MANSELL AVIATION: 2301 Yale Ave., SE, D-3, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, United States; Phone (505) 842-5743; Fax (505) 8427071; Year Founded 1992. Mansell is set up at Albuquerque in 1992 to offer executive and small group charters throughout the U. S. Southwest. By 1999, Operations Manager Tom Rogers oversees the work of 3 pilots and the scheduling of 1 each Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion, C-310, and C-421 Golden Eagle.
MANTRUST ASHAI AIRWAYS: 2nd Floor Terminal Building, Halim Perdana Kusuma Airport, Jakarta, Timur, 13610 Indonesia; Phone 62 (21) 809-4116; Fax 62 (21) 809-4125; Year Founded 1991.
A subsidiary of Japan’s Aero Ashai Corporation, Ltd., this commuter is formed at Jakarta’s Kusuma Airport in 1991 to offer local fixed-wing scheduled services, together with rotary wing charter flights. Captain Ridwan Zainuddin is named operations director and the initial fleet comprises 2 IPTN (CASA) NC-212-200s and 1 Gulfstream Commander 1000B.
Services are maintained and in 1992 the fleet contains 5 of the Span-ish-Indonesian made Aviocars, the Commander, and 1 Beech 400 Beechjet. In 1993, the fleet is altered to include 3 British Aerospace BAe 748.B2s, 1 Beech 80 Queen Air, 1 Douglas DC-3, and the Aviocars.
These continue operations in 1994-1996, together with 8 Bell 206B JetRangers, 2 Bell 212s, and 2 Bo-105s. By 1997-1999, the Aviocar fleet has been boosted to 8 aircraft.
MANU’A AIR TRANSPORT: United States (1982-1985). Manu’a is established at Pago Pago, American Samoa, in the summer of 1982 to provide scheduled passenger and cargo flights from the carrier’s base on the main island of Tutuila to the Manus Islands. Employing a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islanders, the new commuter inaugurates revenue services on October 1 and transports a total of 826 passengers during the fourth quarter.
Enplanements climb to 13,223 in 1983 and operations continue to Ofu and Tau from Pago Pago in 1984. An order for a 1985 delivery of a second Islander is not filled because the company ceases operations early in the year due to fiscal difficulties.
MANUFACTURERS AIR TRANSPORT: United States (19701971). MAT is set up at Peoria, Illinois, in 1970 to provide scheduled passenger and cargo lightplane flights to Chicago, Galesburg, and Decatur. Service cannot be maintained beyond 1971.
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