mohammad Ibsem Miami and the Caribbean.

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History Founded by captain and company owner Bernd Chief Operations Officer.................. Abedelhamed Bassioni History Started operations as Aeronorte, changing its name to
Walter. From 1 November 2007 all LGW scheduled flights Finance Director ........................................Younif Smaeda Lineas Aéreas Suramericanas in 1986. Began international
were marketed by airberlin. Fleet (orders) 3 (3) x Airbus A320-200 operations between Bogotá and Panama in 1987.
Executives (4) x Airbus A330-200 Executives
President & Accountable Manager.................. Bernd Walter
Fleet (orders) 10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
(4) x Airbus A350-800XWB
2 x ATR 42-500
President....................................... Alvaro Cote Hernandez
Finance Director.......................................... Gladys Rincon
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2 x Dornier 228-200 4 x Bombardier CRJ-900 VP Operations....................................Fernando Hinestroza
Main base Dortmund (DTM)

LIAT [LI] (LIA)

3 x Cessna C402C
Main base Tripoli (TIP)
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 727-100
5 x Boeing 727-200 H
Main base Bogota (BOG)
PO Box 819, V C Bird International Airport, Coolidge, Libyan Arab Air Cargo
St Johns, Antigua & Barbuda
Tel +1 268 480 5603 Fax +1 268 480 5625
PO Box 84697, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +218 21 350 2966 Fax +218 21 350 2967
Linhas Aereas de Moçambique LAM
[TM] (LAM) I
Email corporatecommunications@liatairline.com Email libacn124@gmail.com Alameda do Aeroporto, CP 2060, Maputo, Mozambique

Website www.liatairline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders 11 Caribbean
governments (73.4%), BWIA West Indies Airways (11.3%),
privately held (10%), employees (5.3%)
Alliances Air Jamaica
Date operations started 20 September 1974
Description Provides high-frequency inter-island schedules
serving destinations throughout the Eastern Caribbean.
History Established as the successor tp Leeward Islands Air
Transport Services (founded on 20 September 1956). LIAT
Parent organisation/shareholders Libyan Airlines (100%)
Description Division of Libyan Airlines providing all-cargo
services.
History Resumed services after the no-fly ban was lifted in
2011. It is not known how much of the fleet remains active.
Executives
President.................................................Mahmud Ghasia
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-124
8 x Antonov An-26
1 x Antonov An-26B
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Tel +258 21 465 143 Fax +258 21 465 134
Email lamgcil@lam.co.mz Website www.lam.co.mz
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Mozambique (80%), employees (20%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Mocambique
Expresso (100%)
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Alliances Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, South African
Airways, TAP Portugal
Date operations started 22 December 1937 L
Description National flag carrier operating scheduled

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and Caribbean Star Airlines announced their intention to 4 x Antonov An-32P services in southern Africa and to Lisbon in Europe.
merge in January 2007, and Caribbean Star was purchased 1 x Ilyushin Il-62M History Formed as Direccao de Exploração dos Transportes
outright on 24 October 2007. LIAT Introduced scheduled 1 x Ilyushin Il-76M Aéreos (DETA). In 1980 DETA was restructured and renamed
cargo services on 5 October 2010. 2 x Ilyushin Il-76T LAM. The company was converted on 23 December 1998
Executives
Chief Executive Officer .............................Brian Challenger
11 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
1 x Ilyushin Il-78
from a state enterprise to a public limited company, with
80% shareholding by the government of Mozambique and
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Chief Financial Officer............................. Julie Reifer-Jones 1 x Lockheed L-100-20 20% by the employees.

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Director of Flight Operations.....................George Arthurton Main base Tripoli (TIP) Executives
Fleet (orders) 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 Director General ................................. Vacarias Chichango
15 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 Linea Aerea Carguera Colombia Executive Director.................................Jeremias J Tchamo
Main base Antigua (ANU) Ka 8a No 15-49 Piso 5, Bogota, Colombia Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
Hubs Saint Maarten (SXM), Bridgetown (BGI) Tel +57 1 281 0707
Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Cargo (90%),
1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2 (1) x Embraer 190-100AR
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Libyan Airlines [LN] (LAA) Alberto Davilla (10%) Main base Maputo (MPM)
PO Box 2555, Omar Mukhtar Street, Tripoli, Libya
Tel +218 21 361 4802 Fax +218 21 361 4802
Date operations started 2009
Description Colombian cargo subsidiary of LAN Cargo which Links Air (LNQ) Q
Email a.elkedairi@ln.aero Website www.ln.aero operates scheduled and charter flights from Bogotá. Diamond Air Charter, Hanger 9, Humberside
Parent organisation/shareholders Libyiah Afriqiyah Executives International Airport, Kirmington, North Yorkshire,
Aviation Holding Company (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Libyan Arab Air Cargo
Chairman...............................................Diego Pardo Tovar
Executive Vice President..............................Alberto Davilla
DN31 1NX, UK
Tel +44 (0) 1652 688062 Fax +44 (0) 1652 688444
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(100%) Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 767-300 Email charter@linksair.co.uk
Alliances Afriqiyah Airways
Date operations started August 1965
Main base Bogota (BOG) Parent organisation/shareholders privately-owned
Date operations started 2009 S
Description Libyan flag carrier operating scheduled passenger Linea Turistica Aerotuy (TUY) Description Airline division of Diamond Air Charter offering

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and cargo services domestically and to destinations in Edif. Gran Sabana, Boulevard Sabana Grande, Piso 5, wet-leasing services and executive air charter services.
Europe. Following the lifting of EU sanctions against both Caracas, Distrito Federal, 1050, Venezuela Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 31
carriers, the previously planned merger with Afriqiyah Airways Tel +58 212 762 3009 Fax +58 212 761 1892 Main base Humberside (HUY)
to create a new national carrier was expected to proceed. mail jcmarquez@tuy.com Website www.tuy.com
History Originally formed as Kingdom of Libya Airlines, and
later traded as Libyan Arab Airlines and Jamahiriya Libyan
Parent organisation/shareholders Peter Bottome (97%),
Juan Carlos Márquez (3%)
Lion Air [JT] (LNI)
7 Gajah Mada, Lion Air Tower, Jakarta Barat, Jakarta, U
Arab Airlines. All international operations ceased in 1992 as Date operations started 1982 10130, Indonesia

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a result of UN trade sanctions imposed after Libya’s refusal Description Full service safari company with its own lodges, Tel +62 21 632 6038 Fax +62 21 634 8741
to hand over government agents allegedly involved in the camps, guides, aircraft, and sailing vessels. LTA is a provider Email marketing@lionair.co.id Website www.lionair.co.id
bombing of a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie in 1988. of air travel to remote destinations in Venezuela, including Parent organisation/shareholders Rusdi Kirana and
The embargo was lifted in April 1999, and international tourist attractions. family (100%)
operations were gradually restored. In 2001 Air Jamahiriya
was merged into Libyan Arab Airlines. Rebranded as Libyan
Executives
General Manager..........................................Juan Marquez
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Wings Air (100%),
Space Jet
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Airlines in early 2006. In 2001, Air Jamahiriya was merged Financial Manager.......................................... Lui Valencia Alliances Wings Air
into Libyan Arab Airlines. Plans to privatise the carrier in
2005 never materialised. Rebranded as Libyan Airlines in
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
1 x Cessna CE208
Date operations started 30 June 2000
Description Indonesia’s largest airline by passenger volume X
early 2006. On 31 October 2007 a new holding company, 1 x Cessna 525 is a privately-owned low-cost carrier serving an extensive
Libyiah Afriqiyah Aviation Holding Company (LAAHC), was 2 x Cessna 560 domestic network from Jakarta, together with international
created by the government to be the main stakeholder in the
Libyan aviation sector. LAAHC is the parent company not only
1 x DHC7-102
Main base Caracas (CCS)
services to destinations in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia,
Singapore and Vietnam.
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History Began scheduled passenger services between
Jakarta and Pontianak using a leased Boeing 737-200.
Became the launch customer for the Boeing 737-900ER on
18 July 2005. In June 2011, announced plans to acquire
49% of Berjaya Air, as part of a plan to turn the Malaysian
airline into Lion Air’s Malaysian low-cost carrier subsidiary.
Employees total 10,000
Executives
President...................................................... Rusdi Kirana
Fleet (orders) (201) x Boeing 737 MAX
2 x Boeing 737-300
7 x Boeing 737-400
(12) x Boeing 737-800
59 (136) x Boeing 737-900
2 x Boeing 747-400
3 x Boeing MD-90-30
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Lionair
PADC Hanger 5, West Maintenance Area, Manila Domestic
Airport, Metro Manila, 1300 Pasay City, Philippines
Tel +63 2 8525019 Website www.lionairinc.com
Description Provides a variety of aviation services including air
charter, management, sales, repair and distribution of parts.
Executives
President & Owner..........................................Archibald Po
General Manager .............................................Renato Sia
Finance Manager..............................................Lisa Ferfas
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 125-700
1 x BAe 146-200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Cessna 500
1 x Israel Aircraft Industries
1 x Let L-410UVP
Main base Manila (MNL)
Loganair [LC] (LOG)
St Andrews Drive, Glasgow Airport, Paisley, Renfrewshire,
PA3 2TG, UK
Tel +44 141 848 7594 Fax +44 141 887 6020
Website www.loganair.co.uk
Parent organisation/shareholders Scott Grier (majority
shareholder), Stephen Bond
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Suckling Airways (100%)
Alliances British Airways, Flybe
Date operations started 1962
Description Operates scheduled services to 18 UK
destinations under a franchise with Flybe. Scheduled inter-
island flights are also provided in the Orkney and Shetland
islands, as well as charters, golf packages and short breaks.
History Established by the Logan Construction in 1962 and
became a subsidiary of the Airlines of Britain Group in 1987.
Began operating as a British Airways franchisee from 11 July
1994. Became an independent company on 1 March 1997
after a management buyout. British Airways franchise
ceased on 25 October 2008, replaced by current franchise
for Flybe.
Executives
Chairman.................................................. Scott Grier OBE
Chief Executive Officer................................ David Harrison
Chief Operating Officer.............................Jonathan Hinkles
Director of Flight Operations.......................... Bob McLellan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
2 x DHC6-300
2 x Saab 340A
14 x Saab 340B
Main base Glasgow (GLA)
Hubs Dundee (DND), Edinburgh (EDI)
Logistic Air
564 Wedge Lane, Suite 203, Fernley, Nevada, USA
Tel +1 925 465 0400 Fax +1 925 476 1461
Email info@logisticair.com Website www.logisticair.com
Date operations started 2001
Description Short and long-term aircraft leasing, charter and
aviation support services. No active fleet at present.
Executives
President...................................................... Vandi Cooyar
Head of Operations........................................ Kevin Cooyar
Main base Reno (RNO)
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LOT Charters [C0] (CLW)
ul. 17 Stycznia 39, 00-609 Warsaw, Poland
Tel +48 22 606 6565 Fax +48 22 846 0909
Email a.kozlowski@lot.pl Website www.lot.com/web/lotcharters
Parent organisation/shareholders LOT Polish Airlines
Date operations started 1 June 2009
Description Subsidiary of LOT Polish Airlines operating
charter services to holiday destinations across the
Mediterranean, primarily on behalf of Polish tour operators.
Ad hoc charters and ACMI leasing services also offered.
History Created to take over services previously operated by
LOT Polish Airlines’ defunct Centralwings subsidiary.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ...................................Marcin Tirog
Finance Manager ...................................... Zbigniew Mazur
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Warsaw WAW
LOT Polish Airlines [LO] (LOT)
ul. 17 Stycznia 39, 00-906 Warsaw, 00-906, Poland
Tel +48 22 606 6565 Fax +48 22 846 6409
Email j.mielniczuk@lot.pl Website www.lot.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Polish State Treasury
(67.97%), Towarzystwo Finansowe Silesia investment group
(25.1%), employees (6.93%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings EuroLOT (37.9%), LOT
Charters
Alliances Star Alliance, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroSvit
Airlines, Air Astana, Air Dolomiti, Air India, Armavia, Belavia
Belarussian Airlines, Bulgaria Air, Cargojet Airways, Cirrus
Airlines, Condor, germanwings, Jat Airways, Lufthansa Italia,
Luxair, Rossiya, S7 Airlines, Tarom
Date operations started March 1929
Description Poland’s national air carrier, providing scheduled
passenger and cargo services. Domestic schedules link
Warsaw and Krakow with selected cities. International
routes serve destinations throughout Europe the Middle
East and the USA. Selected domestic and regional services
are operated by the EuroLOT joint venture airline.
History Formed as Polskie Linie Lotnicze-LOT, a state-owned,
self-governing corporation. Took over domestic routes
previously operated by Aerolot and Aero, and launched
services to Europe. The launch, in 1963, of a service to
Cairo marked the start of operations outside Europe. The
first scheduled service to New York launched in 1973.
Became a joint stock company in December 1992. In
December 1996, LOT took a minority shareholding in a joint
venture with the Polish state that created domestic and
regional airline subsidiary, EuroLOT. Partial privatisation was
initiated in late 1999, with SAirGroup becoming the largest
shareholder with a 37.6% stake. Centralwings, created as a
low-cost carrier subsidiary in December 2004, ceased
operations in May 2009. In June 2009, the Polish
government increased its stake in the airline to over 93%
after acquiring SAirGroup’s stake from the liquidator,
although it later passed a 25.1% stake on to a trustee in
preparation for LOT’s planned Initial public offering.
Employees total 2,305
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Marcin Pirog
Chief Operations Officer..........................Tomasz Balcerzak
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400
2 x Boeing 737-500
5 x Boeing 767-300
(8) x Boeing 787-8
10 x Embraer 170-100SL
14 x Embraer 175-200LR
4 x Embraer 195-200LR
Main base Warsaw (WAW)
Hubs Krakow (KRK)
LTU International Airways [LT] (LTU)
Germany
Date operations started 2 March 1956
Date operations ceased 1 April 2011
History Founded as Lufttransport Union, the present name
being adopted in 1956. Air Berlin agreed to acquire LTU on
27 March 2007, completed the purchase in August 2007.
LTU has been integrated within the Air Berlin Group as the
operator of all intercontinental leisure services.
Lucky Air [8L] (LKE)
296 Lucky Air Building, Chuicheng Road, Kunming, Yunnan,
650200, China
Tel +86 871 8098538 Fax +86 871 8098598
Email luckyair@hnair.com Website www.luckyair.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Shanxi Airlines (51%),
HNA Group (48.9%), Yunnan Shilin Tourism Aviation (0.1%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings West Air (35%)
Date operations started 26 February 2006
Description Provides a scheduled service from Dali and
Kunming to a growing network of cities across China.
History Established by Hainan Airlines, China’s fourth largest
airline group, and initially known as Shilin Airlines.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................................. Bo Hu
Chief Financial Officer....................................Gaoxiang Mu
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
8 x Boeing 737-700
2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Dali City (DLU)
Lufthansa [LH] (DLH)
Lufthansa Aviation Centre, 60546 Frankfurt, Germany
Tel +49 69 696 0 Fax +49 69 696 4601
Email info@lufthansa.com Website www.lufthansa.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Institutional
shareholders (58.92%), private shareholders (36%),
BlackRock (5.08%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Lufthansa CityLine
(100%), germanwings (100%), Lufthansa (100%),
Lufthansa Cargo (100%), Austrian (100%), Swiss (100%),
Eurowings (99.91%), Aeropostal (70%), SunExpress (50%),
JetBlue Airways (19%), Luxair (13%), British Midland
International BMI (100%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Air Astana, Air Dolomiti, Air India,
Air Malta, Air Moldova, Augsburg Airways, Avianca,
Azerbaijan Airlines, Cirrus Airlines, Condor Berlin, Contact Air,
Eurowings, germanwings, Jat Airways, Jet Airways, JetBlue
Airways, Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa Italia, Luxair, PrivatAir,
Qatar Airways, S7 Airlines, TAAG Angola Airlines, TACA
International Airlines
Date operations started 1926
Description German flag carrier serving nearly 200
destinations in around 100 countries in Europe, North and
South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific
regions. Together with its partners Lufthansa serves more
than 410 destinations worldwide.
History Founded in Berlin on 6 January 1926 as a
consolidated German airline, going on to become one of the
world’s leading airlines, pioneering routes to the Far East
and across the north and south Atlantic. A reduced route
network was maintained during the Second World War until
1945, when the company went into liquidation. On 6 January
1953 Luftag was founded in Cologne and later renamed
Lufthansa. This new German airline began operations on
1 April 1955, primarily with propeller aircraft, moving into
jets in 1960. In 1997 Lufthansa, Air Canada, SAS, Thai
International and United Airlines formed a global network
known as the Star Alliance. Later that year Lufthansa
became a fully privatised airline. Lufthansa reached an
agreement in March with the Swiss authorities for the
takeover of Swiss International Air Lines, which was
completed in March 2008. In December 2007 Lufthansa
agreed to acquire 19% of the shares in JetBlue. Announced
in October 2008 that it was increasing its shareholding in
British Midland to 80%, through acquiring Sir Michael
Bishop’s 50%, plus one share stake. Has since acquired
the remaining 20% from SAS. Completed the acquisition
of Germanwings from Eurowings on 1 January 2009.
On 22 June 2009 the EU approved Lufthansas bid to
acquire 45% of the holding company which owned Brussels
Airlines, with the option to acquire the remaining shares in
2011. On 1 September 2009, the EU formally agreed to
Lufthansa’s takeover of Austrian Airlines.
Employees total 57,157
Executives
Chairman of the Supervisory Board................ Jurgen Weber
Chief Operating Officer.................................Carsten Spohr
Chief Financial Officer ............................ Stephan Gemkow
EVP Fleet Management................................ Nico Buchholz
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Fleet (orders) 26 (4) x Airbus A319-100 certificate, A319 aircraft and aircrews. Domestic services, Executives
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46 (27) x Airbus A320-200 initially to Bari, Naples and Rome were launched in April Finance Director............................................ Jose Moreira
(25) x Airbus A320neo
18 x Airbus A321-100
2009, although those to Rome were dropped in February
2010. Received its Italian air operator’s certificate on 11
President............................................. Pedro Bethencourt
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 767-300 C
39 (5) x Airbus A321-200 January 2011. Lufthansa announced the closure of the Main base Lisbon (LIS)

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(5) x Airbus A321neo company on 23 May 2011. The Lufthansa Italia brand was
15 (4) x Airbus A330-300 dropped on 29 October 2011 and the A319 fleet Lvov Airlines [5V] (UKW)
26 x Airbus A340-300 reintegrated with that of the parent carrier. Lufthansa and Air Ukraine
24 x Airbus A340-600 Dolomiti took over many former Lufthansa Italia routes. Date operations started 1992
8 (9) x Airbus A380-800
33 x Boeing 737-300 Lufttransport [L5] (LTR)
Date operations ceased 18 October 2011
Operated domestic passenger and cargo charter flights. E
22 x Boeing 737-500 Airport Road 96, PO Box 6242, 9292 Tromso, Norway Formed by Air Ukraine in 1992 from the former Lvov division

F
29 x Boeing 747-400 Tel +47 77 60 83 00 Fax +47 77 60 83 83 of the Aeroflot Ukraine Directorate. Gave up all scheduled
(20) x Boeing 747-8 Email post@lufttransport.no Website www.lufttransport.no services in 2009 but continued to operate charter flights
(8) x Embraer 195-200LR Parent organisation/shareholders Luftransport Holding using a single Yak-42. Liquidated on 18 November 2011.
Main base Frankfurt (FRA) AS (100%)
Hubs Duesseldorf (DUS), Zurich (ZRH), Vienna (VIE), Munich (MUC) Description Provides a charter service with fixed wing aircraft
and helicopters. Activities include providing air ambulance
Lydd Air (LYD)
Lydd Airport, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, TH29 9QL, UK
G
Lufthansa Cargo [LH] (GEC) services under contract to both the Norwegian and Swedish Tel +44 1797 322207 Fax +44 1797 322 208

Lufthansa Cargo Center, Gate 25, Building 451, 60546
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Tel +49 69 6960 Fax +49 69 6969 1185
Email lhcargo@dlh.de Website www.lufthansa-cargo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Institutional
shareholders (58.92%), private shareholders (36%),
Executives
BlackRock (5.08%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AeroLogic (50%), Jade
Cargo International (25%)
Fleet (orders) 11 x Beechcraft King Air 200
Alliances Cargojet Airways, Silk Way Airlines
Date operations started 1995
Description International air freight and logistics business
which operates services worldwide using its own fleet and
Main base Tromso (TOS)
belly cargo capacity from its parent passenger airline.
History In July 1994 the freight division of Lufthansa was
made a limited stock company, making Lufthansa the first
airline in the world to split cargo and passenger operations.
governments, coastal surveillance for the Norwegian Coast
Guard and the transportation of ships pilots by helicopter.
Scheduled passenger and freight air services are operated
in Svalbard and charter flights are also flown.
President....................................................... Sting Naesh
Finance Director .......................................Mona Didriksen
VP Operations .................................................Arne Evang
2 x Dornier 228-200
2 x RUAG 228-200
Luxair [LG] (LGL)
Aeroport de Luxembourg, 2987 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Tel +352 2456 1 Fax +352 2456 4039
Email information@luxair.lu Website www.luxair.lu
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Email info@lyddair.com Website www.lyddair.co.uk
Parent organisation/shareholders Atlantic Bridge Aviation
(100%)
Date operations started June 1997
Description Operates year-round regularly scheduled
weekend flights from Lydd Airport to Le Touquet in France.
I
Also offers sightseeing flights. Ad hoc charter flights
throughout Europe are offered through sister company
World Executive Airways. J
History Jonathan Gordon acquired Lydd Airport in June 1996
and a year later started Sky Trek Airlines as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of his aviation consultancy, Atlantic Bridge
Aviation. It was relaunched as Lyddair in April 2002.
K
Executives
Managing Director............................... Jonathan M Gordon
Finance Manager.....................................Nicholas Bowdon L
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Baron 58

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Employees total 4,469 Parent organisation/shareholders Luxembourg state 1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
Executives (23.1%), Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de L’Etat (13.4%), 3 x Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Chairman & CEO.................................. Karl Ulrich Garnadt Luxair Group and others (13.2%), Dexia/B.I.L. (13.1%), Main base Lydd (LYX)
Finance Manager........................................... Peter Gerber Lufthansa (13%), Banque Generale de Luxembourg (12.1%),
Board Member Operations....................... Karl-Heinz Köpfle
Fleet (orders) (5) x Boeing 777-200
Panalpina World Transport (12.1%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Cargolux (43.3%)
Lynden Air Cargo [L8] (LYC)
6441 South Airpark Place, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA
N
18 x Boeing MD-11F Alliances Air France, Alitalia, Austrian, Condor Berlin, CSA Tel +1 907 243 6150 Fax +1 907 245 0642

Main base Munich (MUC), Frankfurt (FRA)
Hubs Leipzig/Halle (LEJ)
Lufthansa CityLine [CL] (CLH)
247 Wald Street, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Tel +49 2203 596 100 Fax +49 2203 596 413
Website www.lufthansacityline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (100%)
Alliances Lufthansa
Description Europe’s largest regional airline responsible for
Lufthansa’s thinner inter-European non-stop services.
History Formed as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi (OLT), became OLT
Ostfriesische Luftransport in 1970, and was re-organised as
DLT on 1 October 1974. In March 1992 became a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Lufthansa, as Lufthansa CityLine.
Employees total 2,311
Executives
Joint Managing Director.................................Klaus Froese
Joint Managing Director..........................Christian Tillmans
Finance Director......................................Michael Schubek
Fleet (orders) 6 x BAe 146-RJ85
20 x Bombardier CRJ-700
12 x Bombardier CRJ-900
9 x Embraer 190-100AR
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Czech Airlines, germanwings, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Email charters@lac.lynden.com Website www.lac.lynden.com
Lufthansa Italia Parent organisation/shareholders Lynden (100%)
Date operations started 4 April 1962 Date operations started 31 August 1995
Description National airline of Luxembourg operating a Description Operates scheduled services from Anchorage as
scheduled network covering destinations within Europe,
North Africa, the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East.
well as on-demand charter, international and domestic
flights including services for the US military.
P
Charter and summer seasonal services are also flown. History Began operation of Lockheed L382 Hercules in 1997.
History Founded from the re-organisation of Luxembourg
Airlines in 1961. Luxair officially created the following year.
Executives
President................................................... Judy McKenzie Q
Executives Fleet (orders) 4 x Lockheed L-100-30
Chairman.................................................. Marc Hoffmann Main base Anchorage (ANC)
President & CEO............................................... Adrien Ney
EVP Finance..............................................Laurent Jossart Lynx Aviation [L3]
R
Head of Flight Operations..............................Daniel Colling 1765 W 121st Avenue, Suite 200, Westminster, Colorado,
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-700
1 (2) x Boeing 737-800
USA
Tel +1 720 374 4200 Fax +1 720 374 4375 S
5 (4) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Email info@flyfrontier.com Website www.frontierairlines.com
Alliances Frontier Airlines
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1 x Embraer ERJ-135LR
6 x Embraer ERJ-145LU Date operations started 7 December 2007
Main base Luxembourg (LUX) Description Operates turboprop feeder services as Frontier
Express, the regional subsidiary of Frontier Airlines, serving
LUZair (LUZ)
Avenida D Nuno Alvares, Pereira No 33, 2765-261 Estoril,
destinations in Colorado.
History Lynx Aviation was established under a separate U
Portugal management structure and with new aircrews. Lynx received

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11 x Embraer 195-200LR Tel +351 21 465 87 10 Fax +351 21 467 67 87 US Department of Transport certification on 22 May 2007.
Main base Cologne/Bonn (CGN) Email info@luzair.com Website www.luzair.com On 22 June 2009 Republic Airways Holdings announced that
Hubs Munich (MUC) Date operations started 1997 it had purchased 100% of Frontier Airlines Holdings. On 19
Description Charter airline and ACMI leasing specialist. August 2010, Frontier announced that Lynx would continue
Lufthansa Italia
Italy
History Founded to provide ACMI solutions for the passenger
and cargo aircraft charter market. In 2000, LUZair developed
to operate between Denver and Aspen, Colorado Springs
and in Colorado, using three Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
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Alliances British Midland International BMI, Brussels mainly into an airline consulting and brokerage business. In These operations were initially expected to terminate in
Airlines, Spanair, Swiss
Date operations started 2 February 2009
January 2004 LUZair expanded operations to include
worldwide passenger charters with a pair of Lockheed TriStar
April 2011. However, in January 2011 Frontier announced
that the existing Q400 operation would continue indefinitely, X
Date operations ceased 29 October 2011 500 passenger aircraft. The airline temporarily suspended albeit with a reduced fleet of four aircraft, now operated by
History Established in Milan to exploit opportunities created operations in 2008 when both TriStars were parked for Republic Airlines as Frontier Express.
by Alitalia’s post re-organisation cutbacks in Northern Italy.
Launched services using Lufthansa’s air operator’s
maintenance. In September 2009 the airline resumed
services, initially operating a single Boeing 767-300EREM.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Denver (DEN)
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Magnicharters [UJ] (GMT)
Donato Guerra No.9, Col Juarez Centro, Delegacion
Cuatemoc, 06600, Mexico City, Mexico
Tel +52 55 5141 1351 Fax +52 55 5141 1350
Email administracion@magnitour.com
Website www.magnicharters.com.mx
Parent organisation/shareholders Augusto Adolfo
Bojorquez Maza (25%), Gabriel Antonio Bojorquez Maza
(25%), Jose David Bojorquez Maza (25%), Luis Fernando
Bojorquez Maza (25%)
Date operations started January 1995
Description Passenger flights to Mexico’s tourist destinations
of Acapulco, Cancun, Huatulca, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mazatlan,
Merida and Puerto Vallarta. Also offers charter flights to
North and South America and the Caribbean.
History Established as Grupo Aereo Monterrey and launched
charter operations as Magnicharters.
Executives
Engineering Manager............................ Alejandro Martinez
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
6 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Mexico City (MEX)
Hubs Monterrey (MTY)
Mahan Air [W5] (IRM)
Mahan Tower, Azadeghan St, Karaj Highway, Tehran, Iran
Tel +98 21 44070 507 Fax +98 21 44070 404
Email international@mahanairlines.com
Website www.mahan.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Mol-Al-Movahedin
(96%), others (4%)
Date operations started May 1993
Description Operates scheduled domestic flights from
Tehran and Mashhad. Also operates international services
to destinations in the Middle and Far East, Europe, India,
and Russia, together with cargo and passenger charters.
Pilgrims are also flown on services from Kerman to Syria.
History Launched domestic services in May 1993.
International services, initially linking Tehran with Damascus,
followed in 1994. All-cargo operations began in 1997.
Banned from UK and German airspace July 2007; removed
from blacklists in 2008 and resumed services to Dusseldorf.
Executives
Managing Director...................................Hamid Arabnejad
VP Operations........................................ Mehdi Maghfoodi
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A300B2
3 x Airbus A300B4
13 x Airbus A300B4-600
7 x Airbus A310-300
2 x BAe 146-300
Main base Tehran (THR)
Hubs Mashhad (MHD)
Mais Linhas Aéreas
Rua Portugal 24, 5o andar, Comercio, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Tel +55 21 2283 6131 Email commercial@voemais.com.br
Website www.voemais.com.br
Description Start-up regional carrier planning to launch
domestic services from Salvador, using two Fokker 100s.
History Established in the coastal city of Salvador in Brazil’s
northeast region. Received ANAC authorisation to operate
regular passenger, cargo and mail services for a period of
12 months on 18 June 2010. However, by November 2011,
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a date for launch of services was yet to be announced and
the carrier’s two fully-painted Fokker 100s had been in storage
at Rio’s Galeao International airport since March 2011.
Executives
Director..................................................... Rogerio Oliveira
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker 100
Main base Salvador (SSA)
Malaysia Airlines [MH] (MAS)
3rd Floor, Admin Building 1, MAS Complex A, Sultan
Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, 47200 Subang, 50250, Malaysia
Tel +603 7840 3702 Fax +603 7846 3932
Email tanwf@mas.com.my Website www.malaysiaairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Penerbangan Malaysia
Berhad (52.29%), Khazanah Nasional Berhad (17.08%),
Employees Provident Fund Board (11.02%), others (19.61%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings MASkargo (100%),
Firefly (100%), MASWings (100%)
Alliances Air France, Air Mauritius, Alitalia, All Nippon Airways,
Bangkok Airways, British Midland International, Cathay Pacific,
China Southern Airlines, Dragonair, Egyptair, Etihad Airways,
Firefly, Garuda Indonesia, Gulf Air, Jet Airways, Kenya Airways,
KLM, Korean Air, Myanmar Airways International, Oman Air,
Philippine Airlines, Qatar Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Royal
Jordanian Airlines, S7 Airlines, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines,
South African Airways, SriLankan Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways
International, Turkish Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Virgin
Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia International
Date operations started 1 May 1947
Description National carrier of Malaysia, operating scheduled
services to more than 100 destinations in Asia, Europe, the
Middle East, South Africa and the USA. An extensive
domestic network and charter services are also operated.
Its MASkargo division operates freighters on both scheduled
and charter services and also markets belly-hold capacity on
passenger services.
History Founded as Malayan Airways and renamed Malaysian
Airways in November 1963 following the creation of the
federation of Malaysia. On the separation of Singapore from
the federation on 9 August 1965, the governments of
Malaysia and Singapore took over majority control from
BOAC and other shareholders, and the airline was renamed
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). On 3 April 1971 a split in
MSA led to the incorporation of Malaysian Airlines System
Berhad. The new airline began operations on 1 October
1972 as the national carrier of Malaysia. On 15 October
1987 the name was changed to Malaysia Airlines. A new
domestic subsidiary, Firefly, was established in March 2007.
Employees total 20,000
Executives
Chairman.....................................Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof
Chief Executive - Long Haul.......................... Ahmad Jauhari
Deputy Group Chief . ........................ Mohammed Rashdan
Director of Operations........... Mohamed Azharuddin Osman
Fleet (orders) 6 (1) x Airbus A330-200
15 (9) x Airbus A330-300
(6) x Airbus A380-800
34 x Boeing 737-400
24 (37) x Boeing 737-800
11 x Boeing 747-400
17 x Boeing 777-200
Main base Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
Hubs Penang (PEN), Kota Kinabalu (BKI), Kuching (KCH)
Maldivian [Q2]
25 Ameer Ahmed Magu, Male, 20-06, Maldives
Tel +960 333 5566 Fax +960 331 4806
Email info@island.com.mv Website www.island.com.mv
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Maldives (100%)
Date operations started 2000
Description Inter-island carrier serving several Maldivian
resorts from Male’s Hulule International Airport, including
Gan, Hanimaadhoo, Kadhdhoo and Kaadedhdhoo.
History The airline was started by the Maldives government
after Air Maldives was grounded.
Executives
Managing Director.........................Bandhu Ibrahim Saleem
Director Finance & Accounts............................ Abdul Haris
Director of Flight Operations....................Mohamed Ameen
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
1 x Dornier 228-200
Main base Male (MLE)
Maldivian Air-taxi
PO Box 2023, Malé International Airport, Malé, 2023,
Maldives
Tel +960 331 5201 Fax +960 331 5203
Email info@maldivianairtaxi.com
Website www.maldivianairtaxi.com/
Parent organisation/shareholders Lars Erik Nielsen (100%)
Date operations started 4 November 1993
Description Serves holiday resorts in the Maldives. In
addition to regular flights, private charters, scenic flights,
island hopping and picnic excursions are also offered.
History Established in 1993 by a group of Danish investors.
Executives
Chairman...................................................... Lars Nielsen
Fleet (orders) 1 x De Havilland Canada DHC6-100
1 x De Havilland Canada DHC6-200
19 x De Havilland Canada DHC6-300
(2) x Viking Air Limited DHC6-400
Main base Male (MLE)
Malev [MA] (MAH)
Hungary
Date operations started 15 October 1946
Date operations ceased 3 February 2012
Principal Hungarian airline, which operated a network of flights
serving 50 destinations in more than 30 countries in
Europe, the Middle East and north Africa. Founded as
Maszovlet and became Malev in 1954. Became a public
limited company in June 1992. Russian airline consortium,
AirBridge, acquired a 99.9% stake in February 2007.
Hungarian investors took a 51% stake in AirBridge, while the
Russian bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) took the remaining
49%. On 26 February 2010 the Hungarian government
agreed to acquire 95% of Malev, via the state holding
company MNV, while AirBridge retained a 5% shareholding.
VEB interest was transformed from that of a stakeholder in
the airline to that of a major creditor. In January 2012 the EU
ruled that Malev must repay the equivalent of up to $350
million in state aid which it had received during 2007-2010.
Suspended operations on 3 February 2012.
Malift Air (MLC)
188 Avenue Basoko, PO Box 11253, Kinshasa,
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tel +243 88 46 428 Website www.malila.cd/engindex.htm
Date operations started 1995
Description Operates cargo and passenger services from
Kinshasa to various domestic destinations.
History Formerly known as Malila Airlift.
Executives
General Director.......................................Veronique Malila
VP Operations............................................Lumeka Ndeke
Commercial Director...........................................Ali Safdar
Fleet (orders) 1 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Kinshasa (NLO)
Malmo Aviation [TF] (SCW)
PO Box 37, SE-201 20 Malmo, Sweden
Tel +46 40 660 2900 Fax +46 40 660 2849
Email info@malmoaviation.se Website www.malmoaviation.se
Parent organisation/shareholders Braathens Aviation
(100%)
Alliances Brussels Airlines, Finnair, Golden Air
Date operations started 1991
Description Regional carrier operating scheduled services
linking Stockholm Bromma airport with Gothenburg, Malmo
and Umea. Also links Bromma and Gothenburg with
Brussels under a codeshare operated by Brussels Airlines.
Ad hoc and contract charter services are also offered to
destinations throughout Europe.
History Established in 1981 as an air-taxi company also
offering flying training and air freight operations. Introduced
international passenger services to Hamburg and London
Gatwick in 1991.
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Chairman of the Board...................................Per Braathen
Chief Executive Officer................................... Knut Solberg
President.................................................... Bengt Roswall
VP Finance .......................................................Even Thon
Fleet (orders) 9 x BAe 146-RJ100
1 x BAe 146-RJ70
2 x BAe 146-RJ85
(5) x Bombardier CS100
(5) x Bombardier CS300
Main base Malmo-Sturup (MMX)
Hubs Bromma (BMA)
Mandarin Airlines [AE] (MDA)
14th Floor, 134 Minsheng East Road, Section 3, Taipei,
10596, Taiwan
Tel +886 2 2717 1188 Fax +886 2 2717 0647
Email ya-rong_cheng@email.mandarin-airlines.com
Website wwwmandarin-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders China Airlines
(93.99%), others (6.01%)
Alliances China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines,
Shanghai Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
Date operations started 16 October 1991
Description Provides short-haul international services to
destinations in Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, the Philippines,
South Korea and Vietnam. Also offers domestic scheduled
services linking eight destinations and charter flights.
History Originally two-thirds owned by China Airlines, with the
other third held by Kuo’s Development Corp. Became wholly-
owned by China Airlines on 31 October 1992. On 8 August
1999, Mandarin was the surviving brand following its merger
with Formosa Airlines. Mandarin’s fleet and most of its
international flights were transferred to China Airlines.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................Huayu Wang
President ..................................................... Hann-Yeh Ho
Operations Director ...................................... Zhi Bin Deng
Finance Manager .................................. Shaw-Hong Cheng
Fleet (orders) 8 x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Taipei (TPE)
Mango [JE] (MNO)
Mezzanine Level, Domestic Departure Terminal, O R Tambo
International Airport, Johannesburg, 1627, South Africa
Tel +27 11 978 1773 Fax +27 865 22 7546
Email enquiries@flymango.com Website www.flymango.com
Parent organisation/shareholders South African Airways
(100%)
Alliances South African Airways
Date operations started 15 November 2006
Description South African Airway’ domestic budget brand
serving Bloemfontain, Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg.
History South African Airways’ low-cost subsidiary Mango was
created in October 2006. Services were launched with the
first of four Boeing 737-800s transferred from the parent
carrier. In December 2010 Mango took over all South African
Airways routes between Durban and Cape Town.
Executives
President............................................. Nico Bezuidenhout
Chief Financial Officer............................ Mariette Eversohn
Head of Operations & Maintenance...................Nick Nicval
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
Manunggal Air
Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Terminal Building,
1st Floor Room 67-68, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 801 7374 Fax +62 21 801 7375
Website www.manunggal-air.com
Date operations started 23 December 1996
Description Operates charter passenger and cargo services
within the Indonesian archipelago and neighbouring regions.
History Launched as a pure cargo carrier in December 1996.
Its air operator’s certificate was extended to cover passenger
charter services in 1999.
Executives
President............................................................Suhariho
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-100
Main base Jakarta (HLP)
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Manx2 [NM] and Mid-Atlantic Freight joined their cargo operations and
B
Isle of Man Ronaldsway Airport, Ballasalla, IM9 2AY, formed Martinaire Partners. In October 2005, Martinaire
Isle of Man
Tel +44 1624 822111 Fax +44 1624 822112
expanded further with a partnership with Union Flights.
Executives C
Email info@manx2.com Website www.manx2.com President & CEO..............................................Mitch Acker
Parent organisation/shareholders James Filleul (47.5%),
D
Chief Pilot....................................................... Mike Bates
Noel Hayes (47.5%), Jan Wozniak (5%) General Manager & Operations Director......Alan Rusinowitz
Date operations started 15 July 2006 Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech 1900C
Description Operates regular flights from the Isle of Man to 1 x Cessna C210M
Belfast City, Blackpool, Gloucester (M5), Leeds/Bradford and
Newcastle, from Belfast City to Galway, and from Anglesey to
33 x Cessna CE208
4 x Fairchild Metro III E
Cardiff. Uses aircraft provided by and operated under the air Main base Dallas (ADS)
F
operator’s certificates of a number of European carriers.
History Established in 2006, taking over several routes MAS Air [M7] (MAA)
previously operated by the defunct Emerald Airways. Almacén 22, Aduana Interior del A.I.C.M., Mexico City
Executives Airport, 15520 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Chairman........................................................ Noel Hayes
Managing Director............................................David Buck
Tel +52 55 5786 9555 Fax +52 55 5786 9543
Email dislas@masair.com Website www.masair.com G
Fleet (orders) 2 x Dornier 228-200 Parent organisation/shareholders LAN Airlines (69.51%),
Main base Isle Of Man (IOM)
Hubs Gloucester/Cheltenham (GLO)
Promotora Area Latinoamerica (30.49%)
Alliances Florida West International Airways H
Date operations started April 1992
Marsland [M7] (MSL) Description Scheduled cargo services linking Mexico with
Khartoum 2, PO Box 1331, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel +249 183 581 703/704 Fax +249 183 581 700
cities in the USA, Central and South America, and worldwide
international connections. Charters are also offered.
I
Email khj_5@hotmail.com Website www.marsland-avi.com History In December 2000 LanChile acquired 25% of the
Date operations started 2001
Description Privately-owned domestic carrier connecting the
airline, which it has since increased.
Executives J
capital Khartoum to points across Sudan. A service is also Director General & CEO..................................... Luis Sierra
operated to Nairobi, as are domestic and other regional flights. Financial Director................................ Alejandro Fernandez
History Founded 2001, but ceased operations later that year.
Re-established in 2003 as part of the JAMA Group with other
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Mexico City (MEX)
K
Sudanese carriers including Airwest, Attico and Juba Airways. Hubs Los Angeles (LAX)
Executives
General Manager.................................... El Rashid Ortashi MASWings (MWG) L
Finance Director ..........................................Hadia Osman MASWings Sdn. Bhd., 1st Floor, Lot 239,
M
Operations Manager......................................Hatim Eltahir Beautiful Jade Centre, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26 Tel +60 3 7863 2537 Fax +60 3 7847 3171
1 x Yakovlev Yak-42D Email info@maswings.com.my Website www.maswings.com.my
Main base Khartoum (KRT) Parent organisation/shareholders Malaysia Airlines (100%)
Martinair [MP] (MPH)
Date operations started 1 October 2007
Description Domestic subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines
N
PO Box 7507, Schiphol Airport, 1118 ZG Amsterdam, connecting destinations in the east Malaysian states of
O
Netherlands Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan.
Tel +31 20 601 1222 Fax +31 20 601 1303 History MASWings took over the routes and aircraft
Email albert.limburg@martinair.com Website www.martinair.com previously flown by FlyAsianXpress on 1 October 2007.
Parent organisation/shareholders KLM (100%) Executives
Alliances American Airlines, Coyne Airways
Date operations started 1958
Managing Director ......................Mohd Nawawi Haji Awang
GM Operations............................................. Nasip Roslan
P
Description Specialised full-freighter cargo carrier serving a Fleet (orders) 10 x ATR 72-500
global network. In addition to perishables like flowers,
vegetables and fruit, the company carries all kinds of cargo,
4 x DHC6-300
Main base Miri (MYY) Q
including live animals, motor cars and automotive parts. Hubs Kuching (KCH), Kota Kinabalu (BKI)
History Founded as Martins Air Charter. Became Martinair in
1971. KLM acquired a 28.8% shareholding in 1964, which
increased to 50% by 1995. The other 50% was held by the
MAT Airways [6F] (MKD)
Macedonia
R
Royal Nedlloyd shipping group. KLM bought the Nedlloyd Date operations started 14 August 2010
shares at the end of 2008. Announced restructure as a pure
cargo airline in October 2010. Completed its withdrawal
Date operations ceased 20 June 2011
Established as a joint venture between leading Serbian tour S
from the passenger market on 31 October 2011. operator Kon Tiki Travel, the Belgrade-based Metropolitan
Employees total 1,250
T
Investment Group and Skopje-based Gomeks Financing.
Executives The first flight, from Belgrade to Ohrid, took place on 14
Managing Director......................................... Diederik Pen August 2010. Regular charter services out of Skopje and
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 747-400 Belgrade were launched later that month, using a single
3 x Boeing MD-11CF
3 x Boeing MD-11F
Boeing 737-500, operated on its behalf by Aviogenex. In
April 2011, it was reported that SkyWings Group, owner of U
Main base Amsterdam (AMS) the other Macedonian airline, SkyWings, was acquiring 50%
V
Hubs Hong Kong (HKG), Sharjah (SHJ), Miami (MIA) of MAT Airways and that the two carriers were to be merged.
All services were suspended on 20 June 2011 after the
Martinaire (MRA) airline fell into financial difficulties.
4553 Glenn Curtiss Drive, Addison, Texas, 75001, USA
Tel +1 972 349 5700 Fax +1 972 349 5750
Email general-info@martinaire.com Website www.martinaire.com
Mauritania Airlines International
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Parent organisation/shareholders The Acker Group (100%) 14 rue Mamadou Konate, BP 4746, Nouakchott,
Description Provides airborne feeder operations throughout
X
Mauritania
the USA for overnight package delivery services including Parent organisation/shareholders Mauritanian government
UPS, DHL and Airborne Express. Also offers charter flights. Description National flag carrier for Mauritania operating
History Martinaire acquired the cargo operations of CCAir on scheduled passenger services from Nouakchott to Bamako,
2 January 1990. It was itself bought by investors lead by The
Acker Group in December 1993. In April 2004, Martinaire
Brazzaville, Casablanca, and Dakar. It also links the capital
with Nouadhibou and Selibaby.
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History Established in 2009 but development was not Mayair [7M] (MYI) Meelad Air (MEL)
initiated until November 2010, when plans were announced Av. de los Colegios #37 por Av. Bonfil, Calle de acceso 66 Varis Koropiu Avenue, Vari, Athens, Greece
under which the existing national carrier, Mauritania Airways, (L28), Sm 309 Mz 16 Lt 37, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Tel +30 211 7308074 Fax +30 211 7308077
would be replaced by a new majority government-owned Tel +52 998 881 9413 Website www.mayair.com.mx Email info@meeladair.com Website www.meeladair.com
carrier. All Mauritanian carriers were banned from operating Parent organisation/shareholders Lomas Travel Group Date operations started June 2008
in the European Union in November 2010. Date operations started 1994 Description Private carrier specialising in short and long-term
Executives Description Connects southeastern Mexico with flights to aircraft leasing, charter and aviation support services.
Director.................................................. Hassena Ould Ely Cancun, Cozumel, Merida, Veracruz and Villahermosa. History Established in Jordan, but applied in May 2009 to the
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-500 History Established as Charter Flight Company. Launched Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority for an air operator’s
1 x Boeing 737-700 regional feeder services in January 2008 and the Cancun- certificate, which it received on 8 March 2011.
Main base Nouakchott (NKC) Cozumel Air Shuttle in February 2009. Executives
Fleet (orders) 1 x Shorts 360-100 President ..................................................... Saib Al-Tikriti
MaxAir (NGL) Main base Cancun (CUN) Chief Executive Officer..................................... Joe Abbaya
16 Ashton Road, Kano, Nigeria Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A310-300
Tel +234 803 700 1495 Email info@maxairltd.com MD Air (MTM) 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Website www.maxairltd.com Date operations started September 2010 Main base Athens (ATH)
Parent organisation/shareholders Alhaji Mangal Date operations ceased 7 April 2011
Date operations started 2006 Offered air-taxi, air charter and air freight operations between Mega Maldives Airlines [5M] (MEG)
Description Hajj and Umra pilgrimage charter flights between UK, Ireland and Europe from its Turweston Aerodrome base. Room 5B H. Sakeena Manzil, Medhuziyarah Magu, Male,
Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Also provides leasing services. Maldives
History Established by primary shareholder Alhaji Dahiru Med Airways [7Y] (MED) Tel +66 2 559 0120 Fax +66 2 949 0990
Barau Mangal as Mangal Airlines. First awarded state General Aviation Terminal, PO Box 13-5051, Rafik Hariri Email info@megamaldivesair.com
government contracts to transport pilgrims to and from the International Airport, Beirut, Lebanon Website megamaldivesair.com.com
Hajj in 2006. Rebranded as MaxAir in late 2008. Tel +961 1 629 210 Fax +961 1 629 219 Parent organisation/shareholders MG Holdings
Executives Email mazen@medairways.com Website www.medairways.com Date operations started 21 January 2011
General Manager...............................Raymond Omodiagbe Date operations started 2000 Description The international airline of the Maldives linking
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 747-300 Description Passenger, VIP and cargo charters, air-taxi and air Male and Gan with Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing.
1 x Boeing 747-400 ambulance services. Planning a scheduled network to include Charter flights are also undertaken.
1 x Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy Erbil, Baghdad, Sulaymania, Basra, Khartoum and Stockholm. History Founded in March 2010 and received its air
1 x Learjet Learjet 45 History Founded as Flying Carpet. Rebranded Med Airways in operator’s certificate on 23 December 2010.
Main base Kano (KAN) 2009. Executives
Executives Chairman of MG Holdings...................... George Weinmann
Maximus Air Cargo (MXU) Chief Executive Officer .................................Bissat Mazen Director Flight Operations & COO..................Steve Monson
PO Box 35367, Plot 87, West 47, 25th Street, Operations Manager ................................. Sammir Sallom Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 767-300
Sheikh Rashid Bin Al Maktoum Road, Abu Dhabi, Finance Manager.............................................. Nadia Assi Main base Male (MLE)
United Arab Emirates Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200 Hubs Gan (GAN)
Tel +971 2 447 4900 Fax +971 2 447 4901 1 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Email commercial@maximusaircargo.aero 1 x Piper PA-32R-300 Meridian Airways (MAG)
Website www.maximusaircargo.ae 1 x Piper PA-34-200T Kotoka International Airport, Old Cargo Village, 1 Gemini
Parent organisation/shareholders Abu Dhabi Aviation Main base Beirut (BEY) Airlines Building, P.O Box AN7238, Accra, Ghana
(95%), others (5%) Tel +23 32 177 1921 Fax +23 32 176 1931
Date operations started June 2005 Medallion Air (MDP) Email acc@meridianairways.com
Description Outsize and general cargo charter services 77 Nicolae Caramfil Street, District 1, Bucharest, Romania Website www.meridianairways.com
worldwide. Also offers aircraft leasing and logistics services. Tel +40 21 232 1102 Fax +40 31 817 3866 Date operations started August 2001
History Established as Experts Air Cargo by the UAE Ministry Email office@medallionair.ro Website www.medallionair.ro Description Cargo airline offering global cargo charters.
of Defence. Acquired by Fathi Buhazza April 2005. Rebranded Parent organisation/shareholders Romanian private History Established as Cargo Plus Aviation of Ghana but
6 September 2006 as Maximus Air Cargo. In November investors (100%) operated out of Dubai. Subsequently rebranded as Air Cargo
2008 Abu Dhabi Aviation acquired a 95% stake in the airline. Date operations started 7 June 2009 Plus. Rebranded again as Air Charter Express in 2007.
Employees total 194 Description Charter airline and ACMI leasing specialist Operations were centred on Ostend Airport in Belgium.
Executives operating services to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Rebranded again in September 2009 as Meridian Airways.
President & CEO...........................................Fathi Buhazza History Issued with its air operator’s certificate on 15 May Grounded by Belgian authorities on 27 July 2010 because of
VP Finance..............................................Mohamed Parkar 2009 at the culmination of a six month certification process. safety concerns and added to the list of carriers banned
Flight Operations Manager....................................Bussam Executives from operating in the EU in September 2010.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A300B4-600 Accountable Manager........................... Bogdan Dimitrescu Executives
1 x Antonov An-124 Deputy General Manager......................Gheorge Dimitrescu President ..........................................Enoch Anane-Cadary
2 x Ilyushin Il-76TD Fleet (orders) 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 Fleet (orders) 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60
1 x Lockheed L-100-30 Main base Bucharest (BBU), Bucharest (OTP) Main base Accra (ACC)
Main base Abu Dhabi (AZI)
Medavia [N5] (MDM) Meridiana fly [IG] (ISS)
Maya Island Air [MY] (MYD) PO Box 48, Luqa, Tal Karvija, Malta Centro Direzionale, Costa Smeralda Airport, 07026 Olbia,
PO Box 458, Municipal Airport, Belize City, Belize Tel +356 2249 0000 Fax +356 2249 0145 Italy
Tel +501 223 1362 Fax +501 223 0576 Email info@medavia.com.mt Website www.medavia.com.mt Tel +39 0789 52 600 Fax +39 0789 52 861
Email mayair@btl.net Website www.mayaairways.com Parent organisation/shareholders Libyan Arab Maltese Website www.meridiana.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Maya Island Air (100%) Holding (51%), Air Malta (25%), Libyan Arab Foreign Parent organisation/shareholders Meridiana (78.91%),
Date operations started 1962 Investment (24%) other shareholders (21.09%)
Description Offers regular scheduled services to 11 Date operations started September 1979 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Italy (100%)
destinations within Belize and to Flores in Guatemala. Description Provides ad hoc charters and long-term leases Alliances Air Malta, Air Moldova, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia,
History Formed to succeed the government-owned British with a principal market base in north Africa, supporting the Olympic Air, Royal Jordanian Airlines, S7 Airlines, Wind Jet
Honduras Airways, a BWIA subsidiary which had ceased oil industry and the VIP charter segment. Date operations started 1964
operations in 1961. In December 1997 Maya Airways and History Founded in 1978 as part of the LAFI group. Description Operates an extensive domestic network linking
Island Air merged, to form Maya Island Air. Executives major cites throughout Italy, Sardinia and Sicily. International
Executives Managing Director.................................Abdulrazagh Zmirli routes serve destinations in Europe, north Africa and the
Chief Executive Officer .............................. Guillin Zabaneh Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900D Middle East and inter-continental destinations in Africa and
Chief Finance Officer.......................................... Lewis Lue 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 Asia, as well as New York. Charter services also operated
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C182S 1 x CASA 212-100 worldwide, many in conjunction with external tour operators.
1 x Cessna C207A 2 x CASA 212-200 History Formed as Alisarda by the Aga Khan on 29 March
8 x Cessna CE208 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 1963 to assist in the development of tourism on the
1 x Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 1 x Dornier 328-100 northeast coast of Sardinia. Scheduled services began in
3 x Britten-Norman BN2A Main base Malta (MLA) 1964 from Olbia Airport. The name Meridiana was adopted
Main base Belize City (TZA) Hubs Tripoli (TIP) on 3 May 1991. Acquired a 29.95% stake in Eurofly, which

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was later increased. Eurofly merged into Meridiana on 28
February 2010, creating Iraly’s second largest airline,
Meridiana fly. In spring 2011 the company confirmed it was
engaged in talks about a potential partnership with Alitalia.
Completed the acquisition of Air Italy on 14 October 2011.
Employees total 1,517
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ............................Giuseppe Gentile
Chief Financial Officer.......................... Maurizio Cancellieri
Chief Operating Officer............................... Andrea Zanetto
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
12 x Airbus A320-200
3 x Airbus A330-200
5 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Olbia (OLB)
Hubs Verona (VRN), Florence (FLR), Cagliari (CAG)
Merpati [MZ] (MNA)
Jalan Angkasa Blok B-15, Kav 2-3, Jakarta, 10720,
Indonesia
Tel +62 21 654 0678 Fax +62 21 654 0617
Email jktdomz@merpati.co.id Website www.merpati.co.id
Parent organisation/shareholders Indonesian
government (93.2%), Garuda Indonesia (6.8%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Sabang Merauke Raya
Air Charter (100%)
Alliances Yemenia
Date operations started 11 September 1962
Description Major domestic airline operating scheduled
services to more than 25 destinations. Also operates
scheduled international services to East Timor and Malaysia.
History Formed in September 1962 by the Indonesian
government as the second state airline, to take over the
internal network developed since November 1958 by the
Indonesian air force. Launched services from Jakarta with a
fleet of two Douglas DC-3s and four DHC-3 Otters on 11
September 1962. Took over Garuda’s routes in Western
Guinea in January 1964, which had been flown by KLM
subsidiary De Kroonduif between 1955 and 1962.
Rebranded as Merpati Nusantara Airlines in 1969,
becoming known as MNA. Taken over by Garuda in October
1978, continuing to operate under its own name. Integrated
into the Garuda Indonesia Group in September 1989.
Granted government approval to separate from the group in
1993, breaking away from its parent carrier in April 1997.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................Sardjono Tjitrokusumo
Finance & Administration Director.......................Farid Luthi
Fleet (orders) 9 x AVIC XAC MA60
1 x Boeing 737-200
3 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
1 x Boeing 737-500
6 x DHC6-300
1 x Fokker 100
2 x IPTN 212-200
(10) x IPTN 212-400
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Mesa Airlines [YV] (ASH)
410 North 44th Street, Suite 700, Phoenix, Arizona, 85008, USA
Tel +1 602 685 4000 Fax +1 602 685 4350
Website www.mesa-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Midwest (100%),
Freedom Airlines (100%), Go!Mokulele (%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, Go!Mokulele, United Airlines, US Airways
Date operations started 12 October 1980
Description Large regional carrier operating as US Airways
Express and United Express under contractual agreements
with US Airways and United Airlines, respectively. Also
operates independently as go! Mokulele, linking Honolulu to
the neighbouring islands of Hilo, Kahului, Kona and Lihue.
History Founded in 1979 by a group of investors led by
aviation mechanic Larry Risley. Initially operated air-taxi
services as Mesa Air Shuttle. Flight operations on a single
route between Farmington and Albuquerque were launched
Mesa Airlines in August 1982, using a nine-seat Navajo
Chieftain. Mesa acquired the assets of several carriers
during the 1990s, most of which were already operating as
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franchisees for major carriers. These included Aspen Airways History Launched services with two Boeing 727-200s,
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(United Express) in 1990, Air Midwest (US Airways Express) operating primarily from the New York City area to the
in 1991, West Air (United Express) in 1993 and Crown
Airways (United Express) in 1994. In 1992 a parent company,
Caribbean for cruise ship lines. Sports teams and the
military are also served. A cargo division was formed in C
Mesa Holdings, was created to manage Mesa Airlines and its September 2000, but this was dropped in July 2002
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acquisitions. New subsidiary carriers were also created to following the airline’s acquisition by TSI Holdings.
serve new markets, including Florida Gulf Airlines (US Airways Executives
Express) in Tampa in 1993 and Desert Sun Airlines (America President & COO...........................................Ross Fischer
West Express) in Phoenix in 1995. The holding company was VP Operations............................................... Kurt Kamrad
renamed Mesa Air Group in 1995. In December 2006, Mesa
entered into a joint venture with Shenzen Airlines to create a
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400
7 x Boeing 737-800 E
regional airline in China, Kunpeng Airlines, which launched Main base Miami (MIA)
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services from Xi’an in September 2007. In April 2009 parent Hubs Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Jamaica
company Mesa Air Group sold its shareholding in Kunpeng (JFK), Washington (IAD)
Airlines to Shenzhen Airlines. On 5 January 2009 the Mesa
Air Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so as MIAT-Mongolian Airlines [OM] (MGL)
undergo financial restructuring. All its operations continued
as normal, including Mesa Airlines’ codeshares with United
MIAT Building, Buyant-Ukhaa 45, Khan-Uul District,
210134 Ulan Bator, Mongolia
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Airlines, US Airways and Delta Air Lines. Emerged from Tel +976 11 379 935 Fax +976 11 379 919
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Chapter 11 on 1 March 2011. Email sgbatbayar@miat.com Website www.miat.com
Employees total 2,059 Parent organisation/shareholders State-owned (100%)
Executives Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Mongolian Airlines
Chairman.............................................. Jonathan Ornstein Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Korean Air
President & CFO............................................ Michael Lotz
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
Date operations started 7 July 1956
Description National flag carrier of Mongolia, operating a
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7 x Bombardier CRJ-200 comprehensive domestic route network and international
20 x Bombardier CRJ-700
38 x Bombardier CRJ-900
scheduled services to Beijing, Seoul, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo,
Irkutsk, Moscow and Berlin. J
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 History Formed as MIAT Mongolian Civil Air Transportation
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 Corporation, with assistance from Aeroflot. Introduced
Main base Phoenix (PHX) scheduled domestic services linking Ulan Bator with
17 regions. Launched international services between
K
Mesaba Airlines [XJ] (MES) Ulan Bator and Irkutsk in 1959. Refocused its business
Date operations started 1944
Date operations ceased 4 January 2012
on international services to the west following the break-up
of the Soviet Union in 1992. Restructured on 12 August L
Founded by Gordy Newstrom and sold to Halverson family in 1993. Made cutbacks in domestic services in 1998
M
1970. Started scheduled services to rural Minnesota as a result of the Asian economic downturn. Suspended
communities on 4 February 1973. Began codeshare with all remaining domestic services in 2008, pending the
Northwest Airlines on 1 December 1984 and became a introduction of new turboprop equipment. Domestic
Northwest Airlink partner in 1986. Acquired by Northwest subsidiary Mongolian Airlines planned to launch such
Airlines on 24 April 2007. Became a Delta Connection
operator in December 2009, following the merger of
services in late 2011.
Executives
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Northwest Airlines into Delta Air Lines. On 1 July 2010 Delta President & CEO...................................Orkhon Tseynoieob
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Air Lines announced the sale of Mesaba to Pinnacle Airlines. VP Flight Operations ................................ Tamir Gangargal
On completion of the sale, Mesaba became a wholly-owned General Manager..............................................Bat-Erdene
subsidiary of Pinnacle and continued Delta Connection Fleet (orders) 2 (3) x Boeing 737-800
operations under new long-term, extendable service 2 (1) x Boeing 767-300
agreements. Also operated as a US Airways Express carrier.
Mesaba was meged into Pinnacle Airlines in January 2012.
5 x PZL An-2
Main base Ulan Bator (ULN)
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META Linhas Aereas (MSQ) Mid Airlines [7Y] (NYL)
Aeroporto International Boa Vista, Praca Santos Dumont Alamarat Street 27, Block No. 10, Building No.30, PO Box Q
100, Sector Hangar, Boa Vista, 69305-340 Roraima, Brazil 147, Khartoum, Sudan
Tel +55 95 2121 7780 Fax +55 95 3224 7300 Tel +249 183 576 700 Fax +249 183 576 662
Email presidenciat@voemeta.com Website www.voemeta.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Andréa Chee-A-Tow
Email info@midairlines.com Website www.midairlines.com
Date operations started May 2003
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Mesquita, Francisco Assuncao Mesquita Description Operates domestic passenger and cargo
Description Operates domestic passenger services from
Boa Vista to Belem, Macapa, Manaus, Obidos, Oriximina
services from Khartoum.
Executives S
and Santarem. Chairman.............................................................A Hamdi
Employees total 70
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Managing Director.................................. Authman Alkobati
Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker 50
Chief Executive Officer.............................Andrea Mesquita Main base Khartoum (KRT)
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna U206F
1 x Cessna U206G
1 x Embraer EMB-110P
Mid-Atlantic Freight (MDC)
PO Box 35408, 6423 Airport Parkway, Greensboro, U
2 x Embraer EMB-120RT North Carolina, 27425-5408, USA
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2 x Embraer EMB-720 Tel +1 336 668 0411 Fax +1 336 668 4434
Main base Boa Vista (BVB) Email info@atlantic-aero.com
Website www.atlantic-aero.com/maf/index.html
Miami Air International [LL] (BSK) Date operations started 1 February 1990
5000 NW 36 Street, Suite 307, PO Box 660880, Miami,
Florida, 33266-0880, USA
Description Charter company primarily operating overnight
feeder freight services from its Piedmont Triad International
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Tel +1 305 876 3600 Fax +1 305 871 4222 Airport base.
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Email mail@miamiair.com Website www.miamiair.com History Established as a separate sister company of Atlantic
Parent organisation/shareholders TSI Holdings (100%) Aero, with common management.
Date operations started October 1991 Executives
Description Operates worldwide passenger charters for Chief Executive Officer.................................... Don Godwin
diverse groups, including cruise operators, Florida-based
professional sports teams and the US military.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Cessna CE208
Main base Greensboro/High Point (GSO)
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Middle East Airlines [ME] (MEA)
Rafiq Hariri International Airport Blvd., PO Box 11-206,
Beirut, 1107 2801, Lebanon
Tel +961 1 628 888 Fax +961 1 629 260
Email mea@mea.com.lb Website www.mea.com.lb
Parent organisation/shareholders Lebanese Central
Bank (99.37%), others (0.63%)
Alliances Air Canada, Air France, Cyprus Airways, Etihad
Airways, Kenya Airways, KLM, Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian
Airlines, Tarom, Tunisair, Yemenia
Date operations started 1 January 1946
Description Lebanese flag carrier operating scheduled
international services to the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
History Began operations between Beirut and Nicosia. Pan
Am acquired a stake in September 1949, replaced in 1955
by BOAC, which took a 49% stake. The association with
BOAC was terminated on 16 August 1961. On 7 June 1963
MEA merged with Air Liban, giving Air France a 30% share,
since relinquished. In the same year it also took over
Lebanese International Airways. Plans for an initial public
offering by the end of 2010 were postponed due to
unfavourable market conditions.
Executives
Chairman...............................................Mohamad El Hout
Head of Flight Operations................................ George Azar
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A320-200
4 x Airbus A321-200
4 x Airbus A330-200
1 x BAe 125-700
Main base Beirut (BEY)
Midex Airlines [MG] (MIX)
PO Box 9636, Dubai Airport, Terminal 2 Block A, West
Wing Room-813, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Tel +9714 214 6808 Fax +9714 214 6809
Email mdxdxb@midexairlines.ae
Website www.midexairlines.com
Date operations started 30 March 2008
Description Provides scheduled cargo services, linking Al Ain
in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi with Beirut, Dhaka, Colombo,
Chennai, Karachi, Istanbul and Paris Orly.
History Established as a freight forwarder in Beirut in 1980;
certificated for freight and passenger services in 2007.
Executives
President................................................ Issam Khairallah
Accounts Manager.........................................Jeena Antony
Chief Operations Officer ...........................Georges Ibrahim
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A300B4
3 x Boeing 747-200
Main base Al Ain (AAN)
Hubs Paris Orly (ORY)
Midwest Airlines (MWA)
9 Stella Complex, Muhamad Naguib Square, Al-Rehab,
New Cairo, Egypt
Tel +20 2 2314 5350 Fax +20 2 2314 5351
Email info@mwestairlines.com Website www.mwestairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lakah family (79%),
public stock (21%)
Date operations started June 1999
Description Provides passenger and cargo charter services
throughout the Middle East and further afield.
Executives
Chairman............................................... Abdelkader Freed
General Manager................................... Magdeddin Refaat
Fleet (orders) 2 (1) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Cairo (CAI)
Mihin Lanka [MJ] (MLR)
4-109, Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference
Hall, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Tel +94 11 269 9305 Fax +94 11 269 7527
Email eac@mihinlanka.com Website www.mihinlanka.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sri Lankan government
(100%)
Alliances SriLankan Airlines
Date operations started 24 April 2007
Description Low-cost carrier linking Colombo with
destinations in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, the
Maldives and United Arab Emirates.
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History Created by the Sri Lankan government. The carrier
was awarded its air operator’s certificate on 5 March 2007.
Suspended operations from April to December 2008,
resuming on 1 January 2009 using a wet-leased aircraft.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ....................... Kapila Chandrasena
Finance Manager ........................................Sajiva Sawairs
SVP Operations .............................................Errol Cramer
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Airbus A321-200
1 x Fokker F-27-500
Main base Colombo (CMB)
MiniLiner (MNL)
Via Aeroporto 13, Orio al Serio Airport, 24050 Bergamo, Italy
Tel +39 035 018 0900 Fax +39 035 318 224
Email vilmer.faccini@miniliner-cargo.eu
Website www.miniliner.com
Date operations started 1982
Description Operates scheduled and ad hoc cargo flights.
History Founded as a system of rapid air transport for parcels
and other services. In September 1988, commenced
operations for couriers including UPS, Fedex and SDA.
Executives
Managing Director............................. Giuseppe Berlusconi
Accountable Manager...............................Giuseppe Racca
Fleet (orders) 7 x Fokker F-27-500
Main base Bergamo (BGY)
Mint Airways (MNT)
Calle Los Arfe 66, 28027 Madrid, Spain
Tel +34 91 204 0808 Fax +34 91 377 0738
Email comercial@mint-airways.com
Website www.mint-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Inter-Flights (100%)
Date operations started June 2009
Description Spanish ACMI leasing specialist. Also operates
passenger charters and and dry-leasing services as well as
flights from Madrid to Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, and Amman.
History Established by charter broker Grupo Inter-Flights.
Executives
President........................................ Jose Alfonso Martinez
Chief Financial Officer................................Alfonso Moreno
VP Operations...............................Jose Gastan Colombran
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Madrid (MAD)
Mistral Air (MSA)
Viale Lincoln 3, 00144 Rome, Italy
Tel +39 067 90451 Fax +39 067 934 0571
Email mistralsales@posteitaliane.it Website www.mistralair.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Gruppo Poste Italiane
(100%)
Date operations started 1984
Description Operates scheduled, overnight domestic mail
and express courier flights. Also operates daytime and
weekend passenger charters, both on an ad hoc basis and
on behalf of the Vatican.
History Established in 1981. Operated freighters on behalf
of partner TNT, which later acquired the airline outright.
Gruppo Poste Italiane acquired a 75% shareholding in 2002,
acquiring the remaining shares in 2006. Passenger services,
carrying pilgrims for the Vatican, launched August 2007.
Executives
President .................................................Francesco Pizzo
Chief Operating Officer.................................Mark Camilleri
Managing Director..................................... Riccardo Sciolti
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
3 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Ciampino (CIA)
Hubs Bologna (BLQ)
MNG Airlines [MB] (MNB)
Ataturk Airport, B Gate, Yesilkoy, 34149 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 212 468 0500 Fax +90 212 465 4598
Email engineering@mngairlines.com
Website www.mngairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders MNG Holding (80%),
Yavuz Cizmeci (20%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Solinair (100%)
Date operations started 30 November 1997
Description Scheduled and charter cargo services within the
Middle East and to the Far East, USA and Europe.
History Transatlantic operations launched in September 1998,
followed by scheduled services to the USA on 8 November.
Acquired Slovenian cargo carrier Solinair in August 2008.
Executives
Managing Director.................................... Sedat Ozkazanc
Fleet (orders) (4) x Airbus A330-200
1 x Boeing 737-400
2 x Airbus A300B4
2 x Airbus A300C4-600
1 x Airbus A300F4
Main base Istanbul (IST)
Hubs Antalya (AYT), Brussels (BRU)
Mocambique Expresso (MXE)
PO Box 1449, Maputo, Mozambique
Tel +258 21 466 008 Fax +258 21 465 562
Parent organisation/shareholders Linhas Aereas de
Moçambique LAM (100%)
Date operations started 1995
Description Regional scheduled and charter flights.
History Established by LAM Mozambique Airlines. Became
Moçambique EXpresso in 1995 as an autonomous airline.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................Antonio Neves
Commercial Director ................................Abdul Sacur Ada
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
1 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Maputo (MPM)
Mokulele Airlines [YV] (ASH)
1100 Alakea Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, Hawaii,
96813-2833, USA
Tel +1 808 426 7070 Fax +1 808 836 5747
Email contact@mokuleleairlines.com
Website www.mokuleleairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Transpac Aviation (100%)
Date operations started 2006
Description Operates low-cost Hawaiian inter-island
scheduled turboprop services connecting Hilo, Honolulu,
Kahalui, Kona and Lihue. Operates as Go!Mokulele under a
codeshare agreement with Mesa Air Group. Inter-island
cargo services and scenic volcano air tours are also offered.
History Founded 1994 as Mokulele Flight Services. Introduced
charter services in April 1998 and scheduled inter-island
flights in May 2003. Acquired by Boyer Industries in October
2005 and rebranded as Mokulele Airlines. Began operating
as Go!Express on 17 April 2007. Introduced cargo services in
2008. In November 2008 Shuttle America introduced
Embraer E-170 jet services between Honolulu, Kona and
Lihu’e under the Mokulele Airlines brand. In October 2009
parent Republic Airways Holdings and Go! parent Mesa Air
Group combined jet operations as go!Mokulele. Transpac
Aviation acquired Mokulele Flight Services in 2011. Mesa
continued to operate its jet service as go!Mokulele, while
Transpac, operating as Mokulele Flight Services, continued to
operate turboprop services under the go!Mokulele brand. In
January 2012 Mokulele Flight Services announced plans to
operate wet-leased Boeing 767s to the USA and London.
Fleet (orders) 2 x CRJ200
1 x CRJ100
4 x C208B
Main base Honolulu (HNL)
Moldavian Airlines [2M] (MDV)
IM Moldavian airlines SA, Aeroportul Chisinau, 2026
Chisinau, Moldova
Tel +373 22 500 882 Fax +373 22 525 064
Email sales@mdv.md Website www.mdv.md
Parent organisation/shareholders Ion Caliman, Moldova-
Agroindbank, Alfred Wiederkehr, Georg Wiederkehr, Ingvar
Kamprad, Lombard Odier & Cie, Michael Pieper, Moritz Suter,
Nicolae Petrov, Robert R Briner
Alliances airBaltic, Carpatair
Date operations started 19 August 1994
Description Scheduled international services to Budapest
and Timisoara, and charter flights throughout Europe.
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History First private airline of the Republic of Moldova, it
became a joint Swiss-Moldovan company in November 1999
forming a partnership with Romania-based Carpatair.
Executives
President & CEO.......................................... Nicolae Petrov
Vice President................................................ Ion Caliman
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fokker 100
1 x Saab 2000
Main base Chisinau (KIV)
Moskovia Airlines [3R] (GAI)
LII im.M.M. Gromova, Zhukovsky-2, Moscow, 140182, Russia
Tel +7 495 921 1642 Fax +7 921 211 642
Email info@moskovia.aero Website www.moskovia.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Rosoboronexport State
Company (51%), Flight Research Institute (49%)
Date operations started 1992
Description Scheduled passenger flights from Moscow to
Azerbaijan, Montenegro, Turkey and Uzbekistan. Also
Parent organisation/shareholders Air T (100%)
B
Date operations started 1974
Description Contract carrier for Federal Express, operating
over 60 freighters from 30 airports in the USA and Canada. C
History Established and wholly owned by Air T.
Executives
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Chairman & CEO............................................ Walter Clark
President.......................................................Bill Simpson
Chief Financial Officer........................................John Parry

