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Belgium: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-09-08T00:26:00.000-07:00

The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France and is one of the founding and core members of the European Union. Belgium has a population of over ten million people.

Belgium, with an area of 30 528 square kilometres (11,787 sq. mi), has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands in the south-east. The coastal plain consists mainly of sand dunes and polders. Polders are areas of land, close to or below sea level that have been reclaimed from the sea, from which they are protected by dikes or, further inland, by fields that have been drained with canals. The second geographical region, the central plateau, lies further inland. This is a smooth, slowly rising area that has many fertile valleys and is irrigated by many waterways. Here one can also find rougher land, including caves and small gorges.

The third geographical region, called the Ardennes, is more rugged than the first two. It is a thickly forested plateau, very rocky and not very good for farming, which extends into northern France. This is where much of Belgium's wildlife can be found. Belgium's highest point, the Signal de Botrange is located in this region at only 694 metres (2,277 ft).

The climate is maritime temperate, with significant precipitation in all seasons (Köppen climate classification: Cfb; the average temperature is 3 °C (37°F) in January, and 18° C (64 °F) in July; the average precipitation is 65 millimetres (2.6 in) in January, and 78 millimetres (3.1 in) in July).

Abelag Aviation

Abelag Aviation is an airline based in Wevelgem, Belgium. It operates ad hoc charter, air taxi, cargo and medical flights, as well as aircraft maintenance, helicopter VIP flights and air ambulance work. Its main base is Wevelgem Airport (KJK), with hubs at Antwerp International Airport (ANR), Brussels National Airport, Ostend International Airport (OST) and Lesquin Airport (LIL), Lille.

History
The airline was established in 1980 and started operations in 1983. In 2005 the airline has been renamed to Abelag, before it was known as "Sky Services nv". It is wholly owned by Abelag Aviation Group.

Fleet
The Abelag Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1-Raytheon Beech King Air 200 and 2-Raytheon Beech King Air B200

BelgiumExel

BelgiumExel is an airline based in Belgium. It operates charter flights to Africa, Asia and the Caribbean as part of holiday packages for Thomas Cook. The airline was established and started operations in February 2004. It is owned by ExelAviation Group, but the future of the airline is uncertain given the cessation of services by the parent company on 31 January 2005.

Fleet
The BelgiumExel fleet consists of 1 Boeing 767-300 aircraft (at July 2005).

European Air Transport

European Air Transport is a cargo airline based in Brussels, Belgium. It operates express parcel services in Europe on behalf of DHL. It also offers ad hoc cargo services including livestock transport. Its main base is Brussels National Airport.

History
The airline was established and started operations in 1971. It was founded by 4 pilots and diversified in 1972 by setting up a flying school, which in 1973 became the Piper Flying School in Europe. VIP, ambulance and express cargo charters were added later and in 1986 European Air Transport (EAT) was bought by integrator DHL to transport urgent shipments across Europe. It employs 600 staff. The airline has three hubs, Brussels, its main base of operation and home of the largest DHL sorting facility, Milan and Cologne. EAT also runs two focus cities on behalf of DHL in East Midland and Barcelona, where freight and urgent shipments are exchanged between EAT and other carriers operating on behalf of DHL to serve, respectively, the UK and Mediterrannean markets.

In 2008, DHL will reposition their main hub to Leipzig, Germany. This will result in almost complete retrenchment of current EAT and DHL Aviation staff in Brussels.

Services
European Air Transport also operates services to the following international freight destinations (at January 2005): Milan-Bergamo, Bahrain, Dubai, Kandahar, Lyon , Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, East Midlands and Milan.

Fleet
The European Air Transport fleet consists of the following aircraft: 12-Airbus A300B4-200F and 14-Boeing 757-200 SF.

Jetairfly

Jetairfly is an airline based in Belgium. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights. Formerly known as TUI Airlines Belgium, it adopted its new name in November 2005. Since March 2004, Jetairfly has operated to more than 70 airports in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Caribbean, Canary Islands and North Africa. The airline's home base is Brussels International Airport, but flights are also operated from Liege Airport and Ostend-Bruges International Airport. The airline carries hundreds of thousands of passengers annually.

History
TUI Airlines Belgium was created in March 2004 through the acquisition of most of the flights of Sobelair, which went bankrupt. Sobelair was the main airline used by tour operator Jetair, part of tourism group TUI AG, to carry Belgian tourists to their destinations.

On November 23, 2005, Jetairfly acquired its current name due to the new marketing strategy of the TUI Group.

Fleet
The Jetairfly fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006): 4-Boeing 737-400, 2-Boeing 737-800, 1-Boeing 767-300 ER and 1-Fokker 100.

SN Brussels Airlines

SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) is a Belgian airline operating from Brussels National Airport. The airline started as Delta Air Transport (DAT), was later a subsidiary of Belgian flag carrier Sabena, and then was spun off and renamed shortly after the bankruptcy of Sabena. The airline is a member of IATA and the Association of European Airlines (AEA). SN Brussels Airlines is owned by SN Airholding, which also owns Virgin Express.

SN has positioned itself in the European market as a small, full-service airline, connecting Brussels with the rest of Europe. SN also flies to Africa, continuing Sabena's extensive network there. A codeshare agreement with American Airlines allows SN Brussels Airlines to offer its passengers flights to the United States. SN Brussels is a candidate to join the oneworld alliance.

History
The airline as it exists today was founded in 2002, when a group of Belgian investors (companies, financial institutions and regional investment companies, as well as the Brussels and Walloon governments), set up SN Airholding, headed by Etienne Davignon. After the 2001 bankruptcy of Sabena, Belgium's flag carrier airline, Belgium was left without a national airline. In February 2002, SN Airholding took over the Belgian airline DAT, a subsidiary of Sabena that had survived the bankruptcy, and changed its trading name to SN Brussels Airlines. SN Airholding owns 92% of the shares in the airline.

On April 12, 2005, SN Airholding signed an agreement with Richard Branson, giving it the holding control over Virgin Express - a low cost carrier flying from Brussels National Airport.

In July 2005, SN announced that they would be offering flights to Toronto and Abu Dhabi after a code share agreement was signed with Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad Airways.

Chairman Rob Kuijpers resigned on 19 September 2005 after a long conflict with the board of directors concerning which strategy to follow after the merger of SN with Virgin Express. Neil Burrows has been named chair for a one year term.

On 31 March 2006 SNBA and Virgin Express announced their fusion into a single company. The name of this future airline has been decided but has not yet been made public.[citation needed] The airline plans to become the main airline operating from Brussels International Airport, with a 55% market share at Brussels. The combined airline will add long haul destinations and strengthen the position of the airline in Africa. Around the same time SN announced that they would be code-sharing on the new Brussels-Beijing flight operated by Hainan Airlines.

In early July 2006, the Cameroon government announced that SNBA had won the bid to revamp the country's airline, Camair. A holding controlled by SNBA will have 51% of the shares in the new company, while the Cameroon government will hold the remaining 49%. Speculations are that SNBA will be sending six of their older BAe 146-200 planes to Africa as part of the plan to form a regional hub at Douala airport.

Fleet
14-BAE Systems Avro RJ85, 12-BAE Systems Avro RJ100, 6-British Aerospace BAe 146, 3-Airbus A319-100 and 3-Airbus A330-300.

Thomas Cook Airlines (Belgium)

Thomas Cook Airlines is a charter airline based in Belgium. It operates holiday charter flights from Belgium to the Mediterranean resort areas.

History
The airline was established on 12 December 2001 and started operations on 13 March 2002. It was formed by Thomas Cook to serve the Belgian charter market. Seat-only sales were introduced in January 2004. It is wholly owned by Thomas Cook. Long haul leisure flights (SE-Asia, Caribbean,...) out of Brussels are operated by Boeing 767-300's of Dutch holiday airline Martinair since 1 May 2005.

Fleet
The Thomas Cook Airlines fleet consists of 6 Airbus A320-200 aircraft (at August 2006).

TNT Airways

TNT Airways is a cargo airline based in Liege airport, Belgium. TNT Airways is a subsidiary from TNT Post Group N.V. and was founded in 1999. It is a part of the network of TNT Express. TNT has cargo flights to more than 67 airports everyday (mainly european).

Fleet
The TNT Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2006): 15-BAe 146, 4-Airbus A300B4 and 6-Boeing 737-300.

Virgin Express

Virgin Express is an airline which was created within the Virgin Group. It operates mainly flights to southern Europe from their hub at Brussels Zaventem (Brussels National). Ticket sales are mainly through the Internet, but contrary to many other low-fares airlines, Virgin Express does offer connecting flights.

History
Virgin Express began its life on 23 April 1996, when the Virgin Group (with chairman Richard Branson) bought the Belgian leisure airline EBA (EuroBelgian Airlines) and rebranded it into Virgin Express. It also took over EBA's fleet of Boeing 737's and is operating this type of aircraft ever since. The airline would soon concentrate on low-budget scheduled flights out of its Brussels hub and became a major competitor for Sabena and later SN Brussels Airlines. In October 2004, the Virgin Group sold its assets to SN Brussels Airlines and both airlines were integrated into the SN Airholding. On 31 March 2006, SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express announced their fusion into a single company. The name of this future airline has been decided but has not yet been made public. The airline plans to become the main airline operating from Brussels International Airport, with a marketshare of 55% at Brussels. The combined airline will add long haul destinations and strengthen the position of the airline in Africa. SN Airholding won the bid to take over the virtually bankrupt Cameroon national airline, Cameroon Airlines.

Fleet
The Virgin Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (April 2006): 5-Boeing 737-300 and 5-Boeing 737-400.

VLM Airlines

VLM Airlines is a Belgian business airline that focusses on getting passengers to their destinations in a fast and efficient manner, with short check-in times, fast boarding and disembarkation and by flying to regional airports that are located close to city centres.

History
VLM Airlines started operations in May 1993 with a scheduled service between Antwerp and London City Airport. In 2005 VLM Airlines reported its eighth consecutive year of profit. The airline employs 375 people, and carried 604,500 passengers in 2005. Originally hubbed in Deurne, the airline now has its hub at London City Airport.

Destinations
Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands and United Kingdom

Fleet
15 Fokker 50 aircraft.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-09-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan peninsula of southern Europe with an area of 51,129 km² (19,741 square miles), and an estimated population of around four million people.

Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast. The country is mostly mountainous, encompassing the central Dinaric Alps. The northeastern parts reach into the Pannonian basin, while in the south it borders the Adriatic. The country has only 20 kilometres (12 mi) of coastline,[1] around the town of Neum in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, although it's enclosed within Croatian territory and territorial waters. Neum has many hotels and an is important tourism destination.

The country's name comes from the two regions Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have a very vaguely defined border between them. Bosnia occupies the northern areas which are roughly four fifths of the entire country, while Herzegovina occupies the rest in the south part of the country.

The major cities are the capital Sarajevo, Banja Luka in the northwest region known as Bosanska Krajina, Tuzla in the northeast, Zenica in the central part of Bosnia and Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina.

Air Srpska

Air Srpska was the official flag carrier airline of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was founded by Jat Airways and government of Republika Srpska. It started scheduled operations on 29 January 1999 with a flight from Banja Luka to Belgrade. The company ceased all operations in 2003 after Jat Airways decided to withdraw from the airline. Officially, they still exist as a company but it's unlikely that they will ever fly again.

Services
Banja Luka to Belgrade, Zürich and Vienna.

Fleet
2-ATR 72-202 (leased from JAT Yugoslav Airlines)

Arnoro

Arnoro Arnoro is a charter airline based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 2004 and plans to operate services from Sarajevo and Banja Luka to Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo and Copenhagen in 2005.

Services
Arnoro currently operates one charter service from Sarajevo to Istanbul (as of January 2005).

Fleet
The Arnoro fleet consists of 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 aircraft (as of July 2005).

B&H Airlines

B&H Airlines was founded in 1994 as Air Bosna, the official airline of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the autumn of 2003, the airline ceased operations due to an increased debt that it could no longer repay. It remained defunct until May 2004, when the Council of Ministers promised to revive it. In 2005, they restarted operations as B&H Airlines, operating a pair of ATR-72 aircraft. The airline is based in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

There have been plans that B&H Airlines might purchase or lease 10 new aircraft by 2008. Aircraft like the Boeing 737, CRJ, or some other small aircraft seems as likely choices. New destinations to larger western European countries in the near future is also likely.

Destinations

Bosnia & Herzegovina (Banja Luka, Mostar, Sarajevo)

Croatia (Zagreb)

Germany (Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart)

Switzerland (Zürich)

Turkey (Istanbul)

Fleet
2-ATR 72-212s

Bosnia Airlines

Bosnia Airlines is an airline based in Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was due to start operations in November 2004 with a three times weekly service from Mostar to Zagreb using a Let 410 wet-leased from Trade Air. There are plans to lease ATR 42s at a later stage.

FlyBosnia

FlyBosnia is an airline based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 2004 and planned to operate international scheduled services between the USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina starting in mid-2005. This has not transpired and (according to their website) Fly Bosnia now aims to fly twice a week to the USA starting from summer 2006 via Manchester and London Gatwick.

Belarus: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-09-07T22:35:00.000-07:00

Belarus is a landlocked nation-state in Eastern Europe, which borders Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Its capital city is Minsk, and other important cities include Brest, Grodno, Gomel, Mogilev and Vitebsk.

Throughout much of history, the area which is now known as Belarus was part of various countries including Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Eventually, in 1922, Belarus became a republic in the Soviet Union as the Byelorussian SSR. The republic officially declared its sovereignty on 27 July 1990, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union declared its independence as the Republic of Belarus on 25 August 1991. Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has been the state's president. Belarus is currently in negotiations with neighboring Russia to integrate both of their economies, among other things, in a plan called the Union of Russia and Belarus.

Belavia

Belavia Belarusian Airlines is an airline based in Minsk, Belarus. It is the national airline of Belarus serving a network of European cities and the CIS. More than 300,000 passengers per year are carried. Its main base is Minsk International Airport.

History
On November 7, 1933, the first Belarusian air terminal opened in Minsk. In the next spring 3 Po-2 aircraft landed in Minsk. They became the first aircraft of the Belarusian air fleet. In 1936 the first regular air route between Minsk and Moscow was established. In the summer of 1940 the Belarusian civil aviation group was officially founded.

In 1964 the Tupolev Tu-124 aircraft received Belarusian registration. In 1973 the then new Tupolev Tu-134A began operating in Belarus. In 1983 Belarusian aviation started flying the new Tupolev Tu-154 planes. On February 1, 1985 a Soviet Tupolev Tu-134 crashed near Minsk-1 killing at least 58 out of 80 people on board. The accident happened due to clear ice ingestion into the engines as a result of inadequate deicing before takeoff. Both engines sustained serious damage and stalled.

Belavia was officially founded on 5 March 1996 by the Belarus government when the local Aeroflot division was nationalised and renamed. Between then and 1998 Belavia opened regular routes to Beijing, I.stanbul, Larnaca, London, Prague, and Rome. In 1998 Belavia merged with Minskavia, acquiring several Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26 and Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft in addition to existing fleet of Tupolev Tu-134 and Tupolev Tu-154 airplanes.

On 18 May 2001 Belavia commenced a Minsk-Paris scheduled service. In 2003 Belavia started publishing an in-flight magazine Horizons in English, Russian and Belarusian (partially). On 16 October 2003 Belavia signed a leasing agreement for its first Boeing 737-500 aircraft. In 2004 Belavia further extended operations and acquired one more Boeing 737. On 26 June 2004 Belavia opened a new route to Hanover, Germany.

Services
Belavia operates the following services to international scheduled destinations (as of July 2006): Beirut, Frankfurt, I.stanbul, Kaliningrad, Kiev, Larnaca, London, Moscow, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome, Shannon Airport, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Warsaw and Yerevan.

Fleet
The Belavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2005): 4-Antonov An-24B, 5-Antonov An-24RV, 1-Antonov An-26, 1-Antonov An-26B, 2-Boeing 737-500, 11-Tupolev Tu-134A, 10-Tupolev Tu-154B-2, 5-Tupolev Tu-154M and 4-Yakovlev Yak-40.

Gomelavia

Gomelavia (State Enterprise Gomelavia) is an airline based in Gomel, Belarus. It was established in 1996 and operates domestic scheduled services and regional charters, as well as aerial work using fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Its main base is Gomel Airport.

As of May, 2006 the airline flies scheduled domestic flights to Minsk, Grodno, and Mogilev, and scheduled international flights to Moscow and Kaliningrad, Russia.

Fleet
The Gomelavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2005): 1-Antonov An-24B, 4-Antonov An-24RV and 1-Tupolev Tu-134A.

In March, 2006, Gomelavia obtained an Ilyushin Il-76TD, and plans were announced to purchase two more. This will allow the airline to operate long-distance cargo flights.

Transaviaexport Cargo Airline

Transaviaexport Cargo Airline is an airline based in Minsk, Belarus. It operates cargo flights throughout the CIS, Middle East and other parts of the world. It started operations in 1993.

Fleet
The Transaviaexport Airline fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 3-Ilyushin Il-76MD and 8-Ilyushin Il-76TD.

Austria: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-09-04T00:57:00.000-07:00

Austria is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Its capital is the city of Vienna.

Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutrality and one of the few countries that included the concept of everlasting neutrality in their constitution.

Air Alps

Air Alps is an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria. It is an independent regional airline serving major cities in Austria and neighbouring countries. Its main base is Innsbruck Airport.

History
The airline was established in 1998 and started operations on 28 March 1999 with two Dornier 328 aircraft, acquiring three more in 2000 and one more in each year of operation. It was founded by Air Engiadina who owned 49% of the airline, the other 51% being owned by Dietmar Leitgeb, president and chief executive of Air Engiadina. In 2001, a group of investors from the South Tyrol acquired the majority stake. The airline is owned by Alpen-Air consortium (89.82%), Sudtiroler Transportstrukturen (7%) and Beteiligungs-und Finanzierungs (3.18%).

Services
Air Alps currently operates services as follows (at July 2006):
- Milan to Ancona, Bolzano, Genoa, Nice, Perugia, Strasburg, Zagreb
- Rome to Bolzano, Brescia, Parma and Rimini

Fleet
The fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006): Eight Do328-110

Amerer Air

Amerer Air is a cargo airline based in Linz, Austria. It is a cargo-only carrier operating services from Linz, as well as a service from Liege to Vienna. Its main base is Horsching Airport (LNZ), Linz.

History
The airline was established and started operations in 1995. It is owned by Heinz Peter Amerer (50%) and Susanne Amerer (50%).

Fleet
The Amerer Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
- 1 Fokker F27 Mk500
- 2 Lockheed L-188 Electra

Austrian Airlines

Austrian Airlines is the international airline of Austria, with its headquarters in Vienna. Its main base is Vienna International Airport (VIE). It dominates the market for flights to Central and Eastern Europe.

History
The airline was founded on 30 September 1957, making its maiden flight on 18 March 1958 when a Vickers Viscount 779 took off from Vienna for London, England. Austrian Airlines was formed through the merger of Air Austria and Austrian Airways. The airline's transatlantic services began on 1 April 1969 with a Vienna to Brussels and New York service in co-operation with Sabena.

Austrian Airlines is owned by ÖIAG (39.7%), floating stock (43.5%), Austrian institutional investors (10.3%) and Air France (1.5%). It also wholly owns subsidiary airlines, Austrian Arrows and Lauda Air and has a 62% share in Slovak Airlines. On 1 October 2004 the Flight Operations Departments of Austrian and Lauda Air were merged into a single unit, leaving Lauda Air as a brand name only for charter flights. It had 5,163 employees at January 2005.

Destinations:

Africa (Egypt, Libya, Mauritius)

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates)

Europe (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom)

North America (Canada, Mexico, United States of America)

Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic)

Oceania (Australia)

Fleet
As of April 2006 the Austrian Airlines fleet (including Lauda Air) was: 7-Airbus A319-100, 8-Airbus A320-200, 3-Airbus A321-100, 3-Airbus A321-200, 4-Airbus A330-200, 2-Airbus A340-200, 2-Airbus A340-300, 1-Boeing 737-600, 2-Boeing 737-700, 6-Boeing 737-800, 6-Boeing 767-300, 3-Boeing 777-200 and 3-Fokker 70.

Austrian Arrows

Austrian Arrows is an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria, a member of the Austrian Airlines Group and the Star Alliance. It is a major regional carrier operating domestic and international services. Its main base is Innsbruck Airport (INN), with a hub at Vienna International Airport (VIE).

History
The airline was established in 1978 as Aircraft Innsbruck by Gernot Langes-Swarovski and Christian Schwemberger-Swarovski. It adopted the title Tyrolean Airways when scheduled services began on 1 April 1980. The airline was acquired by Austrian Airlines in March 1998. In 2003, as part of an effort by its parent company to consolidate its brand, the fleet was rebranded as Austrian Arrows with livery changed to match that of Austrian Airlines. Airline operations, however, continued to operate independently by Tyrolean from its Innsbruck base. It has 1,117 employees.

Services
Austrian Arrows operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Linz, Salzburg and Vienna.

International scheduled destinations: Altenrhein, Amsterdam, Ankara, Athens, Baku, Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Chis,ina(u, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dnipropetrovsk, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Ias,i, Istanbul, Kharkov, Kosice, Krakow, Krasnodar, Leipzig/Halle, Ljubljana, London, Luxembourg, Lviv, Lyon, Milan, Minsk, Munich, Nice, Nuremberg, Oslo, Palma (Majorca), Podgorica, Poznan', Prague, Pristina, Riga, Rome, Rostov, Sarajevo, Sibiu, Skopje, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, Timis,oara, Tirana, Tripoli, Venice, Vilnius, Warsaw, Yerevan, Zagreb and Zurich.

Fleet
The Austrian Arrows fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006): 2-CRJ 100LR, 13-CRJ 200LR, 12-Dash 8-Q300, 10-Dash 8-Q400, 16-Fokker 100 and 6-Fokker 70.

InterSky

The airline was established in November 2001 and started operations on 25 March 2002. It is owned by Renate Moser (Chief Executive) (50%), Rolf Seewald (35%) and family members (15%).

Services:
Intersky operates the following services (at January 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Graz and Vienna.

International scheduled services: Berlin (Tempelhof International Airport), Cologne, Dresden, Elba, Hamburg, Munich, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Prague, Venice, Zadar and Zürich.

Fleet
The Intersky fleet consists of 3 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft (at March 2006).

Lauda Air

Lauda Air is an airline based in Austria. Together with Austrian Airlines and Austrian Arrows, Lauda Air belongs to the Austrian Airlines Group.

History
Lauda Air was founded in 1978 by former Formula One driver Niki Lauda. In 1989 Lauda started their first long-haul flights from Vienna to Sydney and Melbourne, via Bangkok. In the 1990s they started to fly their Sydney and Melbourne flights via Kuala Lumpur. Daily flights to Miami via Munich, to Dubai and to Cuba followed.

On May 26, 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004, operated by a Boeing 767-300 plane, was lost over Thailand after an uncommanded reverser deployment, with 223 dead.

In 2003, Austrian Airlines bought out the remainder of Lauda's stake. In 2005 the flight operation merged with Austrian Airlines, and the label "Lauda Air" now operates charter flights within the Austrian Airlines Group.

