America West has named Stephen Johnson senior VP-legal affairs to oversee all legal matters, the corporate secretary's office, corporate security and the management of acquisitions and dispositions of aircraft. Johnson has been VP-legal affairs since February. Prior to joining America West, he was senior VP and general counsel for GPA Group.
Reflectone, Tampa, Fla., has signed a $6 million contract to build an Avro RJ100 Avroliner full-flight simulator for Sabena. The device will be installed at the Sabena training center in Brussels in early 1997, said Derek Alden, VP-commercial products for Reflectone.
United has received a seven-year contract as the official airline of the U.S. Ski Team. Under the pact, the carrier will transport the team, as well as the U.S. Snowboard Team, to their domestic and international competitions. United said estimated annual mileage is 12 million, making the partnership one of United's most powerful sports marketing arrangements. Team members will display United's logo on their uniforms and signage during events.
Kiwi International Air Lines plans to launch its first long-haul, east-west flights Feb. 15, with new service to Las Vegas from Atlanta and Chicago Midway and connecting service to New York Newark, Orlando and Tampa. Kiwi will offer "lucky seven" fares to the gambling city - $77 one way - for travel through March 17 from all its domestic cities, operating evening flights from each city on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. "There is a shortage of low-cost, high-service flights from Las Vegas that Kiwi can fill," said Jerry Murphy, president and chief executive.
The Air Transport Association said yesterday airline analysts will "probably prove to be correct" in estimating that last week's snowstorms on the East Coast will cost the industry $120 million, but the final tally will take a few more weeks. The storms caused more than 10,000 flight cancellations and closed most airports from North Carolina to New England. ATA President Carol Hallett said it may not be possible to put a final dollar figure on the total costs for overtime, labor, snow removal, deicing and lost revenue.
The Allied Pilots Association (APA) requested federal mediation yesterday in its contract talks with American Airlines, which have been under way for more than 18 months. American agreed that mediation is necessary because no agreement has been reached on long-term competitive issues, and it said that in fact, it suggested to APA that both sides file jointly for mediation. American President Donald Carty said the company hopes a federal mediator will help shift the focus of the talks so the two sides can reach an agreement.
Aero Insurance, Dallas, operating as Aero Cooper Aviation Insurance, is merging its operations and management with Aviation West Insurance Brokers, of Rialto and San Diego, Calif.
Southwest has announced rockbottom fares in Florida markets it plans to start serving this year. The carrier offers a $19 one-way fare, good for 19 days, between Tampa and Fort Lauderdale, and a $49 fare in the Tampa-Baltimore market from Jan. 22 through Feb. 9.
U.S. and Japanese negotiators, originally expected to meet late this month, now are scheduled to resume all-cargo talks Feb. 5 in Tokyo.The two sides were "pretty far apart" after the November round in Washington, a U.S. government official said.The delay in the next round, though slight, puts a little more pressure on the target to reach agreement in March.
Tyrolean Airways has increased its order for the new Series 200 model of the Canadair Regional Jet from four to five. The launch customer for the 200 model, Tyrolean took delivery in Graz, Austria, of its first aircraft Monday from Bombardier Regional Aircraft Division. "Addition of the Canadair Jet will allow our airline to meet the challenges of the increasingly competitive European airline industry," said Fritz Feitl, president and chief executive of Tyrolean.
Hawaiian's four employee unions have ratified the labor agreements the carrier needs to secure a bridge loan that will keep the airline operating the rest of the month - and out of bankruptcy - while working to finalize a $20 million equity investment with the Airline Investors Partnership (AIP). The investment, which would give AIP a controlling interest, still is subject to the approval of shareholders, who have been called to a special meeting on Jan. 25 (DAILY, Dec. 12).
Sierra Expressway is offering counter-to-counter delivery for packages weighing no more than 50 pounds eligible for next-flight-out rush status. Documents or letters can be rushed for $17.50, boxes from one to 25 pounds for $35 and heavier boxes for $50. The carrier operates from its Oakland base to South Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Eureka/Arcata and Redding, Calif., and Medford, Ore., using 19-seat BAe Jetstream Super 31s.