Monarch Airlines [ZB] (MON)

operates ad hoc and contract charter flights. Dedicated
cargo charters are flown from Moscow Bykovo.
Fleet (orders) 8 x ATR 42-300
7 x ATR 72-200 E
Prospect House, Prospect Way, London Luton Airport, History Founded as the commercial division of the Moscow 1 x Beechcraft King Air 90

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Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9NU, UK Zhukovsky-based Gromov Flight Research Institute. 40 x Cessna CE208
Tel +44 871 2250250 Fax +44 1582 411000 Conducted commercial work under the Volare Air Transport 2 x Shorts SD330-200
Website www.monarch.co.uk Company name from 1992. Rebranded as Gromov Air in Main base Kinston (ISO)
Parent organisation/shareholders Monarch Holdings 1995. Rosoboronexport acquired a majority shareholding in
Date operations started 5 April 1968
Description One of the UK’s largest charter carriers
2007. Rebranded again as Moskovia Airlines in 2006.
Became an open joint stock company on 25 January 2008.
MRK Airlines [6V] (MRW)
66-A, Volynska, Kiev, 03186, Ukraine
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operating routes to Europe, USA, the Caribbean, India and Executives Tel +380-445-285-236 Fax +380-445-212-282

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Africa serving mainly leisure destinations. Also operates low- General Director..................................... Mikhail Alekseyev Email PNVV@Cdmaua.com
cost scheduled services to destinations in Spain, Gibraltar, First Deputy General Director.......................... Igor Fedosov Description Charter airline operating non scheduled services
Portugal, the Canary Islands and Cyprus from Birmingham, Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-12B for other airlines, as well as private customers.
London Gatwick, London Luton and Manchester airports. 2 x Boeing 737-700 History Formerly traded as Mars RK
History Founded to provide capacity to UK tour operators.
Scheduled services added on 5 July 1986. In June 2010 the
1 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Moskow Zhukovsky
Fleet (orders) 1 x Saab 340A
Main base Kiev Borispol International (KBP)
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airline began restructuring to create a single organisation. Hubs Moscow (DME), Moscow Bykovo
Employees total 1,924
Executives Motor Sich Airlines [M9] (MSI)
Myanma Airways [UB] (UBA)
104 Kanna Road, Yangon, Myanmar J
Chairman & CEO.........................................Iain Rawlinson 98 Kopyankina Street, Zaporozhye, 69068, Ukraine Tel +951 246 452 Fax +951 371 120
Managing Director.........................................Kevin George Tel +380 61 720 4443 Fax +380 61 720 5009 Email myanmaairways@mptmail.net.mm
MD FlyMonarch.com......................................... Liz Savage
Director Flight Operations................................. Nils Christy
Email msidpt@m9.com.ua Website www.m9.com.ua
Parent organisation/shareholders Motor Sich Joint Stock
Website www.mot.gov.mm/ma
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
K
Finance Director........................................... Simon Tucker Company (100%) Myanmar (100%)
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A300B4-600
5 x Airbus A320-200
Alliances Utair Ukraine
Date operations started November 2006
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Myanmar Airways
International (89%), Air Mandalay (%) L
16 x Airbus A321-200 Description Airline division of the Zaporozhye-based aero- Date operations started 15 July 1993

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2 x Airbus A330-200 engine factory, operating schedules that connect Zaporozhye Description National airline operating scheduled domestic
3 x Boeing 757-200 with Kiev, Simferopol and Moscow. Domestic and services to 29 towns and cities.
Main base Luton (LTN) international passenger and cargo charter services also History Founded by the government as Union of Burma
Hubs Manchester (MAN) offered, including regular flights to Turkey, India and the UAE. Airways Board. International flights added in 1950. The

Montenegro Airlines [YM] (MGX)

History Originally the in-house air transport arm of the Motor
Sich aero-engine factory. Issued with an air operator’s
Beogradska 10, Podgorica, Montenegro certificate for commercial airline operations in November
name was changed to Burma Airways in 1972, and in April
1989 to Myanma Airways. International services transferred
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to Myanmar Airways International, set up in 1993 in a joint

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Tel +382 20 405 501 Fax +382 20 405 548 2006. Banned from operating in the EU in April 2009, but venture with Singapore-based Highsonic Enterprises.
Email commerge@mgx.me cleared to resume services in the EU in December 2009. Executives
Website www.montenegroairlines.cg.yu Executives Chief Executive Officer...............................Maung Htun Tin
Parent organisation/shareholders Montenegro President.........................................Vyacheslov Boguslaev Finance Manager.............................................. Kaing Thet
government (100%)
Alliances Adria Airways, Austrian, S7 Airlines
Airline Director...........................................Genadiy Maslov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-12B
Head of Flight Operations..................................... Han Soe
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
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Date operations started 7 May 1997 1 x Antonov An-140 2 x ATR 72-200
Description Flag carrier providing scheduled flights to
Budapest, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, Paris, Rome, Skopje, Vienna
2 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Antonov An-74
2 x ATR 72-500
3 x AVIC XAC MA60 Q
and Zurich, and charter flights to Europe and the Middle East. 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40 (2) x Comac ARJ21-700
History Established by the government of Montenegro. In Main base Zaporozhye OZH 3 x Fokker F-28-4000
December 2007 it approved a plan to privatise the airline.
Executives Mount Cook Airline [NM] (NZM)
Main base Yangon (RGN)
Hubs Mandalay (MDL)
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President & CEO...........................................Zoran Djurisic PO Box 14020, Christchurch Airport, Christchurch, 8630,
Deputy Chief Executive Officer....................Vladimir Delevic
Fleet (orders) 3 x Embraer 195-200LR
New Zealand
Tel +64 3 358 1200 Fax +64 3 358 1201
Myanmar Airways International
[8M] (MMA) S
5 x Fokker 100 Website www.airnewzealand.co.nz 08-02 Sakura Tower, 339 Bogyoke Aung San Road,
Main base Podgorica (TGD) Parent organisation/shareholders Air New Zealand (100%) Yangon, Myanmar

Morningstar Air Express (MAL)

Date operations started 1920
Description Air New Zealand subsidiary, providing scheduled
Tel +95 1 255 260 Fax +95 1 255 305
Email management@maiair.com Website www.maiair.com
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Building 16, 29 Airport Road, Edmonton, Alberta, services the major cities and tourist resorts. Scheduled Parent organisation/shareholders Royal Myanmar
T5G 0W6, Canada
Tel +1 780 453 3022 Fax +1 780 453 6057
services operated under the Air New Zealand Link banner.
History Began operations as New Zealand Aero Transport
Transport (80%), Ministry of Transport (20%)
Alliances Jetstar Asia, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways U
Email disp@maei.ca Website www.maei.ca Company at Timaru. The airline subsequently operated International

Parent organisation/shareholders Donald Wheaton
(50%), Kim Ward (50%)
Description Operates a contract all-cargo service from
Montreal to Winnipeg for FedEx, as well as all-cargo charters.
History Formed as Brooker Wheaton Aviation by Don Wheaton
and Bev Brooker. Rebranded Morningstar Air Express in 1992.
Executives
President & Director.................................Donald Wheaton
General Manager.............................................Bill McGoey
under various names until the start of scheduled services
on 6 November 1961, when the present title was adopted.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ........................... Sarah Williamson
Finance & Administration Manager............. Scott Campbell
Flight Operations Manager.......................... Kelvin Sissons
Fleet (orders) 11 x ATR 72-500
Main base Christchurch (CHC)
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Date operations started 15 August 1993
Description Operates scheduled regional services linking
Yangon with Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
History Initially established in a joint venture with Singapore-
based Highsonic Enterprises. Thus ended in 1998 and the
company reverted to being wholly-owned by the Myanmar
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government. In January 2001 a new joint venture was formed

Mountain Air Cargo (MTN)

between Myanmar Airways, Region Air Myanmar and Zan.
Executives X
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300 Managing Director............................................... Aung Gyi
5 x Boeing 757-200 PO Box 488, Denver, North Carolina, 28037, USA Senior Finance Manager...................................Kyaw Wynn
7 x Cessna CE208
Main base Edmonton (YXD)
Tel +1 828 464 8741 Fax +1 828 465 5281
Email macinfo@mtaircargo.com Website www.airt.net
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Yangon (RGN)
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Nakina Air Service [T2]
PO Box 126, Nakina, Ontario, P0T 2H0, Canada
Tel +1 807 329 5341 Fax +1 807 329 5876
Email nakinaop@astrocom-on.com
Description Operates scheduled passenger and cargo
services linking remote communities in northwestern
Ontario with Thunder Bay and three hubs, including its
Nakina base. Services are operated by float and/or ski-
equipped aircraft, as and when required. The company also
flies in support of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
and offers charter and aircraft leasing services.
History Established by co-owner Don Bourdignon in 1973.
Executives
President................................................. Don Bourdignon
Finance & Maintenance Manager.............Millie Bourdignon
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna A185F
4 x Cessna CE208
1 x DHC6-200
2 x De Havilland Canada Turbin
2 x Pilatus PC-12
Main base Nakina (YQN)
nas air [XY] (KNE)
Tahlia Street, PO Box 305161, Riyadh, 11361,
Saudi Arabia
Tel +966 1 217 1800 Fax +966 1 217 1830
Email webmaster@flynas.com Website www.flynas.com
Parent organisation/shareholders National Air Services (100%)
Date operations started 25 February 2007
Description Saudi Arabia’s first low-cost carrier, offering
ticketless, single-class services on an extensive domestic
network, and a growing regional network including Amman,
Alexandria, Beirut, Dubai, Islamabad, Istanbul, Khartoum,
Kuwait, Lahore, Sharjah, Sharm el Sheikh and Sana’a.
History Established in 2006 as part of the NAS Group of
Companies. The initial route network served five cities from
Riyadh. Commenced flights on 21 public service obligation
routes in October 2007. International services were
launched on 23 July 2008 from Jeddah and Riyadh.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Edward Winter
Chief Operations Officer ................................... Jason Holt
Director of Flight Operations ....................Mansoor Al-Harbi
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
8 (20) x Airbus A320-200
6 (7) x Embraer 190-100LR
Main base Riyadh (RUH)
Nasair [UE]
PO Box 11915, Asmara, Eritrea
Tel +2911 200 700 Fax +291 1 117 622
Email admin@flynasair.com Website nasairgroup.com
Date operations started 2006
Description Provides a domestic schedule linking the capital
Asmara with Assab and Massawa, together with flights to
Jeddah, Khartoum, N’Djamena and Nairobi. ACMI leasing
services are also offered.
Employees total 120
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ..........................Nasreddin Ibrahim
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Asmara (ASM)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
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835 Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48198-0899, Description Operates domestic and regional passenger
USA services within Gabon.
Tel +1 734 484 4800 Fax +1 734 484 4875 History Established as National Airways Gabon. Rebranded
Email ops@nationalairlines.aero as Nationale Regionale Transport in 2009.
Website www.nationalairlines.aero Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
Parent organisation/shareholders National Air Cargo Main base Libreville LBV
Group (100%)
Date operations started December 1986 Nature Air [5C] (NRR)
Description Operates international cargo flights linking Hangar 27, Tobías Bolanos Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica
Detroit’s Willow Run Airport with Sharjah, via Hahn, as Tel +506 2299 6000 Fax +506 2220 0413
well as worldwide on-demand cargo charters, primarily Email info@natureair.com Website www.natureair.com
for the automotive industry. Other operations include Parent organisation/shareholders NatureAir Holding (100%)
passenger charters in the USA and Canada, as well as Date operations started 1991
Civil Reserve Air Fleet flights to Bagram air force base Description Operates an extensive scheduled route
and Kandahar in Afghanistan, and scheduled corporate network throughout Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua,
shuttle services for Chrysler Group. as well as regional charter flights for tour operators
History Established as Murray Air, operating Part 125 and sightseeing tours.
cargo services with modified Mitsubishi MU-2 turboprops. History Founded in 1990 as Travel Air by two Alaska aviators,
Acquired by New York-based global freight forwarder National operating tourist flights between selected destinations.
Air Cargo Group in November 2006. Rebranded as National ut up for sale in 2000 and acquired by CEO Alex Khasjavi
Airlines in early 2008. In February 2011 the airline was and family, owners of the California-based eco resort
authorised to operate worldwide passenger charters with consulting company Naturegate. Subsequently rebranded
a Boeing 757-200 aircraft. as Nature Air, becoming part of the Nature Group family.
Executives Became the world’s first airline to compensate for 100%
President................................................... Steve Harrison of its carbon emissions from flight operations in 2004
Chief Executive Officer................................Preston Murray under a scheme certified by the Costa Rican government.
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 747-400 Executives
1 x Boeing 757-200 Chief Operations Officer ............................Roberto Kopper
2 x Douglas DC-8-70 General Manager.............................................Carlo Sosto
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60 Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 90
Main base Detroit (YIP) 2 x Cessna CE208
3 x DHC6-300
National Airways (NAC) [YJ] (NTN) Main base San Jose (SYQ)
PO Box 293, Lanseria, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1748, Hubs Liberia (LIR)
South Africa
Tel +27 11 267 5000 Fax +27 11 267 5054 Naturelink Charters (NRK)
Email marketing@nac.co.za Website www.nac.co.za South Africa
Parent organisation/shareholders Imperial (62%), Provided fixed wing and helicopter charter services for
management (38%) corporate, leisure and tourist sectors from Wonderboom
Date operations started 25 May 1946 Airport. Also operated worldwide contract flying for various
Description South African general aviation company offering oil companies and international corporations. It was
a wide range of products and services for both fixed-wing acquired by National Airways in 2010 and its operations
aircraft and helicopters. Operations include maintenance, were gradually merged into the Lanseria-based company.
pilot training, aircraft and spares sales, and aviation The Naturelink name finally disappeared in mid-2011.
management. NAC Charter is the flight operations and
charter division. NAYSA [ZN] (NAY)
History In July 1999 Safair purchased NAC. At the same time, Aeropuerto de Gran Canaria, Parcela 9 del Zima, Apartado
Streamline Aviation merged into NAC to form NAC Charter. 50, 35230 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Executives Tel +34 928 218 100 Fax +34 928 579 603
Chairman................................................... Ralph Boettger Email dirgeneral@bintercanarias.com Website www.naysa.es
Chief Executive Officer.................................Martin Banner Parent organisation/shareholders Canarias de Aviacion
Chief Financial Officer.....................................Hennie Smit (75%), Serair (25%)
Operations Director..................................... Attie Niemann Date operations started 7 May 1969
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech Baron 58 Description Operates scheduled and charter flights
2 x Beech 1900C from Gran Canaria to Tenerife, El Hierro, Las Palma and
2 x Beech 1900D La Gomera. Services are flown under the Binter Canarias
1 x Beechjet 400 brand. Air-taxi, air ambulance and crew transfer flights
3 x Beechcraft King Air 200 are also operated. Cargo operations between the islands
2 x Beechcraft King Air 300 are also carried out.
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 History Formed at Cordoba as NAYSA – Navegación y
1 x Cessna S550 Servicios Aéreos, and added the word Canarios to the title
1 x Embraer EMB-120ER when starting operations in the Canary Islands in 1973.
5 x Embraer EMB-120RT Relocated to Las Palmas, under new proprietors in 1977.
1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 4 Executives
2 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 9 President ......................................Pedro Augustin Castillo
3 x Hawker Beechcraft King Air Operations Director ...........................Jose Antonio Carrillo
8 x Pacific Aerospace PAC 750X General Manager .........................................Jose Santana
1 x Partenavia AP68TP-100 Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 72-200
1 x Pilatus PC-12 8 x ATR 72-500
1 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800 Main base Las Palmas LPA
1 x Beechcraft Premier
1 x Socata TBM850 Nayzak Air Transport (NZA)
Main base Lanseria (HLA) PO Box 90132, Aljala Road, Metiegha Airport, Tripoli, Libya
Hubs Gaborone (GBE), Durban (DUR), Cape Town (CPT) Tel +218 21 351 0192 Fax +218 21 483 9997
Email info@nayzak.ly Website www.nayzak.ly
Nationale Regionale Transport Date operations started 6 June 2006
(NRT) Description Operates scheduled domestic passenger
BP821, International Airport of Libreville, Libreville, Gabon services linking Tripoli with Benghazi and Sebha.
Tel +241 06 66 90 90 Fax +241 73 25 07 International routes from Benghazi serve Athens, Madrid,
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cargo charters throughout Africa, Europe and the Middle
East. All services are flown using aircraft wet-leased from
other carriers. C
History Launched weekly charter services between Tripoli and

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Jeddah in June 2006 using wet-leased Boeing 747-200
and DC-10 aircraft. International scheduled services were
launched in November 2006.
Main base Tripoli (TIP)
Hubs Benghazi (BEN)
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Neos [NO] (NOS)

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Via Della Chiesa N-68, Somma Lombardo – VA, 21019
Varese, Italy
Tel +39 0331 232 890 Fax +39 0331 230 320
Email neos@neosair.it Website www.neosair.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Alpitour (controlled by
IFIL/Agelli Group) (99.99%), Welcome Travel Group (0.01%)
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Date operations started 8 March 2002
Description Milan-based airline operating leisure flights in
southern Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East, Far East, H
Central and South America.
History Born as a joint venture between Alpitour parent firm
Finanziaria di Partecipazioni, which is controlled by the
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Pavel Barabas
Agnelli Group and the German tour operator TUI. Since
January 2004 Neos has been controlled by Alpitour.
Executives
Chairman..................................................... Lupo Rattazzi One of Nusantara Air Charter’s two BAe 146s J
Managing Director......................................Carlo Stradiotti
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-800 Date operations started 18 July 2010 Description Operates scheduled and charter services
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Milan Malpensa (MXP)
Description Operates charter and scheduled services
linking cities in Europe and Egypt with destinations in
between Tokyo’s suburban Chofu Airport and the Izu
Islands of Oshima, Nijima and Kozushima.
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Hubs Verona (VRN), Bologna (BLQ) the Middle East. Transporting pilgrims to Saudi Arabia History Established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Nepal Airlines [RA] (RNA)

for the Hajj and Umrah is expected to form a major part
of the airline’s business.
Kawada Industries.
Executives L
NAC Building, Kantipath, Kathmandu, 711000, Nepal History Established in Egypt by the Saudi Arabia-based Chairman...................................................... Michiya Mori

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Tel +977 1 4224497 Fax +977 1 4225348 Nesma family of companies. Chief Executive Officer...........................Hiroshi Nagahama
Email info@nac.com.np Website www.nepalairlines.com.np Executives Fleet (orders) 4 x Dornier 228-200
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Nepal General Manager .....................................Ashraf Lamloum 4 x RUAG 228-200
(100%) Finance Manager ................................Osama El-Ghandour Main base Chofu City
Description National carrier of Nepal, operating scheduled
passenger services linking Kathmandu with 37 domestic
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Cairo (CAI) New England Airlines [EJ] (NEA) N
points, and with international destinations in Asia and the 56 Airport Road, Westerly, Rhode Island, 02891-3427,
Network Aviation
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Middle East. USA
History Formed by the government of Nepal as Royal PO Box 136, Belmont, Perth, Western Australia, 6984, Tel +1 401 596 2460 Fax +1 401 596 7366
Nepal Airlines to take over all domestic routes and Australia Email flybi@biri.com Website users.ids.net/flybi/nea
the international routes between India and Nepal. Tel +61 8 9277 8977 Fax +61 8 9277 8966 Date operations started 1970
The present title was adopted in 2006.
Executives
Email ops@networkaviation.com.au
Website www.networkaviation.com.au
Description Regional airline operating high-frequency daily
scheduled services between Westerly State Airport on
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Managing Director ...................................... Manrup Shahi Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%) Rhode Island and New Shoreham Airport on Block Island.
Operations Director...........................................GP Dhakal
Fleet (orders) (3) x AVIC XAC MA60
Date operations started 1998
Description Operates corporate and passenger
Charter flights throughout the USA are also offered.
Executives Q
2 x Boeing 757-200 charter flights, as well as routine and emergency freight President......................................................Bill Bendokis
4 x DHC6-300 transport operations, throughout Australia. Charter Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN-2A
Main base Kathmandu (KTM) flights in support of the mining sector, particularly in
western Australia, are a key activity. Aircraft management
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
3 x Piper PA-32
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Neptune Air [N7] (NEP) services are also offered. Main base Westerly (WST)
47-1 Jalan Airport City 1, Airport City Business Centre,
Kota Warisan, Selangor Darul Ehsanl, 43900 Sepang,
History Established in Perth by former Skippers Aviation
executive Lindsay Evans. Over the next 10 years Network New Mexico Airlines [LW] (NMI) S
Selangor, Malaysia Aviation grew to become western Australia’s third-largest PO Box 791537, Albuquerque International Sunport,
Tel +60 3 8706 8889 / 1989 Fax +60 3 8706 0889 Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87119, USA
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regional airline. In December 2010 Qantas agreed to
Email hisham.neptune@gmail.com acquire the company and, later that month, Qantas Website www.pacificwings.com/nma
Website www.neptuneair.com announced the planned acquisition of 10 Fokker 100s Date operations started 1 July 2007
Date operations started May 2009 for operation by its new subsidiary. Network Aviation Description Commuter airline linking Albuquerque with
Description Malaysian cargo and passenger airline
offering charter and scheduled flights, as well as wet
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group
in February 2011.
several destinations in New Mexico, including Alamogordo,
Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Clovis, Hobbs and Roswell. Charters U
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and to Australia. Managing Director....................................... Lindsay Evans History Created by Pacific Wings of Hawaii to operate under
History Founded as a regional freight forwarding company, Chief Financial Officer...............................Lynton McRostie an Essential Air Service contract between Hobbs and
operating between Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer EMB-120ER Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Awarded an air operator’s certificate in May 2009. 5 x Embraer EMB-120RT Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
Executives
General Manager............................................ Salleh Abod Main base Perth PER
5 x Fokker 100 Main base Albuquerque (ABQ)
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Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200QC Nextjet [2N] (NJT)
New Central Airservice (CUK)
Main base Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

Nesma Airlines (NMA)

3177 Hondo-cho, Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, 301-0806, Japan
Tel +81 297 621 271 Fax +81 297 621 275
5 El Madina Street, El-Nozha, El-Gadida, Cairo, Egypt Website www.central-air.co.jp
Tel +202 2621 7591 Fax +202 2624 6919
Email info@nesmaairlines.com Website www.nesmaairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kawada Industries (100%)
Date operations started 1999
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Frosundaviks Alle 15, Solna, 169 70 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel +46 8 639 8538 Fax +46 8 639 8329
Email info@nextjet.se Website www.nextjet.se
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Description Provides an extensive domestic service
from Stockholm’s Arlanda and Bromma airports to
destinations concentrated mainly in northern Sweden,
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with an international extension from Orebro to Copenhagen, Niki [HG] (NLY) Executives
via Linkoping. Passenger, cargo and executive charter flights Office Park 1, Top B03, 1300 Vienna, Austria Chief Executive Officer........................... Abdullah Al Haidar
and wet-leasing services are also offered. Tel +43 1 701 260 Fax +43 1 701 2647 0 Operations Director ..........................Mohamad Al-Dosouki
History Founded as Nex Time Jet. Email info@flyniki.com Website www.flyniki.com General Manager ....................................... Majed Al-Masri
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders NL Luftfahrt (50.1%), Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
Chief Executive Officer.............................Magnus Ivarsson airberlin (49.9%) (9) x Airbus A321-200
Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe ATP Alliances airberlin, American Airlines, S7 Airlines Main base Cairo (CAI)
5 x Saab 340A Date operations started 28 November 2003
4 x Saab 340B Description Operates services to leisure destinations in Nippon Cargo Airlines [KZ] (NCA)
Main base Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) Europe and Egypt from Vienna, Salzburg and Friedrichshafen NCA Line Maintenance Hangar, Narita International Airport,
Hubs Stockholm Bromma (BMA) on behalf of tour operator Neckermann Reisen. Chiba, 282-0021, Japan
History Emerged from the former Aero Lloyd Austria Tel +81 4 76 303 946 Fax +81 4 76 303 796
NHT Linhas Aereas (NHG) operation following its acquisition by ex-Grand Prix driver Email pr@nca.aero Website www.nca.aero
Bairro Navegantes, Rua Dona Teodora 503 sala 2, Bairro and Lauda Air founder Niki Lauda. Originally known as Parent organisation/shareholders NYK Line (83.78%),
Humaita, 90240-300 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil flyNiki, the airline rebranded simply as Niki. It was acquired Nippon Express (2.73%), Yamato Group (2.61%), Suzuyo
Tel +55 51 3374 9732 Fax +55 51 3374 9795 by airberlin with a 24% shareholding in January 2004, (2.53%), others (8.53%)
Website www.voenht.com.br representing the start of the co-operation between the two Date operations started 1985
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo JMT (100%) carriers that marked the first European low-cost airliner Description Provides scheduled cargo services to destinations
Alliances TAM Linhas Aéreas alliance. Through this arrangement Niki became part of the within Asia and to Europe and the USA.
Date operations started August 2006 Air Berlin Group. In May 2010 Air Berlin indirectly increased History Established as Japan’s first all-cargo airline. Plans
Description Provides a domestic schedule linking Porto its shareholding in Niki to 49.9% and was reportedly for a possible merger with Japan Airlines International
Alegre and Curitiba with several destinations in the states considering steps to take control of the remaining shares. were abandoned in March 2010.
of Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, Santa Catarina and Sao Employees total 621 Employees total 713
Paulo. Also provides feeder services to TAM Linhas Aereas. Executives Executives
Charter services are available. President......................................................... Niki Lauda Chairman..................................................... Koji Miyahara
History Established by Grupo JMT in August 2006. Chief Executive Officer..................................... Otmar Lenz President................................................ Tetsufumi Otsuki
Employees total 106 Managing Director.................................... Christian Lesjak VP Operations ............................................. Takashi Naka
Executives Head of Flight Operations................................Peter Esther Senior Managing Director........................Yasutaka Tsuruno
Finance Director....................................Alexsandro Ribeiro Fleet (orders) 10 (5) x Airbus A320-200 VP Flight Operations.................................Minoru Nagakura
President.........................................Pedro Antonio Teixeira 4 x Airbus A321-200 Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 747-400
Fleet (orders) 6 x Let L-410UVP-E 7 x Embraer 190-100LR (14) x Boeing 747-8
Main base Porto Alegre (POA) Main base Vienna (VIE) Main base Tokyo Narita (NRT)
Hubs Curitiba (CWB)
Nile Air [NP] (NIA) NOAR Linhas Aéreas (NRA)
Nightexpress Block 8, 8/Block 1140 Abdel Hamid Badawy St, 1140 Brazil
Luftverkehrsgesellschaft (EXT) Abdel Hamid Badawy Street, Sheraton Heliopolis, Cairo, Date operations started 14 June 2010
Building 511, Room 3056, Frankfurt Airport, 60549 Egypt Date operations ceased 18 July 2011
Frankfurt, Germany Tel +20 2 2696 8057 Fax +20 2 2414 2705 Brazilian airline which served domestic routes in
Tel +49 6969 71790 Fax +49 6 9690 22101 Email info@nileair.com Website www.nileair.com northeastern Brazil from its Recife base. Began operating
Email info@nightexpress.de Website www.nightexpress.de Parent organisation/shareholders Al Tayyar Travel Group as a feeder airline for GOL from October 2010. NOAR’s
Date operations started June 1984 (100%) air operator’s certificate was suspended indefinitely on
Description Provides nightly cargo flights between Frankfurt Date operations started August 2010 18 July 2011 following a fatal crash involving one of its
and Coventry with airport-to-airport and door-to-door Description Privately-owned Egyptian airline initially LET-L-410 aircraft and on 13 July 2011, and the
services. Also undertakes ad hoc cargo charter flights licensed to operate scheduled services linking Cairo subsequent discovery of irregularities with the airline’s
throughout Europe, as well as contract flights between with destinations in Saudi Arabia Charter flights and aircraft and maintenance documentation.
Eindhoven and Coventry and Coventry to Liège. ACMI leasing services are also offered.
Executives History Founded by Dr Nasser A Al-Tayyer, head of Saudi Nok Air [DD] (NOK)
Managing Director...................................... Yvonne E Boag Arabian travel services firm Al-Tayyar Travel Group. The 183 Rajanakarn Building, 17th floor, South Sathorn Road,
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 99 airline was awarded its air operator’s certificate on Yannawa, Sathorn, Bangkok, 10120, Thailand
2 x Shorts SD.360-300 1 November 2009 and launched services in August Tel +662 627 2000 Email sanjai.boo@nokair.com
Main base Frankfurt FRA 2010, initially operating on behalf of Libyan Airlines with Website www.nokair.com
Hubs Coventry CVT two leased Airbus A320s. Parent organisation/shareholders Thai Airways
International (49%), Patee Sarasin & other Nok Air
managers (30%), Siam Commercial Bank (11%), other
minor shareholders (5%)
Alliances nok mini, Thai Airways International
Date operations started 23 July 2004
Description Thailand’s leading domestic airline is a
low-cost carrier linking Bangkok’s Don Muang airport
with around 25 destinations throughout the country.
Connections through Chang Mai are offered via a
codeshare agreement with SGA Airlines, operating
under the Nok mini brand.
History Established as Sky Asia by Thai Airways
International as the largest shareholder and rebranded
as Nok Airlines on 16 January 2006. A restructuring
in October 2011 saw Thai Airways International increase
its shareholding to 49%, while Nok Air’s senior management
team increased their collective shareholding to 30%.
Announced plans to launch its first international route,
to Vientiane from 14 March 2012.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................................ Patee Sarasin
Chief Financial Officer...............................Vitai Ratanakorn
Chief Operations Officer.................................Piya Yodmani
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 72-200
10 x Boeing 737-400
Tony Best

3 (2) x Boeing 737-800

1 x Saab 340B
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Nok mini [5E] (SGN)
19/18-19 Royal City Avenue (Block A), Rama 9 Road,
Bangkapi, Bangkok, 10310, Thailand
Tel +66 2 641 4190 Website www.nokmini.com
Parent organsiation/shareholders Siam General Aviation
Krasnoyarsk Regional Authority and primarily operates
a large helicopter fleet throughout Siberia. Norilsk Nickel
acquired majority control of Taimyr in December 2002. In
August 2010 NordStar signed a co-operation agreement
with KrasAvia for the creation of a new carrier, which was
History Established by Dan McKinnon, primarily to provide
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a feeder service to El Al’s gateways in North America and
to provide services for Club Med. El Al held a 24.9%
shareholding until July 2003. Acquired by World Air C
Holdings in April 2005. Scheduled services to west

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(100%) expected to launch in 2011, from Krasnoyarsk. Africa and Guyana were withdrawn in May 2008.
Alliances Nok Air Executives Executives
Date operations started 2002 President .................................................... SE Barbashin Chief Operations Officer ........................... Jeff Wehrenberg
Description Thai commuter airline providing feeder General Director................................................Kirill Buryy Chief Financial Officer.......................... William Garrett CPA
services from Chiang Mai to Nan and Udon Thani.
The company also offers passenger charter flights
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 42-500
(5) x ATR 42-600
Senior Director Flight Operations.................... David Currier
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 757-200 E
for island resorts within Thailand. 9 x Boeing 737-800 5 x Boeing 767-300

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History Formed as SGA Airlines and and began scheduled Main base Moscow (DME) Main base New York (JFK)
services in November 2004 between Bangkok and Hua Hin.
Announced co-branded services with partner NOK Air on 25 Nordwind Airlines [N4] (NWS) North Cariboo Air (NCB)
March 2007. All flights now operate as Nok mini. 8 Beregovaya Street, Building 1, Moscow, 125367, Russia PO Box 6789, Fort St John, British Columbia, V1J 4J2,
Executives
President............................................... Jain Charnnarong
Tel +7 917 566 5113 Email nw-air@mail.ru
Website www.nordwindairlines.ru
Canada
Tel +1 250 787 0311 Fax +1 250 787 6086
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Chief Operation Officer.................... Sittiporn Thongprasom Date operations started 2008 Email sales.team@flynca.com Website www.flynca.com
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208
3 x Saab 340B
Description Russian leisure airline operating international
charter services from Moscow Sheremetyevo to Egypt,
Parent organisation/shareholders Dan Wuthrich,
Peter Scheiwiller H
Main base Chiang Mai (CNX) Europe, the Far East, India, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Date operations started 15 May 1957
Arab Emirates. Wet-leasing services are also offered to Description Provides general charter services and support
Nolinor Aviation (NRL)
11600 Louis-Bisson, Mirabel, Montreal, Quebec, J7N 1G9,
other carriers.
History Established by Pegas-Turistik, one of Russia’s largest
flights for oil and geological exploration companies from its
based at Fort St John airport and several hubs.
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Canada tour operators. Executives
Tel +1 514 476 0018 Fax +1 514 476 0199
Email marketing@nolinor.com Website www.nolinor.com
Executives
Director General....................................... Andrei Lengarov
President......................................................... Randy Gee
VP Flight Operations ...................................Richard Milton J
Date operations started 1997 Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A321-200 Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Baron 58
Description Provides passenger charter and cargo services 8 x Boeing 757-200 4 x Beech 1900D
within Canada and cargo charters to the USA.
History Began its operations mainly to service hunting
5 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Moscow (SVO)
5 x Beechcraft King Air 100
5 x Beechcraft King Air 200
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and fishing outfitters within the Schefferville region. 2 x Beechcraft King Air 90
Executives
Managing Director............................ Jacques Prud’homme
Norfolk Air [ON]
PO Box 209, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, 2899, Australia
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
1 x Cessna 550 L
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200 Tel +61 6723 24272 Fax +61 6723 24276 1 x Cessna U206F

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5 x Convair 580 Website www.norfolkair.com 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Main base Mirabel (YMX) Date operations started 1 November 2006 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Description Established as a government business 1 x Piper PA-31-300
Nordavia – Regional Airlines [5N] enterprise providing scheduled links from Norfolk Island Main base Calgary (YYC)
(AUL)
Arkhangelsk Talagi Airport, Arkhangelsk, 163053, Russia
to Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney. All
services are provided by Our Airline.
Hubs Edmonton (YEG), Fort St John (YXJ), Fort Liard (YJF)
N
Tel +7 8182 218 800 Fax +7 8182 218 855 History Established by the government of the Australian North Wright Airways [HW] (NWL)

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Email office@nordavia.ru Website www.nordavia.ru Commonwealth Territory of Norfolk Island. Originally Bag Service 2200, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories,
Parent organisation/shareholders Norilsk Nickel (100%) operated services using aircraft wet-leased from both X0E 0V0, Canada
Alliances Aeroflot Russian Airlines Qantas and Ozjet. Announced on 26 February 2012 that Tel +1 867 587 2288 Fax +1 867 587 2962
Date operations started October 2004 it would cease operations on 26 March 2012, after Email info@north-wrightairways.com
Description Operates primarily scheduled domestic and
regional services from its Arkhangelsk base and hubs at
the government decided to withdraw from the airline
business and stopped Norfolk Air’s funding.
Website www.north-wrightairways.com
Description Operates scheduled flights for passengers and
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Moscow and Murmansk. Charter flights are also offered. Executives freight, serving several communities in the Northwest
History Formed in 1963 as Arkhangelsk United Aviation
Squadron and became AVL Arkhangelskie in 1995.
Chief Executive Officer................................... Jeff Murdoch
Main base Norfolk Island (NLK)
Territories. Charter flights are also offered for freight,
sightseeing, fishing or hunting trips. Q
On 11 August 2004 Aeroflot Russian Airlines acquired History Formerly known as Nahanni Air Services and
51% of Arkhangelsk Airlines and renamed the airline Norse Air (NRX) North Wright Air.
Aeroflot-Nord, becoming Aeroflot’s second regional
airline. Rebranded as Nordavia on 1 December 2009.
Norse Air Charter, PO Box 781326, RSA Sandton,
Johannesburg, 2146, South Africa
Executives
President.................................................... Warren Wright
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In March 20110, Aeroflot completed the sale of its Tel +27 11 6660800 Fax +27 11 6660820 Vice President.............................................Carolyn Wright
51% shareholding to Norilsk Nickel.
Executives
Email operations@norseair.co.za
Parent organisation/shareholders Lonrho Africa (43%),
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
1 x Beech 99 S
General Director..........................................Oleg Usmanov others (57%) 1 x Beech 99A
Description Provides a charter service for passengers and
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Director of Flight Operations.....................Vladimir Simonov 2 x Cessna C207
Fleet (orders) 4 x Antonov An-24RV freight throughout Africa. Also offers ACMI leasing. 2 x Cessna C207A
1 x Boeing 737-300 Executives 2 x Cessna CE208
13 x Boeing 737-500 Chief Executive Officer......................................David Avnit 1 x Cessna U206C
Main base Arkhangelsk (ARH)
Hubs Murmansk (MMK), Moscow (SVO)
Managing Director............................................Nadja Avnit
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Cessna U206G
1 x DHC6-100 U
1 x Gulfstream III 1 x DHC6-300
NordStar [X6] (TYA)
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Main base Lanseria (HLA) 1 x Britten-Norman BN2A
7 Sevastopolskaya Street, Norilsk, 125130, Russia 2 x Pilatus PC-6/B
Tel +7 495 783 00 44 Fax +7 3919 460 201 North American Airlines [NA] (NAO) Main base Norman Wells (YVQ)
Email info@nordstar.su Website www.taimyravia.ru JFK International Airport, Building 141, Federal Circle,
Parent organisation/shareholders Taimyr Air
Date operations started 17 June 2009
Jamaica, New York, 11430, USA
Tel +1 718 656 2650 Fax +1 718 995 3372
Northeast Shuttles
4th Lane Sukanto Nagar, Jessore Road, Kolkata, 700113,
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Description Operates domestic scheduled services Email nwood@northamericanair.com Website www.flynaa.com India

linking Moscow Domodedovo with Norilsk, Adler/Sochi,
Krasnoyarsk and St Petersburg. International charter
flights are also operated from Moscow.
History Established as the Moscow division of established
Siberian carrier Taimyr Airlines. Taimyr was founded in
2002 as a joint venture between Norilsk Nickel and the
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Parent organisation/shareholders Global Aviation Tel +91 33 2567 6277 Fax +91 33 2567 6276
Holdings (100%) Email Info@Northeastshuttles.com
Date operations started 20 January 1990 Website www.northeastshuttles.com
Description Carrier providing domestic and international Description Provides tourist charters, cargo flights
charter flights, also offering wet lease services to
other carriers.
and medical evacuation services in the northeast region
of India. Frequent destinations served from its Kolkata base
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include Ranchi, Gaya, Agartala, Delhi, Guwahati, Silchar, Fleet (orders) 3 x BAe Jetstream 31 Date operations started 1975
Imphal, Aizwal, Asansol, Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Patna 3 x BAe Jetstream 32 Description Offers corporate and freight charter
and Varasani. 1 x Beech 99 transportation.
Executives 1 x Cessna A185F History Founded by Raymond Bellangeras as Air Affaires
Managing Director ......................................... Shoba Mani 1 x Cessna C210L Gabon. The company went into liquidation in 1996 but
Fleet (orders) 1 x Dornier 228-200 Main base Fort Smith (YSM) re-emerged and completed a merger later that year with
Main base Kolkata (CCU) Hubs Edmonton (YXD), Grande Prairie (YQU), Kelowna (YLW), Gabon Air Transport (founded 1978), becoming Nouvelle
Yellowknife (YZF) Air Affaires Gabon in the process. In common with other
Northern Air Cargo [D1] (NAC) airlines of Gabon, the airline is included in the list of air
Old International Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, Norwegian [DY] (NAX) carriers banned by the EU.
USA Oksenoyveien 10A, PO Box 115, 1330 Fornebu, Norway Employees total 108
Tel +1 907 243 3331 Fax +1 907 249 5190 Tel +47 67 59 30 00 Fax +47 67 59 30 01 Executives
Email info@northernaircargo.com Email post@norwegian.no Website www.norwegian.no General Director.......................... Hermine Bongo Ondimba
Website www.northernaircargo.com Parent organisation/shareholders HBK Invest (27.48%), Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
Parent organisation/shareholders Saltchuk Resources Awilco Invest (6.47%), Finnair (4.77%), others (61.28%) 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
(100%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings norwegian.se (100%) 1 x Canadair CL601
Date operations started 1956 Date operations started January 1993 1 x Cessna CE208
Description Alaska’s first scheduled all-cargo airline, Description Norwegian is Scandinavia’s second-largest 1 x Fokker 100
offering services to destinations within Alaska, Canada airline, operating a high-frequency, low-cost flight schedule 1 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800
and the USA from its Anchorage base and hub at Fairbanks over almost 240 routes to more than 90 destinations Main base Libreville (LBV)
International airport. in Scandinavia, across Europe and to north Africa and
History Established as charter freight service at Anchorage the Middle East. Nova Airways [O9] (NOV)
in 1956 by Bobby Sholton and Morrie Carlson. Ownership History Formed as Busy Bee Airservice in 1967. It then The Nile Avenue, Kuwaiti Building, Ground Floor, Khartoum,
later passed entirely to the Sholton family. In February 2006 operated between 1972 and 1980 as Air Executive Sudan
the airline and its subsidiaries were acquired by Seattle- Norway and reformed as Norwegian Air Shuttle. From the Tel +249 183 775 965 Fax +249 183 744 742
based Saltchuk Resources. establishment of the new company in 1993 and up to Email marketing@novaairways.com
Executives the spring of 2003, the company operated flights on behalf Website www.novaairways.com
President & CEO............................................... David Karp of Braathens in Norway. The 737 low-cost operation started Date operations started 2000
Chief Executive Officer................................. William Fowler in September 2002. A new hub was opened at Helsinki Description Operates a domestic service from Khartoum
Chief Financial Officer...................................Philip Okeson Vantaa in October 2010. One month after launching services to El Fasher, Juba, Nyala and Port Sudan. International
VP Flight Operations.....................................Timo Saarinen from Gothenburg’s Landvetter Airport, it became Norwegian’s services are planned.
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200 latest hub in March 2011. History Established as a Travel Agency in 1925. Expanded
1 x Boeing 737-300 Executives into the aviation business in 2001.
1 x Douglas DC-6 Chairman..........................................................Bjorn Kise Executives
4 x Douglas DC-6A Chief Executive Officer.......................................Bjorn Kjos CEO & Managing Director.................................Widaa Nour
Main base Anchorage (ANC) Chief Financial Officer.................................... Frode E Foss Finance Director......................................... Mubarak Elyas
Hubs Fairbanks (FAI) Chief Operations Officer................................Asgeir Nyseth Operations Director ....................................Suliman Al-Haj
Fleet (orders) (100) x Boeing 737 MAX Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Northern Thunderbird Air (NTA) 14 x Boeing 737-300 2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
3900 Grumman Road, Prince George, British Columbia, 49 (79) x Boeing 737-800 Main base Khartoum (KRT)
V2N 4M6, Canada (5) x Boeing 787-8
Tel +1 250 963 9611 Fax +1 250 963 8422 Main base Oslo (OSL), Trondheim (TRD) Novair [N9] (NVR)
Email info@ntair.ca Website www.ntair.ca Hubs Gothenburg (GOT), Copenhagen (CPH, Stavanger (SVG), PO Box 45439, 104 31 Stockholm, Sweden
Parent organisation/shareholders Central Mountain Air Warsaw (WAW), Bergen (BGO), Helsinki (HEL) Tel +46 8 673 8600 Fax +46 8 673 8639
Date operations started 1971 Email info@novair.se Website www.novair.net
Description Provides a charter service throughout Canada, Nouvelair Tunisie [BJ] (LBT) Parent organisation/shareholders Kuoni Travel Holding
together with scheduled weekday flights from Prince George Zone Touristique, Dkhila, BP 66, 5065 Monastir, Tunisia (100%)
to Tsay Keh and Fortware, and from Smithers to Dease Tel +216 73 52 06 00 Fax +216 73 52 06 66 Date operations started November 1997
Lake and Bobquinn. Email info@nouvelair.com.tn Website www.nouvelair.com.tn Description Operates charter flights from Stockholm to the
History Established through the 1971 amalgamation of Parent organisation/shareholders Aziz Milad (through Mediterranean and the Canary Islands, and also provides
two airlines based in northern British Columbia: Northern Tunisian Travel Services Group (60%), others (40%) long-haul services to Thailand, India, Brazil, Dominican
Mountain, which began operations in 1959, and Date operations started 21 March 1990 Republic, Mexico and Cuba.
Thunderbird, which started in the early 1960s. Description Operates tourist charters from European cites History Novair commenced operations with flights from
Executives to Tunisia’s holiday resorts. Stockholm to the Canary Islands and Phuket in Thailand, on
General Manager............................................... Bill Hesse History Founded as an a affiliate of French operator Air behalf of its parent company Apollo Resor, in 1997. On 1
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech 1900C Liberté, known as Air Liberté Tunisie. The Tunisian Travel January 2001 Swiss-based Kuoni Travel Holding increased
1 x Beech 1900D Service Group became the majority shareholder in 1995. its stake in Novair’s parent company, Apollo Resor, from
2 x Beechcraft King Air 100 Tunisian interests acquired the stake held by Air Liberté in 45% to 100%.
1 x Beechcraft King Air 300 early 1996 and the airline was renamed as Nouvelair Tunisie Executives
1 x Cessna CE208 in March 1996. Acquired the Karthago Group’s majority Managing Director.......................................... Anders Fred
1 x Dornier 328-100 interest in Karthago Airlines as part of a merger, announced Finance Manager...................................... Marie Edjarsson
Main base Prince George (YXS) in October 2008. Nouvelair subsequently took over the Flight Operations Manager............................... Per Nilsson
Hubs Smithers (YYD), Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC) control and management of both Karthago Airlines and Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A321-200
Egyptian subsidiary Koral Blue. The Karthago merger was Main base Stockholm Arlanda (ARN)
Northwestern Air [J3] (PLR) completed in November 2009 and the carrier had been fully
PO Box 23, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, X0E 0P0, integrated into Nouvelair by January 2011. Nusantara Air Charter (SJK)
Canada Executives Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, 2nd Floor A54/PK, Jakarta,
Tel +1 867 872 2216 Fax +1 867 872 2214 Chairman............................................. Belhassen Trabelsi 13610, Indonesia
Email info@nwal.ca Website www.nwal.ca Chief Executive Officer ............................... Aziz Millad Aziz Tel +62 21 80870707
Parent organisation/shareholders Harrold family (100%) General Director........................................... Chokri Zarrad Date operations started 2005
Date operations started 1968 Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A320-200 Description Indonesian cargo and passenger charter airline.
Description Provides passenger services from its main base 2 x Airbus A321-200 Also operates regular cargo flights between Jayapura on
at Fort Smith airport, including scheduled flights serving 1 x Bombardier CL604 the Island of Papua and Waimens.
Fort McMurray, Cold Lake, Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton Main base Monastir (MIR) History Launched executive passenger charter services
and Yellowknife. Hubs Djerba (DJE), Tunis (TUN) with a single Fokker F28-4000 in 2005. Introducing A BAE
History Started as a leasing company but commenced flying Systems 146-100 (QT) freighter into services in June 2009
operations in 1968, expanding to scheduled passenger Nouvelle Air Affaires Gabon (NVS) for cargo charter work.
services in 1984. Aeroport International Leon Mba, Libreville, Gabon Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-200
Executives Tel +241 73 20 10 Fax +241 73 01 92 1 x Canadair CL601
President...................................................... Terry Harrold Email ops@sn2ag.com Website www.sn2ag.com Main base Jakarta (HLP)

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OLT Express Poland (YAP) Marfin Investment Group. These assets constituted a
465 Pulawska Street, 02-844 Warsaw, Poland 100% shareholding in Olympic Airlines. Olympic Air and
Tel +48 22 644 9868 Fax +48 22 644 5289
Email sekretariat@yesairways.pl Website www.oltexpress.com
Aegean Airways formally notified the European Commission
of their intended merger on 24 June 2010. In February C
Parent organisation/shareholders Amber Gold (100%) 2011 the merger was rejected by the EC on the grounds
Date operations started 29 April 2011
D
it would give the combined carrier a 95% share of the
Description Operates a domestic service linking Waesaw Greek domestic market.
with Gdansk, Krakow, Katowice, Rzeszow, Lodz, Wroclaw, Executives
Poznan and Szczecin. President & CEO.............................. Dionysis Malamatinas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Warsaw (WAW)
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
5 x Airbus A320-200 E
1 x ATR 42-300
OLT Jet Air [O2]
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10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
ul. Slowackiego 206, 80-298 Gdansk, Poland 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Tel +48 22 868 4581 Email office@oltjetair.com Main base Athens (ATH)
Website www.oltjetair.com

Okay Airways [BK] (OKA)

Alliances OLT Express
Date operations started 2005
Oman Air [WY] (OMA)
P.O Box 58, Seeb International Airport, 111 Muscat, Oman
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No 16 Tianzhu Zhong Road, Section A, Tianzhu Konggang, Description Operates scheduled services linking Kraków and Tel +968 24 519 327 Fax +968 24 510 924

Shun Yi District, Beijing, 101312, China
Tel +86 10 5923 7777 Fax +86 10 5923 7590
Email ok@okair.net Website www.okair.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Da Tian W Group
(63%), others (37%)
Date operations started 11 March 2005
Description Operates domestic passenger and charter
services in addition to cargo charters from its hub at
Tianjin Binhai International Airport.
History Established as China’s first privately-owned airline,
and received its air operator’s certificate from the Civil
Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on 27 February
2005. In March 2010 the Da Tian W Group acquired the
Juneyao Group’s 63% shareholding.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Shusheng Wang
Chief Executive Officer .................................... Weining Liu
Gdansk with Bremen, Hamburg, Nuremburg and Rotterdam.
Also offers charter flights and wet-leasing services.
History Established as aviation brokerage and aviation charter
flight provider. Operated scheduled domestic services on
behalf of LOT Polish Airlines, using BAe Jetstream 32
turboprops from late 2005 until late 2007. Concentrated
from 2008 on flying own-brand scheduled and charter flights.
Executives
President & CEO.....................................Krysztof Wicherek
Operations Manager .......................... Mlotkovski Zbigniew
Fleet (orders) 3 x Fokker 100
3 x Saab 2000
1 x Saab 340
Main base Bydgoszcz (BZG)
Olympic Air [OA] (NOA)
1st km Varis Koropiou, Ifaistou Street, 194 00 Koropi,
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Email usama@omanair.aero Website www.omanair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Oman government
(98.825%), others (1.8%)
Alliances British Midland International, Emirates, Etihad
Airways, Gulf Air, Malaysia Airlines, S7 Airlines
Date operations started May 1993
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Description National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman.
Operates scheduled regional and international services
throughout the Gulf, Middle East, Indian sub-continent and J
Europe, and to selected points in the Far East, Africa and
Indian Ocean. Domestic schedules between Muscat and
Salalah and passenger and cargo charters are also operated.
History Formed as the result of a merger of the former
K
Gulf Air Light Aircraft division and Oman International
Services, as Oman Aviation Services. Long-haul services,
initially from Muscat to London Gatwick and Bangkok L
were launched in November 2007. On 21 April 2008

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Fleet (orders) 4 x AVIC XAC MA60 Greece parent company Oman Aviation Services changed its
1 x Boeing 737-300 Tel +30 21 0363 0123 Fax +30 21 0355 0632 corporate name, becoming Oman Air. During 2009 the
9 (12) x Boeing 737-800 Website www.olympicair.com airline initiated a change its focus and business model
Main base Tianjin (TSN) Parent organisation/shareholders Marfin Investment from that of a regional carrier, with the objective of becoming

OLT Express [OL] (OLT)

Group (100%)
Alliances Aegean Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Delta Air Lines,
a truly world-class international airline.
Executives
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Postfach 20 30, Gorch-Fock-Strasse 103, 26700 Emden, Egyptair, Etihad Airways, KLM, Meridiana fly Chairman...............................Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki

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Germany Date operations started 29 September 2009 Chief Executive Officer..................................Wayne Pearce
Tel +49 492 1 899 2 0 Fax +49 492 1 899 222 Description Privately-owned successor to Greek state- Chief Financial Officer....................................Japeen Shah
Email info@oltexpress.de owned flag carrier Olympic Airways which took over from Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A330-200
Website www.oltexpress.de www.flieofd.de its predecessor at midnight on 29 September 2009. 3 x Airbus A330-300
Parent organisation/shareholders Amber Gold (100%)
Alliances Brussels Airlines, Icelandair, Jet Air, Scandinavian
The initial route network serves 10 European and
20 domestic destinations, in addition to Greek public
2 x ATR 42-500
2 x Boeing 737-700
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Airlines, Swiss service obligation flights. 13 (6) x Boeing 737-800
Date operations started 1958
Description Operates regional scheduled flights, linking
History On 6 March 2009 the Greek government announced
the sale of flight operations, ground handling operations
(6) x Boeing 787-8
2 (2) x Embraer 175-200LR Q
Bremen with Brussels, Copenhagen, Danzig, Toulouse and and the technical base of the Olympic Airlines Group to Main base Muscat (MCT)
Zurich. Danzig is also served from Hamburg. Holiday flights
serve Usedom on the Baltic from Bremen, Basle, Munich, and
Vienna. Also offers charter flights and operates corporate
R
shuttle services between Airbus production facilities in France
and Germany. Seasonal flights also serve German resorts on
the North Sea coast under the OFD brand. S
History Founded as OLT Ostfriesische Lufttansport in Emden,

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initially specialising in taxi flights to the islands in the North
Sea. Activities were expanded to charter flights within
Europe and, since 1991, on domestic regional routes from
Bremen. Introduced corporate shuttle services between
Airbus production facilities in France, Germany and the UK in
2008, operated with Fokker 100s. Launched a jet service U
from Bremen to Brussels, Copenhagen, Danzig, Toulouse

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and Zurich, and from Hamburg to Danzig under a new OLT
Express branding in December 2011.
Executives
Chairman..................................................Bernhard Brons
Managing Director........................................Joachim Klein
VP Flight Operations.............................. Peter Nierenberger
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Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
1 x Cessna CE208
2 x Fokker 100 X
1 x Gippsland Aeronautics GA8
Eric Pajaud

3 x Saab 2000
1 x Saab 340A
Main base Bremen (BRE) OLT Express operates Saab 2000s
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Omni Air International [OY] (OAE)
PO Box 582527, 3303 N Sheridan Road, Hangar 19, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, 74158-2527, USA
Tel +1 918 836 5393 Fax +1 918 834 4850
Email rziskind@omniairintl.com Website www.omniairintl.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned
Date operations started March 1993
Description Operates international and domestic passenger
charters. It also offers wet-leasing.
History Founded in 1983, as Continental Air Transport,
as a US Part 135 operator. In 1993, the carrier expanded
and became a US Part 121 Supplemental Air Carrier.
Omni began passenger operations in December 1997,
after receiving Department of Transport authority in
November 1997.
Executives
President & CEO......................................... Jeffrey Crippen
Senior Director Finance..............................Alandra Baggett
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 757-200
2 x Boeing 767-200
5 x Boeing 767-300
2 x Boeing 777-200
Main base Oklahoma City (OKC)
OneJetOne (OJN)
OneJetOne Airways Kenya Limited, P.O. Box 47969,
Mombasa Road, Approaching JKIA, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
Tel +254 729 407100 Email info@onejetone.com
Website www.onejetone.com
Description Nairobi-based low-cost start-up airline planning
to launch services on domestic and African regional routes
as well as services to Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The fleet is expected to be made up of Airbus A330 and
A320 aircraft.
History The company is led by Arjun Ruzaik, who previously
tried to establish a Sri Lankan start-up airline, AirSouthAsia.
Onejetone is still awaiting government approval.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Arjun Ruzaik
Operations Director............................................Kim Patel
Main base Nairobi (NBO)
Onur Air [8Q] (OHY)
Senlik Mahallesi No 2 Gatal Sok, N. 3 Senlikkoy-Florya,
34153 Istanbul, 34810, Turkey
Tel +90 212 663 2300 Fax +90 212 663 2319
Email sales@onurair.com.tr Website www.onurair.com.tr
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Date operations started May 1992
Description Turkish charter carrier flying to points in
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. In addition
to its own fleet, other aircraft are often leased in to provide
additional capacity during the peak summer months.
Also provides scheduled domestic services since
deregulation of the local market.
History Commenced operations with two leased Airbus
A320s. Launched low-fare domestic services in 2003.
Executives
Chairman & CEO..............................Hamit Cankut Bagana
VP Operations...........................................Ercan Peksapici
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A300B4-600
10 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A321-100
7 x Airbus A321-200
4 x Airbus A330-300
Main base Istanbul (IST)
OpenSkies [EC] (BOS)
Bat 519, 5, allée du Commandant Mouchotte,
Paray Vieille Poste, 91781 Wissous, France
Tel +33 1 7422 4200 Fax +33 1 7422 4220
Email info@flyopenskies.aero Website www.flyopenskies.com
Parent organisation/shareholders British Airways (100%)
Alliances American Airlines
Date operations started 19 June 2008
Description Paris-based British Airways subsidiary operating
all-business class services linking Paris Orly with Newark.
Services offer two levels of accommodation, with lie-flat
beds and reclining seats.
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History Developed as Project Lauren to take advantage
of the new EU-US open skies agreement. Following
the takeover of L’Avion and the merger with OpenSkies
in August 2008, the airline began operating under
Elysair’s air operator’s certificate in August 2009.
Elysair adopted the OpenSkies brand at the end of
August 2009. Launched services from Paris Orly to
Washington Dulles International Airport on 3 May 2010,
but in September 2011 announced their suspension,
from 29 October 2011.
Executives
Managing Director........................................Patrick Malval
Executive Vice President................................ Marc Rochet
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Paris Orly (ORY)
Orbest Orizonia Airlines [TY] (IWD)
St. Rita Levi S / N, Edificio Orizonia Corporacion, Parc Bit,
Baleares, 07121 Palma de Mallorca, 07012, Spain
Tel +34 971 076 600 Fax +34 971 713 184
Email iberworld@iberworld.com Website www.orbest.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Orizonia (100%)
Alliances Air Europa, Iberia
Date operations started 12 April 1998
Description Operates charter flights from the Balearic
and Canary Islands to European destinations, north Africa,
and South America, as well as scheduled flights on
domestic routes.
History Founded by GI (Grupo Iberostar), one of Spain’s
largest tourist enterprises. On 1 May 2011 the airline
rebranded, taking the name of its Portuguese subsidiary
carrier, Orbest, the airline brand of the Orizonia Corporacion.
Executives
Director General......................................Emeterio Lorente
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A330-300
Main base Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
Hubs Lisbon (LIS)
Orenair [R2] (ORB)
Orenburg Airport, Orenburg District, Orenburg,
Orenburgskaya Region, 460049, Russia
Tel +7 3532 311 555 Fax +7 3532 419 878
Email avia@aviaren.ru Website www.oal.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (100%)
Alliances S7 Airlines
Date operations started 1992
Description Operates domestic and international schedules
to Dushanbe, Dusseldorf, Hannover and Khudzhand. Also
operates extensive domestic and international charters and
carries out aerial work.
History Formed from the Aeroflot Orenburg Division, the
airline was renamed Orenburg Airlines in 1992. The
business was converted into a joint stock company
in January 2011. Orenair was one of six airlines selected
in February 2011 to be integrated into Aeroflot. Aeroflot
completed the planned acquisition from Rostekhnologii
of 100% of Orenair in November 2011.
Executives
General Director.........................................Boris Portnikov
First Deputy General Director.......................Sergey Lazarev
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400
3 x Boeing 737-500
14 x Boeing 737-800
1 x Boeing 777-200
35 x PZL An-2
2 x PZL An-2T
1 x Tupolev Tu-154M
1 x Tupolev Tu-204-100
Main base Orenburg (REN)
Hubs Orsk (OSW)
Orient Thai Airlines [OX] (OEA)
18 Rachadapisek Road, Klongtoey, Bangkok, 10110,
Thailand
Tel +66 2 229 4260 Fax +66 2 229 4278
Email reservation@orient-thai.com Website www.orient-thai.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Private (Thai) (100%)
Description Operates charter services and scheduled flights
in Southeast Asia.
History The carrier was formerly known as Cambodian
International Airlines.
Executives
Chairman & CEO........................... Udom Tantiprasongchai
Chief Operations Officer............................. Cho Ting Tsang
Chief Financial Officer...................... Nida Tantiprasongchai
Managing Director................................Kajit Habanananda
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-300
3 x Boeing 747-300
2 x Boeing 747-400
2 x Boeing 767-300
5 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Bangkok (DMK)
Oriental Air Bridge [O3] (NGK)
598-2 Mishima-cho, Omura-shi, Nagasaki, Omura,
856-0816, Japan
Tel +81 957 53 7111 Fax +81 957 53 6592
Email info@orc-air.co.jp Website www.orc-air.co.jp
Alliances All Nippon Airways
Description Provides a charter service throughout
southern Japan, together with a service between
Nagasaki and Fukuoka.
History Renamed Oriental Air Bridge from Nagasaki
Airways in March 2001.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer........................ Kunihisa Yamaguchi
Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
Main base Nagasaki (NGS)
Hubs Fukuoka (FUK)
Our Airline [ON] (RON)
Nauru Air Corporation, Level 3, 99 Creek Street, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia
Tel +61 7 3229 6455 Fax +61 7 3229 6344
Email kurt.bkindkamp@ourairline.com.au
Website www.ourairline.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Nauru (Nauru Air) (100%)
Alliances Qantas
Date operations started 14 February 1970
Description The national airline of Nauru, operating
scheduled international services to other Pacific islands
and Australia. The airline also provides services on a
charter basis.
History The airline started operations as Air Nauru with
an experimental service between Nauru and Brisbane,
and later added regular schedules. The airline was
corporatised in 1996 as the Nauru Air Corporation.
In 1998 it came under the regulatory control of the
Civil Aviation Authority of Australia (CASA) and is a
select foreign carrier holding an Australian Air Operators
Certificate. The airline was rebranded as Our Airline
(“Our” standing for Oceanic United Republics) and
relaunched on 14 October 2000.
Executives
Chairman & Operations Manager..................... Kevin Power
Chief Executive Officer..................................Karam Chand
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Nauru Island (INU)
Overland Airways [OJ] (OLA)
17 Simbiat Abiola Road, Off Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way,
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel +234 1 270 7550 Fax +234 1 270 7548
Email admin@overland.aero Website www.overland.aero
Parent organsiation/shareholders Landover Co
Date operations started 24 November 2003
Description Operates domestic flights from Lagos and
Ibadan to Abuja, Ilorin, Minna and Asaba. Charter flights
and holiday tours are also provided.
History Incorporated on 17 September 1998 as a charter
and scheduled local airline.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................... Edward Boyo
Chief Operating Officer.................................. Aanu Benson
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-300
2 x Beech 1900D
Main base Lagos (LOS)
Hubs Ibadan (IBA)
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Main base Vancouver (YVR) Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech H18
Hubs Victoria (YYJ), Powell River (YPW), Port Hardy (YZT), 1 x Cessna C210L
Bella Bella (ZEL), Williams Lake (YWL), Cranbrook (YXC),
Campbell River (YBL), Bella Coola (QBC)
1 x Cessna C421C
1 x Cessna U206E C
2 x Cessna U206F
Pacific Royale
D
6 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Jakarta, Indonesia Main base Manila (MNL)
Email djfj@kddfsjka.com Website www.pacificroyale.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Goenarni Gunawan Pakistan International Airlines [PK]
(51%), Tarun Trikha (49%)
Description Start-up carrier planning to launch domestic
(PIA)
PIA Head Office, Old Airport, Terminal 1, Karachi, 75200, E
services from Jakarta in late March 2012, initially serving Pakistan

Surabaya and Batam. Plans call for operations from
additional hubs at Batam, Medan and Surabaya, before
expanding its domestic network to satellite cities and also
starting international services, to the Indian cities of
F
Tel +92 3 21 457 2011 Fax +92 3 21 457 2225
Email info@piac.aero Website www.piac.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Pakistan (82.85%), PIA Employees Empowerment Trust (9%),

P.C. Air [9S] (PCA)

184/233 Forum Tower34 Floor, Ratchadaphisek Road,
Hauykwang, Bangkok, 10320, Thailand
Tel +66 2 645 2398/ 2399 Fax +66 2 645 2397
Email Info@pcair.com Website www.pcairline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Chatrawiwat
Klumkomol, Piyo Chantraporn
Date operations started 15 December 2011
Description Start-up airline, initially flying charters but
planning regular flights connecting Bangkok with Incheon,
Osaka and Tokyo Narita, and later, with cities in China.
Fleet (orders) 1 x A310-200
Main base Bangkok (BKK)
Chennai and Mumbai.
History Two Indonesian investors, one of whom was
individual shareholders (3.06%), others (5.09%)
Alliances China Southern Airlines, Thai Airways International,
G
businesswoman, Gunarni Gunawan have taken a majority Turkish Airlines
Date operations started 10 May 1954
H
shareholding, while Indian investors took the remaining
shares. Description Pakistani flag carrier operating scheduled
Main base Jakarta HLP services to some 50 destinations throughout Asia, the
Middle East, Europe and North America. An extensive
Pacific Sun Airlines (PAS)
CAAFI Compound, PO Box 9270, Nadi International Airport,
domestic network links 24 destinations in Pakistan.
History Commenced with flights between West and East
I
Nadi, Fiji Pakistan (now Bangladesh), followed by the first international
Tel +679 6723 555 Email enquiries@pacificsun.com.fj
Website www.pacificsun.com.fj
route from Karachi to London on 1 February 1955.
Employees total 21,500 J
Date operations started 1 February 2007 Executives
Description Regional airline serving a domestic network Chairman..................................................Ahmed Mukhtar

Pacific Air Express (PAQ)

in Fiji, with extensions to Nukualofa, Tonga and Port Vila,
Vanuatu.
Deputy Managing Director.............................. Salim Sayani
Managing Director ................................Nadeem Yousafzai
K
97 Buchanan Road, Banyo, Brisbane, Queensland, 4014, History Fiji Airlines, trading as Pacific Sun, was incorporated Chief Financial Officer...................................Nayyar Hayyat
Australia
Tel +617 3267 0055 Fax +617 3267 1269
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Pacific. Local competitor
Sun Air, which was founded in 1980 as Sunflower Airlines,
Fleet (orders) 9 x Airbus A310-300
7 x ATR 42-500 L
Website www.pacificairexpress.com.au launched services in July 1981. Sunflower rebranded as 5 x Boeing 737-300

M
Date operations started 1993 Sun Air in December 1998 but was acquired by Air Pacific 5 x Boeing 747-300
Description Operates regular cargo charters between on 1 February 2007 and was subsequently integrated into 6 x Boeing 777-200
Brisbane, the Solomon Islands and Nauru. Also offers ad Pacific Sun. 3 (5) x Boeing 777-300
hoc regional cargo charters. All services are operated using Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-500 Main base Karachi (KHI)
aircraft chartered in as required.
History Established by Australian Gary Clifford and a Main base Nadi NAN
2 x DHC6-300 Hubs Lahore (LHE), Islamabad (ISB)
N
business partner from the Solomon Islands. The airline was Hubs Suva SUV PAL Airlines [5P] (PCP)

originally based in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara
but relocated to Brisbane because of the civil war that
erupted in the Solomon Islands in 1999.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Gary Clifford
Financial Director............................................. David Craik
Main base Brisbane BNE
Hubs Honiara HIR
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San Sebastian 2839, Of. 611, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Pacific Wings [LW] (NMI) Tel +56 2 651 0600 Fax +56 2 2481 4107
1 Kahului Airport Rd., Commuter Terminal, Kahului, Hawaii, Email rmt@srtc.cl Website www.aerolineaprincipal.cl
96732, USA Parent organisation/shareholders Chilean private
Tel +1 808 873 0877 Fax +1 808 873 7920
Email info@pacificwings.com Website www.pacificwings.com
investors (100%)
Date operations started January 2007
P
Parent organisation/shareholders Air Nevada Airlines Description Offers ad hoc and contract charters to groups,

Pacific Blue Airlines [DJ] (PBN)

(Myron Caplan) (50%), Frank Ford (50%)
Date operations started July 1974
sports teams and tour operators throughout Latin America.
History Established by a group of Chilean businessmen Q
Description Provides scheduled departures and VIP as Aerolinea Principal. In 2006 Futura International Airways
– see Virgin Australia (VOZ) charter air services throughout the states of Hawaii, was engaged to reorganise the company, but services

Pacific Coastal Airlines [8P] (PCO)

New Mexico and Texas as Pacific Wings Airlines, PW Express
and New Mexico Airlines.
were suspended following the September 2008 closure
of Futura. Resumed services in December 2008 and
R
Suite 204, 4440 Cowley Crescent, Richmond, History Incorporated originally as an on-demand charter became Principal Airlines in January 2009. Adopted
British Columbia, V7B 1B8, Canada
Tel +1 604 273 8666 Fax +1 604 273 6864
operator under the name of Air Nevada, and started
scheduled services in 1978. After Eagle Canyon Airlines
the PAL Airlines branding in 2010.
Executives S
Email reception@pacificcoastal.com acquired its network of tour operators, Air Nevada ceased General Manager........................................Kenneth Welch
Website www.pacificcoastal.com
T
operations in January 1998, changed its operating name Finance Director............................... Carlos Musiet Talguia
Parent organisation/shareholders The Smith Family (100%) to Pacific Wings and continued its scheduled services within Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200
Alliances Cargojet Airways the state of Hawaii. 2 x Boeing 737-300
Date operations started 1975 Executives Main base Santiago (SCL)
Description Offers scheduled, charter and cargo services to
18 destinations in British Columbia, mostly logging
Chairman & CEO........................................ Franklin Ford Jr
President............................................... Gregory Kahlstorf Palm Aviation (PAY) U
communities and fishing lodges. Fleet (orders) 3 x Cessna CE208 PO Box 293711, Sharjah International Airport Free Zone,

V
History Founded by Daryl Smith as a result of the merger Main base Albuquerque (ABQ), Kahului (OGG) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
between Powell Air and the Port Hardy division of AirBC. On 1 Hubs Honolulu (HNL), Hoolehua (MKK) Tel +971 4 299 3100 Fax +971 4 299 3200
April 1998 Pacific Coastal acquired the assets of Wilderness Email info@palm-aviation.com Website palm-aviation.com
Airlines, which served the central coast of British Columbia. Pacificair (PFR) Date operations started 2008
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Daryl Smith
3110 Domestic Airport, Pasay City, Metro Manila 1300,
Manila, Philippines
Description Multi-discipline airline operation providing
charter flights, aircraft management and ground-handling
W
President....................................................Quentin Smith Tel +63 2 832 2731 Fax +63 2 833 7430 services.

