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18-511: Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi started preparation for World Aviation in 1959 under the Hawa Air umbrella. He addressed embassies and consulates requesting them lists of companies and individuals active in the aviation industry. At the same time, he noticed how contemporary magazines were distributed on small regional scales in multiple languages. He found out that geographically dispersed buyers and sellers were not always able to find each other, which

36-472: A flight school, courier service, overnight delivery service and an aircraft maintenance facility. Hawa (Helicopter Aircraft World Association) initially was established in Switzerland in 1959 by Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi to collect worldwide aviation information and to keep that information updated for the global use of airman. The information was stored in either of these five categories: This initiative

54-420: A hefty tome of over 100 pages. In September 1984, the magazine was relaunched on glossy, full-color pages. It was till free to Aviation top decision-makers in 183 countries , while non-selected individuals or companies could buy the publication for the equivalent of 200 Belgian Francs (US$ 5). World Aviation has successfully existed since its inception, became a "bible" to every single aviation company worldwide and

72-777: A range of postal, courier , direct marketing , banking , insurance , and electronic services in a highly competitive European market . The headquarters are located in Brussels at the Muntcenter (Bisschopsstraat). Before 2010, it was known as De Post in Dutch and La Poste in French , meaning "the Post" in each case in English . By Royal Decree of 17 March 2000, The Post cast off its status of autonomous public enterprise to adopt

90-550: Is accused of having entered into spurious contracts with the Belgian Government, overstating costs for delivering newspapers to receive elevated subsidies and a host of other allegedly fraudulent operations. In April 2023 Bpost was forced to admit it had broken European competition rules and had overcharged by tens of millions of Euros amid reports of secret deals between the company and the Belgian state. In total, Bpost

108-492: Is said to have received €4 billion in public spending between 2013 and 2023. According to journalists, most of these subsidies and fees are questionable and are the result of close ties between the Belgian state and the company. Bpost use monopoly power to allegedly make questionable price-fixing agreements with publishers DPG media and Mediahuis, as was revealed by an internal audit in 2023. In August 2023, Kathleen Van Beveren, chief executive of E-logistics Eurasia at Bpost and

126-606: The Dutch Royalty. Hawa's flying school back then was known for its unique educational program and complete services in coordination with major aircraft manufacturers. Hawa Air flew locally for its daughter company Hawa Courier Services : one of the first overnight and worldwide delivery services, thanks to the enormous worldwide demand Khaleghi International tax-free services brought. These courier services required last minutes transportation of goods for which Hawa rented cargo or even passenger space from major airlines around

144-504: The Middle-East and Africa. Hawa Air operated from the airport of Deurne, now known as Antwerp Airport , between 1975 and 1988. Hawa Air initially focused on private airplanes and had distributor rights for Belgium for Cessna, American Jet and Jeppersen, as well as other companies producing aviation related equipment. Hawa Air eventually switched to the more exclusive jets, which was started by its purchase of 3 Cessna Citation 500's from

162-599: The company. The Belgian Government, bpost, Post Danmark and CVC have prepared a joint plan for developing the Belgian Post. Certipost is a Belgian electronic communications subsidiary of bpost based in Aalst founded in 2002. They produce solutions to issues with electronic document exchange and archiving including digital certificate and electronic identity cards . In October 2017, bpost acquired American e-commerce company Radial, Inc. for US$ 820 million. Bpost

180-492: The idea of World Aviation was born from. The magazine's goal was to provide aviation professionals and companies with a unique global medium connecting different geographical regions and globally dispersed aviation world to inform and update it with any new development in the industry, to allow them to promote and sell their products using one global publication. The information was initially collected by Helicopter Aircraft World Association or Hawa until World Aviation magazine

198-507: The status of a public limited liability company. Its public service missions are all described that it concluded with the Belgian State. In January 2006, Post Danmark and CVC Capital Partners signed an agreement with the Belgian Government on the acquisition of 50% minus one share in the Belgian Post for €300 million. Post Danmark had been selected by the Belgian Government a partner because it would assist bpost in modernizing

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216-582: The support of USPS. Although the EMS logo has stayed the same, the abbreviation changed from European Mail Services to Express Mail Systems . The company was the first European airliner approved for using the Casa C-212-200 planes, which it used to transport mail for the Belgian Post . It received its first Aviocar plane May 26, 1986 for the transport of passengers and cargo. Additionally, Hawa Air

234-489: The world. Thanks to existing contract with postal systems, Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi found better and more efficient ways to work on overnight delivery. The courier services initially and eventually were transferred to the newly established EMS through contracts with the Swedish, English, German and Dutch postal systems and were gradually instated all over Europe. Only a year later the EMS services were rolled out worldwide with

252-432: Was flying with an ACMI Leased Boeing 727 for European destinations as well as a McDonald-Douglas DC9 which flew New York-Brussels five times a week. As mentioned, Hawa Air started the first worldwide courier service, which operated until its closure. It also constructed a state-of-the-art maintenance center for general aviation. Although it was successful and was turning profit for both the airline and Antwerp Airport, Hawa Air

270-403: Was later sold to a provisional publishing company, which eventually sold it through to McGraw-Hill . World Aviation 's layout was simple but effective. The September 1984 relaunch issue consisted of 40 pages: Hawa Air Hawa Air was a charter airline that operated from Deurne, Belgium , in the 1970s and 1980s. The airline flew international services on jet aircraft, but included

288-523: Was later transferred to World Aviation magazine, while Hawa Air was reinvented to become a pure aviation company, active as a flight school, courier service, overnight delivery service, as well as an airliner and an aircraft maintenance facility. Hawa Air was the company's name when it started operations in Belgium where Dr. Ahura Khaleghi Yazdi initially set up a flying school to teach to individuals, airline pilots and air forces for countries going as far as

306-558: Was maneuvered to close down under political pressure in 1988. Hawa Air's fleet consisted of the following aircraft for training, rental, cargo and passenger flights: Bpost Bpost (stylised bpost ), also known as the Belgian Post Group , is the Belgian company responsible for the delivery of national and international mail . The Belgian Post Group is one of the largest civilian employers in Belgium. It provides

324-416: Was officially founded and registered in 1960. Prior to World Aviation magazine, the aviation industry needed communication through different multilingual and multinational magazines. World Aviation allowed to target them all at once. The magazine was distributed free of charge to over 170.000 manually selected companies and individuals. Over the years it grew from one recto-verso page on newsprint paper to

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