Airlines at Miami Airport are worried that their fees may increase in order to finance development of a competing airport at the former Homestead Air Force Base. The airlines told the Dade County Board of Commissioners that terms in the recent lease and redevelopment agreement with Homestead Air Base Developers Inc. (HABDI) provide funding for the new airport from Miami's 1954 Trust Agreement.
SITA said Airbus Industrie selected it to install the Airbus Representative Communication System (ARCS), the 85-site system that will enable the European aircraft manufacturing consortium to communicate with its customer support executives. Under the six-year contract, Airbus representatives will be able to transmit technical data using a message system designed for ease of use and lower international communications costs, Sita said.
U.S. Major Carriers Domestic Share of Service, Third Quarter 1995 Total Revenue Departures America West 49,836 American 177,550 Continental 106,772 Delta 226,071 Northwest 138,123 Southwest 178,631 TWA 69,691 United 185,825 USAir 189,620
Delta Connection Comair will begin nonstop jet service between Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C., and Newark on April 1, offering three nonstops a day on the route with the 50-seat Canadair Jet. Continental itself will increase its flights in the market from one to three per day on April 7, and it also will offer one daily flight from Greenville to Atlanta, using 737s on both routes. Continental will offer an introductory fare of $89 one way with a seven-day advance purchase from Newark, and $119 one way from Atlanta.
Pratt&Whitney and Aviation Industries of China's Chengdu Engine Co. said yesterday they will form a joint venture to produce components for commercial aircraft engines. The new company, Chengdu Aerotech Manufacturing Co., is the first joint venture in China's aviation manufacturing industry, according to Pratt, which will have a controlling interest. The $22 million company will produce engine components and parts to serve domestic and world airline customers.
Cathay Pacific ruled the lucrative Taiwan-Hong Kong service in 1995, carrying 53% of all travelers flying between the two areas. China Airlines won a 38% share of the market, with Thai Airways, Garuda International, Japan Asia Airways, Singapore Airlines and British Asia Airways competing for the remaining 9%. More than 5.5 million passengers traveled between Taiwan and Hong Kong in 1995. Yields on Hong Kong-Taipei and Hong Kong- Kaohsiung routes reportedly are the highest international routes worldwide.
Banner Aerospace reported net income of $62,000 for the quarter ended Dec. 31, the third of its fiscal year, compared with $1.6 million for the same period a year earlier. Sales were $72 million, 32% above the year-ago $54.5 million. Its net income was down due to costs in the relocation of the warehouse operations of Burbank Aircraft Supply and Adams Industries to new facilities in Salt Lake City.
National Air Carrier Association, saying FAA has "proposed the most revolutionary changes to cockpit crewmember flight, duty and request requirements in the history of aviation," is asking the agency for more time to comment on the proposed new rule. The current comment deadline is March 19 and NACA wants it extended 120 days.
Frontier Airlines Inc. reported a $3.6 million loss, or 66 cents per share, on revenues of $17.2 million during the December quarter. Revenues were up 74% over the same quarter last year, which is the third in the carrier's fiscal year, but the net loss was 125% larger. The loss included expenses linked to new service in six major markets, two leased 737-300s and a $571,000 non-recurring lease expense paid to replace a 737-200 undergoing maintenance.
Comair has established a site on the World Wide Web, at http://fly- comair.com. Users can find information on Comair's weekend traveler program, updated flight schedules, route maps, airport maps, financial data, photographs of the Comair fleet and press releases.
U.S. Major Carriers Latin Share of Service Third Quarter 1995 Total Revenue Departures America West 612 American 23,414 Continental 6,461 Delta 2,633 United 4,271 USAir 1,676 Total 39,067 Average Number of Seats Per Departure
KLM's traffic rose 6% last month, to 637.3 million revenue ton kilometers, on a 13% increase in capacity, to 947.7 million available ton kilometers. The load factor was 67.2%, a decline of 4.2 percentage points from January 1995. Passenger traffic grew 6% on 9% more capacity, and cargo traffic gained 8% on an 18% rise in capacity.
Continental has applied for authority to operate one weekly flight between Newark and Guatemala City, Guatemala, via San Salvador, El Salvador, using 757-200 aircraft. The carrier asked for local traffic rights between Guatemala City and San Salvador and wants to combine the new authority with its other exemption and certificate authority. It plans to begin the service on June 6 and asked DOT to act on its application by Feb. 19.