Niki Lauda has since started a new airline, Niki.

Fleet
The Lauda Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2005): 2-Airbus A320-200, 1-Boeing 737-600, 2-Boeing 737-700, 5-Boeing 737-800, 5-Boeing 767-300 and 3-Boeing 777-200.

LTU Austria

LTU Austria is an airline based in Austria.

Fleet
The LTU Austria jet fleet consists of 2 Airbus A320-200 leased from LTU mother airline (at January 2006).

Niki

Niki is a scheduled, international, passenger airline based at Vienna Airport in Austria. It operates as a budget airline mainly from Germany and Austria.

History
Niki Lauda, ex-Grand Prix driver, had been ousted from Lauda Air by boardroom politics in November 2000. In 2003 Niki Lauda acquired the former Aero Lloyd Austria operation. The airline started operations on 28 November 2003 with the temporary name FlyNiki.

On 9 January 2004, Niki announced cooperation with Air Berlin. The two airlines considered their cooperation a "low fares alliance". Air Berlin now holds 24% of Niki and Niki Lauda holds the rest of the shares.

Services
Niki operates services to leisure destinations in Europe and Egypt from Vienna, Salzburg, Linz and Friedrichshafen on behalf of tour operator Neckermann Reisen.

International scheduled destinations (at July 2006): Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Lisbon, London, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Rhodes, Rome, Tenerife and Zürich.

Fleet
The Niki fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006): 4 Airbus A320-200 and 1 Airbus A321-200.

Welcome Air

Welcome Air Luftfahrt is an airline based in Innsbruck, Austria.

Services
Welcome Air serves the following destinations: Graz and Innsbruck (Austria), Hanover (Germany), Gothenburg (Sweden) and Stavanger (Norway).

Summer charters are flown to Nice (France) and Alghero and Olbia (both in Italy) and winter charters to Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Antwerp (Belgium).

In winter it also acts as assisting carrier for Tyrol Air Ambulance for the transport of less lucky skiers to their home countries.

Fleet
The fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006): 2 Do328-110 and 1 Do328-300.

Armenia: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-09-03T22:14:00.000-07:00

Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked mountainous country in the Southern Caucasus (Transcaucasus), bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the south. A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is one of the oldest and most historic civilizations in the world, as well as the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion. Although Armenia is constitutionally a secular state, the Christian faith plays a major role in both its history and the identification of the Armenian people.

Armenia is divided into 10 marzes (regions, sing. - marz) with the city of Yerevan having special administrative status as the country's capital. The chief executive in each of 10 marzes is the marzpet (marz governor), appointed by the government of Armenia. In Yerevan, the chief executive is the mayor, appointed by the president. These are Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Gegharkunik, Kotayk, Lori, Shirak, Syunik, Tavush, Vayots Dzor and Yerevan.

Air Armenia

Air Armenia is a privately-owned airline operating international cargo and passenger flights based from Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia.

History
Air Armenia was established in 2003.

Routes
Air Armenia services to the following international scheduled destinations (as of January 2005): Astrakhan, Saratov, Tbilisi and Zaporizhzhia.

Fleet
Air Armenia operates Antonov An-12 and Antonov An-72 cargo aircraft.

Armavia

Armavia is currently the largest airline in Armenia operating international passenger flights based out of Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia.

History
The Armavia company was established in 1996, but commercial flights to Russia and Turkey only started in 2001.

In 2002, a strategic alliance was set up with the Russian airline S7 Airlines which purchased 50% of Armavia's shares from the "Chernomoravia" company under the name of the "Aviafin" company registered in Armenia but which belongs to the leadership of S7 Airlines as natural persons. Later, it bought an additional 18% of shares from Mika Armenia Trading company owned by prominent Armenian buisnessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. An investment contract between S7 Airlines and Armavia was signed on March 14, 2003, at which point 68% of Armavia's shares were owned by S7 Airlines, and the remaining 32%, by Mika Armenia Trading.

In 2005, Mikhail Baghdasarov's Mika Armenia Trading bought S7 Airlines 68% of shares and became Armavia's principal shareholder with a 100% stake in the company. In 2003, Armavia undertook part of the bankrupt Armenian Airlines' flights. In 2005, the airline transported 5,001,000 passengers with over 550 people in its personnel. The turnover for 2005 amounted to roughly $90 million.

Routes
Armavia's current routes:

- CIS (Ashgabat, Kiev, Odessa, Tashkent)

- Europe (Amsterdam Athens, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Nice, Paris, Rome, Varna)

- Middle East (Aleppo, Beirut, Dubai, Tel Aviv)

- Russia (Ekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Simferopol, Sochi, Stavropol, Volgograd, Voronezh)

Fleet
The Armavia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006):
- 2 Airbus A319-132
- 1 Airbus A320-211
- 1 Yakovlev Yak-42
- 1 Yakovlev Yak-40

Armenian International Airways

Armenian International Airways was a privately-owned airline operating international passenger flights based from Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia.

History
Armenian International Airways was jointly established on July 12, 2002 by local armenian businessmen Gagik Tsarukian, Hrair Hakobian, and Levon Baghdasarian. AIA initially intended to lease three Airbus aircraft by 2003 for flights to Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt. On January 1, 2005 the company was wound up in favor of Armavia.

Routes
AIA operated scheduled flights from Yerevan to Western Europe, notably many former Armenian Airlines routes.

Fleet
AIA operated one leased Airbus A320-200.

Atlantis European Airways

Atlantis European Airways is an airline based in Yerevan, Armenia. It operates scheduled passenger services to destinations in Europe and the CIS.

Services
Atlantis European Airways operates services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Saratov, Vienna and Volgograd.

Yerevan-Avia

Yerevan-Avia is a privately-owned airline operating international cargo flights based from Zvartnots International Airport in Yerevan, Armenia.

History
Yerevan-Avia was established in 1992 under the initiative and direct participation of the Mayor of Yerevan, Mr. Hambartsum Galstyan. It became the first cargo airline in Armenia with privately owned aircraft. Starting practically from zero, the company managed to prepare highly qualified flight crews in a short period of time, as well as technical and engineering ground personnel trained entirely by recognized training institutions. Therefore, the majority of the necessary aircraft maintenance is being performed in house at their home base.

Routes
Yerevan-Avia started off with flights to CIS countries, which, later on, were extended to: France, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Holland, Belgium, China, India, Zaire, Congo, Kenya, Egypt, Australia… Its aircraft have already been in more than 35 countries. "Yerevan-Avia" takes great pride in its many years experience in Cargo transportation operations throughout the farthest corners of the world, for commercial and non-commercial organizations, including the International Red Cross, including Bosnia, UNHCR, World Food Program, etc. "Yerevan-Avia" is registered at ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), and it is an official member of IATA (International Air Transport Association) and TIACA (The International Air Cargo Association). The information about our company is being included in the biggest Worldwide Airfreight Directories.

Fleet
Yerevan-Avia owns and operates two Ilyushin Il-76 cargo aircraft which are working under a long-term contract. The company has guaranteed cargo traffic, mainly from the United Arab Emirates to CIS countries: Russia (mainly Moscow), Moldavia, Georgia, Tajikistan, etc. They also sometimes fly to Europe (Germany, Netherlands) and to Africa.

Albania: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-08-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

The Republic of Albania, is a Balkan country in southeastern Europe. It borders Montenegro in the northwest, Serbia (Kosovo) in the north, the Republic of Macedonia in the east, and Greece in the south. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea in the west (is divided from Italy through the Strait of Otranto) and a coast on the Ionian Sea in the southwest.

Albania consists of mostly hilly and mountainous terrain, with the highest mountain, Korab in the district of Dibra reaching up to 2,753 metres (9,032 ft). The country mostly has a continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers. Besides the capital city of Tirana, with 800,000 inhabitants, the principal cities are Durrës, Elbasan, Shkodër, Gjirokastër, Vlorë, Korçë and Kukës.

Ada Air

Ada Air is a regional airline based in Tirana, Albania. It operates scheduled services from Albania to countries in the Balkan area.

History
The airline was established in 1991 and started operations on 3 February 1992. It started scheduled flights to Bari on 5 February 1992, and was accepted by the IATA on 25 May 1992. The airline is owned by Julien Roche (50%), vice-president and founder, and Marsel Skendo (50%), president and founder of Ada Air.

Services
Tirana - Bari (every day)

Fleet
The current fleet consists of (at February 2005):
- 1 Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante (operated in co-operation with DHL)
- 1 Fokker F100 (leased from Montenegro Airlines, with Montenegrin crews)

Albanian Airlines

Albanian Airlines is an airline based in Tirana, Albania. It operates scheduled international services. Its main base is Tirana-Rinas Airport (TIA).

History
The airline was established in May 1991 under the name of Arberia Airlines, and was the private airline of politicians for communist Albania. It was later renamed to Albanian Airlines in May of 1992 and started open operations to the public on 20 June 1995. It was formed as a joint venture between the Albanian state-owned Albtransport and Tyrolean Airways of Austria flying a single Austrian regestered, Dehavilland Dash 8. Tyrolean opted out of the relationship in 1997, taking back the single Dash 8. Albanian Airlines was privatized in the same year and sold to Kuwaiti-based M.A. Kharafi & Sons Group. As a result, it was restructured in 1997 when its operations were based on a single Ilyushin Il-56 aircraft. By 2001 it operated a fleet of 4 Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft on scheduled services from Tirana to Bologna, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Priština, Rome and Zürich. In July 2001 Albanian Airlines acquired its first BAe 146 and added two more in 2003 and 2004.

Services
Albanian Airlines operates the following scheduled international services (at July 2006):
Tirana to Athens, Bologna, Frankfurt, Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport), London (London Stansted Airport), Milan (Malpensa International Airport), Pristina, Rome (Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport) and Turin.

Fleet
The Albanian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):
- 1 BAe 146-100
- 1 BAe 146-200
- 1 BAe 146-300

Albatros Airways

Albatros Airways is a low-cost airline based in Tirana in Albania. It flies to destinations in Italy using Fokker F100 aircraft. Its main base is Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIR), Tiranë.

History
The airline was established and started operations on 3 November 2004.

Destinations
These are the scheduled international destinations as of July 2006:

Domestic - Albania Tirana Hub
International - Italy (Bari, Bergamo, Pescara, Pisa, Rimini, Venice, Verona)

Fleet
Albatros Airways operates 1 Fokker 100 aircraft leased from Montenegro Airlines.

United Arab Emirates: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-06-01T00:11:00.000-07:00

The United Arab Emirates (also the UAE or the Emirates) is a Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajma-n, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain. Before 1971, they were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab Sheikhs. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia. The country is rich in oil.

Abu Dhabi Aviation

Abu Dhabi Aviation is an airline based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It serves oil-fields and economic facilities in the United Arab Emirates and other Arab states. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airport.

History:
The airline was established in 1975 and started operations in March 1976. It began with helicopter operations and added fixed-wing aircraft in 1991. A third-party maintenance facility was opened in 1994. It is owned by Abu Dhabi nationals (70%) and the Abu Dhabi government (30%).

Fleet:
The Abu Dhabi Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200, 2 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300.

Aerovista Airlines

Aerovista Airlines is an airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It was established and started operations in 1999 and operates passenger and cargo services in the Gulf area.

Fleet:
The Aerovista Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005): 1 Antonov An-24B, 1 Antonov An-26B, 1 Boeing 737-200, 2 Let L-410 UVP, 2 Yakovlev Yak-40.

Air Arabia

Air Arabia is a low-cost airline based in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It operates scheduled services throughout the Middle East and to the Indian subcontinent. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport.

History:
The airline was established on 3 February 2003 and started operations on 29 October 2003. Air Arabia can be safely said to be the first budget airline in the Middle East region. It was formed by Amiri decree issued by Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohamed Al Qassimi. It is owned by Sharjah Civil Aviation Department (50%), Sharjah Airport International Free Trade Zone Authority (SAIF Zone) (10%), and other founders include Sharjah based and Bahrain based strategic investors (40%).

Services:
Air Arabia operates the following services (as of May 2006): Sharjah to Aleppo, Alexandria, Almaty, Amman, Aqaba, Astana, Asyut, Bahrain, Beirut, Colombo, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Jaipur, Jeddah, Kabul, Kochi, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat, Nagpur, Riyadh, Sanaá, and Sharm El Sheikh. Future destinations in 2006 include Pakistan, more destinations in Southern India, and Cairo. As in Feb. 1st, 2006 new flights from Tehran to Sharjah and return flights are reported to have started. As of May, 5, 2006, it has started 2 flights to Kabul Afghanistan per week, which will be increased to daily flights in the summer (Afghan).

Fleet:
The aircraft consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 6 Airbus A320-200.

Air Cess

Air Cess is a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It operates charter cargo services.

Fleet:
The Air Cess fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Antonov An-12, 1 Antonov An-24RV, 1 Antonov An-26, 1 Antonov An-72.

Aria Air

Aria Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates probably international and certainly domestic passenger services.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 2000 as Aria Tours Ltd.

Fleet:
The Aria Air fleet consists of 2 Fokker F50 aircraft (at January 2005). In high season, they at least leased one Tupolev 154 from Kolavia (russian Airline).

British Gulf International Airlines

British Gulf International Airlines is a cargo airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1996. In 2002 the company's management redirected business activity to the Persian Gulf and Middle East area from African countries. In 2003 it gained DGCA's audit and was authorised to be based in the United Arab Emirates.

Fleet:
The British Gulf International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 5 Antonov An-12, 1 Antonov An-26.

Cargo Plus Aviation

Cargo Plus Aviation is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It operates ad hoc flights to Asia, Africa and eastern Europe.

History:
The airline was established in July 2001 by Nasir Khan and started operations in August 2001.

Services:
Cargo Plus Aviation operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Kano, Khartoum, Lagos, Mumbai, Nairobi, N'Djamena and Sharjah.

Fleet:
The Cargo Plus Aviation fleet consists of 1 Boeing 707-320C aircraft (at January 2005).

Dolphin Air

Dolphin Air is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It operates charter passenger and cargo services within the Middle East.

History:
The airline was established in 1996. It was formerly known as Flying Dolphin Airlines and Santa Cruz Imperial Airlines. It was reorganised by Arabian Devt Trading and Construction, taking over assets from Santa Cruz Imperial.

Fleet:
The Dolphin Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005): 2 Dornier 228-201 Registration, 1 Boeing 707-300F Registration, 1 Boeing 737-200 Registration, 2 Boeing 737-200C Registration.

Emirates Airline

Emirates Airline is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates owned by The Emirates Group. It operates services to the Middle East, Far East, Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, Asia-Pacific and North America. Its main base is Dubai International Airport.

Destinations:

Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda)

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)

Europe (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

North America (United States - New York City)

Oceania (Australia, New Zealand)

Fleet:
The Emirates fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006): 4 Airbus A310-300, 29 Airbus A330-200, 8 Airbus A340-300, 10 Airbus A340-500, 2 Boeing 747-200F, 4 Boeing 747-400F, 3 Boeing 777-200, 6 Boeing 777-200ER, 12 Boeing 777-300, 14 Boeing 777-300ER.

Emirates SkyCargo

Emirates SkyCargo is a cargo airline subsidiary of Emirates (airline), based in the United Arab Emirates.

Destinations:

Africa (Kenya, South Africa)

Asia (People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), ordan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand)

Europe (Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey)

North America (United States - New York)

Fleet:
Emirates SkyCargo Fleet: Airbus A340-500, Airbus A330-200, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 747-200F, Boeing 747-400F.

Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways is a national airline based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operating routes to the Middle East, Europe, Asia, the Indian subcontinent and North America. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airport. Etihad Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

History:
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on November 13, 2003. It is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. The airline is esentially a smaller version of the Dubai based airline Emirates.

Services:
Etihad aims to fly to 70 destinations worldwide by 2010.

Africa (Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Sudan)

Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand)

Middle East (Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates)

Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom)

North America (Toronto -Canada, New York -United States of America)

Fleet:
The Etihad Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 8 Airbus A330-200, 1 Airbus A340-300, 1 Airbus A340-500, 1 Boeing 767-300, 5 Boeing 777-300ER.

Falcon Express Cargo Airlines

Falcon Express Cargo Airlines is a cargo airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1995 and operates express parcel services throughout the Persian Gulf, mainly for FedEx.

Services:
Falcon Express Cargo Airlines operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Bahrain, Doha, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuwait, Muscat and Riyadh.

Fleet:
The Falcon Express Cargo Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Fokker F27 Mk500, 5 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner.

Phoenix Aviation

Phoenix Aviation is an airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It was established and started operations in 1996 and operates passenger and freight services. Its main base is Sharjah International Airport, with hubs at Bishkek airport (FRU) and Quaid-e-Azam International Airport (KHI), Karachi.

Services:
Phoenix Aviation operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled services: Bishkek and Osh.

International scheduled services: Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

Fleet:
The Phoenix Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 8 Boeing 737-200, 2 Ilyushin Il-76TD.

Pluto Airlines

Pluto Airlines is an airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It is a start-up airline planning to operates the Sharjah to Muscat route and later extend its network to Dakar.

History:
The airline was established in February 2002. It was the emirate's first private carrier, established by Sheikh Fahem Al Qassimi, a member of the royal family

Royal Jet

Royal Jet is an international luxury executive flight services company based at Abu Dhabi International Airport, UAE, owned jointly by the Amiri Flight of Abu Dhabi, UAE and Abu Dhabi Aviation, UAE. It is a 100% government owned company that was inagurated in May 2003 to deliver the finest executive flight services to the flourishing VIP & business aviation market in the Middle East.

Fleet:
The Royal Jet fleet consists of the following aircraft: 4 Boeing 737-700 BBJ, 2 Gulfstream G300, 1 Bombardier Challenger CL300, 2 Rj146.

Syria: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T23:27:00.000-07:00

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in the Middle East. It borders Lebanon to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north. Israel occupies the Golan Heights in the southwest of the country; a dispute with Turkey over the Hatay Province now seems to have subsided. Historically, Syria has often been taken to include the territories of Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and parts of Jordan, but excluding the Jazira region in the north-east of the modern Syrian state. In this historic sense, the region is also known as Greater Syria or by the Arabic name Bilad al-Sham.

Syrian Arab Airlines

Syrian Arab Airlines is the national flag-carrier airline of Syria, based in Damascus. It operates scheduled international services to over 30 destinations in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, as well as domestic services. Its main base is Damascus International Airport.

Services:
Syrianair operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Aleppo, Damascus, Dayr az-Zawr, Qamishli and Latakia.

International scheduled destinations: Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Barcelona, Beirut, Benghazi, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Cairo, Casablanca, Copenhagen, Dammam, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Khartoum, Kuwait, Lahore, Larnaca, London, Madrid, Manchester, Marseille, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Sanaa, Sharjah, Stockholm, Tehran, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna and Yerevan.

Fleet:
The Syrianair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 6 Airbus A320-200, 2 Antonov An-24B, 6 Antonov An-26, 6 Boeing 727-200, 2 Boeing 747SP, 3 Ilyushin Il-76M, 1 Ilyushin Il-76T, 1 Tupolev Tu-134B, 5 Yakovlev Yak-40, 1 Yakovlev Yak-40K.

Saudi Arabia: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T23:03:00.000-07:00

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It is called "the land of the two holy mosques", a reference to Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest places. It is also referred to as Saudi Arabia or Saudi or, less commonly, KSA.

Saudi Arabian Airlines

Saudi Arabian Airlines is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. It also operates domestic and international charter flights. Its main base is King Abdulaziz International Airport, (JED), Jeddah, with hubs at King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Riyadh and Dhahran International Airport (DHA). The Dhahran International Airport is now closed for passenger traffic and is now used only as a military base. However in December 1999, a new civil airport called King Fahd International Airport became operational at Dammam (DMM).

Destinations:

Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia)

Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

Europe (France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

North America (United States - New York City, Washington, D.C.)

Fleet:
The Saudi Arabian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 11 Airbus A300-600, 9 Boeing 737-200, 7 Boeing 747-100, 1 Boeing 747-200F, 10 Boeing 747-300, 5 Boeing 747-400, 3 Boeing 747SP, 1 Boeing 757-200, 23 Boeing 777-200, 2 Lockheed L1011 500 Tristar, 4 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, 29 McDonnell Douglas MD-90, 4 Gulfstream II, 3 Gulfstream III, 6 Gulfstream IV, 1 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300,) 2 Dassault Falcon 900, 3 Beechcraft Bonanza, 8 Piper Archer II.

A number of military C-130s are painted with the Saudi colors and are flown by Royal Saudi Air Force crews to support Saudi official activities in the region and Europe.

Qatar: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T22:53:00.000-07:00

Qatar, officially the State of Qatar is an emirate in the Middle East or Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar peninsula juts 100 miles (160 km) into the Persian Gulf from Saudi Arabia. Much of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand. To the southeast lies the spectacular Khor al Adaid or 'Inland Sea', an area of rolling sand dunes surrounding an inlet of the Gulf.

The highest point in Qatar occurs in the Jebel Dukhan to the west, a range of low limestone outcrops running north-south from Zikrit through Umm Bab to the southern border, and reaching about 295 feet (90 m) ASL. This area also contains Qatar's main onshore oil deposits, while the natural gas fields lie offshore, to the northwest of the peninsula.

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. It operates a hub and spoke network based on Doha, linking 70 international destinations. Its main base is Doha International Airport (DOH). It is among the fastest growing airlines and one of the 5 airlines that have gained the "five star airline" status from Skytrax.

Destinations:

Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Kenya)

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, South Korea, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)

Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

Fleet:
The Qatar Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 9 Airbus A300-600R, 1 Airbus A300-600RF, 1 Airbus A310-300, 2 Airbus A319-100LR, 1 Airbus A319-100CJ, 11 Airbus A320-200, 2 Airbus A321-200, 14 Airbus A330-200, 6 Airbus A330-300, 1 Airbus A340-200.

Palestinian Territories: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T22:35:00.000-07:00

"Palestinian territories" is one of a number of designations for those portions of the British Mandate of Palestine captured and occupied by Egypt and Jordan, and later by Israel in the Six-day War.

The designation refers to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, but does not include the Golan Heights or the Sinai Peninsula, which were also captured by Israel in 1967.

Other terms used to describe the area are the "occupied territories", "occupied Palestinian territories", "Israeli-occupied territories", "disputed territories", "Judea and Samaria, and Gaza", "Yesha", "liberated territories", "1967 territories", and simply "the territories." The United Nations generally uses the term "Occupied Palestinian Territory," with the "Palestinian" label having gained use since the 1970s. Previous UNSC resolutions (such as 242 and 338) use the term "Territories occupied by Israel", whereas in the UN General Assembly Resolution 181 passed on November 29, 1947, the term "Samaria and Judea" was used.

Palestinian Airlines

Palestinian Airlines is an airline based in Gaza, Palestine. It operates scheduled international services from Gaza to the Middle East and North Africa and pilgrim charter services to Jeddah. Its main base is Yasser Arafat International Airport.

