- In Federal Register dated Dec. 1...Issued an airworthiness directive on several Cessna C-series aircraft requiring inspections of the propeller hubs...Issued an AD on certain de Havilland Dash 8 series aircraft requiring inspections of the pivot tubes in the drag strut of the nose landing gear...Superseded an AD on McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft concerning structural inspections. - In FR dated Dec. 4...Proposed an AD on Fokker F28-100 aircraft to require modifying the thrust reverser doors and to replace the Collins multifunction display units.
American International Airways appointed Steve Murray VP and general manager of American International Freight, its scheduled overnight cargo division.
FAA Administrator David Hinson, who expects a 25% air traffic increase in the Atlanta area during next summer's Olympic Games, says the event will be the "largest peacetime event in history in terms of people and attendance, twice the size of the Los Angeles games with twice the athletes." FAA can handle the traffic and security problems, he said.
Granted orally an exemption to Alaska Airlines to operate combination services between San Francisco and Mazatlan, Mexico; San Francisco and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Los Angeles and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico...Granted orally an exemption to Japan Airlines for authority to operate for one year Tokyo-Honolulu and Tokyo-Atlanta scheduled combination services and to co-terminalize Seattle and Atlanta in conjunction with its Tokyo-Atlanta rights.
USAir, moving to replace Chief Executive Seth Schofield quickly, hopes to choose a successor early next year. While the names of several current airline executives have been mentioned in aviation circles, the search committee is casting a wider net, looking at candidates with experience in the service sector.
Midway Airlines Friday obtained two-year authority to provide combination service between Raleigh/Durham, N.C., and Bermuda. Midway plans to begin one daily roundtrip flight on or about June 1, 1996, using Airbus A320 aircraft (DAILY, Nov. 3). Midway requested the right to use other aircraft appropriate and consistent with market conditions. The carrier also operates Fokker 100s. (Docket OST-95-779&OST-95-780)
Carga Aerea Venezolana Caraven has applied for renewal of its authority to operate non-scheduled all-cargo service between Venezuela and the co- terminal points Miami, New York, Houston and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Operating as Caraven Airlines, the carrier also seeks continued authority to operate all-cargo charters to the U.S. The airline has been operating U.S. non-scheduled and charter cargo services since 1993 using wet-lease services of U.S. carriers, including Southern Air Transport, American International Airways and Millon Air.
British Airways, which has carried its country's athletic teams to most international events for 40 years, will not be transporting the U.K. team to the Olympics in Atlanta next summer. BA says Delta needs "exposure in the U.K. marketplace" and thus bid low.
U.S. and the Czech Republic reached a new bilateral agreement Friday that will phase in an open skies regime by 1999, according to an industry official. Under terms of the pact, reached after four days of negotiations in Prague, the Czech Republic agreed to permit third-country code-share service by 1997. With this agreement, 11 European countries have now committed to an open skies relationship with the U.S.
Travel agents are backing away from predictions of their demise as a result of domestic commission caps and changing roles in the new wave of distribution technologies, which some feared would cut the agent out of the reservations process. Sales data have contradicted those concerns, according to Nancy Gravatt, VP-public relations and consumer marketing for the American Society of Travel Agents. In a speech prepared for the Airports Council International's international air service seminar last week, Gravatt said travel agents are actually busier than ever.
Lufthansa Airport and Ground Services GmbH, a unit of the German airline, is negotiating to acquire 26% of Hudson General Corp.'s American Aviation Services business for $23.8 million, with an option to buy up to 49% of the company.
American's Cargo Div. flew 92.6% of export shipments as booked from London Heathrow and Gatwick airports during November, and it attained document availability for imports within 95 minutes of arrival 94.9% of the time, American reported. The airline said the performance report is a first for a U.S.-based carrier, and it plans to issue performance data at all of its stations by the end of 1996.
Hawaiian Airlines had reached agreements in principle Friday with four labor unions that represent five of its employee groups and was working out the final details, a source close to the negotiations said. Hawaiian declined to comment on the status of the talks by presstime Friday, the deadline for tentative union concession agreements needed to secure a $20 million bridge loan and possible further investments, and it still needs to make them final by its next board meeting, at the end of January.
Kaman Corp. named Chairman and Chief Executive Charles Kaman to resume the title of president and appointed Robert Garneau executive VP of the corporation, C. William Kaman II executive VP, Ronald Galla senior VP and chief information officer, Michael Morneau controller and Robert Saunders senior VP-finance.
With U.S.-U.K. talks at a standstill, U.S. officials are stepping up charges of U.K. intransigence. "We've noted Sir Colin Marshall's recent call for 'a bigger, bolder, braver approach' to U.S.-U.K. aviation relationships, and we would certainly welcome evidence of that approach at the negotiating table," DOT Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Mark Gerchick said last week in a London speech.
Delta, Swissair and Austrian Airlines asked DOT to renew their authority to operate Washington-Geneva-Vienna code-share service. Under their code- share arrangement, Swissair and Delta provide the Washington-Geneva service via code-share/blocked-space arrangements with Austrian, which provides the aircraft, an Airbus A310. The same aircraft provides Washington-Vienna service via Geneva.
Comair's November traffic rose 23% to 108.1 million revenue passenger miles on 10% more capacity, compared with November 1994. The Delta Connection carrier transported 21.3% more passengers during the month, for a total of 349,472. The load factor improved 11.9 points to 56.4%. RPMs for the first 11 months were up 23.8% to 1.1 billion. Nov 95 Nov 94 11 Mths 95 11 Months 1994 RPMs 108,121,000 87,899,000 1,086,243,000 877,185,000
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Friday introduced a bill to allow the transfer of a pilot's relevant employment and training records to prospective employers. The bill offers complete immunity from lawsuits related to transferred information for both the employer transferring records and the prospective employers.
International Lease Finance Corp. sold $150 million of four-year, 5.75% senior, unsecured, non-callable notes maturing Dec. 15, 1999. The notes are underwritten by Merrill Lynch; BA Securities; Donaldson, Lufkin&Jenrett; Prudential Securities and First Union Brokerage Services.
