Carnival Air Lines will add a second daily nonstop flight between Miami and San Juan on March 1. Fares start at $109 each way and do not require advance purchase. Carnival uses A300s on the route.
Boise residents and connecting passengers are benefiting from an unusual fare war - free tickets from Southwest and Horizon Air. Southwest said last Friday it would offer passengers leaving the Idaho community a coupon for free travel in the future. Now, Horizon announced that it will give travelers flying Feb. 8 through Feb. 22 two-for-one coupons good for travel between Feb. 23 and May 22, the same dates as Southwest's (DAILY, Feb. 5).
Garuda Indonesia is converting an order for three MD-11s to MD-11ERs and will speed up deliveries, Douglas Aircraft said. The carrier will take delivery of the aircraft, which have a range of 7,200 nautical miles, in December and in the second and third quarters of 1997. The deliveries were planned for 1998 and 1999.
Boeing engineers are working to redesign kiss seals inside the engine nacelle of its new 777 widebody twin after discovering that the seals' lifespan is unexpectedly short, a problem that forced British Airways to ground two recently delivered 777s while new seals were installed. Boeing and BA spokesmen said yesterday that one of the two aircraft already has been returned to service, and the other should resume flying in a few days.
Saudi Arabian Airlines ordered six eight-by-eight-inch flat-panel liquid crystal displays for the primary flight instruments of the 20 MD-90 aircraft it has on order, Douglas said. The LCDs, which are made by Honeywell, also will be used on the recently launched MD-95, Douglas said. It said airlines flying both models can take advantage of equipment commonality to reduce maintenance costs and spares.
Northwest has expanded its non-smoking policy to flights between Detroit and Seoul, Tokyo and Saipan, Tokyo and Guam and Nagoya and Guam. "Market research has shown that most of our passengers prefer a smoke-free environment," said Rick Dow, Northwest's VP-marketing programs and worldwide advertising.
The 1996 version of the FAA/Industry Aviation Safety Plan calls for faster implementation of the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) to improve training for flight crews, flight attendants, aircraft dispatchers and instructors. Other initiatives in the plan include a process to collect, analyze and disseminate safety data through Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) programs, and developing a pamphlet to explain standard phraseology used by pilots and controllers.
Virgin Atlantic Airways and Sprint have reached an agreement under which the airline's frequent flyers can earn mileage when they use Sprint's long- distance telephone service. Members of Virgin Freeway, the airline's frequent flyer program, can earn at least five miles for every dollar spent on Sprint service.
USAir Express beginning March 2 will fly three new daily nonstop flights between Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., and Pittsburgh, and beginning March 17 will start two new flights between Charleston, S.C., and Pittsburgh. USAir Express will operate the service with the 32-seat Dornier 328 high-speed turboprop.
American's traffic fell 1.8% last month, compared with January 1995, on a 2.7% drop in capacity. The declines came mainly in its domestic operations. Load factor for the month was 63.6%, up 0.6 percentage points. The number of passengers fell 7.5% while system cargo grew 0.5%. American also said weather affected its traffic. January 1996 January 1995 Rev. Passenger Miles 7,982,946,000 8,129,093,000 Available Seat Miles 12,547,918,000 12,893,126,000
Northwest's traffic grew 7.4% last month, compared with January 1995, on 6.1% more capacity, lifting the load factor 0.8 percentage points to 65.9%. The jump in total traffic was attributed in large part to a 12.5% increase in international revenue passenger miles. The number of passengers boarded by the carrier grew 4.4% for the month, but cargo slipped 8.8%. January 1996 January 1995 Rev. Passenger Miles 4,883,273,000 4,547,788,000 Available Seat Miles 7,415,572,000 6,989,295,000
Atlantic Southeast Airlines reported net income for 1995 of $51.1 million, or $1.55 per share, a decline of 2.9% from $52.7 million, or $1.54 per share, for 1994. Revenues last year totaled $328.7 million compared with $312.1 million in the prior year. For the three months ended Dec. 31, 1995, net profit rose slightly - 2.4% - to $11.5 million, from $11.2 million in the comparable 1994 quarter. Quarterly revenues were $82.6 million, up 10.1%. 4th Qtr 95 4th Qtr 94 12 Mths 95 12 Mths 94
Rolls-Royce said its Trent 800 was selected by Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise to power six firm-order Boeing 777s. Deliveries on the $150 million order are to begin in 1998. Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise is the fifth Asia-Pacific customer for the Trent 800 and the sixth customer overall for the engine. Its order share for the 777 is 36%, Rolls said.