History:
The airline was established on 1 January 1995 and started operations in June 1997 with a series of charter flights carrying pilgrims to Jeddah. The flights were originally to operate from Gaza, but due to an Israeli ban, the services operated from Port Said, in northern Egypt. Scheduled services began on 23 July 1997, operating from El Arish to Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Palestinian Airlines transferred its base to Gaza following the opening of the airport in November 1998. The airline was grounded in October 2000 following violence in the region and was forced to move to El Arish in December 2001, where it operated limited services. It is wholly owned by the Palestinain government.

Fleet:
The Palestinian Airlines fleet consists of at November 2005: 1 Boeing 727, 2 Fokker 50.

Oman: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T22:28:00.000-07:00

The Sultanate of Oman is a country in the southwestern part of Asia, on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west, and Yemen in the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea in the south and east, and the Gulf of Oman in the northeast. The country also has an exclave in the United Arab Emirates.

Oman is divided into three Governorates and five regions (mintaqat). These regions are subdivided into smaller districts (wilayat). The five regions are Ad Dakhiliyah, Al Batinah, Al Wusta, Ash Sharqiyah and Az Zahirah or Ad Dhahirah. The three governorates are Masqat or Muscat, Musandam and Dhofar.

Oman Air

Oman Air is an airline based in Muscat, Oman. It operates scheduled domestic and international passenger services, as well as local air taxi and charter work. Its main base is Seeb International Airport (MCT), Muscat.

History:
The airline was established in 1981 and started operations in 1993. It was formed as the result of a merger of the former Gulf Air Light Aircraft division and Oman International Services, as Oman Aviation Services. Oman Air is owned by Individuals (41.7%), Oman government (33.8%) and private Omani companies (24.5%).

Services:
Oman Air operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Khasab, Muscat and Salalah.

International scheduled destinations: Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Chennai, Dar Es Salaam, Doha, Dubai, Kochi, Kuwait, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram and Zanzibar.

Fleet:
The Oman Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 4 ATR 42-500, 3 Boeing 737-700, 2 Boeing 737-800.

Lebanon: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T21:59:00.000-07:00

Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south, with a narrow coastline along its western edge. The flag of Lebanon features the Lebanon Cedar in green against a white backdrop, with two quarter-height horizontal red stripes on the top and bottom.

Lebanon is divided into six governorates, which are further subdivided into 25 districts, also divided into several municipalities englobing a group of cities or villages.

Berytos Airlines

Berytos Airlines is an airline based in Hazmieh, Lebanon. It operates ad hoc charter flights.

Lebanese Air Transport

Lebanese Air Transport is an airline based in Beirut, Lebanon.

MenaJet

MenaJet is a Lebanese charter airline based in Beirut, Lebanon. It operates services to Turkey, Egypt and around the Mediterranean.

History:
The airline was established in May 2003 and started operations on 13 August 2004. It is owned by Al Zamil Group (45%), Gulf Finance House (45%) and others (10%).

The airline was initially planning to operate as a low-cost carrier, however it has since shifted its strategy and is focusing on charter operations. So far, the venture has been successful.

Services:
MenaJet's schedule is constantly changing as they are a charter carrier. In the summer, they operate to a number of destinations for vacation package companies, namely Nakhal. Throughout the rest of the year, MenaJet's traffic mostly relies on wet-leases and non-scheduled charters.

Fleet:
At the moment, the MenaJet fleet consists of a single Airbus A320-200 aircraft.

Middle East Airlines

Middle East Airlines is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, based in Beirut. It operates scheduled international services in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. It is based at Rafic Hariri International Airport.

Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization and the International Air Transport Association. In 2007, the airline will be joining the SkyTeam Alliance as an associate member through its partner Air France.

Fleet:
The Middle East Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: 6 Airbus A321-231, 3 Airbus A330-243.

Services:
Middle East Airlines operates services to the following international scheduled destinations: Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Accra, Amman, Athens, Cairo, Copenhagen (seasonal), Dammam, Dubai, Düsseldorf (seasonal), Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kano, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, London, Milan, Nice (seasonal), Paris, Riyadh, Rome and Sharm el Sheikh (seasonal).

Trans Mediterranean Airways

Trans Mediterranean Airways, more commonly known as TMA or TMA Cargo is a cargo airline based in Beirut, Lebanon.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1953 as a non-scheduled carrier operating cargo and passenger services. It was certified as the only Lebanese scheduled all-cargo carrier in 1979. Trans Mediterranean Airways (TMA) was the first all-cargo carrier to establish round the world services in both directions. However the Lebanese crisis adversely affected TMA growth and operation. In November 1996, following the Lebanese "Horizon 2000" reconstruction plan, the airline took measures to modernise its operations, restructure activities and increase capital to around $40 million. TMA is owned by Lebanese Air Investment Holding (99.9%) and private investors (0.1%).

Services:
TMA flights are currently suspended. At the moment, they periodically wet-lease aircraft to operate some flights on their behalf.

Kuwait: Compilation of Airlines and Information

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The State of Kuwait is a small oil-rich monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia in the south and Iraq in the north. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water."

Kuwait is divided into 6 governorates or provinces. The governorates are Al Ahmadi, Al Farwaniyah, Al Asimah, Al Jahra, Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.

The major cities are the capital Kuwait, and Jahrah (further in the north-west, 30-minute drive from the capital). The main residential and business areas are Salmiya and Hawalli. The main industrial area is Shuwaikh which resides within the Al Asimah Governorate.

Jazeera Airways

Jazeera Airways is an airline based in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It was established in 2004 to operate scheduled regional passenger services. It is Kuwait's first private airline and started a low-fare operation in 2005 with 2 Airbus A320 aircraft. The airline is the first and only fully privately funded scheduled airline in the Middle East, and the second airline in Kuwait

History:
This airline is promoted by Boodai Group (a diversified business group, including City Bus, Boodai Construction & engineering, Boodai Travels). Marwan Boodai is the CEO of Jazeera Airways.

Services:
Alexandria, Amman, Bahrain, Beirut, Damascus, Dubai, Kuwait, Luxor, Sharjah.

Fleet:
Jazeera Airways received its second brand new Airbus A320 on 9 November 2005, only two weeks after receiving its first Airbus A320 on 24 October 2005. The aircraft is the second of a confirmed fleet of four brand new Airbus A320 aircraft, with the remaining two being delivered by June 2006.

Kuwait Airways

Kuwait Airways is Kuwait's national and international airline and is wholly owned by the Kuwaiti Government. It operates scheduled services throughout the Middle East and to Europe, the Far East and North America. Its main base is Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City.

History:
The airline was formed from an idea conceived in February 1953 by two Kuwaiti businessmen. It was established in March 1954 and started operations on 16 March 1954 as Kuwait National Airways. The current name was established in 1958, and that year saw a modernization of the fleet. In the 1970s, the airline further expanded its routes to include flights within the Middle East.

The airline was heavily affected by the Gulf War with many planes having to leave due to the invasion. The aftermath of the war saw a change in composition of fleet. It also led the airline to lose money every year until 2000 when a profit was finally made. In 2005, Kuwait Airways signed an agreement with Sabre Airline Solutions giving Kuwait Airways full access to a modernized planning and crew optimizing portfolio, increasing the possibility to create additional revenue gain and profits in the years to come.

Distinations:

Africa (Egypt)

Asia (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates)

Europe (France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland)

North America (United States - New York City)

Fleet:
The Kuwait Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2005): 5 Airbus A300B4, 3 Airbus A310-300, 3 Airbus A320-200, 4 Airbus A340-300, 1 Boeing 747-400, 2 Boeing 777-200.

Jordan: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south and Israel and West Bank to the west. All these border lines add up to 1,619 kilometres (1,006 mi). The Gulf of Aqaba and the Dead Sea also touch the country, and thus Jordan has a coastline of 26 kilometres (16 mi).

Jordan consists mostly of arid desert plateau in the east, with Highland area in the west. The Great Rift Valley of the Jordan River separates Jordan and Israel. The highest point in the country is Jabal Ram (1,734 m; 5,689 ft), while the lowest is the Dead Sea (-486 m; -1,594 ft). Jordan is part of a region considered to be "the cradle of civilization".

Air Rum

Air Rum is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It is a charter airline specialising in leasing services. It was established in 2002 by Mohammad Abu Sheikh.

Fleet:
The Air Rum fleet consists of 5 Lockheed L-1011 Tristar aircraft (at July 2005).

Air Universal

Air Universal, incorporated January 2002 as a commercial air operator. The headquarters of Air Universal are located in Amman, Jordan. Air Universal is a private airline providing aviation services in the Middle East.

Air Universal is registered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ministry of Industry and Trade. Air Universal holds an AOC as commercial operator / scheduled and charter operations – passengers and cargo. Air Universal specializes in the value added leasing and chartering of passenger and cargo aircraft to flag operators and other domestic and international operators. Value added leasing, in addition to leasing the aircraft, provides for maintenance, flight crews, insurance and airline support.

Fleet:
The Air Universal fleet consists of: Five Boeing 747-200B and Two Lockheed L-1011.

Jordan Aviation

Jordan Aviation is a charter airline based in Amman, Jordan. It was established and started operations in 2000 and operates charter flights to the Middle East, Europe, Far East and Africa. It also provides wet-leasing services to major airlines during peak seasons. Its main bases are Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman and Aqaba Airport (AQJ).

Jordan Aviation is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

Fleet:
The Jordan Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 2 Airbus A310-200, 1 Airbus A310-300, 1 Boeing 737-200, 2 Boeing 737-300, 1 Boeing 727, 1 Sabreliner.

Raya Jet

Raya Jet is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It is a charter airline specialising in leasing services.

Royal Jordanian

Royal Jordanian Airlines is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It operates scheduled international services over four continents. Its main base is Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman.

Distinations:

Africa (Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia)

Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom)

North America (United States - Chicago, Detroit, New York City)

Fleet:
The Royal Jordanian fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 6 Airbus A310-300, 6 Airbus A320-200, 3 Airbus A321-200, 4 Airbus A340-200, 2 Bombardier Q400 - Dash 8.

Royal Wings Airlines

Royal Wings Airlines is an airline based in Amman, Jordan operating regional scheduled and charter flights. Its main base is Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman with a hub at Aqaba Airport (AQJ).

History:
The airline was established on 1 January 1996 and started operations on 10 February 1996. It was formed to help develop local and international tourism with support from Prince Faisal Bin Al-Hussein. On 7 April 1996 Royal Wings began services to Tel Aviv, Israel. In June 1996 Royal Wings merged with Arab Wings with business jet services under one management. A helicopter service was introduced in October 1999. The airline is owned by Royal Jordanian.

Services:
Royal Wings Airlines operates business jet services and flights to Tel Aviv, Aqaba, Sharm el Sheikh and Haifa under the Royal Jordanian banner. Regular charter flights are operated to Red Sea resorts in Egypt and to Larnaca, Antalya and Rhodes (at January 2005).

Fleet:
The Royal Wings Airlines fleet consists of 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 aircraft (at January 2005).

Teebah Airlines

Teebah Airlines is an airline based in Amman, Jordan. It provides aircraft on lease for passenger operations. The airline was established in 2004 by private Iraqi interests. Its main base is Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Amman.

Iraqi Airways operated the first domestic commercial scheduled service since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime from Baghdad to Basra, with 100 passengers in a Boeing 727-247, on 4 June 2005. The aircraft, as with the rest of the fleet, is operated on its behalf by Teebah Airlines of Jordan. It is hoped that services to Arbil and Sulaymaniyah can be added in summer 2005 (ref: Air International, July 2005).

Israel: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T19:33:00.000-07:00

The State of Israel is a country in Western Asia on the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a parliamentary democracy and the world's only Jewish state.

The name "Israel" is rooted in the Hebrew Bible, where Jacob is renamed Israel after wrestling with a mysterious adversary. The biblical nation fathered by Jacob was then called "the Children of Israel" or the "Israelites". Citizens of the modern State of Israel are referred to, in English, as "Israelis".

Israel is bordered by Lebanon in the north, Syria, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, and Egypt and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean in the west and the Gulf of Eilat (also known as the Gulf of Aqaba) in the south.

Arkia Israel Airlines

Arkia Israeli Airlines is an airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is Israel's second largest airline operating domestic services and charters to western Europe and the Mediterranean. Its main base is Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, and it has a hub at Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv.

History:
The airline was established in 1949 and started operations in 1950. It was founded by El Al and Israel's labour federation, Histradut, as Arkia Inland Airlines. In 1972 it acquired 50% of the stock of Kanaf Airlines and Aviation Services and formed Kanaf Arkia Airline and Aviation Services. In March 1980, Kanaf Arkia acquired the remaining stock of Arkia and merged the two operations. The airline is now owned by Kanaf-Arkia Airlines (75%) and airline employees (25%).

Services:
Arkia Israeli Airlines operates the following services:

Domestic scheduled destinations (at May 2006): Eilat, Haifa, Tel Aviv.

International scheduled destinations (at March 2006): Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, Tbilisi.

And a lot more charter services to variety of destinations in Europe.

Fleet:
The Arkia Israeli Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005): 4 ATR 72-500 - 4X-AVZ, 4X-AVW, 4X-AVU, 4X-AVX; 1 Boeing 757-200 - 4X-BAZ; 2 Boeing 757-300 - 4X-BAU, 4X-BAW; 4 Bombardier Dash 7.

CAL Cargo Air Lines

CAL Cargo Air Lines is an airline based in Israel. It operates scheduled cargo flights carrying perishable goods and general cargo to Europe and the rest of the world. Its main base is Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv and it has hubs at Bierset Airport (LGG), Liège and Schiphol International Airport, Amsterdam.

History:
The airline was established in June 1976 and started operations on 2 November 1976. It started as a charter carrier leasing aircraft from El Al as required. It began operating scheduled services using its own aircraft from 1 December 1999. It is wholly owned by Israel's Organisation of Agricultural Co-operatives.

Services:
CAL Cargo Air Lines operates freight services to the following scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Amsterdam, Chicago, Liège , Luxembourg and New York.

Fleet:
The CAL Cargo Air Lines fleet consists of 2 Boeing 747-200 aircraft (at June 2005).

El Al

El Al Israel Airlines is the national airline of Israel. It operates international scheduled passenger flights to Africa, Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East and is based at Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv.

History:
The airline was established on 15 November 1948 and started operations in August 1949 with a service from Tel Aviv to Rome and Paris, extended a year later to London. Non-stop Tel Aviv to New York services were introduced on 15 June 1961, when its Boeing 707 set the world record for the longest non-stop commercial flight covering 5,760 miles in 9 hours, 33 minutes. On 24 May 1991 an El Al Boeing 747 airlifted a record-breaking 1,087 passengers - Ethiopian Jews flying from Addis Ababa to Israel as part of Operation Solomon. In February 1995 El Al finally left the technical receivership it had been operating under since 1982. Uniquely, all international El Al planes are fitted with anti-Missile equipment.

The first phase of a long delayed privatisation was initiated in June 2003 when 15% of the airline's shares were listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Arkia Israel Airlines parent company, Knafaim-Arkia Holdings, acquired a large stake in mid-2004 and intends to take complete ownership. The current owners are Knafaim-Arkia Holdings (40%), private investors (30%) and the state (30%). It employs 5,417 staff.

Destinations:
El Al operates the following services (at October 2005):

Domestic ( Eilat, Ovda, Tel Aviv)

Africa (Egypt, South Africa)

Asia (China, India, Japan, Thailand)

Europe (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom)

North America (Canada, United States of America)

Cargo (Amsterdam, Netherlands; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong, Hong Kong; London, United Kingdom; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Mumbai, India; New York City, USA; Seoul, South Korea; Shanghai, People's Republic of China)

Fleet:
The all-Boeing El Al Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: 2 Boeing 737-700, 6 Boeing 737-800, 5 Boeing 747-200, 5 Boeing 747-400, Boeing 757-200, 2 Boeing 767-200, 6 Boeing 767-200ER, 2 Boeing 767-300ER, 4 Boeing 777-200ER.

Israir

Israir Airlines is an airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It operates domestic scheduled and air taxi flights from Sde Dov Airport, Tel Aviv, as well as Haifa and Eilat, and international charter services from Sde Dov Airport and Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, to Europe, Africa, and New York. It also operates VIP and cargo flights.

History:
The airline was established in 1989 as Kanfei HaEmek (Valley Wings). It changed its name to Israir in 1996 and international flights began in 1999. It is wholly owned by the Ganden Group. Charter service between Tel Aviv and JFK International Airport in New York began in June, 2004. After permission was granted by the Israeli government and the FAA, Israir's charter service between Tel Aviv and New York has been converted to regular scheduled service which started May 1, 2006.

Services:
Israir Airlines operates the following services (as of May 2006):

Europe (Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom)

North America (United States - New York)

Southwest Asia (Israel - Eilat, Haifa, Rosh Pina, Tel Aviv)

Fleet:
The Israir Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of June 2005): 4 ATR 42-320, 2 Boeing 757-200, 1 Boeing 767-300.

Sun D'Or

Sun D'or International Airlines is a charter airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is a fully-owned subsidiary of parent airline El Al and operates regular, ad hoc and seasonal passenger charters using aircraft leased from El Al. Its main base is Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv.

History:
The airline was established on 1 October 1977 as El Al Charter.

Fleet:
The Sun D'or International Airlines fleet consists of 2 Boeing 757-200 aircraft (at June 2005).

Tamir Airways

Tamir Airways is an airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It operates domestic scheduled and air taxi flights from Sde Dov Airport, Tel Aviv to Ben Ya'aqov Airport (Rosh Pina) and Qiryat Shemona Airport. Tamir Airways operates private international charter services from Sde Dov Airport and Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv to Europe and Mediterranean area.

Fleet:
The Tamir Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006): 2 BAe Jetstream 32 (19 seat)

Iraq: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T19:23:00.000-07:00

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares a border with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran (Persia) to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf.

Iraq is divided into eighteen governorates or provinces. Particularly in Iraqi government documents the term "governorate" is preferred. During the Gulf War the Iraqi Government repeatedly referred to the occupied sovereign country of Kuwait as "the Nineteenth Governorate". The governorates are Baghdad, Salah ad Din, Diyala, Wasit, Maysan, Al Basrah, Dhi Qar, Al Muthanna, Al-Qa-disiyyah, Babil, Karbala, An Najaf, Al Anbar, Ninawa, Dahuk, Arbil, At Ta'mim (Kirkuk) and As Sulaymaniyah.

Iraqi Airways

Iraqi Airways is the largest airline of Iraq. The airline is a national carrier as it operates domestic, regional, and international services. Its main hub is in Baghdad International Airport. Today, the Iraqi Airways brand is owned by a new and separate company.

Iraqi Airways is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization.

Services:
Iraqi Airways serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations, or is in negotiations for these destinations. (as of August 2005):

Africa (Egypt)

Asia (Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, United Arab Emirates)

Europe (France, Germany, Greece, Turkey, United Kingdom)

North America (New York,USA; Baltimore, Maryland/Washington, D.C.)

Fleet:
There are still some Iraqi Airways jets in storage in middle eastern countries neighbouring Iraq, such as Tunisia, Jordan and Iran. Of these, there are 2 Boeing 707-300C stored in Queen Alia International Airport in Amman. The aircraft left at Baghdad International Airport are unflyable as all their engines and instruments have been removed. It was announced on 30 September 2005 that Iran will repair and return 5 of their aircraft stored there to Iraqi Airways.

The Iraqi Airways operational fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Antonov An-26, 1 Boeing 727-200, 3 Boeing 737-200, 1 Boeing 767-200.

Ishtar Airlines

Ishtar Airlines is an airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, although it is a private Iraqi airline operating scheduled passenger services.

History:
The airline was founded by a group of former Iraqi Airways pilots.

Services:
Ishtar Airlines operates scheduled passenger services between Dubai and Baghdad (at December 2005). It has plans to expand its operations to operate from Baghdad to London and Frankfurt and from Dubai to Basra and Arbil.

Fleet:
Ishtar Airlines did operate a Boeing 737-200 which was delivered in April 2005, but this aircraft transferred to Iraqi Airways in August 2005.

Sawan Airlines

Sawan Airlines provides flight between some Kurdistan-Iraq cities Erbil and Sulemani and some cities in Europe such as Amsterdam, Copehagen, Stockholm, Frankfurt and London.

Iran: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T18:58:00.000-07:00

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a Middle Eastern country located in Western Asia. Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan (including its Nakhichevan exclave), and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, and Turkey and Iraq to the west. In addition, it borders the Persian Gulf, across which lie Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Shi'a Islam is the official state religion.

Iran comprises thirty ostanha (singular ostan: provinces), each governed by an appointed governor. These are Tehran, Qom, Markazi, Qazvin, Gilan, Ardabil, Zanjan, East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Kurdistan, Hamedan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad, Bushehr, Fars, Hormozgan, Sistan and Baluchistan, Kerman, Yazd, Isfahan, Semnan, Mazandaran, Golestan, North Khorasan, Razavi Khorasan and South Khorasan.

Caspian Airlines

Caspian Airlines is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates services between Tehran and other major cities in Iran and to Ukraine and Armenia. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran.

History:
The airline was established in 1993 and started operations in September 1993. It was set up as a joint venture between Iranian and Russian interests.

Services:
Caspian Airlines operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Ahvaz, Mashhad, Tabriz and Tehran.

International scheduled destinations: Kiev and Yerevan.

Fleet:
The Caspian Airlines fleet consists of 3 Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft (at January 2005).

Iran Air

Iran Air is the national airline of Iran, based in Tehran. Its acronym is Homa, formed from the initial letters of the name in Persian. It operates services to 20 scheduled and 5 charter destinations. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran.

Services:
Iran operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Ahwaz, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr, Chahbahar, Qeshm, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kish, Mashhad, Rasht, Sari, Shahre-Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Urmia, Yazd and Zahedan.

International scheduled services: Almaty, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Baku, Beijing, Beirut, Cologne, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Istanbul, Jeddah, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Sharjah, Stockholm, Tashkent, Tokyo and Vienna.

Fleet:
The Iran Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005): 4 Airbus A300-600, 4 Airbus A300B2, 6 Airbus A310-200, 2 Airbus A310-300, 4 Boeing 727-286, 1 Boeing 747-186B, 3 Boeing 747-286B, 1 Boeing 747SP-86, 11 Fokker 100.

Iranair Tours

Iran Air Tours is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It is wholly government owned and operates scheduled flights within Iran. It also operates charters reaching as far as Northern Europe. Its main base is Mashad Airport (MHD).

History:
The airline was established in 1973 and started operations in 1990 with scheduled flights for its domestic tours division.

Services:
Iran Air Tours operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Abadan, Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas, Chah-Bahar, Isfahan, Khorramabad, Mashad, Rasht, Sary, Shahre-Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Urmieh, Yazd and Zahedan.

Fleet:
The Iran Air Tours fleet consists of 5 Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft (at January 2005).

Iran Aseman Airlines

Iran Aseman Airlines is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates air taxi services and scheduled domestic and regional flights to the Persian Gulf area, Charters are also operated, Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport (THR), Tehran, with hubs at Shiraz International Airport, Mashad Airport (MHD) and Dubai International Airport.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1980. It is government owned, but in the process of privatisation.

