SHORELINE AVIATION: P. O. Box 120187, East Haven, Connecticut 06512, United States; Phone (203) 468-8639; Fax (203) 4681864; Http://www. shorelineaviation. com; Year Founded 1980. John D. Kelly establishes Shoreline Aviation at Griswold Airport, adjacent to Hammonasset Beach at Madison, Connecticut, in 1980 to offer charter flights to the islands off southern New England. In 1986, the company is relocated to New Haven, where it changes its focus. Henceforth, it specializes in the management of aircraft for corporations and individuals, flying small group and executive charters with a fleet of 25 executive jets.
By the end of the 1990s, offices have been opened in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Manhattan, and East Hampton and destinations are visited in Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America.
SHOROUK AIRLINES, LTD.: 2 El Shahid Ismail Fhmy St., El Sabaa Emarat Square, Heliopolis, P. O. Box 2684, Horreia, Cairo, Egypt; Phone 20 (2) 417-2313; Fax 20 (2) 417-2311; Code 7Q; Year Founded 1992. Headquartered at Cairo, Shorouk is founded in late 1992 as a joint venture between Egyptair, S. A.E. and Kuwait Airways Corporation. Ismail Sherif is named chairman and he is provided with 2 Airbus Industrie A320-231s with which to launch services. Orders are placed for 2 A320-213s, 3 Boeing 757-29JPFs, and 1 B-757-291.
Thrice-weekly return revenue passenger and cargo charter flights to Beirut, Kuwait, and Luxor commence on March 1, 1993.
Operations continue apace in 1994, including replacement services for Egyptair, S. A.E. and Air Sinai, Ltd. The company also begins to operate charter flights from Italy, France, and Germany to tourist areas in Egypt, including Hurghada and Luxor. A total of 80,000 passengers are flown in 1995.
Approximately $500,000 in profits are earned during the first quarter of 1996. On August 8, the joint airline increases its capital from $40 to $50 million dollars, with plans to achieve an authorized capital of $100 million within the next 5 years. The two Airbuses enter service later in the year, followed by the Boeings.
Plans are made to operate all-cargo services for Kuwait, but due to poor business results, these ideas are shelved, along with delivery of the three B-757-29JPFs. The company temporarily shuts its doors at the beginning of 1997.
The company is back in the air in 1998; it will operate as before into the new millennium.
Airline employment at the beginning of 2000 totals 240. On January 10, it is announced that the carrier may be renamed Egyptian-Kuwait Flight, Ltd.
The company aircraft color scheme is revised on June 12 through the removal of the cheatline from the four A320-231s.
SHORTER AIRLINES: United States (1972-1974). Shorter is established at Pellston, Michigan, in 1972 to provide scheduled daily intrastate passenger services. Employing 1 each Beech 18, Beech 99, and Douglas DC-3, the company inaugurates roundtrip frequencies linking its base with Detroit and also with Mackinac Island and Sault Ste. Marie. During the winter, the company operates seasonal services in Florida.
Unable to maintain viability, the carrier goes out of business in 1974.
SHORTSTOP JET CHARTER (PTY.), LTD.: Hangar 5, Wirraway Rd., Essendon Airport, Melbourne, 3041, Australia; Phone 61 393799299; Fax 61 3-93793643; Year Founded 1982. Shortstop is established at Essendon Airport in 1982 to provide passenger, small group, and cargo charters throughout Victoria. By 2000, Managing Director Mike Falls Jr. oversees the work of 4 full-time pilots and 1 each Douglas DC-3 and Learjet 35A Century III.
SHUANGYANG GENERAL AVIATION COMPANY: P. O. Box 8145, Anshun, Guizhou Province, 561018, China; Phone 86 853 22923; Fax 86 853 25275; Year Founded 1991. The first local carrier in southwest China, SGAC is established at Anshun in 1991 to provide passenger and cargo charters, as well as agricultural, forestry protection, and aerial photography services. Nine years later, in 2000, President Fan Yuemin oversees a workforce of 37 and a fleet comprising 3 NAMC Y-11s and 4 NAMC Y-12s.
SHUSWAPAIR (SHUSWAP FLIGHT CENTER, LTD.): Box 1887, Salmon Arm, British Columbia V1E 4P9, Canada; Phone (250) 8328830; Fax 250) 832-2825; Http://wwwshuswapair. com; Code 3S; Year Founded 1989. Stephen W. Raffel and Lori Anthony found this air taxi at Salmon Arm of the huge Shuswap Lake in the interior of British Columbia in 1989. “Shuswap” is a Native American term for “shimmering waters.” Flight training, aircraft rental, charters, and scheduled passenger and cargo flights to Vancouver are offered. The initial fleet consists of 1 Piper PA-31-310 Navajo and 2 Cessna 182s. In 1993-1994, airline employment totals 6.
Flights continue in 1995-2000, during which years the Piper is replaced with a Beech King Air 100. Twice-weekday frequencies to and from Vancouver are maintained with one return service on Sundays. C-182 charters are also offered, as are aerial tours, including excursion flights to visit the Seymour Arm Hotel’s tearoom, the ski area at Silver Star Mountain, the glacier fields of the Monashee Mountain Range, and the Adams River Salmon Run.
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