Group. History: Maersk Air was formed in 1969. Subsidiaries: In May 1983 Maersk Air acquired the

commuter airline Air Business, since renamed Maersk Commuter. The company has a 38 per cent shareholding of Danair A/S. Maersk operates a helicopter division supporting North Sea oil fields from Esbjerg, and owns Maersk Air Cargo, together with a number of travel agencies. The carrier is also engaged in aircraft hand­ling, air-taxi operations, and extensive aircraft leasing activities.

Fleet: two Boeing 737-200, seven 737-300, four Fokker 50, three Dash 7, four Bell 212, two Aerospatiale Super Puma. On order: four Fokker 50.

Executives: chairman, Karsten Borch; president, Bjarne Hansen; executive v-p, Ole Dietz; senior v-p, Joern Eriksen; v-ps: flight operations, Bjorn Nitschke; tech­nical, Ole Skytte; sales, Ralph Walldorf; passenger relations, Jens Grabow; commuter, Jan Gotfredsen.

Employees: 1,000. Head Office: Copenhagen Airport South, DK-2791

Dragoer, Denmark. ^ 4 ^ 3 1 1 2 5 . Tel: (01) 534444.

Maersk Commuter, formerly known as Air Business, is a subsidiary of the A. P. Moller (Maersk Line) Group. The carrier operates scheduled passenger services from Esbjerg and Arhus to Stavanger. In addition, scheduled services are operated on behalf of sister company Maersk Air. The airline plans to introduce new scheduled services this year, in conjunction with Maersk Air, from Copenhagen to Basle and Cologne, and from Billund and Arhus to Goteborg and Stockholm.

History: The company was formed in 1983. Fleet: two Shorts 360. Executives: general manager, Jan Gotfredsen;

mangers: flight operations, Leif Nielsen; technical, Verner Stigsen. Employees: 60.

Head Office: Esbjerg Airport, 6705. Esbjerg East, Denmark.

^ ^ 54452. Tel: (05) 160466. Fax: (05) 160324.

Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier, was known as Malaysian Airline System (MAS) until October 1987. The airline is 52 per cent state-owned, comprising 42 per cent held by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated) and 5 per cent each held by the Sarawak and Sabah State Govern­ments.

Routes: MAS operates an extensive network of sched­uled domestic flights to 34 points plus international services to Singapore, Jakarta, Hat Yai, Bandar Seri Begawan, Medan, Manila, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Dubai, Amman, Colombo, Denpasar, Bangkok, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Madras, Seoul, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Jeddah, London, Frankfurt, Paris, and Mauritius.

Subsidiaries: The airline has equity participation in six major associate companies, including Malaysia Helicop­ter Services, and Pelangi Air Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's new domestic airline which started operations in January 1988.

History: MAS was formed in April 1971 after the ending of the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines consortium, and operations began in October 1972.

Fleet: one Boeing 747-300 Combi, two 747-200B, three DC-10-30, four Airbus A300B4, 11 737-200, one 737-200C, 11 Fokker F.27-500, four Twin Otter. On order: three 747-400 Combi, nine Fokker 50.

Executives: managing director, Dato' Haji Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rehman; senior directors: operations, Kama-ruddin Ahmad; planning & services, Bernard Thomazios; directors: customer services, Chan Chat Lai; corporate planning, C. Poobalasingam; marketing & sales, Baharuddin Nordin; engineering, Resham Singh; person­nel, Abdullah Mat Zaid; flight operations, Capt Hassan Ahmad; finance, Sulaiman Musa; administration and company secretary, Bakhtiar Affandi.

Employees: 11,367. Head Office: 33rd Floor, MAS Building, Jalan Sultan

Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^ ^ M A 37614. Tel: 2610555. Fax: 603261 3472.

Malev (Magyar Legikozleked'esi Vallalat), the Hungarian national airline, operates a network of scheduled

passenger and cargo services to points in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. In 1988 the carrier intro­duced its first Western-made aircraft, three Boeing 737 and a BAe 146. The BAe 146-200QT is jointly operated with TNT, replacing two 11-18 freighters. This aircraft is used at night by TNT on its express parcels network, which now includes Budapest.

History: Male, was founded in March 1946 as Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Polgari Legiforgalini Tarsasag). The present title was adopted in 1954, when the Soviet Union's 50 per cent holding reverted to the Hungarian state.

Fleet: 12 Tupolev Tu-154B, two Tu-154M, ten Tu-134/134A, three Boeing 737-200, one BAe 146-200QT.

Executives: director-general, Lajos Jahoda; first deputy general director, Jozsef Fazekas; deputy general director, Miklo's Koroncyay; commercial director, Tamas Tahy; operations director, Zoltan Pataki; chief pilot, Ferenc Monus.

Employees: 4,601. Head Office: Roosevelt Sq. 2, 1052 Budapest V,

Hungary. ^ -#^22-4954. Tel: (1) 172 911.

Malmo Aviation is a newly formed Swedish cargo carrier. The company operates express parcel services on behalf of TNT.

Fleet: two BAe 146-200QT, one Fokker F.27-600, two FH-227, one Fairchild F-27J.

Head Office: Box 51, S-230, 32 Malmo-Sturup, Sweden.

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Mandala Airlines—see PT Mandate Airlines.

Manx Airlines, a British regional airline, was formed by British Midland Airways and the British and Common­wealth Shipping Company (through Air UK) to develop their scheduled and charter services from the Isle of Man. The company, part of the Airlines of Britain Group, has been successful in this endeavour, and is now operating the most comprehensive level of air services in the island's history.