Services:
Iran Aseman Airlines operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled services: Abadan, Ahwaz, Ardabil, Asalouyeh, Bam, Birjand, Bojnord, Bushehr, Gheshm, Ilaam, Kermanshah, Khoy, Lamerd, Lar, Mashad, Rafsanjan, Ramsar, Rasht, Sabzevar, Sahand, Sanandaj, Shiraz, Tabas, Tabriz, Tehran, Yasouj and Yazd.

International scheduled services: Bahrain, Bishkek, Doha, Dubai, Dushanbe, Kabul and Kuwait.

Fleet:
The Iran Aseman Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 3 ATR 72-210, 2 ATR 72-500, 4 Boeing 727-200, 6 Dassault Falcon 20, 5 Dornier 228-212, 1 Fairchild FH-227, 10 Fokker 100, 3 Fokker F28 Mk4000.

Iranian Air Transport

Iranian Air Transport is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates cargo charters within Iran and to neighbouring regions. Its main bases are Mehrabad International Airport, Tehran and Ahwaz Airport (AWZ).

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1992. It is owned and operated by the governmental National Iranian Oil Company.

Fleet:
The Iranian Air Transport fleet consists of 2 Fokker 50 aircraft (at January 2005).

Kish Air

Kish Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates international, domestic and charter routes as a scheduled carrier.

History:
The airline was established on December 16, 1989 and started operations in 1989. It is owned by Kish Free Zone Organisation (79%), Kish Investment and Development (11%) and Kish Development and Servicing (10%).

Kish Air is also closely connected with a chain of professionally maintained and well regarded English language institutes located in major cities throughout Iran bearing its name. They were originally established solely to teach their own employees English, but were eventually opened up to the public as demand sharply increased for quality English language instruction. Though the airline itself ceased ownership of the institutes long ago, the chain retains the name and Kish Air pilots and flight attendants continue to be sent there for language instruction.

Services:
Kish Air operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Isfahan, Kish Island, Mashad, Shiraz,Tabriz, and Tehran.

International scheduled destinations: Bahrain, Copenhagen, Dubai and Muscat.

Fleet:
The Kish Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83, 6 Fokker 50, 4 Tupolev Tu-154M.

Mahan Air

Mahan Air is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates scheduled domestic services and international flights to Europe, India and the Far East, as well as cargo and passenger charters to Russia and the Middle East and pilgrim services from Kerman to Syria. Its main base is Mehrabad International Airport (THR), Tehran.

History:
The airline was established in 1991 and began operations in 1992. It joined IATA in 2001 and is owned by Mol-Al-Movahedin Organisation (96 %). It has 900 employees.

Services:
Mahan Air operates the following services (as of May 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Asalouyeh, Bandar Abbas, Kerman, Mahshahr, Mashad, Shiraz, Tehran, and Zahedan.

International scheduled destinations: Bangkok, Birmingham, Delhi, Cochin, Dubai and Düsseldorf. A second British destination, Manchester, was introduced to the network in December, 2005.

Fleet:
The Mahan Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006): 3 Airbus A300B4, 4 Airbus A310-300, 2 Airbus A320-200, 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83, 1 Tupolev Tu-154M, 1 Tupolev Tu-204.

Payam Air

Payam Air is a cargo airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates cargo services for the Iranian postal, telecom and commercial services.

History:
The airline was established in 1996 and is owned by Iran Telecommunications Company (50%) and Islamic Republic of Iran Post Company (50%).

Fleet:
The Payam Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 5 Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, 2 Ilyushin Il-76TD.

Qeshm Air

Qeshm Air (aka Faraz Qeshm Airlines) is an Iranian passenger airline based in the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf. It operates regular passenger service from Qeshm Island (a Free Zone island at the mouth of Persian Gulf) to cities in mainland Iran and also the United Arab Emirates, with some cargo service to other countries. Its Qeshm-Dubai services, similar to that of Kish Air, is popular with foreign guest workers living in the United Arab Emirates who just need to leave the country and re-enter. Mostly choose Kish or Qeshm as these are the closest and cheapest destinations with more flexible visa requirements than mainland Iran.

Safiran Airlines

Safiran Airlines is a cargo airline based in Tehran, Iran. It specialises in international cargo flights on a charter basis, especially outsized cargo, handling and wet-leasing aircraft when required.

History:
The airline was established in 1988 and started operations in 1990. It is owned by MA Habibian and family (30%), MB Nahvi and family (30%), MJ Nahvi and family (25%) and other shareholders (15%).

Saha Airlines

Saha Airlines is an airline based in Tehran, Iran. It operates domestic passenger services and cargo charters worldwide except to the USA and Israel. It was established in 1990 and is wholly owned by the Iranian Air Force.

Fleet:
The Saha Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2005): 4 Boeing 707-320C, 1 Boeing 747-100, 3 Boeing 747-200, 2 Fokker F27 Mk600.

Bahrain: Compilation of Airlines and Information

2006-05-31T18:11:00.000-07:00

Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is a borderless island nation in the Persian Gulf (Southwest Asia/Middle East, Asia). Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain by the King Fahd Causeway (officially opened on November 25, 1986), and Qatar is to the south across the Persian Gulf. The Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge, currently being planned, will link Bahrain to Qatar as the longest fixed link in the world.

Bahrain is a generally flat and arid archipelago, comprising of a low desert plain rising gently to a low central escarpment, in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia. The highest point is the 122 m Jabal ad Dukhan.

DHL International

DHL International is a cargo airline based in Bahrain. It operates scheduled and non-scheduled cargo services throughout the Middle East on behalf of DHL Express. Its main base is Bahrain International Airport.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1979. It is wholly owned by Deutsche Post.

Fleet:
The DHL International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 2 Fairchild Metro 23 and 3 Fairchild Metro III.

Gulf Air

Gulf Air is the national carrier for the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman. The airline operates a fleet of 34 aircraft to 47 scheduled services in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. Gulf Air's hubs are Bahrain International Airport (BAH) and Seeb International Airport (MCT). Gulf Air’s crew comprises of over 80 nationalities which speak over 70 different languages. The trademark catch phrase is 'Colour Your Sky'.

This airline is not part of an airline alliance, however, has extensive codeshare services with other airlines and special partnerships with Jet Airways and Oman Air's Frequent Flyer Programmes.

Destinations:

Europe (Athens, Dublin, Frankfurt, Larnaca, London, Paris)

Middle East and Africa (Bahrain Hub, Muscat Hub Abu Dhabi, Alain, Amman, Beirut,Cairo, Damascus, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Istanbul, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mashad, Riyadh, Sanaa, Shiraz, Tehran)

Asia, the Far East and Oceania (Bangalore, Bangkok, Chennai, Dhaka, Delhi, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jakarta, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kochi, Kolkata, Kuala Lumpur, Lahore, Manila, Mumbai, Peshawar, Singapore, Sydney, Thiruvananthapuram)

Fleet:
The Gulf Air Fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2006): 10 Airbus A320-200, 6 Airbus A330-200, 9 Airbus A340-300 and 9 Boeing 767-300.

Gulf Traveller

Gulf Traveller is the all-economy full service subsidiary airline of Gulf Air. Gulf Traveller is based at Abu Dhabi (AUH) airport and is in the process of being relocated between Bahrain (BAH) and Muscat (MCT) airports.

Destinations:

Middle East (Bahrain [Hub], Muscat [Hub], Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh)

Asia and the Far East (Dhaka, Islamabad, Jakarta, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Mumbai, Peshawar, Thiruvananthapuram)

Fleet:
The Gulf Traveller Fleet consists of 6 Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.

United States of America: Compilation of Airlines and Information

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The United States of America (the U.S., the U.S.A., the States, the United States, or America) is a federal republic in North America. Founded in 1776, it is the oldest extant constitutional republic in the world.

The U.S. originated from thirteen colonies in British North America that declared their independence in 1776. After winning the American Revolutionary War, it was recognized as an independent nation by the Kingdom of Great Britain following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Since then, the nation has expanded across the North American continent and also has acquired a number of overseas territories, adding 37 more states in the process.

The list of States are the following:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

ABX Air

ABX Air (NASDAQ: ABXA) is a cargo airline based in Wilmington, Ohio, USA. It operates overnight express small package services and freight in the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. Its main base is Wilmington Airpark, the former Clinton County Air Force Base, located just southeast of Wilmington, Ohio, and owned by DHL.

ABX Air's main customer is DHL, and the vast majority of the freight it carries is for them. Most of ABX Air's planes are painted with DHL's yellow and red livery.

ABX Air offers shipping solutions, charter services, specialty training, parts sales, and aircraft maintenance services from a privately owned 2,000 acre (8 km²) airport that includes over 120 acres (0.5 km²) of paved ramp area, three aircraft maintenance hangars, two runways, and 1.24 million square feet (115,000 m²) of usable space in the sorting facility. More than 7,000 employees sort and move over 6 million pounds (3,000 t) of freight to over 130 destinations throughout the United States.

Services:
ABX Air operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic freight destinations: Abilene, Albany, Albany, Albuquerque, Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Alpena, Anchorage, Appleton, Arcata/Eureka, Atlanta, Austin, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Bangor, Billings, Birmingham, Bismarck, Bloomington, Boise, Boston, Bozeman, Brainerd, Buffalo, Burlington, Carlsbad, Casper, Cedar Rapids, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chattanooga, Chicago, Chico, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Dallas/Fort Worth, Del Rio, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Dodge City, Duluth/Superior, El Paso, Eugene, Fargo, Flint, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fresno, Grand Canyon, Grand Island, Grand Junction, Grand Rapids, Great Falls, Greensboro, Greenville, Harlingen, Harrisburg, Hartford, Helena, Houston, Huntsville, Idaho Falls, Iron Mountain, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kalispell, Kansas City, Key West, Knoxville, Lake Charles, Lake Havasu City, Las Vegas, Lewiston/Auburn, Little Rock, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Lubbock, Lynchburg, Madison, Manchester, Marion, Medford, Memphis, Miami, Midland/Odessa, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minot, Missoula, Moline, Moses Lake, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New Bern, New Orleans, New York, Newburgh, Norfolk, North Platte, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Orlando, Panama City, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pierre, Pittsburgh, Pocatello, Portland, Presque Isle, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Rapid City, Redding, Redmond, Reno, Richfield, Richmond, Rifle, Roanoke, Rochester, Rock Springs, Rockford, Roswell, Sacramento, Saginaw, Salt Lake City, San Angelo, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San José, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Sault Ste. Marie, Savannah, Scottsbluff, Seattle, Shreveport, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Spokane, Springfield, St George, St Louis, St Petersburg, Steamboat Springs, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Traverse City, Tucson, Tulsa, Twin Falls, Ukiah, Visalia, Waco, Washington, Wausau, Wenatchee, Wichita, Wilmington and Yuma.

International freight destinations: Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Montreal, San Juan, Vancouver and Winnipeg.

Charter services are available for both domestic and international flights using Douglas DC-8-63F and Boeing 767-SF aircraft. Charter customers include the United States Government, United States Postal Service, and many Fortune 500 companies. ABX Charters has operated ad-hoc and scheduled flights into Alaska, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Peru, Surinam, Toronto, Trinidad, Venezuela, and the Virgin Islands.

Fleet:
The ABX Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 27 Boeing 767-200, 5 Douglas DC-8 Series 60, 12 Douglas DC-8 Series 63CF, 2 Douglas DC-9-10, 43 Douglas DC-9-30, 29 Douglas DC-9-40.

Air Cargo Carriers

Air Cargo Carriers is an airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was established in 1986 and operates feeder cargo services for major express carriers in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. Its main base is General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Milwaukee. Fatal Crash on February 5, 2006 in which two of their planes crashed midair over Watertown, WI.

Fleet:
The Air Cargo Carriers fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Dassault Falcon 20, 11 Shorts 330-200, 9 Shorts 360, 4 Shorts 360-300.

Air Evac (airline)

Air Evac is a Medevac airline that provides services across Arizona. Mainly a helicopter user, Air Evac also uses a handful of small airplanes for emergencies. The airline is one of the largest daily flight operators from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Apart from the Phoenix international airport hub, the airline has established seven other hubs in Arizona, including one at Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa.

History:
Air Evac was formed in 1969. The airline was later bought by Petroleum Helicopters of Lafayette, Louisiana.

According to the company, they transport an average of 6,500 passengers every year, and they have logged about 25 million miles (40 million km) of flying. The airline also does charter Medevac work in different areas of the world.

Services:
Although the airline has acquired a few small aircraft to be put in use when more than one patient needs to be flown from remote areas, Air Evac relies heavily on their helicopters, as most of their rescues involve dangerous landings in streets and avenues that are usually filled with electrical devices, police cars, fire trucks and bystanders.

They usually transport helicopter passengers to the nearest hospital and take their airplane passengers to their nearest base, then they drive the patients to a hospital.

Air Florida Airlines

Air Florida Airlines is an airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It was established in 2003 and operates scheduled flights to the Bahamas and charters to other islands. Its main base is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

Destinations:
Air Florida Airlines operates scheduled services from Fort Lauderdale to Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay in the Bahamas (at January 2005).

Fleet:
The Air Florida Airlines fleet consists of 1 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft (at January 2005).

Air Gumbo

Air Gumbo is an airline based in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. It is a proposed low-cost airline start-up seeking to launch services from New Orleans to cities in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. It planned to launch scheduled services in November 2005, but the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina apparently forced the airline to reconsider that plan, and as of March 2006, the airline has not started operations.

History:
The airline was established on 20 February 1998 and is wholly owned by Ralston Champagnie.

Fleet:
Air Gumbo plans to acquire Bombardier CRJ family aircraft and Boeing 737 aircraft.

Air Midwest

Air Midwest is an airline based in Wichita, Kansas, USA. It operates as part of US Airways Express, a network of nine regional airlines under a codeshare and service agreement with US Airways, and in its own right. It serves 24 cities in a nine state area in the lower Midwest region.

History:
The airline was established in May 1965 and started operations in April 1967. It was known as Aviation Services until 1969. In 1985 Air Midwest merged with Scheduled Skyways and on 12 July 1991 was acquired by the Mesa Air Group. It now operates as a division of that company.

Air Midwest operates services for Essential Air Service and also has aircraft operating as America West Express under an agreement with America West Airlines in Phoenix and in independent operations as Mesa Airlines division of Albuquerque and Dallas/Fort Worth. Air Midwest operates for US Airways Express from hubs in Kansas City and Pittsburgh, with smaller operations at Charlotte and Washington, DC.

Services:
Air Midwest operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at May 2006): Albuquerque, Athens, Brookings, Carlsbad, Cedar City, Charleston, Charlotte, Colorado Springs, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Dodge City, DuBois, El Dorado, Farmington, Franklin, Garden City, Great Bend, Hagerstown, Harrison, Hays, Hobbs, Hot Springs, Huron, Jonesboro, Kansas City, Lake Havasu City, Lancaster, Lewisburg, Little Rock, Manhattan, Massena, Norfolk, Ogdensburg, Omaha, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Pueblo, Raleigh/Durham, Roswell, Salina, Washington and Watertown.

On July 2, Air Midwest will commence service to Moab and Vernal, Utah.

Fleet:
Air Midwest currently operates a fleet of 35 Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, 20 in service for US Airways Express and the rest with America West Express and Mesa Airlines.

Airnet Express

AirNet Express is a cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It specialises in delivery of documents and small packages, operating over 500 flights a night throughout the USA and is a major carrier for over 300 of the country's largest banks.

History:
The airline was established in 1974 and was formerly known as US Check Airlines. Since September 1996 it has acquired seven similar but smaller businesses including Midway Aviation, a regional air carrier of cancelled cheques, Express Convenience Center, a small package forwarder, Pacific Air Charter, a small California-based Part 135 operation in June 1997, Data Air Courier, a national carrier of cancelled cheques in July 1997 and Float Control. It is wholly owned by AirNet Systems.

Fleet:
The Airnet Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 4 Bombardier Learjet 35, 29 Bombardier Learjet 35A, 7 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 23 Piper Navajo, 48 Beech Baron BE-58, 8 Cessna 310

AirNow

AirNow is a cargo airline based in Bennington, Vermont. It operates scheduled and charter cargo services. It has hubs at San Antonio International Airport and Corpus Christi International Airport.

History:
The airline was established in 1957 and was formerly known as Business Air.

Fleet:
The AirNow fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 3 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 14 Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante, 1 Embraer EMB-110P2 Bandeirante.

Air Sunshine

Air Sunshine is an airline based in the USA. It operates scheduled service to the Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica. Its main base is Fort Lauderdale.

Destinations:
Air Sunshine operates from Fort Lauderdale to Georgetown, Great Inagua, Guantanamo Bay, Kingston, Marsh Harbour, New Bight, San Salvador, Sarasota, Stella Maris and Treasure Cay.

Air Tahoma

Air Tahoma is a cargo airline based in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It was established and started operations in 1995 and operates contract cargo flights within the USA. Its main base is Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK), Columbus.

Fleet:
The Air Tahoma fleet consists of 5 Convair 580 aircraft (at January 2005).

AirTran Airways

AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline based in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 500 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 130 daily departures from Atlanta. It is the world's largest Boeing 717 operator. Its main base is Orlando International Airport, with a principal hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airline also operates smaller "focus city" operations at Philadelphia International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Chicago Midway International Airport, and Akron/Canton (Akron-Canton Regional Airport).

Destinations:
Below is a list of destinations served by AirTran Airways:

United States

California (Los Angeles, San Francisco)

Colorado (Denver)

Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota/Bradenton, Tampa Bay Area, West Palm Beach)

Georgia (Atlanta, Savannah)

Illinois (Chicago, Moline/Rock Island/Davenport, Iowa/Bettendorf, Iowa, Bloomington)

Indiana (Indianapolis)

Kansas (Wichita)

Louisiana (New Orleans)

Maryland (Baltimore)

Massachusetts (Boston)

Michigan (Detroit, Flint)

Minnesota (Minneapolis/Saint Paul)

Mississippi (Gulfport/Biloxi)

Missouri (Kansas City)

Nevada (Las Vegas)

New Jersey (Newark)

New York (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains)

North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham)

Ohio (Akron/Canton, Dayton)

Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)

South Carolina (Myrtle Beach)

Tennessee (Memphis)

Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston)

Virginia (Newport News/Williamsburg, Richmond International Airport, Washington, DC Suburbs)

Washington (Seattle/Tacoma)

Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

Bermuda and the Caribbean

Bahamas (Freeport)

Fleet:
The Air Tran fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006): 85 Boeing 717-200, 24 Boeing 737-700 (further 51 on order).

Air Transport International

Air Transport International is an airline based in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. It operates worldwide cargo charters for the express package industry and freight forwarders, as well as for the US Department of Defense and the automotive industry. It also wet-leases aircraft. Its main base is Toledo Express Airport (TOL).

History:
The airline was established in 1978 and started operations in 1979. It was formed as US Airways and 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, which was itself acquired by the Brink's Company in February 1998.

Services:
Air Transport International operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Dallas/Fort Worth, Laredo and Toledo.

Fleet:
The Air Transport International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 5 McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 62, 8 McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 70, 4 McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73AF.

Air Vegas

Air Vegas is an airline based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It operates daily sightseeing flights from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Its main bases are McCarran International Airport (LAS), Las Vegas and Henderson Executive Airport (HSH), Las Vegas.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1971. Primarily provides Grand Canyon Tours.

Contact: Toll Free (800) 940-2550 or (702) 433-1677

Fleet:
The Air Vegas fleet consists of 9 Beechcraft C99 aircraft (at January 2005).

Air Wisconsin

Air Wisconsin is an airline based in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, or AWAC, is a privately held regional and commuter airline which operates regional jet flights as US Airways Express under contract to US Airways. Its headquarters base is Outagamie County Regional Airport (ATW).

Services:
Air Wisconsin operates the following services (at April 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Albany, Asheville, Aspen, Atlanta, Baltimore, Bangor, Bentonville, Binghamton, Boston, Bristol/ Johnson/ Kingsport, Buffalo, Burlington, Charleston (SC), Charleston (WV) Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Dayton, Detroit, Elmira/Corning, Erie, Greensboro, Greenville/ partanburg, Hartford/ Springfield, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Islip, Ithaca, Jackson, Jacksonville (NC), Kansas City, Knoxville, Lexington, Louisville, Manchester (NH), Memphis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Montgomery, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, Newark, New Bern, Newport News, New York, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Portland (ME), Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester (NY), Savannah, Scranton, State College, Syracuse, Washington, White Plains and Wilmington.

International scheduled destinations: Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, Canada.

Fleet:
The Air Wisconsin fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006): 4 Canadair CRJ-200 ER, 66 Canadair CRJ-200 LR.

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines based in Seattle, Washington, USA, has grown from a small regional airline to one carrying more than 12 million customers per year. It has its hub at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, as well as large operations at Los Angeles International Airport, Portland International Airport, and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

History:
The airline traces its roots to McGee Airways, which flew its inaugural service between Anchorage and Bristol Bay in 1932 with a single-engined, three-passenger aircraft. Mergers and acquisitions produced changes in the name and saw business expand throughout Alaska and the USA. The name Alaska Airlines was adopted in 1944. Alaska's sister (and wholly owned) airline, 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. A year later the holding company acquired Horizon Air and Jet America Airlines, which merged into Alaska Airlines in 1987. The airline employs 10,040 staff (at January 2005).

Destinations:
This is a list of destinations served by Alaska Airlines.

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Colima, Federal District, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa)

United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

Fleet:
The Alaska Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of late May 2006): 12 Boeing 737-900s, 6 Boeing 737-800s, 22 Boeing 737-700s, 40 Boeing 737-400s, 7 Boeing 737-200Cs, 26 McDonnell Douglas MD-80s comprising of (3 McDonnell Douglas MD-82s, 23 McDonnell Douglas MD-83s).

Alaska Central Express

Alaska Central Express is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It is an Alaskan-owned cargo and small package express service.

History:
The airline was established in 1987 as Yutana Airlines and was renamed in September 1994. It is wholly owned by Western States Investment.

Destinations:
Alaska Central Express operates freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Anchorage, Aniak, Atmautluak, Bethel, Chefornak, Chevak, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor, Eek, Hooper Bay, Juneau, Ketchikan, King Salmon, Kipnuk, Kodiak, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Newtok, Nightmute, Petersburg, Port Heiden, Quinhagak, Sand Point, Scammon Bay, Sitka, St George Island, St Paul Island, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak, Wrangell and Yakutat.

Fleet:
The Alaska Central Express fleet consists of 3 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner aircraft (at January 2005).

Alaska Seaplane Service

Alaska Seaplane Service is an airline based in Juneau, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled services around Alaska, as well as charters. Its main base is Juneau International Airport.

History:
The airline was established in 1954 and was formerly known as Loken Aviation.

Destinations:
Alaska Seaplane Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of 2006): Angoon, Elfin Cove, Juneau, Pelican and Tenakee Springs and hubs out of Juneau.

Fleet:
The Alaska Seaplane Service fleet includes Cessna C-180 Skywagon and DHC-2 Beaver aircraft (as of 2006).

Allegiant Air

Allegiant Air is an airline headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, owned by Allegiant Travel Co., a privetly held company. It operates scheduled services and charter flights. The airline, through its Allegiant Vacations affiliate, also provides complete vacation packages. 34 hotel properties are featured in Las Vegas and 21 in the Orlando and Daytona Beach areas. The vacations division also has partnerships with rental car agencies and show-ticket vendors.

