Air India Limited (Hindi:एअर इंडिया) is the national flag carrier airline of India, flying a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. Air India is state-owned, and administered as part of the National Aviation Company of India Limited - which was created in 2007 to facilitate Air India's merger with Indian Airlines. The main bases of operation of the airline are Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
" + "Air India is the 16th largest airline in Asia, serving 25 destinations worldwide, and, with its affiliated carriers, serves over 100 cities. Air India has code share agreements with twelve other international airlines. In 2010, Air India is expected to join Star Alliance, the world's largest airline alliance.
"; // popUp("AirIndia", "images/airlines/AI_logo.gif", desc); break; case 'bulgaria': var desc = "Bulgaria Air (Bulgarian name: България Ер) is the national airline carrier of Bulgaria, based in the capital, Sofia. It operates scheduled services to 21 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Sofia Airport. Bulgaria Air owns two additional airlines, Hemus Air and Viaggio Air. The two airlines operate only as Bulgaria Air and will eventually become merged into Bulgaria Air.
" + "he airline was established in 2002 as a successor to the insolvent Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. By order of the Minister of Transportation and Communications it was declared the flag carrier in November 2002, starting operations on 4 December 2002. The name and logo were determined by a public competition. Bulgaria Air was privatized in 2006; although it was rumored that the government wanted to sell the carrier to a major foreign investor, a union of locally-owned companies, led by Hemus Air, emerged as the buyer with Italian Air One being the only other contender. Hemus Air reportedly paid €6.6m and promised to invest a further €86m over the next five years. Since then all flights of Hemus Air and its subsidiary Viaggio Air are under the Bulgaria Air IATA code FB. It is seeking to acquire up to 15 new aircraft to expand activities in Bulgaria as a result. Among these new aircraft will be at least one capable of a trans-Atlantic flight to get the company moving and to open inter-continental routes.
"; // popUp("BulgariaAir", "images/airlines/300px-Bulgaria_Air_New.jpg", desc); break; case 'czech': var desc = "Czech Airlines j.s.c. (Czech: České aerolinie, a.s.), trading as Czech Airlines (abbreviation: ČSA), is the Czech national airline company based at Ruzyně Airport, Prague. It operates scheduled services to 69 destinations in 41 countries, including most major European cities and to transit points in the Middle East, North America, North Africa and Asia. It also operates charter and cargo services. Part of the tickets is sold through its subsidiary Click4Sky. In 2006 it carried over 5 and half million passengers. In 2007 Czech carried over 5.6 million passengers. The airline runs a frequent flyer program called \"OK Plus\" in reference to the airline's IATA designation, as well as the term of approval; OK also featured prominently in its previous livery. It is a member of the Sky Team alliance.
" + "Czech Airlines operates 32 monopoly routes from Prague Airport, including three domestic routes to Brno, Ostrava and Karlovy Vary, alongside with the feeding routes from Slovak cities Košice, Žilina and Bratislava. These 32 routes represent about 40% of total flights and just over 30% of total capacity. On 27 other routes, representing around 40% of flights, the airline faces direct competition from one other carrier, while on 11 major European routes (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Milan MXP, Paris CDG, Rome FCO and Thessaloniki) the airline faces two competitors face-on.
"; // popUp("CzechAirlines", "images/airlines/Czech_Airlines_logo_2007.gif", desc); break; case 'emirates': var desc = "Emirates (Arabic: طيران الإمارات Ṭayarān al-Imārāt) (also known as Fly Emirates) is a major airline in the Middle East, and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. It is the national airline of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Emirates operates an international network from its hub at Dubai International Airport, to different international routes spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceanica. The airline operates over 1,990 passenger flights per week, to 101 destinations in 61 countries across 6 continents. The company also operates four of the world's longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, São Paulo, Houston, and San Francisco, all on the Boeing 777-200LR.
" + "Emirates has diversified into airline-related businesses such as aircraft handling and engineering. Cargo activities are undertaken by the Emirates Group's Emirates SkyCargo division.