Continental has awarded Dobbs International Services a multi-year contract for food service in Atlanta, Boston, Kansas City, Orlando, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Fort Myers and Tampa. The contract also extends food service Dobbs is providing for Continental in Chicago, Miami, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
America West will launch service to San Antonio and Anchorage June 6. The carrier will operate three flights per day to San Antonio from Phoenix and one from Las Vegas, and two flights a day to Anchorage from Seattle. It will begin new service to Miami Nov. 15, offering one daily flight from Phoenix and another from Las Vegas. On April 7, America West will add a third nonstop in the Phoenix-Atlanta market, and on May 15 a third nonstop in the Las Vegas-New York Kennedy market. On June 6, it will add a fifth Phoenix-Colorado Springs flight.
The White House has instructed the Justice Department to take whatever action is appropriate to overturn a D.C. Circuit Court decision that overturned President Clinton's executive order blocking federal contracts for companies that hire permanent replacement workers for strikers.
United's tentative agreement with the Association of Flight Attendants, reached after 18 days of negotiations, bars more non-U.S. domiciles and caps the growth of those now in place. The flight attendants picketed last year at various United events in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the opening of new foreign domiciles. The new four-year contract, with an amendable date of April 2000, includes arbitration to determine wage increases in 1998, improved scheduling and changes in language qualification requirements.
Passenger boardings during 1995 increased 5.4%, if the basis for calculation is 10 carriers - not 11, The DAILY's usual sampling. Not included is Miami-based Gulfstream International, which boasted a 114.1% increase during the year, although the United affiliate posted the lowest total number for the 11 carriers. Gulfstream went from carrying 194,331 passengers in 1994 to 416,019 for the year just ended. At the other end of the spectrum, USAir Express CCAIR saw an 11.2% dip in passenger boardings for the year, to 777,502.
Revenue passenger miles for Mesa Air Group totaled 105.4 million in January, a 28.5% increase from the 82 million recorded in January 1995. Capacity was up 13.2% to 209.6 million available seat miles. January 1996 January 1995 Rev. Passenger Miles 105,364,000 82,014,000 Available Seat Miles 209,607,000 185,084,000 Load Factor (%) 50.3 44.3 Passengers 481,795 437,920
Cincinnati-based Delta Connection affiliate Comair will begin nonstop Canadair Jet service between Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C., and Newark Airport April 1, offering three roundtrip flights per day. Separately, the carrier also said it would be increasing service to both Appleton, Wis., and Charlotte, N.C., on March 1, by upgrading to jet equipment a second roundtrip flight to each city. The carrier also will add a new turboprop flight between Cincinnati and Appleton, Wis., Lansing, Mich., and Pittsburgh, Pa. The carrier operates 29 Canadair Jets.
America West will ladle out $17.7 million in profit sharing bonuses to workers, 10.25% of eligible earnings, reflecting its record 1995 financial performance. Full and part-time employees will receive compensation, except for pilots, who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and flight attendants, who are negotiating an initial contract with the airline. The flight attendants have complained that they would not receive bonuses. but the airline noted that, unlike other employees, flight attendants still receive longevity pay.
USAir's traffic last month fell 9.3%, compared with January 1995, on 15.8% less capacity. USAir said 6% of the decline in revenue passenger miles and available seat miles came from severe weather. The load factor, which was up 4.2 percentage points to 58.9%, set a record for the fifth month in a row. The carrier's average stage length rose 2.9% in January to 679.6 miles. January 1996 January 1995 Rev. Passenger Miles 2,606,195,000 2,874,270,000
Northrop Grumman and France's Hispano-Suiza, already teamed in a variety of aero-engine nacelle programs, won the competition to supply the nacelle for Pratt&Whitney's newest small engine, the Mid-Thrust Family Engine, designed to replace the venerable JT8D, P&W said. Now formally known as the PW6000 engine series, the engine covers a range of 15,000-24,000 pounds' thrust and is being offered for the new generation of 100-passenger jetliners being developed around the world.
John Hancock Funds has taken a 5.5% stake, or 300,000 shares, in Frontier Airlines, the carrier said yesterday. John Hancock Emerging Growth Fund acquired the shares through Cohig&Associates Inc., one of the airline's principal underwriters. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, John Hancock said the purchase is for investment purposes only.