A number of Allegiant destinations are secondary airports that are closer to a large metropolitan area. Some, however, are small markets with little or no airline service other than Allegiant.

History:
Allegiant Air was founded in 1997, with the name WestJet Express and adopted the present name in 1999, and started operations in 1998. Allegiant Air is certified by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) as a “Scheduled Air Carrier” with authority to fly scheduled and charter airline operations throughout the U.S. The Company also has authority for charter service to Canada and Mexico.

Destinations:
California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

Fleet:
The Company currently operates a fleet of 21 aircraft including 2 MD-87's and 19 MD-83's.

Aloha Airlines

Aloha Airlines is an airline headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii USA. It operates extensive scheduled services within the Hawaiian Islands, and between Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. Its main base is Honolulu International Airport. Aloha also markets some interisland routes served by partner Island Air, and its frequent flyer program, AlohaPass, is a partner of United Airlines' Mileage Plus program.

Destinations:
Aloha Airlines serves the following cities (at September 2005):

Hawaii (Hilo - Hawaii, Honolulu - Oahu, Kahului - Maui, Kona - Hawaii, Lihue - Kauai)

U.S Mainland (Las Vegas - Nevada, Oakland - California, Santa Ana - California, Reno - Nevada, Sacramento - California, San Diego - California)

Fleet:
The Aloha Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 9 Boeing 737-200, 3 Boeing 737-200 (cargo), 7 Boeing 737-700.

Alpine Air Express

Alpine Air Express (IATA: 5A, ICAO: AIP, and Callsign: Alpine Air) is an airline based in Provo, Utah, USA. It operates charter passenger and cargo services.

History:
The airline was established in 1972. In October 2004 Universal Express acquired the majority stake (80%) in Alpine Air Express. It also wholly owns Alpine Air Express Chile.

Services:
Alpine Air Express operates freight services to the following domestic destinations (at January 2005): Amarillo, Billings, Bismarck, Butte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Grand Forks, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, Hilo, Honolulu, Hoolehua, Kahului, Kalaupapa, Kalispell, Kamuela, Kauai, Kona, Lanai City, Lubbock, Missoula, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Wolf Point.

Fleet:
The Alpine Air Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 11 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner, 1 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner, 3 Raytheon Beech 99, 4 Raytheon Beech 99A, 2 Raytheon Beech B99, 5 Raytheon Beech C99.

America West Airlines

America West Airlines operating as US Airways, is one of the United States' ten major airlines. The airline is based in Tempe, Arizona and is a part of US Airways Group.

The airline maintains two hubs, one at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, and the second at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada (Through US Airways, it also maintains hubs at Philadelphia International Airport, Ronald Regan Washington National Airport, and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport). It is the second largest low-cost airline in the US. America West provides service to approximately 100 destinations in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Service to Europe is provided through code sharing arrangements. Service was briefly provided to Nagoya, Japan during the 80's.

As of March 2005, America West operated a fleet of 140 aircraft with its only maintenance base in Phoenix.

America West Express is the name for commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Airlines for America West Airlines. The America West Express fleet consists of 43 aircraft.

Destinations:

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario)

Mexico (Baja California, Colima, Federal District, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa)

United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)

Costa Rica

Fleet:
13-Boeing 757-200, 58-Airbus A320-200, 134-Boeing 737-300, 35-Airbus A319-100.

American Airlines

American Airlines is the largest airline in the world in terms of total passengers transported, and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. A subsidiary of the AMR Corporation, the airline is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American operates scheduled flights throughout the United States, as well as flights to Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Western Europe, Japan and India. The chairman and CEO of AA is Gerard Arpey. In 2005, the airline netted over 98 million RPMs.

As of February 2006, American serves 171 cities with a fleet of 707 aircraft. American carries more passengers between the US and Latin America (12.1 million in 2004) than any other airline, and is also strong in the transcontinental market.

American has five hubs: Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago O'Hare, Miami, St. Louis, and San Juan. Dallas/Fort Worth is the airline's largest hub, with AA operating over 84 percent of flights at the airport and traveling to more destinations than from any of its other hubs. Los Angeles International Airport and New York City-JFK serve as a focus cities and international gateways. American operates maintenance bases at Tulsa, Kansas City, and Fort Worth Alliance.

American Eagle Airlines is an airline based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It is a regional airline partner of American Airlines (both are wholly owned by AMR Corporation).

Destinations:

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, India)

Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom)

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Quintana Roo)

United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

U.S. Territories (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)

Bermuda and the Caribbean, excluding U.S. territories (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands)

Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)

Fleet:
s of April, 2006, American's fleet has an average age of 13.3 years [3]. Almost half of its fleet is comprised of McDonnell Douglas MD-82 and MD-83 series twinjets. These are 34-Airbus A300, 266-Boeing MD-82, 95-Boeing MD-83, 77-Boeing 737, 143-Boeing 757, 58-Boeing 767, 16-Boeing 767 and 46-Boeing 777.

American Eagle Airlines

American Eagle Airlines is an airline based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It is a regional airline partner of American Airlines (both wholly owned by AMR Corporation), operating over 1,600 flights a day, serving 140 cities across the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. It is considered to be the world's largest regional airline system. Like its partner, American Airlines, American Eagle is an affiliate member of the oneworld alliance. American Eagle also has a codesharing agreement with Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

Destinations:

Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec)

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí)

United States (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin)

Caribbean (Anguilla, Bahamas, Puerto Rico)

Fleet:
The American Eagle Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 25 Bombardier CRJ 700-701ER, 39 Embraer ERJ-135LR, 59 Embraer ERJ-140LR, 108 Embraer ERJ-145LR (further 8 on order), 38 Saab 340B.

Ameriflight

Ameriflight is a cargo airline based in Burbank, California, USA. It is the largest US Part 135 cargo carrier, operating scheduled and contract cargo services to destinations in 30 US states, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Ameriflight serves major financial institutions, freight forwarders, laboratories and overnight couriers in the western USA and provides feeder services for overnight express carriers nationwide. The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) base is unique to Ameriflight as a large part of their business is last-minute on-demand auto parts and other time critical parts needed to keep assembly lines moving. CVG has also been instrumental in the creation and expansion of Ameriflight's business moving time critical Radioactive medical raw materials.

The company also conducts on-demand passenger charter operations using two Learjet 35As and a King Air 200.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1968 as California Air Charter, and was merged in 1971 with United Couriers (UCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ATI Systems International (ATIS). 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. Ameriflight is wholly owned by ATIS.

Fleet:
The Ameriflight fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006): 5 Bombardier Learjet 35A, 7 Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia, 44 Fairchild SA-227 Metro III & Merlin IVC "Expediter", 20 Raytheon Beech 1900C/1900C1, 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 200, 41 Piper Chieftain/Navajo.

Amerijet International

Amerijet International is a cargo airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It operates all-jet cargo services to destinations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. Its main bases are Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Miami International Airport (MIA).

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1974. It was founded by David Bassett (Chairman and Chief Executive) and a partner with one leased aircraft, operating passenger and cargo services between the USA and the Bahamas. In 1976 Amerijet became a freight only carrier. In late 1978 courier contracts were taken from Purolator, FedEx, UPS, DHL and from Airborne in the early 1980s. In 1982 Bassett bought out his partner and created Amerijet International. It operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from 22 August 2001 until 31 December 2001, from which it emerged after financial restructuring. Amerijet International is owned by HIG Capital (66%) and David Bassett (34%) and has 577 employees (as of January 2005).

Services:
Amerijet International operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Barcelona, Belize City, Cancún, Curaçao, Dominica, Fort-de-France, Georgetown, Grenada, Guatemala City, Kingston, Maracaibo, Merida, Mexico City, Pointe-a-Pitre, Porlamar, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago, Santo Domingo, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Vincent and Valencia.

Fleet:
The Amerijet International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Boeing 727-200, 6 Boeing 727-200F, 1 Bombardier Challenger 601.

Ameristar Jet Charter

Ameristar Jet Charter is a charter cargo airline based in Dallas, Texas, USA. It operates cargo services in the Americas and also acts as a broker to other cargo carriers. Its main base is Addison Airport (ADS), with hubs at Willow Run Airport (YIP)Ypsilanti, MI, and El Paso International Airport (ELP).

History:
The airline was established in July 1999 and started operations on 4 September 2000. It is wholly owned by Tom Wachendorfer.

Fleet:
The Ameristar Jet Charter fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 3 Boeing 737-200 (operated by Ameristar Air Cargo), 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10, 10 Bombardier Learjet 24, 3 Bombardier Learjet 25, 13 Dassault Falcon 20

Arctic Circle Air Service

Arctic Circle Air Service is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled commuter services and charter flights to over 65 Alaskan communities. It was established and started operations in 1973. Its main bases are Anchorage International Airport (ANC), Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), Bethel Airport (BET) and Dillingham Airport (DLG).

Services:
Arctic Circle Air Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Allakaket, Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Arctic Village, Atmautluak, Bethel, Bethel, Chalkyitsik, Chefornak, Chevak, Cordova, Dillingham, Eagle, Eek, Ekwok, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, Goodnews Bay, Hooper Bay, Hughes, Huslia, Iliamna, Juneau, Kaltag, Ketchikan, Kipnuk, Koliganek, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Manokotak, Marshall, Mekoryuk, New Chenega, New Stuyahok, Newtok, Nightmute, Nulato, Petersburg, Platinum, Port Heiden, Quinhagak, Rampart, Sand Point, Scammon Bay, Sitka, St. Mary's, Tanana, Tatitlek, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak, Twin Hills, Unalakleet, Venetie, Wrangell and Yakutat.

Fleet:
The Arctic Circle Air Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Shorts 330-200, Shorts SC-7 Skyvan, 3 Cessna 207, 3 Cessna 402, g Airs, 1 Piper Lance.

Arrow Air

Arrow Air (IATA: JW, ICAO: APW, and Callsign: Big A) is a cargo airline based in Miami, Florida. It operates over 90 weekly scheduled cargo flights, and has a strong charter business.

History:
The airline was established in 1947 as an all-cargo operator. Passenger services were adopted by the late 1970s and early 1980s, both on a charter and regular scheduled service basis. Arrow Air had many passenger flights from JFK International Airport in New York and from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan at the time, using Lockheed L-1011 as well as McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and DC-8 equipment at the time.

During the 1990s, Arrow Air's management decided to return the airline to being an all-cargo operator once again. Formerly a subsidiary of International Air Leases, Air Arrow was acquired by Fine Air in 1999, but it remained flying under the name Arrow Air. Fine Air also still operates under its own name. In January 2004 Arrow Air filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but exited in June 2004 after a bankruptcy court approved its restructuring.

Services:
Arrow Air operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Atlanta and Miami.

International scheduled destinations: Guayaquil, Iquitos, Bogotá, Lima, Panama City, Quito, San José, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Fleet:
The Arrow Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10F, 2 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F, 3 McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 62, 5 McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 63CF.

ATA Airlines

ATA Airlines is an American low-cost and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights from a hub at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, and charter flights across the globe.

Destinations:
ATA Airlines operates the services to the following locations (as of January 9, 2006):

Domestic scheduled destinations (Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Texas)

International scheduled destinations (Mexico)

International charters (Japan, Republic of Ireland)

Fleet:
The ATA Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft: (April 2006) 3 Boeing 737-300, 12 Boeing 737-800, 6 Boeing 757-200, 4 Boeing 757-300, 5 Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar

Atlantic Express

Atlantic Express is an airline based in the USA. It was establsihed in 2004 and is a start-up airline hoping to operate scheduled international passenger services between New York and Europe from August 2005.

Fleet:
The Atlantic Express fleet consists of 1 Boeing 757-200 aircraft (at July 2005). Later in 2005, the name of the airline was changed to EOS. The airline files B757s with only 48 seats (instead of the normal 220).

Atlantic Southeast Airlines

Atlantic Southeast Airlines is an airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA flying to over 100 destinations. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. All flights are operated as Delta flights with a 4000-series flight number. ASA operates nearly 900 flights each day from its hubs at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). ASA also operates from Cincinnati, Ohio and Orlando, Florida.

History:
The airline was established in March 1979 and started operations in June 1979. In 1999 Delta Air Lines increased its stake in Atlantic Southeast Airlines from 28% to 100%. It employs 5,809 staff (at January 2005). On August 15, 2005, Delta announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell ASA to SkyWest, Inc. for $425 million, and on September, 8, 2005, SkyWest announced that the acquisition had been completed.

Services:
Atlantic Southeast Airlines operates the following services:

Domestic scheduled destinations: Aguadilla (starts June 1, 2006), Akron/Canton, Albany, Alexandria, Allentown/Bethlehem/Erie, Appleton, Asheville, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Bloomington, Brunswick, Buffalo, Charleston, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia, Columbus, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Fort Worth, Dayton, Daytona Beach, Des Moines, Detroit, Dothan, Evansville, Fayetteville, Flint, Florence, Fort Wayne, Gainesville, Grand Rapids, Greensboro/High Point, Greenville, Gulfport/Biloxi, Harrisburg, Houston, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Kansas City, Key West, Kinston, Knoxville, Lafayette, Las Vegas, Lexington, Little Rock, Long Island MacArthur Airport, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lynchburg, Macon, Manchester, McAllen, Melbourne, Memphis, Meridian, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Myrtle Beach, Naples, Nashville, New York, Newport News, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Ontario, Palm Springs, Panama City, Pensacola, Peoria, Phoenix, Pinehurst/Southern Pines (Starts June 22, 2006), Pittsburgh, Ponce (starts June 1, 2006), Portland, Reno, Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Sarasota/Bradenton, Seattle, Shreveport, Sioux Falls (starts August 7 2006), South Bend, St. Croix, St Louis, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tampa, Toledo, Tupelo, Tulsa, Valdosta, Washington DC, Westchester County, Wichita, Wilkes-Barre, Wilmington, North Carolina and Wilmington, Delaware (starts June 29, 2006).

International scheduled destinations: Freeport, Monterrey, Montréal, Ottawa, Providenciales, San José del Cabo and Toronto.

Fleet:
The Atlantic Southeast Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006): 12 ATR 72-210, 103 Bombardier CRJ 200ER, 39 Bombardier CRJ 700-701ER.

Atlas Air

Atlas Air is a cargo airline based in Purchase, New York, USA. It operates scheduled freight flights for some of the world's leading airlines, flying to 101 cities in 46 countries. Its main base is Miami International Airport (MIA).

History:
The airline was founded in April 1992 by the late Michael Chowdry, to specialise in the long-term contract outsourcing of its Boeing 747 aircraft. It started operations in 1993 with one Boeing 747 and contracted by China Airlines. In 1995 they began trading publicly on the NASDAQ, and in 1997 appeared on the New York Stock Exchange. An initial public offering of 4 million shares was made in August 1998. In 2001 the airline introduced a new program of leasing and services, based on the ACMI model. Under this new program, Atlas Air cargo planes would be available to other airlines for operations such as charter flights. In July 2004 Atlas Air completed its restructuring plan and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Recently, Polar Air Cargo pilots ended a 20 day labor dispute with its parent, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW.PK) wholly owns Atlas Air, Polar Air Cargo, and a share of Global Supply Systems (49%).

The airline was named after the famous Greek God Atlas, who supposedly carried the world on his shoulders. Their symbol on the plane's tail is a gold man carrying a gold world.

Destinations:
Atlas Air operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and New York.

International scheduled destinations: Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Bangalore, Bangkok, Belo Horizonte, Bogotá, Budapest, Chennai, Dalian, Dhaka, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Guayaquil, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Karachi, Lahore, Liege, Lima, London, Manaus, Milan, Montreal, Mumbai, Nairobi, Osaka, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

Fleet:
The Atlas air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 13 Boeing 747-200, 6 Boeing 747-400.

Bemidji Airlines

Bemidji Airlines is a charter airline based in Bemidji, Minnesota USA. It was established in 1946 and operates domestic cargo flights, as well as extensive charter and air taxi services out of Bemidji and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.

Fleet:
The Bemidji Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at September 2005): 7 Raytheon Beechcraft BE65 Queen Air Excalibur, 8 Raytheon Beechcraft BE65-80,A80-8800,B80 Queen Air Excalibur 1 Raytheon Beechcraft King Air E90, 2 Raytheon Beechcraft Baron 58, 12 Raytheon Beechcraft 99, A99, C99 Airliner.

Bering Air

Bering Air is an airline headquartered in Nome, Alaska. It operates hubs its domestic scheduled passenger and charter services from Nome Airport with a secondary hub in Kotzebue.

History:
The airline was established in September 1979 and started operations on 3 October 1979. It was founded, and is wholly owned, by James Rowe (president and General Manager) and Christine Rowe, to provide quality passenger and cargo services to the people of western Alaska.

Destinations:

Domestic: Bering Air operates services to the following 31 domestic destinations as of 2006: Ambler, Brevig Mission, Buckland, Council, Deering, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Noatak, Nome, Noorvik, Point Hope, Port Clarence, Savoonga, Selawik, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Shungnak, St. Michael, Stebbins, Teller, Tin City, Unalakleet, Wales, and White Mountain.

International: Bering Air offers service from either Nome or Anchorage to the following Russian Far East destinations on a charter basis: Anadyr and Provideniya.

Fleet:
The Bering Air fleet consists of the following aircraft as of 2005: 1 CASA C-212-200 Aviocar, 7 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 2 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner (pressurized cabin), 1 Raytheon Beech King Air 200 (pressurized cabin), 1 Raytheon Beech King Air B200 (pressurized cabin), 6 Piper Navajo, 2 Cessna 207, 1 R-44 Robinson Helicopter

Berry Aviation

Berry Aviation is a charter airline based in San Marcos, Texas, USA. It was established and started operations in 1983 and operates charter passenger and cargo flights as well as work for the US Postal Service.

Fleet:
The Berry Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 4 Fairchild Metro II, 9 Fairchild Metro III.

Bighorn Airways

Bighorn Airways is an airline based in Sheridan, Wyoming, USA. It operates domestic charter passenger and cargo services, including on-demand services for UPS.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1947. It is owned by Robert Eisele (President of the airline) and P&G.

Fleet:
The Bighorn Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 3 CASA C-212-200 Aviocar, 4 Dornier 228-212.

Big Sky Airlines

Big Sky Airlines is a commercial airline headquartered in Billings, Montana, USA. Big Sky Airlines is wholly owned by Big Sky Transportation Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings.

It operates scheduled commuter passenger services to 23 cities and has a hub (of sorts) at Billings Logan International Airport, from which it flies more of its non-stop routes than it does from any other airport. The airline is a crucial air link within the state of Montana, serving as the primary (and in some cases, only) commercial air carrier to several small airports in the state.

History:
The airline was established in 1978 and started operations on 15 September 1978. It started to take over Aspen Mountain Air's Essential Air Service routes in October 1998, following Aspen's bankruptcy. Transfer of services was completed in December 1998.

In early 2005, Big Sky announced a few changes to its service, planning the termination of service to North Dakota, and replacing its Metro fleet with Beechcraft 1900Ds which will be leased from Mesa Air Group subsidiary Air Midwest.

Destinations:
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington.

Fleet:
The Big Sky Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2006): 10 Beechcraft 1900Ds

Blackstar Airlines

Blackstar Airlines is an airline based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It was established in 2002 and is a start-up airline which plans to launch services operating Boeing 747-400 aircraft on transatlantic routes to Germany and France.

History:
As of July, 2005 the airline was still hiring employees with no start date provided.

Blue Moon Aviation

Blue Moon Aviation is a charter airline based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It operates charter services for VIPs and sports teams.

History:
The airline was founded in 2003 by Richard Page (Chief Executive).

Fleet:
The Blue Moon Aviation fleet consists of 1 Airbus A319-100 aircraft (at July 2005), which is operated by Frontier Airlines on behalf of Blue Moon.

Boston-Maine Airways

Boston-Maine Airways is an airline based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. It is a scheduled and charter passenger carrier operating as the Pan Am Clipper Connection.

Destinations:
Boston-Maine Airways operates the following services (as of March 2006):

United States (Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey)

Puerto Rico (Aguadilla, San Juan)

Fleet:
The Boston-Maine Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2005): 15 BAe Jetstream 31, 21 Boeing 727-222 Adv.

Cape Air

Cape Air is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. Its main base is Barnstable Municipal Airport, Hyannis. However, the airline operates in four distinct markets: Cape and Islands, Caribbean, Florida and the Keys, Micronesia.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1989. It is wholly owned by Hyannis Air Service.

Services:
Cape Air operates with 9-passenger Cessna 402s and 46-passenger ATR 42s in the Pacific. Continental Airlines codeshares with Cape Air's flights from San Juan, Puerto Rico's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport for easier connections.

For Florida operations, Cape Air does business as Continental Connection, but the planes are painted in a Cape Air livery. In Micronesia routes are also operated under the Continental Connection banner.

Flights between Hyannis and Nantucket are flown under the Nantucket Airlines name.

Destinations:
United States (Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island)
Caribbean (British overseas territories, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands)
Mariana Islands (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)

Fleet:
As of January 2006, Cape Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft: 3-ATR 42-320, 49-Cessna 402C II.

Caribbean Sun

Caribbean Sun Airlines, known for short as Caribbean Sun, is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA and operates regional services in the Caribbean. Its main base is Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

History:
The airline was established in September 2002 and started operations in January 2003 with flights from San Juan to Tortola using Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. It is owned by Texan businessman Allen Stanford, who also owns sister airline Caribbean Star Airlines, which was established in 2000. They are affiliated, but separate companies. Caribbean Sun grew out of neccessity to add more frequencies on certain Caribbean Star destinations, and to add new destinations to Caribbean Star's route system.

Destinations:

United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico (San Juan, Saint Croix, Saint Thomas)

Caribbean (Antigua, Tortola, Santiago - Dominican Republic, St Kitts, Saint Vincent, Philipsburg - St. Maarten, Barbados, Dominica, St. Eustatius, Trinidad, Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic)

Fleet:
The Caribbean Sun fleet consists of 9 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 aircraft (at May 2006).

Xtra Airways

Xtra Airways is an airline based in Elko, Nevada, USA, serving about 90 cities. Xtra Airways is owned by CXP Management. Its main base is Elko Regional Airport (EKO).

History:
The airline was established in 1987 and started operations in 1989. The airline changed it's name to Xtra Airways from Casino Express Airlines on December 8, 2005 (Source: Airways Magazine, Feb. 2006 Issue).

Services:
Xtra has bases at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Louisville International Airport, and Wendover Airport; it often flies to secondary airports such as Gary/Chicago International Airport for Chicagoland customers instead of O'Hare International Airport or Midway Airport. It also services many rural airports not otherwise served by mainline jet aircraft, such as Fort Collins, Colorado and Wendover, Utah, also serving smaller airports not recognized because of their close proximity to larger ones, such as Cheyenne, Wyoming. Other destinations include Cancun, Punta Cana and Liberia, Costa Rica.

Fleet:
The Xtra Airways fleet consists of 3 Boeing 737-400 aircrafts (as of May 2006).

