POLO AVIATION, LTD.: Urchinwood Manor, Congresbury, Bristol, England, BS19 5AP, United Kingdom; Phone 44 (0) 1934 877000; Fax 44 (0) 1934 834683; Http://www. personal. unet. com/ ~bengrove/polo. htm; Year Founded 1996. Ben Grove founds Polo at Bristol, England, in 1996 to offer a variety of commercial and contract work, private and corporate charter, training, sales, maintenance, and helicopter management throughout the U. K. and into northern Europe. Revenue flights commence and continue with a mixed fleet of Robinson 22s, Bell 206B JetRangers, and Eurocopter AS-350 Squirrels.
The carrier is particularly proud of its core of corporate charter customers and also offers flight training with its Robinsons.
POLONIA AIRLINES, S. A.: Brukselska 17E, Warsaw, P-03996, Poland; Phone 48 (90) 215 827; Fax 48 (90) 671 936; Http://www. tlpolonia. com; Year Founded 1990. The Polish-Japanese joint-venture carrier Polnippon Cargo is established at Warsaw’s Okecie Airport in 1990 to provide all-cargo charter services exclusively to Japan. Revenue flights commence with a pair of Ilyushin Il-18Ds.
Operations continue in 1991-2000. During these years, the carrier is reformed, expanded, and renamed. Daniel Flisinski is president and it is determined that Africa will become an important new market.
Permanent representatives and a group of Polish ground and flight employees are sent out to gain service contracts in Yemen, Uganda, and Zaire. The Il-18Ds continue to undertake all-cargo services throughout
Africa, the Mideast, and to Japan while Polonia also begins to wet-lease a wide variety of Russian-made equipment, including Antonovs, Yaks, and Mil helicopters.
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