X
Fleet (orders) 6 x Beech 1900C Website www.pacificair.com.ph Executives
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 Description Operates passenger flights, together with Chairman ...............................................Khalid Al Mutawa
4 x De Havilland Canada Beaver charters, air-taxi services and agricultural work, from its Chief Executive Officer.............................. Samer Dabbagh
4 x Grumman G-21A base in Manila. Operations Director ......................................... David Ovey
5 x Saab 340A
1 x Shorts 360-100
Executives
Managing Director....................................... Felipe Nanalig
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-300
Main base Dubai (DXB)
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Pamir Air International Date operations started 1977 History Established as Grand Canyon Helicopters by
Afghanistan Description Operates regional and international air-taxi Elling Halvorson.
Date operations started 1995 services from its base at Chambery-Aix les Bains. Fleet (orders) 16 x DHC-6-300 Vistaliner
Date operations ceased 19 March 2011 Executives Main base Grand Canyon (GCN)
Established as the first private airline to receive an air General Manager..................................... Bernard Guichon
operator’s certificate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer ERJ-135LR Passaredo Linhas Aereas [P3] (PAZ)
of the Islamic government of Afghanistan. Operated its 1 x Embraer ERJ-145LR Av. Thomaz Alberto Whatelly, s/n Lote 16, Aeroporto Leite
first international flight on 21 May 2007 between Kabul 1 x Embraer Phenom 300 Lopes, 14015-160 Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
and Dubai. 2 x Piaggio P180 Tel +55 16 3931 7100 Fax +55 16 3931 7100
Main base Chambery (CMF) Email assessora.excutiva@voepassaredo.com.br
Pan Air [PV] (PNR) Hubs Lyon (LYN) Website www.voepassaredo.com.br
Avenida Central, Parcela 1.5 B5, Centro de Carga Aerea, Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Passaredo (100%)
Aeropuerto Madrid-Barajas, 28042 Madrid, Spain Pantanal Linhas Aereas [GP] (PTN) Alliances GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes
Tel +34 91 312 0422 Fax +34 91 312 0440 c/o TAM Linhas Aereas, Ave Jurandir 856 - Lote 4 - Date operations started 1995
Email panair@panair.net (Jardim Ceci), Jardim Aeroporto Congonhas, Sao Paulo, Description Operates regional routes in Brazil serving
Parent organisation/shareholders TNT Express Spain Sao Paulo, CEP 04578-000, Brazil destinations in nine states. Also offers charter flights.
(100%) Tel +55 11 5582 8811 Fax +55 11 5071 1080 History Founded by the Passaredo bus transportation
Date operations started December 1988 Email silvana.cintra@mvl.com.br Website www.tam.com.br company as Passaredo Transportes Aereos. In April 2002 it
Description Operates on the TNT Express European Network. Parent organisation/shareholders TAM Linhas Aéreas was forced to suspend its airline operations, but these were
Executives (100%) restarted in 2004. The airline adopted revised Passaredo
General Manager................................... Elena McCormack Alliances TRIP Linhas Aereas Linhas Aéreas branding in 2008.
Fleet (orders) 6 x BAe 146-200 Date operations started 12 April 1993 Employees total 326
2 x BAe 146-300 Description Regional airline serving the south and central Executives
Main base Madrid (MAD) west markets in Brazil serving 10 destinations. President & VP Operations................................ Luiz Felicio
Hubs Barcelona (BCN), Sevilla (SVQ), Valencia (VLC), History Established following the 1992 partial deregulation. Finance Director.....................................Osvaldo Mundoca
Zaragoza (ZAZ) Became the first Brazilian airline to introduce the ATR 42 in Fleet (orders) (4) x ATR 72-600
December 1993. It won government authority in February 7 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
Pan Am World Airways Dominicana 1995 to transport Petrobras employees and cargo through 7 x Embraer ERJ-145MP
[7Q] (PWD) the Amazon region. After falling into financial difficulties, the 1 x Embraer Phenom 100
Gustavo Mejia Ricart #93, Plaza Piantini, 2 Do. Piso, airline applied, in January 2009, for bankruptcy protection Main base Ribeirao Preto (RAO)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic so as to continue operations while seeking to settle its
Tel +1 809 563 4691 Fax +1 809 563 4693 debts. In March 2009 Pantanal was purchased by TAM Payam Air [2F] (IRP)
Email information@pawad.com.do Website www.pawad.com.do Linhas Aereas, becoming its wholly-owned regional No 3 Toopchi Street, Shariati Avenue, Tehran, 15589, Iran
Description Operates scheduled domestic services subsidiary, after clearance from ANAC in December 2009. Tel +98 21 8846 8018 Fax +98 21 8846 4900
linking Santo Domingo with Punta Cana and regional Employees total 326 Website www.payamaviation.ir
services to destinations in Haiti and Puerto Rico. Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Iran Telecommunications
Also offers domestic charters. President...................................................Libano Barroso (50%), Islamic Republic of Iran Post (50%)
History Established by Pan Am owner Guilford to operate VP Finance...................................................Ricardo Froes Description Operates cargo services for the Iranian postal
scheduled flights between the Dominican Republic and Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 and telecommunications authorities, together with
Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Curacao. Acquired by Servair in 1 x Airbus A320-200 commercial services.
2005. On 10 May 2007 PAWA Dominicana was awarded Main base Sao Paulo Congonhas (CGH) History Established as IPTAS.
its new air operator’s certificate. Executives
Executives Papillon Airways [HI] General Manager......................................Ahmmad Sanaei
President................................. Juan Carlos Hernandez Snr South Rim Operations, Grand Canyon National Park Airport, Deputy Managing Director Admin & Finance.......................
General Manager................................................ Paul Cruz PO Box 455, North Highway 64, Tusayan Grand Canyon, .................................................... Mohamad Reza Sanjabi
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 31 Arizona, 86023, USA DMD Operations Technical & Commercial.....M Abbas Nejad
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 Date operations started 1965 Fleet (orders) 5 x Embraer EMB-110P
Main base Santo Domingo (SDQ) Description Operates over 40 sightseeing excursions Main base Tehran (THR)
to the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, Monument
Pan Europeenne Air Service (PEA) Valley and Page/Lake Powell. A fleet of nearly 50 Peach [MM] (APJ)
Aeroport Chambery Aix Les Bains, 73420 Le Viviers du Lac, helicopters, operated under the Papillon Grand Canyon Tajiri-cho, Sennangun, Osaka, Japan
France Helicopters brand, is augmented by a smaller fleet of De Tel +81 50 3776 6750 Website www.flypeach.com
Tel +33 4 79544268 Fax +33 4 79544645 Havilland Canada Twin Otter Vistaliners which are also Parent organisation/shareholders All Nippon Airways
Email contact@paneuropeenne.com available for charter services from bases at Boulder City, (38.67%), First Investment Group (33.3%), Innovation
Website www.paneuropeenne.com Grand Canyon and Phoenix/Scottsdale. Network Corporation of Japan (28%)
Date operations started 1 march 2012
Description Start-up airline operating services from Osaka
to Fukuoka and Sapporo. International services, initially
to Seoul Incheon, are expected before the end of 2012.
Additional domestic and international services to China, the
Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand are planned.
History Joint venture between All Nippon Airways and First
Eastern Investment Group of Hong Kong to create Japan’s
first dedicated low-cost carrier. Initially called A&F Aviation,
on 24 May 2011 it was rebranded as Peach Aviation.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Shinichi Inoue
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Osaka (KIX)

Pearl Aviation
Level 3, 19 The Mall, PO Box 338, Darwin, 0801, Australia
Tel +61 8 8982 5400 Fax +61 8 8982 5506
Email admin@pearlav.com.au Website www.pearlav.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Paspaley Pearls Group
(100%)
Bernhard Baur

Date operations started 1964

Description Provides specialist aviation services in Australia,
including air ambulance, mining site commutes, search and
People’s Vienna Line launched in 2011 flying this Embraer 170 rescue, offshore oil support and contract charter services.

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The company has long-term contracts with many of the larger Fleet (orders) 4 x Beechcraft King Air 200 History Created by Altenrhein Luftfahrt, a subsidiary of
B
Australian resource companies. 8 x Israel Aircraft Industries St Gallen-Altenrhein Airport.
History Formerly known as Skywest Aviation, the airline
acquired East-West Airlines in 1984, and was itself acquired
2 x Learjet Learjet 35
2 x Learjet Learjet 36
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer 170-100LR
Main base Altenrhein (ACH) C
by Ansett Airlines in 1987. In 1996 the company was 3 x Saab 340A
Perimeter Airlines [4B] (PAG)
D
purchased by Paspaley Pearling and in 2003 was awarded 1 x Saab 340B
the Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service contract. Main base Brisbane (BNE) 626 Ferry Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3H 0T7, Canada
Executives Hubs Darwin (DRW), Nowra (NOA) Tel +1 204 786 7031 Fax +1 204 783 5598
Chief Executive Officer................................. Michael Bitzer Email public.relations@perimeter.ca Website www.perimeter.ca
Chief Financial Officer................................... Ian Cleveland
Fleet (orders) 5 x Beechcraft King Air 200
Pelita Air Service (PAS)
Jalan Abdul Muis 52-56A, Jakarta, 10160, Indonesia
Parent organisation/shareholders Perimeter Aviation (100%)
Date operations started 1960 E
1 x Beechcraft King Air 300 Tel +62 21 231 2030 Fax +62 21 231 2063 Description Operates scheduled passenger services from

F
4 x Fairchild Metro 23 Email customerservicecharter@pelita-air.com Winnipeg to 12 destinations, and also provides advanced
1 x Grumman G-73 Website www.pelita-air.com instrument flight training, freight and medevac flights.
2 x Grumman G-73AT Parent organisation/shareholders Pertamina (90%), Executives
Main base Darwin (DRW) Patra Jara (10%) President...................................................... Mark Wehrle
Hubs Katherine (KTR), Adelaide (ADL), Alice Springs (ASP),
Broome (BME), Brisbane (BNE), Perth (PER)
Alliances Indonesia Air Transport – IAT
Date operations started 24 January 1970
VP Finance ................................................ Denis Levallee
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 99
G
Description Provides flight operation, executive transport, 1 x Beech 99A
Pegasus Airlines [PC] (PGT)
Basin Express Yolu No. 2, Halkali 34303, 34303 Istanbul,
34800, Turkey
charters, oil and gas support operations, plus general
aviation services. The airline operates on behalf of the
1 x Beech Aircraft Corporation
3 x Beech Travel Air 95 H
state oil company Pertamina. 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Tel +90 212 697 7777 Fax +90 212 693 24 44 History Established to support Pertaminas operations. Pelita 1 x Fairchild Merlin III
Email info@flypgs.com Website www.flypgs.com
Parent organisation/shareholders ESAS Holding (100%)
has been run as a stand-alone subsidiary since 1981.
Executives
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
15 x Fairchild Metro II
I
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Kyrgyz Pegasus President & CEO . ................................. Andjar Wibawanun 7 x Fairchild Metro III
Airlines (49%), airberlin (16.48%)
Alliances airberlin, Izair
EVP Production..............................................Darwin Pelavi
EVP Finance...................................... Benny Respati Budhi
Main base Winnipeg (YWG)
J
Date operations started May 1990 Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-RJ85 Perla Airlines
Description Provides holiday charter flights to the Turkish 4 x DHC7-103 Hotel Puerta del Sol, Ground Floor, Calle Los Pinos,
resorts from European countries, with an emphasis on
Germany, in addition to providing scheduled flights linking
1 x DHC7-110
1 x Fokker F-28-4000
Porlamar, Venezuela
Tel +58 295 264 7697 Fax +58 295 264 0061
K
17 destinations within Turkey. Also offers on demand 2 x Fokker 100 Email administacion@perlaairlines.com
charters and ACMI leases.
History Established as a joint venture between Aer Lingus,
5 x IPTN 212-200
1 x Piper PA-31T
Website www.perlaairlines.com
Date operations started 2010 L
Silkar Yatirim and Net Holding. Launched charter services in Main base Pondok Cabe (PCB) Description Venezuelan airline operating international

M
May 1990. Enternasyonal Turizm Yatirim acquired 85% of charter services from the resort city of Porlamar on the
the company in 1994, while Silkar retained its 15% stake. PenAir [KS] (PEN) Isla de Margarita.
Acquired outright by ESAS Holding in January 2005. 6100 Boeing Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, 99502, USA Executives
Relaunched as Turkey’s first full low-cost airline, operating Tel +1 907 243 2485 Fax +1 907 243 6848 President.............................................. Antonio Rodriguez
domestic schedules on 1 November 2005. Izmir-based
start-up carrier Izair began operating both domestic
Email info@penair.com Website www.penair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Orin Seybert (51%),
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Porlamar (PMV)
N
schedules and charter flights for Pegasus on 26 June Danny Seybert (15%), Others (34%)
Peruvian Airlines [P9] (PVN)
O
2006. Signed a strategic partnership with Izair on 30 Alliances Alaska Airlines
March 2007, taking a 20% shareholding in the carrier. Date operations started 1956 Av Jose Pardo, 495 Miraflores, Lima, Peru
ESAS subsequently increased its stake in Izair to over Description Alaskan commuter airline, operating Tel +51 1 715 6183 Email counterpardo@peruvianairlines.pe
72%. Commercial co-operation with Air Berlin began on extensive scheduled passenger and cargo services to Website www.peruvianairlines.pe
30 September 2009. Applied for a listing on the Istanbul
stock exchange in February 2011
over 85 southwestern communities, together with charter
and medevac flights.
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Kanagwa (100%)
Date operations started 29 October 2009
P
Executives History Concentrated on charter services until scheduled Description Operates domestic services linking Lima with
Chairman & CEO..............................................Ali Sabanci
Chief Financial Officer..................................... Serhan Ulga
services were added in 1973, between King Salmon and
the Pribilof Island communities, St Paul and St. George.
Arequipa, Cuzco, Iquitos, Lima, Piura, and Tacna. Chiclayo
and Trujillo are also to be added to the network. Q
General Manager......................................... Sertac Haybat During 1985 Peninsula Airways acquired all the assets History Established by Cesar Cataño’s Grupo Kanagawa.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-400 of Air Transport Services located at Kodiak. In November Executives
34 (11) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Antalya (AYT)
1991 Alaska Airlines chose Peninsula Airways to become
a codeshare partner.
Chairman.........................................Juan Morante Bardelli
General Manager...................................Mario Juan Chigne
R
Executives VP Finance................................Fernando Romana Zegarra
Pel-Air Aviation (QWA)
81-83 Baxter Road, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales,
CEO & Chairman............................................Orin Seybert
President....................................................Danny Seybert
VP Operations ..........................Roberto Rodriguez Galloso
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200 S
2020, Australia Chief Operating Officer.............................Scott Bloomquist 2 x Boeing 737-300
Tel +61 2 9667 7700 Fax +61 2 9667 7701 Main base Lima (LIM)
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VP Finance............................................ Michael Cerkovnik
Email info@pelair.com.au Website www.pelair.com.au Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
Parent organisation/shareholders Rex Group (100%) 1 x Fairchild Metro III Pet Airways (SUB)
Date operations started 1984 3 x Grumman G-21A 777 E Atlantic Ave, Suite C2-264, Delray Beach, Florida,
Description Australia’s largest operator of express freight
aircraft, offering overnight contract and ad hoc charters
2 x Saab 340A
9 x Saab 340B
33483, USA
Tel +1 888 738 2479 Email wecare@petairways.com U
through its wholly-owned subsidiary Pel-Air Express. Also Main base Anchorage ANC Website www.petairways.com

V
provides defence and government-related aviation support Hubs Dillingham (DLG), King Salmon (AKN), Cold Bay (CDB), Parent organisation/shareholders American Antiquities
operations, medivac services, special mission activities for Dutch Harbor (DUT) (100%)
international aid organisations and executive charter flights Alliances Suburban Air Freight
throughout Australasia. Air Link Airlines is a sister charter People’s Vienna Line [PE] (PEV) Date operations started 14 July 2009
operator within the Rex Group.
History Pel-Air Aviation and its wholly-owned subsidiary
c/o Airport Altenrhein AG, Flughafenstr 11, 9423
Altenrhein, Switzerland
Description US pet transportation specialist providing
coast-to-coast service linking Los Angeles, Phoenix,
W
Pel-Air Express launched services to provide the Australian Tel +41 71 858 51 65 Fax +41 71 858 51 44 Denver, Omaha, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Atlanta

express freight industry with air services on behalf of all
the major freight forwarders.
Executives
Chief Operating Officer.....................................Eugene Lee
Finance Director ............................................ Meehir Mak
VP Operations & Chief Pilot............................. Tim Turnball
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Email info@peoples.ch Website www.peoples.ch
Parent organisation/shareholders Altenrhein Luftfahrt
(100%)
Date operations started 27 March 2011
Description Swiss-based, start-up airline operating thrice
daily scheduled services between Altenrhein and Vienna.
X
and Fort Lauderdale.
History Launched services as the first airline offering
pet-only transportation in the main cabin (rather than
the cargo hold) between several major US cities. Acquired
by American Antiquities in August 2010. The airline
used specially modified Beech 1900 aircraft supplied
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and operated by Suburban Air Freight, but Suburban stopped
flying for Pet Airways in September 2011. Airline reported in
financial difficulties in February 2012.
Executives
President & CFO......................................... Andrew Warner
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Dan Wiesel
Main base Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Petra Airlines (PTR)
Hangar 5, Amman Queen Alia International Airport, Zizya,
Amman, Jordan
Tel +962 567 6212 Fax +962 567 6242
Email info@petraairline.com Website www.petraairline.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Riad Zuhair
Khashman (51%), Rum Investment for Air Transportation
(20%), Rum Group Transportation & Investment (19%),
Ghassan Muhsen Wathaffi (10%)
Description Provides charter flights and long-term
wet-leasing services. The airline also plans to launch
scheduled services as a low-cost carrier at a later date.
History Established in 2005 by Rum Group. Awarded its air
operator’s certificate on 25 November 2010.
Executives
Chairman..................................................Riad Khashman
Operations Director .................................... Jamil Amoush
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Amman (AMM)
Petroleum Air Services (VPS)
5 Drive El Batrawy St., Nasser City, PO Box 2711, Cairo,
Egypt
Tel +20 2 403 2180 Fax +20 2 402 4449
Email opheli@pas.com.eg Website www.pas.com.eg
Parent organisation/shareholders Egyptian General
Petroleum (75%), Air Logistics International (25%)
Date operations started 1982
Description Provides oil industry support operations
within and outside Egypt, and also has extensive
helicopter operations.
Executives
General Manager........................................... Gamil Mourd
Assistant Chairman – Finance........................Alaa Elayouty
Operations Manager...................................... Akram Fawzy
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier CRJ-900
5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
5 x DHC7-102
Main base Cairo (CAI)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Airline
(PTK)
St Zvyozdnaya 1, Yelizovo Airport, Yelizovo Town,
Kamchatka, 684010, Russia
Tel +7 4153 199 552 Fax +7 4152 411 631
Email reception_pkc@mail.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Federal government
of Russia (100%)
Date operations started 1948
Description Provides domestic feeder passenger services.
History Formerly Aeroflot Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Division.
Executives
Director General................................... Alexey Tverdokhleb
Finance Director.............................................Igor Diussov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-26
1 x Antonov An-26B
5 x Let L-410UVP-E
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
2 x Yakovlev Yak-40K
Main base Petropavlovsk (PKC)
PGA – Portugalia Airlines [TP] (PGA)
Aeroporto de Lisboa, Rua C. Edificio 70, 1749-078 Lisbon,
Portugal
Tel +351 21 842 55 00 Fax +351 21 842 56 25
Email pga@pga.pt Website www.portugalia-airlines.pt
Parent organisation/shareholders TAP Portugal (100%)
Date operations started 7 July 1990
Description Regional airline brand of TAP Portugal operating
scheduled international and domestic flights from Lisbon
and Porto, together with charters to Belgium, France,
Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
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History Launched scheduled domestic and international
charter flights in July 1990, at a time when Portuguese
legislation allowed only TAP to operate scheduled
international flights. Authorised to launch scheduled
international services, from Lisbon and Porto in June
1992. Acquired by TAP Portugal on 6 November 2006,
continuing to operate under its existing branding.
Employees total 547
Executives
President & CEO.............................Luiz Filipe Placido Lapa
Fleet (orders) 8 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
6 x Fokker 100
Main base Lisbon (LIS)
Hubs Porto (OPO)
PGA Express [OC] (OAV)
c/o Omni Aviacao & Tecnologia Lda, Aerodromo Municipal
Cascais, Hangar 1, 2785-612 Sao Domingos de Rana,
Portugal
Tel +351 219 457 560 Fax +351 214 458 686
Email int@oapc.pt
Date operations started 17 June 2001
Description Operates passenger services from Lisbon
to Spanish cities, including Bilbao, La Coruna, Malaga,
Pamplona and Seville. Services are operated by the
regional subsidiary of Omni Aviacao & Tecnologia under
the PGA Express brand through a franchise agreement
with PGA – Portugalia.
History Founded in 1988, evolving over two decades
into a Cascais-based international group of 18 companies.
Omni Aviacao & Tecnologia operates under five air operator’s
certificates within Portugal and abroad, in Brazil, Cape
Verde and France. Services operated under the PGA
Express brand were launched in June 2001, following
the arrival of the first of two Beech 1900D aircraft.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ........................... Joaquim Cardoso
President ........................................................Jose Costa
VP Operations.............................................Carlos Saraiva
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beechcraft 1900D
Main base Cascais
Philippine Airlines [PR] (PAL)
PNB Financial Center, Pres. Diosdado Macapagal,
CCP Complex, Pasay City, Philippines
Tel +632 777 4800 Email corpcomms@pal.com.ph
Website www.philippineairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Trust Mark Holdings
Corporation (97.731%), Others (2.269%)
Alliances Airphil Express, Cathay Pacific, Emirates,
Etihad Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Gulf Air, Malaysia Airlines,
Qatar Airways, Vietnam Airlines
Date operations started 15 March 1941
Description National carrier, operating scheduled services
to domestic and international destinations throughout Asia,
Australia and the Middle East.
History Established in February 1941 by a group of
businessmen led by Andres Soriano as Philippine Air
Lines (PAL). Operations commenced in March 1941 with
a service from Manila to Baguio. Post-war services resumed
in February 1946. Became the first Asian airline to fly to
China in June 1979. Launched services to the USA with
the Manila-Los Angeles route in December 1980. In 1992,
PR Holdings, a consortium of local banking investors,
acquired a controlling stake in PAL. The Philippine
government retained the balance of shares. Plans for a
Philippine peso (Ps) 2.5 billion ($95.4 million) rescue plan,
introduced in May 1995 following huge financial losses,
were thwarted by a dispute over share ownership. In
December 1995 Chairman Lucio Tan raised his stake in the
airline to 51% and assumed full control. Forced into
temporarily suspend operations in September 1998, after
failing to persuade its largest union to suspend its
collective bargaining agreement in return for a 20% equity
stake. Resumed domestic services with a much reduced
fleet on 7 October 1998, despite debts approaching the
value of its total assets, at $2.1 billion. International
services followed three weeks later. In May 1999, the SEC
approved a rehabilitation plan for a $200 million cash
infusion for the airline, after which three new investors took
a combined stake of just over 35%. Following the new
investments, Lucio Tan held 53.7% stake in the airline,
the Philippine government 4.3%, and PAL employees
2.7%. The airline finally completed its emergence from
receivership in October 2007. Created a new low fare
brand, PAL Express, which launched services on 22
inter-island routes from hubs at Manila and Cebu in
May 2008. Prevented from re-launching flights to Europe
in the near future by the March 2010 addition of all Filipino
carriers to the EU’s list of airlines banned from operating
in its airspace. Divested its PAL Express subsidiary in
March 2010, which was merged into start-up carrier
Airphil Express. Union unrest over an outsourcing
programme led to a sudden strike by the airline’s ground
crews union on 27 September 2011 which caused
the suspension of all flights. In early 2012 majority
shareholder Lucio Tan sold his stake to the conglomerate
San Miguel Corporation (SMC).
Executives
Chairman & CEO............................................. Lucio C Tan
President & COO........................................ Jaime Bautista
Chief Financial Officer........................... Jose Gabriel Olives
SVP Operations...................................... Julio F Hernandez
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100
13 x Airbus A320-200
8 x Airbus A330-300
4 x Airbus A340-300
5 x Boeing 747-400
2 (4) x Boeing 777-300
1 x Israel Aircraft Industries
Main base Manila (MNL)
Phuket Air [9R] (VAP)
1168/71 25th A Floor, Lumpini Tower Building, Rama IV
Road, Thungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok, 10120, Thailand
Tel +66 2 679 8999 Fax +66 2 285 6408/9
Email info@phuketairlines.com
Website www.phuketairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Ms Angkana
Abhivantanaporn (100%)
Date operations started 19 December 2001
Description Provides a charter and leasing service including
ACMI.
History Phuket Air was established as Andaman Club
by Holiday Airlines. Rebranded as Phuket Air and started
operations with two Boeing 737-200s on daily services
linking Bangkok with Phuket and Rangoon. Scheduled
services have since been withdrawn.
Executives
President ..................................Angkana Abhivantanaporn
COO & Director of Maintenance................... Aram Khetkam
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 747-300
Main base Bangkok (DMK)
Hubs Phuket (HKT)
Piedmont Airlines (PDT)
5443 Airport Terminal Road, Salisbury, Maryland, 21804,
USA
Tel +1 410 742 2996 Fax +1 410 742 4069
Website www.piedmont-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders US Airways Group (100%)
Description Regional airline operating as part of the
US Airways Express network, serving 43 destinations
in the eastern USA, Canada and the Bahamas.
History Formed in 1931 as Henson Aviation, a fixed base
operation, by Richard A Henson. Scheduled services
commenced in 1962 under the Hagerstown Commuter
banner, later changed to Henson Airlines. Following
the signing of a codeshare agreement with Allegheny
Airlines (now US Airways), the airline operated as Allegheny
Commuter. Henson was purchased by Piedmont Aviation
in 1983, and began operating as Henson-The Piedmont
Regional Airline. Both were purchased by the USAir Group
in 1987, with Piedmont absorbed two years later and
Henson’s aircraft repainted in USAir Express livery.
Henson was renamed Piedmont Airlines in 1993 and,
following USAir’s name change to US Airways in 1997,
Piedmont followed by commencing operation under
the US Airways Express banner.
Employees total 5,325
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President & CEO............................................ Steve Farrow
VP Finance..........................................Timothy McMasters
VP Flight Operations.................................Michael Scrobola
Fleet (orders) 33 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
11 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base Salisbury-Ocean City (SBY
Hubs Philadelphia (PHL), Charlotte (CLT), Washington (IAD),
Pittsburgh (PIT)
Pineapple Air (PNP)
The Nassau International Airport, PO Box SS-5603,
Nassau, Bahamas
Tel +1 242 377 0142 Fax +1 242 377 1758
Email pineappleair@yahoo.com Website www.pineappleair.com
Date operations started 2003
Description Operates inter-island scheduled flights within
the Bahamas linking Nassau with Acklin, Crooked Island,
Governor’s Harbour, North Eleuthera, Deadman’s Cay,
Rock Sound, Stella Maris, and Hawks Nest.
History Established in 1999 by K Michael Carey, initially
offering charter flights with a single Beech C99 airliner.
Executives
Owner.........................................................Kenneth Carey
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech 1900C
1 x Beech 1900D
Main base Nassau (NAS)
Pinnacle Airlines [9E] (FLG)
1689 Nonconnah Boulevard, Suite 111, Memphis,
Tennessee, 38132-2111, USA
Tel +1 901 348 4100 Fax +1 901 348 4178
Website www.flypinnacle.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Pinnacle Airlines
Corporation (100%)
Alliances Air France, Delta Air Lines
Date operations started June 1985
Description Major regional carrier operating extensive jet
services in the US and Canada as Delta Connection.
History Founded as Express Airlines 1 to operate feeder
services into Memphis under a codeshare agreement with
Republic Airlines. Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Northwest Airlines in 1997. Rebranded as Pinnacle Airlines
in 2002. Acquired Colgan Airlines, operating as Continental
Connection, United Express and US Airways Express, in
January 2007. Began flying as Delta Connection in December
2007. In January 2008 Pinnacle became an independent
carrier after repurchasing the shares held by Northwest
Airlines. Pinnacle is contracted to operate as Delta
Connection through 2017.
Employees total 7,619
Executives
Chairman.................................................Donald Breeding
President & CEO............................................ Sean Menke
Chief Operations Officer............................... John Spanjers
SVP Operations................................................. Bob Muhs
Fleet (orders) 55 x Bombardier CRJ-200
86 x Bombardier CRJ-440
57 x Bombardier CRJ-900
Main base Memphis MEM
Hubs Atlanta ATL, Minneapolis (MSP), Detroit (DTW),
Indianapolis (IND)
Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas
[PU] (PUA)
Miraflores 1445, Aeropuerto Int’l de Carrasco, 11500
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel +5982 6042244 Fax +5982 6042260
Email info@flypluna.com Website www.flypluna.com
Parent organisation/shareholders LARAH (including
Leadgate) (50.25%), government of Uruguay (25%),
Chorus Aviation (24.75%)
Alliances American Airlines, Iberia, TAM Linhas Aéreas,
TAM Mercosur
Date operations started 20 November 1936
Description National airline of Uruguay, operating scheduled
services from Montevideo and Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Paraguay and across the South Atlantic to Madrid, via
a codeshare with Iberia. Also connects Buenos Aires with
Punto del Este and offers passenger and cargo charters.
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History Formed in Montevideo by a group of Uruguayan History Polar was formed in 1993 to fill a strong market need
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and British investors led by brothers Alberto and Jorge for additional scheduled cargo service in the global airfreight
Márquez Vaeza in September 1935. Post-war services
were launched in September 1945, by which time the
industry. In November 2001 Polar was acquired by Atlas
Air Worldwide Holdings, parent company of cargo carrier C
Uruguayan government had acquired over 83% of the stock. Atlas Air. German freight forwarder DHL acquired a 49%
D
Control of the airline was transferred to the Uruguayan ownership interest in Polar’s scheduled-service business
air force in 1974, and the service’s transport arm (Tamu) on 28 June 2007.
then took over all domestic flights, leaving Pluna to Executives
operate exclusively on international services. The President & CEO............................................William Flynn
government retook control in July 2005 when, following
Varig’s bankruptcy, that carrier’s holding was reduced
Chief Financial Officer.............................Olivier Alexandroff
Chief Operations Officer............................ Thomas Murphy E
to 28%. On 9 September 2006, the government formally Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 747-400
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recovered full shareholder control over Pluna after Main base New York (JFK)
acquiring a shareholding of 90%, while Varig’s share
was further reduced to between 4 and 7%. A mix of Polar Airlines (RKA)
private investors and Pluna employees held the balance 20 Zhukovskogo, R of Sakha-Yakutia, Yakutsk, Sakha
of the stock. On 1 July 2007 Leadgate took control of
75% of Pluna, (acquiring 45% directly and a further
Yakutiya, 677014, Russia
Tel +7 4112 443 128 Fax +7 4112 443 314
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30% through its Uruguayan instrument, Sociedad Email polair@yakutia.ru Website www.polarair.ru
Aeronautica Oriental (SAO). The Uruguayan government
retained a 23% shareholding, while the brothers Carlos
Parent organisation/shareholders Regional government
(100%) H
and Santiago Mesa held the balance of the shares. Date operations started 1998
In April 2010 Jazz Air of Canada indirectly acquired Description Operates passenger and cargo services.
33.33% of Pluna from Leadgate.
Executives
History Formed from Batagai, Kolyma-Indigirka, Chokordakh
and Tiksi divisions of Aeroflot.
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President & CEO...................................... Matias Campiani Executives
Chief Financial Officer .............................Sebastian Hirsch
General Manager.............................................Jorge Lepra
General Director........................................ Andrei Koryakin
Finance Director........................................ Vladimir Chinfju J
Fleet (orders) 13 x Bombardier CRJ-900 Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24B
Main base Montevideo MVD 1 x Antonov An-24RV
Plus Ultra Lineas Aereas
1 x Antonov An-26
2 x Antonov An-26B
K
Calle Capitan Haya 16, Floor 10B, 28020 Madrid, Spain 4 x Let L-410UVP-E
Email contacto@airplusultra.com
Website www.airplusultra.com
20 x PZL An-2
Main base Yakutsk (YKS) L
Description Start-up carrier planning to launch transatlantic
Polet Airlines [PO] (POT)
M
charter and scheduled services between Spain and South
America from the second half of 2012. 123 Prospect Truda, Voronezh, Central Regions Zone ATD,
Executives 394019, Russia
President.....................................................Julio Martinez Tel +7 4732 392 847 Fax +7 0732 392 849
Main base Madrid (MAD) Email root@polet.ru Website www.polet.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Anatoly S Karpov (100%)
N
Polar Air Cargo [PO] (PAC) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings VoronezhAvia (24%)
O
2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York, 10577, Date operations started 1988
USA Description Operates a worldwide cargo and domestic
Tel +1 914 701 8000 Fax +1 914 701 8001 passenger charter service from Voronezh, as well as
Email info@polaraircargo.com Website www.polaraircargo.com regional passenger and cargo services from Sokol.
Parent organisation/shareholders Atlas Air Worldwide
Holdings (51%), DHL International (49%)
History Established as an aircraft leasing partnership.
Launched services with a single Antonov An-30 turboprop,
P
Alliances DHL International primarily carrying freight and personnel to gas deposit sites
Date operations started April 1993
Description Provides scheduled all-cargo services to
in northern Russia. Other activities included serving the
agricultural, air ambulance and aerial photography markets. Q
Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. The airline entered the outsize air cargo market in 1995
Charters are also flown. Atlas Air is a sister company, with the acquisition of its first Antonov An-124. Regular
both owned by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. domestic passenger services, flown initially with Yak-40 R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Alvaro Romero
Pluna of Uruguay has a 13-strong fleet of Bombardier CRJ-900s
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Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300

2 x ATR 42-500
(4) x ATR 42-600
5 x ATR 72-500
(1) x ATR 72-600
2 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Arusha (ARK)
Hubs Mwanza (MWZ), Dar es Salaam (DAR)

Premiair
Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Terminal Building Ground
Floor, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 809 1255 Fax +62 21 809 8668
Email ikhsan@flypremiair.com Website www.flypremiair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Rajawali (100%)
Date operations started 1992
Description Provides a VIP charter service and aircraft
management in Indonesia and internationally.
History Established in 1989 as a corporate aircraft
operator, but obtained a licence for non-scheduled air
services in 2006.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Ari Singgih

Stephen Peck
General Manager Finance..........................Nina Danisworo
General Manager Operations.......... Tony Dwi Hastanto Hadi
Canada’s Provincial Airlines flies two Saab 340s Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-700
1 x Cessna CE208
and An-24 aircraft, were introduced in August 2003, starting Parent organisation/shareholders Porter Aviation 1 x Embraer 190 Lineage
with a route between Voronezh and Moscow. In 2006, Holdings (100%) 1 x Embraer EMB-120ER
regional services from Voronezh and Moscow Domedodovo Date operations started 23 October 2006 3 x Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy
were introduced using Saab 2000 turboprops. Description Regional airline operating high-frequency 1 x Fokker 100
Executives scheduled domestic services from Toronto City Centre Main base Jakarta (HLP)
CEO & General Director............................... Anatoly Karpov Airport, together with services to US cities including
Finance Director........................................... Victor Gostev New York, Boston, Chicago and Myrtle Beach. Primera Air Scandinavia [PF] (PRI)
Fleet (orders) 4 (5) x Antonov An-124 History Established as a subsidiary of REGCO Holdings AP Mollers Alle 11, Dragor, Denmark
2 (18) x Antonov An-148 by Robert J Deluce in 2002. The Porter Airlines brand was Tel +354 527 6000 Email info@primeraair.com
2 x Antonov An-30 adopted in 2006. Website www.primeraair.com
1 x BAe 125-1000 Executives Date operations started May 2009
1 x BAe 125-800 Chairman......................................................Donald Carty Description Danish subsidiary of Primera Air of Iceland,
3 x Ilyushin Il-96-400 President & CEO........................................Robert J Deluce operating inclusive tour flights on behalf of owner, Primera
5 x Saab 2000 Chief Financial Officer .................................... John Leader Travel Group out of Copenhagen and other Scandinavian
5 x Saab 340B Chief Operations Officer..........................James A Morrison cities, in addition to ad hoc passenger charters. Also
Main base Voronezh (VOZ) Fleet (orders) 26 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 offers wet leasing services.
Hubs Moscow (DME), Ulyanovsk (ULY) Main base Toronto (YTZ) History Parent carrier Primera Air was established as JetX
by the Icelandic investors who had previously supported
Polynesian Airlines [PH] (PAO) Post Ekspres Prima MD Airlines, including the Primera Travel Group, which took
Apia Travel Centre 2nd Floor, NPF Building PO Box 599, Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Terminal Building, a 60% shareholding. In March 2008 Jet X was acquired
Beach Road, Apia, Samoa Ground Floor, Room 30, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia outright by Primera Travel Group.
Tel +685 21261 Fax +685 24950 Tel +62 21 800 7106 Fax +62 21 800 2060 Executives
Email enquiries@polynesianairlines.ws Email avie@flypremiair.com President & CEO..................................... Jon Karl Olafsson
Website www.polynesianairlines.com Date operations started 1992 Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-700
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Description Operates passenger services. 5 x Boeing 737-800
Western Samoa (100%) Executives Main base Copenhagen (CPH)
Date operations started August 1959 Operations Manager ...........................................Toni Hadi Hubs Billund (BLL)
Description National carrier of Western Samoa operating Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208
domestic services, together with flights to other Pacific 1 x Gulfstream G550 PrivatAir (PTI)
destinations, and to Australia and New Zealand. Main base Jakarta (HLP) Chemin des Papillons 18, PO Box 572, 1215 Geneva,
History Founded by Australian airline captain Sir Reginald Switzerland
Barnewall and Samoan businessman Eugene Paul. The Precisionair [PW] (PRF) Tel +41 22 92 96 700 Fax +41 22 92 96 701
then-government of Western Samoa acquired a controlling Quality Plaza Building, Nyerere Road, PO Box 70770, Email info@privatair.com Website www.privatair.com
interest in the airline in 1971. With the establishment Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Parent organisation/shareholders Latsis Group (100%)
of Polynesian Blue, a joint venture airline between the Tel +255 22 286 0701 Fax +255 22 286 0725 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings PrivatAir (Germany)
government of Samoa and Australia’s low-cost airline Virgin Email pwmanagement@precisionairtz.com (100%)
Blue in October 2005, Polynesian Airlines’ operation was Website www.precisionairtz.com Alliances KLM, Lufthansa, Swiss
downscaled and refocused on short-haul operations. Parent organisation/shareholders Michael Ngaleku Date operations started 1977
Executives Shirima (51%), Kenya Airways (49%) Description PrivatAir operates private VIP charters, but also
Chairman........................................... Tuilaepa Malielegaoi Alliances Air Malawi, Kenya Airways, Qatar Airways, Rwandair operates a fleet of Airbus 319LR and Boeing 737BBJs on
Chief Executive Officer................................ Taua Fata Tielu Date operations started 1994 business-only services that include transatlantic operations
Finance Manager ....................................... Daisy Roebeck Description Operates scheduled air services for tourists for Lufthansa, Swiss International and KLM.
Fleet (orders) 2 x DHC6-300 between Arusha and Zanzibar and for other passengers to History Established in Geneva in 1977 as Petrolair with a
Main base Apia (APW) airports across Tanzania, and to neighbouring Kenya. small fleet of business jets owned by the Latsis Group.
History Began operations as an air-taxi company with Received its Swiss air operator’s certificate in June 1995,
Polynesian Blue Airlines (PBL) light aircraft, but expanded to serve the growing tourist rebranding as PrivatAir SA. In June 2002, scheduled
– see Virgin Samoa [DJ] (PBN) market. Scheduled services started in November 1999 business-class only services launched on an ACMI basis for
in collaboration with Air Tanzania. Lufthansa on North Atlantic routes, using Boeing BBJs.
Porter Airlines [PD] (POE) Executives Executives
Toronto City Centre Airport, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 1A1, Chairman................................................. Michael Shirima President & CEO........................................... Greg Thomas
Canada Chief Executive Officer............................... Alphonse Kioko Chief Financial Officer...................................... Bart Slager
Tel +1 416 203 8100 Fax +1 416 203 8150 Chief Financial Officer................................. Charles Ogolla Chief Operations Officer.................................. Dave Parkyn
Website www.flyporter.com Operations Director & Chief Pilot................... Samuel Kyejo SVP Scheduled Services............................... Paul De Salis

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Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300 Executives PSA Airlines (JIA)

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2 x Boeing 737-700 Managing Director..............................................Tony Irwin 3400 Terminal Drive, Vandalia, Ohio, 45377, USA
4 x Boeing 737-800
1 x Boeing 757-200
Financial Controller....................................... Rene Chiliers
Operations Director........................................ Mark Barret
Tel +1 937 454 1116 Fax +1 937 454 5828
Email psainfo@psairlines.com Website www.psaairlines.net C
(2) x Boeing 787-8 Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31 Parent organisation/shareholders US Airways Group (100%)
Description Provides scheduled passenger services as a
D
1 x Bombardier BD-700 3 x BAe Jetstream 32
(5) x Bombardier CS100 2 x BAe Jetstream 41 US Airways Express carrier.
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9 2 x Beech Baron 55 History The company was formed as Vee Neal Airlines
Main base Geneva (GVA) 2 x Cessna CE208 (named after its owner Vee Neal Frey) and began operating

PrivatAir (PTG)
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Lusaka (LUN)
from Latrobe, Pennsylvania. In December 1983 the
airline changed its name to Jetstream International E
Airport Gardens, PrivatAir Gmbh, Peter-Mueller-Strasse Airlines to reflect the fact it had taken delivery of two
Promech Air [Z3]
F
24/26, Airport City, 40468 Dusseldorf, Germany Jetstream aircraft. On 26 September 1985 it affiliated
Tel +49 211 4216 8090 Fax +49 211 4216 8099 1515 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska, 99901-6011, USA itself with Piedmont Airlines and on 1 August 1986
Email info@privatair.com Website www.privatair.com Tel +1 907 225 3845 Fax +1 907 247 3875 Jetstream became a wholly-owned subsidiary. Following
Parent organisation/shareholders PrivatAir (100%) Website www.promechair.com US Ai’s acquisition of Piedmont in November 1987,
Date operations started May 2003
Description German arm of business aviation group
Parent organisation/shareholders PM Holding (100%)
Date operations started 1977
Jetstream began operating as Allegheny Commuter
out of the USAir hub in Philadelphia. On 1 July 1988
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PrivatAir, operating VIP charters and business-only flights. Description Provides regular year-round flights in southeast Jetstream became a wholly-owned subsidiary of USAir
Employees total 425
Executives
Alaska serving Metlakatla, Thorne Bay, Hollis, Craig, Meyers
Chuck, Klawock and Kasaan. Also provides sightseeing and
and began operating in the colours of USAir Express,
later US Airways Express. The present name was adopted H
President & CEO........................................... Greg Thomas bear tours, and general charters. in November 1995.
Chief Financial Officer & Accuountable Manager.Bart Slager Fleet (orders) 4 x DHC-2 Beaver I Executives
Chief Operating Officer.................................... Dave Parkyn
SVP Scheduled Services............................... Paul De Salis
6 x DHC-3 Otter
Main base Ketchikan (KTN)
President & CEO...............................................Keith Houk
Finance Manager........................................... Bobby Jones
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Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-800 VP Operations..........................................Mark Zweidinger
Main base Dusseldorf (DUS) Pronto Airways (WEW)
2605 Airport Drive, Suite 2, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Fleet (orders) 35 x Bombardier CRJ-200
14 x Bombardier CRJ-700 J
Private Wings [8W] (PWF) S7L 7M4, Canada Main base Dayton (DAY)
Flughafen Schoenefeld, 12529 Berlin, Germany Tel +1 306 934 4270 Fax +1 306 931 4421
Tel +49 30 6091 8200 Fax +49 30 6091 8201
Email info@private-wings.de Website www.private-wings.de
Email administrator@prontoairways.com
Website www.prontoairways.com
Pullmantur Air (PLM)
Calle Mahonia 2, 28043 Madrid, Spain
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Date operations started 1991 Parent organisation/shareholders Meadow Lake Tribal Tel +34 90 209 5512 Fax +34 91 418 8769
Description Operates corporate and business charters,
together with air ambulance and express freight flights.
Council/Prince Albert Grand Council (51%), Westwind
Ventures (employees) and three individuals (49%)
Email pullmanturair@pullmanturair.com
Website www.pullmanturair.com L
Executives Description Air-taxi, passenger and executive charter flights Parent organisation/shareholders Royal Caribbean

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Executive Director..................................... Andreas Wagner as well as a full range of aviation support services. Cruises (100%)
VP Flight Operations...........................................Peter Gatz History Founded by Westwind Aviation and two First Nations. Date operations started June 2003
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D Executives Description Long-haul charter operator, serving Caribbean
6 x Dornier 328-100 President & CEO.............................................. Dennis Goll and European destinations, primarily feeding passengers to
2 x Dornier 328JET-300
Main base Berlin Schönefeld (SXF)
General Manager................................... Dennis Baranieski
VP Operations........................................... Wayne McIntyre
the cruise ships operated by parent company Royal
Caribbean Cruises.
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VP Finance.................................................Rick Philipenko Executives
Privilege Style (PVG)
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Fleet (orders) 4 x Beech 1900C Chairman.................................................... Gonzalo Chico
Cami Son Fangos 100, Complejo Mirall, Edificio A, Main base Saskatoon (YXE) Managing Director...................................... Enrique Bretos
3o Local 7, 07007 Palma de Mallorca, Spain Hubs Regina (YQR) Flight Operations Director..........................Salvador Escriva
Tel +34 971 40 89 00 Fax +34 971 40 88 04 Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 747-400
Email privilegestyle@privilegestyle.com
Website www.emptyleg.com/esp/inicio/privilege.htm
Provincial Airlines [PB] (SPR)
PO Box 29030, Hangar 4, St John’s International Airport,
Main base Madrid (MAD)
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Parent organisation/shareholders Empty Leg Broker RCAF Road, St Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador, A1A 5B5, Puma Air (PLY)
Aereo (100%)
Date operations started 2003
Canada
Tel +1 709 576 1800 Fax +1 709 576 0768
Email tasi@provair.com Website www.provincialairlines.com
Travessa Mauriti, 2123 – Anexo D, Bairro do Marco,
66087-680 Belem, Para, Brazil Q
Description Operates passenger and group charter services Tel +55 91 3039 3900 Fax +55 91 3039 3900
through Europe for Spanish companies, sports teams and Parent organisation/shareholders Provincial Aerospace Email faleconosco@pumaair.com.br
tour operators, from its base at Madrid’s Barajas Airport.
History Established and owned by Spanish air broker Empty Leg.
(100%)
Date operations started 1980
Website www.pumaair.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Puma (100%)
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Executives Description Diversified company offering air cargo and charter Date operations started January 2002
Chairman & President............................. Jose Manuel Diaz
Financial Director........................................... Jose Garrido
services, maritime surveillance and environmental monitoring
services. Scheduled services within Newfoundland offered
Description Brazilian operator providing scheduled
services from its base in Belém to Altamira, Itaituba S
VP Operations............................................... Pedro Ubeda through the company’s Interprovincial division. and Monte Dourado, and passenger charter flights in
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 757-200 History Established as a flight training and charter operator.
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the Amazon region.
Main base Madrid (MAD) Scheduled airline operations commenced in 1980. In 1988 History Started as a charter and air-taxi operator, but later
Hubs Palma de Mallorca (PMI) it acquired Eastern Flying Service, was founded in 1956 added scheduled flights.
and which operated an extensive air courier network Employees total 181
Proflight Zambia [P0] (PFZ)
PO Box 30536, Site 15b Private Hangars, Lusaka
throughout Atlantic Canada.
Executives
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................................Geraldo Junior U
International Airport, 01010 Lusaka, Zambia Chairman...........................................Thomas Collingwood Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300

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Tel +260 211 271032 / 271035 Fax + 260 211 271 139 President & CEO.......................................... Gus Ollerhead 1 x Cessna CE208
Email info@proflight-zambia.com Chief Financial Officer...................................... Bill Madore 1 x Embraer EMB-120ER
Website www.proflight-zambia.com Chief Operations Officer...................................Brian Chafe Main base Belem (BEL)
Alliances Zambezi Airlines Fleet (orders) 7 x Beechcraft King Air 200
Date operations started 1991
Description Operates scheduled domestic flights from
3 x Beechcraft King Air 300
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Pyrenair
Spain
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Lusaka, offering connections with Zambezi Airlines’ 1 x Cessna S550 Date operations started 14 April 2007
international services. Also offers charter flights.
History Initially operated domestic and regional charters.
1 x De Havilland Canada Beaver
5 x DHC6-300
Date operations ceased 2011
Regional carrier which provided connections from X
Launched scheduled services between Lusaka and Mfuwe 5 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 Huesca-Pirineos Airport near the Pyrenees mountains
in 1997. In November 2004 the airline rebranded as 1 x Fairchild Metro III to Madrid, La Coruña and Gran Canaria. Flights
Proflight Commuter Services. Flights were also operated
under the CopperAir rebranded name.
2 x Saab 340A
Main base Saint John’s (YYT)
were operated by other carriers, including Air Nostrum
and Privilege Style.
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Qantas [QF] (QFA)
Qantas Centre, 203 Coward Street, Mascot, New South
Wales, 2020, Australia
Tel +61 2 9691 3636 Fax +61 2 9691 3339
Website www.qantas.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders JP Morgan Nominees
Australia (22.7%), HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia)
(18.91%), National Nominees (18.26%), Citicorp Nominees
(11.17%), others (28.96%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Network Aviation
(100%), JetConnect (100%), Sunstate Airlines (100%),
Eastern Australia Airlines (100%), Express Freighters
Australia (100%), Airlink (100%), Jetstar Asia (49%),
Air Pacific (46.3%), Jetstar Pacific (30%), QantasLink,
Jetstar (100%)
Alliances oneworld, Aero Tropics Air Services, Air France,
Air Niugini, Air North, Air Pacific, Air Tahiti Nui, Air Vanuatu,
AirCalin, Airnorth, Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, Asiana Airlines,
China Eastern Airlines, Cobham Aviation Services, Dragonair,
El Al, EVA Air, Frontier Airlines, Go!Mokulele, Horizon Air,
Jet Airways, Jetstar, Jetstar Asia, Kenya Airways, Our Airline,
QantasLink, Skywest Airlines, South African Airways,
Sunstate Airlines, Vietnam Airlines
Date operations started 2 November 1922
Description Principal Australian airline serving more than
40 major cities in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, the
Americas and southern Africa. A founding member of
the oneworld global airline alliance, the combined members
of which, in mid-2011, served nearly 900 destinations
in more than 150 countries, with some 9,500 daily
departures. An extensive domestic network serves
more than 25 destinations, supported by feeder services
provided by three carriers under the QantasLink brand.
A further four cities are served in New Zealand.
Qantas Freight is the airline’s specialised international
air freight division.
History Founded by Wilmot Fysh and Paul McGinness, two
former Australian Flying Corps officers, who together with
local grazier Fergus McMaster registered the company as
Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services in
Brisbane on 16 November 1920. Launched scheduled
airmail and passenger services in Queensland in November
1922. Became Qantas Empire Airways through a joint
venture with Imperial Airways (later BOAC) on 18 January
1934. Changed its name to Qantas Airways in 1967. Began
operating domestic services in October 1993. British
Airways acquired a 25% shareholding in 1993, which was
subsequently reduced in three stages to 18.3%, before
being divested in September 2004 for £425 million ($748
million). Qantas was fully privatised on 31 July 1995.
Became a founder member of the oneworld global airline
alliance in 1999. Launched the Qantas New Zealand brand
In September 2000, operated as a franchise by the carrier
formerly known as Ansett NZ. Acquired low-cost domestic
carrier Impulse Airlines (established 1982) in 2001 and
merged the carrier into its QantasLink operation. Took a
4.2% stake in Air New Zealand in 2002, although this
subsequently failed to gain regulatory approval. Established
a new low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar, in 2003, launching
domestic services on 25 May 2004, later expanding into
regional and international operations. Acquired an initial
18% shareholding in Vietnamese carrier Pacific Airlines in
April 2007 and contracted to increase its stake in the future
to 30% .Disposed of its shares in Air New Zealand in June
2007. A proposed merger with British Airways, announced 2
December 2008, was abandoned after the carriers failed to
reach agreement on key terms. Acquired Network Aviation in
December 2010, making the carrier a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Qantas Group. Suspended all operations
on 29 October 2011 in response to strike action by labour
unions. Resumed services on 31 October 2011. Expected
to be operating its full schedule by 2 November 2011.
Employees total 32,629
Executives
Chairman......................................................Leigh Clifford
Chief Executive Officer.......................................Alan Joyce
Chief Financial Officer................................... Gareth Evans
Group Executive Operations........................... Lyell Strambi
Fleet (orders) 8 x Airbus A330-200
10 x Airbus A330-300
11 (8) x Airbus A380-800
13 x Boeing 737-400
50 (11) x Boeing 737-800
24 x Boeing 747-400
23 x Boeing 767-300
(15) x Boeing 787-8
(20) x Boeing 787-9
(3) x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Rex Features
QantasLink [QF] (QLK)
Qantas Centre, 203 Coward Street, Sydney,
New South Wales, 2020, Australia
Tel +61 2 9691 5041 Fax +61 2 9693 2715
Website www.qantas.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas
Date operations started 2002
Description Regional airline system operated by three
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Qantas – Airlink, Eastern
Australia Airlines and Sunstate Airlines – providing more
than 1,900 weekly flights to some 50 metropolitan and
regional destinations across Australia.
Qatar Airways [QR] (QTR)
Qatar Airways Towers, PO Box 22550, Doha, Qatar
Tel +974 4449 6000 Fax +974 4462 1533
Email infodesk@qatarairways.com
Website www.qatarairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Qatar
(50%), privately held (50%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Cargolux (35%)
Alliances All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Austrian,
British Midland International, Brussels Airlines,
Coyne Airways, Croatia Airlines, GOL Linhas Aereas
Inteligentes, JetBlue Airways, Jetstar, Kingfisher Airlines,
LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines,
Middle East Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Precisionair,
S7 Airlines, Swiss, United Airlines, US Airways,
Virgin America
Date operations started 20 January 1994
Description National flag carrier operating a hub-and-spoke
scheduled network based at the capital Doha, serving
more than 100 international destinations in the Middle
and Far East, Africa, Europe, the Indian subcontinent and
North America.
History Qatar was one of four Gulf states, with Bahrain, Oman
and the United Arab Emirates, which jointly established Gulf
Aviation on 24 March 1950. The company operated mainly
regional scheduled services within and between the
founding Gulf states. The carrier was rebranded as Gulf Air
on 1 April 1974. In 1993 the Emir of Qatar introduced an
initiative to create the country’s own national airline. This
resulted in the creation of Qatar Airways in November 1993,
owned by members of the Qatari royal family. Launched
services to London in January 1994. Relaunched in April
1997 by a new management team headed by the CEO Akbar
Al Baker. Became the first airline to open a commercial
passenger terminal dedicated exclusively to its First and
Business Class passengers at Doha International Airport
in November 2006. Signed a memorandum of agreement
to become the launch customer for the Airbus A350XWB
on 30 May 2007. Announced plans in December 2010 to
launch its initial public offering in early 2012, although this
was subsequently postponed until 2014. Agreed to acquire
a 35% shareholding in Cargolux, from the Luxembourg
government in June 2011. The acquisition received
governmental approval on September 2011.
Employees total 13,136
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................Akbar Al Baker
EVP Finance.................................................Joshua Koshy
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A300B4-600
2 x Airbus A319-100
(6) x Airbus A319neo
27 (6) x Airbus A320-200
(30) x Airbus A320neo
12 x Airbus A321-200
(14) x Airbus A321neo
16 x Airbus A330-200
13 x Airbus A330-300
4 x Airbus A340-600
(20) x Airbus A350-1000XWB
(20) x Airbus A350-800XWB
(40) x Airbus A350-900XWB
(10) x Airbus A380-800
12 (5) x Boeing 777-200

16 (9) x Boeing 777-300

(30) x Boeing 787-8
1 x Bombardier CL605
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RAF-AVIA (MTL)
6 Zellu, Riga, 1002, Latvia
Tel +371 6732 4661 Fax +371 6732 4671
Email operations@raf-avia.com Website www.raf-avia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders RAF-AVIA Group (100%)
Date operations started 1991
Description Provides cargo services for TNT, DHL and other
organisations, as well transport for the military and UN.
History The first private airline in Latvia, initially set up to
supply the RAF Minibus production plant in Latvia. However,
with business declining and demand for commercial charter
flights increasing, RAF-AVIA began to switch to the
commercial charter flight business in 1994. In 1996 it
became a privately-owned joint stock holding company.
Executives
Chairman & President...................................... Juris Rusko
Chief Accountant.................................Svetlana Kochubeia
Fleet (orders) 4 x Antonov An-26
2 x Antonov An-26B
2 x Saab 340A
Main base Riga (RIX)
Hubs Ostrava (OSR), East Midlands (EMA)
RAK Airways [RT] (RKM)
CFEM Building, 4th Floor Jazirat Al Hamra, RAK Free Zone,
P.O. Box 31457, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 7 207 5000 Fax +971 7 244 7387
Email info@rakairways.com Website www.rakairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders H H Sheikh Saud Bin
Saqr Al Qasimi (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Hewa Bora Airways (50%)
Date operations started 29 November 2007
Description Relaunched flag carrier of the UAE’s most
northern Emirate, offering low-fare services that link Ras al-
Khaimah with Cairo, Chittagong, Dhaka, Doha, Jeddah,
Kuwait, Khartoum, Kozhikode, Lahore and Peshawar. Charter
and ACMI services are also offered.
History Established through an Emiri decree as the national
carrier for Ras-al-Khaimah. Suspended scheduled services
in December 2008, instead offering other wet-leasing
services to other carriers. Suspended all services for a time
during 2009. Unconfirmed reports indicated that a 50%
shareholding in Hewa Bora Airways was acquired in 2009,
followed by a controlling interest in Eastern Skyjets in 2010.
Relaunched as a low-cost carrier on 10 October 2010,
initially linking Ras al-Khaimah with Jeddah and Kozhikode.
Introduced low-cost scheduled services to Cairo, Chittagong
and Dhaka in December 2010.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer & CFO......................Omar Jahameh
Chief Operations Officer............... Abdul Vaheed Juvandoon
Managing Director....................................Khater Massaad
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
1 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Ras al Khaimah (RKT)
Rayyan Air
Office No 1, Street No 18, Fizaia Colony, Islamabad
Highway, Rawalpindi, 44000, Pakistan
Tel +92 333 777 9933 Fax +92 514 444 839
Email rayyan@dsl.net.pk Website rayyanair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Fateh Sher
Bhatti (100%)
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Date operations started December 2009 Services to the Middle and Far East are planned from 2012,
Description Pakistani carrier operating worldwide cargo and following the acquisition of jet aircraft.
passenger charter services. A scheduled route has also
been opened between Islamabad and Kashgar in China.
History Established by the Habib Group as the airline brand
of HG Aviation. C
History Privately-owned carrier established by owner and CEO, Executives
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Captain Fateh Sher Bhatti. President.................................................... Akhtar Ahmed
Employees total 100 Managing Director...................................... Mashruf Habib
Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Chief Executive Officer............................ Fateh Sher Bhatti Main base Dhaka (DAC)
Managing Director............................................Arifa Bhatti
Director of Finance....................................Abdul Chaudhry Regional [VM] (RAE) E
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-200 Aéroport Nantes-Atlantique, 44345 Bouguenais, France
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1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD Tel +33 2 4013 5300 Fax +33 2 4013 5308
Main base Karachi (KHI) Email contact@regional.com Website www.regional.com
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ), Islamabad (ISB) Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (100%)
Alliances Air France, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Red Wings Airlines [WZ] (RWZ)
Leninskiy District, Rumianceva Village, Building 1/9,
Description Nantes-based regional carrier, serving around 17
French and 28 other European cities in 11 countries.
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Moscow, 142784, Russia History Régional was born from a merger of three Air Frances
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Tel +7 495 229 2530 Fax +7 495 229 2540 subsidiaries, Régional Airlines, Flandre Air and Protéus, in
Email general@flyredwings.com Website www.flyredwings.com 2001. Became the first European airline to operate the
Parent organisation/shareholders National Reserve Embraer E-190.
Corporation (100%) Executives
Date operations started 2000
Description Operates low-cost scheduled and charter
President & CEO.....................................Jean-Yves Grosse
Deputy Chief Executive & General Director...... Pierre Bosse
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passenger services from its Moscow Vnukovo base and SVP Finance...................................................Bruno Bovar
other major Russian cities. Charters, primarily operated
in conjunction with Russian tour operators, serve holiday
Fleet (orders) 12 x Embraer 170-100LR
10 x Embraer 190-100LR J
destinations in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Spain 4 x Embraer ERJ-135ER
and Turkey. 7 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
History Established as a subsidiary of the VARZ-400 aircraft
factory. Launched cargo operations in 2000. Rebranded
6 x Embraer ERJ-145EU
13 x Embraer ERJ-145MP
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as Airlines 400 in 2001. Acquired by the National Reserve Main base Nantes (NTE)
Corporation in February 2007 and suspended operations.
Resumed services in May 2007, now also offering low-cost
Hubs Lyon (LYS), Bordeaux (BOD), Clermont-Ferrand (CFE)
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scheduled as well as chartered passenger services. Regional 1 Airlines (TSH)
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Banned from flying in the EU by the Russian government 2055 Pegasus Road N.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8C3,
on 25 June 2007 due to safety concerns. Rebranded as Canada
Red Wings Airlines shortly thereafter. Tel +1 403 291 2464 Fax +1 403 291 5304
Executives Email charters@regional1.ca Website www.regional1.ca
Owner................................................ Aleksander Lebedev
General Manager...........................................Leonid Itskov
Date operations started August 2003
Description Calgary-based airline offering worldwide charter
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Chief Accountant................................. Zavarujev Olegovich services.
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DGD of Flight Operations............................Andrey Korasjov History Created as a division of Avmax Group to operate
Fleet (orders) 8 (2) x Tupolev Tu-204-100 scheduled regional services in Western Canada and charter
Main base Moscow (VKO) services in North America and the Caribbean. Canadian
scheduled services were discontinued in September 2005.
REDjet [RD]
Gate 4, Perimeter Road, Grantley Adams International
Executives
President & CEO..............................................John Binder
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Airport, Christchurch, Barbados Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft King Air 300
Fax +1 246 418 0792 Email info@flyredjet.com
Website flyredjet.com
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 Q
Parent organisation/shareholders Airone Ventures (100%) 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Date operations started 8 May 2011 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Description Low-fare airline operating schedules services that
link Barbados with Antigua, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad.
Main base Calgary (YYC) R
History Established by Irish investors who formed Airone Regional Air (RGB)
Ventures in Jamaica as a subsidiary of St Lucia-based Airone
Holdings. Unsuccessfully applied for an air operator’s
Box F-41203, Grand Bahama International Airport,
Freeport, Bahamas S
certificate in Jamaica in January 2008. Relocated to Tel +1 242 352 7121 Fax +1 242 352 7976
Email info@goregionalair.com Website www.goregionalair.com
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Barbados, establishing an airline there as “Project Horizon”,
which became REDjet. Launched between Barbados and Date operations started 2001
Guyana in May 2011. Description Bahamian regional airline operating daily
Executives scheduled flights between Freeport’s Grand Bahama
Founder....................................................... Robbie Burns
Chief Executive Director......................................Ian Burns
International Airport and Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay,
Walkers Cay, North Eleuthera, Chub Cay, Andros and Bimini, U
Chief Financial Officer....................................Dermot Ryan as well as on demand charter flights to any location in the
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Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80 Caribbean.
Main base Bridgetown (BGI) History Established by Steve Mitchell.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beechcraft 1900
Regent Airways [RX] (RAH) 1 x Cessna 402
Regent Airways, HG Aviation Limited, Level 7 Slaam Tower
Plot 15, Dhaka-Mymensingh Road Sector 3, Uttara Model
Main base Freeport (FPO)
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Town, Dhaka, 1230, Bangladesh Regional Air Lines [FN] (RGL) –
rebranded as Air Arabia Maroc
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Tel +880 2895 3003 Email info@flyregent.com
Website www.flyregent.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Habib Group (100%) Regional Air Services (REG)
Date operations started 10 November 2010 PO Box 14755, Arusha, Tanzania
Description Bangladeshi airline operating domestic services
from Dhaka to Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Jessore and Sylhet.
Tel +255 27 250 2541 Fax +255 27 254 4164
Email info@regional.co.tz Website www.regional.co.tz
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Parent organisation/shareholders AirKenya Express,
Airkenya Express
Date operations started July 1997
Description Tanzanian division of Airkenya operating a
domestic schedule from Arusha to 12 destinations, together
with charter flights throughout East and Southern Africa.
Executives
General Manager .................................. Hamza Mwapachu
Operations Manager..................................... Pam Stephen
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
1 x DHC6-300
Main base Arusha (ARK)
Regional Cargo [3R] (RCQ)
Aeropuerto Internacional de Querétaro, Bodega 9 y 10
Carretera Estatal 200, Querétaro –Tequisquiapan No 22000
Colon, 76295 Queretaro, Queretaro de Arteaga, Mexico
Tel +55 442 314 2036 Fax +55 442 314 2135
Email jmrodriguezanza@regionalcargo.com
Website www.regionalcargo.com.mx
Parent organisation/shareholders Regionalcargo
Holdings (100%)
Alliances Iberia
Date operations started July 2006
Description Offers regular cargo flights under the Regional
Cargo brand linking Queretaro to a dozen other points within
Mexico. Ad hoc charters are also flown.
History John M Anza Rodriguez, Ernesto Gonzalez and Juan
Ignacio Diaz Steta established Regionalcargo Holdings in
Monterey in 2006.
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300F
1 X Boeing 737-200C
Main base Queretaro (QRO)
Republic Airlines [YX] (RPA)
8909 Purdue Road, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Tel +1 317 484 6000 Fax +1 317 484 4577
Email thanley@republicairlines.com
Website www.republicairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic Airways
Holdings (100%)
Alliances American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, US Airways
Date operations started 4 September 2005
Description Regional carrier offering extensive scheduled
passenger services in the USA under the US Airways
Express and Frontier Airlines brands.
Employees total 1,931
Executives
President & CEO.......................................... Bryan Bedford
Fleet (orders) (40) x Bombardier CS300
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
24 x Embraer 170-100LR
38 x Embraer 175-200LR
17 (4) x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Indianapolis (IND)
Hubs Chicago (ORD, Washington (IAD, Charlotte (CLT),
Washington (DCA), Denver (DEN), Cincinnati (CVG,
Philadelphia (PHL, Atlanta (ATL, Cleveland (CLE),
New York (LGA)
Rex – Regional Express [ZL] (RXA)
PO Box 807, Mascot, New South Wales, 1460, Australia
Tel +61 2 9023 3555 Fax +61 2 9023 3599
Email sales@rex.com.au Website www.rex.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Regional Express
Holdings (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Pel-Air Aviation
(100%), Air Link (100%)
Alliances Virgin Australia
Date operations started 6 August 2002
Description Operates scheduled regional services linking
over 24 destinations in five Australian states Two charter
subsidiaries operating from Sydney are Air Link Airlines
and Pel-Air.
History Created through the merger of established
regional carriers Hazelton Airlines and Kendell Airlines
by a consortium of Singaporean investors, who acquired
both airlines from the administrators after they had
been directly impacted by the collapse of Ansett
in September 2001.
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Chairman....................................................... Lim Kim Hai
Chief Operating Officer.................................... Garry Filmer
Finance Officer.............................................. Mak MeeHar
Fleet (orders) 1 x Saab 340A
45 x Saab 340B
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Hubs Melbourne Essendon (MEB), Adelaide (ADL)
Rhoades Aviation (RDS)
4770 Ray Boll Boulevard, Columbus, Indiana, 47203, USA
Tel +1 812 372 1819 Fax +1 812 378 2708
Email tbrown@rhoadesaviation.com
Website www.rhoadesaviation.com
Description Provides support to various relief agencies and
international organisations.
History Formerly known as Rhoades International.
Executives
President.................................................... Jack Rhoades
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Cathy Ward
General Manager.....................................Albert Robertson
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C310R
1 x Cessna C402B
Main base Columbus LCK
Riau Airlines (RIU)
Indonesia
Date operations started December 2002
Date operations ceased 6 April 2011
Established by the government of Riau Province and its
sub-provinces/regency governments. Operated flights
linking airports in the Riau province of Sumatra and the
islands of Batam and Bali from its hub in the provincial
capital of Pekanbaru. International services linked
Pekanbaru and regional cities with destinations in
neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia. In 2005 small
minority shareholdings were taken by 18 additional
regional or city governments from across the island of
Sumatra. Temporarily grounded in July 2008 after losing
two senior staff. Resumed operations on 8 August 2008.
Suspended operations in August 2010, affter falling into
financial difficulties. Resumed services after receiving
rupiah (Rp) 15 billion ($1.65 million) from majority
shareholder, the Riau provincial government. Domestic
services linking Pekanbaru with Tanjung, Pinang and
Natuna, and a regional route to Malacca in Malaysia were
relaunched in December 2010. Reported in January 2011
to be seeking to recapitalise with new investors, so as to
expand the fleet, in order to meet new government
regulations. These efforts were unsuccessful and Riau
ceased operation again on 6 April 2011.
RICO Linhas Aereas [C7] (RLE)
Av. Santos Dumont 1916, Aeroporto Intl Eduardo Gomes,
Terminal II, Bairro Taruma, 69041-000 Manaus, Brazil
Tel +55 92 3652 1164 / 1696 Fax +55 92 3652 1244
Email comercial@voerico.com.br Website www.voerico.com.br
Date operations started 1971
Description Operated extensive scheduled passenger
and cargo services in the Amazon region of northern
Brazil from its base at Manaus. All regular flights were
suspended effective 1 June 2010, pending an overhaul
of the route network, although RICO continues to offer
charter services.
History Established as Táxi Aéreo Rondônia and was merged
with another carrier created by the founder, Rondônia
Indústria e Comércio, in 1979 to create RicoTáxi Aéreo.
On 1 November 1996 the airline was authorised to operate
schedule services in northern Brazil as Rico Linhas Aéreas,
although RicoTáxi Aéreo continued to offer air-taxi and charter
services to destinations throughout the Amazon region.
Executives
President....................................................Atila Yurtsever
Finance & Administration Director...............Metin Yurtsever
VP Operations.................................................Eron Franco
Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208
1 x Embraer EMB-110P
1 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Manaus (MAO)
Hubs Belem (BEL), Boa Vista Island (BVC), Altamira (ATM)
RIO Linhas Aéreas [RL] (RIO)
Afonso Pena International Airport, RIO Airlines Hangar,
83010-620 Sao Jose dos Pinhais, Parana, Brazil
Tel +55 41 3282 0881 Fax +55 41 3381 1505
Email commercial@voerio.com Website www.voerio.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Jetsul Group (100%)
Date operations started July 2009
Description Brazil’s largest dedicated cargo airline,
operating domestic and international cargo flights,
primarily within south and Central America and to Miami.
ACMI leasing services are also offered.
History Created by the Jetsul Group, whose first cargo
carrier, Jetsul Linhas Aéreas, ceased operations in 2003
and was restructured as an air-taxi company.
Employees total 170
Executives
President..............................................Leonardo Cordeiro
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 727-200
2 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Curitiba (CWB)
Rivne Universal Avia (UNR)
OJSC Rivne Universal Avia, Aviatoriv 1, Rivne, 33004,
Ukraine
Tel +380 36 229 9200 Fax +380 36 262 0532
Email l410@ukrwest.net
Date operations started 2002
Description Operates unscheduled passenger and
cargo services from its Rivne base. Customers include
integrators such as UPS. Also conducts aerial work
including parachute drops.
Executives
Head of Board................................... Batsovskyi Rostyslav
General Manager..........................................Pavel Duplyka
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410 UVP
Main base Rivne (RWN)
Robin Hood Aviation [RH]
Austria
Date operations started 29 May 2007
Date operations ceased 24 August 2011
Founded in 2005 by Dr Helmut Rieder, Dr Raimund Pammer
and Georg Pammer and received its air operator’s certificate
on 11 April 2007. Went into receivership after financial
troubles in March 2010, but continued operations. It filed
for insolvency on 23 August 2011 and ceased operations
the following day. The company provided scheduled services
from Graz and Klagenfurt to Zurich.
Roblex Aviation (ROX)
World Cargo Bldg. Entrance “ B”, Muniz AFB Carolina,
PR 00960 Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Tel +1 787 791 7630 Fax +1 787 791 7647
Email roblex@coqui.net Website www.roblex.com
Date operations started 1997
Description Provides cargo services throughout the
Caribbean, including package delivery for customers such
as FedEx, DHL and the US Postal Service.
Executives
President..............................................Roberto Rodriguez
VP Operations..................................................Luis Torres
Finance Director............................................ Maria Castro
Fleet (orders) 3 x Shorts SD.360-300
Main base San Juan SIG
Hubs Aguadilla BQN
Rossiya Airlines [FV] (SDM)
18/4 Pilotov Street, St. Petersburg, 196210, Russia
Tel +7 812 704 3324 Fax +7 346 255 5751
Email press-centre@rossiya-airlines.com
Website www.rossiya-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (75%),
government of St Petersburg (25%)
Alliances Aeroflot, AeroSvit Airlines, Air Astana, Air France,
Air Moldova, airBaltic, Armavia, Austrian, Belavia Belarussian
Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Estonian Air, Estonian Air
Regional, Finnair, Hainan Airlines, Iberia, KLM, Korean Air,
LOT Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, SCAT, Swiss,
Vladivostok Air
Date operations started August 1994
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Description Russia’s third largest airline, providing extensive
scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo
services from Moscow and St Petersburg, and also provides
operates VIP flights on behalf of the Russian government,
including operation of the presidential aircraft.
History Established by presidential decree as the Russia
Special Civil Aviation Department, primarily to operate VIP
flights on behalf of the Russian government. Also operated
scheduled passenger flights between Moscow and Liepaja,
Latvia. In September 2004 the government instructed state-
owned carriers Rossiya and Pulkovo to merge, becoming a
single commercial enterprise under the Rossiya brand.
Royal Air Maroc Express (RXP)
Aeroport de Casablanca-Anfa, Casablanca, Morocco
Tel +212 5 2291 2000 Fax +212 5 2291 2095
Email info@royalairmaroc.com Website www.royalairmaroc.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Royal Air Maroc (100%)
Date operations started 1 November 2009
Description Division of Royal Air Maroc operating domestic
and regional flights.
History Announced in March 2008.
Executives
Chairman & CEO........................................ Driss Benhima
Fleet (orders) (2) x ATR 42-600
Royal Jordanian Airlines [RJ] (RJA)
B
Building 37 Mohammad Ali Janah Street, Abdoun,
near the 5th Circle, Amman, 11118, Jordan
Tel +962 6 520 2000 Fax +962 6 520 2093 C
Email rj@rj.com Website www.rj.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Jordan
(26%), Mint Trading Middle East (19%), Jordanian Social
Security Corporation (10%), Others (45%)
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Royal Wings Airlines
(100%)
Alliances airberlin, Cargojet Airways, Gulf Air, Jetstar, Malaysia E
Airlines, Meridiana fly, Syrianair, Tarom, US Airways