Chalk's Ocean Airways

Chalk's Ocean Airways is an airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It operates scheduled seaplane flights. It is the oldest continuously operating airline in the world, having begun operations in 1917 and scheduled flights in February 1919, and having only ceased operations for three years due to World War II and four months due to 1992's Hurricane Andrew. Its operations base was at Watson Island, adjacent to the Port of Miami near downtown Miami, for 75 years, but was forced to move most of its flights to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after September 11, 2001, because of security concerns around the port.

Services:
Chalk's Ocean Airways operates services from Fort Lauderdale to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Bimini and Nassau.

Fleet:
The Chalk's Ocean Airways fleet consists of four Grumman G-73 Turbo Mallard aircraft (following the December, 2005 crash of Flight 101).

Champion Air

Champion Air is an airline based in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It operates general charter services, but has added scheduled charter flights to popular vacation destinations operated on behalf of MLT Vacations and Trans Global Vacations. Its main base is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.

Fleet:
6-Boeing 727-200 Advanced aircraft equipped with 56 Business Class Seating and 10-Boeing 727-200 Advanced aircraft equipped with all Coach Class Seating.

Chautauqua Airlines

Chautauqua Airlines is an airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services on more than 670 flights daily to cities in 30 states, Canada and the Bahamas, through feeder services under the names Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, AmericanConnection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines, and US Airways Express for US Airways. Chautauqua is owned by Republic Airways Holdings.

Its main base is Indianapolis International Airport, with hubs at Pittsburgh International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, New York, Newark Liberty International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport.

Fleet:
The Chautauqua Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005): 32 Embraer ERJ 135, 68 Embraer ERJ 145 (further 8 on order).

Colgan Air

Colgan Air is a regional airline of the United States. Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, its major hubs are New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. It has been operating as US Airways Express since 1999 and now serves more than 50 cities in the Northeast and Texas as a feeder for US Airways, United Airlines, and Continental Airlines.

History:
Charles J. Colgan founded fixed base operator Colgan Airways Corporation at Manassas Airport in 1965. It began scheduled service under contract with IBM in 1970 between Manassas, Washington, D.C. and Poughkeepsie, New York. It expanded over the next decade and a half and was sold in 1986 to Presidential Airlines.

After Presidential went defunct in 1991, Colgan and his son, Michael J., restarted the service under the name Colgan Air. It was established and started operations on December 1, 1991. On July 1, 1997 it became a feeder for Continental Airlines, operating under the name Continental Connection.

On December 11, 1999 Colgan left the Continental system and became exclusively a US Airways Express carrier, focusing its routes around major US Airways stations such as LaGuardia, Pittsburgh, and Boston. On January 25, 2005 it announced it would acquire additional Saab 340 aircraft and resume service as Continental Connection out of Houston.

On October 4, 2005 Colgan Air started providing flights for United Express flights out of Washington's Dulles International Airport. Initially serving Charleston, WV, and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, NY, Colgan has expanded its service to include State College, PA; Charlottesville, VA; Allentown, PA; and Binghamton, NY.

Destinations:
Colgan Air serves the following destinations: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia)

Fleet:
The Colgan Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2006): 11 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner, 47 Saab 340B.

Comair

Comair is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines based in Erlanger, Kentucky, USA, a city near the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, which serves Cincinnati, Ohio. Comair is one of the world's largest regional airlines, operating under the name Delta Connection to a large number of destinations in the USA, Canada and the Bahamas.

It also operates some flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Recently Comair opened bases in Greensboro North Carolina, New York JFK and reopened it's base in Orlando Florida.

Destinations:
Comair operates to the following destinations (as of January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Akron/Canton, Albany, Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Appleton, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Austin, Baltimore, Bangor, Binghamton, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Champaign, Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, West Virginia, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus, Dayton, Daytona Beach, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Erie, Evansville, Fayetteville, Flint, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Greensboro/High Point, Greenville, Harrisburg, Houston, Huntington, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lansing, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Madison, Manchester, Melbourne, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St Paul, Moline, Myrtle Beach, Nashville, New York, Newburgh, Newport News, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Panama City, Pensacola, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester, San Antonio, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Shreveport, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield, St Louis, State College, Syracuse, Tallahassee, Tampa, Toledo, Tri-Cities Regional, Tulsa, Washington, West Palm Beach, Westchester County, Wichita, Wilkes-Barre and Wilmington.

International scheduled destinations: Fredericton, Halifax, Montreal, Nassau and Toronto.

Fleet:
The following aircraft are operated by Comair as of September 30, 2005: 147-Canadair CRJ-100/200, 27-Canadair CRJ-700ER.

CommutAir

CommutAir is a regional airline based in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. It operates under the name Continental Connection for Continental Airlines. Its main base is Clinton County Airport, Plattsburgh, NY. It flies mainly out of Logan International Airport in Boston, and Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland to destinations in the Northeast and Midwest United States.

History:
The airline was established in 1989 and started operations on August 1, 1989. It had a marketing affiliation with US Airways since its inception, but changed affiliations to Continental Airlines in December of 2000, when the codeshare agreement with US Airways expired.

Services:
CommutAir operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (As of December 2005): Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia.

Fleet:
The CommutAir fleet consists of 15 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner aircraft (as of December 2005).

Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines is an airline of the United States. Based in Houston, Texas, it is the 4th largest airline in the U.S. and the 6th largest in the world. Continental's tagline, since 1998, has been Work Hard, Fly Right.

Continental flies to destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia from its three hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (in Houston, TX), Newark Liberty International Airport (in Newark, NJ near New York City), and Hopkins International Airport (in Cleveland, OH). Additionally, Continental Micronesia, covers cities in Hawaii, Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia from its hub at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam. (Continental Micronesia was a wholly-owned subsidiary operation as an affiliate carrier until it was folded-into the Continental mainline operation after September 11, 2001.)

Continental is a minority owner of ExpressJet Airlines, which operates under the trade name Continental Express but is a separate, public company. Cape Air, Colgan Air, CommutAir, and Gulfstream International Airlines feed Continental's flights under the "Continental Connection" name; Continental does not have any ownership interests in these companies.

Since September 2004, Continental has been a member of the SkyTeam Alliance, which it joined alongside Northwest Airlines and KLM. Previously, it was part of the now-defunct Wings Alliance. In addition to extensive code-share arrangements with SkyTeam partner airlines such as Delta Air Lines, the airline also code-shares with Amtrak to some cities in the northeastern United States, and with SNCF French Rail to stations in France.

Destinations:

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, Israel, India)

Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom)

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Quintana Roo, Yucatán)

United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington)

Bahamas, Bermuda and the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, British overseas territories, United States Territories)

Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

Fleet:
Continental's all-Boeing fleet consists entirely of two-class aircraft (First and Economy on domestic flights, and "BusinessFirst" and Economy on international flights). The fleet comprises the following aircraft (at January 2006): 18-Boeing 777-200, 16-Boeing 767-400, 10-Boeing 767-200, 16-Boeing 757-300, 41-Boeing 757-200, 47-Boeing 737-300, 63-Boeing 737-500, 36-Boeing 737-700, 99-Boeing 737-800, 12-Boeing 737-900.

Continental Express

Continental Express is the operating name of ExpressJet Airlines providing jet feeder service for Continental Airlines. With service to approximately 150 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, ExpressJet operates all of Continental’s small jet service from its hubs in Houston, New York/Newark and Cleveland, with additional non-hub service.

ExpressJet operates a fleet of 272 Embraer-145 and -135 aircraft. ExpressJet in its previous existence as Continental Express flew turbo-props aircraft such as the ATR-42 and Beech 1900, but Continental Airlines now contracts with other airlines such as CommutAir, Gulfstream International, and Colgan Air to operate prop aircraft as Continental Connection on short-haul routes.

ExpressJet shares the Continental hubs: Houston, Texas's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Newark, New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport, and Cleveland, Ohio's Hopkins International Airport.

In the past, other airlines, such as Trans Colorado Airlines had used the Continental Express name. Trans Colorado Airlines operated in the 1970's and 80's, when Continental had hub operations in Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado. Continental did not move their hub to the new Denver International Airport due to high landing fees.

Destinations:

Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec)

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

Caribbean (Bahamas)

Central America (Guatemala)

Fleet:
ExpressJet Holdings (NYSE: XJT - News) announced on Dec. 28, 2005 that they received notice from Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL - News) of its intention to reduce by 69 the number of aircraft ExpressJet will operate for Continental under the companies' capacity purchase agreement. As announced by Continental, the withdrawal of aircraft from the agreement is expected to begin in January 2007 and be completed during summer 2007. ExpressJet announced in May 2006 that it would retain the 69 aircraft to operate in other business ventures. In the meantime, Continental announced its intention to request proposals from other regional carriers to replace the service for them beginning in January 2007. Continental announced in April 2006 that Chautauqua Airlines had been awarded a contract to operate (presumably) as Continental Connection and fill the void created by the departure of 69 ExpressJet aircraft. There is no information at present as to what type of aircraft will be flown by Chautauqua in this capacity, or where those aircraft will be acquired.

ExpressJet and Continental have completed negotiation of rates for 2006. Continental has agreed to continue paying ExpressJet at December 2005 rates retroactive to January 1, 2006.

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is a major U.S. airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating a large domestic and international network that spans North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean. When non-stop flights begin in December 2006 to Dakar, Senegal (from where direct flights will continue to Johannesburg, South Africa), Delta will be the only U.S. airline to operate flights to Africa.

Delta operates hubs at Atlanta (the world's busiest airport), Cincinnati, New York-JFK, and Salt Lake City. Delta also has large operations in many other cities, including Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, and Washington-Reagan. Delta is also the leading carrier in Florida. Its major international gateways are Atlanta, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and New York-JFK.

Destinations:

Africa (Senegal, South Africa)

Asia Japan, India, Israel)

Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom)

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Federal District, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Yucatán)

United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, US Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Bermuda and the Caribbean, excluding US territories (Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos Islands)

Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

Fleet:
Delta operates an all-Boeing (including McDonnell Douglas aircaft) fleet. These are 32 - 737-200, 21 - 737-300, 120 - MD-88, 16 - MD-90, 71 - 737-800, 121 - 757-200, 28 - 767-300, 59 - 767-300ER, 21 - 767-400ER and 8 - 777-200ER.

Empire Airlines

Empire Airlines is a charter and cargo airline based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA. It operates over 120 cargo flights a day in 18 US states and Canada.

Fleet:
The Empire Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Cessna 208A Caravan I, 33 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 6 Fokker F27 Mk600, 12 ATR42, 1 ATR72.

Eos Airlines

Eos Airlines is an airline based in New York, USA. It operates all-business class services with a higher level of comfort than the major transatlantic carriers' business class and at fares lower than the majors' published business class tariffs. Thus it has been referred to as "economy first class". Its main base is Terminal 4 in John F. Kennedy International Airport.

History:
The airline was founded by Dave Spurlock, a former director of strategy at British Airways. Eos began operations between New York and London Stansted on October 18, 2005. David Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab, chairs a board comprised of industry specialists and venture capitalists. Eos' Management also consists of leading management such as Gil Morgan (ValueJet and Delta) and Eilif Serck-Hanssen (US-Air and Northwest).

Services:
Eos Airlines currently operates a service between John F. Kennedy International Airport and London Stansted Airport, with one daily flight in each direction.

Fleet:
As of October 2005, the Eos Airlines fleet consists of 3 Boeing 757-200 aircraft, whose average age is 12.1 years as of March 2006.

The aircraft flies a unique 48-seat all-business class configuration. It features suite-style seating which incorporates a fold-out table and (in a manner similar to the British Airways first class seats), allows passengers to sit face-to-face to hold business meetings or eat together. The Eos suite also folds out to a completely flat 78" bed in a spacious pod-like enclosure; each passenger is provided with about 21 square feet of space, as well as amenities such as cashmere blankets. The EOS suite gives each passenger more space than any other transatlantic carrier's business-class product.

Era Aviation

Era Aviation is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of Alaska Airlines Commuter service and from Bethel as part of the Alaska Airlines Village service. It also has extensive helicopter operations. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1948 when Carl Brady flew what was the first commercial helicopter to Alaska to work on a mapping contract for the US government. Scheduled passenger services began in May 1983. It is wholly owned by Rowan Companies.

Services:
Era Aviation operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at May 2006):

From Anchorage: Kenai, Homer, Kodiak, Valdez, Cordova.

From Bethel: Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Hooper Bay, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Mekoryuk, Newtok, Nightmute, Platinum, Quinhagak, Scammon Bay, Tuntutuliak, and Tununak.

Fleet:
The Era Aviation fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100, 1 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100, 2 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 200, 6 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300.

ExpressJet Airlines

ExpressJet Airlines is a regional airline based in Houston, Texas, USA. It operates Continental Express services for Continental Airlines offering over 1000 daily departures to more than 125 cities from hubs at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey and Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland, Ohio.

Destinations:

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec)

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)

United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

Caribbean (Bahamas)

Central America (Guatemala)

Fleet:
The ExpressJet fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of May 2006): 30 Embraer ERJ 135, 243 Embraer ERJ 145.

Falcon Air Express

Falcon Air Express is an airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates charter services and wet-leasing of aircraft. Its main base is Miami International Airport. Falcon Air sub-contracts for Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal. Falcon Air also flies for the Department of Defense, universities, tour operators, cruise line groups as well international carriers like Bahamasair and Cayman Airways.

Fleet:
The Falcon Air Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2006): 2 McDonnell Douglas MD-83

Flight International Aviation

Flight International Aviation is an airline based in Newport News, Virginia, USA. It is a Part 135 carrier operating contact charters for US government agencies and foreign governments. It is wholly owned by L3 Communications.

Fleet:
The Flight International fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 2 Bombardier Learjet 25, 2 Bombardier Learjet 35, 7 Bombardier Learjet 35A, 5 Bombardier Learjet 36A, 4 Fairchild Metro III.

Florida Coastal Airlines

Florida Coastal Airlines (FCA) is an airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. It operates services in Florida and the Bahamas.

Services:
In addition to Fort Lauderdale, the airline serves Daytona Beach, Key West, Sarasota, Marathon, Melbourne, and the Freeport, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour.

Fleet:
FCA currently operates a fleet of 5 Cessna 402C aircraft.

Florida West International Airways

Florida West International Airways is a cargo airline based in Miami, Florida, USA. It operates scheduled and charter services worldwide, with its main markets in Latin America, the Caribbean and the USA.

History:
The airline was established in 1981 and was originally known as Florida West Airlines. Following entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 1994, its assets and subsidiaries, were sold to Florida West International Airways in August 1995. Operations restarted on 12 March 1996. Mansour Rasnavad is the president and chief executive of Florida West. It belongs to LAN Airlines Holding

Services:
Florida West operates freight services to the following international scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Buenos Aires, Lima, Port of Spain, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and São Paulo.

Fleet:
The Florida West fleet consists of 1 Boeing 767-300 aircraft (at October 2005).

Freedom Airlines

Freedom Airlines is a regional airline subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It operates 30 Embraer ERJ 145s as Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines out of Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida and will begin serving Delta's hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City as of July 2006.

History:
The airline was established in March 2002, started operations in October 2002 and was the launch customer for the Bombardier CRJ-900. The airline was started in order that Mesa Air Group could fufill its contractual obligations to operate Bombardier CRJ-900 services on behalf of America West Airlines. Establishing Freedom was necessary as Mesa Airlines was operating as US Airways Express under a code share agreement on behalf of US Airways and US Airways' collective bargaining agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) prohibited contract carrier code share arrangements with regional jet carriers such as Mesa if the carrier operated aircraft with more than 70 seats. Mesa Airlines, therefore, could not operate for US Airways and operate the Bombardier CRJ-900.

Initially Freedom operated the Bombardier CRJ-700 and Bombardier CRJ-900 on behalf of America West Airlines. Once US Airways' pilot scope limitation was relaxed, Mesa transferred the operation of all of Freedom's regional jets to Mesa Airlines. Once this transfer was complete Freedom placed a few Beech 1900D turboprops on its certificate and operated these as America West Express under a pro rate code share agreement with America West. In October 2005, Freedom Airlines began operations as Delta Connection.

Destinations:

Delta Connection (Akron, Ohio; Austin, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Birmingham, Alabama; Columbia, South Carolina; Dayton, Ohio; Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers/Bentonville, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; Knoxville, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas; Louisville, Kentucky; Miami, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; New Orleans, Louisiana; Orlando, Florida; Panama City, Florida; Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Tri-Cities, Tennessee)

New service to New York City JFK Airport (Washington, D.C.- Dulles; Philadelphia, Pa.; Syracuse, New York; Albany, New York; Hartford, Conn.; Providence, Rhode Island; Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore, Md.; Washington, D.C., National; Manchester Boston Regional Airport; Portland,- Maine)

Fleet:
Freedom Airlines operated the following aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-700, Bombardier CRJ-900, Beech 1900D, De Havilland Canada Dash-8.

As of October, 2005, Freedom Airlines operates 30 Embraer ERJ 145 as Delta Connection

Dash-8s to be added by July 2006 as Delta Connection.

Freight Runners Express

Freight Runners Express is an airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was established in 1983 and operates scheduled and on-demand services.

Fleet:
The Freight Runners Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 2 Raytheon Beech 99, 4 Raytheon Beech 99A, 2 Raytheon Beech B99.

Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a low-cost airline based at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, USA. It operates flights throughout the United States and Mexico.

Destinations:

Canada (Alberta)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa)

United States (Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin)

Fleet:
The Frontier Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2006): 45 Airbus A319-100, 7 Airbus A318-110.

The average Frontier Airlines fleet age is 2.6 years old as of March 2006.

Frontier has 6 Airbus A319-100, 4 Airbus A318-110, and 10 Airbus A320-110 on order to be delivered by 2011.

Frontier Flying Service

Frontier Flying Service is an airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and Canada. Its main base is Fairbanks International Airport, with hubs at Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW) in Barrow, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Bethel Airport (BET).

History:
Frontier Flying Service was established in 1950 by retired Air Force Colonel Richard McIntyre, catering to Alaska bush communities as a scheduled mail carrier for Wien Air Alaska, as well as providing charters throughout Alaska. In 1974, Frontier was purchased by John Hajdukovich. In 2005 the airline merged with Cape Smythe Air Services, taking on their routes and retaining the Frontier Flying Service name.

Services:
Frontier Flying Service operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of 2006): Anchorage, Aniak, Anvik, Atqasuk, Barrow, Barter Island, Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, Gambell, Grayling, Holy Cross, Huslia, Kalskag, Kaltag, Kotzebue, Koyukuk, Noatak, Nome, Nuiqsut, Nulato, Point Hope, Point Lay, Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse, Ruby, Russian Mission, St Mary's, Savoonga, Shageluk, Tanana, Togiak, Wainwright.

Fleet:
The Frontier Flying Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 8 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner, 8 Piper PA-31-350, 4 Cessna C-206/C-207.

FS Air Service

FS Air Service is an airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It was established in 1986 and operates regional passenger and cargo services, as well as cargo charters.

Fleet:
The FS Air Service fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 CASA C-212-200 Aviocar, 1 Fairchild Metro III.

Go! (airline)

go! is an airline that will provide interisland service within the state of Hawaii. It is a division of the Mesa Air Group and flights will be operated by Mesa Airlines. The airline is currently accepting reservations for service starting June 9, 2006, using Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet aircraft.

Planned Destinations:
Hilo, Hawaii - Hilo International Airport; Honolulu, Oahu - Honolulu International Airport; Lihue, Kauai - Lihue Airport; Kahului, Maui - Kahului Airport; Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii - Kona International Airport at Keahole.

Fleet:
At the start of service, the airline plans to use three Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jet aircraft. By July, the airline plans to have increased the fleet to five, with an additional spare aircraft. Depending on the success of the operation, the airline may add larger aircraft in the future, such as the Embraer 195.

GoJet Airlines

GoJet Airlines is a new regional airline based in St Louis, Missouri, USA. It began scheduled passenger services on 4 October 2005 under the United Express name. Its main base is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport with hubs at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Denver International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport.

History:
The airline was established in late 2004 by the current owners of Trans States Airlines. GoJet was supposed to start on 1 August 2005, but began services on 4 October 2005 instead. The initial fleet consists of three 66-seat Bombardier CRJ-700 regional jets. Current plans will expand the fleet to five aircraft within the first six months with an additional seven aircraft joining the fleet by January 2006.

Fleet:
The GoJet Airlines fleet consists of 13 Bombardier CRJ-700 aircraft (at November 2005).

Grand Aire Express

Grand Aire Express is an airline based in Swanton, Ohio, USA. It operates passenger and cargo charter services, as well as charter management services. Its main base is Toledo Express Airport, Toledo, Ohio.

History:
The airline was established in 1985. After five years based at Monroe, Michigan, Grand Aire Express moved to new corporate headquarters at Toledo Express Airport on 4 January 1999.

Fleet:
The Grand Aire Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Bombardier Learjet 35A, 5 Dassault Falcon 20, 1 Fairchild Merlin 23, 5 Fairchild Metro II.

Grand Canyon Airlines

Grand Canyon Airlines is an airline based at Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. It was established and started operations in 1927 and operates sightseeing tours over the Grand Canyon.

Fleet:
The Grand Canyon Airlines fleet consists of 5 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 aircraft (at January 2005).

Great Lakes Airlines

Great Lakes Airlines formerly Great Lakes Aviation, is an airline based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. It is a regional airline operating domestic scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Cheyenne Regional Airport, with hubs at Denver International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, and Albuquerque International Sunport.

Services:
Great Lakes airlines operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of August 2005): North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona and Kansas.

Fleet:
The Great Lakes Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 6 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, 29 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner.

Gulfstream International Airlines

Gulfstream International Airlines is an airline based in Dania Beach, Florida, USA. It operates scheduled and charter services to 10 Florida cities and several destinations in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. It operates as a Continental Connection carrier for Continental Airlines. Its main base is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, with hubs at Miami International Airport, Palm Beach International Airport and Tampa International Airport.

History:
The airline was established in October 1988 and started operations on 1 December 1990. It was founded by Thomas Cooper, a former captain for Eastern Air Lines. Initially it operated as an on-demand air taxi between Miami, Florida and Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, but was relocated to the Bahamas, when the political climate in Haiti forced the operation to halt. In May 1994 a codeshare agreement was signed with United Airlines. In December 1995 Gulfstream made the transition from a FAR 135 carrier to FAR 121, allowing operation of larger aircraft. Its parent company, G-Air Holdings, acquired Paradise International Airlines in August 1998. The United Airlines agreement was replaced by a similar agreement with Continental Airlines.

Gulfstream International Airlines is owned by G-Air Holdings (99%) and Gulfstream Training Academy (1%).

Services:
Gulfstream International Airlines operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Tampa, Valparaiso, and West Palm Beach.

International scheduled destinations: Andros, Bahamas, Freeport, Bahamas, George Town, Bahamas, Governors Harbour, Marsh Harbour, Nassau, Bahamas, North Eleuthera, Cat Island, Bahamas and Treasure Cay.

Gulfstream operates some charter flights that are not under the Continental Connection code, including twice daily flights from Miami to Havana,Cuba.

Fleet:
The Gulfstream International Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 6 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, 29 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner.

Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines is the 11th largest commercial airline in the United States. It is the largest airline based in the State of Hawai'i and is commonly referred to by the acronym "HAL". Hawaiian Airlines' hub is located at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawai'i and operates a secondary hub out of Kahului Int'l Airport. Hawaiian has code sharing agreements with Alaska Airlines, U.S. Airways , American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Island Air, Northwest Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic Airways.

Destinations:
Hawaiian Airlines flies to the following destinations. This list does not include codeshares.

United States (California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)

Oceania (Australia, Tahiti, American Samoa)

Fleet:
The Hawaiian Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at December 2005): 11 Boeing 717-200, 14 Boeing 767-300ER, An additional 4 older 767-300 (non-ER) aircraft.

Horizon Air

Horizon Air is a regional airline subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group, parent to both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air. Horizon has major hubs in Seattle and Portland. Horizon Air also has an extensive codeshare arrangement with Frontier Airlines, serving smaller markets from Frontier's Denver hub under the name Frontier JetExpress.

Destinations (as Horizon Air)

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia)

United States (California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)

Destinations (as Frontier JetExpress)

Canada (Calgary)

United States (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,N ebraska, New Mexico, Ohio,O klahoma, Texas, Washington)

Fleet:
Horizon Air's fleet consists of the following aircraft as of May 2005: 28 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q200, 18 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q400, 19 Bombardier CRJ 700.

Inland Aviation Services

Inland Aviation Services is an airline based in Aniak, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services and on-demand aircraft charters. Its main base is Aniak Airport.

History:
The airline was established as Bethel Aircraft Services and started operations on 5 August 1995 operating single pilot on demand charter services. In June 1996 Stephen Hill obtained majority ownership of the company and changed the name to Inland Aviation Services. It is owned by Stephen Hill (41%), Eric Feige (39%), Michael Murphy (10%) and Ray Dorsey (10%).

Services:
Inland Aviation Services operates services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (at January 2005): Aniak, Anvik, Atmautluak, Bethel, Chefornak, Chevak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Eek, Grayling, Holy Cross, Hooper Bay, Kalskag, Kasigluk, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Marshall, Newtok, Nightmute, Nunapitchuk, Quinhagak, Red Devil, Russian Mission, Scammon Bay, Shageluk, Sleetmute, Stony River, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak and Tununak.

Fleet:
The Inland Aviation Services fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2005): Cessna 207, Cessna 172, Helio Courier.

Island Air

Island Air (officially Hawaii Island Air, Inc., doing business as Island Air) is an independent commuter airline based in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. It operates scheduled inter-island passenger services in Hawaii. Honolulu International Airport on Oahu and Kahului Airport on Maui are its hubs. With approximately eighty-eighty daily flights, Island Air is the leading commuter carrier in Hawaii.

The airline maintains code sharing and frequent flyer agreements with Aloha Airlines, Continental Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and United Airlines.

Services:
Island Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Hilo, Honolulu, Hoolehua, Kahului, Kapalua, Kauai, Kona and Lanai City.

In addition to scheduled service, the airline makes its Dash 8 aircraft available for inter-island charter flights, and has a Challenger 601 business jet available for worldwide charter flights.

Fleet:
The Island Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2006): 11 Bombardier Dash 8-100/200, 1 Bombardier Q400, 1 Bombardier Challenger 601.

Island Air has agreed to lease two (with an option on a third) Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, a larger, seventy-eight seat version of the Dash 8. The first was delivered in early March 2006, with the second going into service in June 2006.

JetBlue Airways

JetBlue Airways is a American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of New York City, New York, and has major hubs located at John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston's Logan International Airport.

Fleet:
JetBlue's fleet consists of 88 Airbus A320 aircraft, part of firm orders totalling 173, all of which will use International Aero Engines (IAE) V2500 engines. It began delivery of 100 Embraer 190 aircraft in the 3rd quarter of 2005, with an option for an additional 100 aircraft. Ten of the aircraft are currently in service.

Destinations:

Aruba (Oranjestad)

Bahamas (Nassau)

Bermuda (Hamilton)

Dominican Republic (Santiago)

United States and U.S. Territories (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington)

Kenmore Air

Kenmore Air is a small airline based at the Kenmore Air Harbor of Kenmore, Washington on Lake Washington, also with service to Lake Union Terminal on Lake Union. Founded in 1946, it is the largest single operator of seaplanes in the world. The airline also owns a major maintenance and remanufacturing center for seaplanes and other amphibious aircraft.

Kenmore primarily operates seaplanes, mostly the De Havilland Beaver and Otter.

Destinations:
The airline serves the Pacific Northwest region, and acts as a quick connection between Seattle, Washington and Vancouver or Victoria, B.C.. A limited land-based service operates Cessna Caravans out of Boeing Field.

Fleet:
Seaplanes: 2× Cessna 180, 8× DHC-2 Beaver, 2× DHC-2 Turbine Beaver, 6× DHC-3 Turbine Otter, 2× PA-18 Super Cub (used for training purposes).

Landplanes: 2× Cessna 208 Caravan (Kenmore Air Express service)

MAXjet Airways

MAXjet Airways is a United States-based all-business class, low fare transatlantic airline serving London's Stansted Airport. It offers passengers airport lounge access (flagship lounge at Stansted; shared, non-proprietary at JFK and Dulles), premium complimentary meals and beverages, and on-demand in-flight entertainment. MAXjet's corporate slogan is "It's just good business".

Destinations:
Presently, MAXjet serves New York's JFK Sundays to Fridays and Dulles with four flights weekly (expanding to five in July 2006), and the addition of Boston this summer. The airline is evaluating future services linking London Stansted to Chicago, Orlando, Las Vegas, San Jose, San Francisco and Dallas, with further expansion into Continental Europe.

Fleet:
MAXjet's aircraft are configured with 102 seats. The airline currently has 2 Boeing 767-200 aircraft, with an average fleet age of 21.3 years as of March 2006 (previously operated by Qantas [1] and TWA[2]).

Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, is a US airline headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona which operates flights as Air Midwest, America West Express, United Express and US Airways Express. It also operates flights under its own name for flights originating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the Albuquerque International Sunport. Starting June 9, 2006 it will also operate flights for go! a division of Mesa Air Group.

Fleet:
As of FY2003, Mesa Airlines operated 150 airplanes including: Bombardier CRJ-100, Bombardier CRJ-200, Bombardier CRJ-700, Bombardier CRJ-900, Embraer ERJ 145, de Havilland Canada DHC-8-100, de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200, Beech 1900D.

Mesaba Airlines

Mesaba Airlines is an American regional airline based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The airline operates under Mesaba Aviation, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings. All of its flights are operated under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines.

Destinations:
Mesaba operates a fleet of regional jet and turboprop aircraft from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport on short flights primarily to small-to-medium sized cities and towns.

Fleet:

22 Avro RJ-85 69 Passenger Regional Jets 16F/53Y - Fleet to be reduced to 16 aircraft by the end of June 2006, all to be removed from service by December 31st 2006

49 Saab 340 30-34 Passenger Turboprops 30Y to 34Y

2 Bombardier Canadair CRJ-200 50 Passenger Regional Jets 50Y - to be removed from service by Q2 2006

Miami Air International

Miami Air International (IATA: GL, ICAO: BSK, and Callsign: Biscayne) is a charter airline based in Miami, Florida. It operates Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 727-200 aircraft. Under the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program, Miami Air is contracted by the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command (USAF AMC) for transporting troops and cargo.

Midwest Airlines

Midwest Airlines is an American scheduled passenger airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operating from General Mitchell International Airport. Midwest Airlines is largely known for its Signature Service all business class seating arrangement, which includes leather seats arranged 2-by-2 and fresh-baked chocolate-chip cookies. This product is available on Boeing 717 aircraft.

Destinations:
United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin)

Nantucket Airlines

Nantucket Airlines is the sister airline to Cape Air. Nantucket Airlines operates hourly shuttle flights between Nantucket, Massachusetts and Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

New England Airlines

New England Airlines is an airline based in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA. Its main base is Westerly State Airport, and it serves only one scheduled destination, Block Island.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1970.

Destinations:
Westerly,and New Shoreham of Rhode Island

Fleet:
As of November 2005, New England Airlines' fleet consisted of the following aircraft: 3-BNORM BN-2, 1-Piper PA-28, 3-Piper PA-32.

North American Airlines

North American Airlines is an airline based at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City.

North American began operations in 1989, flying charter flights on Boeing 757 aircraft. The company grew during the 1990s, adding flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico, various spots in Mexico and other destinations. North American also started a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to JFK to complement El Al's existing LAX-JFK-Tel Aviv run and provide the Israeli airline with more passengers. North American also opened operations in Newark, New Jersey at that time.

Although North American is small in comparison to many other U.S. airlines, the company has operated flights to destinations on every inhabited continent. In addition to their original 757s, North American also operates Boeing 767s for long-range, high-density charter flights.

The company's scheduled services are currently limited to flights from JFK to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Georgetown, Guyana, and Santiago, Dominican Republic. North American's charter operations make up the bulk of its business: resorts such as Club Med and tour operators in Hawaii and the Caribbean charter North American's aircraft on a regular basis. North American also supplied the 757 used by George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign.

North American Airlines discontinued service to Hawaii as of September 1, 2005. In 2005, North American added weekly round-trip flights between JFK and Accra, Ghana. This is currently the only scheduled non-stop service between the U.S. and West Africa operated by a U.S. airline.

As of February 2006, their website indicates that they operate 5 Boeing 757-200 aircraft, and 3 Boeing 767-300ER aircraft.

Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. Northwest also operates flights from a hub in Asia at Narita International Airport near Tokyo and also operates transatlantic and Asian flights in cooperation with partner KLM from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

Destinations:

Asia (People's Republic of China, Japan, Republic of Korea, India, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)

Europe (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom)

Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan)

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Colima, Federal District, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa)

United States (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Caribbean (Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, British overseas territories)

Central America (Costa Rica)

Oceania (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)

Fleet:
16-Boeing 747-451, 3-Boeing 747-251, 11-Airbus A330-323, 9-Airbus A330-223, 20-McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, 16-Boeing 757-351, 51-Boeing 757-251, 78-Airbus A320-211 & -212, 76-Airbus A319-114, 34-Douglas DC-9-51, 12-Douglas DC-9-41, 99-Douglas DC-9-31 & -32, 18-Boeing 787-851.

Omni Air International

International is a United States charter air carrier that provides passenger service for major American tour operators and for federal government agencies with Boeing 757 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft.

History:
Omni Air was founded in 1983 as Omni Air Transport and operated Learjet aircraft for corporate charter flights and air ambulance services. In 1993, the company purchased Boeing 727 freighter aircraft and began operating as Omni Air Express. The airline was contracted to provide freight services for Emery Worldwide, United Parcel Service, BAX Global and DHL private postal companies. In addition, Omni flew a large fleet of aircraft for the United States Postal Service. After growing the cargo business, in 1997 the company purchased DC-10 aircraft and entered the passenger market under the brand name Omni Air International. The airline provided charter flights for tour operators including Worry Free Vacations and MLT Vacations. In 1999, the company was contracted by the United States Department of Defense to operate military missions around the world. During and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the airline provided support services for troop deployment.

The busiest Omni Air International charter route is between Honolulu International Airport and Las Vegas, Nevada. Seasonal winter and summer schedules are often expanded to include Mexico, Caribbean and Florida destinations.

Fleet:
N270AX DC-10-30, N540AX DC-10-30, N17085 DC-10-30, N630AX DC-10-30, N59083 DC-10-30, N549AX B757-28A, N459AX B757-2Q8, N369AX B757-28A.

Pacific Wings

Pacific Wings also Pacific Wings Airlines, is a commuter air carrier serving interisland flights in Hawai'i. Its hub is at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu, Hawai'i and serves Hana Airport and Kahului Airport on the island of Mau'i, as well as Kamuela Airport on the Big Island of Hawai'i and Kalaupapa Airport and Moloka'i Airport on the island of Moloka'i. The Pacific Wings fleet is composed of single engine Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft. It also charters Cessna 172 aircraft.

Piedmont Airlines

Piedmont Airlines is a regional airline operating under the name US Airways Express for US Airways. Headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, it conducts flight operations along the East Coast of the United States, with concentrated operations at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Piedmont Airlines is a division of the US Airways Group However, the name "Piedmont Airlines" usually refers to an earlier airline that was, during its heyday, one of America's largest airline companies.

Fleet:
48-De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Series 100/200, 12-De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Series 300.

Pinnacle Airlines

Pinnacle Airlines (formerly Express Airlines I) is a regional airline based in Memphis, Tennessee. Pinnacle operates all of its flights under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines. Pinnacle flies 139 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 and CRJ-440 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport to nearby smaller markets.

Fleet:
139 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200/440 50/44 Passenger Regional Jets 200/440

Polar Air Cargo

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. (Polar) is a leader in international logistics, providing scheduled airfreight and charter services between the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Far East. Utilizing a large fleet of all-cargo Boeing 747-200 and Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, Polar provides global customers with time-definite, cost-effective, airport-to-airport scheduled freight service. Polar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW.PK), based in Purchase, New York.

Fleet:
To provide these services, Polar maintains a large fleet of B747 freighter aircraft, the most efficient and cost-effective aerial platform for transporting intercontinental shipments of heavy freight. The result is that Polar has the capacity to handle shipments of widely varying sizes and volumes, and to deliver goods to hundreds of markets around the globe with consistently high quality. Polar is currently parking their 747-100 and 747-200 fleet and laying off all the crews for those airplanes which is over half their fleet. Currently there are plans to purchase new 747-400 and 747-8 aircraft to replace the classic fleet by 2007 or 2008.

Primaris Airlines

Primaris Airlines is an airline based in the United States of America that achieved certification in June 2004 as a Domestic, Flag and supplemental operator, and plans to begin operating scheduled flights sometime in the fourth quarter of 2006 or 1st quarter 2007.

As a scheduled operator, Primaris will serve Los Angeles and San Francisco from New York City with brand-new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Primaris is Boeing's first US airline customer for its new 787 aircraft, with firm orders for 20 aircraft and options for 15 more. Primaris plans to use these aircraft to expand its services internationally.

The airline pitches itself as "for professionals only" and its service as "professional class", aiming to offer luxurious accommodations on its planes at a cut-rate price.

Fleet:
Primaris Airlines will have an all-Boeing fleet. Primaris Airlines was the first low-cost carrier to purchase the 787, and one of the design's launch customers. 1-Boeing 757-2G5, 20-Boeing 737-800, 20-Boeing 787-8.

PSA Airlines

PSA Airlines is a regional airline based in Dayton, Ohio that flies under US Airways Express for US Airways. PSA is wholly owned by US Airways Group. PSA has crew bases in Knoxville, Tennessee, Charlotte, North Carolina and Dayton, Ohio. In addition to flying commuter aircraft for US Airways, PSA operates several ground stations on their behalf in the eastern United States, including the express operation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

History:
PSA began as Vee Neal Airlines which was renamed to Jetstream International Airlines (JIA) in December, 1983. On November 1, 1995 USAir renamed the recently acquired JIA to PSA in order to protect the trademark of Pacific Southwest Airlines, which was once a large carrier on the West Coast that USAir had acquired. Since the acquistion by US Airways, PSA has transitioned from a fleet of turboprop aircraft to an all-jet fleet.

Fleet:
14-Canadair CRJ-700, 35-Canadair CRJ-200.

In March 2006, PSA Airlines fleet age is 1.9 years old.

RegionsAir

RegionsAir is a Part 121 regional airline started in 1996 after American Eagle closed its hub in Nashville, TN. The company's headquarters and main maintenance base are located at the Smyrna Airport (MQY) in Smyrna, TN. It operates a fleet of ten BAE Jetstream 32s.

RegionsAir operates under a code-sharing agreement with American Airlines, to provide flights to communities as American Connection. This is not to be confused with American Airlines other regional partner American Eagle Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corp.

RegionsAir was known as Corporate Express Airlines from 1996 through 1998, and then Corporate Airlines from 1998 through 2004. RegionsAir has been the air service provider for many small communities as part of the Federally-subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) program.

Destinations:
Service to/from St. Louis, Missouri – Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport:

Burlington, Iowa – Southeast Iowa Regional Airport

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – Cape Girardeau Regional Airport

Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri – Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field

Jackson, Tennessee – McKellar-Sipes Regional Airport

Kirksville, Missouri – Kirksville Regional Airport

Marion, Illinois – Williamson County Regional Airport

Nashville, Tennessee – Nashville International Airport

Owensboro, Kentucky – Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport

Paducah, Kentucky – Barkley Regional Airport

Quincy, Illinois – Quincy Regional Airport

Parkersburg, West Virginia – Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport

Ryan International Airlines

Ryan International Airlines is an American FAR 121 supplemental air carrier. Based in Wichita, KS, the US Postal Service was once their main customer, flying Boeing 727-200 on scheduled cargo flights. Ryan flies non-scheduled and charter passenger services for excursion and tour packagers, along with cargo flights for other companies. The fleet began with LearJets, progressed to the Boeing 727, and now consists of about 10 aircraft, including Boeing 737s, 757s, and sporadically McDonnell Douglas MD-82s.

Ryan operated a number of AirTran Airways flights Atanta to West Coast flights in 2003 and 2004; these flights have since been replaced with AirTran's own Boeing 737s.

Ryan now provides aircraft to Ghana International Airlines to assist the startup of the new national carrier of Ghana.

Salmon Air

Salmon Air is a Commuter Airline based in Idaho.

Destinations:
Salmon, ID; Boise, ID; McCall, ID; Moab, UT; Vernal, UT; and Salt Lake City, UT.

Fleet:
Cessna 206, Britten Norman Islander, Piper PA 350 Chieftain.

Scenic Airlines

Scenic Airlines is an American airline which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The airline uses (14) DHC-6-300 Twin Otters which have been converted to VistaLiners and (4) BE-1900 Beechcraft 1900s, both for flight sightseeing tours and regular passenger flights. Since it serves many out-of-the-way airports, Scenic is often the largest tenant. In spring 2006, the airline announced it would be ceasing scheduled passenger operations to focus on its sightseeing flights, citing rising fuel costs.

Scenic Airlines is the only scheduled airline in the continental United States to service unimproved airports.

Scheduled Flight Destinations:
Arizona, California, Nevada

Scheduled Sightseeing Destinations:
Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite.

Fleet:
14-DHC-6 Twin Otter, 3-Beechcraft 1900D.

Shuttle America

Shuttle America is a regional airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. It feeds United Airlines flights at Chicago, Denver, and Washington as United Express, and feeds Delta Air Lines flights at New York and Salt Lake City as Delta Connection.

Shuttle America previously operated as US Airways Express for US Airways, and as an independent carrier flying Dash 8 and Saab 340 aircraft in the Northeast. In spring 2005, it was purchased by Republic Airways Holdings.

Shuttle America currently operates the Embraer 170. These aircraft were initially operated by sister company Chautauqua Airlines, but Chautauqua was forced to transfer their 170s to Shuttle America after the pilots' union at American Airlines claimed the aircraft violated a "scope clause" regulating the size of regional aircraft operated by airlines that also operate under American brands.

Skyway Airlines

Skyway Airlines is an American commuter airline based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The airline operates as Midwest Connect for Midwest Airlines, feeding Midwest's hubs at General Mitchell International Airport and Kansas City International Airport with 19-32 seat aircraft.

Destinations:

United States (Connecticut, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin)

Canada (Toronto, Ontario)

Fleet:
10 Fairchild-Dornier 328JET Regional Jets 32Y, 10 Beechcraft 1900 Turboprops 19Y.

SkyWest

SkyWest Airlines is one of two airlines owned by SkyWest, Inc. - the other being Atlantic Southeast Airlines. It is a North American regional airline headquartered in St. George, Utah. It primarily serves as a feeder airline to and from airports in small-, medium- and large-sized markets in the United States and Canada for two major carriers out of several major regional hubs:

United Airlines as United Express, out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Denver International Airport (DEN), and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD).

Delta Air Lines as Delta Connection, out of Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC).

Fleet:
62-Embraer EMB-120, 9-Canadair CRJ-100, 116-Canadair CRJ-200, 42-Canadair CRJ-700ER.

Song (airline)

Song was a low-cost airline brand owned and operated by Delta Air Lines.

Song's main focus was on tourist traffic between the northeastern United States and Florida, a market where it competed with JetBlue Airways. It also operated flights between Florida and the West Coast, and from the Northeast to the west coast.

Fleet:
Song's fleet consisted of 48 Boeing 757 narrowbody aircraft, fitted in a 199 seat, all-economy class more-legroom configuration and painted in a lime-green livery. Song aircraft also carried onboard satellite television equipment for passenger entertainment, unlike mainline Delta aircraft. However, once the Song fleet is incorporated back into Delta (after May 1st, 2006), the satellite television equipment will eventually be carried on all Delta flights longer than 1750 miles.

Destinations:
The following destinations were operated when Song merged operations back into Delta.

United States (California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Nevada, Washington)

Caribbean (Aruba, Puerto Rico)

Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines, Inc. based in Dallas, Texas, is an airline in the United States. It is the third-largest airline in the world, as measured in number of passengers carried, and the largest with destinations exclusively in the United States. It is known as a "discount airline" compared to its domestic rivals and has been profitable every year since 1973.

Destinations:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

Fleet:
Southwest's fleet is entirely made up of Boeing 737 aircraft. 25-Boeing 737-500, 194-Boeing 737-300, 237-Boeing 737-700.

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines is a United States low-cost airline operating nationwide scheduled and charter flights. The airline is headquartered in Miramar, Florida.

Destinations:

United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico (Atlanta, Georgia; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts; Cancún, Mexico; Chicago; Dallas/Fort Worth; Detroit; Fort Lauderdale; Fort Myers; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Myrtle Beach; New York City; Orlando; Providence; San Francisco; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Tampa; Washington, DC; West Palm Beach)

Bermuda and the Caribbean, excluding US territories (Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos; Kingston, Jamaica; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Nassau, Bahamas; Providenciales, Turks & Caicos; San Salvador, Bahamas; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; George Town, Grand Cayman)

Fleet:
14-Airbus A319-100, 6-Airbus A321-200, 19-McDonnell Douglas MD-82/MD-83.

Sun Country Airlines

MN Airlines, LLC, doing business as Sun Country Airlines (IATA: SY, ICAO: SCX, and Callsign: Sun Country) is an American low-cost airline headquartered in the Minneapolis-St Paul suburb of Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Sun Country uses nearby Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport as its main hub, and flies scheduled and charter flights from the new Humphrey terminal of that airport to destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Destinations:

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa)

United States (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Texas, Virginia, Washington)

Caribbean (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Netherlands Antilles, United States Virgin Islands)

Sundance Air

Sundance Air is a cargo airline based at Front Range Airport near Aurora, Colorado. It operates cargo charter services in the Rocky Mountain region and to Canada and Mexico from Front Range and throughout the Caribbean from Puerto Rico.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in 1985. Sundance Air Venezuela has been established to operate the Puerto Rico services.

Fleet:
The Sundance Air fleet consists of one Raytheon Beech C99 aircraft (as of January 2005).