Canadian Airlines International President and Chief Executive Kevin Jenkins, under increasing pressure to turn the airline's financial performance around, promises a "vast improvement" in 1996. "There has been a lot of talk and a lot of projections, now it is time to perform," he said in a speech to Canadian business leaders.
Aerolitoral is seeking renewal of its authority to operate scheduled combination service between Torreon, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. It also wants permission to continue to place Aeromexico's designator code on the flights and retain its rights to code share with Aeromexico. Aerolitoral operates one daily roundtrip in the market with 19-seat Fairchild Metro equipment. (Docket OST-96-1062)
ARINC and AlliedSignal Commercial Avionics Systems announced a new service providing aircraft operators who buy Magellan CNS-12 integrated communications, navigation and surveillance avionics with access to AlliedSignal's Global Data Center, which provides processing and routing of Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) data link messages. Previously, to use the data center, an aircraft had to install an Airborne Flight Information System (AFIS) data management unit.
FAA Administrator David Hinson, "fed up" with reading critical comments made by air traffic controllers and quoted in the press, called National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Barry Krasner "on the carpet" Friday, a source told The DAILY. Krasner was told that some of the union's most-sought goals could be in jeopardy, including legislation to fully protect collective bargaining rights, the source said.
A coalition of unions representing the majority of U.S. airline pilots and flight engineers met in Washington Feb. 9-10 to craft a response to FAA's proposed new flight and duty time rules, which they believe should tighten restrictions to avoid fatigue. The unions said fatigue only recently has been recognized as a factor in accidents, and the rules do not safeguard against it. Pilots want the new rules to restrict flying during normal sleeping hours, set "reasonable" limits on maximum duty time and provide for sensible rest periods.
Air Line Pilots Association has settled with the union that represents 134 of its employees, including administrative staff, attorneys, lobbyists, contract administrators and engineers. ALPA and Unit 1 of UALPAPAE, the employee union, agreed to a four-year collective bargaining contract, in which the union agreed to hold the line on health care costs and gave some relief in salary scales in return for better pay, working conditions and retirement benefits.
Frontier Airlines flew 60.5 million revenue passenger miles in January, a 206% increase from January 1995. Capacity rose 99.9% to 100.2 million available seat miles, for a load factor of 60.4% versus 39.6% in January 1995. Frontier began operating in July 1994. January 1996 January 1995 Rev. Passenger Miles 60,543,000 19,819,000 Available Seat Miles 100,165,000 50,099,000 Load Factor (%) 60.4 39.6
Former Pan Am Chairman Ed Acker has resigned as the chairman of Caribbean carrier BWIA International Airlines. Acker became chairman of the carrier a year ago, heading a team that took BWIA private. The resignation came after BWIA's board of directors late last week asked Acker to play a larger role in running the carrier, which he refused, BWIA spokesman Jeff Kriendler said. The board pressed Acker after the carrier suffered a $3.6 million operating loss for 1995, much of which came in the fourth quarter.
AlliedSignal Aerospace named Timothy Nichols VP-distribution and customer service in its Marketing, Sales and Service (MS&S) organization and Charles Salter director-employee benefits.
Transaero Airlines has applied for renewal of its authority to operate scheduled combination service between points in Russia and Chicago, Washington, Los Angeles, Dallas, Orlando and Seattle, via intermediate points. The Moscow-based carrier also is seeking continued authority to operate charter services between Russia and the U.S. and beyond to third- country points. To date, the carrier has not instituted services it initially proposed (DAILY, Feb. 10, 1995), but it said it has carefully established its base of operations in the U.S.
The new BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofan that powers the Gulfstream V and Global Express business jets failed a bird ingestion test, but program officials said engine certification seven months from now is not in jeopardy. Gulfstream President and Chief Executive Fred Breidenbach confirmed to DAILY affiliate Show News at the Singapore Air Show that a fan blade tip came off a few seconds short of the engine's required 10-minute post-ingestion run after being fed four 1.5-pound birds.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to add service this year to Frankfurt, Vienna, Yangon and Ho Chi Minh City, the carrier said in its 1996 business plan. The new service is subject to government approval, and ANA applied for Ho Chi Minh City route authority 18 months ago but was turned down. ANA plans to boost capacity 7% - 2% in the domestic market and 18% in international service - by increasing aircraft utilization 2% and adding four 777-200s and two 767-300s to its fleet. The carrier currently operates two 777s and will take a third in a month.