The merger was completed in October 2006 and Rossiya
took over Pulkovo’s ranking as Russia’s third largest airline
by passenger numbers. Took over internal flights from
St Petersburg previously operated by Kras Air in August 2008.
Plans announced in August 2008 envisaged Rostekhnologii
drawing together the state-owned assets of several airlines,
including Rossiya, to create a new domestic carrier, RosAvia,
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2 x ATR 72-200 Date operations started 15 December 1963
2 (2) x ATR 72-600 Description Flag carrier operating scheduled international
Main base Casablanca (CMN) services to 54 destinations in the Middle and Far East,
North Africa, Europe and North America.
Royal Brunei Airlines [BI] (RBA)
RBA Plaza Jalan Sultan, PO Box 737, Bandar Seri Begawan,
History Founded as Alia, taking over from Jordan Airways,
with capital from private shareholders, who were later
G
BS8811, Brunei bought out by the Jordanian government. Became a member

H
based around existing airline Atlant-Soyuz. New plans in Tel +673 2 240 500 Fax +673 2 244 737 of the oneworld global airline alliance on 1 April 2007.
February 2010 required the corporatisation of Rossiya and Email cisukarh@rba.com.bn Website www.bruneiair.com On 19 November 2007 the airline launched its initial public
the other Rostekhnologii controlled airlines (KMV- Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Brunei offering. In July 2010 oneworld Alliance members American
Kavminvodyavia, Orenair, Saravia, SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Darussalam (100%) Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Royal Jordanian
Air) and their merger into flag carrier Aeroflot. Aeroflot
completed the planned acquisition from Rostekhnologii of
Alliances Dragonair, Garuda Indonesia, Malaysia Airlines,
Thai Airways International
Airlines received final antitrust immunity approval from
the European Union and US Department of Transportation,
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75% minus one share of Rossiya in November 2011. Date operations started 14 May 1975 clearing the way for co-operation between the carriers
Executives
General Director ............................................Sergei Belov
Description National carrier, operating scheduled flights to
destinations in Australia, Europe, the Middle and Far East.
on transatlantic routes.
Employees total 4,700 J
Deputy Director General.............................Michael Minaev History Operated its first scheduled flight linking Bandar Seri Executives
Fleet (orders) 9 x Airbus A319-100 Begawan with Singapore. President & CEO.......................................Hussein Dabbas
6 x Airbus A320-200
6 (2) x Antonov An-148
Executives
Chairman.............................Paduka Awang Haji Bin Abdula
Chief Information Officer.......................Ahmad Abu Ragreb
Head of Finance............................................... Ziad Jarrar
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5 x Boeing 737-500 Deputy Chairman & CEO.......................... Dermot Mannion Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A310-300
4 x Boeing 767-300
2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 7
Chief Operating Officer................. Khalidkhan Hj Asmakhan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
4 x Airbus A319-100
5 (2) x Airbus A320-200 L
6 x Ilyushin Il-62M 2 x Airbus A320-200 4 (2) x Airbus A321-200

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1 x Ilyushin Il-96-300 6 x Boeing 777-200 3 x Airbus A330-200
2 x Tupolev Tu-134A Main base Bandar Seri Begawan (BWN) 4 x Airbus A340-200
2 x Tupolev Tu-204-300 (11) x Boeing 787-8
(2) x Tupolev Tu-214 Royal Falcon Airlines [RL] (RFJ) 3 x Embraer 175-200LR
Main base Moscow (VKO), Saint Petersburg (LED) PO Box 340956, Amman, 11134, Jordan
Tel +962 6 5561652 Fax +962 6 5563181
5 x Embraer 195-200AR
1 x Gulfstream G400
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Royal Air Maroc [AT] (RAM) Email info@royalfalcon.com.jo Website www.royalfalcon.com.jo Main base Amman (AMM)

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Aeroport de Casablanca-Anfa, Casablanca, Morocco Date operations started August 2007
Tel +212 5 2291 2000 Fax +212 5 2291 2095 Description Operates scheduled services to destinations in Royal Star Aviation
Email info@royalairmaroc.com Website www.royalairmaroc.com Azerbaijan, Iraq and the UAE. Also offers ad hoc and regular Delta Hangar, General Aviation Area, Domestic Airport,
Parent organisation/shareholders Moroccan government passenger, VIP and cargo charters and wet-leasing services. Pasay City, 1301 Manila, Philippines
(95.39%), Air France (2.72%), Iberia (0.98%), Others (0.98%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Royal Air Maroc
History Set up as Jordan’s second air carrier. Jordan
International Air Cargo is a sister company.
Tel +63 2 853 9683 Fax +63 2 853 9682
Email royalstaraviation@hotmail.com
P
Express (100%) Executives Description Passenger charter service and executive flights.
Alliances Air France, Air Mauritanie, Atlas Blue, Brussels
Airlines, Cargojet Airways, Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Etihad
Chief Executive Officer................................Ziad Hanandeh
Head of Operations ........................................ Ihab Kdomi
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x BAe Jetstream 41 Q
Airways, Iberia, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Turkish Airlines (THY) Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 1 x Dornier 328JET-300
Date operations started 28 June 1957 1 x Boeing 737-400 Main base Manila (MNL)
Description Morocco’s flag carrier, operating scheduled
international flights to destinations within the Middle East,
1 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Amman (ADJ) Royal Wings Airlines (RWZ)
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Africa, Europe and North America. Also operates a domestic 7 Circal - Royal Jordanian City Terminal, 2nd Floor,
network and charter flights and offers Hadj flights.
History Established as Compagnie Cherifienne de Transports
Royal Jet (ROJ)
PO Box 60666, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
PO Box 341018, Amman, 11134, Jordan
Tel +962 6 580 3333 Fax +962 6 580 3344 S
Aériens (CGTA). Majority owned by the Moroccan government Tel +971 2 575 7000 Fax +971 2 575 5222 Email charters@royalwings.com.jo
Email info@royaljetgroup.com Website www.royaljetgroup.com Website www.royalwings.com.jo
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from 28 June 1957, following independence, and re-named
Royal Air Maroc (RAM). Partial privatisation is planned. Parent organisation/shareholders Abu Dhabi Aviation Parent organisation/shareholders Royal Jordanian
Established Air Sénégal International (ASI) on 3 November (50%), Amiri Flight (50%) Airlines (100%)
2000 through a joint venture with the government of Date operations started 4 May 2003 Date operations started 10 February 1996
Sénégal, but this airline has since ceased operations.
Executives
Description Charter airline concentrating on the luxury
transport market between the Gulf and Europe.
Description Offers business jet services and flights to Tel
Aviv, Gaza, Aqaba, Sharm el Sheikh and Haifa under the U
Chairman & CEO........................................ Driss Benhima Executives Royal Jordanian banner. Charter flights to Red Sea resorts in

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VP Finance.................................................... Hassan Amri Chairman..................... HE Hamdan bin Hvbavak Al Nahyan Egypt, and to Larnaca, Antalya and Rhodes also undertaken.
VP Flight Operations.........................Mohamed Ghammarte President & CEO.......................................... Shane O’Hare History Established to help develop local and international
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A321-200 Chief Financial Officer.................................... Richard Roth tourism with support from His Royal Highness Prince Faisal
2 x Beechcraft King Air 200 VP Operations .................................Mohammed Mazrouel Bin Al-Hussein. On 7 April 1996 Royal Wings commenced
1 x Boeing 737-300
4 x Boeing 737-400
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-700
(1) x Bombardier BD-100
services to Tel Aviv, strengthening the peace treaty signed
between Jordan and Israel in 1994. Royal Wings merged
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6 x Boeing 737-500 1 x Bombardier CL604 in June 1996 with Arab Wings.
6 x Boeing 737-700
26 (9) x Boeing 737-800
1 x Embraer 190 Lineage
2 x Gulfstream G300
Executives
Chairman.......................................................Walid Asfour X
1 x Boeing 747-400 1 x Gulfstream IVSP Managing Director ..................................... Amer Fakhoury
4 x Boeing 767-300 1 x Learjet Learjet 60 Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
(4) x Boeing 787-8
Main base Casablanca CMN
Main base Abu Dhabi (AUH)
Hubs Dubai (DXB), Jeddah (JED)
Main base Amman (AMM)
Hubs Aqaba
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RPX Airlines [RH] (RPH)
JL Ciputat Raya No 99, Pondok Pinang, Jakarta, 12310,
Indonesia
Tel +62 21 759 11 800 Fax +62 21 7590 9084
Email rpx@rpxholding.com Website www.rpxholding.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic Express
Group (100%)
Date operations started 17 October 2001
Description Offers cargo transportation on routes to
Indonesia and international destinations via Singapore.
History In April 2011, RPX Airlines was one of four Indonesian
cargo airlines removed from the EU’s list of banned carriers.
Executives
Owner.......................................................Harshe Joesoef
President .................................................. Heru Wirasakti
Finance Manager........................................ Endah Maryuni
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
RusLine [7R] (WLG)
8/3 Leningradskoje shosse, Podezd 17a, Moscow,
125171, Russia
Tel +7 499 150 4217 Fax +7 499 150 9291
Email info@rusline.aero Website www.rusline.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Nikolay Ulanov
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings
Alliances Armavia, Saravia, Ural Air
Date operations started 2006
Description Operates scheduled flights from Moscow
Domodedovo, Volgograd and Ekaterinburg to destinations
across Russia. International schedules serve Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Ukraine and the United
Aran Emirates. Domestic and international passenger and
cargo charters also offered, particularly from Krasnodar.
History Founded June 1997, initially specialising in group and
cargo charters and medical flights. Acquired a controlling
interest in RusLine in October 2009. On 1 April 2010
acquired the routes, five Canadair CRJ-200s and brand of
bankrupt carrier Air Volga. Expanded domestic operations
February 2011 through a codeshare with Ural Airlines.
Executives
General Director..........................................Viktor Davydov
Chief Accountant................................. Yulia Shcherbakova
Head of Flight Operations.......................... Andrej Kalmykov
Fleet (orders) 6 x Bombardier CRJ-100
9 x Bombardier CRJ-200
2 x Embraer EMB-120ER
Main base Moscow (DME)
Hubs Ekaterinburg (SVX), Volgograd (VOG)
Rutaca (RUC)
Aeropuerto Tomas de Heres, Av. Jesus Soto, Ed Bolivar,
Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Tel +58 285 632 4465 Fax +58 285 632 8426
Email rutaca01@cantv.net Website www.rutaca.com.ve
Date operations started 1974
Description Large Venezuelan charter company.
Executives
President..........................................Rosemarie De Mares
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Cessna U206D
2 x Cessna U206F
6 x Cessna U206G
4 x PZL An-2
Main base Ciudad Bolivar (CBL)
RVL Aviation [7M] (AAG)
RVL House, Hangar 6, Coventry Airport West, Coventry,
Warwickshire, CV8 3AZ, UK
Tel +44 2476 210210 Fax +44 2476 210212
Email ops@rvl-group.com Website www.rvl-group.com
Date operations started April 2007
Description Ad hoc and contract passenger, cargo and ACMI
services.
History Acquired aircraft and operations from Air Atlantique.
Executives
Group MD & CEO........................................... Colin Dennis
Flight Operations Director............................. Richard Baker
Finance Manager............................................. Diane Beck
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Fleet (orders) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Aer Lingus (29.82%)
1 x Britten-Norman BN-2S Date operations started July 1985
2 x Cessna 402 Description One of Europe’s largest low-fares airlines,
5 x Cessna 404 Titan serving more than 160 destinations in 28 countries from
2 x Partenavia P68 primary bases at Dublin and London Stansted.
3 x Reims-Cessna F406 History Services to Dublin from London Luton launched in
Main base Coventry (CVT) May 1986. Relaunched under new management in 1991 as
Europe’s first low-fare airline. European services launched in
Rwandair [WB] (RWD) 1997. Established its first European “mini-hub” at Charleroi
PO Box 7275, Kigali International Airport, Kigali, Rwanda in early 2001. Acquired London Stansted-based low-fare
Tel +252 503 687 Fax +252 503 686 operator buzz from KLM in early 2003.
Email info@rwandair.com Website www.rwandair.com Employees total 8,069
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Executives
Rwanda (77%), Silverback Cargo Freighters (23%) Chairman...............................................David Bonderman
Alliances Air Uganda, Brussels Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Chief Executive Officer.............................. Michael O’Leary
Precision Air Chief Financial Officer...................................Howard Millar
Date operations started 27 April 2003 Chief Operations Officer............................. Michael Cawley
Description National carrier operating flights to eight Fleet (orders) 291 (18) x Boeing 737-800
destinations in southern and east Africa. Main base Dublin (DUB, London STN
Executives Hubs Liverpool (LPL), Trapani (TPS), Leeds/Bradford (LBA),
Chairman....................................................... Girma Wake Pescara (PSR), Birmingham (BHX, Manchester (MAN),
Chief Executive Officer.................................. John Mirenge Edinburgh (EDI), Donington (EMA), Bristol (BRS), Madrid
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-500 (MAD), Alghero (AHO), Faro (FAO), Malta (MLA), Cork (ORK),
2 x Boeing 737-800 Barcelona (BCN), Brindisi (BDS), Alicante (ALC), Bournemouth
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200 (BOH), Bremen (BRE), Bari (BRI), Bologna (BLQ), Bergamo
Main base Kigali (KGL) (BGY), Cagliari (CAG), Ciampino (CIA), Gosselies (CRL),
Nykoping (NYO), Lautzenhaufen (HHN), Porto (OPO), Prestwick
Ryan Air [7S] (RYA) (PIK), Pisa (PSA), Reus/Tarragona (REU), Shannon (SNN),
5701 Silverado Way, Unit L, Anchorage, Alaska, 99518, USA Malaga (AGP), Lanzarote (ACE), Billund (BLL), Budapest
Tel +1 907 562 2227 Fax +1 907 563 8177 (BUD), Girona (GRO), Las Palmas (LPA), Kaunas (KUN),
Email atsak@atsak.com Website www.ryanalaska.com Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (FKB), Valencia (VLC), Sevilla (SVQ),
Date operations started 1950 Tenerife (TFS), Oslo (RYG), Weeze (NRN)
Description Provides scheduled cargo and mail delivery to
over 70 destinations in the Alaskan bush. Ryazanaviatrans (RYZ)
Executives Turlatovo Airport, Turlatovo, Ryazan, 390511, Russia
President.......................................................Wilfred Ryan Tel +7 4912 24 31 41 Fax +7 4912 24 31 41
Chief Financial Officer......................................Heather Orr Email r_avia@mail.ru
Operations Director ........................................Mike Brown Description Provides scheduled and charter regional feeder
Fleet (orders) 4 x CASA 212-200 flights together with aerial work.
13 x Cessna C207A History Formerly part of the Central Districts Airlines and
1 x Cessna C402C Aeroflot Ryazan Division.
1 x Shorts SC7-3A Skyvan Executives
Main base Anchorage (ANC) General Director ....................................... Timur Haliamov
Hubs Aniak (ANI), Bethel (BET), Kotzebue (OTZ), Nome (OME), Chief Accountant ................................Tatyana Timofeevna
and Unalakleet (UNK). Fleet (orders) 1 x PZL An-2
Main base Ryazan (RZN)
Ryan International Airlines [RD]
(RYN) RYJET (RYJ)
4949 Harrison Avenue, Suite 204, Rockford, 61108-0000, Aeropuerto Intern de Malaga, Terminal 2 Of. 109 Salidas,
USA 29004 Malaga, Spain
Tel +1 877 265 5420 Fax +1 815 398 0192 Tel +34 952 105 838 Fax +34 952 177 423
Website www.flyryan.com Email clientes@ryjet.com Website www.ryjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Ronald D Ryan (100%) Date operations started 1999
Date operations started 3 March 1973 Description Provides a scheduled service between Malaga
Description Worldwide commercial air charter cargo and and Melilla, and passenger and cargo charter flights.
passenger services. Also provides lift to the US military. Executives
History Previously known as Ryan Aviation, the airline was President.............................................Jose Maria Moreno
repurchased by Ronald Ryan in 1989. In the same year, it Marketing Director ....................................Soledad Peralta
began flying for the US Postal Service. Passenger services Fleet (orders) 2 x Piper PA-34-200T
commenced in 1983. In 1992 Ryan started a South Pacific 1 x Saab 340A
operation, flying fresh fish and general goods into Guam, Main base Malaga (AGP)
Saipan and the surrounding islands. Filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection on 6 March 2012, but planned to Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)
continue flying while restructuring. 3-24 Yamashita, Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Naha,
Executives 900 - 0027, Japan
Chief Executive Officer..................................Mike McCabe Tel +81 98 858 9664 Fax +81 9 8858 4357
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Mike Logan Website rac.churashima.net
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A330-300 Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines Group
4 x Boeing 767-300 (69.8%), Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%), others (25.1%),
8 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 Date operations started 17 February 1985
Main base Wichita (ICT) Description Operates domestic passenger services from the
island of Okinawa to the Ryukyu and Amami islands.
Ryanair [FR] (RYR) Employees total 93
Corporate Head Office, Dublin Airport, Dublin, Co Dublin, Executives
Ireland President ........................................................ Kouki Higa
Tel +353 1 812 1212 Fax +353 1 812 1213 Finance Manager ......................................... Tadashi Iraha
Email dalym@ryanair.com Website www.ryanair.com Operations Manager..................................... Shigeo Ogura
Parent organisation/shareholders Capital Research and Fleet (orders) 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Management (16.3%), BlackRock (5.6%), Michael O’Leary 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
(3.7%), others (74.4%) Main base Okinawa (OKA)
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Description Domestic and regional carrier, operating
secondary routes under the South African Airways brand.
The route network serves more than 10 domestic
destinations, in addition to regional destinations in
Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique,
Namibia and Zimbabwe. Charter flights are also undertaken.
History Established jointly with a Canadian group and South
African Airways as South African Express Airways to take
over unprofitable jet routes from SAA and replace them
with modern turboprops, and then Canadair regional jets.
The airline announced its rebranding as SA Express on 2
December 2009. SA Express took a minority shareholding
Safair [FA] (SFR)
Northern Perimeter Road, Bonaero Park, PO Box 938,
Kempton Park, Gauteng, 1620, South Africa
Tel +27 11 928 0000 Fax +27 11 928 1315 C
Email lrichter@safair.co.za Website www.safair.co.za
Parent organisation/shareholders ASL Aviation Group
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(100%)
Date operations started 18 March 1970
Description Specialises in value-added aircraft leasing
and chartering as well as sale and leaseback transactions,
contract and leasing services, flight crew leasing and E
training, aircraft maintenance and modifications, aviation

in Kinshasa-based start-up Congo Express, which was
established in December 2009.
Executives
Chairman................................................... Stavros Nicolai
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safety and medical training, material sales and operations
support for navigation planning, flight planning and
flight watch.
History Founded by Safmarine and mainly served the

S7 Airlines [S7] (SBI)

Chief Executive Officer................................ Inati Ntshanga
Fleet (orders) 13 x Bombardier CRJ-200
8 Building 2, Novaya Square, Moscow, 109012, Russia 5 x Bombardier CRJ-700
local and regional air cargo market until the early 1990s.
However in 1991 Safair diversified into aircraft maintenance
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and moved the overnight courier business, before

Tel +7 495 540 4770 Fax +7 495 540 4780
Email s7@s7.ru Website www.s7.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders ZAO S7 Group
(CJSC S7 Group) (64.5%), government of Russia (25%),
unspecified investors (10.5%)
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, Air Astana, Air China, Air Malta,
Air Pacific, airberlin, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Azerbaijan
Airlines, Bangkok Airways, Belavia Belarussian Airlines,
Brussels Airlines, Bulgaria Air, China Eastern Airlines,
China Southern Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines,
Dniproavia, Donbassaero, Dragonair, El Al, Emirates, Etihad
Airways, Georgian Airways, GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes,
Hainan Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Korean Air, Kyrgyzstan
Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines,
Meridiana fly, Montenegro Airlines, Niki, Oman Air, Orenair,
Qatar Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, SilkAir, Singapore
Airlines, Swiss, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways International,
Ukraine International Airlines, United Airlines, Uzbekistan
Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Yakutia Airlines
Date operations started May 1992
Description Major Russian airline operating scheduled
passenger and cargo flights from its main base at Moscow
Domodedovo, and five regional hubs to more than 100
destinations within Russia and the CIS, as well as
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9 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 concentrating on the leasing and chartering business.
2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 During 1998 Safair purchased a 49% stake in Air
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) Contractors, based in Ireland and was itself acquired
Hubs Cape Town (CPT) by Imperial Holdings in December 1998. In July 1999
SAA Cargo [SA] (SAA)
Safair acquired control of National Airways Corporation
and Streamline Aviation, and in 2004 acquired 60%
I
Private Bag X013, OR Tambo International Airport, of Naturelink. In November 2010, ASL Aviation Group
Kempton Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1620, South Africa
Tel +27 11 978 3333 Fax +27 11 978 3830
acquired Safair.
Executives J
Email webmaster@saacargo.co.za Website www.flysaa.com Chairman................................................... Ralph Boettger
Parent organisation/shareholders South African Airways Chief Executive Officer .................................. Dave Andrew
(100%)
Description Cargo division of South African Airways
Chief Operations officer...........................Wimpie Davidson
Finance Director........................................ Elmar Conradie
K
(SAA) focusing on freight movement worldwide, using Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-300
both dedicated freighter aircraft and the holds of South
African Airways passenger aircraft.
6 x Lockheed L-100-30
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) L
History Began dedicated cargo services using two converted
Safari Plus
M
passenger Boeing 737-200s in June 2000.
Executives PO Box 1555, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Chairman of SAA...........................................Jakes Gerwel Tel +255 786 044 445 Email info@safariplustz.co.tz
General Manager ....................................... Tleli Makhetha Website www.safariplustz.co.tz
Chief Financial Officer....................................... Gary Hoyle
VP of SAA Cargo......................................... Patrick Dlamini
Date operations started 2010
Description Tanzanian airline offering a domestic
N
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200 schedule from Dar es Salaam to Arusha, Zanzibar and

international services to China, Germany, Israel, South
Korea, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
History Evolved from the Tolmachevo State Aviation
Enterprise, which was established in May 1992 in the
city of Ob, near Novosibirsk, and was reorganised into
Siberia Airlines. Sibir acquired Vnukovo Airlines during 2001.
The airline rebranded as S7 Airlines on 15 March 2005.
After introducing codeshare agreements on various routes
with Vladivostok Air in the spring of 2007, the two airlines
announced large-scale co-operation in January 2008.
S7 became a member of the oneworld global airline
alliance in November 2010.
Executives
Chairman................................................Vladimir Obedkov
Chief Executive Officer................................. Vladislav Filev
Group Deputy Chief Executive........................ Anton Eremin
Deputy Director General Operations...Alexander Vindermout
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A310-300
20 x Airbus A319-100
11 (26) x Airbus A320-200
(8) x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 767-300
(4) x Tupolev Tu-204-100
Main base Novosibirsk (OVB), Moscow (DME), Irkutsk (IKT)
O
2 x Boeing 737-300 the world-famous Serengeti via the Seronera airstrip.
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) Charters are also offered.
Executives
Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter General Manager.............................................Glenn Scott
(SMC)
Indonesia
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beechcraft 1900D
Main base Dar es Salaam (DAR)
P
Date operations started 1969
Safi Airways [4Q] (SFW)
Date operations ceased 15 March 2011
Began operating in a joint venture partnership with a Malaysian Quai Markaz, Shar-e-Naw, Near Kabul City Centre, Kabul, Q
company, under the name MAC (Malaysia Air Charter). In Afghanistan
1972 it split from MAC and became known as PT SMAC Tel +93 20 22 22 222 Fax +93 20 220 2058
(Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter). Operated scheduled
passenger flights within the Sumatra area, and domestic and
Email info@safiairways.aero Website www.safiairways.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Safi Group (100%)
R
regional charter passenger and cargo flights. The airline also Alliances Sama
provided pleasure and medical evacuation flights. Date operations started 17 November 2007
Description Privately-owned Afghan airline operating S
SAEREO (SRO) scheduled services from its Dubai base which link Kabul
T
121 Indanza, Av Amazonas, Sector Aeropuerto, Mariscal with Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Dubai, Kuwait and Sharjah. Also
Sucre, Quito, Ecuador offers executive, commercial, ambulance and cargo charters
Tel +593 2 2263606 Fax +593 2 225 9052 and has an FBO and ground handling operation at Kabul
Email gerencia@saereo.com Website www.saereo.com International Airport.
Date operations started 1995
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services
History Launched services in November 2007 with
flights between Kabul and Sharjah. Following the addition U
between Quito, Guayaquil, Macas and Machala. Passenger, of all Afghan airlines to the EU’s blacklist on 23 November

Hubs Khabarovsk (KHV), Chelyabinsk (CEK), Perm (PEE), cargo and VIP charter services are also offered.
Moscow (VKO) History Introduced regular charter flights between Quito
and Portoviejo and Tena with a Beech 1900D in 1996.
SA Express [YB] (EXY) Introduced scheduled domestic services in 2004, initially
PO Box 101, Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg,
1627, South Africa
flying primarily on behalf of TAME.
Executives
Executives
Tel +27 11 978 5577 Fax +27 11 978 5578 General Manager.........................................Jorge Cabezas
V
2010, Safi Airways initially planned to maintain services
to Frankfurt using wet-leased aircraft, however the services
was suspended on 10 January 2011. A new service to
Delhi was launched on 16 June 2011.
Chairman................................................. Werner Borchert
W
Executive Director.............................................Hamid Safi

X
Email dkoetle@flysax.com Website www.flysax.com Operations Manager .............................. Guilhermo Rodas Chief Financial Officer...................................... John Roijen
Parent organisation/shareholders Department of Public Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D Chief Operations Officer........................... Michael McTighe
Enterprises (100%) 1 x Embraer EMB-120ER Fleet (orders)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Congo Express (49%) 1 x Embraer EMB-120RT 2 x Airbus A320-200
Alliances South African Airways
Date operations started 24 April 1994
1 x Gulfstream Turbocommander
Main base Quito (UIO)
1 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Kabul (KBL)
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Safiran Air Lines (SFN) Alliances InselAir Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (100%)
44, Esfandiar Boulevard, Vali-e- Asr Avenue, Tehran, Date operations started 2008 Date operations started 20 April 1992
19686, Iran Description Haiti’s only airline, offering a frequent scheduled Description Provides scheduled regional flights between
Tel +98 21 8878 8016 Fax +98 21 8878 8017 between the capital Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitian. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Okha, Kuril Islands, Khabarovsk
Email info@safiran.com Website www.safiranair.com Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31 and Vladivostok, with international services from Yuzhno-
Parent organisation/shareholders M A Habibian and Main base Port-au-Prince (PAP) Sakhalinsk to South Korea and Japan. Other services
family (30%), MB Nahvi and family (30%), M J Nahvi and include charter flights, rescue operations, fire fighting
family (25%), other shareholders (15%) SANSA [RZ] (LRS) and aerial patrol.
Alliances Air Sofia Edificio TACA La Uruca, San Jose, Costa Rica History The Federal State Unitary Aviation Enterprise
Date operations started 1990 Tel +506 2290 4100 Fax +506 2290 3538 Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy – SAT Airlines – was established in
Description Specialises in international cargo flights on a Email info@flysansa.com Website www.flysansa.com the reorganisation of Sakhalin United Detachment. In
charter basis. The airline also offers outsized cargo and Parent organisation/shareholders TACA Costa Rica (100%) September 2005, SAT Airlines was reorganised into a joint
handling services, wet-leasing larger aircraft as required. Alliances TACA International Airlines stock company. In February 2010 it was announced that SAT
Executives Date operations started 1980 would be one of six Rostekhnologii-owned airlines that would
Chairman.............................................. Mohammad Nahvi Description Domestic airline operating scheduled passenger now be integrated into flag carrier Aeroflot. Aeroflot
Managing Director............................ Mohammad Habibian services to 15 destinations as part of the TACA Regional completed the planned acquisition from Rostekhnologii of
Fleet (orders) 1 x HESA IrAn-140 airline system. Also offers ad hoc regional charters in 100% of SAT in November 2011.
Main base Tehran (THR) Costa Rica, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Executives
Aircraft carry SANSA Regional titles. General Director............................ Konstantin Sukhorebrik
Saga Airlines [H3] (SGX) History On 26 November 2008 TACA Regional unveiled its Chief Accountant...........................................Irina Tolstykh
Florya Caddesi No:88, Kat 3-4, Florya, 34153 Istanbul, Turkey SANSA Regional image for its Costa Rica-based operations. Managing Director............................................. Vasily Ilyin
Tel +90 212 444 7242 Fax +90 212 573 0323 Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-12B
Email info@sagaairlines.com Website www.sagaairlines.com President & CEO..................................................Luis Diaz 7 x Antonov An-24RV
Parent organisation/shareholders Abdulkadir Kolot and Fleet (orders) 11 x Cessna CE208 2 x Boeing 737-200
family (100%) Main base San Jose (SJC) 1 x Boeing 737-500
Date operations started June 2004 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
Description Charter airline which also offers wet-leasing SANTACO Express 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
services. Domestic services from Trabzon are planned. 159 Struben Street, Forum Building, Pretoria, Gauteng, Main base Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (UUS)
History Founded by Abdulkadir Kolot and his family as a 0001, South Africa
sister company to Saga Tours and Istanbul Petrol Tel +27 12 321 1043 Fax +27 12 321 7299 SATA Air Açores [SP] (SAT)
Executives Email info@santaco.co.za Website www.santaco.co.za Avenida Infante Don Henrique 55-4, 9504-528
Chairman................................................. Abdulkadir Kolot Parent organisation/shareholders South African National Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
General Manager.......................................Ali Birhan Temel Taxi Alliance (100%) Tel +351 296 209 720 Fax +351 296 672 090
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A310-300 Description Start-up low-cost carrier planning to launch Email pdldssp@sata.pt Website www.sata.pt
Main base Istanbul (IST) domestic commuter services, initially linking Johannesburg’s Parent organisation/shareholders Azorean Regional
Hubs Trabzon (TZX) Lanseria airport with Bisho and Cape Town, using aircraft government (100%)
supplied and operated by Airquarius Aviation. Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SATA International
Saha Airlines (IRZ) History Established by the South African National Taxi Alliance. (100%)
Carriage Old Road, PO Box 13865-164, Tehran, 13873, Iran Main base Lanseria (HLA) Date operations started 15 June 1947
Tel +98 21 6669 6200 Fax +98 21 6669 8016 Description Operates scheduled passenger, cargo and mail
Email saha2@isilan-net.com Saravia [6W] (SOV) flights in the Azores archipelago serving Corvo, Craciosa,
Parent organisation/shareholders Iranian air force (100%) 25 Zhukovskogo Street, Saratov Airport, Saratov, 410010, Faial, Flores, Funchal, Pico, Santa Maria, Sao Jorge, Sao
Description Operates domestic passenger services and Russia Miguel and Terceira. It also provides its own maintenance
cargo charters worldwide, except to the USA and Israel. Tel +7 8452 64 9074 Fax +7 8452 64 2552 and handling services, and manages four regional airports.
Executives Email saravia@saravia.ru Website www.saravia.ru History Established by five private shareholders as
President & OAC Manager............................... D J Hassani Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (51%) Sociedade Açoreana de Estudos Aereos Limitada in 1941.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A300B4-600 Alliances RusLine Rebranded as Servicios Açoreano de Transportes Aereos
2 x Boeing 707-300 Date operations started 1931 SATA in February 1947. It was transformed into a state-
Main base Tehran (THR) Description Charter and scheduled domestic flights, and owned company in 1980.
international charters from Saratov to Europe and the CIS. Executives
Sahelian International Air Lines History The airline was formed from the Aeroflot Saratov President & CEO......................................Antonio Menezes
Senegal Division. Aeroflot completed the planned acquisition from Director of Flight Operations..............Emanuel Vasconcelos
Description A multinational start-up carrier seeking to raise Rostekhnologii of 51% of Saravia in November 2011. Finance Director....................................... Nuno Rodrigues
FCFA 500 million ($960,000) so that it can begin operating Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
African regional services. General Director................................... Aleksander I Bokov 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
Main base Dakar (DKR) Fleet (orders) 1 x Yakovlev Yak-42 Main base Ponta Delgada (PDL)
7 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Salmon Air [S6] (MBI) 1 x Yakovlev Yak-42ML SATA International [S4] (RZO)
29 Hamner Drive, Salmon, Idaho, 83467, USA Main base Saratov (RTW) Avenida Infante D Henrique,55-4, 9504-528 Ponta Delgada,
Tel +1 208 756 6211 Fax +1 208 756 6219 Azores, Portugal
Website www.salmonair.com SAS Cargo [SK] (SAS) Tel +351 296 209 750 Fax +351 296 672 090
Date operations started 1968 PO Box 151, Petersdalvej 1, 2770 Kasterup, Denmark Email pdldssp@sata.pt Website www.sata.pt
Description Provides scheduled services linking Boise, Tel +45 3232 3888 Fax +45 3232 3985 Parent organisation/shareholders SATA Air Açores (100%)
Salmon, Stanley, McCall and many other destinations Email sas.cargo@sas.dk Website www.sascargo.com Alliances Cargojet Airways, TAP Portugal
in Idaho’s backcountry. Also provides charters and operates Parent organisation/shareholders Scandinavian Airlines Date operations started 8 April 1998
a flying school. (100%) Description Operates scheduled flights to Madeira and
Fleet (orders) 1 x Britten-Norman BN-2A Alliances Wow, airBaltic, Blue1, Cargojet Airways, Cimber the Portuguese mainland, as well as international services
1 x Cessna T210M Sterling, Wideroe to major cities in Western Europe, Canada and America.
1 x Cessna T210R Date operations started June 2001 Also operates charter flights.
1 x Cessna TU206G Description Independent cargo unit using cargo capacity of History Traces its history back to the foundation of OceanAir
1 x Cessna U206G parent company Scandinavian Airlines. in December 1990. In February 1998 the name was
5 x Piper PA-31-300 Executives changed to SATA International and the capital stock
1 x Piper PA-34-200T Chairman.................................................Benny Zakrisson increased. Following its bid by public tender, SATA
Main base Boise (BOI) President ................................................ Leif Rasmussen International was awarded scheduled routes from Ponta
Main base Copenhagen (CPH) Delgada to Lisbon, Funchal and Oporto.
Salsa d’Haiti [SO] (SLC) Executives
Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port au Prince, SAT Airlines [HZ] (SHU) President & CEO......................................Antonio Menezes
Haiti 50a Gorkogo Street, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A310-300
Tel +1 509 2813 1222 Email reservations@flysalsa.com Tel +7 4242 73 9000 Fax +7 4242 73 9191 4 x Airbus A320-200
Website www.flysalsa.com Email office@sat.sakhalin.ru Website www.satairlines.ru Main base Ponta Delgada (PDL)

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Satena [9R] (NSE) Fleet (orders) 34 (1) x Airbus A320-200 Date operations started 17 September 1946
B
Avenida El Dorado Suite 103-08, Entrada 1, Interior 11, 9 (6) x Airbus A321-200 Description Multinational flag carrier for Norway, Denmark
Apartado Aereo, 11163 Bogota, , Colombia
Tel +57 1 423 8530 Fax +57 1 413 8178
8 (4) x Airbus A330-300
4 x Boeing 747-300
and Sweden, operating in four divisions. SAS International
operates to intercontinental destinations in the USA, Middle C
Email comercia@satena.com Website www.satena.com 4 x Boeing 747-400 East and Asia, while SAS companies in Denmark, Norway
Parent organisation/shareholders Colombian air force
D
1 x Boeing 747-SP and Sweden each serve European destinations from their
(100%) 23 x Boeing 777-200 respective bases at Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. SAS
Alliances Avianca 3 (17) x Boeing 777-300 operations are made on a single air operator’s certificate.
Date operations started April 1962 (8) x Boeing 787-9 History Founded as the flag carrier for Norway, Sweden and
Description Operates scheduled passenger and mail
services from its Bogota base to the Amazon regions,
15 x Embraer 170-100LR
4 x Boeing MD-90-30
Denmark. Ownership of the airline was divided between
SAS Denmark A/S (28.6%), SAS Norge ASA (28.6%) E
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, as well as the main cities Main base Jeddah (JED) and SAS Sweden AB (42.8%), all owned 50% by private

and towns in Colombia.
History Incorporated in 1962 by presidential decree
under the Ministry of National Defence. Established
as a special element of the Colombian air force to
aid development of the Amazon and Orinoco regions
of Colombia, also performing search and rescue and
medical evacuation missions.
Executives
Finance Director......................................... Rodolfo Cortez
President................................... Carlos Eduardo Rodriguez
Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
6 x Dornier 328-100
2 x Embraer 170-100LR
1 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
Main base Bogota BOG
Hubs Medellin MDE, Cali CLO
Saudi Airlines Cargo [SV] (SVA)
P.O. Box 620, CC 713, LOC 130, Jeddah, 21231,
Saudi Arabia
Tel +966 (2) 686-4534 Fax +966 (2) 686-1521
Email cargomarketing@saudiairlines.com.sa
Website www.saudiairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
Alliances Coyne Airways
Date operations started March 2009
Description Privately-owned cargo subsidiary of Saudi
Arabian Airlines, operating from Damman, Jeddah and
Riyadh to destinations in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Indian
Subcontinent and the USA. In addition to its own fleet
of dedicated freighter aircraft, Saudia Airlines Cargo
Hubs Dhahran (DHA)
Sayakhat Air Company [W7] (SAH)
21 Panfilova Street, Almaty, 050016, Kazakhstan
Tel +7 3272 706 260 Fax +7 3272 790 327
Email sah@icce.kz Website www.sayakhat.kz
Parent organisation/shareholders Private shareholders,
V V Kuropatenko
Date operations started 1991
Description Operates cargo and passenger charter flights.
History Established by Vladimir Kouropatenko, and was then
the first private airline company in Kazakstan.
Executives
President & Founder......................... Vladimir Kuropatenko
Chief Accountant.................................. Svetlana Zordgolts
Flight Operations Director......................Aleksander Uleisko
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
1 x Tupolev Tu-154M
Main base Almaty (ALA)
SBA Airlines [S3] (BBR)
Calle 3B, Edificio Tokay Piso 3, La Urbina, Caracas,
Distrito Federal, 1073, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 204 4400 Fax +58 212 204 4442
Email jalvarez@santabarbaraairlines.com
Website www.sbairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Aserca Airlines (100%)
Date operations started 1 March 1996
Description Operates scheduled domestic and regional
routes from its hub at Caracas to destinations including
Barranquilla, Curacao, Guayaquil, Lima, Miami, Quito and
F
investors and 50% by their respective governments. SAS
gradually acquired control of the domestic markets in all
three countries. In May 1997 SAS formed the global Star
Alliance network with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai Airways and
United Airlines. The ownership structure of SAS was changed
in June 2001, with a holding company (SAS AB) being
G
created in which the governments of Sweden, Norway and
Denmark hold 21.4%, 14.3% and 14.3% respectively, and
the remaining 50% publicly traded on the stock exchange. H
On 31 January 2009, 12 months after cancelling the plan to
dispose of Spanair, SAS sold a majority shareholding in the
carrier to Barcelona-based venture capital company,
Iniciatives Empresarials, for a nominal €1 (US$ 1.30). SAS
I
retained a minority shareholding in Spanair. Shareholdings in
two more carriers were divested in 2009, with the airBaltic
holding going to the Latvian company’s management on 30 J
January and the 20% stake in bmi sold to Lufthansa on 30
September. On 1 October 2009, SAS Norge operations were
amalgamated under the same single air operator’s certificate
as those of other SAS operations. In June 2010, SAS agreed
K
to sell all but 10% of its shares in Estonian Air to the
Estonian government. SAS retained the option to dispose
of its stake after four years, while Estonia retained the option L
to buy SAS out.
M
Employees total 12,651
Executives
Chairman....................................................Egil Myklebust
President & CEO....................................Rickard Gustafson
Chief Financial Officer.................................Goran Jansson
Fleet (orders) 4 x Airbus A319-100
N
(30) x Airbus A320neo

O
continues to utilise the cargo holds of Saudi Arabian Santiago de Compostela 8 x Airbus A321-200
Airlines’ fleet of passenger aircraft. History Established at Maracaibo in November 2005. 4 x Airbus A330-300
History Created as an independent entity in March After wet leasing since its inception, the airline introduced 7 x Airbus A340-300
2009 through the privatisation of Saudi Arabian Airlines’ a pair of dry-leased Boeing 757-200s on its Miami route 3 x Boeing 737-400
cargo division. Rebranded on creation as Saudi Airlines
Cargo Company.
in February 2007. On 31 December 2008 the airline
rebranded as SBA Santa Barbara Airlines following its
7 x Boeing 737-500
28 x Boeing 737-600
P
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing MD-11F acquisition by Aserca Airlines. The two carriers initially 19 x Boeing 737-700
Main base Jeddah (JED), Dammam (DMM), Riyadh (RUH)

Saudi Arabian Airlines [SV] (SVA)

retained their separate identities while working to
amalgamate their networks. As part of this process SBA
20 (5) x Boeing 737-800
12 x Bombardier CRJ-900 Q
announced that it was giving up its long-haul European 26 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
PO Box 620, CC 181, Jeddah, 21231, Saudi Arabia routes to Funchal, Madrid and Tenerife so as to concentrate Main base Copenhagen (CPH)
Tel +966 2 686 0000 Fax +966 2 686 2006
Email prinfo@saudiairlines.com.sa
on regional services.
Executives
Hubs Oslo (OSL), Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) R
Website www.saudiairlines.com President......................................................Jorge Alvarez SCAT [DV] (VSV)
Parent organisation/shareholders Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (100%)
Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 42-300
3 x Boeing 757-200
Shymkent International Airport, Shymkent, 160003,
Kazakhstan S
Alliances Air France, Ethiopian Airlines, Gulf Air, Kuwait 2 x Cessna CE208 Tel +7 7252 24 11 12 Fax 7 Email scat@scat.kz
Website www.scat.kz
T
Airways, Middle East Airlines (MEA), Royal Air Maroc, 3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
South African Airways, SriLankan Airlines, Syrianair, Main base Caracas CCS Parent organisation/shareholders Vladimir Denissov
Tunisair, Yemenia (53%), Vladimir Sytnik (47%)
Date operations started 14 March 1947 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) [SK] Alliances Rossiya, Ural Air
Description National airline operating domestic and
international scheduled flights to more than 70 destinations
(SAS)
Kabinvaegen 5, Arlanda, 19587 Stockholm, Sweden
Date operations started 1997
Description Operates to all the major cities in Kazakhstan U
in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and the US. Also Tel +46 8 797 0000 Fax +46 8 797 1515 and to neighbouring countries of the CIS and Mongolia.

V
operates domestic and international charter flights. Website www.scandinavian.net Executives
History Began operations with a Jeddah-Dhahran service. Parent organisation/shareholders Private Investors President................................................ Vladimir Denisov
The first international route to Damascus was opened on (50%), Swedish government (21.4%), Danish government Chief Accountant................................... Svetlana Philipova
10 June 1946. Rebranded as Saudia on 1 April 1972 but (14.3%), Norwegian government (14.3%) Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-12B
on 16 July 1996 the Saudia name was dropped in favour
of reverting to the Saudi Arabian Airlines identity. Although
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Wideroe (100%),
Blue1 (100%), SAS Cargo (100%), Scandinavian Airlines
11 x Antonov An-24B
9 x Antonov An-24RV
W
government plans for a partial (30%) privatisation of the Sverige (100%), Air Greenland (37.5%), Spanair (10.9%), 1 x Boeing 737-300
airline during 2006 were delayed, the first stage was
completed in March 2009 when the company’s cargo
Estonian Air (10%), Scandinavian Airlines International (%),
SAS Norge (100%), Scandinavian Airlines Danmark (100%)
1 x Boeing 757-200
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200 X
division was privatised. Alliances Star Alliance, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, airBaltic, 20 x PZL An-2
Executives Atlantic Airways (Faroe Islands), Cimber Sterling, City Airline, 2 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Chairman.......................................... Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz
Director General...................................Khalid A Al-Molhem
Estonian Air, Icelandair, Luxair, OLT Express, Rossiya,
S7 Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Skyways, Wideroe
Main base Shymkent (CIT)
Hubs Almaty (ALA), Atyrau (GUW), Astana (TSE, Aktau (SCO)
Y
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Scenic Airlines [YR] (YRR)
1265 Airport Road, Boulde, Nevada, 89005, USA
Tel +1 702 638 3300 Fax +1 702 638 3295
Email info@scenic.com Website www.scenic.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Grand Canyon Airlines
(100%)
Date operations started 1967
Description Operates daily scheduled services from Las
Vegas and sightseeing flights over the Grand Canyon and
other local attractions.
History Began sightseeing flights over the Grand Canyon as
long ago as 1927. Acquired by Skywest 1993 and by Eagle
Canyon Airlines in 1998. Introduced scheduled services in
2001. Acquired by Grand Canyon Airlines in 2007 but
operations continue under the Scenic Airlines brand.
Executives
President...............................................Brenda Halvorson
Fleet (orders) 1 x DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
Main base North Las Vegas (VGT)
Scoot
4 Airline Road, Changi Airport, Singapore, 819825,
Singapore
Tel +65 6506 8823 Email info@flyscoot.com
Website www.flyscoot.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Singapore Airlines
Group (100%)
Description Start-up low-cost carrier planning to launch
medium-haul services in April 2012 to Sydney, followed
in June 2012 by service to Queensland’s Gold Coast.
Additional destinations in Asia and Australia and long-haul
services to Africa, Europe, India and the Middle East
are also planned.
History Announced on 25 May 2011 as Singapore
Airlines’ entry into the growing medium and long-haul
low-cost travel market.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................. Campbell Wilson
Main base Singapore (SIN)
Scorpion Air
73 Persenk Street, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel +359 2 969 4411 Fax +359 2 969 4422
Email office@scorpionair.bg Website www.scorpionair.bg
Description General aviation company operating
international charter flights with fixed-wing aircraft and
helicopters and aerial work.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Hrista Jelev
Executive Manager....................................Milko Zaprianov
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-26
Main base Sofia (SOF)
SEAA
Lubango, Angola
Date operations started December 2009
Description Operates domestic scheduled services linking
its Lubango base with the capital, Luanda, as well as to
Cabinda, Ondjiva and Saurimo, in conjunction with Air 26.
Executives
Owner..................................................... Silvestre Kapose
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
1 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
1 x Learjet Learjet 45
Main base Lubango (SDD)
Seaborne Airlines [BB] (SBS)
10 Watergut, Christiansted, Saint Croix, 00820,
US Virgin Islands
Tel +1 340 773 5991 Fax +1 340 773 6674
Email marketing@seaborneairlines.com
Website www.seaborneairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders David E Ziemer,
Maurice Kurg, Omer ErSelcuk, Richard A Jensen
Description Operates domestic flights within the Virgin
Islands, and to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
History Launched flying tour operations in the Virgin Islands
in 1992 and launched year-round scheduled passenger
services in 1995. Became a Part 121 Air Carrier in 1997.
The company came under new ownership in 2000.
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President & CEO......................................... Omer ErSelcuk
Chief Financial Officer ...................................Kirk Vogler III
Chief Operations Officer ................................David Ziemer
Fleet (orders) 4 x DHC6-300
Main base Saint Croix (STX)
SEAIR [DG] (SRQ)
Hangar 7224, Diosdado Macapagal International Airport,
Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ), Pampanga, 2009
Clarkfield, 2009, Philippines
Tel +63 45 599 2384 Fax +63 45 599 2383
Email info@flyseair.com Website www.flyseair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Local investors (60%),
Tiger Airways (32.5%), Iren Dornier and Nikos Gitsis (7.5%)
Date operations started August 1995
Description Operates international services between
Clark and Singapore, in conjunction with Tiger Airways.
Also operates leisure-based domestic scheduled services,
including holiday packages, in addition to seasonal routes,
domestic and regional charters.
History Established by Iren Dornier, Nikos Gitsis and
Tomas Lopez. Based initially at the former US air force
base at Clark Field (aka Diosdado Macapagal International
Airport) close to Angeles City. Initially offered aircraft leasing
and chartering services as well as unscheduled domestic
flights. Registered in May 1995 to serve the Clark-Manila-
Subic route and other tourist destinations throughout the
Luzon and Visayas regions. Authorised to operate
international charter services in 2003. By the end of 2005,
additional operating bases had been established at Manila,
Cebu and Puerto Princesa. Plans announced in October
2006 to become the first overseas partner for Singaporean
low-cost carrier Tiger Airways were delayed and later dropped
in 2008 due to opposition from local carriers and the
recession. Successfully relaunched plans to become Tiger
Airways’ Filipino subsidiary in December 2010, launching
services on the Clark-Singapore route on 16 December
2010, using aircraft operated by the Singapore based LCC. In
February 2011, Tiger Airways acquired 32.5% of SEAir from
co-founders Iren Dornier and Nick Gitsis, who retained a
combined 7.5%% stake. After the acquisition, the majority of
the carrier’s shares remained in the hands of local investors.
Executives
Chairman........................................................Iren Dornier
President..................................................Avelino Zapanta
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
1 x Boeing 737-200
3 x Dornier 328-100
1 x Dornier Do24A
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Clark (CRK), Cebu (CEB), Manila (MNL)
Hubs Zamboanga (ZAM), Caticlan (MPH), Puerto Princesa (PPS)
SeaPort Airlines [K5] (SQH)
7505 NE Airport Way, Portland, Oregon, 97218, USA
Tel +1 503 970 4978 Email info@seaportair.com
Website www.seaportair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SeaPort Air Group
(100%)
Date operations started July 2009
Description Operates daily scheduled flights linking Portland
with Boeing Field, Seattle, Astoria, Newport and Pendleton in
the Pacific Northwest. Mid-South services from Memphis
connect Hot Springs, Harrison, Jonesboro and Eldorado.
History Established as a subsidiary of Wings of Alaska
Airlines. In July 2009 SeaPort Airlines was awarded a federal
air service contract to serve four Arkansas communities
from a hub in Memphis, Tennessee.
Executives
President.................................................... Rob McKinney
Fleet (orders) 5 x Pilatus PC-12
Main base Seattle (BFI)
Hubs Memphis (MEM)
SEARCA Colombia (SRC)
Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Carrera 67, No 421 Hangar 40,
Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Medellin, Colombia
Tel +57 4 285 8979 Fax +57 1 413 8580
Email mde@searca.com.co Website www.searca.com.co
Date operations started 1992
Description Provides passenger services from Medellin to
destinations throughout South America.
Executives
President................................................... Jorge Campillo
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900C
15 x Beech 1900D
3 x Beechjet 400
2 x Beechcraft King Air 200
2 x Let L-410UVP
6 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Medellin (EOH)
Seawings (OPS)
P O Box 262160, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 4 811 6666 Fax +971 4 881 4558
Email reservations@seawings.ae Website seawings.ae
Parent organisation/shareholders Sheikh Saeed
Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum
Date operations started August 2007
Description Provides sightseeing flights, aerial tours and
offers ad hoc charters within the United Arab Emirates
using seven-seat Cessna 208 Caravan amphibian aircraft
operated by Dubai based Jet-Ops FZE. Operates from
a coastal operating base at the Jebel Ali Golf Resort
on the outskirts of Dubai.
History Founded by Stuart Wheeler. Majority owned by
Sheikh Saeed Mohammed Hasher Al Maktoum. In May
2009 the airline announced that it was expanding its
operations to a second base in the Emirate of Fujairah.
Main base Dubai (DXB)
Hubs Fujairah (FJR)
Semeyavia [E8] (SMK)
Semipalatinsk Airport, Semipalatinsk, 071419, Kazakhstan
Tel +7 722 244 3917 Fax +7 722 244 3917
Email serikhm@gmail.com Website www.semeyairport.kz
Parent organisation/shareholders Yertis Socio-
Entrepreneurial Corporation
Date operations started 1997
Description Domestic airline operating scheduled services
lining its Semipalatinsk base with Almaty, Ust-Kamenogorsk
and Urdzhar.
History Created in 1997 following the entry, in August
1996, of then flag carrier Kazakhstan Airways (aka
NAAK Kazakhstan Aue Joly) into bankruptcy proceedings.
Kazakhstan Airways was re-registered as the public
joint stock company Semeyavia and the new enterprise
made responsible for both airline and airport operations
at Semipalatinsk Airport in eastern Kazakhstan. Launched
domestic scheduled services later that year, operating
two Yakolev Yak-40s. Plans announced in 2008 for regular
air services to Urumqi in China starting in 2009 have
yet to be realised. In 2009 the regional Yertis Socio-
Entrepreneurial Corporation agreed to fund the acquisition
of two ERJ-145 regional jets, as replacements for the
retiring Yak 40 fleet.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer ERJ-145EU
2 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Semipalatinsk (PLX)
Senegal Airlines [DN] (SGG)
Aeroport Leopold Sedar Senghor, PO Box 38265, Dakar,
Senegal
Tel +221 33 820 4152 Email contact@senegalairlines.aero
Website www.senegalairlines.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Groupement National
des Privés du Sénégal. (64%), government of Senegal (34%)
Date operations started 25 January 2011
Description Senegalese flag carrier linking Dakar with
west African destinations including Abidjan, Bamako,
Banjul, Conakry, Nouakchott and Ouagadougou. The
airline plans to concentrate on international and regional
services, using an as yet unnamed subsidiary to operate
domestic services. European and Asian routes are
planned from 2013.
History Created as a division of Groupe Air Senegal
holding company with initial capital of FCFA 17 billion
($34 million). The airline is a successor to the defunct Air
Senegal International joint venture with Royal Air Maroc,
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which ceased operations in April 2009. In November
2009, the Emirates Group signed a long-term assistance
agreement with Senegal Airlines to provide commercial
support, technical expertise, training and aviation-related
goods and services.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Modou Khaya
President.................................................. Edgardo Badiali
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Dakar (DKR)
Servant Air [8D]
Description Operates domestic passenger services
linking its base at Goiana with Brasilia and other central
destinations. In northern Brazil, Belem is linked with around
10 destinations through a hub in Maraba. Cargo services
are also provided under the SETE Express brand.
History Established as an air-taxi company under the name
of SETE Taxi Aereo. Licensed to operate passenger services
from Goiania to destinations in Central and Northern Brazil
in December 2006, which were launched under the SETE
Linhas Aéreas brand.
Employees total 134
Executives
and international schedules, with a route between Peshawar
B
and Dubai in February 1995. In October 1994 the airline
was designated the second national carrier of Pakistan.
Acquired by the Canada-based Tawa Group in June 2004. C
Executives
D
Chairman & CEO............................... Ehsan Khalid Sehbai
Managing Director....................................Khalid M Sehbai
DMD Finance..................................... Khalid Bashir Anjum
Director Flight Operations............................... Balban Sabir
Fleet (orders) 10 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 737-400 E
Main base Karachi (KHI)

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1619 Airport Way, Kodiak, Alaska, 99615-0003, USA President......................................................... Luis Villela Hubs Islamabad (ISB)
Tel +1 907 487 4444 Fax +1 907 487 4405 Fleet (orders) 4 x Cessna CE208
Email servantairinc@qci.net Website www.servantair.com 1 x Embraer EMB-120ER Shandong Airlines [SC] (CDG)
Description Alaskan commuter airline operating services 1 x Embraer EMB-120RT Shandong Airline Building, No. 5746, Er Huan East Road,
from Kodiak State Airport to outlying communities on Kodiak
Island and locations throughout southwest Alaska.
Main base Goiania (GYN)
Hubs Maraba (MAB)
Lidia District, Jinan, 250014, China
Tel +86 531 8569 8666 Fax +86 531 8569 8668
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History Founded by Howard Holman and Terry Cratty as Email zhaohg@shandongair.com.cn
Severstal Aircompany [D2] (SSF)
H
Paklook Air. Website www.shandongair.com.cn
Executives PO Botovo, Cherepovets Airport, Cherepovets, Volgograd Parent organisation/shareholders Shandong Aviation
Chief Executive Officer ................................. Wes Osowski Region, 162639, Russia Group (42%), Air China (22.8%), others (35.2%)
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna A185F Tel +7 8202 511 502 Fax +7 8202 511 908 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Sichuan Airlines (10%)
2 x Cessna C207
1 x Piper PA-32R-300
Email aviabuh@chp.ru Website www.severstal-avia.ru
Date operations started 21 May 2002
Alliances Air China, Asiana Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, UNI Air
Date operations started 26 December 1994
I
Main base Anchorage (ANC) Description Regional airline operating scheduled domestic Description Provincial carrier operating mainly domestic

Servicios Aereos Panamericanos

(SARPA)
Carrera 67A 3-26, Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Hangar 43-44,
Medellin, Colombia
Tel +57 1 361 3695 Fax +57 4 361 3696
Email sarparecep@une.net.co Website www.sarpa.com.co
Description Operates fixed and rotary-wing charter services
out of Medellin-Enrique Olaya Herrera airport in support
of the oil exploration industry in Colombia, as well as
services linking Cherepovets with Moscow, Petrozavodsk,
St Petersburg and Helsinki Charter flights are also offered
throughout Russia, the CIS and Europe.
History Established by the Severstal Steel Joint Stock
Company and now part of the Severstal Group.
Executives
Managing Director.................................. Nikolay Ivanovsky
Chief Accountant.................................... Yelena Travnikova
Deputy of Flight Operations..................... Sergej Staroverov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Bombardier BD-100
trunk routes from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to
provincial capitals and commercial centres. Secondary J
schedules link Qingdao and Yantai with major cities,
including Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Regional routes primarily serve cities in South Korea and
Taiwan, as well as Kuala Lumpur, Osaka and Singapore.
K
History Established March 1994 as a subsidiary of
Shandong Airlines Group. In September 1997 the airline
jointly founded the Xinxiang Aviation Alliance with five of L
China’s other provincial airlines. Since February 2004,

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offering ad hoc passenger and VIP charters and air 1 x Bombardier CL604 operations have been controlled by indirect majority
ambulance services. 3 x Bombardier CRJ-200 shareholder Air China. International schedules (under
History Established in Puerto Asis Putumayo as SARPA – 3 x Yakovlev Yak-40 codeshares with Air China) were launched in May 2004
Servicios Aéreos Puerto Asis. 2 x Yakovlev Yak-40K with services to Singapore, via Shenzhen.
Executives
General Manager............................................ Jose Ardelai
Main base Cherepovets (CEE) Employees total 4,800
Executives
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Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe Jetstream 32 SF Airlines (Shunfeng Airlines) [O3] Chairman & CEO......................................... Ma Chongxian
(CSS)
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1 x BAe Jetstream 32EP Vice General Manager........................................ Qing’en Li
Main base Medellin (EOH) 2nd Floor Room 211, No1 Huo Zhan, Baoan International Chief Accountant................................................Feng Xiao
Airport, Shenzhen, China Chief Flight Operations Manager..................Qingshe Zhang
Servicios Aereos Profesionales Tel +86 400 811 1111 Fax +86 21 5463 4567 Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-300
[5S] (PSV)
Ave. Luperon, Aeropuerto Internacional, D. Joaquin Balager,
Website www.sf-express.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SF Express (100%)
3 x Boeing 737-700
39 (6) x Boeing 737-800
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La Isabela, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Date operations started 24 December 2009 5 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Tel +1 809 826 4117 Fax +1 809 372 8817
Email comercial@sapair.com Website www.sapair.com
Description Chinese cargo and mail airline operating
scheduled services from its Shenzhen base in support
2 x Bombardier CRJ-700
Main base Jinan (TNA) Q
Parent organisation/shareholders Oscar Patin (100%) of parent company SF Express. Hubs Xiamen (XMN), Beijing (PEK), Chongqing (CKG), Qingdao
Description Provides scheduled and charter services in History Created as a subsidiary of SF Express, one of China’s (TAO), Yantai (YNT)
the Caribbean from its Santo Domingo base, together
with executive jet services.
largest cargo and logistics companies. Launched overnight
cargo and mail services in December 2009 with a six-times Shanghai Airlines [FM] (CSH)
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Executives weekly routing of Shenzhen-Hangzhou-Shenzhen. No. 212, Jiangning Road, Shanghai, Shanghai, 200041,
President............................................... Jose Miguel Patin
Operations Manager.......................................Nelson Pollo
Executives
President ..........................................................Wei Wang
China
Tel +86 21 6255 8888 Fax +86 21 6255 8989 S
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31 Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300 Email chenggw@shanghai-air.com
Website www.shanghai-air.com
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2 x BAe Jetstream 32 5 x Boeing 757-200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 Main base Shenzhen (SZX) Parent organisation/shareholders China Eastern Airlines
1 x Cessna CE208 (100%)
1 x DHC6-100 SGA Airlines [5E] (SGN) – see Nok mini Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Shanghai Airlines
1 x Embraer EMB-120RT
1 x Hawker Siddeley 125-600 Shaheen Air International [NL] (SAI)
Cargo International (55%), Sichuan Airlines (10%)
Alliances Air Canada, Air China, Egyptair, Mandarin Airlines, U
1 x Learjet Learjet 25 Terminal-1 Road, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), United Airlines

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1 x Learjet Learjet 35 75200, Pakistan Date operations started 1985
1 x Learjet Learjet 55 Tel +92 219 924 2951 Fax +92 219 924 2965 Description Major Chinese carrier operating scheduled
1 x Let L-410UVP Email dcp@shaheenair.com Website www.shaheenair.com services on domestic trunk routes and international routes
1 x Let L-410UVP-E Parent organisation/shareholders Directors, KAL Aviation, centred on South-East Asia and Russia, in addition to
1 x Shorts SD.360-100
Main base Santo Domingo (SDQ)
Shaheen Air Cargo, Shaheen Foundation (Pakistan air force)
Date operations started 10 December 1993
extensive cargo routes to Europe, operated since July 2006
in conjunction with Shanghai Airlines Cargo International.
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Description Provides scheduled services between the main History Founded by the Shanghai Municipal Government as
SETE Linhas Aereas
Aeroporto Santa Genoveva s/n, Hangar II CEP-74672-450,
cities of Pakistan and to Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, Kuwait,
Mashad, Muscat, Sharjah and Dammam in the Middle East.
the first independently-run local airline in China. Initially
limited to domestic flights, the airline finally won government X
74672-450 Goiania, Goias, Brazil History Established as a public limited company in 1984, approval in September 1997 to launch international
Tel +55 62 522 7034 Fax +55 62 522 7017 after being created as a joint venture between the Shaheen services. In October 2002 the company began to issue
Email engenharia@voesete.com.br Website www.voesete.com.br
Date operations started 1976
Foundation and the Pakistan air force. Launched commercial
services on the Karachi-Islamabad route in December 1993,
shares on the Shanghai stockmMarket. The carrier launched
domestic freighter services in May 2004. Shanghai Airlines
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became a member of the Star Alliance on 12 December
2007. On 30 November 2009 the China Securities
Regulatory Commission gave its approval for the merger
with China Eastern Airlines. The merger, through which
Shanghai Airlines became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
China Eastern while retaining its brand and independent
operations, was completed in January 2010.
Executives
Chairman........................................................... Xulun Ma
President.........................................................Fan Hongxi
Finance Officer ....................................................... Qiu Yi
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 737-700
37 x Boeing 737-800
10 x Boeing 757-200
7 x Boeing 767-300
(9) x Boeing 787-8
2 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Main base Shanghai (PVG), Shanghai (SHA)
Shanghai Airlines Cargo
International [F4] (SHQ)
International Company Limited, 20F Tower B Dawning
Centre, No. 500 Honbaoshi Road, Changning District,
Shanghai, 201103, China
Tel +86 21 62691018 Fax +86 21 62697323
Email sunhd@shanghai-air.com Website ecargo.shanghai-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Shanghai Airlines
(55%), Evergreen Group (20%)
Date operations started 2 July 2006
Description Operates dedicated freighter services
from Shanghai and four other Chinese hubs to various
destinations in Germany, Japan, Singapore, Thailand,
the USA and Vietnam.
History Established as a joint venture between Shanghai
Airlines, the Evergreen Group of Taiwan, and its airline
operation EVA Air. The new airline received its air operator’s
certificate at the end of June 2006.
Executives
General Manager............................................. Bian Zuhua
Finance Manager.............................................. Lin Xiaojun
Head of Operations......................................... Sun Jiaming
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 757-200F
3 x McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
Main base Shanghai (SHA)
Sharp Airlines [SH]
Hamilton Airport, Hensley Park Road, Hamilton, Victoria,
3300, Australia
Tel +61 3 5574 8216 Fax +61 3 5574 8258
Email book@sharpairlines.com.au
Website www.sharpaviation.com.au
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services in
Victoria connecting Hamilton with Melbourne, and Avalon
and Portland, with an extension to Adelaide in South
Australia, where flights serve Mildura, Port Augusta, Flinders
Island and Hamilton. Charter services and flight training are
also undertaken.
History Regional airline which began operations in Victoria in
1990 and in South Australia in April 2008.
Executives
Managing Director......................................Malcolm Sharp
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C182R
4 x Fairchild Metro 23
2 x Fairchild Metro III
1 x Piper PA-31-300
1 x Piper PA-34-200T
Main base Hamilton (HLZ)
Hubs Adelaide (ADL), Melbourne Essendon (MEB)
Shenzhen Airlines [ZH] (CSZ)
Shenhen Baoan International, Shenzhen, 518128, China
Tel +86 755 2777 1999 Fax +86 755 2777 7242
Email wm@shenzhenair.com Website www.shenzhenair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Air China (51%),
Shenzhen municipal government (Total Logistics) (49%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Henan Airlines (95%),
Kunming Airlines (80%)
Alliances Air China, All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines,
Shandong Airlines, TransAsia Airways, UNI Air
Date operations started 17 September 1993
Description Provincial airline primarily serving domestic
trunk routes from its base at Shenzhen and from hubs
in Guangzhou, Nanning, Wuxi, Shenyang, Zhengzhou,
Yunnan, Shandong and Jiangsu, which are operated by
branch companies and extend the network to the east,
south and northeast of China.
History Established by the CAAC and the Shenzhen
government, with financial participation by Air China,
Overseas Chinese City Economic Development Corporation,
Bank of China and Shenzhen South Tongfa Industrial
Corporation. In March 2010, Air China acquired a 51%
shareholding, while existing shareholders Shenzhen
municipal government and Shenzhen Huirun Investment
increased their shareholdings to 25 % and 24% respectively.
In May 2011, Shenzhen International Total Logistics, a
subsidiary of government-controlled Shenzhen International
Holdings, acquired Huirun Investment’s 24%shareholding,
effectively increasing the stake held by Shenzhen municipal
government to 49%.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................Jianjiang Cai
President......................................................... Feng Gang
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A319-100
48 (17) x Airbus A320-200
10 x Boeing 737-700
43 (6) x Boeing 737-800
5 x Boeing 737-900
Main base Shenzhen (SZX)
Hubs Harbin (HRB)
Shuttle America [S5] (TCF)
8909 Purdue Road, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana,
46268, USA
Tel +1 317 484 6000 Fax +1 317 484 4537
Email marketing@rjet.com Website www.shuttleamerica.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Republic Airways
Holdings (100%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines
Date operations started 12 November 1998
Description Regional carrier operating scheduled
passenger flights in the northeast of the USA as US Airways
Express and Delta Connection, and in Hawaii on behalf
of Mokulele Airlines.
History Founded by chief executive David Hackett, a former
financial planner for Continental Airlines and Savoy Capital.
In September 2001 Wexford Management took over the
carrier, and arranged for it to join the US Airways Express
system. In 2005 the carrier was purchased by Republic
Airways Holdings.
Employees total 1,259
Executives
Chairman President & CEO........................... Bryan Bedford
Chief Financial Officer.......................................Hal Cooper
Fleet (orders) 50 x Embraer 170-100LR
16 x Embraer 175-200LR
Main base Indianapolis (IND)
Sichuan Airlines [3U] (CSC)
Sichuan Hangkong Building, Cheng Du Shuang Liu
International Airport, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610202, China
Tel +86 28 8539 3001 Fax +86 28 8539 3888
Website www.scal.com.cn
Parent organisation/shareholders Sichuan Airlines Group
(40%), China Southern Airlines (39%), Shandong Airlines (10%),
Shanghai Airlines (10%), Gingko Restaurant (1%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Hebei Airlines (97%),
Chengdu Airlines (40.9%), Northeast Airlines (33.5%)
Alliances Hebei Airlines, KLM
Date operations started 14 July 1988
Description Chengdu-based regional airline providing
scheduled domestic services to more than 20 destinations
within China.
History In September 1997 the airline jointly founded
the Xinxing (New Star) Aviation Alliance along with five of
Chinas provincial airlines. Reorganised in August 2002
when the Sichuan Airlines Group, which is owned by the
provincial government, became the major shareholder.
Executives
General Manager................................................Haiying Li
Chief Financial Officer.....................................Xu Shenghui
Fleet (orders) 15 (6) x Airbus A319-100
28 (8) x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A321-100
14 (10) x Airbus A321-200
3 x Airbus A330-200
Main base Chengdu (CTU)
Sierra Pacific Airlines (SPA)
7700 North Business Park Drive, Tucson, Arizona, 85743,
USA
Tel +1 520 744 1144 Fax +1 520 744 0138
Email admin@sierrapacificairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sierra Pacific Group
(100%)
Description Operates passenger charters and subcharters
for other carriers, as well as the US Forestry Service and
US Marshalls Service.
History Founded as Mountainwest Aviation.
Executives
President................................................Garfield Thorsrud
General Manager........................................ Mark Thorsrud
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Tucson (TUS)
Silk Road Cargo Business (URS)
G44 Loyiha Street, 100161 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel +998 71 150 5031/ 5032 Fax +998 71 150 3282
Email info@srcb.uz Website www.silkroadcargo.uz
Description Start-up cargo airline planning to operate
scheduled domestic cargo services and charter flights from
Tashkent.
History Awarded its air operator’s certificate on 11 July 2011.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300B4-600
1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Tashkent (TAS)
Silk Way Airlines [ZP] (AZQ)
Heydar Aliyev International Airport, AZ 1044 Baku, Azerbaijan
Tel +994 12 437 4775 Fax +994 12 493 3859
Email silkwayltd@silkwayltd.com
Website www.silkway-airlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Eurasian Cargo Group
(100%)
Alliances AZAL Avia Cargo, Azerbaijan Airlines, Cargolux,
Lufthansa Cargo
Date operations started 9 October 2001
Description Provides scheduled and charter cargo services
to destinations in Europe, the CIS, Dubai, Afghanistan,
Iraq and China. Specialises in supporting the oil and
gas industries, humanitarian relief, and air transportation
of outsize cargo and construction equipment.
Executives
Director.........................................Shamsaddin Mirsalayev
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-12B
2 x Boeing 747-400
9 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Baku (GYD)
SilkAir [MI] (SLK)
05D Airline House, 25 Airlines Road, Singapore, 819830,
Singapore
Tel +65 6542 8111 Fax +65 6490 0514
Website www.silkair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Singapore Airlines
Group (100%)
Alliances Garuda Indonesia, Malaysia Airlines, S7 Airlines,
Singapore Airlines
Date operations started 21 February 1989
Description Regional airline operating scheduled passenger
services from Singapore to 26 destinations in Cambodia,
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, India,
Thailand and Vietnam. Charter flights are also undertaken.
History Originally established in 1975 as parent company
Singapore Airlines wholly-owned tour and charter subsidiary,
under the Tradewinds brand. Small turboprops were used
initially for short-haul services to holiday destinations
including Pattaya, Phuket, Hatyai, Kuantan and Tioman.
On 1 April 1992, Tradewinds was re-branded as SilkAir
to highlight its evolution into a carrier serving both business
and leisure passengers.