Routes: Scheduled services now link the Isle of Man with Belfast (City Airport), Birmingham, Blackpool, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London (Heathrow), Manchester, Luton, Leeds/Bradford, and Newcastle. Scheduled services are also operated between Liverpool and Belfast (City Airport), and from Blackpool to Dublin and Jersey.

History: Manx began operations on November 1, 1982. Fleet: one BAe 146-100, two BAe ATP, three Shorts

360. Executives: chairman, M. D. Bishop; directors:

managing director, T. R. P. Liddiard; operations, Capt N. Brewitt; commercial, T. P. Stevens.

Employees: 280. Head Office: Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) Airport,

Ballasalia, Isle of Man. ^ ^ 629683. Tel: (0624) 824111.

MarkAir operates scheduled intrastate passenger and cargo services, together with ad hoc and contract charter operations worldwide. At present the carrier provides scheduled services to 13 Alaskan communities. In addi­tion, a wholly owned subsidiary, Hem ens/MarkAir Express, serves 66 Alaskan communities.

History: The airline was formed in 1946 as Interior Airways, and operated as such until 1972, when the name Alaska International Air was adopted. It assumed its present name in 1984.

Fleet: three Lockheed L-100-30, five Boeing 737-200C, one Dash 7.

Executives: president & chief executive officer, Ralph Brumbaugh; executive v-p, Michael Cerkovnik; v-ps: sales & marketing, Larry Anderson; maintenance, Chuck Gold; finance, Craig Floerchinger; operations, Gene Zerkel; services, William Weier; postal affairs, Bob Ensminger.

Employees: 650. Head Office: PO Box 196769, 4100 West International

Airport Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99519-6769, USA. £0/f 090-25274. Tel: (907) 243-1414.

Martinair Holland operates scheduled transatlantic passenger services from Amsterdam to Baltimore, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Fran-

AIRLINE DIRECTORY cisco, Seattle, and Toronto. The major part of the company's business, however, is the operation of world­wide passenger and cargo charters. In addition, the company provides complete inclusive-tour packages and operates air-taxi and executive flights. Martinair main­tains and operates the Dutch Government's Fokker F.28, used by members of the Royal Family and the Cabinet. Shareholders are Royal Nedlloyd Group (49-2 per cent), KLM (28-8 per cent) and various financial institutions (21 per cent).

History: The company was formed in May 1958 as Martin's Air Charter, and the present title adopted in 1974.

Subsidiaries: Associate companies are active in the fields of flight training, sales support by hostess teams, party catering and the production of deepfreeze meals and components. In Amsterdam the MartINN restaurant is operated.

Fleet: two 747-200C, three DC-10-30CF, one Airbus A310-203, one A310-203C, two MD-82, two Citation II, one Cessna 404 Titan. On order: two Boeing 767-300ER (del. Sept 1989 & Feb 1990).

Executives: president/founder, J. Martin Schroder; executive v-p, F. C. Pedersen; directors: sales and market­ing, F, T. J. M. Allard; logistics, G. Draai; personnel and organisation, H. Groeneveld; technical services, J. N. Sleeker; flight department, H. Frijns; public relations, U. J. Buys.

Employees: 1,250. Head Office: PO Box 7507,1118 ZG Schiphol Airport,

Netherlands. ^ ^ 1 1 6 7 8 . Tel: (020) 5100-911. Fax: (020)

5100-303.

Maya Airways, a division of the Maya Corporation, oper­ates a domestic network of passenger and cargo services throughout Belize from Belize City. Charter flights are also undertaken.

History: The carrier was formed in 1961 to succeed the Government-owned British Honduras Airways, a BWIA subsidiary which had ceased operations earlier that year.

Fleet: three Islander. Executives: chairman, D. Courtenay; executive direc­

tor, G. A. Roe; general manager, T. Roe. Employees: 33. Head Office: PO Box 458, Belize City, Belize. ^ ^ ^ 2 8 0 M A Y A I R BZ. Tel: 3015/2312.

Mediterranean Express, which ceased operations at the end of 1987, has been purchased by Trans European Airways. The company plans to start operations this spring, using three Boeing 737-200s based at Birmingham.

MEA—see Middle East Airlines Air Liban.

Merpati Nusantara (MNA) operates an extensive network of domestic scheduled passenger and cargo services link­ing Jakarta with numerous points throughout Indonesia. Charter services are also operated.

History: The company was formed in September 1962 by the Indonesian Government as the second state airline. Its primary objective was to take over the network of inter­nal services developed by the Air Force since 1958. In 1964 Merpati took over the routes previously operated by the KLM subsidiary De Kroonduif, which had been flown by Garuda since 1962. In October 1978 the airline was taken over by the national carrier, Garuda, although Merpati continues to operate under its own name.

Fleet: two Viscount 800, two Fokker F.28-4000, two BAe.748, four Fokker F.27-200, six F.27-500, four F.27-600, one F.27-400, three CN-235, 16 Twin Otter, 20 Casa C-212, two L-100-30 Hercules. On order: 12 CN-235.

Executives: president: Soeratman; directors: adminis­tration & finance, Ridwan Fataruddin; commercial, A. Prayogo; production, Capt. Rafdi Samin; managers: main­tenance, Koesnen; marketing, Ibrahim Hamid; finance, I. Wayan Rubeg; logistics, Uyas Jufrie; planning, Agus R. S. Santoro.

Employees: 1,800. Head Office: PO Box 323, Jalan Angkasa 2, Jakarta,

Indonesia. ^ ^ ^ 4 9 1 5 4 . Tel: 413608.

Mesaba Airlines, a US regional carrier, operates sched­uled passenger services from Minneapolis and Detroit on

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