Summary of U.S. Major Carriers International Revenues and Expenses Third Quarter 1998 (In Dollars) Total Operating % Passenger Freight Revenues Change Revenues Revenues Alaska 18,617,000 28.41 17,831,000 105,000 Latin 18,617,000 28.41 17,831,000 105,000
First Host and Oceanic Computer System Replacement, a new air traffic control computer system at the New York Enroute Air Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., will be dedicated today by DOT Secretary Rodney Slater and FAA Administrator Jane Garvey. The computer is Y2K compliant.
Air Canada and Royal Jordanian will extend their code-share service between Canada and Amman, Jordan from March 28 until Oct. 30, offering five flights a week between Montreal/Toronto and Amman via London Heathrow.
Excerpts from this week's markups by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its aviation subcommittee of the of the multi-year "Air 21" FAA reauthorization bill will be featured on Aviation News Today, to air Sunday on Washington's NewsChannel 8 at 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
DOT, putting teeth to the Clinton administration's airline passenger consumer protection bill proposed Wednesday (DAILY, March 11), will publish in Monday's Federal Register two final rules - both proposed more than four years ago - requiring disclosure by carriers to consumers on code sharing and long-term wet-lease arrangements as well as change-of-gauge services. Comments on information collection requirements are due in 60 days, and the rules become effective 120 days after publication.
St. George, Utah-headquartered SkyWest Airlines posted a 46.3% increase in revenue passenger miles last month to 80.4 million as capacity jumped 42% to 150.8 million available seat miles. As a result, the load factor rose 1.5 percentage points to 53.3%. Boardings skyrocketed 63.7% to 392,737. SkyWest claims to be the fourth-largest regional carrier in the U.S. Feb. 1999 Feb. 1998 2 Mths 1999 2 Mths 1998 RPMs 80,419,523 54,976,934 160,096,820 110,840,754
Outlook on Midway Airlines was lowered to negative from positive by Standard&Poors because of Southwest's entry into Raleigh/Durham, but the impact will not be significant. Midway serves only two of the five proposed Southwest routes - Orlando and Tampa - with F100s, which can be shifted to other routes. Southwest will not compete with Midway on its growing CRJ network catering to high-yield business traffic from the Research Triangle area.
The Taiwanese government will support any move by China Airlines (CAL) to resume flights between Korea and Taiwan that were suspended in 1992 after Seoul opted to recognize mainland China. According to Loo Kum Tze, deputy director of the transport ministry in Taipei, it is up to CAL and Korean Air to initiate the first meeting at the airline level to express their interest in resuming the flights.
Alitalia has signed a contract with ATR to acquire three ATR 72-500s, to be operated by regional subsidiary Alitalia Express. The value of the deal was placed at approximately $50 million. Deliveries will begin in July and continue through the remainder of the year.
As a sign of weakening economic conditions in Brazil, American is ending its New York-Rio de Janeiro nonstop April 30 "because the route was not performing as we would have liked," said spokeswoman Martha Pantin.The carrier still will operate a Miami-Rio nonstop and will replace the New York nonstop with a tag flight after New York-Sao Paulo.
Atlantic Southeast charges walkup, unrestricted coach passengers $3.11 per mile for the privilege of flying roundtrip from Chattanooga to Atlanta, according to an unscientific survey of regional-airline fares posted on the Internet. And that 106-mile trip is on an ATR turboprop rather than a Canadair Regional Jet. Fort Walton Beach-Atlanta is $1.68 per mile. A New York congresswoman recently complained about the fare between Rochester and White Plains; however, that is only 95 cents per mile for the only nonstop service aboard a CommutAir Beech 1900.
Revenue passenger miles increased an average of 30.9% in February for a sampling of 16 of the nation's regional airlines. That compared with an average increase in capacity (available seat miles) of 27.9% compared with the same month a year ago. United Express Air Wisconsin saw traffic jump 78.3% with a 17.2-percentage-point spread over a 61.1% increase in capacity. US Airways Express CCAIR had the second highest traffic increase at 54.6%, but capacity was up 60.1% for a negative 5.5-point balance.
Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which was recently acquired by Delta, flew 81.5 million revenue passenger miles last month, a 19.1% jump from February 1998. Capacity climbed 23.3%, however, to 161.1 million available seat miles, lowering the load factor 1.8 percentage points to 50.6%. Passengers flown grew 15.6% to 311,937. Year-to-date RPMs climbed 18% and ASMs 20.6%, dropping the load factor 1.1 points. Feb. 1999 Feb. 1998 2 Mths 1999 2 Mths 1998
Without even a roll call vote, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday approved by voice vote Chairman Bud Shuster's (R-Pa.) sweeping five-year FAA reauthorization bill aimed at improving safety, increasing competition and boosting service to underserved small and mid-size cities through an infusion of money from taking the aviation trust fund off budget.
Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and SAS yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding for a feasibility study on integration models in the air cargo business. The study, expected to take about a year, will look at prospects for matching network management, marketing and sales, product harmonization and a common infrastructure for information technology. The study also will examine the type of organizational structure that would best implement the integration plans.
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Mesa Air Group carried 251,523 passengers last month, 45.5% fewer than in February 1998. Other traffic indices dropped as well - revenue passenger miles fell 19.7% to 83.8 million; capacity declined 16.2% to 170.5 million available seat miles; and the load factor dropped 2.2 percentage points to 49.1%. The company's on-time arrival performance was 85.6%, however, Mesa said. February 1999 February 1998 Rev. Passenger Miles 83,763,000 104,322,000
Air Ontario has chosen UAL services to provide airport services - including passenger check-in, ticket sales, departure gate controls, baggage handling, and aircraft receipt and dispatch - for new Dash 8 flights between Toronto Pearson and Syracuse.
Korean Air is offering travel agents roundtrips between any of its North American gateways and 12 points in Asia at prices starting at $250. The roundtrip fare for one companion is $50. Travel may be taken through April 30 and between Sept. 13 and Nov. 30.
Piedmont Aviation Services, Winston-Salem, N.C., said its Airline Sales Division has been selected as the exclusive remarketing agent for two de Havilland Twin Otters currently in service with Aces Colombia.
FAA has rejected a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation that it mandate the installation of newly developed de-icing equipment on new and in-service aircraft. The recommendation was one of 19 the safety board developed in its investigation of a fatal Comair Brasilia accident in January 1997 near Monroe, Mich.
Key factor in the Delta acquisition of Atlantic Southeast - other than the regional's reliability problems - was its orderbook for new CRJs. ASA has a total of 91 orders and options for both 50- and 70-seat CRJs that could be sold by Delta at a good profit if it did not already have plans for their deployment. With former US Airways Express VP John Selvaggio as new president of ASA, look for some of those airplanes to go into the Northeast, where American Eagle has just completed the acquisition of former Delta Connection carrier Business Express.
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of the first of four A320s it leased from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprises. The carrier will receive the other three aircraft this month and next.