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Executives
Chairman..................................................Bey Soo Khiang
Chief Executive Officer...................................... Marvin Tan C
Finance Manager .............................................. Ley Pheng

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VP & Chief Pilot..................................... Siew Loong Leong
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A319-100
13 (5) x Airbus A320-200
Main base Singapore (SIN)

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Bubenska 113/47, Holesovice, 170 00 Prague,

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Czech Republic
Tel +420 233 374 596 Fax +420 233 371 179
Email info@silverair.cz Website www.silverair.cz
Parent organisation/shareholders Management (100%)
Date operations started February 1997
Description Operates charter flights within the Czech
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Republic and throughout Europe for international companies
including TNT and DHL, as well as the Czech Postal services
and local travel agencies. H
History Launched operations flying between Prague,
Nuremberg and Liege for TNT.
Executives
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President & Technical Manager............................. Jan Maly
Head of Flight Operations............................... Daniel Prusa
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Prague PRG Singapore Airlines launched Airbus A380 services in 2007 J
Hubs Ostrava OSR
Employees total 13,793 History Gained its air operator’s certificate in 2000 but
Singapore Airlines [SQ] (SIA)
Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore, 819829,
Executives
Chairman.......................................Stephen Lee Ching Yen
was unable to operate until 2003 because of political
unrest in Nepal.
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Singapore Chief Executive Officer............................Goh Choon Phong Executives
Tel +65 6541 5880 Fax +65 6545 6083
Email public_affairs@singaporeair.com.sg
EVP Operations and Services..................... Swee Wah Mak
SVP Finance..............................................Chan Hon Chew
Chairman...........................................................Priti Rana
Managing Director.................................. Phizo Nath Nepali L
Website www.singaporeair.com Fleet (orders) 19 (15) x Airbus A330-300 Finance Director................................................Surit Bista

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Parent organisation/shareholders Singapore Airlines 5 x Airbus A340-500 Director of Operations................................. Yub Raj Chettri
Group (100%) (20) x Airbus A350-900XWB Fleet (orders) 2 x Dornier 228-200
Alliances Star Alliance, Air India, Frontier Airlines, 16 (3) x Airbus A380-800 Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
Garuda Indonesia, Kuwait Airways, Luxair, Malaysia Airlines, 3 x Boeing 747-400 Hubs Pokhara (PKR)
S7 Airlines, SilkAir, Skywest Airlines, Transaero Airlines,
Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia
35 x Boeing 777-200
27 (8) x Boeing 777-300 Skippers Aviation [JW] N
Date operations started 1 October 1972 (20) x Boeing 787-9 PO Box 1306, Subiaco, Western Australia, 6904, Australia

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Description Singaporean flag carrier operating an extensive Main base Singapore (SIN) Tel +61 8 9478 3989 Fax +61 8 9478 3184
network of scheduled services linking destinations Email admin@skippers.com.au Website www.skippers.com.au
throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, Europe, Middle Singapore Airlines Cargo [SQ] (SQC) Parent organisation/shareholders Privately owned (100%)
East and North America. Asian regional services are 08E, Airline House, 25 Airline Road, Singapore Date operations started 1990
operated by subsidiary carrier Silk Air.
History Traces its origins back to the first scheduled flight
Tel +65 6541 6600 Fax +65 6546 3798
Email shirleen_lee@singaporeair.com
Description Charter company specialising in mining
crew changes, executive charters and general flying for
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made by Malayan Airways, from Singapore’s Kallang Airport Website www.siacargo.com the mining industry in Western Australia, as well as search
to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang on 1 May 1947. Following
Malaya’s independence from the UK and the creation of the
Parent organisation/shareholders Singapore Airlines
Group (100%)
and rescue and medevac operations. A small scheduled
network in western Australia is also operated. Q
Federated States of Malaysia on 1 November 1963, the Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings China Cargo Airlines Executives
company was rebranded as Malaysia Airways. After (16%) Chief Executive Officer ................................Stan Quinlivan
Singapore’s separation from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, a
new joint flag carrier, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, was
Alliances Wow, Cargojet Airways, Coyne Airways, Virgin Australia
Date operations started April 2001
Fleet (orders) 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
5 x Cessna Conquest II
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established on 1 January 1967. Services to Europe were Description Stand-alone cargo operation to complement the 4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
introduced in June 1971, with the Singapore-London route,
flown via Bombay, Bahrain and Rome. The January 1972
parent company’s passenger services.
History SIA Cargo was established in October 2000, and
6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
4 x Embraer EMB-120ER S
dissolution of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines into two separate received its air operator’s certificate in April 2001. 2 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Employees total 954
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carriers created Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) and 5 x Fairchild Metro 23
Singapore Airlines (SIA), effective 1 October 1972. Executives Main base Perth (PER)
Launched a wholly-owned charter subsidiary, Tradewinds, Chairman...............................................Cheng Eng Huang
in 1975 which later added scheduled services to regional President & CEO............................................. Tan Kai Ping Sky Airline [H2] (SKU)
business markets and was rebranded as Silk Air in 1992.
SIA gained transpacific access to the USA in 1978. Acquired
VP Flight Operations .............................................C C Loh
Fleet (orders) 13 x Boeing 747-400
Casa Matriz, Santa Elena 1761, Santiago, Chile
Tel +56 2 353 3100 Fax +56 2 353 3138 U
a 49% share of Virgin Atlantic Airways on 31 March 2000. Main base Singapore SIN Email skyatencionacliente@skyairline.cl

Launched a new subsidiary low-cost carrier, Tiger Airways,
which launched services in September 2004. Introduced
the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight, between
Singapore and Los Angeles, with the Airbus A340-500
in February 2004. This was surpassed in June 2004
with the new non-stop service from Singapore to New York
(Newark). Operated the world’s first Airbus A380 scheduled
service on 25 October 2007, between Singapore and
Sydney. Operated its first all-business class service, with an
Airbus A340-500, between Singapore and New York-Newark
International 15 May 2008. Announced a new low-cost
carrier subsidiary, Scoot, on 25 May 2011, with plans to
launch services by mid-2012.
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Website www.skyairline.cl
Sita Air Parent organisation/shareholders Jürgen Paulmann
GPO Box 9002, Sinamangal Ward No: 9, Kathmandu, Nepal (94.04%), others (5.96%)
Tel +977 1 448 7110 Fax +977 1 449 0546 Alliances TACA International Airlines
Email sita_air@wlink.com.np
Parent organisation/shareholders Priti Rana (100%)
Date operations started June 2002
Description Privately-owned Chilean carrier serving a network
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Date operations started 6 February 2003 of 12 domestic destinations and destinations in Peru from
Description Nepalese carrier operating domestic flights
from its base in Kathmandu to Lukla, Tumlingtar,
its main base at Santiagos Arturo Merino Benitez Airport.
Domestic and regional charters to destinations in Argentina, X
Biratnagar, Janakpur, Pokhara, Jomsom, Chaurjhari, Brazil and Peru are also flown.
Dang, Nepalgunj and Dhangadi. Regular cargo and History Formed by former staff of the defunct carrier
harter flights in the eastern half of the country are
operated from Nepalganj.
Nacional. Introduced scheduled international services
to destinations in Peru on 6 December 2007.
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Executives Sky Express [GQ] (SEH) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Skywings Asia Airlines
Chief Executive Officer.............................Jurgen Paulmann Heraklion International Airport, Nikos Kazantzakis, Date operations started February 2006
Head of Finance............................................ Carlos Urzua Heraklion, 716 01 Crete, Greece Description Athens-based charter airline serving the tourist
Head of Flight Operations............................. Felix Gonzalez Tel +30 2810 223 500 Fax +30 2810 223 805 market and offering ACMI leasing services.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 Email info@skyexpress.gr Website www.skyexpress.gr History Established as a joint venture between Greek
5 x Airbus A320-200 Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Militiadis investors and Ukrainian charter carrier Khors Aircompany in
12 x Boeing 737-200 Tsagarakis (48%), George Mavrantonakis (48%), 2004. Initially operated for tour operator Seguro Holidays.
Main base Santiago (SCL) Tasos Alefantos (4%) Established a Cambodian subsidiary, Skywings Asia Airlines,
Date operations started July 2005 in early 2011. Launched services between Athens and the
Sky Airlines [ZY] (SHY) Description Regional airline operating scheduled domestic Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Lvov in the summer of 2011.
Kayi Plaza, Güzeloba mah, Ay - 1, Sok No.1, Lara, 07230 services throughout the Greek Islands from its Heraklion Executives
Antalya, Turkey base. A regional route to Tirana, Albania is also operated, as Accountable Manager............................ Nikolaos Lefantzis
Tel +90 242 310 85 00 Fax +90 242 310 88 03 are domestic and regional charter services. Finance Manager.............................................. Maya Gkizi
Email info@skyairlines.net Website www.skyairlines.net History Launched domestic regional services in 2008. Flight Operations Manager......................... Moisis Mousas
Parent organisation/shareholders Kayi Group (100%) For the 2009 summer season, international charter flights Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe 146-RJ100
Date operations started 12 April 2001 were operated using two McDonnell Douglas MD-83s 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Description Charter airline operating services for in-house operated in conjunction with Meelad Air of Jordan. Main base Athens (ATH)
and external tour operators, flying primarily between Turkey, Executives
Europe and the Middle East. Chairman & CEO................................Militiadis Tsagarakis Skyair [C3]
History Created by Antalya-based Kayi Group. Operated Head of Flight Operations ...................... John Karamichalis House 48, Second Floor, Road 11, Block C, Banani, Dhaka,
domestic scheduled services from November 2010, linking Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 32 1230, Bangladesh
Antalya with Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Diyarbakir and Northern 4 x BAe Jetstream 41 Tel +880 988 2897 Fax +880 2986 1750
Cyprus. Ceased domestic services so as to concentrate Main base Heraklion (HER) Email info@skyair.asia Website www.skycapitalairlines.com
on charter flights on 3 August 2011. Parent organisation/shareholders Sky Group (100%)
Executives Sky King [F3] (SGB) Date operations started November 2009
Chairman..................................................... Talha Gorgulu 3600 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, California, 95826, USA Description Provides scheduled and charter cargo services
EVP & General Manager.................................Tahir Gorgulu Tel +1 916 454 2400 Fax +1 916 454 9151 worldwide. Frequent destinations are Karachi, Doha, Muscat,
Finance Manager...................................... Cevdet Bahcelik Email info@flyskyking.net Website www.flyskyking.net Kuwait, Baghram, Navoi, Milan and Frankfurt.
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200 Parent organisation/shareholders Gregg and Janet Lukenbill History Established as Sky Capital Airlines but trades as Skyair.
1 x Airbus A321-200 Alliances Direct Air Main base Dhaka (DAC)
4 x Boeing 737-400 Date operations started 1990
3 x Boeing 737-800 Description Provides charter services to professional sports Skybridge AirOps (KYB)
2 (1) x Boeing 737-900 teams, and long-term public charters. Skybridge AirOps S.r.l., Via IV Novembre, 71, Ciampino,
Main base Antalya (AYT) History Started by providing charter services to the 00043 Rome, Italy
Sacramento Kings, and has expanded to cover other major Tel +39 06 9321637 Fax +39 06 79813925
SKY Aviation sports leagues and, since 1998, public charters. Email info@skybridgeairops.com
Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Terminal Building, 2nf Floor, Executives Website www.skybridgeairops.com
Room A-03, Jakarta, 13610, Indonesia President.................................................. Gregg Lukenbill Date operations started July 2005
Tel +62 21 8087 8854 Fax +62 21 8087 8743 VP Operations.............................................. Steve Badger Description Provides a scheduled shuttle service between
Email sales@sky-aviation.co.id Website www.sky-aviation.co.id Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200 Rome Ciampino and Foggia and ad hoc and executive
Date operations started 29 December 2010 2 x Boeing 737-300 charter operations.
Description Operates a scheduled regional network 6 x Boeing 737-400 History Evolved from Skybridge, a sister company, and
in Sumatra. Contract and ad hoc charter services, Main base Sacramento (SMF) obtained its operating certificate at the end of July 2005.
flown primarily in support of oil and gas companies, Executives
are also offered. Sky Lease Cargo [WI] (TDX) Operations Manager.............................Giuseppe Sabatino
History Established as an air charter service with two 234A Burgess Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27409, USA Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer EMB-120ER
Cirrus light aircraft. Following a management change Tel +1 336 665 7149 Email info@ skyleasecargo.com 1 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 9
in 2010, Sky applied for scheduled airline status. Later Website www.skyleasecargo.com Main base Rome Ciampino (CIA)
that year, a Cessna Grand Caravan was acquired in order Date operations started 1973
to launch scheduled flights between Surabaya, Banyuwangi Description Provides ACMI leasing services to other operators. SkyExpress [GW] (KIL)
and Denpasar. History Established as Wrangler Aviation in 1969, operating Tsentralnaya ul., 2, Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, 119027,
Executives Lockheed Constellations, under FAA Part 91. Became a Part Russia
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Krisman Tarigan 121 carrier in 1978. In 1981, passenger services were Tel +7 495 684 9360 Fax +7 495 648 9361
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208 discontinued so as to concentrate on all-cargo operations Email info@skyexpress.ru Website www.skyexpress.ru
3 x Fokker 50 with a single Canadair CL-44. Rebranded as Tradewinds in Parent organisation/shareholders Boris Abramovich
(12) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95 November 1991. Received DOT approval to operate (25%), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Main base Jakarta (HLP) domestic and international passenger charters with no more (20%), Altima Partners, Sloane Robinson
Hubs Mataram (AMI) than five aircraft in December 1997. Passenger charters to Date operations started 29 January 2007
Boston and Montego Bay began on 15 February 1998 but Description Russian charter and scheduled carrier operating
Sky Bahamas [Q7] (SBM) ceased the following year as the airline again reverted to from Moscow-Vnukovo. Domestic and international charter
PO Box AP-59215, Blake Road Centre No 7, Blake Road, cargo operations only. Filed for bankruptcy protection on 25 flights are also operated from various Russian cities.
New Providence, Nassau, Bahamas July 2008. Ceased only scheduled service to Puerto Rico in History Established by Kras Air owners, Boris and Alexander
Tel +1 242 377 3062 Fax +1 242 327 6042 May 2009. Acquired in September 2009 by Miami-based Abramovich. Obtained an air operator’s certificate for
Email info@skybahamas.net Website www.skybahamas.net Sky Lease One. Operations continued, now focused on domestic scheduled services on 4 December 2006.
Date operations started 1988 providing widebody cargo aircraft for South American carriers Launched international charters in 2008. In August 2011,
Description Nassau-based regional airline operating on an ACMI basis. Rebranded at the end of 2010. Kuban Airlines owner BasEL Group announced plans to
scheduled flights from Nassau to several Out Islands and Employees total 248 restructure its aviation business by combining the assets of
to Cap Haitien, Haiti. Charter flights are also provided Executives Kuban Airlines and SkyExpress. In October 2011 the
throughout the Caribbean. President....................................................Wade Johnson repositioning of SkyExpress was confirmed, whereby it would
History Founded as Sky Unlimited in 1988, originally Chief Financial Officer ................................ Stephen Smith give up its low-cost business model and operate in future
operating a single Beech 1900D. The company introduced Chief Operating Officer..................................Dan Stenman under the air operator’s certificate of Kuban Airlines. On 26
Sky Bahamas branding in May 2006. Fleet 6 x McDonnell Douglas MD-11 October 2011 SkyExpress was relaunched as a charter
Executives Main base Piedmont Triad International (GSO) airline. Regular flights were also operated, from 30 October
President...................................................... Randy Butler 2011, under Kuban’s air operator’s certificate. Rosaviatsia
Chief Financial Officer............................... Darius Ferguson Sky Wings Airlines [ND] (GSW) duly revoked SkyExpress’ air operator’s certificate at the end
Fleet (orders) 1 x Saab 340B Vouliagmenis 58, Voula, 166 73 Athens, Greece of October 2011. Parent BasEl was expected to continue
3 x Saab 340A Tel +30 210 9602100 Fax +30 210 9602151 operations under the better known SkyExpress brand,
1 x Cessna CE208 Email ops@skywings.gr Website www.skywings.gr alongside its existing Kuban Airlines brand.
1 x Beech 1900D Parent organisation/shareholders Sunny Smile (Greece) Executives
Main base Nassau (NAS) (51%), Khors Aircompany (Ukraine) (49%) Finance Director ............................................ Alexei Zudin

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Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100 Description Operates scheduled regional services linking Skywest Airlines [XR] (OZW)
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2 x Boeing 737-300 Cairns with Townsville and six destinations in rural north Domestic Terminal, PO Box 176, Cloverdale, Perth,
2 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Moscow (VKO)
Queensland. Also offers charter services throughout
Australia and the South Pacific and provides Dash 8
Western Australia, 6105, Australia
Tel +61 8 9478 9999 Fax +61 8 9478 9928 C
services as part of seasonal tours from Aircruising Australia. Email info@skywest.com.au Website www.skywest.com.au
Skyhaul (HAU) History Established as a light aircraft operator in Cairns in May Parent organisation/shareholders Skywest (Singapore)
PO Box 12504, Hatfield, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0228,
South Africa
1980. Launched operations as a domestic charter airline in
October 1990. Scheduled services introduced 1993. Merged
(100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Air Mekong (30%)
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Tel +27 82 8512106 Email johan.oliver@skyhaul.co.za with AirSwift Aviation in November 2000. In December 2006 Alliances Air New Zealand, Qantas, Singapore Airlines,
Website www.skygroupholdings.co.za
Parent organisation/shareholders Skygroup Holdings (100%)
was acquired by the Wild Family Group, owners of Queensland
Regional Airlines and aviation management company
Virgin Australia
Date operations started 1963 E
Date operations started 2004 Corporate Air Services. All three companies were merged Description Western Australia’s largest regional airline,

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Description Provides cargo charters within southern Africa. under the Skytrans brand in September 2007. providing scheduled services throughout the state and to
Executives Executives Darwin. Also operates a single international service to Bali,
Director of Aviation......................................... Glenn Taylor Chief Executive Officer...................................Muralee Siva connecting services, and regional contract-based and ad hoc
Fleet (orders) 1 x Convair 580 Managing Director........................................... Simon Wild charter flights for governmental and corporate clients.
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) General Manager Operations....................... Gregory Bloom
Fleet (orders) 10 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
History The result of several mergers between aviation
operators across Australia, Skywest has its origins in the
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Skylan Airways (SKA) 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 launch of Carnarvon Air Taxis in 1963. Launched
Norman Manley International Airport, General Aviation
Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
Tel +1 954 376 6303 Fax +1 876 932 7134
Main base Cairns (CNS)

Skyway Enterprises (SKZ)

Email info@skylanjamaica.com Website skylanjamaica.com
Date operations started 10 August 2009
Description Operates domestic charter services from the
General Aviation Centre at Kingston’s Norman Manley
International Airport and the New Domestic Terminal at
Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport.
History Founded as a Juelle Group company by owner Dwayne
Brown. Launched with a single Jetstream 32 in August 2009.
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 32
Main base Kingston (KIN)
Hubs Montego Bay (MBJ)
3031 West Patrick Street, Kissimmee, Florida, 34741, USA
Tel +1 407 932 0600 Fax +1 407 932 0607
Email SkyWay@kua.net Website www.skywayent.com
Date operations started 1983
Description Provides on-demand charter flights across the
USA, together with contract flights for such companies as
Airborne Express, DHL, FedEx and UPS.
History Formed in Michigan as a Cessna dealership, adding
cargo charters in 1983. Moved base to Kissimmee in 1989.
Executives
President............................................ Thomas Loumankin
international services to Bali from Karratha, WA, in May
2004. Acquired by TNT in 1990 and merged with Lloyd H
Aviation as part of Ansett Australia. Acquired by Airline
Investments following the collapse of Ansett in 2002.
Acquired in August 2006 by Singapore-based investment
group CaptiveVision Capital. The new owner rebranded, first
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as Advent Air, and later as Skywest. Awarded an exclusive
five-year contract by the state government in January 2011
to operate turboprop aircraft on marginal routes within the J
region. Announced a 10-year alliance with the then-Virgin
Blue, in January 2011, under which it would operate new
Virgin Australia branded ATR72s on a regional network,
starting in October 2011.
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Employees total 385

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Fleet (orders) 1 x Douglas DC-9-10
1 x Learjet Learjet 24
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Jason Bitter L
1-5-5, Haneda Airport, Ota-Ku, Tokyo, 144-0041, Japan 6 x Shorts SD360-200 Chief Financial Officer.................................. Brian O’Dwyer

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Tel +81 3 5708 8208 Fax +81 3 5708 8201 Main base Kissimmee (ISM) Director of Operations.....................................Terry Cooper
Email info@skymark.co.jp Website www.skymark.co.jp Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
Parent organisation/shareholders Shinichi Nishikubo Skyways [JZ] (SKX) 4 x ATR 72-500
(52%), HIS, (14.4%), others (33.6%) Jonkoping Airport, 555 93 Jonkoping, Sweden (9) x ATR 72-600
Date operations started 19 September 1998
Description Provides scheduled passenger services over
Tel +46 8 595 135 00 Fax +46 8 555 43598
Website www.skyways.se
9 x Fokker 100
8 x Fokker 50
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domestic trunk routes linking Tokyo Haneda with Fukuoka, Parent organisation/shareholders Mansvell Enterprises Main base Perth (PER)

Asahikawa, Kobe, Chitose and Okinawa.
History Established by one of Japan’s largest travel agencies,
HIS Travel. Withdrew from the charter market in July 2005.
Employees total 1,661
Executives
Chairman........................................................Takashi Jde
President & CEO....................................Shinichi Nishikubo
Fleet (orders) (6) x Airbus A380-800
25 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Tokyo (HND)
SkyTaxi (IGA)
Box 1, 36 Skarzynskiego Street, Wroclaw Strachowice
Airport, 54-520 Wroclaw, Poland
Tel +48 71 349 0440 Fax +48 71 358 1212
Email sales@skytaxi.aero Website skytaxi.aero
Date operations started July 2004
Description Charter and wet-lease specialist operating
from its base at Wroclaw.
History Established in 2000 as an on-demand air charter
company in Opole, operating a single light twin. Relocated
operations in the autumn of 2000 to Wroclaw’s Strachowice
airport. Launched commercial services July 2004. Received
its air operator’s certificate on 26 April 2010. Began
(100%)
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, airBaltic, Scandinavian Airlines
Description Operates domestic schedules in central and
southern Sweden, and international routes to Denmark,
Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. Charter
flights are also operated, primarily within northern Europe.
History Formerly known as Avia. Acquired Salair in July 1991
and rebranded as Skyways. Acquired Highland Air in March
1997 and Flying Enterprise in 2000. Created Skyways
Regional in October 2000, through the merger of its three
subsidiaries, Airborne, Air Express and Highland Air. Forged a
partnership with SAS, which acquired a 25% stake, in April
1998. Skyways Express was divided into two separate
companies in January 2009, with Avia Express continuing as
the airline company, while Skyways was launched as a
marketing company, selling and marketing the brand
Skyways. Consolidated the operation, sales and marketing
of the airline under the company name Avia Express on 1
December 2010, but continued to operate under the
Skyways brand. International routes, initially to Copenhagen
and Ropros were introduced in December 2010. Acquired
by Mansvell Enterprises on 20 December 2010. Increased
its route network by 50% from 28 March 2011, adding
one domestic destination and five in Northern Europe.
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SkyWest Airlines [OO] (SKW)
444 South River Road, St George, Utah, 84790, USA
Tel +1 435 634 3000 Fax +1 435 634 3305
Email info@skywest.com Website www.skywest.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SkyWest (100%)
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Alliances Aer Lingus, Air Canada, AirTran Airlines, Alaska
Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, United Express,
Virgin Australia Q
Date operations started 19 June 1972
Description Largest independently-owned regional carrier
in the USA. Operates as United Express, Delta Connection,
US Airways Express and in partnership with Alaska Airlines,
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serving over 155 cities in 39 States, Washington DC, and
six Canadian provinces.
History Established by Ralph Atkin in March 1972 to fly S
passengers in Utah. Sun Aire of California was acquired in
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1984. A marketing agreement with Western Airlines was still
in force in 1987, when Delta acquired Western. SkyWest
subsequently started flying as Delta Connection out of Salt
Lake City. In 1997 SkyWest signed an agreement to operate
as United Express out of hubs in Los Angeles, Portland, San
Francisco and Seattle/Tacoma. In September 2005 parent U
company SkyWest completed the purchase of Atlanta-based

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operating scheduled services under its own air operator’s Acquired Gothenburg-based City Airline on 28 April 2011 Atlantic Southeast Airlines. In November 2010 parent
certificate from Münster-Osnabrück airport on behalf of and absorbed the carrier into its enlarged operation and SkyWest purchased, through its subsidiary, Atlantic
German virtual airline Jetisfaction on 5 September 2011. branding on 30 November 2011. Southeast Airlines, ExpressJet Holdings. SkyWest also
Fleet (orders) 2 x Saab 340A Executives acquired a 30% stake in Vietnamese start-up airline Air
Main base Wroclaw (WRO) Chief Executive Officer ........................ Lars-Ake Bertilsson
Finance Manager ......................................... Thomas Frisk
Mekong in 2010. SkyWest Airlines was contracted to supply
Air Mekong’s flight crews. Began operating Alaska Airlines
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Skytrans [Q6] (SKP) Flight Operations Director...........................Jon Melkersson services from Portland and Seattle, which had previously
PO Box 7110, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
Tel +61 7 4040 6700 Fax +61 7 4040 6799
Email info@skytrans.com.au Website www.skytrans.com.au
Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer ERJ-135ER
3 x Embraer ERJ-145EU
been flown by Horizon Air, in May 2011. Following its
acquisition by Southwest Airlines, the codeshare agreement X
2 x Embraer ERJ-145LR operated with AirTran was terminated in September 2011.
Parent organisation/shareholders The Wild Family Group 1 x Embraer ERJ-145MP Began operating for US Airways Express from its Phoenix Sky
of Companies (100%)
Date operations started October 1990
11 x Fokker 50
Main base Stockholm Arlanda (ARN)
Harbor Airport hub in December 2011.
Employees total 19,378
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Executives
Chairman & CEO...............................................Jerry Atkin
President & COO......................................... Russell Childs
Fleet (orders) 4 x Bombardier CRJ-100
152 x Bombardier CRJ-200
95 x Bombardier CRJ-700
21 x Bombardier CRJ-900
41 x Embraer EMB-120ER
3 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Portland (PDX)
Hubs Chicago (ORD), Denver (DEN), Minneapolis (MSP),
Phoenix (PHX), Salt Lake City (SLC), San Francisco (SFO),
Los Angeles (LAX)
Skywings Asia Airlines [ZA] (SWM)
254 IOC Building (4F-2), Monivong Boulevard, Sangkat
Boeung Rang, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel +855 23 217 130 Fax +855 23 217 150
Email phh@skywinggsair.com Website www.skywingsair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sky Wings Airlines
Date operations started June 2011
Description Cambodian start-up domestic and international
charter carrier, operating regular charter flights between
Phnom Penh and Siem Rep, Hanoi and Seoul.
History Established by the Greek carrier Sky Wings Airlines.
Launched services with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-83
transferred from its Greek parent in June 2011.
Fleet (orders) 1 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Main base Phnom Penh (PNH)
SkyWork Airlines [SX] (SRK)
Flughafen Bern-Belp, Aemmennmattstrasse 43, 3123 Bern,
Switzerland
Tel +41 31 810 1818 Fax +41 31 810 1801
Email info@skywork-airlines.ch Website www.skywork-airlines.ch
Parent organisation/shareholders Skywork Group (100%)
Date operations started 1983
Description Operates seasonal scheduled services linking
Berne-Belp Airport with cities in Germany, the Netherlands,
Spain and the UK. Charter services are also operated, both
ad hoc and on behalf of Swiss tour companies to holiday
destinations in and around the Mediterranean. Business jet
charter flights are also offered.
History Founded as part of the Skywork Group, primarily
as an advanced flight training school. Launched private
jet charter services in 1989. Launched charter flights
from Berne to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean
and Balkans in 2004. The airline launched seasonal
scheduled services in December 2009 with the Berne-
Rotterdam route.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................. Tomislav Lang
President........................................................... Alex Gribi
Fleet (orders) 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
3 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Berne (BRN)
Slovakian Airlines (SVL)
M R Stefanik Airport, Bratislava, Slovakia
Website www.slovakianairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Arnold
Medzihradského, Mikhail Bagdasarova
Description Start-up airline which is planning to launch
scheduled services from Bratislava, once it has received
the necessary licenses.
History Privately-owned airline created by entrepreneurs
Arnold Medzihradského and Mikhail Bagdasarova.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................. Miroslav Kaliciak
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Bratislava (BTS)
Small Planet Airlines (Estonia)
(ELC)
Lennujaama str. 2, 11101 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel +372 605 8974 Fax +372 605 8970
Email eesti@smallplanet.aero Website www.smallplanet.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Brova Air (95.5%),
others (4.5%)
Date operations started 21 April 2009
Description Operates regular and ad hoc worldwide charters,
focused on Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt and Spain, and offers ACMI
leasing services to other air companies and charter brokers.
History Established by the Avia Solutions Group consortium.
FlyLAL and its subsidiaries adopted the brand name Small
Planet Airlines on 22 July 2010. In December 2011 Brova
Air acquired the Avia Solutions Group’s stake in the airline,
which is expected to be rebranded as North Wind Airlines.
Executives
Deputy General Manager....................................Tiit Soorm
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Tallinn (TLL)
Small Planet Airlines (Italy) (LLI)
Via Della Scafa 158, Fiumicino, 00-054 Rome, Italy
Tel +390 6650 2751 Fax +390 6650 275 333
Email italy@smallplanet.aero Website www.smallplanet.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Avia Solutions Group
Date operations started 31 July 2010
Description Italian arm of the Lithuanian-based charter and
wet leasing specialist of the same name. Initially utilising a
single Boeing 737-300 operated on its behalf from Milan by
the parent carrier.
Main base Rome Fiumicino (FCO)
Small Planet Airlines (Lithuania)
(LLC)
A. Gustaicio St. 4, 2512 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel +370 5 252 5660 Fax +370 5 252 5661
Email info@smallplanet.aero Website www.smallplanet.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Avia Solutions Group
(100%)
Date operations started October 2008
Description Provides charter flights for Lithuanian and
foreign travel agencies to resorts in Spain, Turkey, Portugal,
Egypt, Greece, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
Employees total 166
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................ Vytautas Kaikaris
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 737-300
4 x Boeing 737-500
1 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Vilnius (VNO)
Small Planet Airlines (Poland) (LLP)
7 Stycznia Str. 45B, 02-146 Warsaw, Poland
Tel +48 22 427 9090 Fax +48 22 427 9093
Email poland@smallplanet.aero Website www.smallplanet.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Avia Solutions Group
(95.5%), others (0.5%)
Date operations started April 2010
Description Polish charter airline operating non scheduled
services for Polish tour operators to popular holiday
destinations including Turkey and Egypt.
History Established in December 2009 to continue the
expansion of flyLAL into the Polish Charter Market. FlyLAL
and its subsidiaries adopted the brand name Small Planet
Airlines on 22 July 2010.
Executives
Chaiman................................................ Vytautas Kaikaris
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Warsaw (WAW)
SmartLynx [6Y] (LTC)
Mazrudas, Marupes Pagasts, Rigas Rajons, Riga, 1053,
Latvia
Tel +371 67 207 392 Fax +371 67 207 750
Email info@smart-lynx.com Website www.ylcharter.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Management (100%)
Date operations started 1993
Description Provides ad hoc passenger charter flights to
points within Europe, as well as countries in Africa and Asia.
The airline also operates business and VIP charters.
History Founded as LatCharter to operate charter flights from
Riga, and began operations with a single leased 76-80 seat
Tupolev Tu-134B. In 2006 LatCharter agreed to co-operate
with charter and ACMI specialist Loftleidir Icelandic, leading
to the acquisition of a majority 55% shareholding by the
Icelandic company in July 2006, with a commitment to
acquire the remaining shares in the future. On 7 February
2012 a management buy out was announced whereby
the senior management of the airline acquired 100% of the
equity of SmartLynx from the Icelandair Group.
Executives
Managing Director ..............................Omar Benediktsson
VP Finance......................................................Alvis Sepge
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Riga (RIX)
SmartLynx Italia [6Y] (ART)
Italy
Email MXPINFO@smart-lynx.com
Website www.smartlynxitalia.com
Date operations started 22 May 2009
Description Italian charter and wet-lease specialist, initially
operating a single Airbus A320 transferred from its Latvian
parent company. Charter services are operated from Milan
to the Balearic Islands, Spain, Crete and Rhodes, as well as
intra-Italian holiday flights to Alghero, Crotone and Brindisi.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Milan Malpensa (MXP)
SmartWings [QS] (TVS)
K Letisti 1068/30, Prague Airport, 160 08 Prague,
Czech Republic
Tel +420 255 700 827 Fax +420 220 111 833
Email info@smartwings.net Website www.smartwings.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Travel Service Airlines
(100%)
Date operations started May 2004
Description Czech low-cost carrier serving 24 European
destinations, as well as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
History Emerged as a brand from Travel Service Airlines.
Executives
Managing Director ........................................Radek Muller
Finance Manager ............................................Ivana Ziloza
Head of Operations ..........................................Jan Belina
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-500
Main base Prague (PRG)
SNAS Aviation (RSE)
PO Box 5741, Manama, Bahrain
Tel +973 1734 9222 Fax +973 17 33 4508
Email steve.wilks@dhl.com Website www.dhl.com
Parent organisation/shareholders HRH Prince Saud bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud (100%)
Alliances DHL International Aviation ME
Date operations started 1979
Description Scheduled and non-scheduled cargo services
throughout the Middle East on behalf of DHL Express.
History Began operating scheduled services between
Bahrain and Riyadh in 1979.
Executives
Chairman................................................... John Chisholm
General Manager..................................................Bill Todd
Managing Director & Accountable Manager.....Steve Wilks J
Director of Flight Operations............................. Grant Jolley
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-200
2 x Boeing 757-200
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
Main base Bahrain (BAH)
Sol America (ESC)
Avenida Libertador, Multicentro Empresarial del Este,
Núcleo C, Piso 5, Oficina 54., Gran Caracas, Caracas,
Distrito Federal, Venezuela
Tel +58 (0212) 267 2424 Email solamerica@cantv.net
Date operations started 1980
Description Operates flights from Caracas to the holiday
resort of Los Roques. Other destinations include Las
Piedras, Aruba, Curaçao and Valencia.
History Founded as an air-taxi company. Introduced jet
services in April 2009 between Caracas and Maracaibo.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ...........................Manuel Rodriguez
VP Operations ..............................................Rafael Millan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP
Main base Caracas (CCS)
Hubs Las Piedras (LSP)

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Sol Lineas Aereas [8R] (OLS) Executives Somon Air [4J] (SMR)
B
Entre Rios, Rosario, 2000 Sante Fe, Buenos Aires, Chief Executive Officer............................Hiroshi Takahashi 40 Titova Street, 734012 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Argentina
Tel +54 341 424 9998 Email info@sp;.com.ar
VP Operation............................................... Yukihiko Ueda
Fleet (orders) 10 x Boeing 737-400
Tel +992 44 640 40 40/ 50 Fax +992 44 640 12 34
Email info@somonair.com Website www.somonair.com C
Website www.sol-lineasaereas.com.ar 2 x Boeing 737-800 Parent organisation/shareholders Somon Capital Bank
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Transatlantica Main base Miyazaki (KMI)
D
(100%)
(100%) Alliances Tajik Air
Date operations started August 2006 Solenta Aviation (SET) Date operations started 5 February 2008
Description Regional carrier operating several times daily Block 5, Stratford Office Park, Cnr Cedar Avenue & Valley Description Operates international services linking
serving Rosario, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rafaela, Santa Fe,
Mar del Plata, Mendoza and Villa Mercedes in Argentina, and
Road, Broadacres, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel +27 11 4650197 Fax +27 11 465 0217
Dushanbe and Khujand with several Russian cities, Almaty,
Dubai, Frankfurt, Istanbul and Urumqi. A domestic route E
Montevideo and Punta del Este in neighbouring Uruguay. Email smt@solenta.com Website www.solenta.com connects the capital, Dushanbe, with the second city,

F
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Solenta Invetment Khujand. Charters are also offered, including an annual
Director General......................................Gustavo Cebreiro Holdings (100%) programme for the Hajj pilgrimage.
President ...................................................Horacio Angeli Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Federal Air (50%) History Established by Tajikistani and US interests through
VP Operations..............................................Horacio Darre Date operations started 17 November 2000 bank Somon Capital, as the first private airline in Tajikistan.
Fleet (orders) 5 x Saab 340A
1 x Saab 340B
Description Wet-lease specialist operating a mixed fleet for
other carriers, including DHL and the United Nations.
Received an air operator’s certificate in October 2006.
Executives
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Main base Rosario (ROS) Executives General Director..................................... Alisher Rustamov

Sol Linhas Aereas (SBA)

Managing Director ............................................Paul Hurst
Operations Director ................................. Johann Minnaar
Financial Director......................................Jamshed Saidov
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-300 H
Aeroporto Municipal de Cascavel, BR 277 - Km 601, Finance Director Leon van de Moortele 2 x Boeing 737-800
85804-810 Cascavel, Parana, Brazil Fleet (orders) 4 x ATR 42-300 2 x Boeing 737-900
Tel +55 45 2104 4242 Website www.voesol.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Santa Fe Provincial
1 x ATR 42-500
1 x ATR 72-200
Main base Dushanbe (DYU)
Hubs Khudzhand (LBD)
I
government, Transatlantica Group 1 x Beech 1900C
Date operations started 12 October 2009
Description Brazilian airline operating services linking its
9 x Beech 1900D
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
SonAir (SOR)
Aeroporto International 4 Fevereiro, Luanda, Angola J
Cascavel base with Curitiba, Foz do Iguaçu and Maringá. 5 x Cessna CE208 Tel +244 226 633631 Fax +244 222 321 572
History Founded by an investors’ group led by Marcos Solano 2 x Embraer ERJ-145LR Email filomeno.merlath@sonangol.co.ao
Vale. Launched scheduled services with a flight from
Cascavel to Curitiba in October 2009.
Main base Johannesburg (JNB) Website www.sonairsarl.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sonangol State
K
Executives Solinair (SOP) Corporation (100%)
President............................................. Marco Solano Vale
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410 UVP-E
Secovlje 19, 6333 Secovlje, 6333, Slovenia
Tel +386 5 672 25 45 Fax +386 5 672 25 44
Date operations started 16 February 1998
Description Passenger and cargo services as well as L
Main base Cascavel (CAC) Email info@solinair.si Website www.solinair.si air-taxi and helicopter flights in support of the oil industry.

Parent organisation/shareholders MNG Airlines (100%)
Solar Air (SRB) Date operations started 1991
222 Room 3251, Moo 10 Vibhavadi, Rangsit Road, Description International passenger and cargo charters with
Don Muang Airport, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand fixed-wing aircraft and light helicopters. Also operates for
Tel +66 82 1035656 Fax +662 535 2450
Email ceo@solar-aviation.com Website www.solarair.co.th
DHL and runs a flight training school.
History Founded as a flight training school. Acquired by
Date operations started 2010 Turkish cargo carrier MNG Airlines in August 2008.
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An express shuttle service is also operated to Houston
from Luanda and Malabo.
History Formed as the air transportation arm of the national
oil company, Sonangol, the airline was reconstituted
as a commercial carrier under the SonAir brand on
16 February 1998. The Houston Express, a three-times
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weekly service between Luanda and Houston flown using

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Description Operates domestic low-cost scheduled flights to Executives an MD-11 wet-leased from World Airways, was introduced
locations in central and northern Thailand. Also offers Chief Executive Officer........................... Stanislav Potocnik in November 2000. Servis Air, a domestic subsidiary,
charter flights and an air express parcel delivery service. Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300B4 was briefly relaunched in May 2010, but suspended
Executives 1 x Boeing 737-400 services two months later. Atlas Air took over the Houston
Chief Executive Officer .....................Prachuab Chai Yasarn
Fleet (orders) 1 x Dornier 228-200
1 x Piper PA-34-200
1 x Saab 340A
Express services in May 2010.
Executives
P
1 x Saab 340A Main base Secovlje (POW) President..................................................... Joao Andrade
Main base Bangkok (DMK)

Solaris Airlines
Hubs Ljubljana (LJU)

Solomon Airlines [IE] (SOL)

Flight Operations Manager..............................Aarao Costa
Fleet (orders) 11 x Beech 1900D Q
2 x Boeing 737-700
Moscow, Russia PO Box 23, Honiara, Solomon Islands 9 x DHC6-300
Website www.solarisair.com
Description Start-up charter airline planning to operate
Tel +677 20 031 Email webmaster@solomonairlines.com.au
Website www.flysolomons.com
Main base Luanda (LAD) R
services within Russia from Moscow Vnukovo and selected Parent organisation/shareholders Solomon Islands Sophia Airlines
Turkish resorts.
History Created in conjunction with Turkish tour operator
government (100%)
Alliances Air Australia, Air Niugini, Air Pacific
San Pedro Airport, BP 179, San Pedro, Cote d Ivoire
Tel +225 21 58 80 99 43 Fax +225 21 58 80 98 42 S
OTI Holding, using the air operator’s certificate of defunct Date operations started 1968 Email resasal@yahoo.fr
Description The Solomon Islands’ national carrier, serving Date operations started 2006
T
carrier Vyborg Airlines.
Main base Moscow (VKO) the South Pacific island chain and international routes to Description Operates a regular weekday service between
Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Abidjan and San Pédro and offers domestic and regional
Solaseed Air [LQ] (SNJ) History Founded by Laurie Crowley as Megapode Airways in passenger, cargo and VIP charters and medevac flights.
Miyazaki Kuko Building 2F, Oaza Akae, Miyazaki City,
880-0912, Japan
1966. In June 1968, Papua New Guinea based carrier
Macair acquired the company and rebranded it as Solomon
History Established by local hotel interests.
Executives U
Tel +81 985 89 0086 Fax +81 985 69 1011 Island Airways or Solair. The government of the Solomons Director Générale........................... Melhem Elie Sabbague

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Email t_inoue@skynetasia.co.jp Website www.skynetasia.co.jp acquired a 49% shareholding in 1976 and the airline was Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
Parent organisation/shareholders Miyakoh (41.9%), fully nationalised in 1987. 1 x Let L-410UVP
ANA Group (14.99%), Mera Electric l Industries (11.7%), Executives Main base San Pedro (SPR)
Miyazaki prefecture support fund (3.3%), Skynet employees Chairman................................................... Michael Maina
shareholding co-operation (2.2%), Sojitz (1.8%),
others (24.2%)
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Ron Sumsum
Finance Manager......................................Richard Holstein
South African Airways [SA] (SAA)
Private Bag X13, Johannesburg International Airport,
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Alliances All Nippon Airways General Manager...............................................Gus Kraus Johannesburg, Gauteng, 1627, South Africa

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Date operations started July 2002 Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 Tel +27 11 978 1908 Fax +27 11 978 5103
Description Japanese low-cost carrier operating services to 1 x Britten-Norman BN-2A Email sarahuys@flysaa.com Website www.flysaa.com
key cities in Japan and across Asia. 2 x DHC6-300 Parent organisation/shareholders Department of Public
History Established as Pan Asia Airlines. Launched 1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 Enterprises (95%), SAA Employee Share Trust (5%)
operations in July 2002 as Skynet Asia Airways. Rebranded
as Solaseed Air on 1 July 2011.
1 x Britten-Norman BN2A
Main base Honiara (HIR)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Airlink (2.95%), SAA
Cargo (100%), Mango (100%)
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Alliances Air India, Air Mauritius, Airlink, El Al, Emirates,
JetBlue Airways, Linhas Aereas de Moçambique LAM, Luxair,
Malaysia Airlines, Mango, Qantas, SA Express, Saudi
Arabian Airlines, Swaziland Airlink, Virgin America, Virgin
Atlantic Airways, Zimbabwe Airlink
Date operations started 1 February 1934
Description National flag carrier, serving more than 30
international points and all major South African cities.
History Established following the acquisition of the assets
and liabilities of a private airline, Union Airways, and
commenced chartered and scheduled flights between Cape
Town, Durban and Johannesburg. The first Springbok service
between South Africa and the UK was opened on 10
November 1945. Australia was reached on 25 November
1957, and a service across the Atlantic to New York followed
on 23 February 1969. On 1 April 1990 South African Airways
became a division of state-owned company Transnet, in
preparation for privatisation. This was partially implemented
in June 1999, when a 20% stake was sold to the SAirGroup.
The stake was bought back when the SAirGroup collapsed.
Executives
Chairman....................................................Cheryl Carolus
Chief Executive Officer...................................Siza Mzimela
Chief Financial Officer ................................ George Mellett
Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A319-100
2 (20) x Airbus A320-200
6 x Airbus A330-200
2 x Airbus A340-200
8 x Airbus A340-300
9 x Airbus A340-600
14 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
South Airlines [YG] (OTL)
Airport Tzentralnyi, Odessa, 65054, Ukraine
Tel +380 482 37 17 16 Fax +380 482 37 17 16
Email office@southair.com.ua Website www.otlavia.com
Date operations started 12 April 1999
Description Operates international scheduled passenger
services from Odessa to destinations in Europe and the
Middle East.
Executives
General Director.............................................. Yuriy Molod
Chief Accountant............................................. Nely Lekhiv
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24RV
2 x Embraer Phenom 100
1 x Let L-410UVP
3 x Saab 340B
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
1 x Yakovlev Yak-42D
Main base Odesa (ODS)
Hubs Kiev (KBP)
Southern Air [9S] (SOO)
117 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut, 06850, USA
Tel +1 203 847 6000 Fax +1 203 847 9612
Email sales@southernair.com Website www.southernair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders James K Neff and
family, Oak Hill Capital Partners
Date operations started November 1999
Description Specialist US carrier wet-leasing cargo aircraft to
international air cargo carriers and freight forwarders.
History Established using the assets of Southern Air
Transport, which ceased in September 1998.
Executives
President................................................... Thomas Gillies
Chief Executive Officer ...............................Daniel McHugh
Chief Financial Officer....................................James Walsh
Chief Operating Officer.................................. David Soaper
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 747-200
2 x Boeing 747-400
3 (2) x Boeing 777-200
Main base Windsor Locks (BDL)
Hubs Columbus (LCK)
Southern Air Charter [PL]
PO Box N9812, Nassau, Bahamas
Tel +1 242 377 2014 Fax +1 242 377 1066
Email info@southernaircharter.com
Website southernaircharter.com
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Description Operates a domestic service from Nassau to
Arthur’s Town on Cat Island, together charter flights within
the Bahamas and across to the US mainland.
Executives
Accountable Manager..............................Bethsheba Gibbs
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900C
1 x Beechcraft King Air 100
1 x Piper PA-23-200
Main base Nassau (NAS)
Southern Star [4P]
Plot Number 675, Airport Road Tong Ping, Juba,
South Sudan
Tel +249 922 477 246 Email issa@hivess.com
Website flysouthernstar.com
Parent organisation/shareholders State of South Sudan
(100%)
Date operations started 20 August 2011
Description National carrier for the newly-established
independent state of South Sudan. Operates domestic
services linking Juba with Aweil, Malakal, Rumbek and Wau.
Plans to launch international services in early 2012.
History Launched domestic services from Juba using a single
wet-leased Bombardier DHC-8.
Executives
Chairman and Managing Director......................Ahmad Issa
Main base Juba (JUB)
Southwest Airlines [WN] (SWA)
2702 Love Field Drive, PO Box 36611, Dallas, Texas,
75235-1611, USA
Tel +1 214 792 4000 Fax +1 214 792 4011
Email jennifer.taylor@wnco.com Website www.southwest.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly traded (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AirTran Airways (100%)
Alliances Volaris
Date operations started 18 June 1971
Description One of the largest and most consistently
profitable airlines in the world is also an archetypal low-cost
carrier. Southwest operates and extensive network of low-
fare, high-frequency, point-to-point passenger services across
the USA. AirTran Airways is a wholly-owned subsidiary.
History Formed initially with three aircraft serving the
Texan cities of Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. It has
since picked up a number of awards for its innovative
approach, and serves as a benchmark for low-cost, low-fare
operations, admired and copied in the US, Europe, Asia
and the Far East. Announced the acquisition of AirTran
Airways in September 2010, which was completed on
2 May 2011, after receiving DoJ approval. The two carriers
initially continued to operate independently, until AirTran
merged onto the Southwest air operator’s certificate on
1 March 2012. Announced a $178 million net profit for
2011, the carrier’s 39th successive annual profit.
Employees total 34,901
Executives
President & CEO................................................ Gary Kelly
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Laura Wright
Chief Operations Officer....................... Michael van de Ven
Fleet (orders) (150) x Boeing 737 MAX
162 x Boeing 737-300
25 x Boeing 737-500
372 (126) x Boeing 737-700
(73) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Dallas (DAL)
Space Jet
Jakarta, Indonesia
Parent organisation/shareholders Lion Air
Description Start-up full-service airline planning to launch
domestic two-class services in late 2012 or early 2013 with
an initial fleet of six Boeing 737-900ERs, transferred from
parent company, low-cost carriers Lion Air. A doubling of the
fleet by 2014 and international services are planned.
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Spanair [JK] (JKK)
Spain
Date operations started March 1988
Date operations ceased 27 January 2012
Established as a joint venture between SAS and Teinver in
December 1986. Launched charter operations in late March
1988 using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83. Expanded the
network and eventually flew tourists from over 100 European
airports to Spanish resorts. Introduced long-haul flights to
the USA, Mexico and Dominican Republic in 1991 with
Boeing 767-300s. Launched scheduled domestic flights in
February 1994. Introduced intercontinental scheduled flights
in November 1997 with services between Madrid and
Washington Dulles. Became a member of the SAS Group in
March 2002. Parent company Scandinavian Airlines
announced plans to sell off non-core businesses, including
Spanair, in June 2007. The disposal was later cancelled,
before being revived in early 2009. On 31 January 2009
Barcelona-based venture capital company Iniciatives
Empresarials Aeronàutiques acquired an 89.1%
shareholding for a nominal 1 Euro. SAS retained the balance
of shares and remained an industrial partner. Ceased
operations on 27 January 2012 after talks of a capital
injection from Qatar Airways fell through.
Spirit Airlines [NK] (NKS)
2800 Executive Way, Miramar, Florida, 33025, USA
Tel +1 954 447 7965 Fax +1 954 447 7979
Website www.spiritair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Oaktree Capital
Management (39%), Gilder Gagnon & Howe (8.9%), Par
Capital Management (5.1%), others (46.1%)
Date operations started June 1990
Description Operates low-fare scheduled domestic and
international services to 18 destinations in the USA,
Bahamas and Latin America.
History Began as Detroit-based tour operator offering
charter air service under the name Charter One. Scheduled
services were launched in 1990, and the airline’s name
was changed to Spirit Airlines in 1992. In February 2004
Oak Tree Capital Management acquired a controlling
stake in Spirit Airlines.
Employees total 2,351
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................Ben Baldanza
Chief Financial Officer................................ Edward Christie
Chief Operations Officer................................ Tony Lefebvre
Fleet (orders) 26 x Airbus A319-100
11 (59) x Airbus A320-200
(45) x Airbus A320neo
2 x Airbus A321-200
Main base Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Detroit (DTW)
Spirit of Manila [SM] (MNP)
Roxas Sea Front Garden, Roxas Boulevard corner Ortigas
Street, Pasay City, 1300 Philippines
Tel +63 2 544 4188 Fax +63 2 556 7377
Email info@spiritofmanilaairlines.com
Website www.spiritofmanilaairlines.com
Description Operates low-fare scheduled passenger services
from Clark Diosdado Macapagal International Airport to
Bangkok, Karachi, Bahrain, Macau and Taipei. Services are
planned to Doha, Kuwait, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,
Osaka, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.
Executives
President & CEO........................................ Basilio P Reyes
Managing Director...................................Jaime M Matibag
Chief Operating Officer..........................Juanito G Ramos Jr
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Main base Clark (CRK)
Spring Airlines [9S] (CQH)
4F, 3rd Building, 2550 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, 020035,
China
Tel +86 21 6269 2116 Fax +86 21 6269 2505
Email cs@air-spring.com Website www.china-sss.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Spring International
Travel Service (Shanghai) (100%)
Date operations started 18 July 2005
Description Regional low-cost carrier operating scheduled
services from Shanghai, primarily to secondary cities across
China. International charter services link Shanghai with
destinations in Japan. Seasonal charters are also flown.
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History Established as a subsidiary of one of China’s
leading tourism companies by Wang Zhenghua. In July
2009 the airline received CAAC authorisation to introduce
services linking mainland China with Hong Kong, Macau
and neighbouring countries, including Japan, Russia and
South Korea. Regular charter services to the first of up
o 20 planned Japanese destinations were launched in
March 2011.
Employees total 2,190
Executives
Chairman................................................ Zheng Hua Wang
Chief Executive Officer................................... Xiuzhi Zhang
Date operations started November 2003 Star Airways [FS] (ACL)
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Description Operates a domestic scheduled network Sheshi Karl Topia Pall 127, Kulla 3 Kati 2, Zogu i Zi, Tirana,
serving over 38 destinations, in addition to international
routes to Penang and Singapore.
Albania
Tel +355 42403949 Fax +355 42403948 C
History Founded by Chandra and Hendry Lie, Johannes Email info@starairways.it Website www.starairways.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Albanian Investors,
D
Bunjamin and Dan Andy Halim as a joint venture between
Prodexim Sumsel and PT Babelindo. Began fleet Italian investors
modernisation in July 2007, starting to replace its all-Boeing Date operations started 7 June 2010
737-200 fleet with newer Boeing 737-300s. Description Low-cost airline linking Tirana with several
Executives
President....................................................... Chandra Lie
Italian cities using the aircraft and air operator’s certificate
of ItAli Airlines. E
Finance Director.........................................Gabriella Sonia History Established in Tirana by Italian investors. ItAli

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Finance Manager..................................................Ke Chen Operations Director ..............................Bambang Haryono Airlines was contracted to operate on Star Airways’ behalf
Head of Flight Operations ......................................Jun Pan Fleet (orders) 13 x Boeing 737-200 from June 2010, launching services to Milan Malpensa
Fleet (orders) 30 (5) x Airbus A320-200 12 x Boeing 737-300 and Pisa. In July 2010 the Albanian Civil Aviation Authority
Main base Shanghai (SHA) 7 x Boeing 737-400 suspended Star Airways’ air operator’s certificate. Services
Hubs Shanghai (PVG) Main base Jakarta (CGK) continued between Albania and Italy only, using the aircraft
and air operator’s certificate of ItAli Airlines.
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Sprint Air (SRN) St Barth Commuter [PV] (SBU) Executives
22 Ruchliwa Street, 02-182 Warsaw, Poland
Tel +48 22 212 5555 Fax +48 22 212 5501
Email biuro@sprintair.eu Website www.sprintair.eu
Aerogare Gustav III, BP 527, 97097 St. Barthelemy
Tel +590 590 27 54 54 Fax +590 590 27 54 58
Email info@stbarthcommuter.com
General Manager ...........................................Stavri Vesho
Main base Tirana (TIR) H
Parent organisation/shareholders Adam Moczulski, Grove Website www.stbarthcommuter.com Star Aviation
Holding, Iiski Capital, Jan Szczepkowski
Date operations started 15 April 2004
Parent organisation/shareholders Bruno Magras (100%)
Date operations started April 1995
BP 864, Route de In Amenas, Hassi Messaoud, Algeria
Tel +213 29 73 0122 Fax +213 29 73 0415
I
Description Operates cargo flights to destinations in Poland Description Operates inter-island services in the French Email travel@zimex.com Website www.star-aviation.net
and neighbouring countries. Also operates cargo flights for
FedEx, TNT, UPS and the Polish Postal service and provides
West Indies.
Executives
Date operations started 2001
Description Provides special air services and medevac J
ACMI leasing services. President.................................................... Bruno Magras to the oil industry in the Algerian desert, in association
History Founded as Air Polonia Cargo and rebranded as Sky Fleet (orders) 2 x Cessna CE208 with Swiss operator Zimex.
Express in September 2004. The present name was
adopted in January 2008.
3 x Britten-Norman BN2B
Main base Saint Barthelemy (SBH)
Executives
Chief Executive Officer......................................Hugo Kopp
K
Executives Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900D
Chairman................................................... Anna Baltaziuk
Operations Manager ...........................Roland Tchorzewski
Star Air [DQ] (SRR)
Copenhagen Airport South, Building 243, DK-2791 Dragoer,
2 x DHC6-300
1 x Pilatus PC-6/B L
Fleet (orders) 1 x Let L-410UVP-E Denmark Main base Hassi Messaoud (HME)

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13 x Saab 340A Tel +45 32 31 4343 Fax +45 32 31 4390
Main base Warsaw (WAW) Email info@starair.dk Website www.starair.com Star Equatorial Airlines
Parent organisation/shareholders A.P. Moller-Maersk Avenida De Independecia, Malabo-Bioco Norte, Malabo,
SriLankan Airlines [UL] (ALK) Group (100%) Equatorial Guinea
Airline Centre, Bandaranaike International Airport,
Katunayake, Sri Lanka
Date operations started 1987
Executives
Tel +240 093 126 Fax +240 099 046
Website www.starequatorialairlines.com N
Tel +94 1 9733 5555 Fax +94 1 9733 5122 President................................................ Soren Graversen Date operations started 2007

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Email niroshanr@srilankan.aero Website www.srilankan.aero VP Finance................................................Finn Neesgaard Description Links the two administrative capitals of Bata
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Sri VP Operations............................................. Gert Petersen and Malabo, together with regional flights to several capital
Lanka (94.64%), Employees (5.32%) Fleet (orders) 11 x Boeing 767-200 cities in central and west Africa, including Libreville, Douala,
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SriLankan Air-taxi (100%) Main base Cologne/Bonn (CGN) Lagos, Lome and Cotonou. More are planned to be added
Alliances Air Canada, Air India, British Midland International,
Coyne Airways, Etihad Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Mihin Star Air
in the near future.
History Founded in June 2006
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Lanka, Saudi Arabian Airlines, South African Airways PO Box 2360, Rivonia, 2128, South Africa Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Date operations started 1 September 1979
Description National carrier serving 50 destinations 28
Tel +27 11 973 3389 Fax +27 11 973 5502
Email yvonne@starair.co.za Website www.starair.co.za
Main base Malabo (SSG)

Star Peru [2I] (SRU)

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countries throughout Asia, the Middle East and Europe, Date operations started 1996
in addition to international charter services. Description Provides a wet and dry-leasing service to Av Comandante Espinar, No 331 Miraflores, Lima, Peru
History Originally known as Air Lanka, the airline was
formed to succeed Air Ceylon, with initial management
other airlines, as well as crew solutions and support and
maintenance services.
Tel +51 1 213 8813 Fax +51 1 705 9001
Email atencionalcliente@starperu.com
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assistance provided by Singapore Airlines for a period Executives Website www.starperu.com
of two years ending in 1981. The airline was wholly-owned
by the Sri Lankan government until Emirates Airline acquired
Chief Executive Officer................................... Peter Annear
Finance Director..................................... Yvonne Anderson
Date operations started May 1998
Description Peruvian airline operating an extensive domestic S
a minority shareholding in March 1998. Emirates also Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-200 service to 10 destinations, together with charter flights
Main base Johannesburg (JNB)
T
became responsible for the management of Air Lanka under throughout South America.
a 10-year contract which ended in March 2008. In July 1999 History Founded by Valentin Kasyanov, changing its name
Air Lanka rebranded as SriLankan. Star Airlines following the introduction of scheduled services.
Employees total 4,998 Florya Cad, Florya plaza, No.88, Florya, Bakirkoy, 34153 Executives
Executives
Chairman.................................. Nishanta Wickremasinghe
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 212 663 0022 Ext.116
President.............................................. Valentin Kasyanov
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-100 U
Chief Executive Officer ....................... Kapila Chandrasena Tel : +90.212.6630022 Fax +90 212 574 0050 4 x BAe 146-200
Email commercial@staraircargo.com
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Chief Financial Officer .....................Yasantha Dissanayaka 2 x BAe 146-300
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A320-200 Website www.staraircargo.com. Main base Lima (LIM)
6 x Airbus A330-200 Parent organisation/shareholders Ehab Habib (51%),
6 x Airbus A340-300 Saudi Investors (49%) Starbow [S9] (IKM)
Main base Colombo (CMB) Date operations started 30 September 2008
Description Provides a charter and ACMI service. Star
H/N 832/1 First Street Osu, Accra, Ghana
Tel +233 302770581 Email info@flystarbow.com
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Sriwijaya Air [SJ] (SJY) Airlines is the trading name of MacStar International Air Website www.flystarbow.com
JL. Pangeran Jayakarta No. 68, Block C 15-16, Jakarta
Pusat, 10730, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 639 6006 Fax +62 21 647 0072
Cargo & Transport Co.
Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders Ghanaian investors
Date operations started 26 September 2011 X
Accountable Manager..............................Bapuha Ali Karas Description Start-up airline initially serving routes centred on
Website www.www.sriwijayaair.co.id. Managing Director................................... Batuhan Karatas Accra and the regional city of Kumasi, and linking them to
Parent organisation/shareholders PT Babelino (80%),
Musi Banyuasin District Administration, Prodexim Sumsel
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 747-200F
Main base Istanbul (IST)
other destinations such as Tamale and Takoradi. Regional
services to neighbouring countries are planned.
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History Formed by Ghanaian investors. STP Airways [8F] (STP)
Executives Bairro do Aeroporto, Edificio SP, Airways Andar Fraccao,
Joint Chief Executive Officer........................... Brock Friesen Agua Grande, Sao Tome and Principe
Joint Chief Executive Officer........................... Simon Saoud Tel +351 21 843 7040 Email contacto@stpairways.com
Chief Financial Officer.................. Humphrey Hessel-Appiah Website www.stpairways.st
Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-300 Parent organisation/shareholders euroAtlantic
Main base Accra (ACC) airways (37%), government of Republic of Sao Tomé and
Príncipe (35%), Banco Comercial do Equador (Angola)
StarFlyer [7G] (SFJ) (14%), GIAS (14%)
6 Kuko Kitamachi, Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyushu - City, Date operations started 1 October 2006
800-0306, Japan Description National airline providing an international link
Tel +81 93 555 4500 Fax +81 93 555 4505 between Sao Tome and Principe and Lisbon.
Email press@starflyer.jp Website www.starflyer.jp History Established by the government of Republic of
Parent organisation/shareholders ANA Group (1%), Daiwa Tomé and Príncipe as the new flag carrier to replace
Securities, Doll Capital Management, Kyushu Electric Power, Air São Tomé. Originally a joint venture with TAAG Angola
Nippon Steel, Nissan Motor, TOTO, Yasukawa Electric Airlines, which took a 65% shareholding. Launched
Alliances All Nippon Airways services linking Agua Grande with Luanda and Lisbon
Date operations started 16 March 2006 in February 2007, using aircraft operated by TAAG.
Description Operates 24 hour, low-fare, full-service STP suspended operations in July 2007 following the
scheduled services linking Tokyo Haneda with Osaka Kansai, ban on all Angolan airlines, implemented by the EU in
Fukuoka, and its Kitakyushu home base, providing business- July 2007. In June 2008, TAAG’s shareholding was
focused and leisure customers with high levels of comfort. taken up by three new investors, one of which was Euro
History All Nippon Airways took a 1% stake in December 2007. Atlantic Airways, which operated all STP services from
Executives STP’s relaunch of services in September 2008.
President ..............................................Shinichi Yonehara Main base Sao Tome (TMS)
Fleet (orders) 6 (5) x Airbus A320-200
Main base Kitakyushu (KKJ) Strategic Airlines (STU)
Hubs Tokyo (HND) Luxembourg
Date operations started August 2009
Starlink Aviation [Q4] Date operations ceased 17 February 2012
9025 Ryan Avenue, Dorval, Montreal, H9P 1A2, Canada Description Provides charter and ACMI leasing services
Tel +1 514 631 7500 Fax +1 514 631 7501 from its base at Luxembourg Findel Airport.
Email info@starlinkaviation.com Website starlinkaviation.com History Established as the European airline division of
Date operations started 2005 the Australian-based Strategic Aviation Group to provide
Description Operates scheduled services linking Montreal air charter and ACMI leasing services. Suspended
with Bagotville and Alma under the GoAir Citylink brand. Also operations on 15 September 2010 after the DGAC
offers charter and air-taxi services in Canada and the USA. declined to renew the carrier’s air operator’s certificate.
Executives Resumed operations in October 2010 under a new
President....................................................... Glenn Lynch air operator’s certificate valid for charter services issued
Finance Manager............................................Kelly Willson by Luxembourg’s Direction de L’Aviation Civile. Rebranded
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 125-700 as Air Australia on 30 October 2011. Voluntarily ceased
4 x BAe Jetstream 31 operations on 17 February 2012 and went immediately
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90 into administration.
1 x Cessna 525
2 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2 Suburban Air Freight (SUB)
2 x Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 8 4010 Amelia Earhart Plaza, Omaha, 68110, USA
3 x Learjet Learjet 60 Tel +1 402 344 4100 Fax +1 402 344 415
Main base Montreal (YUL) Email info@subair.com Website www.subair.com
Alliances Pet Airways
Stars Away Aviation (STX) Date operations started 1984
Private Bag X-18-300, Rondebosch 7701, Capetown, Description Regional cargo specialist providing cargo
Western Cape, South Africa transportation for four freight forwarders and the US
Tel +27 21 934 1144 Fax +27 21 934 1162 Postal Service. Also offers ad hoc and contract cargo
Email starsaway@mweb.co.za charters throughout the USA and Canada and operates
Date operations started 2005 on an ACMI basis for Florida-based Pet Airways.
Description Operates overnight cargo services linking Executives
Capetown, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and George under President .............................................. James Armstrong
contract to South African Airways. Also offers ad hoc cargo Operations Director ........................................Mark Meyer
charters. Passenger charters are flown out of Capetown. Fleet (orders) 6 x Aero Design & Engineering
History Established by Stars Away Investments 30. 4 x Beech 1900C
Executives 3 x Beech 99
President ................................................Brian Mclaughlin 1 x Beech 99A
Fleet (orders) 2 x Douglas DC-8-60 3 x Cessna CE208
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60 Main base Omaha (OMA)
1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Main base Cape Town (CPT) Suckling Airways [CB] (SAY)
Cambridge Airport, Newmarket Road, Cambridge,
STELlar Airways [S1] CB5 8RT, UK
98225, Avenue Kabasele (ex-Flambeau), Rez de Chausée, Tel +441223 293 777 Fax +441223 293 731
Gombe, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic) Website www.sucklingairways.com
Tel +243 81 71 028 27 Email info@stellarairways.com Parent organisation/shareholders Loganair (100%)
Website stellarairways.com Date operations started 1986
Date operations started November 2011 Description Regional airline operating franchised domestic
Description New airline operating services linking Kinshasa passenger services for Air France/CityJet, Loganair/Flybe,
with Goma, Kananga, Kisangani, Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi. Aer Arann and Svenska Direktflyg. Also provides ACMI
Executives leasing services, contract and ad hoc charter services with
Director General......................................... Mathur Dipesh its fleet of Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft.
Director General ............................. Manoj Kumar Muttreja History Initially operated charter and air taxi services with
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 a single Dornier 228 from Ipswich, primarily in support
Main base Kinshasa (FIH) of the shipping and marine traffic between Felixstowe Port
and Europoort, Rotterdam. Launched Ipswich-Amsterdam
scheduled services on 26 April 1986, followed by an
Ipswich-Manchester service. Relocated to new base
at Cambridge in 1987. Introduced a Manchester-
Amsterdam service in 1993. Launched a Southampton-
Amsterdam service in January 1998. Rebranded as
ScotAirways in October 1999 after Stagecoach founder
Brian Souter acquired 90% of the company. Introduced
jet service in 2005 with an 80 seat BAe 146. Bought
back by founders, the Sucklings, in September 2006.
Launched operations from London City Airport on behalf
of CityJet in February 2007. Discontinued own scheduled
operations on 2 September 2007, repositioning as an
ACMI leasing and charter specialist. Acquired by Loganair
on 8 July 2011 and reverted to former Sucking Airways
identity. Began operating Flybe scheduled services
from Norwich in March 2012 under parent Loganair’s
Flybe franchise agreement.
Executives
Managing Director.................................. David Harrison
Operations Director ................................ David Knight
Fleet (orders)
6 x Dornier 328-100
Main base Cambridge Airport (CBG)
Sudan Airways [SD] (SUD)
PO Box 253, Obied Khatim Street No.161, Riadh, Khartoum,
South Sudan
Tel +249 183 770 149 Fax +249 183 243 717
Email gm@sudanair.com Website www.sudanair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders AREF Investment Group
(49%), Sudanese government (30%), Faiha Holding (21%)
Date operations started April 1947
Description Sudanese flag carrier operating scheduled
domestic services, as well as international scheduled flights
to destinations in Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
History Began domestic operations as a subsidiary of the
Sudan Railways System. International flights were added in
1954. From 31 March 2010, all Sudanese airlines were
banned from operating in the EU.
Executives
Managing Director............................ Al Obaid Fadl Almoula
Finance Manager............................Elooaha Jabbuabuharia
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A300B4-600
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200
1 x Beechcraft King Air 90
3 x Fokker 50
Main base Khartoum KRT
Sun Air [S6] (SNR)
PO Box 10217, Al Amarat Street 17, Al Amarat, Sudan
Tel +249 183 744 036 Fax +249 183 744 035
Email ops@sunairgroup.com Website www.sunairgroup.com
Date operations started June 2008
Description Privately-owned airline operating scheduled
domestic services linking Khartoum with Elfashir, Elginanh,
Juba, Malakal, Nyala and Port Sudan. International services
are flown to Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Addis Ababa, Damascus,
Entebbe, Kuwait and Sharjah. Charter flights are also offered.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
Main base Khartoum KRT
Sun Country Airlines [SY] (SCX)
1300 Mendota Heights Road, Mendota Heights,
Minnesota, 55120, USA
Tel +1 651 681 3900 Fax +1 651 681 3970
Website www.suncountry.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Petters Group
Worldwide (80%), private investors (20%)
Alliances Frontier Airlines
Date operations started 20 January 1983
Description Operates scheduled low-cost services from
Minneapolis/St Paul to more than 15 destinations, together
with charter flights to points in North America and the
Caribbean, in addition to seasonal transatlantic services
to London Stansted. Also provides aircraft on a wet-lease
basis to other carriers.
History Sun Country was formed by a small group of
former Braniff employees in 1982. It concentrated on
charter flights until 1 June 1999, when it commenced

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scheduled operations from Minneapolis/St Paul. On 31 Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (50%), Parent organisation/shareholders Sunwing Vacations
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October 2006 it was announced Sun Country had been Turkish Airlines (50%) Group (100%)
acquired by Minneapolis/St Paul-based investors Petters
Group and Whitebox Advisors.
Alliances Turkish Airlines
Date operations started 4 April 1990
Alliances Corsairfly
Date operations started 17 November 2005 C
Executives Description Scheduled and charter carrier serving Description Operates scheduled domestic services

Chairman............................................................Bob Daly the Turkish tourist market from hubs at Antalya and
President & CEO..........................................Stanley Gadek Izmir. Scheduled services link 11 destinations across
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-700 Turkey with more than 20 German cities plus Basle,
10 x Boeing 737-800 London-Stansted, Vienna and Zurich. Also operates
Main base Minneapolis (MSP) a service from Ercan in North Cyprus.
History Founded as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines
History In September 2009 the Sunwing Travel Group
Sun D’Or International Airlines (ERO) and Lufthansa. Initially serving Turkish tourism with charter
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linking destinations across Canada, together with inclusive
tour flights to over 25 destinations in Florida, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama.
Charter flights are also flown.
announced a merger with Signature Vacations, the E
Canadian subsidiary of TUI Travel.

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Last known address, PO Box 161, Ben Gurion International flights, SunExpress launched services from Frankfurt to Executives
Airport, 70100 Tel Aviv, 70100, Israel Antalya in April 1990. Domestic operations from Izmir President.................................................... Mark Williams
Tel +972 3 977 1131 Email sundorcustomer@elal.co.il were launched in 2006. Chief Financial Officer........................................ Paul Chan
Website www.sundor.co.il Executives Fleet (orders) 18 x Boeing 737-800
Parent organisation/shareholders El Al
Date operations started October 1977
Chairman of the Board............................Candan Karlitekin
Managing Director......................................Paul Schwaiger
Main base Toronto (YYZ)
Hubs Mirabel (YMX)
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Date operations ceased 1 April 2011 Director of Operations . ................................. Oliver Glaser
Surinam Airways [PY] (SLM)
Description Wholly-owned charter subsidiary of El Al.
History Established as El Al Charter Services in October
Fleet (orders) 22 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Antalya (AYT) Mr Jagernath Lachmon Straat 136, PO Box 2029, H
1977. Renamed Sun D’Or Airlines in 1981. On 20 March Hubs Izmir (ADB), Istanbul (IST) Paramaribo, Surinam
2011, the Israeli Civil Aviation Authority announced the Tel +597 465 700 Fax +597 491 213
withdrawal of Sun D’Or’s operating Licence. The airline
consequently ceased operations on 1 April 2011, but
SunExpress Germany [XG] (SXD)
Am Grunen Weg 1-3, Kelsterbach, 65451 Frankfurt,
Email publicrelations@slm.firm.sr. Website www.slm.firm.sr
Parent organisation/shareholders Surinam government
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is planning to relaunch European charter services in the Germany (100%)
spring of 2012.
Executives
Tel +49 69 696 28247 Fax +49 69 696 28249
Email central.service@sunexpress.com
Website www.sunexpress.com
Date operations started 30 August 1962
Description National carrier of Surinam, operating J
President....................................................Bezalel Karvat regional and international scheduled passenger flights
Head of Flight Operations................................Itzhak Golan Parent organisation/shareholders SunExpress (100%) from Paramaribo, serving Amsterdam, Cayenne, Curação,

SUN-AIR of Scandinavia [EZ] (SUS)

Cumulusvej 10, PO Box 40, 7190 Billund, Denmark
Tel +45 76 50 01 00 Fax +45 75 33 86 18
Email info@sunair.dk Website www.sunair.dk
Parent organisation/shareholders Niels Sundberg (100%)
Date operations started 7 June 2011
Description Start-up airline operating services between
Aruba, Belém, Macapa, Miami and Port of Spain.
History Established with the aim of linking Surinam’s
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German cities and eight Turkish destinations. various towns, especially on the coastal plains where
History Established as the German subsidiary of Turkish
carrier SunExpress.
most of the population is located. The initial service
between the capital Paramaribo and Moengo was soon L
Executives expanded to other destinations, before the official

Alliances British Airways, Finnair
Date operations started 1978
Description Regional scheduled airline providing a
franchise service in British Airways colours. Also offers
charter flights, air-taxi services, specialist aerial work
and aircraft brokerage.
History Initially operated solely as an air-taxi and charter
General Manager........................................Paul Schwaiger
Deputy Managing Director.................................... Haci Say
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Frankfurt (FRA)
Sunny Airways [2S] (SUW)
Executives
1213/326 Soi Ladphrao, 94(Panjamit), Phlabphla,
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creation of Surinamese Luchtvaart Maatschappij on
30 August 1962. The airline became the national carrier
upon Surinam’s independence from the Netherlands
on 25 November 1975.
President................................................... Henk Jessurun
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Finance Manger......................................... Delano Gefferie

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service, but developed into a regional airline in 1987. Wangthonglang, Bangkok, 10310, Thailand Head of Flight Operations.................................. Eric Goede
It became a BA franchisee on 1 August 1996, operating Tel +66 2 530 8105 Fax +66 2 934 6041 Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A340-300
as British Airways. Email info@sunnyair.co.th Website www.sunnyair.net 2 x Boeing 737-300
Executives Description Thai start-up airline planning to launch services Main base Paramaribo (PBM)
Chairman............................................. Christen Storgaard
Chief Executive Officer................................Niels Sundberg
between Bangkok and Frankfurt, via Sharjah.
Executives Susi Air P
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31 Chief Executive Officer........................... Preecha Kongkate BNI 46 Building, 32nd Floor, Jl. Sudirman Kav. 1, Jakarta,
1 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Dornier 328-100
General Manager.................................Sakuntala Hattasan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 767-200ERM
10220, Indonesia
Tel +62 811 2113080 Fax +62 21 3155 107
Email info@susiair.com Website w.susiair.com
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6 x Dornier 328JET-300 Main base Bangkok (BKK)
1 x Raytheon Aircraft 125-800 Parent organisation/shareholders PT ASI Pudjiastuti
Main base Billund (BLL)
Hubs Aarhus (AAR), Aalborg (AAL)
Sunstate Airlines (SSQ)
Lobby 3, Level 2, 153 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills,
(100%)
Date operations started 2004
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Brisbane, Queensland, 4006, Australia Description Provides a variety of aerial services including
Sundance Air Venezuela (SUV)
Edf Cavendes, Piso 13, Of 1303C, Av Francisco de
Tel +61 7 3308 9269 Fax +61 7 3308 9022
Email ddelahay@qantas.com.au
an extensive network of scheduled flights based on
Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua, and S
Miranda, Los Palos Grandes, Caracas, 1062A, Venezuela Parent organisation/shareholders Qantas (100%) subsidised services out of Samarinda. Charter flights
Parent organisation/shareholders Moises Ruben Cohen Alliances Qantas
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are also offered and the company runs a flying school based
Cohen (50%), Donald Gordon Forbes Pettigrew (25%), Date operations started 7 December 1981 at its headquarters in Pangandaran, west Java.
Rodolfo Manotas Munarriz (25%) Description Regional airline operating as QantasLink History Founded in late 2004 by Susi Pudjiastuti and
Description Provides a cargo service within Venezuela along the Queensland coast and into the Hunter Valley Christian von Strombeck to service the local fishing
from its Caracas base, together with a scheduled service
to Puerto Rico.
in New South Wales. The Sunstate network services
most major centres, including Queensland’s premier coastal
communities in Western Indonesia. Operated supply
flights to areas hit by the Tsunami from 26 December 2004. U
Executives resort properties. Added scheduled flights in 2005.

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General Director................Donald Gordon Forbes Pettigrew History Incorporated initially as a division of Whitaker. Executives
Finance Director.....................Moises Ruben Cohen Cohen Noosa Air, another Whitaker company, was integrated with President & CEO........................................ Susi Pudjiastuti
Operations Director................... Rodolfo Manotas Munarriz Sunstate Airlines with effect from 1 July 1983. Director of Operations...................Christian Von Strombeck
Fleet (orders) 3 x Let L-410UVP Executives Fleet (orders) 29 (12) x Cessna CE208
1 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Caracas (CCS)
General Manager............................................ Paul Lidbury
Fleet (orders) 25 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
3 x Piaggio P180
7 x Pilatus PC-6/B
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Main base Brisbane (BNE) Main base Medan (MES)
SunExpress [XQ] (SXS)
Aspendos Bulvari, Mehmetcik Mah, Aspendos Is Merkezi
No. 63/1-2, PO Box 28, Antalya, Turkey
Hubs Cairns (CNS)

Sunwing Airlines [WG] (SWG)

Hubs Balikpapan (BPN), Jayapura (DJJ)

Sverigeflyg [2Q] (ETS)

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Tel +90 242 310 2626 Fax +90 242 310 2650 27 Fasken Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario, M9W 1K6, Canada Sverigeflyg Service AB, Färjeleden 7, 621 58 Visby,
Email pazarlama@sunexpress.com
Website www.sunexpress.com.tr
Tel +1 416 620 4955 Fax +1 416 907 3404
Email nciric@flysunwing.com Website www.flysunwing.com
Sweden
Email info@sverigeflyg.se Website www.sverigeflyg.se
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Date operations started 2001
Description Grouping of seven Swedish airlines operating
seven long-term domestic routes and a number of
international routes from Stockholm Bromma Airport.
All services are operated on an ACMI basis by Golden Air.
History Traces its history back to the 2001 creation of
Gotlandsflyg by Michael Juniwik and Pigge Werkelin, with
the objective of competing with a monopoly supplier
of domestic air services between Gotland and Stockholm’s
downtown airport at Bromma. The success of this project
lead to the creation of a group of local airlines which linked
towns throughout Sweden with Bromma, including Kullaflyg
in 2003, Sundsvallsflyg in 2005, Blekingeflyg in 2006,
Kalmarflyg and Flysmåland in 2007 and Östersundsflyg
in 2009.
Main base Stockholm Bromma (BMA)
SVG Air (SVG)
PO Box 39, E T Joshua Airport, Aronsvale, Kingstown,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Tel +1 784 457 5124 Fax +1 784 457 5077
Email info@svgair.com Website www.svgair.com
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings St Vincent Grenada
Air (75%)
Date operations started September 1990
Description The national airline of Grenada, serving
the eastern Caribbean with both scheduled and
charter services.
History Launched sevices as Grenadadines Air with a
single leased BN-2 Islander. Formed an alliance with
SVG Air based at St Vincent and became St Vincent &
The Grenadadines Air, trading as SVG Air.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Martin Barnard
Managing Director............................................Paul Gravel
Finance Director ...............................................Ken Young
Fleet (orders) 3 x Aero Design & Engineering
1 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
1 x Cessna C402C
1 x Cessna 525B
1 x Cessna 550
4 x DHC6-300
2 x Britten-Norman BN2A
3 x Rockwell Commander 500
Main base Saint Vincent (SVD), Grenada (GND)
Hubs Bridgetown (BGI), Vieux-Fort (UVF)
Swaziland Airlink [SA] (SZL)
c/o SA Airlink, PO Box 7529, Bonaero Park, Gauteng,
1622, South Africa
Tel +27 11 961 1700 Fax +27 11 395 1440
Email info@flyairlink.com Website www.flyswaziland.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Swaziland government
(51%), Airlink (49%)
Date operations started July 1999
Description National carrier operating scheduled services
from Manzini to Johannesburg, using aircraft from its
associate South African Airlink.
History Established as a joint venture between the
government of Swaziland and SA Airlink to take over
operations from Royal Swazi National Airways Corporation
as the national carrier of Swaziland.
Executives
Chairlady Non Executive.................Lindiwe Khumalo-Matse
Fleet (orders) 5 x Embraer ERJ-135LR
Main base Manzini (MTS)
Swiftair (SWT)
Ingeniero Torres Quevedo 14, Pol.Ind. Fin de Semana, Ctra.
Madrid-Barcelona Km 13,100, 28022 Madrid, Spain
Tel +34 91 748 0760 Fax +34 91 748 0779
Email swiftair@swiftair.com Website www.swiftair.com
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SwiftAir Hellas (100%)
Description Operates scheduled and charter, cargo
and passenger flights covering Spain, most of Europe,
and sections of Africa and the Middle East.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................Salvador Moreno
Chief Financial Officer..................................Frank de Witte
VP Operations.......................................Julian Bustamante
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Fleet (orders) 6 x ATR 42-300
9 x ATR 72-200
3 x ATR 72-500
1 x Boeing 727-200
6 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Embraer EMB-120ER
1 x Embraer EMB-120FC
8 x Embraer EMB-120RT
1 x Fairchild Metro II
4 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Madrid (MAD)
SwiftAir Hellas (MDF)
Eleftherios Venizelos Airport, PO Box 80102, Building 97,
190 19 Athens, Greece
Tel +30 210 353 6293 Fax +30 210 353 7845
Email swiftair@swiftair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Swiftair (100%)
Date operations started June 2003
Description Cargo airline, primarily serving the Greek
domestic market.
History Originally Mediterranean Air Freight, changing its
name to SwiftAir Hellas in June 2007.
Executives
General Manager............................................Milt Sintakis
Flight Operations Manager ......................Efstathios Marco
Fleet (orders) 3 x Fairchild Metro III
Main base Athens (ATH)
SWISS [LX] (SWR)
PO Box, Zurich Airport, 4002 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel +41 61 582 0000 Fax +41 61 582 3333
Email swiss-mcc@swiss.com Website www.swiss.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Lufthansa (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Swiss European Air
Lines (100%), Edelweiss Air (100%)
Alliances Air Dolomiti, Air France, Air India, Air Malta,
Cargojet Airways, Cirrus Airlines, Condor, Contact Air,
Darwin Airline, Edelweiss Air, El Al, germanwings, Helvetic
Airways, Luxair, OLT Express, PrivatAir, Rossiya, S7 Airlines,
Ukraine International Airlines
Date operations started 14 February 1975
Description Switzerland’s national airline operating
services to 90 destinations in 42 countries in Europe,
Africa, the Americas and the Middle and Far East from
its Zurich hub and from Basle and Geneva.
History Swiss (full name Swiss International Air Lines)
was developed from the former domestic and regional
carrier Crossair (established 1975). The new airline
started scheduled worldwide operations on 31 March
2002. In March 2005 Swiss shareholders agreed to
a takeover by Lufthansa and the airline’s services were
then integrated within the network flown by Lufthansa
Group carriers. Swiss became a member of the Star
Alliance in 2006.
Employees total 7,640
Executives
Chairman .....................................................Bruno Gehrig
Chief Executive Officer............................ Harry Hohmeister
Chief Financial Officer....................................Marcel Klaus
Chief Operations Officer.......................... Rainer Hiltebrand
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A319-100
23 (2) x Airbus A320-200
6 x Airbus A321-100
1 (2) x Airbus A321-200
12 (3) x Airbus A330-300
15 x Airbus A340-300
(30) x Bombardier CS100
Main base Zurich (ZRH)
Hubs Basle-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL), Geneva (GVA)
Swiss European Air Lines [LX] (SWU)
Zurich Airport, 8058 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel +41 44 564 00 00 Fax +41 44 564 42 85
Email europeanfleet@swiss.com Website www.swiss.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Swiss (100%)
Date operations started 1 November 2005
Description A wholly-owned subsidiary of Swiss International,
operating regional services within Europe entirely on behalf
of its parent carrier.
Executives
Chairman............................................ Manfred Brennwald
Managing Director ............................... Andreas Thurnheer
Flight Operations Manager.................................Rolf Brand
Fleet (orders) 20 x BAe 146-RJ100
Main base Basle-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL)
SYLT AIR [7E] (AWU)
Flughafen Westerland, 25980 Westerland, Germany
Tel +49 4651 7877 Fax +49 4651 929707
Email info@syltair.de Website www.syltair.de
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
Date operations started 1963
Description Operates scheduled services from the
North Frisian island of Sylt to the German mainland.
Also provides charter, training and para jumping flights.
History Founded as Friesenflug, rebranded as Sylt Air in 2001.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................................... Peter Siemi
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C207
1 x Cessna C404
1 x Cessna C414
1 x Cessna C421C
1 x Cessna 501
1 x Partenavia P68B
Main base Westerland (GWT)
Syphax Airlines (SFA)
SFax, Tunisia
Tel +216 74 287 700 Email info@syphaxairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Majority owned by
Mohamed Frikha
Description Start-up airline planning to launch scheduled
passenger services from SFax Thyna International airport
on 19 March 2012. Initial plans call for up to eight flights
per day to destinations including Benghazi, Casablanca,
Istanbul, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Rome and Tripoli.
History Established as a limited company by majority
shareholder Mohamed Frikha, with launch capital of
Tunisian Dinars (TD) 10 million ($7.14 million).
Executives
Founder.................................................. Mohamed Frikha
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
Main base SFax (SFA)
Syrianair [RB] (SYR)
PO Box 417, Youssef Al-Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Tel +963 11 2233 174 Fax +963 11 23498132
Email rb.london@syriaair.com Website www.syriaair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Syrian government
(100%)
Alliances Cyprus Airways, Egyptair, Royal Jordanian Airlines,
Saudi Arabian Airlines, Tarom, Tunisair, Turkish Airlines
Date operations started 1961
Description National airline operating scheduled
international services to more than 30 destinations in
Asia, the Middle East, Europe and north Africa. Domestic
services are also flown.
History Successor to privately-owned Syrian Airways, which
had been merged with Misrair of Egypt to form United Arab
Airlines (UAA) in December 1958. The Syrian government
withdrew from UAA in 1961 and quickly established Syrian
Arab Airlines as the new flag carrier. Rebranded as Syrianair
in November 1975. From the early 1980s, US led sanctions
affected Syrianair’s fleet renewal plans. Although six new
Airbus A320s were acquired in 1998/1999, further western
aircraft were embargoed. In September 2011, Syrianair was
again looking to Russia for fleet renewal.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...............................Ghida Abdullatif
Finance Director..................................... Ghassan Habash
Flight Operations Director ...................... Ayman Abo-Altoyor
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A320-200
2 x ATR 72-500
1 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 9
3 x Ilyushin Il-76T
4 x Tupolev Tu-134B
5 x Yakovlev Yak-40
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K
Main base Damascus (DAM)
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T’ Way Air [TW] (TWB)
18th Floor, Tomato Tower, Yeoksam-dong, Gangham-gu
706-1, Seoul, 135-987, South Korea
Tel +82 2 6250 5964 Fax +82 2 6250 5998
Email hyeree3@gmail.com Website www.twayair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Shinbo Investment (95%)
Date operations started 16 September 2010
Description Relaunched Korean low-cost carrier operating
scheduled passenger services between Seoul and Jeju Island.
History Hansung Airlines received its air operator’s certificate
on 25 August 2005. Services temporarily suspended on 19
December 2005. Resumed operations on 15 February
2006, but its air operator’s certificate was withdrawn on
17 October 2008. Plans to relaunch within two months
with new investment were not realised. Finally relaunched
under the new majority ownership of Shinbo Investment in
August 2010 and rebranded as T’way Air.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..............................Lee Seung Hoon
Chief Executive Officer...............................Yoon Duk-young
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Cheongju (CJJ)
TAAG Angola Airlines [DT] (DTA)
PO Box 79, Rua da Missao 123, Luanda, CP 3010, Angola
Tel +244 226 421 000 Fax +244 222 390 396
Email adm@flytaag.com Website www.taag.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Angolan government
(100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Angola Air Charter (51%)
Alliances Air France, Air Namibia, British Airways, Brussels
Airlines, Kenya Airways, Lufthansa
Date operations started 17 July 1940
Description National flag carrier serving destinations
within Angola and across southern Africa, as well as
intercontinental services to Beijing, Dubai, Lisbon and
Rio de Janeiro.
History Formed as Direcção de Exploraçao do Transportes
Aéreos, a division of the Administration of Railways,
Harbours and Air Transport. Re-designated TAAG-Angola
Airlines following independence on 1 October 1973. On
28 June 2007 the European Union placed TAAG on the list
of carriers banned from operating in EU airspace due to
safety concerns following a recent spate of incidents in
the country. On 1 August 2009 TAAG re-introduced services
to Lisbon using Boeing 777s under a partial lifting of the
EU ban on all Angolan Airlines. On 31 March 2010 TAAG
received authorisation from the European Commission
to fly throughout Europe.
Executives
President..................................................Pimentel Araujo
Finance Manager.................................Narendra De’Sousa
Flight Operations Director............................... Jose Chagas
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 737-200
5 x Boeing 737-700
3 x Boeing 777-200
2 x Boeing 777-300
Main base Luanda (LAD)
TACA Costa Rica [LR] (LRC)
PO Box 1531-1000, Uruca, 1000 San Jose, Costa Rica
Tel +506 231 6064 Fax +506 242 1270
Website centralamerica.com/cr/lacsa/lacsa.htm
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Parent organisation/shareholders Individual shareholders Executives
(86.98%), TACA International Airlines (10%), ASA LACSA President........................................................Daniel Ratti
(employees saving association) (3.02%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SANSA (100%)
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A319-100
1 x Airbus A320-200 C
Alliances Cubana de Aviacion 1 x Embraer 190-100AR
Date operations started 1 June 1946 Main base Lima (LIM)
Description Costa Rica’s national carrier, operating
scheduled services to central, north and South America. TACV – Cabo Verde Airlines [VR] (TCV)
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All international services are now operated under the TACA PO Box 1, Avenida Amilcar Cabral, Praia Santiago,
Costa Rica name, using TACA-registered aircraft.
History Founded as LACSA – Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses –
Cape Verde Islands
Tel +238 260 8200 Fax +238 261 8323 E
in a joint venture between Pan American World Airways, Email marketing@tacv.aero Website www.flytacv.cv
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the Costa Rican government and Costa Rican private Parent organisation/shareholders Cabo Verde
interests, and designated the national carrier in 1949. government (100%)
Transferred the domestic network to subsidiary SANSA Alliances TAP Portugal
in September 1959. Date operations started 16 March 1958
Executives
Chairman........................................................Alonso Lara
Description National flag carrier operating an inter-island
service, together with flights to Europe, north America,
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Financial Director............................................ Indra Rivera Brazil and the west African mainland, from its main base
Main base San Jose (SJO)
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at Sal airport and hub at Praia on Santiago Island.
History The airline was designated the national carrier of the
TACA International Airlines [TA] (TAI) Cape Verde Republic in July 1975 following independence.
Av. El Espino Entre boulevard sur, Calle El Almendro, The carrier was made a public company in 1983.
Urbanizacion Madre Selva, Antigua Cuzcatlan, La Libertad,
El Salvador
Executives
Managing Director.......................................Antonio Neves
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Tel +503 2267 8888 Fax +503 2298 3834 VP Operations .............................................Aogusto Lima
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Email cuentascorporativas@taca.com Website www.taca.com Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-500
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings TACA Peru (49%), 2 x ATR 72-500
Islena Airlines (20%), TACA Costa Rica (10%) 2 x Boeing 757-200
Alliances AeroGal, AeroSur, Air Canada, Austrian, Avianca, Main base Sal Island (SID)
Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Cubana de Aviacion,
Iberia, Islena Airlines, La Costena, LOT Polish Airlines,
Hubs Praia (RAI) K
Lufthansa, Luxair, SANSA, Sky Airline, Swiss, United Tailwind Airlines [TI] (TWI)
Airlines, US Airways
Date operations started 1931
IDTM A2, Blok No 395, Yesilkoy, 34830 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 212 465 3737 Fax +90 212 465 5950 L
Description El Salvador and Honduras flag carrier, operating Email info@tailwind.com.tr Website www.tailwind.com.tr
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to 40 cities in the Americas, including all of Central America, Parent organisation/shareholders Kadri Muhiddin,
and daily flights to major US cities and Toronto in Canada. Mehmet Demir Uz, Safi Ergin
Many Central American destinations are served by Date operations started 12 May 2009
associated airlines under the TACA Regional banner. Description Turkish charter and wet-leasing airline offering
History Founded in 1931 by a New Zealander, Lowell Yerex,
in Honduras, and was re-organised as TACA El Salvador
both tourist charters between Europe and Turkey for tour
operators and ad hoc private charter flights.
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in 1939. On 29 March 1960 the airline came under History Established and originally planned to launch
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Salvadorean ownership adopting the present title. services in 2006. The carrier’s first aircraft was delivered
On 7 October 2009 Grupo Taca and Grupo Synergy in January 2009.
(owner of Avianca and its subsidiaries) announced Executives
a strategic merger to create Latin Americas leading Chief Executive Officer................................Kadri Muhiddin
airline group. Under the terms of the merger, each
shareholder contributes its respective controlling
General Manager................................................ Safi Ergin
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-400
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ownership participations in the operations of Grupo Main base Istanbul (SAW)
Synergy and Grupo TACA to a newly formed holding
company. The airlines involved will retain their separate Tajik Air [7J] (TJK) Q
branding and independent operations. The merger is Titov Str. 32/1, Dushanbe Airport, 734012 Dushanbe,
subject to regulatory and other antitrust approvals. On Tajikistan
28 March 2011, parent Avianca-TACA Holding launched an
initial public offering on the Colombian stock exchange.
Tel +992 37 221 3283 Fax +992 372 218 685
Email kseniya_n87@mail.ru Website www.tajikair.tj
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Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Chairman....................................................Roberto Kriete
Finance Director.............................................Ana Gotuzzo
Tajikistan (100%)
Alliances Somon Air S
Fleet (orders) 8 (7) x Airbus A319-100 Date operations started 3 September 1924
Description State-owned carrier operating international,
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17 (8) x Airbus A320-200
5 (1) x Airbus A321-200 regional and domestic scheduled and charter flights.
11 x Embraer 190-100AR History Established as Stalinabad Aero-Centre. In March
Main base San Salvador (ZSA) 1937 the TajikTerritorial Civil Air Fleet Administration
Hubs San Salvador (SAL), Lima (LIM), San Jose (SJO) was created, becoming the basis for the Aeroflot Tajikistan
Directorate. Following independence from the former Soviet U
TACA Peru [T0] (TPU) Union in December 1991, the government established
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Av Pardo 831, Piso 4, Miraflores, Lima, Peru the State Unitary Aviation Enterprise Tajikistan Airlines.
Tel +51 1 213 6081 Fax +51 1 445 1787 On 1 March 1992 the national airline began operating
Parent organisation/shareholders Daniel Ratti (51%), under the Tajik Air brand.
TACA International Airlines (49%) Executives
Alliances AeroSur
Date operations started July 1999
General Director........................................Muazffar Isakov
DDG Finance............................................Urutilo Kurbanov
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Description Operates domestic services from Lima to Flight Operations Director.......................Rashik Dadabayev
major Peruvian cities and some 10 Latin American
destinations using aircraft leased from Taca International.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Boeing 737-300 X
History Founded as TransAm by Daniel Ratti and Ernesto 1 x Boeing 757-200
Mahle. TACA was persuaded to invest in the airline, which 2 x PZL AN-28
is now operating as TACA Peru. International operations
started in July 2000.
2 x Tupolev Tu-154M
Main base Khudzhand (LBD), Dushanbe (DYU)
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TAM – Transporte Aereo Militar
Avenida Montes Suite 738, Edifico Fuerza Aerea Boliviana,
La Paz, Bolivia
Tel +591 2 268 1101 Fax +591 2 268 1102
Email boliviafab@yahoo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Bolivian state (100%)
Date operations started 1989
Description Civil wing of the Bolivian air force, operating
passenger services to remote communities primarily in
Nando and Beni, in north and northeastern Bolivia.
History Founded in 1944 as el Escuadrón de Transporte
Aéreo of the Fuerza Aérea Boliviana. Launched operations in
1945 with Douglas C-47s. Adopted the TAM-Transporte
Aéreo Militar identity in 1953. Introduced non-profit
scheduled passenger and cargo airline operations in 1989.
Executives
President ....................................................Esteban Leon
Fleet (orders) 1 (2) x AVIC XAC MA60
4 x BAe 146-200
2 x Boeing 727-200
1 x Convair 580
Main base La Paz (LPB)
Hubs Santa Cruz de la Sierra (VVI)
TAM Linhas Aéreas [JJ] (TAM)
Av Jurandir, 856 - Lote 4 - (Jardim Ceci), 04072-000
Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel +55 11 5582 8811 Fax +55 11 5071 1080
Email tamimprensa@tam.com.br Website www.tam.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Minority shareholders
(50.23%), TAM – Empreendimentos e Participações (46.25%),
Bank Garantia Funds (22%), Armaro Aviation (3.52%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Pantanal Linhas
Aereas (100%), TAM Mercosur (94.98%)
Alliances JetBlue Airways, LAN Airlines, LAN Argentina,
LAN Peru, Luxair, NHT Linhas Aereas, Pluna Lineas Aereas
Uruguayas, TAM Mercosur, TRIP Linhas Aereas
Date operations started July 1976
Description Largest Brazilian carrier operating scheduled
services to around 50 domestic destinations. International
routes serve Argentina, Chile, the USA and European cities.
History Established as Brasil Central Linhas Aerea Regionais
SA. Acquired by TAM Taxi Aereo Marilia in 1976. Rebranded
as TAM Transportes Aereos Meridionais in December 1996.
Merged with TAM – Transportes Aereos Regionais in 2000,
becoming TAM Linhas Aéreas. On 19 January 2011 TAM and
LAN Airlines agreed to combine their holdings under a single
parent entity. The new group, to be known as LATAM Airlines
Group, would include LAN Airlines and its affiliates in Peru,
Argentina and Ecuador; LAN Cargo and its affiliates; TAM
S.A, TAM Mercosur, and all other holdings of LAN and TAM.
Employees total 28,193
Executives
Chief Executive Officer...................Libano Miranda Barroso
Executive President........................Marco Antonio Bologna
Fleet (orders) 29 (11) x Airbus A319-100
86 (34) x Airbus A320-200
(22) x Airbus A320neo
9 (14) x Airbus A321-200
20 x Airbus A330-200
(27) x Airbus A350-900XWB
3 x Boeing 767-300
4 (8) x Boeing 777-300
2 x Cessna CE208
Main base Sao Paulo (GRU)
TAM Mercosur [PZ] (LAP)
Terminal ARPA, Aeropuerto Silvio Petirossi, Asuncion,
Paraguay
Tel +595 21 296 378/80 Fax +595 21 64 54 03
Website www.tam.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders TAM Linhas Aéreas
(94.98%), Paraguayan government (5.02%)
Alliances Aerolineas Argentinas, LAN Airlines, Pluna Lineas
Aereas Uruguayas, TAM Linhas Aéreas
Date operations started 14 May 1994
Description Operates scheduled daily services from
Asuncion to Ciudad del Este and Pedro J Caballero as
well as international services to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile and Uruguay using aircraft from the parent company.
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History The carrier was established as LAPSA Air Paraguay TAP Portugal [TP] (TAP)
in 1962. Merged with ARPA-Trans America Línea Aérea Aeroporto de Lisboa, Edificio 25 8 Andar, 1704-801 Lisbon,
in September 1996, at which time TAM Linhas Aéreas of Portugal
Brazil acquired an 80% shareholding and rebranded the Tel +351 21 841 5000 Fax +351 21 841 5095
airline as TAM Mercosur. Email gcrp.com@tap.pt Website www.flytap.com
Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Portuguese
President.................................................... Miguel Candia government (100%)
Finance Director..................................... Oscar Johannsen Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings PGA – Portugalia
Main base Asuncion (ASU) Airlines (100%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Alitalia, Etihad Airways, Linhas Aereas
TAME [EQ] (TAE) de Moçambique LAM, Luxair, S7 Airlines, SATA International,
Edificio TAME, Av. Amazonas 24-260y Av Colon, TACV – Cabo Verde Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines
PO Box 17-07-8736, Quito, Ecuador Date operations started 19 September 1946
Tel +593 2 396 6360 Fax +593 2 396 6361 Description National airline, serving destinations in 30
Website www.tame.com.ec countries in Europe, Africa and North and South America.
Parent organisation/shareholders Ecuadorean air force Europe’s leading provider of services to Brazil. Regional
(100%) subsidiary PGA operates scheduled international and
Alliances Copa Airlines, LAN Ecuador domestic flights from Lisbon and Porto and charter flights.
Date operations started 1962 History Established as Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Description Commercial branch of the Ecuadorian air (TAP). Launched international services between Lisbon and
force, operating scheduled domestic flights, as well as Madrid in September 1946, adding domestic services in
international services to destinations in South America 1947. Nationalised in 1975 and became a public limited
and the Caribbean. company (sociedade anonima) in 1991. Rebranded from
History Founded by the Ecuadorean air force as Transportes TAP Air Portugal to TAP Portugal in February 2005 and joined
Aéreos Militares Ecuadorianos (TAME), later Transportes the Star Alliance the following month. TAP Portugal acquired
Aéreos Mercantiles Ecuadorianos, and was converted over 99% of PGA Portugalia in November 2006, although
into a separate branch by constitutional decree in the PGA Portugalia continues to operate under its own identity.
summer of 1990. It is now largely run by civilian personnel, Employees total 6,980
although high-ranking air force officials still retain key Executives
management positions. Chairman........................................ Manuel Pinto Barbosa
Executives Chief Executive Officer................................Fernando Pinto
General Manager......................................... Rafael Ponton Fleet (orders) 19 x Airbus A319-100
Finance Manager..................................... David Chedauwir 17 x Airbus A320-200
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100 3 x Airbus A321-200
3 x Airbus A320-200 12 x Airbus A330-200
3 x ATR 42-500 4 x Airbus A340-300
2 x Embraer 170-100LR (12) x Airbus A350-900XWB
2 x Embraer 190-100AR Main base Lisbon (LIS)
Main base Quito (UIO)
TAPSA Aviacion [V8] (TPS)
Tampa Cargo [QT] (TPA) Juana Azurduy 2261, CABA, 1429 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Av El Dorado, Suite 116-87, Terminal de Carga Intl, Tel +54 11 4576 4030 Fax +54 11 4576 4034
Bodega 1, Bogota, Colombia Email jfranck@tapsa-aviacion.com Website www.tapsa.com.ar
Tel +57 1 439 7900 Fax +57 1 439 7998 Description Provides support to the oil and gas industries.
Email cperez@tampacargo.com.co Executives
Website www.tampacargo.com President..................................................Claudio Seleme
Parent organisation/shareholders Avianca (100%) VP Operations ........................... Rodrigo Lapez de Murillas
Alliances Arkas, British Airways VP Finance ....................................................Jorge Franck
Date operations started 11 March 1973 Fleet (orders) 1 x DHC6-300
Description Specialised all-cargo carrier transporting Main base Buenos Aires (AEP)
perishables and general cargo between Latin America
and the USA, which operates approximately 70 flights Tara Air [TA]
per week. PO Box 20011, Tilganaga Ring Road, Kathmandu, Nepal
History Martinair of Holland acquired a 58% shareholding Tel +977 1 488788 Fax + 977 1 4465115
in 1996. On 8 April 2008 Martinair and the other minority Email info@taraair.com Website www.taraair.com
shareholders agreed to sell Tampa Cargo to Avianca Parent organisation/shareholders Yeti Airlines (100%)
Colombia, which was completed the following December. Date operations started September 2009
Tampa now has access to cargo capacity available on Description Scheduled and charter flights thoughout Nepal.
international flights flown by Avianca. Offers tourist flights to the country’s mountainous regions,
Executives and flights for skydivers and aerial photographers.
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Victor Mejia History Created when Yeti Airlines spun-off all short take off
Deputy Manager...........................................Alois Tschugg and landing operations into a new subsidiary carrier-
Fleet (orders) (4) x Airbus A330-200 specialising in mountain tourist charter flights.
4 x Boeing 767-200 Executives
1 x Boeing 767-300 Chief Executive Officer......................... Vijay Shrestha MBA
Main base Medellin (MDE) Operations Director ................................... Pemba Sherpa
Finance Manager ....................................... Umesh Paneru
Tandem-Aero [TQ] (TDM) Fleet (orders) 3 x DHC6-300
Bd Negruzzi 10, 2001 Chisinau, Moldova 1 x Dornier 228-200
Tel +373 22 274 139 Fax +373 22 273 034 1 x Pilatus PC-6/B
Email info@tandemaero.md Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
Description Provides passenger charters in Europe and
the CIS. TAROM [RO] (ROT)
Executives Calea Bucurestilor No 224F, Otopeni, Romania
General Director........................................... Eugen CosteI Tel +40 21 201 3405 Fax +40 21 201 4761
Deputy Director of Operations................... Dumitru Craijdan Email secrgen@tarom.ro Website www.tarom.ro
Finance Director ....................................... Tatiana Bondari Parent organisation/shareholders Romanian state
Fleet (orders) 1 x Embraer EMB-120RT (transport ministry) (96.9%), Bucharest Henri Coanda
1 x Ilyushin Il-18D International Airport (1.6%), ROMATSA (Romanian Air Traffic)
Main base Chisinau (KIV) (1.4%), Muntenia private financial investment Fund (0.1%)
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Alliances Air Moldova, Austrian, Bulgaria Air, Cyprus Airways,
Jat Airways, LOT Polish Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Royal
Jordanian Airlines, Syrianair
Date operations started September 1954
Description National flag carrier operating domestic
scheduled services linking 12 destinations, in addition to
international services to 35 European and the Middle
Eastern destinations. Charter services also flown.
History Tarom (Transporturile Aeriene Romane) was founded
on 18 September 1954. By 1960 it was operating to most
European countries, and in 1966 operated its first flight
across the Atlantic.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Gabriela Bordea
VP Flight Operations................................Emil Dobrovolschi
VP Finance & Accounting............................Maresi Caravan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A310-300
4 x Airbus A318-100
7 x ATR 42-500
2 x ATR 72-500
4 x Boeing 737-300
4 x Boeing 737-700
1 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Bucharest (OTP)
Tasman Cargo Airlines [HJ] (YMN)
1 Keith Smith Avenue, Kingford Smith Airport, Sydney,
New South Wales, NSW 1460, Australia
Tel +61 2 9693 6999 Fax +61 2 9693 6990
Email ross.howley@dhl.com Website www.tasmancargo.com
Date operations started 1996
Description Provides scheduled international cargo services
on behalf of DHL as well as ad hoc domestic and
international cargo charters. A scheduled cargo service is
also operated to Auckland.
History Established to operate scheduled international cargo
services on behalf of DHL Express Freight from its Sydney
Kingsford Smith base.
Executives
General Manager........................................... Ross Howley
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 757-200F
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Tassili Airlines [SF] (DTH)
Route de Sidi Moussa, PO Box 319, Dar El Beida, 16000
Algiers, Algeria
Tel +213 21 75 27 27 Fax +213 21 75 27 27
Email direction.commerciale@tassiliairlines.com
Website www.tassiliairlines.dz
Parent organisation/shareholders Sonatrach (100%)
Date operations started 8 April 1999
Description Provides transport to and from oil fields in Algeria.
History Established as a joint venture between flag carrier Air
Algerie and Sonatrach, the state-owned oil company.
Sonatrach bought out Air Algerie in 2005.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer....................................Faycal Khelil
General Director........................................... Rachid Nouar
Fleet (orders) 3 x Beech 1900D
4 x Boeing 737-800
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
4 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
4 x Cessna CE208
3 x Pilatus PC-6/B
Main base Algiers ALG, Hassi R’mel (HRM)
Hubs Hassi Messaoud (HME)
Tatarstan Air [U9] (TAK)
Kazan Airport, Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, 420017, Russia
Tel +7 843 267 8829 Fax +7 843 267 8808
Email airtat@tbit.ru Website www.tatarstan.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Tatarstan regional
government (100%)
Alliances Aeroflot, Czech Airlines
Date operations started 1999
Description Operates scheduled services linking major
domestic destinations. Scheduled international routes serve
countries within the CIS, including Azerbaijan, Tajikistan,
Ukraine and Uzbekistan but also include flights to Antalya
and Istanbul in Turkey. Worldwide charter flights also offered.
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History A section of the former Aeroflot Aerovolga division. In Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Nok Air (49%),
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1997 the airline was renamed to Tatarstan/Kazan Air Thai Smile (100%), Euarng Luang (100%)
Enterprise, and in 1999 to Tatarstan Air. On 17 January
2006 the airline became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nur-
Alliances Star Alliance, AeroSvit Airlines, Air Macau,
Air Madagascar, Bangkok Airways, China Airlines, China C
Avia Holding, in turn 74.99% owned by Nur-1 Management Eastern Airlines, El Al, Emirates, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines,
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and 24.99% owned by the government of Tatarstan. Lao Airlines, Luxair, Malaysia Airlines, Myanmar Airways
Executives International, Nok Air, Pakistan International Airlines,
General Director....................................... Valeriy Shnyakin Royal Brunei Airlines, S7 Airlines
Fleet Director.............................................. Valeriy Portnov Date operations started 1 May 1960
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Boeing 737-300
Description Thailand’s flag carrier, serving destinations in
Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. A comprehensive E
1 x Boeing 737-400 domestic network is also operated.
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2 x Boeing 737-500 History Established on 24 August 1959 to operate
(4) x Bombardier CRJ-900 international services, as a joint venture between domestic
1 x Tupolev Tu-154M carrier Thai Airways Company (70%) and SAS (30%). SAS’s
Main base Kazan (KZN) holding and influence was gradually reduced and the carrier
Hubs Nizhnekamsk (NBC), Moscow (DME) became wholly government owned on 1 April 1977, with the
purchase of the remaining 15% stake held by SAS. Thai
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Taxi Aereo Itaituba Airways International and Thai Airways merged on 1 April
Aeroporto International de Belem, Hangar 7, Vale de Caes,
66115-970 Belem, Para, Brazil
Tel +55 91 3257 3788 Fax +55 91 3257 3477
1988, obtaining sole authority for international and
domestic scheduled services. Became a founder member, H
with Air Canada, Lufthansa and United Airlines, of the Star
Email directoria@voitail.com.br Alliance in May 1997. Launched an initial public offering in
Date operations started 1975
Description Provides an air-taxi and charter service in the
2003 which reduced state ownership to 70%. Established
domestic subsidiary Sky Asia in February 2004 as the major
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Amazonian region of Brazil. shareholder, together with several minor institutional
Executives
President ................................................ Franciso Ribeiro
shareholders. The subsidiary was later rebranded as
Nok Air. Agreed in September 2011, subject to board J
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna T210L approval, to increase its shareholding in Nok Air to 49%,
1 x Embraer EMB-110C by acquiring the 10% stake held by Krung Thai Bank.
1 x Embraer EMB-110E
Main base Belem (BEL)
Employees total 25,884
Executives
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Chairman..............................................Ampon Kittiampon
TEAM (TIM)
Avenida Ayrton Senna, 2541, Rua D2, Hangar 5, Barra da
President & CEO................................ Piyasvasti Amranand
EVP Operations................................ Asdavut Watanangura L
Tijuca, 22775-000 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil EVP Finance ..................................Wasukarn Visansawatd
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Tel +55 21 2432 7191 Fax +55 21 2432 7166 Fleet (orders) 11 x Airbus A300B4-600
Email sac@voeteam.com.br Website www.voeteam.com.br (5) x Airbus A320-200
Date operations started 2001 22 (4) x Airbus A330-300
Description VIP carrier operating in the southeast of Brazil. 4 x Airbus A340-500
Employees total 60
Executives
6 x Airbus A340-600
(10) x Airbus A350-900XWB
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President....................................................Bianca Stabile (6) x Airbus A380-800
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Fleet (orders) 3 x Let L-410UVP-E 5 x Boeing 737-400
Main base Rio de Janeiro (SDU) 17 x Boeing 747-400
14 x Boeing 777-200
Thai AirAsia [FD] (AIQ) 10 (14) x Boeing 777-300
99 1st Floor OSC Building, Kingkeaw Road, Rachatawa,
Bangplee, Samutprakan, 10540, Thailand
(6) x Boeing 787-8
(2) x Boeing 787-9
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Tel +662 315 9800 Fax +662 315 9801 Main base Bangkok (BKK)
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Email joycelai@airasia.com Website www.airasia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Asia Aviation (50%), Thai Smile
AirAsia (49%), Tassapon Bijleveld (CEO) (1%) c/o Thai International Airways, 89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road,
Date operations started 3 February 2004 Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
Description Bangkok-based arm of the AirAsia group of low-
cost airlines, operating flights from Suvarnabhumi Airport
Tel +66 2 545 1000 Email public.info@thaiairways.com
Website www.thaiair.com
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and hubs at Chiang Mai and Phuket to destinations across Parent organisation/shareholders Thai Airways
Thailand. International routes serve cities in Cambodia,
China (including both Hong Kong and Macau), India,
International (100%)
Description Low-cost carrier planning to launch services S
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam. as a subsidiary of Thai Airways International in July 2012.
History Established as a partnership between AirAsia Berhad History On 19 August 2011 Thai Airways International
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(49% stake) and Thailand’s Shin Corporation (50% stake). announced that the new carrier’s brand name would be
Executives Thai Smile.
Chief Executive Officer...........................Tassapon Bijleveld Main base Bangkok (BKK)
Chief Financial Officer................................. Pornanan Gerd
Director of Flight Operations.................Tanapat Ngamplang Thai Tiger Airways U
Fleet (orders) 24 x Airbus A320-200 Thailand
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Main base Bangkok (BKK) Failed start-up low-cost carrier project, first announced in
Hubs Chiang Mai (CNX), Phuket (HKT) August 2010 with the signing of a memorandum of
understanding between Thai Airways International and Tiger
Thai Airways International [TG] (THA) Airways. After experiencing major delays, Thai Airways
89 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
Tel +66 2 545 1000 Fax +66 2 545 3832
International announced on 19 September 2011 that it had
scrapped its plans for a joint-venture with Tiger Airways.
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Email public.info@thaiairways.com Website www.thaiair.com
Thomas Cook Airlines [MT] (TCX)
Parent organisation/shareholders Thai Ministry
of Finance (51.3%), Vayupak Fund 1 by Krung Thai Hangar 1, Western Maintenance Area, Runger Lane,
Manchester Airport, Manchester, M90 5FL, UK
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Asset Management (8.16%), Vayupak Fund 1 by MFC
Asset Management (8.16%), Thai NVDR, (4.22%), Tel +44 161 498 2718 Fax +44 161 232 6610
Government Savings Bank (2.42%), The Bank of New
York Mellon (1.35%), others 1.35% (24.39%)
Email pressoffice@thomascook.com
Website www.thomascookgroup.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Thomas Cook Group
Date operations started 27 March 2001
Description Second-largest UK leisure airline, serving 80
major holiday resorts in Europe and the Mediterranean
and long-haul destinations in the Americas and Caribbean.
Flights originate from 21 UK airports.
History Created as JMC Airlines through the merger of
Flying Colours Airlines and Caledonian Airways, following
the integration of the Carlson Leisure group with Thomas
Cook, which brought both airlines under common ownership
in October 1998. In June 2007 Thomas Cook merged
with MyTravel. Since 1st April 2008 Thomas Cook Airlines
and MyTravel Airways have operated as one airline under
the Thomas Cook brand.
Employees total 3,964
Executives
Managing Director....................................... Frank Pullman
Director Flight Operations............................Steve Solomon
Fleet (orders) 6 x Airbus A320-200
4 (6) x Airbus A321-200
3 x Airbus A330-200
11 x Boeing 757-200
2 x Boeing 757-300
3 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Manchester (MAN)
Hubs London (STN), Newcastle (NCL), East Midlands (EMA),
Glasgow (GLA)
Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium [FQ]
(TCW)
Tramstraat 65, 9052 Zwijnaarde-Gand Ghent, Belgium
Tel +32 9 241 16 11 Fax +32 9 241 16 12
Email info@thomascookairlines.com
Website www.thomascook.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Thomas Cook Group
Date operations started 13 March 2002
Description Belgian division of Thomas Cook, operating
holiday charter flights from Belgium to the Mediterranean.
History Established by Thomas Cook to serve the Belgian
charter market. Operations commenced on the 13 March
2002, and low-cost seat-only sales were launched in
January 2004.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.............................. Ulrik Vercruysse
Finance Director........................................... Hans Schsaa
General Manager............................................ Lode Ketele
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Brussels (BRU)
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
[DK] (VKG)
Copenhagen Airport South, Hangar 276, 2791 Dragoer,
Denmark
Tel +45 32 47 72 00 Fax +45 32 45 12 20
Email thomascookairlines@thomascook.dk
Website www.thomascookairlines.dk
Parent organisation/shareholders Thomas Cook Group
(100%)
Date operations started 1 January 1994
Description Scandinavian charter airline, operating inclusive
tour flights to holiday resorts in Europe, the Mediterranean
basin and long-haul destinations.
History Founded through the merger of Conair of Denmark
and Scanair of Sweden. On 12 February 2007 it was
announced that parent company MyTravel Group had
agreed to merge with Germany’s Thomas Cook, in a deal
that was completed by June 2007. MyTravel Airways
was rebranded as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
on 1 April 2008.
Employees total 921
Executives
Chairman...................................................Sam Weihagen
Finance Director.......................................Carsten Schioler
Managing Director.................................Torben Ostergaard
Flight Operations Director........................... Bent Erlandsen
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
6 (12) x Airbus A321-200
1 x Airbus A330-200
3 x Airbus A330-300
Main base Copenhagen (CPH)
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Thomson Airways [BY] (TOM)
Wigmore House, Wigmore Place, Wigmore Lane, Luton,
LU2 9TN, UK
Tel +44 1582 644340 Fax +44 1582 645455
Website flights.thomson.co.uk
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Date operations started 31 March 2004
Description One of the world’s foremost leisure airlines
providing extensive low-fare flights within Europe and tour
charter services to more than 80 destinations throughout
Europe, and taking in resort areas in the Americas, Africa,
the Indian Ocean and Australia.
History Formed on 1 December 1961 and began operations
with Lockheed Constellations under the name of Euravia
(London). The name Britannia Airways was adopted on 16
August 1964, when the airline started re-equipping with
Bristol Britannia aircraft. On 26 April 1965 Britannia and its
then-owner Universal Sky Tours became part of the Thomson
Organisation. In August 1988 Thomson acquired Horizon
Travel and its East Midlands-based airline, Orion Airways,
which was integrated into Britannia later that year. The
Scandinavian holiday operation Fritidsresor was acquired by
Thomson in 1998, with Britannia acquiring the group’s
holiday airline, Blue Scandinavia, first known as Britannia
Airways AB and now trading as TUIfly Nordic. Thomson
became a wholly-owned Preussag (TUI Group) subsidiary on
the 18 August 2000. In March 2004, low-cost services were
launched under the Thomsonfly brand. TUI merged with First
Choice to create TUI Travel in September 2007, and from 1
May 2008, Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways began
operating under a single air operator’s certificate. The two
carriers were combined as Thomson Airways on 1 May 2009.
Employees total 4,097
Executives
Managing Director ....................................... Chris Browne
Director of Flight Operations .......................... John Murphy
Finance Director .........................................Colin McKinlay
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A321-200
1 x Boeing 737-300
19 x Boeing 737-800
22 x Boeing 757-200
10 x Boeing 767-300
(8) x Boeing 787-8
Main base Manchester (MAN)
Hubs Bristol (BRS), East Midlands (EMA), Glasgow (GLA),
Luton (LTN)
Tianjin Airlines [GS] (GCR)
Airport Building, Tianjin Binhai International Airport, Tianjin,
Beijing, 300300, China
Tel +86 22 2490 3700 Fax +86 22 2490 3751
Email sun_qiao@hnair.com Website www.tianjin-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders HNA Group (83.15%),
Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Investment (15.38%), Hainan
Airlines (0.83%)
Alliances Hong Kong Airlines, Hong Kong Express Airways
Date operations started May 2007
Description Regional airline operating scheduled services
out of Tianjin Binhai International Airport, serving more than
50 destinations across China.
History Established in June 2006 as Grand China Express
Air, a joint venture between majority shareholder the HNA
Group and minority shareholder Hainan Airlines (also an
HNA Group company). Received its air operator’s certificate
from the CAAC in April 2007. Rebranded on 8 June 2009,
operating its first flight under the new Tianjin Airlines identity
on 10 June 2009.
Executives
President.................................................................Xin Di
Finance Manager ................................................ Liang Du
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
43 x Embraer 190-100LR
25 x Harbin ERJ-145LI
Main base Tianjin (TSN)
Tiara Air [3P] (TNM)
Sabana Blanco 70 E, Suite 11, Oranjestad, Aruba
Tel +297 588 4272 Fax +297 588 5002
Email info@tiara-air.com Website www.tiara-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Alejandro Muyale (100%)
Date operations started April 2007
Description Operates regional services linking Aruba with
Bonaire, Curaçao and the Venezuelan city of Las Piedras.
Also offers inclusive packages in conjunction with resorts
in Aruba and Curacao.
History Established by Alejandro Muyale.
Executives
Owner and President................................Alejandro Muyale
Director of Finance...................................... Mark Hoveling
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
1 x Learjet Learjet 35
1 x Shorts SD.360-100
Main base Aruba (AUA)
Tibet Airlines [TV]
3rd Floor, Block No 7, Chengdu Shuangliu International
Airport, Chengdu, 610202, China
Tel +86 28 5820 7888 Fax +86 28 5820 7888
Email hr@tibetairlines.com.cn
Website www.tibetairlines.com.cn
Parent organisation/shareholders Tibet Sanli Investment
(39%), Air China (31%), Tibet Autonomous Region
Investment (20%), Tibet Ruiyi Investment (10%)
Alliances Air China
Date operations started 26 July 2011
Description Tibetan start-up airline operating domestic
passenger and cargo services, initially linking Lhasa
with Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai and Shiquanhe.
Services are operated under codeshares with Air China.
History Established by three Tibetan Investment companies
as an Air China subsidiary, the airline was incorporated
on 17 June 2010. Launched services with an A319
operating services from Chengdu to Lhasa and Shiquanhe
and Chongqing to Lhasa. In July 2011 Air China acquired
a 31% stake in the airline from Tibet Autonomous Region
Investment Company.
Executives
General Manager............................................. Yanping Liu
Fleet (orders) 3 (5) x Airbus A319-100
Main base Lhasa (LXA)
Tiger Airways [TR] (TGW)
Change Airport Post Office, PO Box 82, Singapore,
918143, Singapore
Tel +65 6822 2300 Fax +65 6424 6355
Email cheryl.wen@fleishman.com
Website www.tigerairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tiger Aviation (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SEAir (32.5%)
Date operations started 15 September 2004
Description Joint-venture low-cost carrier in which Singapore
Airlines holds the largest stake. Operates scheduled
services to over a dozen cities in Australia, China, Indonesia,
The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Subsidiary carriers operate in Australia and the Philippines.
History Tiger Airways initially planned for its first overseas-
based operation, to be launched in conjunction with
Philippine carrier SEAir, in February 2007. These plans
were delayed and Melbourne-based Tiger Airways Australia
became the first overseas subsidiary, established in
March 2007. On 13 January 2010, the airline launched
its initial public offering, and trading of the airline’s shares
on the Singapore stock exchange began 22 January 2010.
The company successfully launched a Filipino subsidiary
at the second attempt, when SEAir began services on
the Clark-Singapore route on 16 December 2010, using
aircraft subleased from Tiger Airways. Acquired 32.5%
of SEAir in February 2011. Agreed to acquire 33% of
grounded Indonesian carrier Mandala in May 2011,
and planned to relaunch the airline in early 2012 as
a low-cost carrier. Announced the completion of this
acquisition in January 2012.
Executives
Chairman.......................................................... Gerard Ee
Chief Executive Officer ................................Chin Yau Seng
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Chin Sak Hin
Chief Operations Officer.................................. Steve Burns
Fleet (orders) 21 (36) x Airbus A320-200
Main base Singapore (SIN)
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Building 166, 1-5 Grants Road, Melbourne Airport, Beirut International Airport, PO Box 30, Beirut, 1001, Aeroport, Tomsk, West Siberian Zone ATD, 634539, Russia
Melbourne, Victoria, 3043, Australia
Tel +61 3 9330 3188 Fax +61 3 9330 3288
Lebanon
Tel +961 1 629 210 Fax +961 1 629 219
Tel +7 3822 310 555 Fax +7 3822 310 500
Email info@tomskavia.ru Website www.tomskavia.ru C
Email vanessa.regan@tigerairways.com Website www.tma.com.lb Date operations started 1992
Website www.tigerairways.com Parent organisation/shareholders Lebanese Air Description Operates domestic passenger and cargo
Parent organisation/shareholders Tiger Aviation (100%)
Date operations started 23 November 2007
Investment Holding (99.9%), privately held (0.1%)
Date operations started 1953
schedules and charters.
History Formed from the Aeroflot Tomsk Division, and merged
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Description Australian subsidiary of Singapore-based Description Operates an international cargo service to Europe, with Kolpashevo Air Enterprise in 1999.
international low fare airline, operating domestic services
from Melbourne to Brisbane and Sydney.
the Middle and Far East, using wet-leased aircraft as required.
History Founded in 1953 by Mounir Abu Haidar as an all-
Executives
Director . ................................................ Nikolay Petrovich E
History Tiger Airways was established in Darwin in the cargo operator and developed a large international network. First Deputy Director....................................Anatoliy Pal’ko

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Australian Northern Territory on 16 March 2007, and Inaugurated a round-the-world cargo service in 1971. Deputy Director of Finance............................Olga Berezina
established its base at Melbourne. It received its air Operations were suspended in 1985 as a result of the civil Fleet (orders) 6 x Antonov An-24RV
operator’s certificate on 22 November 2007. Temporarily war. The company was revitalised under new management in 1 x Antonov An-26
grounded by CASA, with immediate effect late on 1 July 2008, acquiring its first new aircraft the following year. 1 x Antonov An-26B
2011, because of safety concerns. The carrier’s air
operator’s certificate was reinstated from 12 August 2011,
Executives
Chairman.....................................................Bissat Mazen
Main base Tomsk (TOF)
Hubs Novosibirsk (OVB), Nizhnevartovsk (NJC)
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although CASA imposed new conditions which the airline Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300F4-600
TonleSap Airlines [K9] (TSP)
will need to meet in order to retain it.
Executives
Main base Beirut (BEY)

TMK Air Commuter

6R. Street 208, Sangkat Boueng Raing, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Chief Executive Officer.................................. Andrew David
Head of Operations ....................................Warren Gravell Congo (Democratic Republic) Tel +885 23 216 747 Email service@tonlesapairlines.com
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Melbourne (MEL)
Date operations ceased 31 August 2011
Operated domestic commuter services to towns in the east of
Website www.tonlesapairlines.com
Date operations started 21 January 2011
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the Democratic Republic of Congo and Entebbe in Uganda. Description Cambodian airline operating scheduled
Tiko Air
BP 3877, Antananarivo, Madagascar
Passenger charters were also available. Since ceasing
airline operations, the company is concentrating on trucking.
passenger services from Siem Reap to Taipei, Kaohsiung,
Hanoi, Ningbo, Shanghai, Seoul and Daegu. Domestic routes J
Tel +261 202 245 804 Fax +261 202 246 880 will link Phnom Penh with Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.
Email rijoha2@yahoo.fr TNT Airways [3V] (TAY) History Developed with assistance from UK wet-leasing
Description Operates charter services within Madagascar.
Executives
Rue de l’Aeroport 101, Liege Airport, 4460 Grace-Hollogne,
Belgium
specialist Astraeus. Became one of the first airlines to be
awarded a Cambodian air operator’s certificate following the
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Managing Director............................. Manase Andriamiasy Tel +32 4 239 3000 Fax +32 4 239 3999 country’s removal from the ICAO blacklist in July 2010.
Flight Operations Manager................ Joharilala Ramoulson
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300
Email infotntliege@tnt.com Website www.tnt-airways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TNT (Netherlands) (100%)
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................ Teo Yong-Hwee L
Main base Antananarivo (TNR) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings TNT Airways (UK) (100%) Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-400

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Alliances Coyne Airways, Emirates Main base Siem Reap (REP)
Timor-Leste Airlines Date operations started February 2000
Rua Presidente Nicolau Lobato, PO Box 470, Dili, Description Operates daily services for TNT Express to more Top Fly (TLY)
East Timor than 70 European destinations. Traffic rights also held to 12 Spain
Email info@trytla.com Website www.timorlesteairlines.net
Parent organisation/shareholders MVTL (50%)
intercontinental destinations. Offers passenger charters.
History Established in Europe in May 1987 as TNT Aviation
Date operations started 1993
Date operations ceased 5 June 2011
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Description Start-up airline planning to launch international Services. Became part of the TNT Post Group NV in 1998. Initially established as a flight training school at Sabadell in

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scheduled passenger services from Dili to major southeast Relocated operations from the UK to Liège-Bierset Airport in 1991. Launched commercial air transport operations in
Asian and most Australian capitals. March 1998, before adopting the present name. Passenger 1993. Provided scheduled services from the Canary islands
History Founded with assistance from Euro Atlantic Airlines charters were launched on 3 April 2004. Parent company to Morocco and Mauritania, charters and air-taxi services.
by MVTL – Sociedade de Gestão de participações Sociais TNT NV announced plans to split into two independent
e Consultoria, which took, together with partners, a 50%
stake in the new company.
companies in 2011: one a mail company and the other,
including TNT Airways, an express delivery company.
Tor Air (OAI)
Sweden
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Executives Date operations started December 2008
Titan Airways [ZT] (AWC)
Enterprise House, Stansted Airport, Stansted, Essex,
Managing Director & CEO............................... Niky Terzakis
General Manager ......................................Ross McKinnon
Date operations ceased 19 December 2011
Established by private Swedish investors and received its air Q
CM24 1QW, UK Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe 146-200 operator’s certificate from the Swedish Civil Aviation
Tel +44 1279 680616 Fax +44 1279 680110 6 x BAe 146-300 Authority on 1 December 2008. Swedish transport regulator
Email charter@titan-airways.co.uk
Website www.titan-airways.co.uk
6 x Boeing 737-300
7 x Boeing 737-400
Transport Styrelsen withdrew Tor Air’s operating licence on
19 December 2011 becase of concerns about its financial
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Parent organisation/shareholders Gene H Willson (63%), 4 x Boeing 747-400 position. Provided wet-lease and charter operations,
3i (37%)
Date operations started 1 February 1988
2 x Boeing 777-200
1 x Learjet Learjet 55
including sub-services for other airlines.
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Description Operates contract and ad hoc passenger and Main base Liege (LGG) Total Linhas Aereas (TTL)

freight charters throughout Europe, North Africa and the
Middle East. Short notice wet-lease charters for scheduled
airlines are a speciality, as are VIP flights.
History The airline was established in January 1988 and
began operations with a single Cessna Titan. The company
underwent a management buyout in February 1992. In
July 2009 Titan Airways acquired Snowjet and Satellite
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Avenida Cristiano Machado 1733, Cidade Nova,
Toll Aviation (JCC) 31170-800 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
75-79 Pandanus Avenue, Brisbane Airport, Brisbane, Tel +55 31 3343 8600 Fax +55 31 3343 8607
Queensland, 4007, Australia Email contacto@total.com.br Website www.total.com.br
Tel +61 7 3860 4477 Fax +61 7 3860 4470
Email admin.aviation@tollaviation.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Empresarial Rota
Description Operates passenger charter and air-taxi U
Website www.tollaviation.com services, as well as night mail flights on behalf of the

