No - many non-English Speaking countries have purely English names on their Aircraft: Air France, Japan Air Lines, Air Portugal, Egyptair, etc. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey L. Freeman" <JLFreeman@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 13:36 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Northeast Bolivian announcement > Does anyone else find it interesting, or a little bit strange, that an > airline based in spanish speaking country would carry a purely english name > like Northeast Bolivian Airlines? > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > LATIN AVIATION > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 8:42 AM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Northeast Bolivian announcement > > > TRISTAR CAPITAL (Nevada) LLC purchases 35%, finances and leases Lockheed > L1011 Tristar 300 Passenger Aircraft to NORTHEAST BOLIVIAN AIRLINES SA > ("NEBA") commencing charter flights from Latin America to the Caribbean and > other points by October 1st. > NORTHEAST BOLIVIAN AIRLINES SA ("NEBA") is a Bolivian Charter Airline that > will soon to take off from Cochabamba, Bolivia to provide charter services > to other airlines, tour operators, cruise lines, sports teams, UN or > military troop transportation and quite possibly VIP, head of state or music > tours and similar productions. NEBA has taken delivery of its first of (3) > Lockheed L1011 Tristar wide-body aircraft with 300 seats in a two (2) class > configuration for worldwide charters, sub-service contracts, VIP flights and > wet-lease programs leased from and financed by TRISTAR CAPITAL (Nevada) LLC > of Carson City, Nevada USA. Bolivia was chosen as a viable investment target > due to its political stabilization, the fact that Bolivia is an FAA Categroy > 1 Country with very stringent certifcation and safety standards and in part > due to low labor and facilites cost structure, due to high number of high > quality well trained and experienced airline management, techncial personnel > and flight crews. In addition Bolivia has a stratigic location in the center > of South America that make it feasable to pick up charter or wet-lease > programs from airlines and tour operators neighboring MERCOSUR countries. > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: > > COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA (PRWEB)4 Sep 2003 > > TRISTAR CAPITAL (Nevada) LLC as owner/lessor and The Flightstar Group, Inc. > of Florida as aircraft manager are pleased to confirm it has funded and > delivered its first of three Lockheed L1011 passenger aircraft to NEBA or > NORTHEAST BOLVIAN AIRLINES SA (NEBA) f/k/a Northeast Bolivian Airways Ltda. > > Mr. John Poindexter, the managing member of Tristar Capital LLC and a > Director-Board Member of NEBA confirms the first fully refurbished and > custom painted Lockheed L1011-50 Tristar aircraft powered by ROLLS ROYCE > RB211 engines is Stage 3 noise compliant as well as CAT 3 auto-land > certified. The L1011-50 aircraft, formerly operated by TWA and refurbished > by Hamilton Aerospace Technologies was delivered by TRISTAR CAPITAL LLC and > flown non-stop 8.5 hours from Tucson, Arizona to Cochabamba, Bolivia > arriving on the evening of July 12th. > > Our L1011 aircraft is undergoing Bolivian DGAC (CAA) certification, > reregistration to Bolivia, inspections and is being used for NEBA flight > attendant and techical crew training. > > TRISTAR CAPITAL (Nevada) LLC has completed the acquistion and purchase of > 35% of Northeast Bolivian Airlines, SA and will sit on the board of > directors. Tristar Captial LLC is also providing NEBA with an interim line > of credit for tooling, equipment and working capital sufficent to take care > of crew training, airline recertification and upgrading of the airline from > a smaller 33 year old family owned airline operator to a truely ¨World Class > Wide Body Charter Operation". > > Northeast Bolivian Airlines SA currently has about 25 employees (about 50 > full time employees are planned in the next quarter). There are 4 L1011 > technical and airline business planning consultants on board or under > contract from TRISTAR CAPITAL LLC that are working diligently to recertify > the airline by October 1st, 2003. > > Northeast Bolivian Airlines SA (NEBA) is planning to add 2 more Lockheed > L1011´s in an identical configuration of 300 seats (28 business class and > 272 economy) within the next 3 to 6 months. In addition NEBA is negotiating > with a major European aircraft lessor for 3 Dornier 328 new generation 32 > passenger regional aircraft to work as an EXPRESS affiliate of an > established Bolivian airline. > > In addition NEBA has entered into a letter of intent to acquire 2 Boeing > 727-100C Cargo Stage III aircraft from FLIGHTSTAR CAPITAL (Nevada) LLC for > startup of regional and intra South America cargo opertions or even hauling > its own freight from Paraguay, Ecuador and Bolivia. > > Northeast Bolivian Airlines SA and TRISTAR CAPITAL LLC may be seeking > additional expansion capital or access to credit facilites or > lease-financing of newer generation jet aircraft after it is fully > operational, fully recertified and flying on contracts. > > NEBA or NORTHEAST BOLIVIAN AIRLINES SA has a website with photos and > information that is up and running. > ### > > > > Contact Information > John Poindexter > Tristar Capital (nevada) Llc > http://www.nebolivianairlines.com > USA 1-305-476-6000 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need more e-mail storage? 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