AFRICAN AIRLINE DIRECTORY 2010 - World Airnews

eral), Ms. M.P. Pires Martins (finance/administration), A.
Figueiredo (commercial), Capt. U. Manuel (operations), J.P.
Fauvrelle (maintenance), Capt. I. Sousa (safety).
Fleet: Two Let 410UVP-Es, and one each Embraer 120
Brasilia, Beechcraft Be1900C, Shrike Commander.
Based in Maputo, Transairways is a charter operator and
also operates flights to Inhaca, Moma, Vilanculos, and
Inhambane.
TRANSPORTES AEREO de CABO VERDE
(Cape Verde Islands)
PO Box 1, Praia, Ilha do Santiago.
Tel: +238 608200. Fax: +238 618323.
E-mail: commercial@tacv.com
Executives: A. Carvalho (CEO), R. Andrade (commercial),
A. Sousa (finance) and A. Barbosa (technical).
Fleet: Two Boeing 757-200s and three ATR 42-500s.
The airline operates services to Europe (Amsterdam, Lisbon
and Paris) using its two Boeing 757s and within the island
group and to the African mainland using the turboprop
aircraft. It also recently added services to Boston, its first
North American destination.
TRISTAR AIR
(Egypt)
15 Sheraton Heliopolis, Building Block 1227, Heliopolis,
Cairo.
Tel: +20 2 267 5058. Fax: +20 2 267 1873.
E-mail: tristarair8@hotmail.com
Executive: A. El Din Rahmy (president).
Fleet: One Airbus A300B4-200 freighter.
This airline operates non-scheduled cargo services from
its Cairo base.
TROPIC AIR
(Kenya)
PO Box 161-10400, Nanyuki.
Tel: +254 62 232890. Fax: +254 62 232787.
E-mail: tropic@africaonline.co.ke
Executives: J.D. Roberts (MD), Capt. R. Stewart (chief
pilot), W.G. Sababady (chief engineer).
Fleet: One each Cessna 182, C206, Grand Caravan 208B,
Piper Aztec and EADS AS 350 helicopter.
Charters are operated within Kenya and to neighbouring
East African countries.
TTA-AIRLINK
(Mozambique)
Fleet: One BAe146-200 leased from partner Airlink.
The airline, a partnership between Mozambique’s TTA
and South Africa’s Airlink started operations in the first quarter
of 2010 operating scheduled services between Maputo
and Johannesburg.
The operation lasted only three weeks, and the company
was ordered by the Mozambique Civil Aviation Authority to
stop flying, for reasons not yet disclosed.
TUNISAIR
(Tunisia)
Boulevard du 7 Novembre 1987, 2035 Tunis-Carthage.
Tel: +216 7083 7000. Fax: +216 7083 6900.
E-mail: mail@tunisair.com.tn
Executive: N. Chettaoui (CEO/president), F. Jebara (finance),
N Pacha (operations), H Essid (commercial).
Fleet: Three Airbus A300-600Rs, four Airbus A319-100s, 13
Airbus A320-200s, four Boeing 737-500s, seven B737-600s
and one Boeing 737-700 BBJ. On order: Nine Airbus A320-
200s, three Airbus A330-200s, and three Airbus A350-800s.
Tunisair’s network covers more than 30 countries and
101 destinations through 49 regularly scheduled flights and
90 charter flights.
It is developing its network to Eastern Europe, expanding
it to meet the needs of the growing tourism market.
Destinations in Africa include Tunis, Monastir, Djerba,
Tabarka, Tozeur and Sfax in Tunisia, as well as Algiers,
Cairo, Dakar, Nouakchott and Tripoli.
Its Middle Eastern destinations include Abu Dhabi,
Amman, Damascus and Jeddah. In Europe, it flies to Paris,
Marseilles, Nice, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Strasbourg,
Lille, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Munich and Berlin.
TUNISAVIA
(Tunisia)
Boulevard du Leader Yassar Arafat 2035 Aéroport de Tunis
Carthage, Tunis.
