EMU AIRWAYS (PTY.), LTD.: 10 Cairns Avenue, Lockley, South Australia, 5032, Australia; Phone 61 (8) 823-43711; Fax 61 (8) 82343747; Http://www. emuair. mtx. net; Year Founded 1970. Originally founded as Emu Air Charters (Pty.), Ltd. in April 1970, the Lockley-based carrier receives permission in late 1973 to begin scheduled services. After reorganizing and choosing the name Emu Airways, the company’s two Cessna 402Cs and one Piper PA-23 Aztec inaugurate flights in February 1974 from Adelaide to Pardana and America River, Kangaroo Island.
Services are maintained throughout the next two decades over the same route and with the same equipment and in 1994-1995 the carrier is scheduling twice-daily roundtrips to Adelaide with a pair of Cessna 402Cs. A desk is established at the General Aviation Terminal in Thomas Street at Adelaide International Airport.
One more Cessna 402C and a Piper PA-31-310 Navajo are acquired in 1996 as the carrier offers 30 weekly return services. A fourth Cessna 402C joins the fleet in 1997, along with another Navajo Chieftain. A homepage is opened on the World Wide Web in October 1998.
Flights continue in 1999 and customer bookings jump 9.3% to 41,000. The company purchases a Beech 1900C on September 4, 2000.
ENIMEX, A. S.: Pae st. 12, Tallin, EE-11414, Estonia; Phone 372 638-0028; Fax 372 221-4571; Http://www. enimex. ee; Code ENI; Year Founded 1994. Enimex is established at Tallin on September 26, 1994 to operate domestic and regional all-cargo charters. Revenue flights begin with a single Antonov An-72.
During the next 4 years, 4 additional An-72s are acquired, as are 10 motor trucks for ground transport. Different kinds of goods and humanitarian services are provided from not only Estonia but from Belgium, England, Egypt, Germany, the CIS, and points in Africa.
Beginning in 1996 and continuing through 1998, Enimex performs regular charter flights effecting crew changes for the Estonian Shipping Company, A. S. The first regular return charters over the route from Tallinn to Istanbul also begin in 1996.
Beginning in January 1997 and in every year thereafter, the carrier provides lift in support of the annual Paris to Dakar automobile rally. Two An-72s are initially committed, with the number eventually rising to four.
Among the more interesting operations conducted during the remainder of the decade are transport over a Strasbourg to Baku route on behalf of the Europarliament; VIP service for the president of Estonia and
The Estonian ministry of foreign affairs; VIP flights for the president of the Republic of Sudan; services into Bosnia-Herzegovina on behalf of various humanitarian agencies and the UN; contract services for the U. S. embassies in Estonia and Croatia; and charters on behalf of the national football (soccer) teams from Finland, Estonia, Bosnia, and Latvia.
In April 1999, the company fleet is increased by the addition of an An-28. Later in the year, another An-72, the fifth, is placed into service. Enimex also operates 10 trucks on the roads of Western Europe, the Baltic States, and Russia.
ENSOR AIR: Czech Republic (1992-1994). Ensor Air is established at Prague’s Airport Ruzyne in 1992 to offer charter and inclusive-tour flights to regional and Mediterranean destinations. Revenue operations begin and continue with a single Tupolev Tu-154B-2.
An Ilyushin Il-62M is acquired in 1993 and destinations visited include Gran Canaria, Izmir Adnan Menderes, and Tunis. Unable to achieve economic viability, the company shuts down in April 1994.
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