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Travel, which had previously chartered Titan aircraft for Parent organisation/shareholders Lomondi (100%) Brazilian Post Office and regular flights for Petrobras.
seasonal charter flights to Alpine ski resorts, flown on Description Operates charter flights, focusing on priority History Established on 2 May 1988 and formerly known as
behalf of tour operators. airfreight, corporate VIP and mining charters. Total Taxi Aéreo. Its scheduled services were taken over by
Executives History Formed as a cargo charter company as Jetcraft TRIP Linhas Aereas in May 2008, following the merger with
Managing Director.........................................Gene Willson
VP Finance........................................................Rob Platts
Aviation, becoming Toll Aviation on 1 September 2008.
Executives
Total, which continues to maintain its own identity.
Employees total 270
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Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe 146-200 General Manager....................................... Murray Collings Executives
1 x BAe 146-RJ100
4 x Boeing 737-300
Fleet (orders) 2 x ATR 42-300
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
President...................................................Alfredo Meister
Finance Director.......................................... Ademir Knopp X
1 x Boeing 757-200 2 x Fairchild Metro 23 VP Operations...........................................Iran Domingues
1 x Boeing 767-300 6 x Fairchild Metro III Fleet (orders) 3 x ATR 42-500
1 x Cessna 525A
Main base London (STN)
Main base Brisbane (BNE)
Hubs Mackay (MKY), Adelaide (ADL), Bankstown Airport (BWU)
5 x Boeing 727-200
Main base Belo Horizonte (PLU)
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Toumai Air Tchad [9D] (THE)
PO Box 112, N’Djamena, Chad
Tel +235 252 4107 Fax +235 252 4106
Email toumaiairtchadndj@yahoo.fr Website www.toumaiair.com
Date operations started 2004
Description Flag carrier linking the capital N’Djamena to other
cities in west Africa, including Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui,
Brazzaville, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala and Lomé. Domestic
links also serve Abéché, Am Timan, Faya, Moundou and Sarh.
History Established in April 2004 as a joint venture under the
control of the government.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................... Zakaria Idriss Deby Itno
Fleet (orders) 1 x Fokker F-28-4000
Main base N’Djamena (NDJ)
Trade Air [8P] (TDR)
Vladimira Nazora 6, 10410 Velika Gorica (Pleso), Croatia
Tel +385 1 626 5053 Fax +385 1 626 5124
Email fly@trade-air.com Website www.trade-air.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Michael Cvijin (100%)
Date operations started 22 May 1995
Description Croatian ACMI leasing and ad hoc charter
specialist offering passenger charter, inclusive tour and
freight services from its base at Zagreb Airport.
History Originally operated feeder services for DHL but began
operating its own ad hoc passenger charters and freight
services in April 1999. Flights for tour operators and ACMI
services for regional airlines made under the SunAdria brand.
Executives
President......................................................Mihajlo Cvijin
CEO & Director Flight Operations..................... Marko Cvijin
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker 100
Main base Zagreb (ZAG)
Trai Thien Air Cargo (TTG)
253 Khuong Viet Street, Phu Trung Ward, Tan Phu District,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel +84 8 3975 3070 Fax +84 8 3975 3067
Email info@traithienaircargo.com
Website www.traithienaircargo.com
Description Vietnam’s first dedicated cargo airline operating
domestic services between Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Da
Nang, and international services to Bangkok, Guangzhou,
Hong Kong, Phnom Penh, Singapore and Taipei are planned.
History Established on 11 June 2008 by the Ho Chi Minh
Planning and Investment Authority.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300F
Main base Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Hubs Hanoi (HAN)
Tramon Air (TMX)
PO Box 1031, Lonehill, 2062, South Africa
Parent organisation/shareholders D Coetzer (100%)
Date operations started 1998
Description Privately-owned airline operating charter passenger
and cargo services to domestic and international destinations.
Executives
Chairman................................................... Daniel Coetzer
Chief Executive Officer....................................... Jeff Swain
Head of Flight Operations............................... Chris Calnan
Fleet (orders) 1 x Grumman Gulfstream I
Main base Lanseria (HLA)
Trans Air Congo [Q8] (TSG)
Avenue du General de Gaulle, BP 4450, Pointe Noire, Congo
Tel +242 626 2614 Fax +242 626 2615
Email info@flytransaircongo.com
Website www.flytransaircongo.com
Parent organisation/shareholders El Hage family (100%)
Description Provides passenger services in the Congo and
to other African countries. Also provides cargo operations.
History Founded by the El Hage family in 1994 with a single
LET L-410 aircraft. Primarily flew between Pointe Noire and
Brazzaville. Co-operated with Trans Air Benin from 2000 to
operate the route between Pointe Noire and Cotonou.
Expanded regional network with services to Douala (2004),
Johannesburg (2008, codeshare with Gabon Airlines) and
Libreville (March 2011). Launched domestic services within
Senegal, on the Dakar-Kolda route, from February 2012.
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President...................................................Ahmad El Hage
Fleet (orders) 4 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Boeing 737-300
Main base Pointe-Noire (PNR)
Trans Attico [ML] (ETC)
PO Box 7953, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Tel +971 6 557 2144 Fax +971 6 557 0806
Email atib@emirates.net.ae
Description Sudan-based cargo operator providing charter
flights in Africa and the Middle East.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..................... Imad Eldin A A Osman
Finance Manager .........................................Magdi Osman
Fleet (orders) 1 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Main base Khartoum (KRT)
Hubs Sharjah (SHJ)
Trans Capital Air
Hangar 1, Toronto City Centre Airport, Toronto, Ontario,
M5V IAI, Canada
Tel +1 416 203 2323 Fax +1 416 203 1120
Email hr@transcapitalair.com Website www.transcapitalair.com
Description Provides passenger and cargo charters.
Executives
President............................................. Antuan Pappalardo
Director Flight Operations ........................ David Madronich
Fleet (orders) 1 x DHC7-101
3 x DHC7-102
1 x DHC7-103
Main base Toronto (YTZ)
Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) (TGY)
Ogle International Airport, East Coast, Demerara, Guyana
Tel +592 222 2525 Fax +592 222 5462
Email tga@transguyana.com Website www.transguyana.net
Parent organsiation/shareholders Correia Mining (100%)
Date operations started 1956
Description Domestic carrier flying a scheduled network from
Ogle to Lethem, Kamarang, and Chi Chi, together with a
scheduled to Paramaribo in neighbouring Suriname. Regular
charter flights also serve Mabaruma, Port Kaituma, Olive
Creek, Kurupung, Bartica, and Matthews Ridge.
History Founded by Manoel Correia. In 1997 Trans Guyana
Airways merged with Kayman Sankar Aviation.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................Michael Correia Jr
Director of Operations............................Gerrard Gonsalves
Fleet (orders) 2 x Britten-Norman BN-2A
5 x Cessna CE208
Main base Ogle (OGL)
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMW)
P.O. Box 2079, Male International Airport, Male, Maldives
Tel +960 334 8400 Fax +960 334 4809
Email mail@tma.com.mv Website www.tma.com.mv
Parent organisation/shareholders Hummingbird Island
Airlines (100%)
Date operations started 1989
Description Operates primarily transferring tourists from
Malé to resorts on six Maldivian atolls. Domestic services
also flown, together with ad hoc charters and medevac.
History Founded as Hummingbird Island Airways, the airline
commenced operations with a fleet of helicopters. The first
seaplanes were introduced in 1997 and by 1999 TMA
operated a fleet comprising entirely of seaplanes.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Hussain Afeef
Managing Director............................Edward James Alsford
Chief Financial Officer.................................... Ranjit Kumar
Fleet (orders) 21 x DHC6-300
3 (2) x Viking Air DHC-6-400
Main base Male (MLE)
Trans States Airlines [9N] (LOF)
11495 Navaid Road, Suite 340, St Louis, Missouri, 63044,
USA
Tel +1 314 222 4300 Fax +1 314 222 4314
Email info@transstates.net Website transstates.net
Parent organisation/shareholders Trans States Holdings
(100%)
Alliances Aer Lingus, United Airlines, US Airways
Date operations started 11 April 1983
Description Fifth-largest regional airline providing feeder
services to over 60 destinations for American Airlines,
United Airlines and US Airways.
History Began US Airways Express flights in California in
December 1993. Implemented the first triple codesharing
agreement in the USA with Northwest Airlines, US Airways
and Alaska Airlines in 1994.
Executives
Chairman & CEO........................................ Hulas Kanodia
President & COO..............................................Rick Leach
Chief Financial Officer................................. Gerry Wigmore
VP Flight Operations........................................... Dan Reed
Fleet (orders) 7 x Embraer ERJ-145EP
16 x Embraer ERJ-145LR
Main base Saint Louis (STL)
Hubs Washington (IAD), Chicago (ORD)
Transaero Airlines [UN] (TSO)
Building 1, 47 Bolshaya Polyanka Street, Moscow,
119180, Russia
Tel +7 495 937 8478 Fax +7 495 937 8471
Email info@transaero.ru Website www.transaero.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Depositary Clearing
(31.79%), Alexander Pleshakov (25.42%), Transaero Finance
(14.79%), Olga Pleshakova (8.09%), Roinco Enterprises
(Cyprus) (7.02%), Lev Khasis (6.48%), others (6.41%)
Alliances airBaltic, Austrian, Belavia Belarussian Airlines,
British Midland International BMI, Singapore Airlines
Date operations started 5 November 1991
Description Russia’s second-largest passenger airline and
largest leisure carrier, operating scheduled services
throughout Russia and to Europe, the Americas, the Middle
and Far East and India. Worldwide charter flights also flown.
History Incorporated as a private joint stock company and the
first non-Aeroflot company approved for scheduled passenger
services in Russia. Certification and first charter operations
took place in 1991 followed by scheduled services in 1993.
The first carrier in Russia to start operating Boeings, in May
1993, operating an all-Boeing fleet for a time before delivery
of Tupolev Tu-214s in May 2007.
Employees total 7,042
Executives
Chairman.............................................Alexandr Pleshakov
Director General.......................................Olga Pleshakova
Financial Director . ................................ Yevgeny Temyakov
VP Flight Operations................................... Georgiy Barinov
Fleet (orders) (8) x Airbus A320neo
4 x Boeing 737-300
5 x Boeing 737-400
12 x Boeing 737-500
6 x Boeing 737-800
4 x Boeing 747-300
15 x Boeing 747-400
2 x Boeing 767-200
10 x Boeing 767-300
9 x Boeing 777-200
3 x Boeing 777-300
2 (7) x Tupolev Tu-214
Main base Moscow (DME)
Hubs Saint Petersburg (LED)
Transafrik (TFK)
PO Box 7124, Room 1204, Flat No. 12, El Wadi Tower,
Hamad Bin Abdullah Road, Luanda, Angola
Tel +244 222 353 714 Email enquiries@transafrik.com
Website www.transafrik.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Erich Koch, Joao
Rodrigues, Renato Hermino
Date operations started December 1984
Description Operates cargo services mainly in Africa,
specialising in humanitarian flights for the United Nations
and ad hoc charter. Aircraft are also available for long-term
or ACMI lease.
History Operations were established originally in São Tomé.
Relocated to Luanda, Angola in 1993 after obtaining a
long-term contract to transport fuel supplies.
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GM Operations & Maintenance............... Fernando De Brito Zone Orlytech, 18 Avenue Louis Bleriot, vie Sur , 91551 Berhad (100%)
Operations Director.....................................Peter Gardiner
GM Finance & ADM..................................... Flaviano Banta
Paray Vieille, France
Tel +33 1 5630 7000 Fax +33 1 5630 7005
Date operations started 28 November 1993
Description Scheduled and ad hoc charter cargo services, C
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-100 Website www.transavia.com with aircraft leased on a long-term wet and dry-lease basis.
Parent organisation/shareholders Air France (60%), History Started providing courier transportation between
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1 x Lockheed L-100-20
4 x Lockheed L-100-30 Transavia Airlines (40%) peninsular Malaysia and east Malaysia for POS Malaysia
Main base Luanda (LAD) Alliances Air Europa Berhad. Designated national cargo carrier by the Malaysian
Hubs Entebbe (EBB), Kinshasa (FIH), Nairobi (NBO), Loki (LKG) Date operations started 12 May 2007 transport ministry in 1996. The carrier’s holding company,

Transair Cargo
Description Provides scheduled and non scheduled low-cost
flights from Paris Orly airport.
Transmile Group Berhad, was incorporated on 13 January
1996. Partnered with CEN Worldwide in May 1998 to launch E
14eme Rue Limited, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic) History Created as a new player on the French leisure market its first scheduled international cargo operation to China.

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Tel +243 81 0344512 Email mario_zanos@hotmail.com by Air France and Transavia NL. Its air operator’s certificate Executives
Website www.transair-cargo.com was granted in May 2007 for a first flight to Porto from Orly. Chief Executive Officer .................................... Tai Shiu Liu
Date operations started 2004 Executives Chief Financial Officer..................................Wai Peng Kam
Description Operates domestic cargo flights and charters. Chairman & CEO...........................................Lionel Guerin Chief Operations Officer............................... Robert Hyslop
History Established in 1992 as Transair Cargo, and reformed
as Trans Air Cargo Service in 2004.
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Paris Orly (ORY)
Fleet (orders) 7 x Boeing 727-200
3 x Boeing 737-200
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Executives Main base Kuala Lumpur Subang (SZB)
Transaviaexport Airline [AL] (TXC)
Director of Operations . ..................................Mario Zanos
Fleet (orders) 3 x Douglas DC-8-60 44 Zakharova Street, 220034 Minsk, Belarus
Tel +375 17 299 5866 Fax +375 17 285 3652
Hubs Penang (PEN), Kuching (KCH), Kota Kinabalu (BKI)

Transportes Aereos
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3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-8-60
Main base Kinshasa (FIH) Email tae@transaviaexport.com Guatemaltecos (TGU)

TransAsia Airways [GE] (TNA)

Website www.transaviaexport.com
Date operations started 1993
Avenida Hincapie y 18 Calle, Zona 13, Hangar 15,
Aeropuerto La Aurora, 01013 Guatemala City, Guatemala
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9th Floor, 139 Zheng Zhou Road, Taipei, 103, Taiwan Description Operates cargo charter flights throughout the Tel +502 2380 9400 Fax +502 2334 7205
Tel +886 2 2557 5767 Fax +886 2 2557 0643
Email shichen@tna.com.tw Website www.tna.com.tw
CIS, Middle East and other parts of the world.
Executives
Email tagsa@tag.com.gt Website www.tag.com.gt
Date operations started 1972 J
Parent organisation/shareholders Goldsun Development Director....................................................... Oleg Kudrickiy Description Regular flights between Guatemala City, Flores
(47.27%), China Development Industrial Bank (19.95%), Far Fleet (orders) 7 x Ilyushin Il-76TD and Copan, and charter flights throughout Central America.
Eastern Air Transport (FAT) (5.97%), others (26.81%)
Alliances Shenzhen Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
Main base Minsk (MHP)
Hubs Minsk (MSQ)
Also offers medevac, firefighting, spraying and aircraft rental.
Executives
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Date operations started 21 May 1951 President ................................................Jonathan Layton
Description Domestic and regional services to South Korea
and Macau. Regional charter flights also undertaken.
Transcarga (TIW)
Avenida Rio Caura, Torre Humboldt Oficina 513, Prados del
VP Operations .....................................Jorge Mario Arriaga
Finance Director .......................................Marcela Toriello L
History Taiwan’s first private airline company, founded as Este, Caracas, Venezuela Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe Jetstream 31

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Foshing Airlines in 1951. Tel +58 212 977 5878 Fax +58 212 975 2789 5 x Embraer EMB-110P
Executives Email tiwccs@transcarga.net Website www.transcarga.net 1 x Piper PA-31-300
Chairman.........................................................Vincent Lin Parent organisation/shareholders Julio Marquez Biaggi 1 x Saab 340A
President ........................................................... Jia Chen (48.5%), Luis Felipe Ayala Villanueva (48.5%), others (3%) Main base Guatemala City (GUA)
Finance Manager ......................................... Peiling Cheng
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Alliances Ameriflight
Date operations started November 2001 Transwest Air [9T] (ABS) N
5 x Airbus A321-100 Description Domestic charter cargo services, and flights for PO Box 100, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, S6V 5R4, Canada

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(6) x Airbus A321-200 DHL, FedEx, UPS and Brinks in Venezuela and the Caribbean. Tel +1 306 764 1404 Fax +1 306 763 1313
(6) x Airbus A321neo Executives Email info@transwestair.com Website www.transwestair.com
(2) x Airbus A330-300 President...........................................Julio Marquez Biaggi Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
9 x ATR 72-500 Fleet (orders) 5 x Cessna C402B Date operations started 11 September 2000
Main base Taipei (TPE) 2 x Embraer EMB-120RT
Main base Caracas (CCS)
Description Operates the largest scheduled service
network in Saskatchewan, linking 10 destinations plus
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Transavia Airlines [HV] (TRA) one in Alberta, in addition to float plane operations in
TransGlobal Airways [T7]
Piet Guilonardweg 15, TransPort Building, 1118 NL
Schiphol, Netherlands 3303A Tektite West Tower, Philippine Stock Exchange
northern Manitoba and charter services.
History Formed by the September 2000 merger of Air Sask Q
Tel +31 20 604 6555 Fax +31 20 648 0378 Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, 1600 Pasig City, (founded 1960) with Athabaska Airways (founded 1955).
Email info@transavia.com Website www.transavia.com Philippines Executives
Parent organisation/shareholders KLM (100%)
Date operations started 17 November 1966
Tel +63 2689 1229 Fax +63 2687 2000
Email transglobal@tgairways.com Website :www.tgairways.com
Managing Partner...............................................Jim Glass
Managing Partner...................................... Pat Campling Jr
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Description Low-cost operator providing a scheduled service Date operations started September 2006 Finance Director.................................... Mona Tschebnicki
to 26 leisure destinations from hubs at Amsterdam,
Eindhoven and Rotterdam, and charter services flown to
Description Cargo carrier providing regular flights out of Clark
Field to Taipei and Xiamen. The airline is also authorised to
Operations Director...................................... Debbie Glass
Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Baron 55 S
more than 60 Mediterranean destinations. serve other destinations in China. 1 x Beech 1900D
History Formed as Transavia Limburg, later known as Transavia History A former freight forwarder, diversified into air cargo
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2 x Beechcraft King Air 100
Holland. In 1986 the name was changed to Transavia Airlines. services in September 2006. Extended its air operator’s 2 x Beechcraft King Air 200
It was the first airline to take advantage of the world’s first certificate to include international ACMI passenger services 3 x Cessna A185F
open skies agreement, signed between the UK and Dutch and briefly flew between Diosdado Macapagal International 2 x Cessna C310R
governments. Started operating between Amsterdam and
London Gatwick, its first scheduled service, on 26 October
and Fujairah on behalf of Kang Pacific Airlines. Reverted to
cargo-only operations until the carrier’s only aircraft was
5 x De Havilland Canada Beaver
2 x DHC6-100 U
that year. During 1991 the airline’s major shareholder, returned to the lessor in December 2010. Cargo services 2 x DHC6-200

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Nedlloyd, sold its 80% holding to Dutch national carrier KLM. continued thereafter using wet-leased aircraft. 2 x De Havilland Canada Turbin
In 1998 it was the first carrier to operate domestic services in Executives 1 x De Havilland Canada Turbo
Greece, after a change in Greek aviation law. In June 2003 Chief Executive Officer.........................................Tony Kim 8 x Piper PA-31-300
KLM acquired the remaining 20% of Transavia. In January General Manager.....................................................Ahsan 1 x Saab 340A
2005, the brands of Transavia and Basiq Air merged. On 2
January 2006 the company rebranded as transavia.com
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 727-100
Main base Clark (CRK)
2 x Saab 340B
Main base Prince Albert (YPA)
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Executives Hubs Saskatoon (YXE), La Ronge (YVC)
Transmile Air Services [TH] (TSE)
Managing Director......................................... Bram Graber
Chief Financial Officer ...................................Rob Melchiot Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Transmile Centre 1st Floor, Transwisata Prima Aviation (TWT) X
Fleet (orders) 10 x Boeing 737-700 Block E Terminal Cargo Complex, 47200 Subang, Selangor, Perkantoran Artha Gading Niaga, Block A No. 3, Lt. 2,
15 (2) x Boeing 737-800 Malaysia Jakarta, 14240, Indonesia
Main base Amsterdam (AMS)
Hubs Eindhoven (EIN), Rotterdam (RTM)
Tel +60 3 7884 9770 Fax +60 3 7884 9899
Email gantt@transmile.com Website www.transmile.com
Tel +62 21 4587 8608 Fax +62 21 4587 8609
Email jatakars@centrin.net.id Website www.transwisata.com
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Parent organisation/shareholders Local businessmen (100%)
Date operations started November 2002
Description Regional carrier focusing on charter business.
History Obtained its air operator’s certificate for international
services in 2003.
Executives
President.................................................Maxwell Armand
Operations Manager .......................................Irfan Sando
Finance Manager .................................................. Martua
Fleet (orders) 2 x Fokker F-28-4000
1 x Fokker 100
1 x Beechcraft Premier
Main base Jakarta (HLP)
Hubs Balikpapan (BPN)
Travel Air
Suite 19, Nanulon Street, Madang Plaza, Madang, Central
Province, Papua New Guinea
Tel +675 123 456 7890 Email reservationsta@travelairpng.com
Website travelairpng.com
Date operations started 1 December 2011
Description Start-up airline operating low-cost domestic
passenger services from Port Moresby and Madang. Also
plans to operate cargo services from Lae.
History Established in July 2010 by Sarakolok West Transport
group. Received its Part 121 air operator’s certificate in
November 2011 and launched services in December 2011.
Fleet (orders) 4 x Fokker 50
Main base Madang (MAG)
Travel Service Airlines [QS] (TVS)
Prague - Ruzyne Airport, K Letisti 1068/30, 16008 Prague,
Czech Republic
Tel +420 220 115 069 Fax +420 220 114 472
Email info@travelservice.aero Website www.travelservice.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Unimex Group
(J Semane and R Vik) (50%), Icelandair Group (30%),
Canaria Travel (Unimex subsidiary) (20%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Travel Service Slovakia
(100%), SmartWings (100%), Travel Service Hungary
Date operations started 1997
Description Offers charter flights mainly to the
Mediterranean, also long-haul charter flights, ad hoc flights
and scheduled services to exotic destinations.
History Formed as a commercial division of the Czech
Government Flying Service operating on behalf of Czech
tour operators. In May 2004 launched low-cost brand
SmartWings, operating to major European destinations.
Executives
President......................................................... Roman Vik
Executive Director..........................................Michal Tomis
Operations Director..........................................Petr Cenek
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 737-800
(1) x Boeing 787-8
2 x Cessna 680
Main base Prague (PRG)
Hubs Las Palmas (LPA), Budapest (BUD)
Travel Service Hungary [7O] (TVL)
Wesselényi u. 16/a, Budapest, 1077, Hungary
Tel +36 (1) 461 0490 Fax +36 (1) 461 0494
Email info@travelservice.hu Website www.travelservice.hu
Parent organisation/shareholders Travel Service Airlines
Date operations started 2001
Description Subsidiary of eastern Europe’s largest charter
airline. Operates ad hoc and inclusive tour charters on behalf
of domestic and foreign tour operators. Summer destinations
in the include the Mediterranean, Canary Islands, Cape
Verde, and the UAE. In the winter, charters focus on the
Canaries and Egypt, but also include Kenya, Tanzania, Goa,
Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Latin America, and the Far East.
Executives
President..................................................... Attila Farskas
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Budapest (BUD)
Travel Service Slovakia (TVQ)
MR Stefanik Airport, 823 11 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel +421 233 03 5002 Website www.travelservice.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Travel Service Airlines (100%)
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Date operations started April 2010
Description Bratislava-based subsidiary of eastern Europe’s
largest charter airline. Operates ad hoc and inclusive
passenger charters for domestic and foreign tour operators.
Summer destinations include the Mediterranean and the
Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and the UAE. Winter, charters
focus on the Canaries and Egypt, but include Kenya, Goa,
Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Latin America, and the Far East.
Fleet (orders) 2 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Bratislava (BTS)
Trawel Fly
Via Civerchio 3, 20142 Milan, Italy
Tel +39 0239 192 530 Fax +39 0269 001 164
Email booking@trawelfly.com Website www.trawelfly.com
Date operations started 30 May 2009
Description Italian airline operating both scheduled and
charter flights linking Bergamo Orio al Serio airports with six
Italian cities and Heraklion and Rhodes in Greece.
History Operated in partnership with UK wet-leasing specialist
Astraeus until the latter’s demise in November 2011.
Main base Bergamo (BGY)
Trigana Air Service (TGN)
Komplex Puri Centra Niaga, Jalan Wiraloka, Blok D68-70,
Jakarta, 13620, Indonesia
Tel +62 21 860 4867 Fax +62 21 860 4866
Email trigana@cbn.net.id Website www.trigana-air.com
Date operations started 1991
Description Domestic scheduled passenger services to 20
destinations, and charter fights throughout Indonesia. Also
provides medevac, aerial photography and tourist flights.
History Operated domestic scheduled passenger services for
Kal Star Aviation from 2005. This ceased July 2008.
Executives
Commissioner...................................Triputra Yusni Prawiro
President Director............................. Rubijanto Adisarwono
Operations Director ................................Beni Sumaryanto
Fleet (orders) 8 x ATR 42-300
3 x ATR 72-200
5 x Boeing 737-200
2 x Boeing 737-300
1 x De Havilland Canada Caribo
3 x DHC6-300
Main base Jakarta (HLP)
TRIP Linhas Aereas [8R] (TIB)
Av Cambacicas 1200, Parque Imperador, 13097-104
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tel +55 19 2139 3100 Fax +55 19 2139 3101
Email monica.mitraud@voetrip.com.br
Website www.airtrip.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders SkyWest (20%), Aguia
Branca Group (Chieppe family), Caprioli Group
Alliances Pantanal Linhas Aereas, TAM Linhas Aéreas
Date operations started November 1998
Description Major regional carrier linking more than 90
destinations primarily throughout Brazil.
History Part of the Grupo Caprioli concern. In May 2008, Total
Linhas Aereas was merged into TRIP, which took over Total’s
domestic schedules.
Employees total 2,513
Executives
Chief Executive Officer..........................Jose Mario Caprioli
Finance Director......................................Marcello Iannalfo
VP Operations.............................Fernando Paes de Barros
Fleet (orders) 11 x ATR 42-300
9 x ATR 42-500
1 x ATR 72-200
13 x ATR 72-500
3 (12) x ATR 72-600
9 x Embraer 175-200LR
10 (5) x Embraer 190-100LR
Main base Campinas (VCP)
Hubs Curitiba (CWB), Natal (NAT), Recife (REC)
Tristar Air (TSY)
1 Sheraton Helipolis, Block 1227, Helipolis, Cairo, Egypt
Tel +20 2 2267 5058 Fax +20 2 2267 1873
Email operations@tristarair.com Website www.tristarair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Sobhy Abd El Messeh
(98%), Fortunee Botros Messeh (1%), Sabry Botros Messeh (1%)
Date operations started September 1998
Description Scheduled cargo services linking Cairo with
Amsterdam and Tripoli, the latter on behalf of Libyan Airlines.
Executives
President.............................................. Alaa El Din Rahmy
Finance Manager...........................................Magdy Fouda
Operations Manager......................................Magdy Louka
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300B4
Main base Cairo (CAI)
Tropic Air [PM] (TOS)
PO Box 20, Ambergris Caye, San Pedro, Belize
Tel +501 226 2012 Fax +501 226 2338
Email reservations@tropicair.com Website www.tropicair.com
Date operations started November 1979
Description Largest airline in Belize operating over 180 daily
scheduled flights linking all major domestic destinations.
History Began as a charter operator with a Cessna 172.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer................................Steven Schulte
President & Chief of Operations................... John Greif III III
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C207A
8 x Cessna CE208
2 x Gippsland Aeronautics GA8
Main base San Pedro (SPR)
Hubs Belize City (TZA), Belize City (BZE)
TUIfly [HF] (HLX)
Flughafenstrasse 10, 30855 Langenhagen, Germany
Tel +49 511 9727 0 Fax +49 511 9727 341
Email info@tuifly.com Website www.tuifly.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Date operations started 30 March 1973
Description Third-largest German airline operating scheduled
and charter passenger flights, primarily on a route network
of around 80 destinations in 17 European countries.
History Formed as the air charter subsidiary of the Hapag-
Lloyd shipping group. On 28 April 2005 re-branded as
Hapagfly. In August 2006 parent company TUI AG announced
it would merge its constituent airlines throughout Europe
under the TUIfly brand. By mid-April 2007 Hapagfly and
Hapag-Lloyd Express were operating under the new brand. In
March 2009 TUIfly and Air Berlin made a cross-ownership
agreement whereby each carrier acquired a minority stake in
the other. As part of this, TUIfly agreed to wet-lease 17
aircraft to Air Berlin for ten years.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................. Friedrich Keppler
Finance Manager & Director.........................Christoph Todt
Fleet (orders) 10 x Boeing 737-700
25 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Hannover (HAJ)
Hubs Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Frankfurt FRA, Stuttgart (STR),
Munich (MUC), Berlin (TXL)
TUIfly Nordic [6B] (BLX)
Head Office, Soder Malarstrand 27, 117 85 Stockholm,
Sweden
Tel +46 8 720 7200 Fax +46 8 720 8801
Email info@fritidsresor.se Website www.tuiflynordic.se
Parent organisation/shareholders TUI Travel (100%)
Description Operates holiday charter flights from Norwegian,
Finnish and Swedish airports to destinations in the
Canaries, Egypt, the Mediterranean and Thailand.
History Originally the charter operation of Transwede Airways.
During 1996 the charter part of the airline was taken over by
Swedish tour operator Fritidsresor. When Britannia Airways
took control in 1998 the airline was renamed Britannia AB,
and later rebranded as Britannia Nordic. In 2000 Preussag
(later TUI Group) acquired the Thomson Group. In 2006 the
airline changed its name to TUIfly Nordic.
Executives
Managing Director....................................Alexander Huber
Fleet (orders) 6 x Boeing 737-800
2 x Boeing 767-300
Main base Stockholm Arlanda ARN
Hubs Bergen (BGO), Oslo (OSL), Helsinki (HEL), Malmo-Sturup
(MMX), Gothenburg (GOT)
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PO Box 147, 15/3 Prospekt Pobedy, Kazan, Tatarstan Heydar Aliyev Airport, Domestic Terminal, 1044 Baku, Chief Executive Officer................................ Merdan Ayazov
Republic, 420138, Russia
Tel +7 843 229 6434 Fax +7 843 229 6444
Azerbaijan
Tel +994 12 437 40 94 Fax +994 12 498 9434
Chief Operations Officer.............................. Kovus Charyev
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 125-1000 C
Email office@tulpar.ru Website www.tulpar.ru Email root@turan-air.com Website www.turan-air.com 4 x Boeing 717-200
Alliances Ural Airlines Parent organisation/shareholders Privately-owned (100%)
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3 x Boeing 737-300
Date operations started 1992 Alliances Azerbaijan Airlines 4 x Boeing 737-700
Description Offers passenger and VIP charter flights from Date operations started 1995 2 (2) x Boeing 737-800
Kazan and Orenburg. Also provides aircraft on wet-lease Description Provides an international schedule from Baku to 4 x Boeing 757-200
within Russia and abroad, particularly Cuba.
History Established as Atlas Aviakompania. Introduced
Ekaterinburg, Kazan and Surgut in Russia, and from
Lankaran to Surgut, together with charter flights.
1 x Boeing 767-300
1 (2) x Boeing 777-200 E
international VIP charters in 1994. Expanded passenger History Established as an Azerbaijani-British joint venture. 2 x Bombardier CL605

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operations throughout Russia and the CIS in 1996. Executives 3 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
Rebranded as Tulpar. Merged with Karat Air Company in Director....................................................Khanlar Karimov Main base Ashgabat (ASB)
2004, with both carriers retaining their own identities. Flight Operations Director.........................Dakrus Novruzon
Executives Fleet (orders) 3 x Tupolev Tu-154M Turks Air Cargo [6T]
General Director.........................................Sergey Trifonov
Fleet (orders) 1 x Yakovlev Yak-42
Main base Baku (GYD) 5820 Miami Lakes Drive, Miami Lakes, Florida, 33014, USA
Tel +1 305 593 8847 Fax +1 305 871 1622
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8 x Yakovlev Yak-42D Turkish Airlines (THY) [TK] (THY) Email cgomez@turksaircargo.com

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1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K Turkish Airlines Gen Management, Building Ataturk Airport, Website www.turksaircargo.com
3 x Yakovlev Yak-40 Yesilkoy, 34830 Istanbul, Turkey Date operations started 1972
1 x Bombardier BD-700 Tel +90 212 463 63 63 Fax +90 212 465 21 21 Description Operates a daily scheduled cargo flight linking
2 x Bombardier BD-100 Email customer@thy.com Website www.thy.com Opa Locka (Miami) with Nassau in the Bahama, using
Main base Kazan (KZN)
Hubs Orenburg (REN)
Parent organisation/shareholders Private shareholders
(50.88%), Government Privatization Board (OIB) (49.12%)
a wet-leased Convair 580(F) freighter. Charter flights are
also operated throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings SunExpress (50%), and the Bahamas.
Tunisair [TU] (TAR)
Tunisair Building, 7 November 1987 Street, P.O. Box 2035,
B&H Airlines (49%), Anadolu Jet (100%)
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, Air India, Air Malta, B&H Airlines,
History Founded in 1972 by Robert Caravan, who sold the
company to Carlos Gomez in 1998. Daily services to four J
Carthage, 2035 Tunis, Tunisia Etihad Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Jet Airways, Malaysia destinations in the Turks and Caicos were introduced in
Tel +216 7083 7000 Fax +216 7083 6900 Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, March 2007, since discontinued.
Website www.tunisair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Tunisian government
SunExpress, Syrianair, UTair Aviation
Date operations started August 1933
Executives
President & CEO............................................... Marc Wolff
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(74.42%), private investors (20%), Air France (5.58%) Description The national carrier of Turkey, operating a network Chief Operating Officer................................. Carlos Gomez
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Tunisair Express
(83.37%), Mauritania Airways (51%)
of scheduled services linking nearly 40 domestic destinations
with over 125 international destinations in Europe, North and
Main base Opa-Locka (OPF)
Hubs Nassau (NAS) L
Alliances Air Algerie, Egyptair, Middle East Airlines (MEA), South America, Russia, Central Asia, the Middle and Far East.
Twin Jet [T7] (TJT)
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Saudi Arabian Airlines, Syrianair History Formed when state-owned company DHY was
Date operations started 21 October 1948 replaced with a mixed corporation, Turk Hava Yllari, on 1070 rue du Lieutenant Parayre, BP 30370, 13799
Description Tunisian flag carrier operating an extensive February 1956. Nationalised 1990. A partial initial public Aix en Provence, France
European network, together with flights to west Africa and the offering resulted in the sale of 24.8% of the shares in May Tel +33 4 42 90 12 14 Fax +33 4 42 24 33 28
Middle East, serving over 40 destinations in 30 countries.
History Founded as Société Tunisienne de l’Air, also known,
2006. A further public offering increased this to just over
50%. THY joined the Star Alliance on 31 March 2008.
Email charters@twinjet.net Website www.twinjet.net
Date operations started October 2001
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government, Air France and private interests. Services Executives and Mulhouse to Marseille and Toulouse, and from Paris
launched in October 1948, with Air France operating services Chairman...................................................... Hamdi Topcu to Périgueux.
on Tunis Air’s behalf between Athens and Tunis. Launched Chief Executive Officer......................................Temel Kotil History Established as a business air charter company.
services in its own right in April 1949. The government Chief Financial Officer.....................................Kilic Coskun Offered commercial air charter services with Beech 1900
acquired a majority shareholding in 1955. Introduced jet
services in September 1961 with Sud Caravelles. Rebranded
EVP Flight Operations..........................................Asaf Bora
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A310-300
turboprops from October 2001. Launched scheduled
services in May 2002.
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as Tunisair in 1990. In June 1995, the state sold 20% of the 10 x Airbus A319-100 Executives
carrier. In November 2007, Tunisair created a new joint-
venture subsidiary, Mauritania Airways, in which it took a 51%
25 x Airbus A320-200
27 (16) x Airbus A321-200
President & Director General........................Olivier Manaut
Operations Director...................................... Marc Ghiazza Q
stake. The remaining 49% was held by the government. 9 (3) x Airbus A330-200 Fleet (orders) 10 x Beech 1900D
Mauritania Airways ceased operation in December 2010. 7 (3) x Airbus A330-300 Main base Marseille MRS
Executives
Director General................................. Cheikhrouhou Ridha
8 x Airbus A340-300
1 x Beech Aircraft Corporation
Hubs Cherbourg (CER), Metz/Nancy (ETZ) R
President & CEO.........................................Hamadi Thamri 3 x Boeing 737-400 Tyrolean Airways [VO] (TYR)
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A300B4-600
4 x Airbus A319-100
6 x Boeing 737-700
41 (18) x Boeing 737-800
Furstenweg 176, Postfach 98, 6026 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel +43 5 1766 3000 Fax +43 512 2866 46 S
14 (8) x Airbus A320-200 2 (13) x Boeing 737-900 Email pressestelle@tyrolean.at Website www.tyrolean.at
Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian (100%)
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(3) x Airbus A330-200 12 x Boeing 777-300
(3) x Airbus A350-800XWB 2 x Cessna 560 Alliances Austrian
4 x Boeing 737-500 2 x Gulfstream G550 Date operations started 1 April 1980
7 x Boeing 737-600 Main base Istanbul (IST) Description Major regional carrier, operating to six
Main base Tunis (TUN) Hubs Ankara (ESB) destinations within Austria and around 80 European
destinations. U
Tunisavia (TAJ) Turkmenistan Airlines [T5] (TUA) History Founded as Aircraft Innsbruck and adopted the

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Boulevard Leader Yasser Arafet, 2035 Tunis Carthage, Tunisia Chary Narymov Street 3A, 744000 Ashkabad, Tyrolean Airways identity on the start of scheduled services
Tel +216 71 280 555 Fax +216 71 281 333 Turkmenistan in April 1980. Tyrolean was acquired by Austrian Airlines in
Email siege@tunisavia.com.tn Website www.tunisavia.com.tn Tel +993 12 351 052 Fax +993 12 354 402 March 1998. In September 2003 the company became
Date operations started 27 April 1974 Email aviahead@online.tm a feeder operation for the Austrian Airlines network under
Description Provides fixed-wing and helicopter charters for
VIPs and the oil and gas industry.
Website www.turkmenistanairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
the brand name Austrian Arrows.
Executives
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History Established as operating both scheduled and charter Turkmenistan (100%) Managing Director.........................................Christian Fitz
flights, but ceased scheduled flights in May 1992.
Executives
Date operations started 1992
Description Flag carrier of Turkmenistan, operating scheduled
Finance Manager.......................................... Thomas Greil
Fleet (orders) 14 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 X
Chief Executive Officer........................Mohamed Aziz Milad flights from Ashkhabad to the CIS, Asia and Europe. 15 x Fokker 100
Director General......................................... Mohsen Nasra History At the end of 1998 Turkmenistan’s three air operating 9 x Fokker 70
Fleet (orders) 2 x DHC6-300
Main base Tunis (TUN)
companies, Akhal, Khazar and Lebap, were reorganised and
now come under the Turkmenistan Airlines umbrella.
Main base Innsbruck (INN)
Hubs Vienna (VIE)
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Uganda Air Cargo (UCC)
2nd Floor Main Passenger Terminal Building, Entebbe
International Airport, Entebbe, Uganda
Tel +256 77 2467 197 Fax +256 31 263 239
Email ugacargo@utlonline.co.ug
Date operations started 7 June 1994
Description Commercial cargo charter airline operating
in east Africa and southern Africa.
History The airline resumed operations during 2007
after being dormant for some years while its only aircraft
was under repair.
Executives
Chairman.................................................... Ganyana Miiro
General Manager........................................... Fred Kyankya
Director of Operations...................... Godfrey Obbo-Oketcho
Fleet (orders) 2 x Harbin Y12
1 x Lockheed L-100-30
Main base Entebbe (EBB)
Ukraine Air Alliance (UKL)
4-a Bereznyakivska Street, PO Box 136, Kiev, 02152,
Ukraine
Tel +380 44 223 0203 Fax +380 44 223 0208
Email uaa@aero.in.ua Website www.aouaa.com
Date operations started 1993
Description Offers ACMI leasing services to other carriers,
and cargo charters in Asia, Africa and Europe.
History Registered as one of the first private air-enterprises
in the Ukraine.
Executives
President.......................................... Andrey Marinichenko
Flight Director.........................................Sergey Filippovich
Main base Kiev (KBP)
Hubs Nikolaev (NLV)
Ukraine Air Enterprise (UKN)
Ul. Volozhsaya 62, Kiev, 253152, Ukraine
Date operations started 1996
Description Operates wet-lease flights on behalf of a number
of local organisations including the Ukrainian government.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
2 x Tupolev Tu-134A
Main base Kiev (KBP)
Ukraine International Airlines [PS]
(AUI)
201-203 Kharkivskie Road, Kiev, 02121, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 581 5656 Fax +380 44 230 8866
Email uia@ps.kiev.ua Website www.flyuia.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Austrian (58.6%),
UIA Holding (affiliated to EBRD) (25.84%), Capital Investment
Project (15.55%)
Alliances Adria Airways, AeroSvit Airlines, Air France,
Alitalia, Austrian, British Midland International BMI,
Brussels Airlines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM,
S7 Airlines, Swiss, TAP Portugal
Date operations started 25 November 1992
Description Provides scheduled domestic and international
passenger and cargo services to most capital cities in
western Europe and the Gulf.
History One of the first joint ventures with foreign capital in
Ukraine, established by the Ukrainian Association of Civil
Aviation and Irish leasing company Guinness Peat Aviation.
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In 1996 Austrian Airlines and Swissair became
shareholders, joined through an affiliate in 2000 by the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD). In March 2011 the government divested its majority
interest, with Austrian Airlines increasing its stake to 58.6%.
Executives
President................................................. Yuri Miroshnikov
Fleet (orders) 3 x Antonov An-148
5 x Boeing 737-300
5 x Boeing 737-400
6 x Boeing 737-500
4 (4) x Boeing 737-800
Main base Kiev (KBP)
Ukrainian Cargo Airways [6Z] (UKS)
24 Melnikova Street, Building 3, Kiev, 04050, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 205 5665 Fax +380 44 205 5691
Email uca@avia-uca.com.ua Website www.avia-uca.com.ua
Parent organisation/shareholders State Property Fund of
Ukraine (100%)
Date operations started January 1998
Description State-owned company offering charter
passenger and cargo services with ex-air force aircraft.
Also overhauls, leases and sells aircraft, engines and
aviation equipment.
History Commenced operations using transport aircraft
which had been decommissioned by the Ukrainian air force.
Since 1998 UCA has flown in support of UN programmes
in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Sudan and the Democratic Republic
of Congo.
Executives
President.......................................................Vitaliy Popov
Chief Accountant....................................Lyudmila Leonova
VP Flight Operations................................. Alexandr Sorogin
Main base Zaporozhye (OZH)
Hubs Kiev (KBP)
ULS Airlines Cargo [GO] (KZU)
Cobancesme Mevkii, 29 Ekim Cad No 16, Yenibosna,
34197 Istanbul, Turkey
Tel +90 212 496 0200 Fax +90 212 496 0203
Email info@kuzuairlines.com Website www.kuzuairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kuzu Family (100%)
Date operations started June 2004
Description Carrier operating ACMI and charter cargo
services between Istanbul, the Middle East and Europe,
and within China.
History In October 2004 the airline re-branded and was
renamed from Baron Hava Kargo to Kuzu Airlines Cargo.
It became ULS Airlines Cargo on 3 July 2009.
Executives
MD & Commercial Manager..................Mehemet Bayramic
Flight Operations Manager ............................... Nuri Pocan
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A300B4
3 x Airbus A310-300
Main base Istanbul (IST)
UM Air [UF] (UKM)
7 Shulyavskaya Street, Kiev, 03055, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 496 8338 Fax +380 44 494 1916
Email info@umairlines.com Website www.umairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Rodrigue Merhej
Date operations started April 2000
Description Operates a small domestic network andflights
to CIS countries and the Middle East.
History Founded as an open-end joint stock company and
received an air operator’s certificate on 15 September 1999.
Executives
President.............................................. Rodrigue Merhezh
General Director...................................... Sergey Polischuk
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
2 x Boeing MD-88
Main base Kiev (KBP)
UNI Air [B7] (UIA)
8th Floor, No 117, Chang An East Road, Sec. 2, Taipei,
104, Taiwan
Tel +886 2 2513 5555 Fax +886 2 2513 1300
Email communication@uniair.com.tw
Website www.uniair.com.tw
Parent organisation/shareholders Evergreen Development
(17.01%), EVA Air (15.67%), others (65.07%)
Alliances EVA Air, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines,
Shenzhen Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
Date operations started 1989
Description Operates scheduled and charter flights both
within Taiwan and to regional destinations in China (Hong
Kong), Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
History Known as Makung International Airlines until May
1996. Merged with UNI Airways, Taiwan Airlines and Great
China Airlines under UNI Airways name on 1 July 1998.
Executives
Chairman..............................................................Tony Su
President........................................................Derek Chen
SVP Operations................................................. Jacob Lee
Fleet (orders) (10) x ATR 72-600
8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
8 x Boeing MD-90-30
Main base Taipei (TSA), Kaohsiung (KHH)
Hubs Taipei (TPE)
United Airlines [UA] (UAL)
World Headquarters, PO Box 66100, Chicago, Illinois,
60666, USA
Tel +1 847 700 4000 Fax +1 847 700 2214
Email media.relations@united.com Website www.ual.com
Parent organisation/shareholders United Continental
Holdings (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings United Express (100%)
Alliances Star Alliance, Aer Lingus, Colgan Air, Copa Airlines,
Coyne Airways, ExpressJet, Frontier Airlines, Go!Mokulele,
GoJet Airlines, Great Lakes Airlines, Island Air, Jet Airways,
Mesa Air Group, Mesa Airlines, Qatar Airways, S7 Airlines,
Shanghai Airlines, Shuttle America, SkyWest Airlines, TACA
International Airlines, Trans States Airlines, Vladivostok Air
Date operations started July 1931
Description One of the world’s largest airlines. With its
United Express feeder carriers, serves an huge global
network throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
History Launched operations delivering mail within the USA.
Formed as the management company of four pioneer
airlines: Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport, National
Air Transport and Varney Airlines. Became a founder member
of the Star Alliance in May 1997. Parent holding company
UAL filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December
2002. Established a new low-cost division in February 2004
under the Ted brand. UAL exited bankruptcy protection in
February 2006 and listed on the NASDAQ the following day.
Announced the closure of the Ted brand on 4 June 2008. On
3 May 2010 an all-stock merger of equals between United
and Continental Airlines created the world’s largest airline,
serving 370 destinations worldwide. The merged carrier
retained the United Airlines brand, but adopted the logo and
colours of Continental Airlines. Both carriers became wholly-
owned subsidiaries of United Continental Holdings. On 30
November 2011, United and Continental received FAA
approval for a single operating certificate. The company
planned to migrate from two separate websites to a single
passenger service system (PSS) in the first quarter of 2012.
Employees total 46,262
Executives
President & CEO..............................................Jeff Smisek
Chief Financial Officer.......................................Zane Rowe
Chief Operations Officer .............................Pete McDonald
Fleet (orders) 55 (23) x Airbus A319-100
97 (19) x Airbus A320-200
(25) x Airbus A350-900XWB
26 x Boeing 737-500
36 x Boeing 737-700
130 x Boeing 737-800
48 x Boeing 737-900
24 x Boeing 747-400
134 x Boeing 757-200
21 x Boeing 757-300
8 x Boeing 767-200
35 x Boeing 767-300
16 x Boeing 767-400
74 x Boeing 777-200
(25) x Boeing 787-8
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Main base Chicago (ORD)
Hubs Guam (GUM), Washington (IAD), Denver (DEN), Tokyo
Narita (NRT), Houston (IAH), Cleveland (CLE), Los Angeles
(LAX), San Francisco (SFO), Newark (EWR)
United Airways (BD) [4H] (UBD)
Uttara Tower, Level 5, 1 Jasimudin Avenue, Sector 3,
Uttara Model Town, Dhaka, 1230, Bangladesh
Tel +880 2 893 2338 Fax +880 2 895 5959
Email info@uabdl.com Website www.uabdl.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Captain Tasbirul A
Choudhury and others
Date operations started 10 July 2007
Description Regional airline linking major cities in
Bangladesh, also operating services to Bangkok, Dubai,
Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat and
London Gatwick.
History Founded by Captain Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury in
conjunction with a number of Bangladeshi expatriates.
Executives
Managing Director.....................Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury
Operations Director....................................Liquat Ali Khan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A310-300
2 x ATR 72-200
3 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Dhaka (DAC)
United Aviation (UVN)
PO Box 29606, Safat, 13157 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Tel +965 2476 4893 Fax +965 2476 9773
Email ceo@united-aviation.net
Website www.united-aviation.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Kuwait Projects
(Holding) (100%)
Date operations started May 2003
Description Operates business charter flights to and from
Europe, Asia, and the Gulf.
Executives
Chairman .............................................. Hamad Al Haroun
General Manager.............................................Salah Houti
Fleet (orders) 2 x Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy
Main base Kuwait (KWI)
United Express
C/o United Airlines, Customer Relations-WHQPW,
PO Box 66100, Chicago, Illinois, 60666, USA
Tel +1 847 700 6796 Fax +1 847 700 2214
Parent organisation/shareholders United Airlines (100%)
Date operations started 1986
Description United Express service is operated by the
following regional airlines: Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA),
Chautauqua Airlines, Colgan Air, Expressjet, Go Jet, Shuttle
America, SkyWest Airlines and Trans States Airlines.
UPS Airlines [5X] (UPS)
1400 North Hurstbourne Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky,
40223, USA
Tel +1 502 329 3000 Fax +1 502 329 6550
Website www.ups.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly held (66%),
employee owned (34%)
Alliances All Nippon Airways, Coyne Airways
Date operations started 1 February 1988
Description A world leader in global supply chain
management, providing worldwide package-delivery services
on scheduled and charter services to over 400 domestic and
435 international destinations in 185 countries.
History Recommenced air operations in 1981 with its own
aircraft operated by others. Increasingly operated its
own services from 1987, finally launching its own airline
operation in February 1988. Became the first airline to
operate the Boeing 767-300F freighter in October 1995.
Operated passenger services between 1997 and 2001.
Agreed to buy the assets of Challenge Air Cargo (excluding
the carrier’s name and air operator’s certificate) in June
1999. Launched its initial public offering in 2001, a year
which also saw a change in company name from United
Parcel Service of America to United Parcel Service, and the
discontinuation of passenger services. In 2003, the company
adopted the acronym UPS as its formal name.
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111 West Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, Arizona, 85281, USA
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Airline President........................................... Mitch Nichols Tel +1 480 693 0800 Fax +1 480 693 2300
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Kurt Kuehn
Chief Operating Officer.................................... David Abney
Website www.usairways.com
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Fleet (orders) 53 x Airbus A300F4-600 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings US Airways Express
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13 x Boeing 747-400 (100%), US Airways Shuttle (100%)
75 x Boeing 757-200 Alliances Star Alliance, Air Wisconsin, Bahamasair, Chautauqua
46 (13) x Boeing 767-300 Airlines, Colgan Air, EVA Air, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines,
38 x Boeing MD-11F InselAir, Jet Airways, Luxair, Mesa Airlines, Qatar Airways,
Main base Louisville (SDF)
Hubs Ontario (ONT), Louisville (SDF), Miami (MIA), Shanghai
Republic Airlines, Royal Jordanian Airlines, TACA International
Airlines, Trans States Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways
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(PVG), Rockford (RFD), Cologne/Bonn (CGN), Philadelphia Date operations started 12 May 1939
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(PHL), Dallas (DFW), Columbia (CAE), Hong Kong (HKG), Description Fifth-largest US airline serving more than 190
Shenzhen (SZX), Mount Hope (YHM) communities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle
East, the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Ural Airlines [U6] (SVR) History Established as All American Aviation, flying airmail
Pereulok Utrennij, 1­G, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ekaterinburg,
620910, Russia
pickup and delivery routes in Pennsylvania and the Ohio
Valley. Rebranded as All American Airways and started
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Tel +7 343 264 0919 Fax +7 343 226 8249 passenger service in 1949. In 1953 the name was changed
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Email info@uralairlines.ru Website www.uralairlines.ru to Allegheny Airlines, which then absorbed Lake Central
Parent organisation/shareholders Sergei Skuratov Airlines (1968) and Mohawk Airlines (1972). Became known
(74.95%), Ural Transport Bank (14.67%), other as USAir in 1979, merging with Piedmont Airlines in 1989
investors (10.38%) and Pacific Southwest Airlines in 1988. US Airways name
Alliances Armavia, Czech Airlines, Donavia, Finnair, Tulpar,
VIM-Avia
adopted 27 February 1997. On 11 August 2002 US Airways
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, emerging on 31
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Date operations started 28 December 1993 March 2003. On 12 September 2004 the airline again
Description Airline operating scheduled passenger
and cargo services from Ekaterinburg and other major
declared itself bankrupt. On 27 September 2005 US Airways
and America West Airlines announced the completion of S
cities to destinations throughout Russia and the CIS. their merger, with the US Airways Group retaining ownership
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The carrier’s expanding international network also serves of America West Airlines through America West Holdings.
destinations across Europe and the Middle and Far Employees total 30,900
East. Charter flights, many operated in conjunction Executives
with tour operators, are primarily undertaken to popular Chairman & CEO............................................ Doug Parker
holiday destinations around the Mediterranean basin,
Middle and Far East.
President......................................................... Scott Kirby
EVP & Chief Financial Officer............................. Derek Kerr U
History Sverdlovsk State Air Enterprises started operations SVP Flight Operations....................................Edward Bular
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in 1943, later becoming part of Aeroflot. Following the Fleet (orders) 93 (2) x Airbus A319-100
break-up of Aeroflot, Ural Airlines became a joint stock 72 (20) x Airbus A320-200
company which was incorporated under the laws of the 63 (36) x Airbus A321-200
Russian Federation in December 1993 after its separation 7 (8) x Airbus A330-200
from Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo) airport. Ural took over all
routes previously operated by Aviaprad on 11 February 2008.
9 x Airbus A330-300
(18) x Airbus A350-800XWB
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Executives (4) x Airbus A350-900XWB
Chairman...................................................Valeriy Zavodov
General Director........................................Sergei Skuratov
7 x Boeing 737-300
39 x Boeing 737-400 X
Fleet (orders) 14 (7) x Airbus A320-200 24 x Boeing 757-200
9 x Airbus A321-200 10 x Boeing 767-200
Main base Ekaterinburg (SVX)
Hubs Moscow (DME), Saint Petersburg (LED)
15 x Embraer 190-100AR
Hubs Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL), Phoenix (PHX)
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US Airways Express (USX)
2345 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22227, USA
Tel +1 703 872 7000 Fax +1 703 872 7064
Website www.usairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders US Airways (100%)
Description A network of nine regional airlines operating
under a codeshare and service agreement with US Airways.
The airlines are Air Wisconsin, Chautauqua Airlines, Colgan
Air, Mesa Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines, Republic
Airways, SkyWest Airlines and Trans States Airlines.
USA 3000 Airlines [U5] (GWY)
USA
Date operations started 28 December 2001
Date operations ceased 30 January 2012
Operated domestic and international charter flights from more
than 20 US cities to holiday destinations in Florida, the
Caribbean, and Mexico, working closely with parent tour
operator Apple Vacations. Also offered scheduled services
under FAR Part 121. Founded as Brendan Air by Apple
Leisure Group founder John Mullen. Launched charter
services, entirely on behalf of travel agents, in December
2001. Introduced scheduled services from “gateway cities”
in the northeast and midwest to destinations in Florida, the
Caribbean and Mexico. Discontinued all but seasonal
services from Baltimore, Detroit, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh
during 2009. Parent Apple Vacations opted in May 2011 not
to renew the leases of USA 3000’s aircraft in favour of using
other established carriers. The airline consequently ceased
operations at the end of January 2012.
USA Jet Airlines [UJ] (JUS)
2068 East Street, Belleville, Michigan, 48111-1278, USA
Tel +1 734 547 7200 Fax +1 734 480 0202
Email customer.service@activeaero.com
Website www.activeaero.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Brian M Hermelin,
David B Hermelin, Martin R Goldman
Date operations started December 1994
Description Operates on-demand cargo charters, scheduled
cargo flights and offers wet lease and interline services.
Seasonal public charter flights are also flown, linking cities
in the eastern USA as part of the Direct Air network.
Executives
Chairman & CEO........................................ Brian Hermelin
President & COO....................................Christopher Healy
Chief Financial Officer......................................Andrew Kirk
Fleet (orders) 3 x Dassault Aviation Falcon 2
4 x Douglas DC-9-10
6 x Douglas DC-9-30
1 x Learjet Learjet 25
1 x Learjet Learjet 35
6 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Detroit (YIP)
UTAir’s fleet includes two Yakovlev Yak-42Ds
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Aeroport, Surgut, 628422, Russia 70 Pervomaiskaya Street, Respublika Komi, Syktyvkar,
Tel +7 3462 770 910 Fax +7 3462 280 116 167000, Russia
Email utair-eu@mail.t-com.sk Website www.utair.com Tel +7 8212 250 600 Fax +7 8212 250 152
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly traded (100%) Email mail@utair-express.com Website www.utair.ua
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings UTair-Ukraine, Parent organisation/shareholders UTair Aviation (100%)
UTair-Express (100%) Alliances UTair Aviation
Alliances Armavia, Azerbaijan Airlines, Donavia, Date operations started November 1996
Turkish Airlines, UTair-Express, UTair-Ukraine Description Operates scheduled passenger flights from
Date operations started 1991 Syktyvkar to domestic destinations as well as domestic and
Description One of Russia’s largest airlines, based in international passenger and cargo charter flights.
Western Siberia. Operates scheduled passenger and History Founded as Komiinteravia in 1996 as a subsidiary
cargo services linking more than 60 destinations across of Komiaviatrans. Launched services with two Tupolev
Russia, as wellas Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany and Tu-134AKs transferred from the parent company in
Kyrgyzstan. UTair Aviation is also has world’s largest November 1996. After a reorganisation by the Komi regional
helicopter fleet, with more than 330 operated in support directorate in September 1998, Komiinteravia took over all
of oil and gas production in Siberia and for the UN heavy fixed-wing aircraft operated by its parent company in
around the world. September 1998. Komiinteravia became UTairExpress on19
History Formed as the Tyumen Aeroflot Directorate in December 2006, after being acquired by UTair Aviation.
1967 to meet the demands of the fast-growing oil and Executives
gas industry development in Siberia. Following the General Director....................................... Anatoliy Karayev
break-up of the Aeroflot organisation of which it was Chief Accountant....................................Marina Potischiuk
a part, in 1991 the company transformed itself into Fleet (orders) 6 x Antonov An-24B
Tyumenaviatrans Aviation, adopting its present title 17 x Antonov An-24RV
in October 2002. In January 2011, UTair agreed to 2 x Antonov An-26
acquire Moskva Airlines. 2 x Let L-410UVP-E
Executives 6 x Tupolev Tu-134A
General Director.................................... Andrey Martirosov 1 x Tupolev Tu-134B
First Deputy General Director.................... Andrey Ilmenskiy Main base Syktyvkar (SCW)
Flight Director..........................................Vladimir Dyomkin
Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-74TK UTair-Ukraine [QU] (UTN)
9 x ATR 42-300 6 Sosyury Street, Floor 3, Lugansk, 02090, Ukraine
3 x ATR 72-200 Tel +38 044 281 09 08 Fax +38 044 281 09 28
15 (5) x ATR 72-500 Website www.utair.ua
6 x Boeing 737-400 Parent organisation/shareholders UTair Aviation
26 x Boeing 737-500 Alliances Motor Sich Airlines, UTair Aviation
9 (33) x Boeing 737-800 Date operations started 11 December 2009
(7) x Boeing 737-900 Description Ukrainian subsidiary of UTair Aviation, operating
4 x Boeing 757-200 services from Lugansk to Kharkov and Nikolaev and from
1 x Bombardier BD-100 Kiev to Moscow Vnukovo and Nikolaev. Charter flights are
12 x Bombardier CRJ-100 also operated to Antalya, Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh,
3 x Bombardier CRJ-200 in co-operation with tour operator Anex Tour.
1 x Gulfstream G550 History Received its operating certificate in October 2009.
1 x Gulfstream IVSP Executives
26 x PZL An-2 General Manager................................... Andrey Martirosov
(24) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95 Fleet (orders) 5 x ATR 42-300
5 x Tupolev Tu-134A 1 x Boeing 737-400
14 x Tupolev Tu-154M Main base Lugansk (VSG)
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
3 x Yakovlev Yak-40K Uzbekistan Airways [HY] (UZB)
1 x Yakovlev Yak-42 41A Timur Street, 100060 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2 x Yakovlev Yak-42D Tel +998 711 404 623 Fax +998 712 367 500
Main base Surgut (SGC), Khanty-Mansiysk (HMA), Email info@uzairways.com Website www.uzairways.com
Tyumen (TJM) Parent organisation/shareholders Government of
Hubs Moscow (VKO) Uzbekistan (100%)
Alliances airBaltic, Czech Airlines, Indian Airlines, Korean Air,
Malaysia Airlines, S7 Airlines, WindRose Air
Description Uzbek national carrier serving Europe, Russia,
CIS and the Far East as well as the USA. A domestic route
network is also flown. Additional activities include
agricultural aviation and border patrol.
History Established by the government of the newly-
independent country, taking over the fleet and some of the
routes of the former Aeroflot Tashkent Directorate. Expanded
services to western Europe, the Indian sub-continent and
Middle and Far East. Its first western-built equipment, two
Airbus A310s, entered service in summer 1993.
Executives
Director General.............................................. Valeriy Tyan
First Deputy General Director.............Egambergen Palvanov
Fleet (orders) (2) x Boeing 787-8
5 x Ilyushin Il-114
4 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
2 x Airbus A300B4-600
3 x Airbus A310-300
9 x Airbus A320-200
Manfed Franke
3 x BAe 146-RJ85
6 x Boeing 757-200
7 (2) x Boeing 767-300
Main base Tashkent (TAS)
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Executives Parent organisation/shareholders Private shareholders
General Director....................................... Bui Ngoc Hoang (90%), Ukrainian Interbrigada (10%)
General Manager...................................................Vu Dinh
Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 72-212A
Date operations started 19 September 1992
Description Operates worldwide cargo charters from C
1 x Beechcraft King Air 200 various cities in the Ukraine, and leases aircraft on

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2 x PZL An-2 long-term contracts.
Main base Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) Executives
Director General........................................Valeriy Jernovoy
Vector Aviation Chief Accountant................................. Aleksandra Ivanova
A8 Truong Son Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
Flight Operations Director.............................Mikhail Vlasov
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 747-200 E
Tel +84 8 848 7203 Fax +84 8 293 9428 2 x Ilyushin Il-76TD

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Email info@vector-aviation.com.vn
Website www.vector-aviation.com Victory Air Transport
Description Start-up airline planning to launch cargo 350 South West, 34th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
operations, initially with a leased Tupolev Tu-204C freighter. 33315-3604, USA

V Australia [VA] (VAU) –

Main base Ho Chi Minh City (SGN) Tel +1 954 3590444 Fax +1 954 359 0411
Email jcolarusso@victoryair.com G
see Virgin Australia Vee Neal Aviation Parent organisation/shareholders DDL Pilot Services (100%)

Vanair [X4] (ZHI)

PMB 9069, Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tel +678 22643 Fax +678 23250
Email sales@airvanuatu.com.vu
Parent organisation/shareholders Vanuatu government
(100%)
Date operations started 29 November 1989
Description Operates scheduled and domestic charter flights
between some 25 destinations in the islands of Vanuatu.
History Formerly known as Air Melanesiae. Vanair was
acquired by the Vanuatu government in September 2004.
Executives
Chief Executive & General Manager...............Mark Roberts
Fleet (orders) 1 x DHC6-300
Main base Port Vila (VLI)
Varig Log [LC] (VLO)
Ponta do Galeao, nr. 330, Ilha do Governador, Terminal de
Cargas, CEP-04022-020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tel +55 11 3529 5335 Fax +55 11 5091 2375
Email vendas.geral@variglog.com Website www.variglog.com.br
Parent organisation/shareholders Volo (100%)
Alliances Cargojet Airways
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, 148 Aviation Lane,
Suite 109, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, PA 15650, USA
Tel +1 724 539 4533 Fax +1 724 539 5501
Description Operates VIP charter operations, principally for
sports teams. H
History The US Department of Transport approved the
Email kmmckinney@veeneal.com Website www.veeneal.com carrier’s application on 23 July 2003.
Description Provides a corporate charter service, together
with aircraft sales, management and maintenance.
Executives
President..............................................David Linnenmeier
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Executives Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-700
President............................................ Benjamin McKinney
Fleet (orders) 3 x BAe Jetstream 31
1 x Bombardier CL604
1 x Gulfstream IV J
Main base Latrobe (LBE) 1 x Gulfstream IVSP
Main base Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Venezolana (VNE)
Aeropuerto Internacional la Chinita, Zona de Carga, Vieques Air Link [V4] (VES)
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Local D03, Maracaibo, Distrito Federal, 1161, Venezuela PO Box 1567, Vieques, Puerto Rico 00765
Tel +58 212 208 8400 Fax +58 212 208 8420
Email ravsavig@cantv.net Website ravsa.com.ve
Tel +1 787 741 8211 Fax +1 787 741 0545
Email valair@coqui.net Website www.vieques-island.com/val L
Date operations started 2001 Description Operates scheduled services in Puerto Rico and
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Description Provides a scheduled service from Maracaibo the US Virgin Islands.
linking seven domestic destinations from its Caracas base. History Founded by Osvaldo Gonzalez in October 1965,
History Formerly known as LABSA – Linea Aérea Bolivariana it was registered as a corporation on 5 April 1967. In 1989
SA, the airline rebranded in 2006. Hurricane Hugo destroyed the airline’s entire fleet.
Executives
President................................................William Machado
Executives
President...............................................Osvaldo Gonzalez
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General Director............................................Ismael Rojas Operations Manager...................................Rafael Mellado

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Date operations started 25 August 2000 Fleet (orders) 2 x BAe Jetstream 31 Fleet (orders) 5 x Britten-Norman BN-2A
Description Provides cargo services throughout the Americas. 6 x Boeing 737-200 3 x Britten-Norman BN-2B
History Established on 25 August 2000 when Varig Cargo 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 3 x Cessna CE208
rebranded as Varig Logística, better known as Varig Log, Main base Caracas (CCS) 2 x Fairey SA BN-2A Mk.III
and became an independent, dedicated air freight transport
and logisticcs company within the Varig Group. On 25 Vensecar International [V4] (VEC)
Main baseVieques (VQS)
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January of 2006, Volo do Brasil, a consortium made up Edf Extebandes, Piso 4, Ave Tamanaco, Urb El Rosal, VietJet Air [VJ] (VJC)
of Brazilian entrepreneurs Marco Antonio Audi, Marcos
Haftel and Luis Eduardo Gallo with New York-based
Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 951 1123 Fax +58 212 951 3394
2nd Floor, HDBank Building, 32 Tran Hung Dao Street,
Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam Q
investment fund Matlin Patterson Global Advisors, acquired Parent organisation/shareholders Jose Henrique D’Apollo Tel +84 4 3728 1828 Fax +84 4 3728 1838
a 95% shareholding. In March 2009 the company filed (though Invesiones 3340 CA) (51%), DHL International (49%) Email info@vietjetair.com Website vietjetair.com
for bankruptcy protection. The company’s recovery plan
was approved on 23 September 2010.
Description Operates scheduled cargo services from
Caracas as part of the DHL network.
Parent organisation/shareholders Sovico Holdings,
Vietnamese Investors
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Employees total 606 Executives Date operations started 25 December 2011
Executives
President ............................................Chan Lup Wai ohira
President & General Manager.......Reinaldo Marquez Mejias
Finance Director............................. Enrique Layana Roman
Description Start-up low-cost carrier operating domestic
services between Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. S
VP Operations............................Jorge Marcio Gomes Silva Fleet (orders) 1 x ATR 42-300 International services to destinations including China,
Fleet (orders) 3 x Cessna CE208
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3 x Boeing 727-200 Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand are planned.
Main base Rio de Janeiro (GIG) Main base Caracas (CCS) History Established with registered capital of Vietnamese
Dong (D) 600 billion ($37.5 million), with state-owned
Vasco – Vietnam Air Service [0V] Vertir Airlines (VRZ) Sovico Holdings as its majority shareholder. Bringing the
(VFC)
B114- Bach Dang Street, Tan Son Nhat Airport Ward 2,
Airport Zvartnots, Yerevan, Azerbaijan
Date operations started 29 August 2010
project to fruition took several years, during which plans for
an early launch of services were deferred several times. In U
Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Description Yerevan-based charter airline which functions February 2010 Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia

Tel +84 8 38422790 Fax +84 8 38445224
Email head-office@vasco.com.vn Website www.vasco.com.vn
Parent organisation/shareholders Vietnam Airlines (100%)
Alliances Vietnam Airlines
Date operations started 30 June 1997
Description Subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines operating
scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.
Its domestic schedule links Ho Chi Minh City with Tuy Hoa,
Chu Lai, Ca Mau, Can Tho and Con Dao.
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primarily as a provider, on wet-lease, of Airbus and Boeing announced the acquisition of a 30% shareholdng. However,
aircraft to Iran Air. after plans to rebrand the carrier as VietJet AirAsia were
History Took delivery of three second-hand Airbus A320s in rejected by the Vietnamese authorities, AirAsia announced
June 2009, which were subsequently wet-leased to Iran Air. the withdrawal of its investment in October 2011. Became
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A300-600
1 x Airbus A310-300
Vietnam’s first privately-owned airline licensed for
international services, under an air operator’s certificate
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1 x Boeing 747-200 issued on 12 June 2011. Launched commercial services
Main base Yerevan (EVN)

Veteran Airlines (VPB)

with a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.
Executives X
History Founded by the Vietnam Civil Aviation Administration Chairman & DG........................................Nguyen Duc Tam
as an aviation services company. Transformed into an air 182A Moskovskaya Street, Djankoy, 96108, Ukraine Chief Financial Officer...................................Lucky Cheong
carrier with its own air operator’s certificate on 30 June
1997, operating as part of Vietnam Airlines.
Tel +380 6564 33112 Fax +380 6564 33112
Email veteran@crimea.com
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Hanoi (HAN)
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Vietnam Airlines [VN] (HVN)
200 Nguyen Son Street, Longbien District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel +844 827 3211 Fax +84 4 827 2291
Website www.vietnamairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Vietnamese
government (100%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Jetstar Pacific (70%),
Cambodia Angkor Air (49%), Vasco – Vietnam Air Service
(100%), Vietnam Airlines Express (100%)
Alliances Cambodia Angkor Air, Cathay Pacific, Etihad Airways,
Garuda Indonesia, Japan Airlines, Lao Airlines, Philippine
Airlines, Qantas, S7 Airlines, Vasco – Vietnam Air Service
Date operations started 1956
Description National flag carrier operating scheduled flights
to 18 domestic and 38 international destinations in
Indochina, Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America.
History Founded as Hang Khong Vietnam and operated
by the General Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam.
Its first international route was to Beijing, followed by
Vientiane in 1976. In April 1989 Vietnam Airlines was
established as a state enterprise and formed into Vietnam
Airlines Corporation in 1996, bringing together several
service companies with the airline at its core.
Executives
Chairman................................................. Nguyen Sy Hung
President & CEO...................................... Pham Ngoc Minh
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A320-200
30 (28) x Airbus A321-200
11 x Airbus A330-200
(10) x Airbus A350-900XWB
14 x ATR 72-500
10 x Boeing 777-200
(8) x Boeing 787-8
(8) x Boeing 787-9
2 x Fokker 70
Main base Hanoi (HAN), Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
Vietstar Airlines
28 Phan Thuc Duyen Street, 4 Ward, Tan Binh District,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Tel +84 8 62936876 Fax +84 8 62936877
Email contactus@vietstarairlines.vn
Website www.vietstarairlines.vn
Parent organisation/shareholders Vietstar (67%), A41
Aircraft Repairing (25%), Tin Thanh Express (8%)
Description Start-up airline planning to launch domestic and
international tourist and private flights in 2012. Aerial work
services, including leisure, emergency and rescue flights and
geological surveys will also be offered.
Executives
Director............................................ Vladimir Shcherbakov
First Deputy Director....................................Anatoliy Pal’ko
Main base Ho Chi Minh City (SGN)
VIM-Avia [NN] (MOV)
23, Novokhohlovskaya, Building 1, Moscow, 109052, Russia
Tel +7 495 783 0088 Fax +7 495 783 0087
Email info@vim-avia.com Website www.vim-avia.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Center-Capital (75%)
Alliances Armavia, Ural Airlines
Date operations started December 2002
Description Operates scheduled services from its base at
Moscow Domodedovo and hubs at Ufa and Bratsk to
destinations across Russia and the CIS, including Siberia,
east Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan. Also operates worldwide passenger and cargo
charters which include serving holiday destinations,
providing humanitarian relief for the UN and services for
pilgrims during the Hajj and Umrah. Also offers wet-leasing
services to other airlines. Air Bashkortostan is a sister
carrier majority owned by Center-Capital.
History Established by Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov. Initially
operated passenger and cargo flights, mainly to Asian
destinations including China, Thailand and Vietnam with Il-
62M and An-12 aircraft. Russian lessor Center-Capital,
which supplied most of the Boeing 757 fleet, acquired a
75% shareholding in June 2004, as part of a plan to acquire
and merge three carriers, the others being Chita-Avia and
Aerobratsk. The merger under the Vim-Avia brand was
completed by the end of the year. Received approval in 2004
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from the United Nations Organisation to operate
humanitarian flights on it behalf. Absorbed cargo specialist
Russian Sky Airlines in 2005. A 2005 joint venture with the
regional Bashkortostan government led to the creation of Air
Bashkortostan in June 2006, as a competitor and eventual
successor to Ufa-based BAL Bashkirian Airlines. A transition
to scheduled operations began in 2009.
Executives
Director General...................................Aleksandr Kochnev
President............................................ Rashid Mursekayev
Chief Accountant......................................... Antonina Zhur
Fleet (orders) 8 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Moscow (DME)
Vincent Aviation [BF] (VIN)
8 Lancaster Road, Winnellie, Darwin, Northern Territories,
0821, Australia
Tel +61 8 8980 4080 Fax +61 8 8928 1399
Email peter.vincent@vincentaviation.com.au
Website www.vincentair.com.au
Date operations started 2004
Description Provides a service in Australia’s north, linking
Cairns, Darwin and Groote Eylandt.
History Founded in Wellington, New Zealand by Peter Vincent
in 1990. Flying operations commenced in 1992. Vincent
Aviation (Australia) was established in 2004.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................. Peter Vincent
Chief Operating Officer.................................Gavin Robbins
Operations Manager ..........................................Tony Farry
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 1900C
3 x Beech 1900D
Main base Darwin (DRW)
Vincent Aviation
PO Box 21-022, 95-109 Tirangi Road, Wellington
International Airport, Wellington., 6030, New Zealand
Tel +64 4 920 9638 Website www.vincentaviation.co.nz
Date operations started 1992
Description Provides air transport services under contract to
a wide range of commercial and non-commercial customers.
Also offers passenger and cargo charters throughout
Australasia and the southern Pacific region.
History Founded by Peter Vincent in 1990.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ................................. Peter Vincent
VP Flight Operation .................................. Steve Kingsbury
Fleet (orders) 1 x BAe 146-200
1 x BAe Jetstream 31
3 x BAe Jetstream 32
1 x Cessna T182T
2 x Saab 340B
Main base Wellington (WLG)
Virgin America [VX] (VRD)
555 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, California, 94010, USA
Tel +1 650 762 7000 Fax +1 650 548 2506
Email bob.weatherly@virginamerica.com
Website www.virginamerica.com
Parent organisation/shareholders VAI Partners (75%),
Virgin Group (25%)
Alliances El Al, Emirates, Qatar Airways, South African
Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia,
Virgin Australia International
Date operations started 8 August 2007
Description US low-cost, full service carrier serving an
expanding network of major cities from hubs in San
Francisco and Los Angeles International.
History Established by the Virgin Group under the project
name Virgin USA. In June 2004 San Francisco International
Airport was selected as the base of operations. Became
Virgin America on 16 June 2004. Plans for a mid-2005
launch were frustrated by difficulties in attracting US
investors. On 8 December 2005, US consortium VAI
Partners took a majority shareholding and the airline
immediately applied for Department of Transportation (DoT)
certification. Objections lodged with the DoT by leading US
legacy carriers and labour unions caused further delays.
After initially rejecting the carrier’s application because of
concerns over its foreign ownership and control, it was
conditionally approved by the DoT on 20 March 2007.
On 18 May 2007, the DoT finally granted Virgin America the
authority to launch operations as a US carrier. In January
2010 the DoT confirmed the carrier’s financial fitness and
US citizenship status. On 12 July 2010 Toronto became its
first international destination, served from both Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Employees total 1,770
Executives
President & CEO.............................................. David Cush
Chief Financial Officer....................................... Peter Hunt
SVP Flight Operations..................................Bob Weatherly
Fleet (orders) 10 x Airbus A319-100
39 (29) x Airbus A320-200
(30) x Airbus A320neo
Main base San Francisco (SFO)
Virgin Atlantic Airways [VS] (VIR)
The Office, Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex,
RH10 9NU, UK
Tel +44 1293 616161 Fax +44 1293 561 721
Website www.virginatlantic.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Group (51%),
Singapore Airlines Group (49%)
Alliances Air China, Air Jamaica, Air New Zealand,
All Nippon Airways, British Midland International,
Cyprus Airways, Gulf Air, Hawaiian Airlines, Jet Airways,
JetBlue Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines,
South African Airways, US Airways, Virgin America,
Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia International
Date operations started 22 June 1984
Description The UK’s second-largest long-haul airline,
operating scheduled services from London Heathrow,
London Gatwick and Manchester airports. Routes serve
nine American cities, seven Caribbean islands, five African
cities, and five in Asia and Sydney, Australia.
History Commenced services from London Gatwick to New
York Newark, soon adding other US destinations. In July
1991 operations from London Heathrow were inaugurated.
On 31 March 2000 49% of Virgin Atlantic was acquired by
Singapore Airlines.
Employees total 8,236
Executives
Founder & President.................................Richard Branson
Chief Executive Officer.................................Steve Ridgway
Chief Financial Officer.........................................Tim Livett
Chief Operations Officer............................... Steve Griffiths
Fleet (orders) 2 (5) x Airbus A330-300
4 x Airbus A340-300
18 x Airbus A340-600
(6) x Airbus A380-800
12 x Boeing 747-400
(15) x Boeing 787-9
Main base London Heathrow (LHR)
Hubs London Gatwick (LGW)
Virgin Australia (VOZ)
56 Edmondstone Road, Bowen Hill, Brisbane, Queensland,
4006, Australia
Tel +61 7 3295 3000 Fax +61 7 3839 4024
Email reception@virginblue.com.au
Website www.virginblue.com.au
Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Group (25.94%),
Air New Zealand (19.99%), others (54.07%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Virgin Australia (New
Zealand) (100%), Virgin Samoa (49%)
Alliances Air Austral, Air New Zealand, Airlines of Papua New
Guinea, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Malaysia Airlines,
Rex, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo, Skywest
Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Australia (New
Zealand), Virgin Australia International, Virgin Samoa
Date operations started 31 August 2000
Description Operates low-cost scheduled domestic
routes between Australia’s capital and regional cities,
and internationally between Australia, New Zealand
and the Pacific Islands.
History Launched services in August 2000,with a flight
between Brisbane and Sydney. Expanded its services from
March 2002, taking advantage of the of the demise of
Ansett Australia. Profitable within the first seven months
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exchange in 2003. Launched its New Zealand based
subsidiary, Pacific Blue, in 2004. Joined with the Samoan
government in 2005 to launch Polynesian Blue Airlines. C
Rebranded as Virgin Australia on 4 May 2011. In June

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2011, Virgin Australia and Delta Airlines received antitrust
immunity from the US Department of Transport for their
Transpacific joint venture. In October 2011 Virgin Australia
and Singapore Airlines received the final required approval,
clearing the way for their proposed alliance on services in
Australia and Asia. Merged with and absorbed long-haul E
sister carrier V Australia on 7 December 2011.

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Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................John Borghetti
Chief Financial Officer ...............................Sankar Narayan
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A330-200
1 x ATR 72-500
12 x Boeing 737-700
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48 (51) x Boeing 737-800

Richard Vandervord
18 x Embraer 190-100AR
Main base Melbourne (MEL), Brisbane (BNE)
Hubs Sydney (SYD), Perth (PER), Darwin (DRW), Adelaide
(ADL), Canberra (CBR), Hobart (HBA)

Virgin Australia (New Zealand) [DJ]

Vietjet is a Vietnamese start-up flying Airbus A320s I
(PBN) Vision Airlines [V2] (RBY) Executives
PO Box 14-212, Building 1, 12 Orchid Road, Christchurch
International Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand
2634 Airport Drive, Suite 106, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89032,
USA
Chief Executive Officer....................... Juan Carolos Zuazua
Chief Operating Officer.............................Victor Hernandez J
Tel +64 3 357 3000 Fax +64 3 358 0737 Tel +1 702 647 7700 Fax +1 702 646 6871 Fleet (orders) 17 x Boeing 737-300
Website www.virginaustralia.com Email customerservice@visionairlines.com Main base Monterrey MTY
Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Australia
Holdings (100%)
Website www.visionairlines.com
Alliances Direct Air
Hubs Mexico City (MEX), Guadalajara (GDL) K
Alliances Airlines of Papua New Guinea, Virgin Australia Date operations started 1994 VivaColombia
International
Date operations started 29 January 2004
Description Operates low-cost scheduled passenger
services, also offering ad hoc and contract charters and tour
Calle 77 # 11-19, Piso 5, Bogota, Colombia
Tel +57 13133712 Website www.lanuevaaerolinea.com L
Description Low-fare airline operating trans-Tasman operations, at home and abroad. Also operates scenic tour Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Bolivar, Grupo

services which link principal cities in New Zealand and
Australia. Also connects Australia, and New Zealand with
destinations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
History Established as Virgin Blue’s international arm.
Launched operations between Christchurch and Brisbane
in January 2004. Introduced New Zealand domestic services
linking Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington in November
flights from Las Vegas for sister company Vision Holidays.
History Founded by William and Steve Acor to operate air
tours over the Grand Canyon with a single light aircraft.
Launched scheduled domestic services on 13 December
2010. Introduced low-cost scheduled services from a new
hub at Northwest Florida Regional airport in Destin/Fort
Walton Beach, Florida on 1 March 2011, initially offering
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FAST, IAMSA – Inversionistas en Autotransportes Mexicanos,
Irelandia Investments (Declan Ryan)
Description Colombian start-up low-cost carrier planning to
launch services in 2012, connecting Medelllin with 32
domestic destinations across Colombia, including
Barranquilla, Bogota, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena,
N
Medellin and Santa Marta. Initial equipment is expected to

2007. Ceased New Zealand domestic services in October
2010, so as to expand trans-Tasman and routes to
Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Rebranded as
Virgin Australia on 7 December 2011.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.........................................Mark Pitt
Aircraft Operations Manager......................... Steve Ackland
Fleet (orders) 9 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Christchurch (CHC)
Hubs Auckland (AK)L
Virgin Australia International [VA]
(VAU)
PO Box 1034, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, 4004,
Australia
Parent organisation/shareholders Virgin Australia
Holdings (100%)
Alliances Alaska Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air
Lines, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian
Airlines, Horizon Air, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic Airways,
Virgin Australia, Virgin Australia (New Zealand)
Date operations started 27 February 2009
Description Virgin Australia’s long-haul international
carrier operates from Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney
only point-to-point services to destinations primarily in the
south and east of the USA. Expanded air tour operations to
several National Parks on 1 June 2011, also introducing
charter services for a range of customers. From this date,
passengers became able to connect with Vision Airlines
services to other cities at its Florida hub. Launched services
from five US airports to Freeport on Grand Bahama Island
in November 2011.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.................................... Steven Acor
Chief Financial Officer................................Gary Acquavella
Chief Operations Officer..................................David Meers
VP Flight Operations......................................Aaron Godwin
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300
2 x Boeing 737-400
4 x Boeing 767-200
5 x Dornier 228-200
4 x Dornier 328-100
1 x Dornier 328JET-300
Main base Las Vegas (LAS)
Hubs Grand Canyon (GCN), Valparaiso (VPS)
VivaAerobus [VB] (VIV)
Monterrey International Airport, Terminal C, Carretera
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be three Airbus A320 family or Boeing 737 family aircraft.
The airline was originally identified simply as La Nueva
Aerolinea, and planned to base itself in Bogota.
History Established by former Avianca chief executive Juan
Emilio Posada and three partners.
Executives
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Chairman.............................................Frederick Jacobsen
President............................................ Juan Emilio Posada
Main base Bogota (BOG) Q
Vladivostok Air [XF] (VLK)
41 Portovaya Street, Primorskiy Krai, Artem, Primorski
Region, 692756, Russia
R
Tel +7 4232 307 333 Fax +7 423 230 7343
Email officet@VladAvia.ru Website www.vladavia.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (52.156%), S
Vladivostok Air employees (47.844%)
Alliances Aeroflot, Air Malta, Asiana Airlines, Rossiya, United
T
Airlines, Yakutia Airlines
Date operations started September 1932
Description Operates scheduled domestic flights, together
with international flights to China, Japan and South Korea.
VIP flights and helicopter services are also provided. U
History Traces its history back to 1932 and the formation of

to Los Angeles, and from Sydney to Abu Dhabi, which
the company is planning to use as the gateway to
Europe and the Middle East.
History Awarded in air operator’s certificate on 19 February
2009. Rebranded as Virgin Australia on 7 December
2011, retaining responsibility for the group’s long-haul
international services.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ..................................John Borghtti
Group Executive Operation........................Shawn Donohue
Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 777-300
Main base Sydney (SYD)
Hubs Melbourne (MLB), Brisbane (BNE)
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Miguel Aleman, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Vladivostok Aviation Services. In 2003 the carrier merged
Tel +52 81 82 150 511 Fax +52 81 82 150 161 with regional Khakasia Airlines, incorporating its fleet and
Email informacion@vivaaerobus.com route network. Aeroflot acquired a majority stake in
Website www.vivaaerobus.com Vladivostok Air from Rostekhnologi in November 2011.
Parent organisation/shareholders IAMSA (51%), RyanMex
(Tony Ryan and Maurice Mason) (49%)
Executives
General Director......................................... Vladimir Saibel
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Date operations started 11 January 2007 DDG Engineering & Aviation..........................Igor Matsenko
Description Low-cost airline operating services from
Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City to destinations
DDG Flight Operations...............................Victor Kryuchkov
Fleet (orders) 7 x Airbus A320-200 X
across Mexico and in the USA. 3 x Airbus A330-300
History Established by Ryanair founder Tony Ryan and Kite 6 x Tupolev Tu-204-300
Investments founder Maurice Mason. Launched cross-
border services to Austin, Texas on 1 May 2008.
2 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Vladivostok (VVO)
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VLM Airlines [VG] (VLM)
Luchthavengebouw, PO Box 50, 2100 Antwerp, Belgium
Tel +32 3 285 6868 Fax +32 3 281 8221
Email info@cityjet.com Website www.cityjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders CityJet (100%)
Alliances Air France
Date operations started 15 May 1993
Description Air France-KLM subsidiary, operating a CityJet-
branded scheduled route network based at London City
Airport. Operates under its own air operator’s certificate as
part of the larger CityJet network serving destinations in
Belgium, Germany, Holland, Jersey and Luxembourg.
History Founded in Antwerp by Freddy Van Gaever to operate
scheduled and charter services linking regional airports
within the main economic centres of western Europe.
Launched a scheduled service in May 1993 between
Antwerp and London City Airport with an initial fleet of two
leased Fokker 50 turboprops. Dutch entrepreneur Jaap
Rosen Jacobson acquired the carrier in 1996. Jet service
was introduced as 10 daily services between London City
Airport and Rotterdam from 16 April 2007, using a single
BAe 146-300. On 24 December 2007 the Air France-KLM
Group agreed terms to acquire the carrier via its Irish
subsidiary CityJet. The move received UK Office of Fair
Trading approval on 24 October 2008, subject to the transfer
of a number of peak time slots at London City Airport to an
identified new entrant, which became Eastern Airways.
VLM continued to be the largest user of London City Airport,
although some routes, including London City to Manchester
and the Isle of Man were subsequently dropped. From 1
January 2010 VLM began operating under the CityJet brand,
while continuing to fly under its own air operator’s certificate.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.........................Christine Ourmieres
Executive Director of Finance.......................Tony Machielse
Fleet (orders) 14 x Fokker 50
Main base Antwerp (ANR)
Hubs London (LCY)
Volaris [Y4] (VOI)
Prolongacion Paseo de la Reforma, No 490 1er Piso,
Colonia Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico
Tel +52 55 5261 6400 Fax +52 55 5261 6400
Email comentarios@volaris.com.mx
Website www.volaris.com.mx
Parent organisation/shareholders Indigo Partners and
Others (50%), Discovery Americas (25%), Grupo Taca
(Roberto and Maria Kriete) (25%)
Alliances Southwest Airlines
Date operations started 13 March 2006
Description Mexican low-cost airline operating over
30 domestic routes between more than 20 cities from
its operating base at Toluca. Also operates scheduled
services to Los Angeles. Domestic and international
charter flights are also offered.
History Previously known as Vuela. The first international
scheduled route, linking Toluca and Guadalajara with
Los Angeles, was launched in July 2009.
Executives
Chairman........................... Gilberto Perezalonso Cifuentes
Chief Commercial Officer . .................. Holger Blankenstein
Chief Executive Officer..........................Enrique Beltranena
Chief Operations Officer ...........................Roberto Navarro
Fleet (orders) 24 x Airbus A319-100
10 (28) x Airbus A320-200
(30) x Airbus A320neo
Main base Toluca (TLC)
Volga-Dnepr Airlines [VI] (VDA)
14 Karbysheva Street, Ulyanovsk, 432072, Russia
Tel +7 8422 590 059 Fax +7 8422 590 142 Email sales@
volga-dnepr.com Website www.vda.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders ATRAN – Cargo Airlines
(100%), Airline management (80%), State Property Fund of
the Ukraine (15%), Antonov (3%), others (2%)
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings AirBridgeCargo (100%)
Date operations started October 1991
Description Specialises in outsize cargo operations using
the world’s largest fleet of Antonov An-124-100 Russlan
aircraft, as well as the Ilyushin Il-76 (Stage IV).
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History Became the first privately-owned cargo airline in
Russia. Was also the first carrier in Russia which was not
part of Aeroflot to begin operations specialising in outsize
cargo. In April 2000 the privately-owned Russian defence
industry investor Kaskol acquired a 16% stake in the
company. Scheduled cargo operations were launched in
2004 with AirBridge Cargo.
Executives
President................................................... Aleksey Isaikin
General Director..................................... Vyacheslev Sirota
EVP Operations............................................Valery Gabriel
Finance Director............................................Sergei Pedan
Fleet (orders) 10 (5) x Antonov An-124
(8) x Antonov An-148
4 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40
Main base Ulyanovsk ULY
Hubs Khabarovsk KHV, Krasnoyarsk KJA, Leipzig/Halle LEJ,
Saint Petersburg LED, Moscow DME
Vologda Air Enterprise (VGV)
Vologda Airport, Pos. Dorozhnyi, Vologda, North West
Zone, 160015, Russia
Tel +7 8172 790 708 Fax +7 8172 720 686
Email avia@vologda.ru Website www.avia.vologda.ru
Date operations started 1943
Description Operates scheduled passenger and cargo
schedules within the Vologda region of northwest Russia,
and links Vologda with Moscow, as well as domestic and
international charter flights. Also operates helicopters on
a range of aerial work, including air ambulance, search
and rescue, and forestry and pipeline patrols.
History Formerly the Aeroflot Vologda division. With the break-
up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the company was renamed
Vologda Air Enterprise.
Executives
Director General.............................................. Yuri Pallady
Chief Accountant...................................Svetlana Dan’kova
Deputy Director Flight Operations...............Dmitriy Plyushch
Fleet (orders) 5 x Yakovlev Yak-40
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K
Main base Vologda (VGD)
Volotea
Travessera de Gracia, 4o, 08006 Barcelona, Spain
Tel +34 93 1171 1777 Fax +34 93 222 0711
Email info@volotea.com Website www.volotea.com
Parent organisation/shareholders CCMP Capital Partners
(49%), Carlos Munoz and Lazaro Ros (26%), FESpyme –
Fondo de Capital Riesgo and Sinaer Inversiones (25%)
Description Venice-based, Spanish-owned start-up low-cost
airline planning to launch domestic and international
services on 10 routes between under-served Italian,
French and Spanish cities in April 2012. Initial equipment
is the first of three Boeing 717s.
History Established by Barcelona-based Alaeo, a company
founded by former Vueling co-founder Carlos Munoz and
staffed by former Quantum Air employees.
Executives
Co-Founder & CEO........................................Carlos Munoz
Co-Founder........................................................Lazao Ros
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 717
Main base Venice (VCE)
Vostok Airlines (VTK)
Domestic (MVL) Airport, Khabarovsk, 680031, Russia
Tel +7 4212 418 076 Fax +7 4212 418 078
Email comdep@vostokairlines.ru
Website www.vostokairlines.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Russian Federal
Property Fund (51%), Khabarovsk Krai government (38%),
other shareholders (11%)
Date operations started 1945
Description Operates scheduled and charter passenger
services in addition to a wide spectrum of aerial work.
This work includes freight services, air ambulance,
air patrol, fire fighting, oil rig support, helicopter logging
and external operations.
History Formed as an aviation group and incorporated as an
open joint stock company in 1993.
Executives
Director General.......................................Alexander Tkach
Deputy Director General.......................... Vladimir Terentiev
Flight Operations Director........................Vladimir Starostin
Fleet (orders) 2 x Antonov An-38
5 x PZL AN-28
Main base Khabarovsk (KHV)
Voyageur Airways (VAL)
1500 Airport Road, North Bay, Ontario, P1B 8G2, Canada
Tel +1 705 476 1750 Fax +1 705 476 6773
Email info@voyageurairways.com
Website www.voyageurairways.com
Date operations started 1968
Description Operates passenger charter flights and air
ambulance services in Canada and the USA. Additionally
provides ACMI and dry leasing services.
History On 13 December 2004 the airline received authority
to operate a scheduled transborder service to the USA.
Executives
President.......................................................Max Shapiro
Director Flight Operations .................................. Ole Fisker
Fleet (orders) 2 x Beechcraft King Air 100
3 x Beechcraft King Air 200
2 x Bombardier CRJ-100
5 x Bombardier CRJ-200
6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
4 x DHC7-102
6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Main base North Bay (YYB)
Vueling Airlines [VY] (VLG)
Parque de Negocios Mas Blau, Pla de L’Estany, 5 El Prat de
Llobregat, 08820 Barcelona, Spain
Tel +34 93 378 7878 Fax +34 93 378 7879
Email info@vueling.com Website www.vueling.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Iberia (46%), foreign
institutions (23%), minority shareholders (18%), Spanish
institutions (13%)
Alliances Iberia
Date operations started 1 July 2004
Description Major low-cost airline providing scheduled
services to 50 cities within Spain and the Balearics, and
across Europe and North Africa.
History An initial public offering on 1 December 2006 raised
€100 million. In May 2009, the carrier merged with clickair,
retaining the Vueling brand. Spanish flag carrier Iberia
acquired just under 46% of Vueling, and in February 2011,
Vueling announced that, from late April 2011, it would take
over a number of Iberia’s routes from Madrid Barajas. Set up
new hubs at Amsterdam and Toulouse in April 2011.
Employees total 1,318
Executives
Chairman....................................................... Josep Pique
Chief Executive Officer.........................................Alex Cruz
Chief Financial Officer...................................... Sonia Jerez
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
46 x Airbus A320-200
Main base Barcelona (BCN)
Hubs Madrid (MAD), Amsterdam (AMS), Paris Orly (ORY),
Malaga (AGP), Bilbao (BIO), Seville (SVQ), Toulouse (TLS),
Valencia (VLC)
Vuelos Internos Privados (VIP) [V6]
(VUE)
Av Amazonas, No 49 - 161 y Juan Holguin, Quito, Ecuador
Tel +593 23 960 600 Fax +593 2 330 1158
Email publicidad@aerogal.com.ec Website www.aerogal.com.ec
Parent organisation/shareholders Grupo Synergy (100%)
Date operations started 2001
Description Provides a scheduled service between Quito,
Coca and Lago Agrio, and links Quito to Cuenca and Manta in
a codeshare with Aerogal. Executive flights also undertaken.
History Launched commercial flights in 2001. Acquired
by the Brazilian financial group Grupo Synergy in 2003.
VIP took over the management of Ecuadorian carrier AeroGal
in 2008. Is in the process of merging with Aerogal.
Executives
President......................................................Julio Gamero
Main base Quito (UIO)
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Parent organisation/shareholders Westdeutsche West Air [PN] (CHB)
Luftwerburg Theodor Wüllenkemper (100%) CQA Office, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport,
Date operations started 1956
Description Operates scheduled and charter passenger and
Chongqing, 401120, China
Tel +86 755 8313 6061 Email mayunfeng@chinawestair.com C
cargo services within Europe. Website www.chinawestair.com
History Established to operate a range of general aviation Parent organisation/shareholders Jianying Investment
aircraft on passenger, cargo and banner-towing duties.
Executives
(35%), Lucky Air (35%), Shenzhen Guorui Investment (10%),
Sichuan Three Star General Aviation, (10%), Xinjiang Siweida
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Chief Executive Officer.................................Albrecht Barth Technology (10%)
Fleet (orders) 3 x BAe 146-200
1 x BAe 146-300
Date operations started 14 July 2007
Description Low-cost carrier operating scheduled services E
2 x Fokker F-27-600 from its base in the south-western city of Chongqing

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2 x Learjet Learjet 55 to destinations including Fuzhou, Haikou, Tianjin, Sanya
Main base Cologne/Bonn (CGN) and Xian.
History The carrier eceived its air operator’s certificate on
Webjet (WEB) 18 June 2007.

Warbelows Air [4W] (WAV)

3758 University Avenue South, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709,
Avenida 20 de Janeiro, Aeroporto Internacional, Ilha do
Governador, 27941-900 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Executives
Senior Executive............................................ Yun Feng Ma
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Tel +55 21 3572 7677 Fax +55 21 3572 2500 Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A319-100

USA
Tel +1 907 474 0518 Fax +1 907 474 3821
Website www.warbelows.com
Description Commuter airline serving interior and Arctic
villages in Alaska from its main base at Fairbanks. Also
provides cargo and mail transport, sightseeing tours,
medevac flights and flight training.
History Established by the Warbelow family in 1959.
Executives
President......................................................Art Warbelow
Accounts Manager.......................................Kerry Gillespie
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Email presidencia@webjet.com.br Website www.webjet.com.br 5 x Airbus A320-200
Alliances GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes 3 x Boeing 737-300
Date operations started 12 July 2005 Main base Chongqing (CKG)
Description Brazilian low-cost carrier linking Rio with
major Brazilian cities, primarily in eastern Brazil, including
Brasilia, Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo.
West Air Luxembourg [NI] (WLX)
2 Rue Pletzer, 8080 Bertrange, Luxembourg
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History In January 2006 Webjet was sold by its founder Tel +352 263 4231 Fax +352 263 40051
Roger Ottoni to an investment fund set up by Aguia
transport group and several Brazilian and international
Email info@westair.lu Website www.westair.lu
Parent organisation/shareholders West Air Sweden (100%) J
private investors. On 8 July 2011 GOL entered into Date operations started 2003
memorandum of understanding to acquire Webjet. Description Operates scheduled and ad hoc freight

Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna C207A

The deal received Brazilian governmental approval on 21
September 2011 and Webjet’s operations were expected
charter services for integrators, post and express parcels,
and feeder operations.
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1 x Cessna CE208 to be integrated into GOL’s. History Subsidiary of West Air Sweden created in the heart
2 x Cessna U206G
10 x Piper PA-31-300
Employees total 1,683
Fleet (orders) 24 x Boeing 737-300
of Europe to operate as an air feeder for express mail
companies including DHL, Fedex, TNT and UPS. A merger L
1 x Piper PA-31T2 2 x Boeing 737-800 announced in October 2008, with parent West Air Sweden

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Main base Fairbanks (FAI) Main base Rio de Janeiro (GIG) and Atlantic Airlines to form West Atlantic, created Europe’s
largest all-cargo regional carrier. All three companies
Wasaya Airways [WT] (WSG) Welcome Air [2W] (WLC) continued to operate under their original identities and
300 Anemki PI Suite B, R.R. #4, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Furstenweg 180, 6026 Innsbruck, Austria air operator’s certificates for a time, but the latter two
P7J 1H9, Canada
Tel +1 807 473 1200 Fax +1 807 577 0432
Tel +43 512 29 52 96 300 Fax +43 512 28 88 88 333
Email info@welcomeair.com Website www.welcomeair.com
are now fully integrated under the West Atlantic brand.
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Email information@wasaya.com Website www.wasaya.com Parent organisation/shareholders Welcome Aviation West Atlantic [PT] (SWN)

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Parent organisation/shareholders Wasaya Group (100%) Group (100%) Box 5433, 402 29 Gothenburg, Sweden
Date operations started April 1986 Date operations started 22 May 2000 Tel +46 31 703 0450 Fax +46 31 703 0455
Description Operates scheduled passenger services Description Provides a scheduled regional network, together Email reception@westatlantic.eu Website www.westatlantic.eu
and an extensive airfreight network in Northern Ontario, with charter and air ambulance flights. Scheduled network Hangar 5, Coventry Airport, Coventry CV8 3AZ
the Northwest Territories and Manitoba.
History Founded as a charter carrier called Kelner Airways,
includes Innsbruck, Graz, Hanover, Gothenburg, Stavanger,
Nice, Olbia and Niederrhein-Weeze.
Tel +44 24 7688 2630 Fax +44 24 7630 7703
Parent organisation/shareholders Privately held (100%)
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adding scheduled passenger services in October 1997. History Traces its history to the foundation in 1963 Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings West Air Luxembourg
Executives
President & CEO...............................................Tom Morris
of Aircraft Innsbruck, to operate executive charters.
The company introduced air ambulance flights flown
(100%)
Description Operates scheduled and ad hoc freight Q
VP Finance..................................................Maureen Sitch by its new Tyrol Air Ambulance subsidiary, in July 1976. charter services for integrators, post and express parcels,
VP Operations ............................................ George Simon The first scheduled airline service under the Welcome and feeder operations.
Fleet (orders) 4 x BAe 748-2
6 x Beech 1900D
Air brand was flown from Innsbruck to Graz in May 2000.
In December 2009 the Welcome Aviation Group acquired
History Founded as LBF-Eda Varken, operating air-taxi flights.
The airline’s name was changed to Abal Air AB in 1982 and
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1 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 a 76% shareholding in Air Alps Aviation. The group’s to West Air Sweden in 1992. West Air Sweden converted to
5 x Cessna CE208
4 x Hawker Siddeley 748-2
three brands are continuing to operate under their
respective identities.
a cargo airline in May 1997 after discontinuing its scheduled
passenger services. The merger in October 2008, with S
7 x Pilatus PC-12 Executives Atlantic Airlines and West Air Luxembourg to form West
Main base Thunder Bay (YQT)
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Managing Director......................................Oliver Ladorner Atlantic, created Europe’s largest all-cargo regional carrier.
Hubs Sioux Lookout (YXL), Pickle Lake (YPL), Red Lake (YRL) Chief Financial Officer...............................Carolin Porcham Employees 450
Fleet (orders) 2 x Dornier 328-100 Executives
Wataniya Airways Main base Innsbruck (INN) Chairman.................................................. Goran Berglund
Kuwait
Date operations started 24 January 2009 West Air (PCM)
Chief Executive Officer............................ Gustaf Thureborn
Operations Manager.................................. Bjorn Landelius U
Date operations ceased 16 March 2011 5005 East Andersen Avenue, Fresno, California, 93727, USA Fleet (orders) 36 x BAe ATP

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Premium-service airline that operated scheduled regional Tel +1 559 454 7843 Fax +1 559 454 7840 1 x Boeing 737-300
passenger services to Dubai, Beirut, Bahrain and Cairo. Email wood@westair.net Website www.westair.net 3 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Established in late 2005, originally known as Kuwait Parent organisation/shareholders FGO Inc 1 x De Havilland Dove 8
National Airways. The airline launched its initial public Description Provides small package feeder services for 2 x De Havilland Dragon Rapide
offering in January 2006, selling 70% of its shares.
It was awarded its air operator’s certificate on 7 July 2008.
FedEx and other courier companies.
Executives
3 x Douglas DC-3/C-47 (Piston)
1 x Douglas DC-6
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After suffering losses for some time, the airline ceased President......................................................... Beth Wood 1 x Lockheed L-188A
operations in March 2011

WDL Aviation (WDL)

Chief Financial Officer..........................................Eric Merz
Operations Director......................................... Tom Jordan
1 x Lockheed L-188C
1 x Scottish Aviation Twin Pio X
Fleet (orders) 31 x Cessna CE208 Main base Gothenburg (GOT), Lidkoping (LDK),
Postfach 98 02 67, 51130 Cologne, Germany Main base Fresno FAT Malmo-Sturup (MMX)
Tel +49 2203 9670 Fax +49 2203 967105
Email sales@wdl-aviation.de Website www.wdl-aviation.de
Hubs Oakland (OAK), Sacramento (SMF), Ontario (ONT),
Las Vegas (LAS), San Diego (SAN)
Hubs Lulea (LLA), Copenhagen (CPH), Stockholm Arlanda
(ARN), Paris Charles-de-Gaulle (CDG), Coventry (CVT)
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West Coast Air [8O]
Suite 2310, 1177 West Hastings, Vancouver,
British Columbia, V6E 2K3, Canada
Tel +1 604 606 6800 Fax +1 604 606 6820
Email info@westcoastair.com Website www.westcoastair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Rick Baxter (100%)
Date operations started 25 January 1996
Description Provides scheduled and charter floatplane
services in British Columbia.
Executives
President........................................................ Rick Baxter
Fleet (orders) 8 x De Havilland Canada Beaver
5 x DHC6-100
Main base Vancouver (CXH)
Westair Cargo Airlines (WSC)
07 BP 737, Abidjan, 07, Cote d’Ivoire
Tel +225 2134 7737 Fax +225 2134 7737
Email westair-cargo@aviso.ci
Date operations started 2003
Description Provides cargo charters in west Africa.
Executives
President................................................. Pascal Sahuque
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-200
1 x Fairchild Merlin IV
Main base Abidjan (ABJ)
WestJet Airlines [WS] (WJA)
21 Aerial Place North East, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 8X7,
Canada
Tel +1 403 444 2600 Fax +1 403 444 2261
Website www.westjet.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Publicly traded
Alliances American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific,
Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Japan Airlines, KLM
Date operations started 29 February 1996
Description Low-fare carrier operating scheduled services
and charter flights to destinations over 70 destinations
across Canada, in the USA, Mexico and the Caribbean.
History Founded in 1996 by a team of Calgary-based
entrepreneurs led by Clive Beddoe. Launched low-cost
services from Calgary in February 1996, serving Edmonton,
Kelowna, Vancouver and Winnipeg with three Boeing 737-
200s. Listed on the Toronto stock exchange in July 1999.
Took advantage in March 2000 of new opportunities in
eastern Canada, brought about by the acquisition of
Canadian Airlines by Air Canada, launching services to
Hamilton, Moncton and Ottawa. Introduced transborder
services to the USA in 2004, with routes to the western
states, Florida, New York and Hawaii. Authorised to operate
international services from Toronto and Montreal to
Barbados in March 2008. Put plans for a potential new
Calgary and Toronto-based regional subsidiary, flying up to 40
turboprop aircraft in new markets too small for the existing
Boeing 737 fleet, to an employee vote in January 2012.
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Wideroe [WF] (WIF)
Langstranda 6, PO Box 247, 8001 Bodo, Norway
Tel +47 75 513500 Fax +47 75 513608
Website www.wideroe.no
Parent organisation/shareholders SAS Group (100%)
Alliances SAS Cargo, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Date operations started 19 February 1934
Description Operates a scheduled domestic network,
providing regular air services linking major cities with
communities along Norway’s extensive coastline.
Around 40% of domestic services are operated on a
public service obligation basis, in conjunction with
the Norwegian government. Regional services to cities
in Denmark, Sweden and the UK are also operated,
as are seasonal and charter flights.
History Founded by Viggo Widerøe together with four
friends, and provided air-taxi, ambulance, flight training
and aerial photography until after the Second World War,
when it commenced scheduled seaplane services.
Growing public demand for higher frequency flights
and greater punctuality from the airline resulted in
Philip Kitchen
the Norwegian government deciding to replace the
seaplane services by establishing a number of short
take off and landing ports. Widerøe was reorganised
in 1970 to play a more leading role in the development
Employees total 6,877 of scheduled air services in the rural districts, and
Executives development into a pure scheduled airline was completed
President & CEO.........................................Gregg Saretsky by an injection of new capital. In late November 1997
Chief Financial Officer................................... Vito Culmone SAS, the Scandinavian flag carrier, purchased 29% of
EVP Operations.......................................Cameron Kenyon Widerøe’s shares, since increased to 100%.
Fleet (orders) 13 x Boeing 737-600 Employees total 1,196
69 (35) x Boeing 737-700 Executives
16 (1) x Boeing 737-800 President.................................................Lars Kobberstad
Main base Calgary (YYC) Chief Financial Officer ...................................John Arntsen
Chief Operations Officer.............................Stein Terje Dahl
White Airways [WI] (WHT) Fleet (orders) 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Rua Henrique Callado No 4, Piso 2, Edificio Orange Leião, 8 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400
2740-303 Porto Salvo, Portugal 20 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Tel +351 21 945 75 60 Fax +351 21 945 75 69 6 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
Email white@flywhite.com Website www.flywhite.com Main base Sandefjord (TRF), Bodo (BOO)
Parent organisation/shareholders Omni Aviacao e
Technologia (100%) Wiggins Airways (WIG)
Date operations started June 2000 1 Garside Way, Manchester, New Hampshire, 03103, USA
Description Operates charter flights from Lisbon, primarily Tel +1 603 629 9191 Fax +1 603 665 9644
to destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America. White Email fbomht@wiggins-air.com Website www.wiggins-air.com
also offers charters to European and African destinations Parent organisation/shareholders ESOP (98%)
and ad hoc flights on either an ACMI or full charter basis Description Operates scheduled cargo services within
to a wide variety of brokers, airlines and tour operators. the USA. Some aircraft are also operated on behalf of
History Established as Yes Linhas Aéreas Charter as a FedEx. The airline is also a fixed base operator and is
partnership between TAP (75.5%) and the Viagens Abreu an authorised Bell Helicopter maintenance facility.
travel group (24.5). From 2005 White concentrated on long- Executives
haul charter services. TAP Portugal became the sole President & COO....................................James Thomforde
shareholder after acquiring Viagens Abreu’s stake in 2006. Chief Financial Officer..................................... Allen Pattee
On 28 September 2006 OMNI-Aviação e Tecnologia acquired Fleet (orders) 2 x Beech 99
the airline and its then sole Airbus A310. 3 x Beech 99A
Executives 4 x Beech 99B
Chief Executive Officer......................................Luis Ovidio 2 x Beech 99C
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A310-300 1 x Beechcraft King Air 100
3 x Airbus A319-100 30 x Cessna CE208
1 x Airbus A320-200 3 x Embraer EMB-110P
Main base Lisbon (LIS) Main base Manchester (MHT)
Whitejets Wimbi Dira Airways [9C] (WDA)
Av. das Americas, 3500, 3o Andar - sala 305, Hong Kong 31 Avenue Des Forces Armées Congolaises, Commune
1000, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil de la Gombe, PO Box 8832, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic
Tel +55 21 3261 6000 Fax +55 21 3261 6046 Republic)
Email atendimento@whitejets.com.br Website whitejets.com.br Tel +243 817 000 065 Fax +243 813 016 634
Parent organisation/shareholders Omni Aviacao e Email kinshasa@wda.cd Website www.wda.cd
Technologia, Vip Club Tur (Brazil) Parent organisation/shareholders Tim Roman (25%)
Date operations started 12 June 2010 Date operations started 13 August 2003
Description Charter specialist operating exclusively for Description Offers domestic passenger services
Brazilian tour operators to Mexico and the Caribbean. connecting Kinshasa with major cities and towns.
History A joint venture between Brazilian tour operator Vip Domestic and international cargo charters are also
Club Tur and Omni Aviation Group, owner of White Airways. offered from five regional hubs.
Executives Executives
President...................................................Rui de Almeida General Director..........................................David Mavinga
General Manager.....................................Roberto Coimbra Financial Director........................................ Krishna Kumar
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A310-300 Operations Director.................................Peter Van Eycken
1 x Airbus A320-200 Fleet (orders) 1 x Antonov An-24
Main base Rio de Janeiro (GIG) Main base Kinshasa (FIH)
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Winair [WM] (WIA) Fleet (orders) 16 (4) x ATR 72-500 Parent organisation/shareholders Wizz Air (100%)
B
Airport Road 69, Princess Juliana Airport, Simpson Bay, (40) x ATR 72-600 Date operations started 10 July 2008
St Maarten
Tel +599 545 2568 Fax +599 545 4229
4 x McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80
Main base Jakarta (CGK)
Description Kiev-based division of Hungarian low-cost carrier
Wizz Air, operating domestic services to Lvov and Simferopol C
Email info@fly-winair.com Website www.fly-winair.com as well as international services to destinations in Germany,
Parent organisation/shareholders Netherlands Antilles Wings of Alaska [K5] (WAK)
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Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK.
government (100%) 8421 Livingston Way, Juneau, Alaska, 99801-8098, USA Executives
Date operations started 5 August 1962 Tel +1 907 789 9863 Fax +1 907 789 3130 Chief Executive Officer................................... Jyzsef Varadi
Description Operates both scheduled and charter Email info@wingsofalaska.com Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A320-200
services from Princess Juliana Airport in St Maarten
to nine destinations in the northeast of the Caribbean.
Website www.wingsofalaska.com
Parent organisation/shareholders SeaPort Air Group (100%)
Main base Kiev (IEV)
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The airline operates more than 30 flights per day. Date operations started 1982 World Airways (WOA)

History Founded initially as Windward Island Airways.
Executives
Managing Director......................................... Edwin Hodge
Fleet (orders) 3 x DHC6-300
Main base Saint Maarten (SXM)
Wind Jet [IV] (JET)
Baglio della Sementa SP 69/II, 95121 Passo Martino, Italy
Tel +39 095 723 2063 Email direzionegenerale@volawindjet.it
Website www.volawindjet.it
Parent organisation/shareholders Finaria Group (100%)
Alliances Meridiana Fly, XL Airways France
Date operations started 17 June 2003
Description Operates scheduled low-cost domestic
services from Catania, Palermo, Forli and Rimini, together
with international flights to cities in the Czech Republic,
Denmark, France, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Spain
and the Ukraine.
History Established by the Finaria Group. Launched services
connecting Catania and Palermo to Rome, Milan and Forli.
Services to Russia were introduced in 2006. In January
2012 Alitalia announced that it planned to acquire and
merge with both Windjet and Rome-based Blue Panorama
Airlines, subject to shareholder and legal approvals.
Description Alaskan carrier providing scheduled passenger,
freight and charter services throughout northern southeast
Alaska with daily flights between Juneau and Skagway,
Haines, Hoonah and Gustavus. SeaPort Airlines is a division
operating scheduled services out of Portland and planning
to introduce federal air service flights out of Memphis.
History Founded in 1982 by company president Robert
Jacobsen and the late Drew Haag, who became CEO.
Executives
President................................................ Robert Jacobsen
Fleet (orders) 3 x Cessna C207A
2 x Cessna CE208
Main base Juneau (JNU)
Wings of Lebanon [L4] (WLB)
PO Box 113 - 5494, El-Hage Building, Leon Street, Hamra,
Beirut, Lebanon
Tel +961 174 9180 Fax +961 174 9181
Email wingsoflebanon@yahoo.com
Website www.wingsoflebanon.com.lb
Date operations started 2006
Description Operates passenger charter flights including
regular services linking Beirut with Baghdad.
Executives
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101 World Drive, Peachtree City, Georgia, 30269, USA
Tel +1 800 632 8000 Fax +1 770 632 8048
Email sforsyth@glah.com Website www.worldairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Global Aviation
Holdings (100%)
Date operations started May 1948
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Description Provides worldwide passenger and cargo
air transport for major international airlines, the US
air force, international tour operators, cruise lines, H
major freight forwarders and express delivery air carriers.
World Airways also provides customised wet-lease and
full service charter services.
History Ed Daly acquired and ran the airline from 1950
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until his death in January 1984. Scheduled low-fare
transcontinental services were operated between April
1979 and September 1986. World Air Holdings was J
founded as the parent company in January 2005, and
acquired North American Airlines in April 2005. The
company was subsequently acquired by Global Aero
Logistics, owner of ATA Airlines, in July 2007. Parent
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Global Aviation Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection in February 2011 and announced plans for
a comprehensive restructuring. L
Employees total 1,379

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Employees total 500 Chief Executive Officer ..................................Yousef Al Haj Executives
Executives Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-300 Chairman................................................Ronald Fogleman
President..............................................Antonino Pulvirenti Main base Beirut (BEY) President..............................................Charles McDonald
Accountable Manager............................Stefano Rantuccio Chief Financial Officer.......................... William Garrett CPA
Flight Operations Post Holder............................ Ilario Tolini
Fleet (orders) 5 x Airbus A319-100
WIZZ Air [W6] (WZZ)
Building 221, BUD International Airport, Budapest, 1185,
VP Flight Operations...........................................Bill Yeager
Fleet (orders) 3 x Boeing 747-400
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7 x Airbus A320-200 Hungary 6 x Boeing MD-11F

Main base Catania (CTA)
Hubs Rimini (RMI), Forli (FRL), Palermo (PMO)
Windrose Airlines [7W] (WRC)
Office 4, 50/38 Voloshskaya Street, Kiev, 04070, Ukraine
Tel +380 44 492 9787 Fax +380 44 492 9789
Email info@windrose.kiev.ua Website www.windrose.aero
Alliances AeroSvit Airlines, Dniproavia, Donbassaero,
Georgian Airways, Ural Air, Uzbekistan Airways
Date operations started 2007
Description Ukrainian charter airline operating primarily
in the CIS, Europe and the Middle East. ACMI leasing
services are also offered.
History Established in Kiev as an air charter broker on 28
October 2003. The company was granted airline status by
the Ukrainian authorities in 2007.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer............................... Sekgei Yanovoy
Fleet (orders) 2 x Airbus A321-200
1 x Antonov An-24RV
2 x Embraer 195-200AR
2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Main base Kiev (KBP)
Wings Air [IW] (WON)
JL Gajah Mada No.7, Lion Air Tower, Jakarta, 10130,
Indonesia
Tel +62 21 632 6038 Fax +62 21 634 8741
Email ih@lionair.co.id Website www.lionair.co.id
Parent organisation/shareholders Lion Air (100%)
Date operations started 10 June 2003
Description Serves an extensive domestic passenger
network from Jakarta and regional destinations in Malaysia.
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Tel +36 1 777 9300 Fax +36 1 777 9444 2 x Boeing MD-11P
Email communications@wizzair.com Website www.wizzair.com Main base Atlanta (ATL)
Parent organisation/shareholders European institutions Hubs Kingston (KIN), New York (JFK)
and private investors Indigo Partners
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Wizz Air Ukraine (100%)
Date operations started 19 May 2004
WOW Air [X9]
Grosbeak, Eastland 26, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Description The largest low-cost airline in central and Tel +354 590 3000 Email wowair@wowair.is
eastern Europe, operating scheduled services from hubs
in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia
Website www.wowair.com
Parent organisation/shareholders Baldur Baldursson, Q
and Slovenia to points in the Mediterranean, the Czech Matthías Imsland, Skúli Mogensen (Titan Investments)
Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Description Icelandic start-up low-cost carrier planning to
Netherlands, Scandinavia, Turkey and the UK.
History Founded in Katowice, Poland in 2003 by former
launch scheduled services from Reykjavik to 12 destinations
in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland
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Malév CEO Jozsef Varadi as a privately-owned low-cost and the UK on 1 June 2012.
carrier. In December 2005 a subsidiary company, Wizz Air
Bulgaria, was established in Sofia with a single A320
Executives
Chairman................................................. Skuli Mogensen S
transferred from the parent company, but this has since Chief Executive Officer...........................Baldur Baldursson
Main base Reykjavik (KEF)
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closed. A second subsidiary carrier, Wizz Air Ukraine, was
established at Kiev Borispol in July 2008. Wroclaw became
the 12th Wizz Air base in July 2010. In March 2011,Tirgu Wright Air Service [8V] (WRF)
Mures was announced as Whizz Air’s fourth hub in Romania. PO Box 60142, Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks,
Employees total 1,500
Executives
Alaska, 99706, USA
Tel +1 907 474 0502 Fax +1 907 474 0375 U
Chief Executive Officer...................................Jozsef Varadi Email was@alaska.net Website www.wrightair.net
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Chief Financial Officer......................................Mike Powell Description Provides scheduled passenger and cargo
Chief Operations Officer .................................Chris Collins services to several Alaskan communites, together with
Fleet (orders) 33 (100) x Airbus A320-200 charter flights. Also operates a scheduled freight network
Main base Budapest (BUD), Katowice (KTW) serving half a dozen destinations in the state.
Hubs Gdansk (GDN), Prague (PRG), Poznan (POZ), Belgrade
(BEG), Cluj (CLJ), Sofia (SOF), Kiev (KBP), Warsaw (WAW),
Executives
President....................................................Robert Bursiel
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Bucharest (BBU), Wroclaw WRO, Vilnius VNO, Timisoara Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech Bonanza 36
(TSR), Tirgu Mures (TGM)

WIZZ Air Ukraine [WU] (WAU)

1 x Cessna C207
1 x Cessna C207A X
History Wholly-owned domestic and regional subsidiary 5 x Cessna CE208
of Lion Airlines. 3A Maksyma Grishka Street, Kiev, 02140, Ukraine 1 x Cessna U206G
Executives
President Director.......................................... Rusdi Kirana
Tel +380 44206 4888 Fax +380 44577 3781
Email customerrelations@wizzair.com Website www.wizzair.com
3 x Piper PA-31-300
Main base Fairbanks (FAI)
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Xiamen Airlines [MF] (CXA)
22 Dailiao Road, Xiamen, Fujian, 361006, China
Tel +86 592 5739 888 Fax +86 592 5739 777
Email info@xiamenair.com.cn Website www.xiamenair.com.cn
Parent organisation/shareholders China Southern
Airlines Group (51%), Xiamen C&D (34%), Hebei Aviation
Investment Group (15%)
Alliances China Southern Airlines, Korean Air, Mandarin
Airlines, TransAsia Airways, UNI Air
Date operations started 1992
Description Operates domestic trunk services linking the city
of Xiamen with Beijing, the provincial capitals and tourist
destinations. Also serves Hong Kong and Macau, and offers
international schedules to Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and
South Korea, as well as Cross Straits charters to Taiwan.
History Established in a joint venture with Fujian Province and
Xiamen, making the airline the first regional airline of China.
China Southern Airlines took a 60% stake in Xiamen Airlines
in 1992. Xiamen C&D acquired an initial 20% stake in 2000,
increasing this stake to 40% in 2006.
Executives
Chief Executive Officer ...............................Shang Lun Che
Chief Financial Officer..................................Huozao Huang
Fleet (orders) 15 x Boeing 737-700
55 (29) x Boeing 737-800
6 x Boeing 757-200
Main base Xiamen (XMN)
Hubs Jinjiang (JJN), Nanchang (KHN), Hangzhou (HGH),
Fuzhou (FOC)
XL Airways France [SE] (XLF)
Batiment Mars, Continental Square II, 3, place de Berlin –
BP 13760, Tremblay en France, 95727 Roissy CDG, France
Tel +33 1 7003 1688 Fax +33 1 7003 1670
Email anne.boutry@xlairways.fr Website www.xlairways.fr
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Parent organisation/shareholders Straumur Investment Date operations started 1989
Bank (100%) Description Operates domestic scheduled and charter
Alliances Wind Jet services from Elko, Nevada.
Date operations started 22 December 1995 History Founded as Casino Express. In 2005 the airline was
Description Holiday airline providing services to Greece, sold to TEM Acquisition, a holding company which includes
Egypt, Italy, Spain and Morocco, together with long-haul some of the carrier’s management as principal members. In
flights to Senegal, Kenya, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, July 2005 Avion Group, the parent of Excel Aviation USA,
USA, Thailand and the Maldives. Also offers cargo charters. also acquired a 19% stake in the airline. In January 2006
History Initially named Star Europe, the carrier changed its Casino Express was rebranded as Xtra Airways.
name in 1997 to Star Airlines. Acquired by tour firm Look Executives
Voyages in 1996, but became independent in February 2003. Chief Executive Officer....................................... Lisa Dunn
Acquired by the Avion Group In February 2006, changing its Director of Finance & Administration.......... T’resa Alzugaray
name to XL Airways France on 6 December 2006 following Director of Operations . ........................ Joshua Weinshank
a management buyout. Fleet (orders) 5 x Boeing 737-400
Employees total 514 Main base Elko (EKO)
Executives Hubs Punta Gorda (PND)
Chairman & CEO....................................... Laurent Magnin
EVP Financial........................................... Patrice Devouge
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200
2 x Airbus A330-200
3 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Paris (CDG)
XL Airways Germany [G1] (GXL)
Circom Business Park, Building 1, 3rd Floor, Hessenring 13,
64546 Moerfelden-Walldorf, Germany
Tel +49 6105 9789 0 Fax +49 6105 9789 499
Email info@xlairways.de Website www.xlairways.de
Parent organisation/shareholders BeachSide Capital (100%)
Date operations started 4 May 2006
Description Holiday charter airline operating services on
behalf of Rewe Touristik Group, Öger Tours and other tour
operators to major resort areas in Europe and the
Mediterranean. Ad hoc charter flight are also undertaken.
History Established by the Avion Group as Star Europe after
the acquisition of the assets of collapsed charter carrier
Aero Flight. Rebranded on 6 December 2006 after a
management buyout.
Employees total 160
Executives
Chief Executive Officer.....................................Bertolt Flick
Chief Financial Officer............................Franz-Josef Deurer
Fleet (orders) 1 x Boeing 737-800
Main base Frankfurt (FRA)
Xtra Airways [XP] (CXP)
800 West Idaho, Suite 304, Boise, Nevada, 83702, USA
Tel +1 208 336 6668 Fax +1 208 345 3646
Email info@xtraairways.com Website www.extraairways.com
Parent organisation/shareholders TEMEnterprises (81%),
Eimskipafelag Islands (19%)
Alliances Direct Air
Niels Quist
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Yak Service (AKY)
Russia
Date operations started 25 November 1993
Date operations ceased 21 September 2011.
Operated executive passenger charters. The airline
was banned from operating within Europe in 2009, and
had its licence withdrawn by Rosaviatsiya, following the
crash of one of its Yakovlev Yak-42Ds at Yaroslavl on
7 September 2011.
Yakutia Airlines [R3] (SYL)
9 Bykovskogo Street, Yakutsk, 677014, Russia
Tel +7 4112 443 060 Fax +7 4112 443 060
Email yakutia@yakutia.aero Website www.yakutia.aero
Parent organisation/shareholders Russian state (100%)
Alliances S7 Airlines, Vladivostok Air
Date operations started 1993
Description Operates passenger and cargo schedules
within Russia and the CIS, as well as domestic and
international charters to destinations in Asia, Europe,
and the Middle East.
History Founded as Sakhaavia, the former Aeroflot Yakutsk
Division and also previously known as Yakutaviatrans.
It also operated cargo charters to Africa, Asia, Europe and
the Middle East, until it filed for bankruptcy in early 1999.
It re-emerged in 2000 under the control of the regional
government. It merged with Yakutavia in 2002, rebranding
as Yakutia Airlines.
Executives
General Director .......................... Ivan Aleksejevich Prostit
First Deputy Director.........................................Pavel Udod
Finance Director................................... Valeriy Yevdokimov
Fleet (orders) 3 (5) x Antonov An-140
10 x Antonov An-24RV
1 x Antonov An-26
3 x Boeing 737-700
2 x Boeing 737-800
6 x Boeing 757-200
(2) x Sukhoi SSJ 100-95
5 (1) x Tupolev Tu-154M
Main base Yakutsk (YKS)
Hubs Omsk (OMS)
Yamal Airlines [YC] (LLM)
27 Aviatsionnaya Street, Tyumenskaya Oblast, Salekhard,
629004, Russia
Tel +7 34922 4 3910 Fax +7 34922 4 0671
Email airway@yamal-airlines.ru Website www.yamal-airlines.ru
Parent organisation/shareholders Aeroflot (40%),
others (60%)
Date operations started 10 July 1997
Description Operates regional passenger services with
fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, primarily within Siberia
from three hubs in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District
and the Tyumen region. Services also extend to Prague
and Yerevan. Seasonal charter flights serve holiday
destinations in the Mediterranean basin and Middle
East, including Greece, Italy, North Africa, Turkey and
the United Arab Emirates.
History The carrier was founded in the spring of 1997
at the instigation of regional governor V Neelovu. It received
its operating licence from the Russian authorities in
June 1997.
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Executives EU safety inspections. On 20 January 2010 the UK
Director General............................................. Vasily Kryuk government suspended all flights from Yemen to the UK due
Deputy General Director Finance.................. Irina Lebedeva
Director of Flight Operations..............................Yuriy Kryuk
to security concerns. A Yemeni-Saudi plan to restructure
Yemenia was announced in January 2011, but has not yet C
Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A320-200 been implemented. During 2011 Yemenia withdrew from all
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2 x Antonov An-24RV European services, with the exception of Frankfurt, although
1 x Antonov An-26 Paris services were restored. Yemenia Joint Venture is an
1 x Antonov An-26B internal division, operating DHC-6 and DHC-8 aircraft and
2 x Boeing 737-400 helicopters in support of oil companies within Yemen.
6 x Boeing 737-500
7 x Bombardier CRJ-200
Executives
Chairman............................................Abdulkhalek Al Kadi E
1 x Tupolev Tu-134A Managing Director.................................Abdulaziz Al Hazmi
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Main base Salekhard (SLY) DMD Finance ..................................... Waleed Ali Al Harazi
Hubs Moscow (DME), Nadym (NYM), Tyumen (TJM) DMD Operations . ........................................Khaled Anwar
Fleet (orders) 3 x Airbus A310-300
Yangtze River Express [Y8] (YZR) 2 (8) x Airbus A320-200
7th Floor, No.76 Pujian Road, You You International Plaza,
Pudong New District, Shanghai, 200127, China
2 x Airbus A330-200
(10) x Airbus A350-800XWB
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Tel +86 21 5039 5612 Fax +86 21 5039 8055 1 x Boeing 727-200
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Email xu_lin@hnair.com Website www.yzr.com.cn 2 x DHC6-300
Parent organisation/shareholders Grand China Air 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
Holding (49%), China Airlines (25%), Yang Ming Marine 1 x Lockheed C-130H
Transport (12%), China Container Express Lines (6%), Wan Main base Sana’a (SAH)
Hain Line (6%), Hainan Airlines (2%)
Date operations started 22 January 2003
Hubs Aden (ADE)
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Description Provides cargo charter services, both within Yeti Airlines [0Y] (NYT)
China and internationally to other Asian countries, out
of Shanghai. Long-haul schedules serve the USA
Tilganga, PO Box 20011, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977 1 4465888 Fax +977 1 4464977 J
and Luxembourg. Also carries express cargo within Email corporate@yetiairlines.com
China for DHL and UPS. Website www.yetiairlines.com
History Established by majority shareholder, the Hainan
Airlines Group. In January 2006 China Airlines purchased
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Tara Air (100%),
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a 25% shareholding, while three other Taiwanese companies Date operations started 1998
acquired the remaining shares. In November 2006 the
carrier received US Department of Transport permission
Description Provides scheduled flights between
Kathmandu and Bhadrapur, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, L
to operate a Shanghai-Anchorage-Los Angeles cargo Janakpur, Dhangadi, Pokhara, Nepalgunj, Bharatpur
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service. European services were introduced with flights and Tumlingtar. Also operates the Everest Express
to Luxembourg in August 2007. sightseeing tour of the world’s highest mountain.
Executives History The airline received its air operator’s certificate on
Chairman......................................................Weidong Shu 17 August 1998. Yeti Airlines is the parent company of
President ...........................................................He Qiang
Chief Executive Officer............................... Yung-hsiang Liu
Tara Air, and together the two airlines form the largest
domestic flight operator in Nepal.
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Chief Financial Officer......................................Peng Zhong Executives
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Fleet (orders) (5) x Airbus A330-200 Chairman....................................... Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa
10 x Boeing 737-300 Managing Director...............................Ang Tshiring Sherpa
4 x Boeing 747-400 Fleet (orders) 7 x BAe Jetstream 41
Main base Shanghai (SHA) 1 x Pilatus PC-6/B
Yemenia [IY] (IYE)
Main base Kathmandu (KTM)
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Al Hassaba Street, Airport Road, Sana’a, North Yemen Ying’an Airlines
Tel +967 1 232 380 Fax +967 1 252 093
Website www.yemenia.com
Pu’er, Yunnan, China
Parent organisation/shareholders Ying’an Transport Q
Parent organisation/shareholders Government of Service (56.5%), Li Guiying (43.5%)
Republic of Yemen (51%), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (49%) Description New carrier operating domestic services
Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings Felix Airways (25%)
Alliances Daallo Airlines, Egyptair, Etihad Airways, Felix
within Yunnan Province and to destinations in
neighbouring provinces.
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Airways, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Merpati, Middle East History Established in 2008 by Ying’an Transport
Airlines, Saudi Arabian Airlines
Date operations started 1962
Service Company, which took a majority shareholding.
CAAC authorisation to launch airline services was received S
Description National flag carrier of Yemen, operating in October 2010.
Fleet (orders) 1 x Harbin Y-12
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scheduled domestic services, as well as international
services to some 40 destinations in Africa, the Middle 1 x Xian MA60
East, Europe, Asia and the USA. Main base Simao (SYM)
History Traces its origins to the 1949 creation of Yemen
Airlines by Ahmad bin Yahya, then King of Yemen. Became
the national flag carrier on 4 August 1962, following the
Yuzmashavia [2N] (UMK)
1 Kryvorozskaya Street, Dniepropetrovsk, 49000, Ukraine U
creation of the Yemen Arab Republic. Joined with the Tel +380 562 342225 Fax +380 562 341 809
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national carrier of Egypt in United Arab Airlines between Email yumavia@a-Teleport.com
1967 and 1972. Re-organised and rebranded as Yemen Website www.yuzmashair.com.ua
Airways in September 1972, following nationalisation. Date operations started 1993
Rebranded again as Yemenia on 1 July 1978, following the Description Operates VIP passenger and cargo charter flights.
joint establishment, in early 1977, of a new airline by the
governments of the Yemen Arab Republic, now the Republic
History Established as the flying division of the Southern
Engineering Plant in Dniepropetrovsk.
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of Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. Acquired Democratic Yemen Executives
Airlines, aka Alyemda, on 11 February 1996. Established a
new domestic subsidiary, Felix Airways, in January 2008, to
Director General.................................. Mikhail Kharchenko
Chief Accountant................................Valentina Savenkova X
take over domestic air services. The subject of safety Commander of Flight Department.........Sergej Chernyavskiy
measures imposed by the European Union in 2008. Forced Fleet (orders) 2 x Ilyushin Il-76TD
to suspend all European services in July 2009. Resumed
European services in December 2009, subject to ongoing
1 x Yakovlev Yak-40K
Main base Dnipropetrovsk (DNK), Gostomel (GML)
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Zagros Airlines [ZV] (IZG)
No 16, Sazman, Ab2 Alley Jenah Exp Way, Tehran, Iran
Tel +98 21 4405 9302 Fax +98 21 4408 1852
Email info@zagrosairlines.com
Website www.zagrosairlines.com
Description Start-up airline planning international services.

Richard Vandervord
Executives
General Manager.................................. Abdolreza Mousavi
Fleet (orders) 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Main base Tehran (THR)
Manilla-based Zest Air operates four AVIC MA60s
Zambezi Airlines (ZMA)
Zambia Fleet (orders) 1 x Airbus A319-100
Alliances Proflight Zambia 8 x Airbus A320-200
Date operations started 15 July 2008 4 x AVIC XAC MA60
Date operations ceased 29 October 2011 Main base Manila MNL
Privately-owned regional airline established in 2006 by Hubs Davao (DVO), Cebu (CEB)
chairman Dr Maurice Jangulo. Initially operated domestic
services linking Lusaka with Livingstone, Solwezi and the Zimex Aviation [C4] (IMX)
copper belt towns of Kitwe and Ndola. From 1 July 2009 Cherstrasse 4, 8152 Glattburg, Switzerland
Zambezi concentrated on operating only international Tel +41 44 815 53 20 Fax +41 44 815 5321
regional services. The airline was reported to have been Email welcome@zimex.ch Website www.zimex.com
grounded indefinitely by the Ministry of Transport on Date operations started 1969
29 October 2011. Description Provides aircraft leases worldwide to the oil and
mining industries, and to humanitarian organisations and
ZanAir [B4] (TAN) non-governmental organisations. The aircraft supplied are
PO Box 2113, Zanzibar, Tanzania used primarily in support of crew changes, special material
Tel +255 24 223 3678 Fax +255 24 223 3670 transport, general supplies and fresh food deliveries, as well
Email reservations@zanair.com Website www.zanair.com as medevac and search and rescue missions.
Parent organisation/shareholders Carl G Salisbury (49%), Executives
Bao Jane Salisbury (46%), Lancelot Coutinho (5%) Operations Director & General Manager.............Hugo Kopp
Date operations started 1992 Head of Finance............................................ Markus Frick
Description Provides scheduled fights from the island of Fleet (orders) 1 x Beech 1900D
Zanzibar to Selous, Pemba, Dar es Salaam and Arusha, 10 x DHC6-300
serving the tourist and business communities. Also offers 5 x Pilatus PC-6/B
medevac and aerial photography services. Main base Zurich (ZRH)
Executives Hubs Hassi Messaoud (HME)
Managing Director........................................Carl Salisbury
Operations Manager .....................Mpandachallo Abdalhah
Fleet (orders) 1 x Cessna CE208
2 x Let L-410UVP-E
Main base Zanzibar (ZNZ)

Zest Air [Z2] (EZD)

Zest Air Building, Domestic Road, Andrews Avenue, Manila
Domestic Airport, 1300 Pasay City, 1300, Philippines
Tel +63 2 851 1796 Fax +63 2 854 0994
Email gomer@asianspirit.com Website www.zestair.com.ph
Parent organisation/shareholders AMY Group (99.07%)
Date operations started April 1996
Description Operates scheduled domestic flights from
regional airports throughout the Philippines, providing feeder
services for other carriers operating trunk routes from
Manila, Cebu and Davao. Also operates an international
route to Seoul Inchon in South Korea.
History Established as Asian Spirit. Alfredo Yao’s AMY Group
acquired more than 99% of Asian Spirit on 26 March 2008.
Rebranded as Zest Air on 26 September 2008.
Executives
Chairman............................................... Antonio Turalba Jr
President & CEO.............................................. Alfredo Yao
EVP and Chief Operating Officer..................... Eliseo Tabora
Chief Financial Officer....................................Albert Toribio

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