Tel : +216 7128 0555. Fax : +216 7128 1333.
E-mail: siege@tunisavia.com.tn
Executives: M. A. Milad (chairman), M. Nasra (CEO/operations),
K.B. Youssef (finance), T. Lajmi (planning), Fakhfakh
(chief engineer), L. Kefi (public relations).
Fleet: Two DHC-6 Twin Otters, a Challenger 604, two AS-
365N and three AS 365N3 helicopters.
Tunisavia provides VIP transport, charter and medevac
flights in support of the oil industry.
UGANDA AIR CARGO
PO Box 343, Entebbe.
Tel: +256 77 2506250. Fax: +256 77 2321034.
E-mail: uacc@africaonline.co.ug
Executive: M. Tumusiime (CEO).
Fleet: One Lockheed L100-30 Hercules and other aircraft
operated on lease when required.
A government-owned freight airline based at Entebbe International
Airport, it operates charters throughout Africa, to
Europe and the Middle East.
UNITED AIRLINES
(Kenya)
PO Box 53521, Nairobi.
Tel: +254 20 606266. Fax: +254 20 606568.
Executives: Capt. E. Aluvale (director), Capt. V. Wendoh
(chief pilot).
Fleet: Three Let 410UVPE20s, and one each Cessna 310
and Beech Baron.
This operator offers charter services throughout Kenya
and East Africa. It also operates scheduled services to the
Mara from Nairobi and, from its operational base in Entebbe,
flies to Arua, Adjumani and Murchison Falls.
UNITED AVIATION
(Libya)
Tel: +218 21 3514010/11. Fax: +218 21 3514009.
E-mail: sales@unitedaviation.ly
Fleet: Two Global Express 5000s and one each Challenger
300, Falcon 900EX and CL850.
Based at Tripoli Airport, United Aviation is part of the
Libyan Afriqiyah holding company. The airline has established
itself as a key player in the executive jet sector across
the region.
UNITED ARABIAN AIRLINES
(Sudan)
PO Box 3687, Khartoum.
Tel: +249 183 773025. Fax: +249 183 784402.
E-mail: info@uaa.com
Executives: Capt Mustafa Kordofani (MD), Mustafa Rustom
(technical), Mustafa Hagnour (cargo).
Fleet: One IL-76TD.
United Arabian Airlines operates scheduled cargo services
from the Sudan to the UK and throughout the Middle
East and Africa.
VIC-FALLS AIRWAYS
(Zimbabwe)
6 Cleveland Road, Milton Park, Harare.
Tel: +263 912 425 664. E-mail: info@vfallsairways.com
Executives: M. Table (CEO). M. Hunga (MD).
Vic-Falls Airways is a new carrier that plans to start operations
from Zimbabwe, but little else is known about this
carrier other than it plans to operate domestic and international
services with a leased fleet of aircraft including Boeing
737-300, -500, B767-300 and B777 equipment.
VULKAN AIR
(South Africa)
PO Box 7889, Centurion, 0046.
Tel: +27 12 663 1177. Fax: +27 12 663 3111.
E-mail: office@vulkanair.co.za
Fleet: Five SAAB 340As, four SAAB 340Bs one Metro 23
one each of Beech 1900Cand Baron 55 and Let 410
(leased).
Vulkan Air has been in operation since 1997 and offers
passenger and cargo charters specialising in the movement
of specialised and dangerous cargo. Various destinations include
Mozambique, Nepal, Burundi, Mali, Senegal, India,
Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, as well as the logistic support
of the UN programmes in the DRC, Uganda and Sudan.
WESTAIR CARGO AIRLINES
(Ivory Coast)
07 BP 737, Abidjan 07, Abidjan.
Tel: +225 2134 7737. E-mail: westair-cargo@aviso.ci
Executive: Pascal Sahuque, (president).
Fleet: One Boeing 737-268C, one Fairchild Merlin III
This airline provides cargo services.
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