Ted (airline)

Ted is an airline brand operating in the United States, part of United Airlines. The name comes from the last three letters in the United brand name.

Its creation was announced November 12, 2003, and service began on February 12, 2004. It began service in Denver, a United hub, to compete with Frontier Airlines. The airline is equipped with 54 Airbus A320 aircraft, in a 154-seat all-economy configuration.

All Ted flights are operated by United Airlines crew flying under the United Airlines operating certificate, as Ted is not actually a certificated airline, but rather a brand name applied to differentiate the all-economy service from United's mainline flights. In fact, Ted planes can sometimes be seen operating regular United Airlines flights. In March 2006, Ted's average fleet age is 6.3 years.

Destinations:

Mexico (San José del Cabo/Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur; Cancún, Quintana Roo; Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco)

United States (Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Ontario, California; Orlando, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Reno, Nevada; San Francisco, California; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Tampa, Florida; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, Florida)

Trans States Airlines

Trans States Airlines is a regional airline based in St. Louis, Missouri. It operates as American Connection for American Airlines, United Express for United Airlines, and US Airways Express for US Airways. Its IATA designator is AX and its ICAO designator is LOF.

The company was founded in 1985 to feed Trans World Airlines flights at Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport.

United Airlines

United Airlines, the primary subsidiary of the UAL Corporation, is a major airline of the United States headquartered in unincorporated Elk Grove Township, Illinois, near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, the airline's largest traffic hub.

Destinations:

Asia (People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Japan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)

Middle East (Kuwait)

Europe (Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom)

North America (United States, U.S. Territories, Canada, and Mexico)

Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala)

Oceania (Australia)

South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)

Fleet:
As of December 31, 2005, United operates 460 aircraft (230 owned, 230 leased) with a weighted average fleet age of 10.7 years. These are 30-Boeing 747-422, 52-Boeing 777-222, 35-Boeing 767-322ER, 97-Boeing 757-222, 30-Boeing 737-522, 64-Boeing 737-322, 97-Airbus A320-232 and 55-Airbus A319-131.

USA 3000 Airlines

USA 3000 Airlines is an airline headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. It operates a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft.

Brendan Airways d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines was founded by Apple Vacations, a leading tour operator in the Northeastern United States. Apple was interested in bringing a charter airline "in-house" so they could control crew morale, what aircraft they fly and service plans.

USA 3000 Airlines operating certificate reads "Brendan Airways". However, for all marketing purposes the airline is USA 3000 Airlines; all planes, crew uniforms, ads and websites read so.

The airline provides meals and movies from drop-down LCD screens on all flights.

Destinations:
Baltimore/Washington, Bermuda, Cancún, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hartford, La Romana, Newark, Oranjestad, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, St. Louis and St. Petersburg-Clearwater.

Fleet:
USA 3000 Airlines registrations are N260AV to N271AV. Most planes are new, delivered from Airbus, although a few are leased from other airlines. Airbus A320-212, and Airbus A320-214.

US Airways

US Airways is an airline based in Tempe, Arizona, owned by US Airways Group, Inc. The airline was acquired by America West Holdings Corporation in late 2005, operations are expected to be fully integrated with America West Airlines by 2007. In May 2006, the combined airline is the currently fifth largest airline in the United States and has a fleet of 358 mainline jet aircraft and 352 express aircraft and serves 237 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Europe. The airline became the 15th member of the Star Alliance on May 4, 2004.

Fleet:
US Airways flies a fleet of twinjets, divided between mostly newer Airbus aircraft and generally older Boeing aircraft. As of 12 February 2006, its fleet includes: 54-Airbus A319, 20-Airbus A320-200, 28-Airbus A321-200, 9-Airbus A330-300, 40-Boeing 737-400, 126-Boeing 737-300, 193-Boeing 757-200, 10-Boeing 767-200ER, 99-Embraer 190.

Destinations:
US Airways' routes are heavily concentrated in the eastern United States and Caribbean, with a number of routes to Europe and several destinations on the west coast. Their west coast presence has increased dramatically with the merger with America West Airlines. US Airways Express carriers operate a number of routes, primarily into US Airways' hubs and focus cities, but with a few exceptions, in particular where smaller US Airways Express carriers operate service under the EAS program, and also some point-to-point routes in the northeast and Carolinas.

Wiggins Airways

Brief history:
Wiggins Airways was founded in 1929 by E.W. Wiggins, opperating out of Manchester, New Hampshire. Wiggins Airways was bought out by its employees in the creation of an ESOP in 1985. Wiggins currently employs over 160 people, opperating a FBO and private terminal at MHT. Wiggins Aviation also provides refueling and service to both commercial and private aircraft.

Fleet:
Wiggins Airways currently opperates a fleet of 51 Aircraft. The Majortity of these aircraft opperate as feeders for UPS and Fedex.

This fleet consists of: (As of March 2006) 7 Beechcraft 99 (BE99), 1 DeHaviland Twin Otter (DHC6), 32 Cessna 208 Caravan (C208), 1 Beech A100 King Air.

Wings of Alaska

Wings of Alaska is a regularly scheduled and charter airline company that is based in Juneau, Alaska.

Destinations:
Angoon, Gustavus, Haines, Hoonah, Juneau, Skagway and Tenakee Springs.

Fleet:
A list of airplanes used by Wings of Alaska: Cessna Grand Caravan, Cessna 207, Cessna 206, DeHavilland Beaver, DeHavilland Otter.

World Airways

World Airways is a non-scheduled airline currently headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia.

Though World Airways was founded in 1948 by Benjamin Pepper, Edward Daly is thought of as World's founder. He bought the airline in 1950 for $50,000 and proceeded to acquire DC-4s. World got its first government contract in 1951 and has had a substantial amount of government business since then. Later, World acquired DC-6s and Lockheed Constellations. World entered the jet era in the late 1960s with Boeing 707s and 727s. In the early 1970s World acquired Douglas DC-8s.

World became a key military contractor during the Vietnam War, flying troops and equipment between the war zone and World's base at Oakland International Airport. On March 29, 1975, World operated the last airlift flight out of Da Nang, Vietnam, an event that made world news. Two 727s were flown to Da Nang, one of which landed with Daly aboard. Thousands rushed the airplane and it took off on a taxiway under heavy fire. When the airplane landed at Saigon, they estimated there were over 330 people on board. World did not return to Da Nang until April 17, 2002, then with an MD-11 aircraft to pick up a team of people resolving Missing-In-Action cases from the Vietnam War.

Also, in the early 1970s, World operated three Boeing 747 aircraft. Later, World acquired DC-10s some of which it still operates today. World experienced heavy losses in the 1980s as a result of an attempt at scheduled service. During the first Persian Gulf War, World did a substantial amount of profitable business for the military, enabling the addition of the MD-11 to the fleet.

Today's fleet consists of DC-10 and MD-11 aircraft both in freighter and passenger configuration. World Airways does not currently have any scheduled passenger service. Instead, it provides airlift for customers who need long-haul widebody aircraft for passenger and cargo service. World still receives a substantial amount of its business from the military, but does have both passenger and freight contracts with private organizations, as well as wet leases to other airlines.

During the mid 1990s, World operated the military passenger trunk route from Osan Air Base, Korea and Kadena Air Base, Okinawa to Los Angeles, using MD-11 aircraft.

Mexico: Compilation of Airlines and Information

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Mexico is a country located in North America, bordered by the United States to the north, and Belize and Guatemala to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in Latin America, and also the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and a federal district. Each state has its own constitution and its citizens elect a governor as well as representatives to their respective state congresses. These are Aguascalientes, Baja California Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas and Federal District.

Aero California

Aero California is an airline based in La Paz, Mexico. It is Mexico's third largest airline serving a network of 31 cities in Mexico and the United States, operating over 200 flights daily. Maintenance and overhaul of aircraft, engines and components is also undertaken.

History:
The airline began in 1960 as an air taxi company based at La Paz in Baja California Sur and flying Cessna twins and Beechcraft18's. By the early 1980s Douglas DC-3's were added to the fleet as domestic charters grew. Scheduled services began in the June 1982 between La Paz, Tijuana and Hermosillo using Convair 340 twins. By 1995 the airline fleet was being upgraded to all-jet types with Douglas DC-9-14/15 jets and the longer Douglas DC-9-32s comprising the fleet.

Services:
Aero California operates services to the following airports (at January 2005):

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Ciudad, Ciudad Obregón, Ciudad Victoria, Colima, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, La Paz, León, Loreto, Los Mochis, Manzanillo, Mazatlán, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Puebla, Puerto, San José del Cabo, Tampico, Tepic, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz, Villahermosa)

United States (Los Angeles)

Fleet:
The Aero California fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 21 Douglas DC-9-30

Aero Cuahonte

Aero Cuahonte is an airline based in Uruapan, Mexico. It was established and started operations in 1957 and is a commuter airline serving several towns from Uruapan, as well as operating charter services. Its main base is Uruapan International Airport.

Fleet:
The Aero Cuahonte fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 1 Fairchild Metro II, 1 Fairchild Metro III.

Aerolitoral

AeroLitoral is a regional airline based in Guadalajara, Mexico. It operates feeder services to Aeroméxico's hub airports, using only Aeroméxico flight numbers. It is considered the biggest and most important regional airline in Mexico, offering more than 207 scheduled flights daily to 28 destinations in Mexico and 3 in the United States. Its main base are in Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport in Guadalajara, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport in Monterrey and Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport in Chihuahua.

Services:
This is the list of airports only served by AeroLitoral (at April 2006):

Mexico (Acapulco, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Obregón, Culiacán, Chihuahua, Durango, Guadalajara, Guerrero Negro, Hermosillo, La Paz, León, Loreto, Los Mochis, Mazatlán, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Piedras Negras, Poza Rica, Puerto Vallarta, San Luis Potosí, Tampico, Toluca, Tijuana, Torreón, Veracruz, Villahermosa)

United States (Los Angeles, San Antonio, Tucson)

Fleet:
The Aerolitoral fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006): 12 Saab 340B, 14 Embraer ERJ-145 LR/MP/EP, Embraer ERJ-190 (Planned 4Q/2006-2Q/2007).

Aeromar

Aeromar is an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates mainly domestic routes, its main base is Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City.

History:
The airline was established on 29 January 1987 and started operations on 5 November 1987. It is owned by Grupo Aeromar (publicly listed).

Services:
Aeromar operates services as follows (at April 2006):

Mexico(Campeche, Cancún, Ciudad del Carmen, Ciudad Victoria, Colima, Durango, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Lázaro Cárdenas, León, Manzanillo, Mérida, Mexico City, Minatitlán, Monterrey, Morelia, Poza Rica, Puebla, Querétaro, Reynosa, Salina Cruz, San Luis Potosí, Tepic, Uruapan, Villahermosa, Xalapa, Zacatecas)

Fleet:
The Aeromar fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006): 10 ATR 42-500, 05 ATR 42-320.

Aeroméxico

AeroMéxico, is Mexico's largest airline and is second in Latin America, considered for more than 11 consecutive years as the most on-time airline worldwide. It operates more than 400 daily flights, or 750 together with Aerolitoral , to 63 destinations in Mexico, North America, South America, and Europe. It is a founding member of the Sky Team Alliance. Its main base is Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City with hubs at General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, Monterrey, General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia International Airport, Hermosillo and Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport, Guadalajara.

Destinations:
Asia

Japan (Nagoya)

Europe

France (Paris)

Spain (Madrid)

North America-Mexico

Aguascalientes( Aguascalientes)

Baja California (Tijuana)

Baja California Sur (La Paz, Los Cabos)

Coahuila (Torreón)

Chiapas (Tapachula)

Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez)

Federal District (México City)

Guanajuato (León)

Guerrero (Acapulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo)

Jalisco (Guadalajara Focus City, Puerto Vallarta)

Michoacán (Morelia)

Nuevo León (Monterrey)

Oaxaca (Oaxaca)

Quintana Roo (Cancún)

Sinaloa (Culiacán, Mazatlán)

Sonora (Hermosillo)

Tabasco (Villahermosa)

Tamaulipas (Matamoros, Reynosa)

Yucatán (Mérida)

United States

Arizona (Phoenix)

California (Los Angeles, Ontario, San Diego, Stockton)

Florida (Miami, Orlando)

Georgia (Atlanta)

Illinois (Chicago)

Massachusetts (Boston)

Nevada (Las Vegas)

New York (New York City)

Ohio (Cleveland)

Texas (Houston)

South America

Brazil (São Paulo)

Chile (Santiago)

Peru (Lima)

Fleet:
The Aeroméxico fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006): 02 Boeing 777-200ER, 01 Boeing 767-300ER, 05 Boeing 767-200ER, 05 Boeing 757-200, 22 Boeing 737-700 (+ 9 orders), 00 Boeing 737-800 (+ 6 orders), 10 McDonnell Douglas MD-88, 16 McDonnell Douglas MD-87, 08 McDonnell Douglas MD-83, 06 McDonnell Douglas MD-82.

Aerounion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union

Aerounion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union is an all-cargo airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates cargo services between Mexico and the USA, and intends to fly to Canada and Latin America.

History:
The airline was established on 5 March 1998. In November 2000, Aerounion applied to the United States Department of Transportation for the right to carry cargo between the USA and Mexico. Aerounion is owned by Luis Ramos (99%) and David Hazouri (1%).

Services:
Aerounion operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Domestic destinations: Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey.

International destinations: Dayton and Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles.

Fleet:
The Aerounion fleet consists of 3 Airbus A300B4-200F aircraft (at January 2005).

Aviacsa

Aviacsa is an airline based in Monterrey, Mexico. It operates extensive domestic services radiating from major hubs at Monterrey, Mexico City, Guadalajara and León, with extensions from Monterrey and Mexico City to 3 cities in the USA.

Destinations:
Aviacsa operates regular scheduled service to the following destinations:

Mexico (Acapulco, Cancún, Ciudad Juárez, Chetumal, Culiacán, Durango, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, León, Mérida, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Tapachula, Tepic, Tijuana, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa)

United States (Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles)

Fleet:
The AVIACSA fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005): 6 Boeing 727-200, 25 Boeing 737-200.

Avolar

AVolar is a Mexican low-cost airline based at General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport in Tijuana, Mexico. Operations began on August 2005 with a single Boeing 737-500 aircraft. AVolar is considered the first low-cost airline in Mexico, this is by the time it started flying, since other low-cost airlines such as Click Mexicana, Interjet, and Volaris have grown and succeeded way better than the north based, AVolar. Their planes are painted on their orange and white wave livery.

Destinations:
Tijuana, Hermosillo, Tepic, León, Morelia, Colima, Uruapan, Cuernavaca, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Puebla, Oaxaca.

Fleet:
1-Boeing 737-300 and 2-Boeing 737-500.

Click Mexicana

Click Mexicana is a low-cost airline based in Mexico. It is a subsidiary of Mexicana which rebranded Aerocaribe to Click Mexicana in 2005.

History:
The airline was founded in 1975 and started operations on 12 July 1975 as Aerocaribe. It was formed by Yucatán private investors but was bought by Corporacion Mexicana de Aviación on 23 August 1990. It operated regional services under the Mexicana Inter banner using Fairchild FH-227 and Douglas DC-9-30 aircraft (at January 2005). Mexicana decided to transfer its fleet of Fokker F100 aircraft to Aerocaribe to rebrand the airline, with Click Mexicana starting operations in July 2005.

Services:
Click Mexicana operates services to the following airports (at November 2005):

Mexico (Cancún, Chetumal, Guadalajara, Huatulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Toluca, Torreón, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa)

Cuba (Havana)

Fleet:
The Click Mexicana fleet consists of the following aircraft: 15 Fokker F100

Estafeta Carga Aerea

Estafeta Carga Aerea is a cargo airline based in Mexico. It operates domestic cargo charters in Mexico and the USA and has over 25 interline agreements providing connecting services to the rest of the Americas, Europe and Asia. Its main base is Ponciano Arriaga International Airport in the city of San Luis Potosí.

History:
The airline was established on 9 February 2000 and started operations on 2 November 2000. It began with domestic cargo services and added international services in January 2002. It is wholly owned by the Estafeta Group.

Services:
Estafeta Carga Aerea operates the following freight services (at January 2005):

Domestic freight destinations: Chihuahua, Culiacán, Hermosillo, Mérida, Mexico City, Monterrey, San Luis Potosí and Tijuana.

International freight destinations: Miami.

Fleet:
The Estafeta Carga Aerea fleet consists of 2 Boeing 737-300 aircraft (at October 2005).

Global Air (Mexico)

Global Air (Grupo Aerolineas Damojh) is an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates domestic flights.

History:
The airline was established in 2003 and started operations on 17 May 2003. It had its air operators certificate briefly suspended in 2004.

Fleet:
The Global Air fleet consists of 1 Boeing 737-200 aircraft (at November 2005).

Interjet

Interjet is a low-cost airline based in Toluca, Mexico. It operates from its hub at Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport.

Destinations:
Mexico ( Acapulco, Cancún, Ciudad del Carmen, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tampico, Toluca, Veracruz)

Fleet:
10-Airbus A320

Líneas Aéreas Azteca

Líneas Aéreas Azteca is a privately held, Mexico-based airline formed in 2001, serving primarily Mexican and United States destinations.

The airline is a member, under the name Azteca Airlines, of the Airlines Reporting Corporation.

Líneas Aéreas Azteca has actively sought to expand international routes into the United States. In 2003, Azteca contributed a small amount to traffic through Ontario International Airport, constituting ~0.5% of passenger traffic in each of January and October.

Destinations:

Mexico (Acapulco, Cancún, Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Culiacán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mexico City, Mexicali, Monterrey, Morelia, Oaxaca, Puebla, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Uruapan, Zacatecas,)

United States (Oakland, Ontario, New York City)

Fleet:
The Líneas Aéreas Azteca fleet consists of the following aircraft: 3-Boeing 737-700, 6-Boeing 737-300.

Mexicana de Aviación

Mexicana de Aviación (commonly known by the shorter name Mexicana) is Mexico's second-largest airline - after Aeroméxico - and the world's fourth oldest airline still using its original name, after the Netherlands KLM, Colombia's Avianca, and Australia's Qantas.

Destinations:
This is the list of airports that Mexicana flies to. It does not include cities only served by Click Mexicana.

North America

Canada

British Columbia (Vancouver)

Ontario (Toronto)

Quebec (Montréal)

Mexico

Baja California (Mexicali, Tijuana)

Baja California Sur (Los Cabos)

Campeche (Ciudad del Carmen)

Colima (Colima)

Federal District (Mexico City)

Guanajuato (León)

Guerrero (Acapulco, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo)

Jalisco (Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta)

Michoacán (Morelia)

Nuevo León (Monterrey)

Oaxaca (Huatulco, Oaxaca)

Quintana Roo (Cancún, Cozumel)

Sinaloa (Culiacán, Mazatlán)

Tabasco (Villahermosa)

Tamaulipas (Tampico)

Veracruz (Minatitlán/Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz)

Yucatán (Mérida)

Zacatecas (Zacatecas)

United States

California (Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose)

Colorado (Denver)

Florida (Miami)

Illinois (Chicago)

Maryland (Baltimore)

Nevada (Las Vegas)

New York (New York City)

Oregon (Portland)

Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth, San Antonio)

Central America & Caribbean

Costa Rica (San José)

Cuba (Havana)

El Salvador (San Salvado)

Guatemala (Guatemala City)

South America

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Colombia (Bogotá)

Ecuador (Guayaquil, Quito)

Venezuela (Caracas)

Volaris

Volaris is the commercial brand of the Mexican group Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A. de C.V., a low cost airline based in the city of Toluca, Mexico State. The name Volaris was selected among 1000 proposals, representing a fusion between the word volar (to fly) and Polaris a star in the sky that indicated north to antique travelers.

The inauguration of activities was held with a ceremony at the Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport (TLC) in which President of Mexico Vicente Fox cut the inauguration ribbon. Volaris' first flight was a Toluca-Tijuana trip on March 13, 2006.

The founding and owner partners of Volaris are Protego Discovery Fund, Grupo Televisa the world's biggest spanish mass media conglomerate, Inbursa (a Mexican bank owned by billionaire Carlos Slim) and TACA, the national airline of El Salvador. Each of these partners invested 25% of the initial cost of activities, accounting $100 million USD.

Fleet:
4-Airbus A319

They have signed an order of 16 more brand new aircraft of the same model, for delivery in 2007, with a configuration of 144 seats in a single class. The same contract has options for 40 additional A319. The separation pitch between each seat is 16 inches. Seats are made of leather.

Due to the experience of TACA the engines selected for Volaris' fleet were the model V2500 of the company International Aero Engines.

Destinations:
Cancún. León, Monterrey, Guadalajara, Toluca, Tijuana.

Greenland: Compilation of Airlines and Information

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Greenland is a self-governed Danish territory. Though both geographically and ethnically it is an Arctic island nation located in the continent of North America, politically and historically, Greenland is closely associated with Europe. The Atlantic Ocean borders Greenland's southeast; the Greenland Sea is to the east; the Arctic Ocean is to the north; and Baffin Bay is to the west. The nearest countries are Iceland, east of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean, and Canada, to the west and across Baffin Bay. Greenland is the world's largest island, and is the largest dependent territory by area in the world.

The total area of Greenland measures 836,109 square miles (2,166,086 km²), of which the Greenland ice sheet covers 677,676 square miles (1,755,637 km²)(81%). The coastline of Greenland is 24,430 miles long (39,330 km), about the same length as the Earth's circumference at the Equator.

Air Greenland

Air Greenland is the national airline of Greenland, based in Nuuk. It operates largely domestic services, with one international service to Copenhagen. It offers concessional air services to all communities in Greenland and operates charter, taxi and special flights, such as air ambulance and search and rescue. Its HQ is at Nuuk Airport.

History:
The airline was established and started operations in November 1960 as Greenlandair. It was founded by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and mining company Kryolitselskabet and in 1962 the Greenland provincial government and the government of Denmark became co-owners. In 1998 Greenlandair began operating its first jet aircraft, a Boeing 757-200. In 2002 Greenlandair changed its name to Air Greenland.

The international service to Copenhagen carried nearly 95,000 passengers in 2003. In 2003 Air Greenland won the U.S. Air Force contract for flights to Thule Air Base (previously held by SAS). Flights to Thule Air Base started in February 2004.

Services:
Air Greenland operates the following services (at September 2005):

Greenland: Aasiaat, Alluitsup Paa, Grønnedal, Ilulissat, Kangerlussuaq Airport, Kulusuk, Maniitsoq, Nanortalik, Narsaq, Narsarsuaq, Nuuk, Paamiut, Pituffik, Qaanaaq, Qaarsut, Qaqortoq, Sisimiut, Upernavik and Uummannaq

Denmark: Copenhagen.

In 2007 Air Greenland will start flights to North America. (Rumors say that the route will be between Kangerlussuaq and Baltimore and open in May 2007)

Fleet:
The Air Greenland fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2005): 1 Airbus A330-200, 1 Boeing 757-200, 6 Bombardier Dash 7, 2 DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300, 3 Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, 1 Beech King Air 200, 4 Bell 212 helicopter, 2 Eurocopter AS350 B2 helicopter, 4 Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter.