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.
Air 21 has chosen Rolls-Royce Canada to perform maintenance on the Spey Mk. 555-15 engines powering its Fokker 28 aircraft. The three-year maintenance contract is valued at about $10 million, according to Rolls. Air 21 currently operates scheduled service from its Fresno, Calif., base to Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The new-entrant carrier owns four F28s and has options for eight more.
Frontier Airlines, which began operations in July 1994, said traffic rose 164% in December to 60.7 million revenue passenger miles. Capacity increased 117% to 100 million available seat miles, resulting in a load factor jump to 60.7% in December 1995 from 49.8% in December 1994. Traffic for July-December 1995 rose 185% from the same half-year in 1994. Passenger enplanements were up 148%. December 1995 December 1994 6 Months 1995 6 Months 1994 RPMs 60,652,000 22,951,000 224,826,000 78,936,000
Airways Corp. of New Zealand has selected ARINC as the data link service provider for its FANS 1 communications system. The contract will expedite air/ground communications in the Auckland Flight Information Region for the final phase of Airways' upgrade to an automated oceanic air traffic control system. The FANS 1 communication service is scheduled to be operational in time for the integration of Airways' equipment in April.
Newly appointed Transportation Minister Kamei Yoshiyuki announced last Friday plans to form as soon as possible a study group with government representatives and local communities to accelerate plans for a third Tokyo airport. Last fall, the Aviation Council, an advisory group to the transport minister, proposed construction of the facility in its report for the Seventh Airport/Airway Five-Year Program (1996-2000). To be built offshore, the airport is expected to be completed within 15 to 20 years.
Japan and Singapore, during three days of bilateral talks that concluded Saturday in Tokyo, agreed to increase traffic between the two countries. The accord permits carriers from each country to operate three additional Japan-Singapore services, using Boeing 747 aircraft. In addition, each side may operate up five additional weekly frequencies between the countries in joint services with third-country carriers. Japan is allowed to operate three weekly flights beyond Singapore to India, while Singapore can fly three weekly frequencies beyond Japan to Canada.
Krasnoyarsk Airlines, operating as KrasAir, applied for renewal of its authority to operate combination service between Russia and the U.S. The carrier received an exemption last year for scheduled service between Russia and New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco (DAILY, Jan. 17, 1995). A former division of Aeroflot, KrasAir is 51% owned by the Russian state, 44% by employees and 5% by an investment fund. It operates 50 Russian-made aircraft and two DC-10-30s leased from Douglas Aircraft. (Docket OST-95-523)
American will lead off tomorrow a two-week parade in which many U.S. airlines will divulge how profitable they were in the fourth quarter of 1995, and for the year.Northwest will follow on Thursday, USAir next Monday, Continental and United on Tuesday, Delta and Southwest on Thursday and America West the following Monday.TWA says that because of its financial restructuring it will wait and issue audited results late in February.
Delta is moving into Las Vegas this spring from six cities. On April 1, it will begin nonstop daily flights from Kansas City, New York Kennedy and Orlando to Las Vegas, and on May 1 from Boston, Calgary and New Orleans. Flights depart and arrive at all six cities in late evening or early morning.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates Dulles and National airports, is urging DOT to renew Lufthansa's authority to provide scheduled combination service between Frankfurt and Washington, and beyond Washington on a blind-sector basis to and from Mexico City. Operated under Lufthansa's code-share arrangement with United, the daily service "has benefited the traveling and shipping public and has afforded the Washington region with competitive service options," said MWAA.
All Nippon Airways President Seiji Fukatsu will address the International Aviation Club's monthly luncheon on Jan. 18 in Washington. Lunch costs $35 per person and begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th&K Sts., N.W.
