U.S. Major Carriers Advertising Expenses Third Quarter 1995 % Of Total Passenger Systemwide Revenues America West $ 7,163,475 1.88 Domestic 7,156,463 1.90 Latin 7,012 0.16 American 50,057,000 1.43 Domestic 34,937,000 1.49
Arrow Air has accepted delivery of a Lockheed L-1011-200 freighter, one of five in existence, according to Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge, England, which converted the aircraft. The airplane can accommodate 23 88-inch by 125-inch pallets on the main deck and has a total payload of 127,000 pounds with a nonstop, fully loaded range of up to 3,000 miles. There is a small cabin behind the cockpit for couriers.
Virgin Atlantic Airways will launch a new radio and billboard advertising campaign in the U.S. Feb. 5. The campaign, which includes 11 radio ads, will focus on Boston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York and San Francisco. The ad group, titled "You Really Do Deserve It," uses comedian Richard Lewis and actor Roger Reese to tout the airline's virtues. Virgin said it needs the campaign to introduce its high level of service to people who are unfamiliar with it, said David Tate, executive VP. New York-based CMG Communications LLC developed the campaign.
Delta boarded more than 5.4 million passengers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport in 1995, a record. The carrier now operates 216 daily flights there, compared with 170 in 1994, when it boarded 4.9 million passengers. It handled 78 million pounds of cargo in 1995 at Cincinnati.
The city of Philadelphia is urging DOT to select USAir for new U.S.-Italy service, saying the award would help reduce the increasingly large market share of USAir's code-share partner British Airways. USAir, Northwest and Delta are competing for six weekly frequencies in the market that will become available in April. USAir has proposed Boeing 767-200 service between Philadelphia and Rome, Northwest DC-10 service between Detroit and Rome, and Delta MD-11 or 767-300 service between Atlanta and Rome/Milan.
Greenwich Air Services reported that sales for the first quarter, ended Dec. 31, increased 50% to $58.6 million. Operating income rose 56% to $5.5 million. Net income jumped 101% to $2.1 million. Greenwich overhauls civil and military aircraft engines and gas turbines used in industrial and marine applications.
Tower Air has applied for renewal of its authority to operate scheduled combination service between New York, on the one hand, and Amsterdam and New Delhi and Bombay, India, on the other. The carrier earlier announced plans to resume scheduled flights to New Delhi April 4, 1996, as part of its twice-weekly New York-Bombay service, via Amsterdam (DAILY, Jan. 24). After inaugurating service to New Delhi in 1994, the carrier suspended flights to the city in August 1995, saying the route had become uneconomical due to U.S.
South Korea's Samsung Aerospace Industries is "among the firms which have shown an interest in Fokker," a Fokker spokesman said yesterday. The company is looking for a buyer after Daimler-Benz said last week it is cutting off financial aid to Fokker, in which it has a 51% interest. The Fokker spokesman said the manufacturer received a facsimile last weekend in which Samsung expressed its interest. It is very likely that Fokker and Samsung, which is a large company with an aerospace division, will have exploratory talks, the spokesman said.
The U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration (USTTA), teetering on the brink of extinction, is drafting a plan to begin a 120-day closing process in the absence of funding. The agency hopes to use to shift a skeleton staff of research and policy workers to other offices in the Commerce Department. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown will appear before Congress this week to seek approval for the closing plan and keeping open international offices in Canada, Germany, the U.K., Japan and Mexico - the five largest sources of tourists.
DOT has granted United authority to integrate segments of its U.S.- Caribbean and U.S.-Central and South American route authority. The carrier initially will use the rights to conduct scheduled combination service between Miami and New York, on the one hand, and Caracas, Venezuela, on the other, via Curaao, Netherlands Antilles. The service, to be operated under a code-share agreement with ALM Antillean Airlines, will enable ALM's Caracas-Curaao flights to connect at Curaao with United flights from Miami and New York (DAILY, Nov. 16).
Civil Aviation Administration of China has granted Federal Express a permit to operate a U.S.-China all-cargo route, the carrier said yesterday. The carrier plans to inaugurate service in early March with a flight originating in New York on a route that includes Chicago, Anchorage, Beijing and Shanghai, and a return to New York, via Anchorage.
Delta's Connection carriers transported 10.8 million passengers in 1995, a 6% increase over 1994. Comair experienced a 17% gain in traffic and carried more passengers - 3.8 million - than any other Connection carrier. Fifty-three percent of all passengers that boarded a Connection carrier connected to Delta, a 2% increase.
American Trans Air will beef up its summer operations with service to four new destinations from Indianapolis and regularly scheduled service to five others it served seasonally in the past. Beginning June 1, it will offer new nonstop service to Seattle, Milwaukee, Chicago Midway and San Diego. It also will serve Los Angeles and San Francisco with daily flights, Grand Cayman with two weekly flights, and Honolulu and Miami with direct or connecting service. The new schedule brings to 16 the number of destinations the airline serves from Indianapolis.
DOT has issued a consent order assessing America West compromise civil penalties of $35,000 for several violations of fare advertising rules. In a fare advertisement in USA Today on Jan.
Aviation negotiations between the European Union and the U.S. under a new approach from the European Commission will be one of Italy's top priorities as it leads the European Union during the first six months of 1996. The Italian government, which will chair ministerial meetings through June 30 under the EU's revolving presidency system, has scheduled transport meetings March 11-12 in Brussels and June 17-18 in Luxembourg, and commission proposals to take control of aviation relations with the U.S. will be at the top of the agenda.
KLM is discounting travel from The Netherlands throughout the world for a six-week period this winter. The sale fares are 60% less than standard economy ticket prices and 20% below standard discount fares. All flights require a two-night stay and most require a Saturday night stay. Booking is through Feb. 11 for travel through March 11.
Air Transport Association has appointed David Fuscus director of federal legislation in the government affairs department. Fuscus joins ATA from Pennsylvania Gov.'s Tom Ridge's office, where he has been deputy chief of staff. Earlier he was director of public affairs for the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, and deputy chief of staff to Rep. William Clinger (R-Pa.).
Mesa Air Group's assault on the U.K. market is off to a good start, with Birmingham-Belfast flights doing "very well" and Birmingham-London Gatwick "a little bit slower," according to Mesa Chief Financial Officer Steve Jackson. The U.K. carrier in which Mesa holds a 44% stake, Community Express, probably will introduce 19-passenger Jetstream 31s into the operation to complement its two Shorts 360s, Jackson said.
Panagra Airways applied for a certificate to operate charter service. Based in Fort Lauderdale, the would-be carrier intends to provide supplemental non-scheduled charter service, including ad hoc services, sub- service to scheduled carriers and charters contracted by the government. Initially, Panagra intends to operate Boeing 727-200 aircraft in charter markets within the U.S. and between the U.S. and Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean Basin.
DOT has approved Northwest's bid to operate services between Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul, on the one hand, and Vancouver, on the other. The carrier also received an exemption to operate service between the U.S. points and Lusaka, Zambia, via Amsterdam, under its code-share arrangement with KLM. Northwest had amended its October 1995 application for new U.S.- Vancouver service, requesting a single daily service to the Canadian city from Detroit (DAILY, Dec. 22).
Charles Hunnicutt takes over officially today as DOT assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs. Mark Gerchick, who has been acting assistant secretary, will become the deputy assistant secretary.
The Travel Business Roundtable, comprising chief executives of major travel companies, will wage an integrated communications campaign to support the Travel and Tourism Partnership Act, said Jonathan Tisch, chairman of the roundtable and president of Loews Hotels.