" + "The airline ranks amongst the top 10 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue, passenger kilometers, and has become the largest airline in the Middle East in terms of revenue, fleet size, and passengers carried. The airline is the seventh-largest airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried, and fourth-largest in the world in terms of scheduled international passenger-kilometers flown.
" + "Its main base is Dubai International Airport. On 16 October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3, a new terminal exclusively for Emirates. Emirates handle 60% of all passenger traffic and 38% of all aircraft movements at the airport.
" + "Emirates are one of only six airlines to operate an all wide-body aircraft fleet. Emirates has orders for 58 Airbus A380s and became the second operator of the Airbus A380-800 when their first aircraft was delivered on 28 July 2008. Emirates have won numerous awards and are an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases, purchasing over 130 aircraft in 2007 alone.
" + "Emirates have built up a strong brand name as a trendsetter in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of service excellence, coupled with consistent profitability. In 2009, Emirates was voted the fifth best airline in the world by research consultancy firm Skytrax, from 2008 (ninth), 2007 (ninth), 2006 (fifth) and 2005 (third).
" + "Emirates has a strong presence in the Southeast Asian region, which together, connects Dubai with more international destinations in the region than any other Middle Eastern airline. The airline also flies the Kangaroo Route. Emirates do not offer any domestic service within the United Arab Emirates.
" + "While Emirates does not maintain sizable hubs elsewhere, it has taken advantage of liberal bilateral aviation agreements between Dubai and Australia, and with Singapore, to offer more onward connections from Sydney and Dubai. For example, Emirates now uses their A380-800 to fly to Auckland via Sydney, allowing passengers in Sydney and Auckland to do the journey across the Tasman with Emirates' new super jumbo.
" + "In September 2007, Emirates' chairman, Tim Clark, stated that the airline is considering the Boeing 747-8 to serve Latin American cities such as Buenos Aires and Mexico City.
" + "Cities on the United States West Coast being looked at by Emirates for possible expansion include Phoenix, Arizona and Seattle, Washington.
" + "Emirates is also considering launching service to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and planned to begin service to Madrid and possibly Barcelona, Spain in Spring 2009, but no recent news over these speculations. The airline is also interested in initiating service to Calgary and Vancouver sometime in the near future, although economic conditions and government regulations will determine whether such service is viable.
" + "On 16 April 2009, The Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade & Tourism of Colombia released a statement stating that Emirates Airline will start flying to Bogotá by the end of 2009 as its second South American destination after São Paulo. A service with both cargo and passenger service will be introduced.
"; // popUp("EmiratesAirlines", "images/airlines/200px-Emirates_logo.gif", desc); break; case 'jet': var desc = "Jet Airways is an airline based in Mumbai, India. It is India's third largest airline after Air India and Kingfisher Airlines. It operates over 400 daily flights to 64 destinations worldwide. Its primary base is Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport with secondary hubs at Brussels, Chennai, Delhi and Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune as focus cities.
" + "In July 2008, Which? Magazine ranked Jet Airways as the world's best long-haul airline after Singapore Airlines. In a poll conducted by SmartTravelAsia.com in September 2008, it was voted as the world's seventh best airline overall. Jet Airways has also won a survey award for the quality of its catering from Which? Magazine. In February 2009, Jet Airways had 846,000 passengers, making it the second largest airline in India behind Kingfisher Airlines.
" + "Jet Airways also operates two low-cost airlines, namely JetLite (formerly Air Sahara) and Jet Airways Konnect.
" + "Jet Airways serves 44 domestic destinations and 20 international destinations in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and North America. It operates a scissors-hub at Brussels Airport.
"; // popUp("JetAirways", "images/airlines/250px-Jet-Airways-Logo.gif", desc); break; case 'lan': var desc = "LAN Airlines S.A. - NYSE: LFL
" + "Is an airline based in Santiago, Chile. As the principal Chilean airline, it is also Chile's flag carrier. LAN is one of the largest airlines in Latin America, with flights to Latin America, United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Oceania, and Europe. It is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance.
" + "LAN Airlines has the following subsidiaries and shareholdings: LAN Cargo (99.4%), LAN Express (99.4%), ABSA - Aerolinhas Brasileiras (73.3%), LAN Perú (70%), LAN Dominicana (49%), LAN Ecuador (45%), LAN Argentina (49%), MasAir (39.5%) and Florida West International Airways (25%). It also has 11,173 employees.
" + "LAN code shares with: American Airlines and Alaska Airlines to U.S. destinations, British Airways and Iberia to European destinations, to Brazilian internal destinations with TAM Linhas Aéreas, to Asian destinations with Korean Air, and some destinations in Australia and New Zealand with Qantas.
"+ "As of August 1, 2006, LAN Airlines merged first and business classes of service into a single class, named Premium Business.
" + "In 2008 LAN was voted 3rd best airline in the world, and first airline in South America.
"; // popUp("LANAirlinesSA", "images/airlines/200px-LAN_Airlines_logo.svg.png", desc); break; case 'mea': var desc = "Middle East Airlines Air Liban (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط الخطوط الجوية اللبنانية), operating as Middle East Airlines (MEA) (Arabic: طيران الشرق الأوسط), is the national flag-carrier airline of Lebanon, based in Beirut. It operates scheduled international services in the Middle East, Europe and Africa with its base at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport.
" + "Middle East Airlines (MEA) is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The airline expressed its interest in becoming a Sky Team associate member in early 2006 at a press conference in New York.
" + "Middle East Airlines flies to 26 destinations in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Of these destinations, four are served seasonally, Berlin, Copenhagen, Nice, and Sharm el Sheikh.Although the airline does not have an extensive network compared to other international airlines, it did serve 36 destinations from Beirut in 1968. Nineteen of those routes are no longer served today.
" + "Flights to Baghdad were to be resumed in June which have been suspended since the Gulf War, but have been postponed. Berlin suspended since a few years, was resumed on 1 June, there are also plans to start service to Moscow, Khartoum, and Madrid, all of which were former MEA destinations.
"; // popUp("MiddleEastAirlinesAirLiban", "images/airlines/250px-MEA.png", desc); break; case 'sba': var desc = "SBA Airlines is an airline based in Caracas, Venezuela. It operates scheduled domestic and international services. Its main base is Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS), Maiquetía, with a hub at La Chinita International Airport (MAR), Maracaibo.
" + "Destinations:
" + "United States - Florida; Miami (Miami International Airport)
"+
"Panama - Panama City (Tocumen International Airport) (Begins on August 1)
" +
"Caribbean - Kingdom of the Netherlands; Aruba; Oranjestad (Queen Beatrix International Airport)
"+
"Europe - Spain: Madrid (Barajas International Airport); Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Los Rodeos Airport); Portugal: Funchal (Madeira Airport)
" +
"South America - Ecuador: Quito (Mariscal Sucre International Airport); Venezuela - Barquisimeto (Aeropuerto Internacional Jacinto Lara); Caracas (Simón Bolívar International Airport) Hub - Cumana (Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Jose de Sucre) Las Piedras (Aeropuerto Internacional Josefa Camejo); Maracaibo (La Chinita International Airport); Merida (Alberto Carnevalli International Airport); San Antonio de Táchira (Juan Vicente Gomez International Airport); Valencia (Arturo Michelena International Airport)
Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) (Chinese: 新加坡航空公司; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Hángkōng Gōngsī, abbreviated 新航; Malay: Syarikat Penerbangan Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் ஏர்லைன்ஸ்) (SGX: C6L)
" + "The state-owned national airline of Singapore - Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Singapore Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and \"Kangaroo Route\" markets. The company also operates trans-Pacific flights, including the world's two longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California on the Airbus A340-500.
" + "Singapore Airlines was the launch customer of the \"superjumbo\" Airbus A380. SIA has diversified into airline-related businesses such as aircraft handling and engineering.
" + "Its wholly-owned subsidiary, Silk Air, manages regional flights to secondary cities with smaller capacity requirements. Subsidiary Singapore Airlines Cargo operates SIA's dedicated freighter fleet, and manages the cargo-hold capacity in SIA's passenger aircraft. SIA has a 49% shareholding in Virgin Atlantic and has also responded to the threats posed by the low-cost sector by investing a 49% stake in Tiger Airways. It ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometers is the 11th largest airline in Asia and ranked 6th in the world for international passengers carried.
" + "Singapore Airlines was ranked 33rd in Fortune's World’s Most Admired Companies rankings in 2009 and has built up a strong brand name as a trendsetter in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of innovation, safety and service excellence, coupled with consistent profitability. It has won numerous awards and is an industry bellwether for aircraft purchases. Singapore Airlines is headquartered at Airline House, by Changi Airport.
" + "Singapore Airlines flies to 65 destinations in 35 countries on five continents from its primary hub in Singapore. It has a strong presence in the Southeast Asian region, which together with its subsidiary Silk Air, connects Singapore with more international destinations in the region than any other Southeast Asian airline.
" + "The airline has a key role on the Kangaroo Route. It flew 11.0% of all international traffic into and out of Australia in the month ended March 2008.
" + "SIA has taken advantage of liberal bilateral aviation agreements between Singapore and Thailand, and with the United Arab Emirates, to offer more onward connections from Bangkok and Dubai respectively. On 1 September 2005, for example, it launched six-time weekly flights between Bangkok and Tokyo. China and India are major markets which fuelled much of its growth in recent years. The Airline started direct nonstop flight from Houston, TX to Moscow and then to Singapore.
"; // popUp("SingaporeAirlinesLimited", "images/airlines/300px-Singapore_Airlines_Logo.svg.png", desc); break; case 'tam': var desc = "TAM Airlines (Portuguese: TAM Linhas Aéreas) (NYSE: TAM)
" + "Is Brazil's flag carrier. The Southern Hemisphere's busiest airline (in terms of passengers enplaned and flights operated), TAM is based in São Paulo and operates scheduled services from São Paulo to destinations within Brazil, as well as international flights to Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Germany. The company is traded on the São Paulo Exchange (BM&F Bovespa) and New York Stock Exchange as \"TAM S.A.\" As of May 2009 TAM is the leading airline in the domestic market in terms of market share, with 49.2% participation, followed by GOL with a 38.7% market share.
" + "TAM is a great, customer-focused airline. It has recently started flights to London Heathrow replacing the long established Varig on the route. It has grown into a major Domestic and International airline with flights to the following cities: London, Paris, Madrid and Milan; Miami, Orlando and New York; Buenos Aires, Cordoba, San Carlos de Bariloche, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Asuncion, Cuidad del Este, Lima, Caracas, Montevideo, Punta del Este and Santiago de Chile. Plus many cities in Brazil including Brasilia, Campo Grande, Corumba, Cuiaba. Goiania, Belem, Ji-Parana, Macapa, Maraba, Manaus, Palmas, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Santarem, Aracaju, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imperatriz, Joao Pessoa, Maceio, Natal, Porto Segura, Recife, Salvador, Sao Luis, Teresina, Una, Belo Horizonte, Campinas, Montes Claros, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Vitoria, Uberlandia, Curitiba Florianopolis, Foz do Iguacu, Maringa, Joinville, Londrina, Navegantes, Porto Alegre.
"; // popUp("TAMAirlines", "images/airlines/TAMairlinesLogo.png", desc); break; } } // function showFlash(airline) { var attr = "addrbar = 0,toolbar = 0, location = 0, directories = 0, "; attr += "status = 1, menubar = 0, scrollbars = 1, resizeable = 0, "; attr += "width = 800, height = 600"; // switch(airline) { case 'lan': var mywin = window.open('video/lan/efiles/base_lan.swf', 'LAN', attr); break; } }