Hawaiian's December traffic jumped 25% from the December 1994 level to 323.5 million revenue passenger miles. The load factor was 74%, up from 67.7%, on 14.6% more capacity for a total of 437.1 million available seat miles. For the year, traffic grew 25% to 3.597 billion RPMs on 17% more capacity, or 4.677 billion ASMs. The load factor for the year was 76.9%, up from 72.1% in 1994. December 1995 December 1994 12 Months 1995 12 Months 1994 RPMs 323,467,105 258,169,491 3,597,163,149 2,882,540,220
Carnival's traffic skyrocketed 46% in 1995 from the previous year to 1.958 billion revenue passenger miles from 1.345 billion. Capacity rose at a similar rate - a 45% increase in available seat miles to 3.022 billion from 2.087 billion. The load factor inched up to 64.8% from 64.5%. In December, traffic gained 36% to 199.7 million RPMs, and ASMs increased 18% to 300 million. The load factor was up nine percentage points to 66.5%. Carnival enplaned 1,622,496 passengers during the year and 171,970 in December.
Lufthansa Technik was selected by United to repaint 13 Boeing 747s, starting this month at the German company's Hamburg base. United last year had five 747s repainted by Lufthansa Technik, which said it "needs only 11 days to apply United's new livery to a jumbo - something of a record." It said United's color scheme is "unusually complex. Maintaining the uniformity of the gray on the fuselage is a tricky matter." Lufthansa Technik was selected earlier by United to maintain 100 IAE V2500 turbofan engines.
Stephen Wolf, the industry veteran who presided over United's 1994 employee buyout and since then has shared Air France's attempts to right itself, will replace Seth Schofield Monday as chairman of another carrier struggling with high costs, USAir. The appointment, announced yesterday, took the industry by surprise, because USAir said earlier it was hunting for a chairman from outside the airline business.
Top 25 domestic City-Pair Markets O&D Passengers Second Quarter 1995 1995 1994 Average Market Market Passengers Rank Rank City-Pair Per Day 1 1 Chicago - New York 8,766 2 3 Los Angeles - New York 7,698
Reno Air and American Eagle carriers will begin this month to distribute InflitePak, a direct marketing system for products combined with a gourmet snack. Passengers will receive a packet containing a software disk with 10 hours of free service, plus a snack. The packets, sponsored by Prodigy, were started by DelysAir, a manufacturer and distributor of snack products.
Northwest will begin offering an electronic ticketing option to passengers in the Chicago O'Hare-Minneapolis market this month and plans to expand the program to its entire domestic system by the end of 1996. Northwest said it will provide full travel agency availability from the outset. Northwest offers hourly service between Chicago and Minneapolis. Also, Northwest and partner KLM will provide Gold and Preferred level members of its WorldPerks Free Travel Program free software to access their WorldNetwork travel reservations product through CompuServe.
American Airlines Cargo has appointed Richard Denhart coordinator for alliance GSA services. Denhart has carried out special assignments in the past during negotiations for the Japan Airlines and Alitalia cargo alliances.
Arrow Air is expanding its operations at New York Kennedy, basing its second DC-8 freighter at the airport to increase its charter capability. The all-cargo carrier said it entered into several charter agreements to provide cargo sub-service for other airlines. Along with service to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the carrier "is now flying a weekly transatlantic charter and two weekly charters to the Caribbean from JFK," said Ed Lesko, Arrow's VP-sales and service.
Top 25 Domestic City-Pair Markets Over 750 Miles O&D Passengers Second Quarter 1995 Long Total Average Haul Markets Non-Stop Passengers Rank Rank City-Pair Mileage Per Day 1 2 Los Angeles - New York 2,467 7,698 2 7 New York - San Francisco 2,574 5,472
The city of Los Angeles should "reassess and improve its relationship with the airlines" before moving ahead with a proposed master plan for expanding Los Angeles Airport, Air Transport Association President Carol Hallett said. The airlines' criticism comes before today's start of a series of public meetings by the Department of Airports seeking community viewpoints on the proposed plan.
General Electric Aircraft Engines and CFM International, the 50/50 joint company of Snecma of France and GE, said they were awarded 57% of engine orders for large commercial aircraft in 1995. The companies said they received orders for 718 engines, a 96% improvement from the 366 GE and CFMI engines ordered in 1994. CFM56 engines, produced by CFMI, led the way with 550 engines ordered during 1995 for commercial aircraft. The engine powers the Boeing 737 aircraft family and Airbus A319, A320, A321 and A34O aircraft.
Northwest has chosen TBWA as its advertising agency for Europe. The account will be coordinated by TBWA's London office with support from its agencies in Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam.
