Sterling One, a new company advertising new service between Long Beach and Chicago, said yesterday that it is an indirect carrier, and that AvAtlantic will provide the service (DAILY, Oct. 16). Sterling One issued the clarification at DOT's prompting after it announced new service in the market last week without mentioning AvAtlantic's role.
Machinists union strike at Boeing continues with 24-hour picketing, the union said, as the company insists on negotiating the contract on the table and the union says that in that case, there is nothing to discuss. An IAM spokesperson said the union may hear this week from the National Labor Relations Board on charges it filed against the company, alleging that it withheld information on the health care proposal, and on subcontracting and outsourcing, which "we hope will get us back to the table." A second charge involves cuts in retiree medical benefits.
U.S. airlines will post strong financial results for the third quarter, and the earnings momentum generally is expected to continue into 1996, according to airline analysts. As many as nine airline companies are expected to report their September quarter results during the next two weeks, beginning today with Continental, whose stock closed at $40 per share on Friday, an all-time high.
Delta's Air Line Pilots Association unit has decided to implement retroactively the 2% pay raise it agreed in August 1994 to hold in abeyance for one year, including it in contract negotiations. The pilots said their Master Executive Council voted last week to call for the implementation of the raise in response to members frustrated by the current mediated talks.
Canadian Airlines International has extended its Weekend Getaway Fares promotion to sun destinations. The airline has been offering the fares for travel between 14 cities in Canada and five U.S. points since late summer (DAILY, Aug. 17). In the extension, Canadian is offering discounts up to 80% off full economy fares for weekend travel to Honolulu, Las Vegas, Reno, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. Getaway Fares travelers to the sun destinations must leave Canada on a Thursday and return the following Sunday or Monday.
The Air Transport Association said yesterday that John Motley, executive VP for government and public relations, has resigned to become senior VP of government and public affairs for the National Retail Federation. Motley joined ATA in June after 24 years at the National Federation of Independent Business. ATA President Carol Hallett has eliminated the position of executive VP and named Guy Clough senior VP for economic and external affairs.
The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to continue work Wednesday on its version of the budget reconciliation bill, including a provision that would extend for 18 months, not two years, the exemption for commercial aviation fuel from the 4.3 cents-per-gallon transportation fuels tax.
The Securities and Exchange Commission told Denver officials last week that its Central Region office plans, to recommend administrative action as a result of its investigation into Denver Airport revenue bonds. SEC Denver Branch Chief of Enforcement, Donald Deagle, cited the city with violations of sections of SEC Acts of 1933 and 1934. A response from the city is due Oct. 27.
Air Canada is offering reduced fares from Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver to some European and western U.S. destinations. The discounts are available to San Francisco, Honolulu and Frankfurt from Edmonton and Calgary, and to those three points and London from Vancouver. "Air Canada is introducing a wider choice of fares to suit different budgets and travel plans," said Robert Milton, the airline's senior VP-marketing and in-flight service.
Summary of U.S. Major Carriers International Revenues and Expenses First Quarter 1995 In Dollars Total Operating % Passenger Carrier Revenues Change Revenues American 1,046,676,000 6.69 894,535,000 Atlantic 396,698,000 6.49 317,143,000
AirTran Airways' load factor dipped to 45.7% in September after topping 66% in both July and August. "Florida's record number of tropical storms contributed to lower-than-expected traffic results in September," said John Horn, the airline's chief executive. "However, bookings for the fourth quarter are strong and reservation activity is at an all-time high," he said. AirTran flew 31.98 million revenue passenger miles last month on 69.94 million available seat miles. The airline boarded 37,416 passengers during the month.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) systemwide passenger traffic rose 9.1% in August to 4.57 billion revenue passenger kilometers. The airline boarded 989,000 passengers during the month, an increase of 9.3% from August a year ago. SIA's cargo traffic rose 9.6% to 294.2 million freight ton kilometers. Through the first eight months of the year, SIA's passenger traffic increased 6.4% to 31.34 billion RPKs and its passenger enplanements rose 7.8% to nearly seven million. Cargo traffic for the period increased 10.9% to 2.29 billion FTKs.
Western Pacific has extended until Nov. 10 the deadline for buying two-for- one companion fares for travel through Dec. 14. The companion ticket is free to anyone purchasing a ticket at the everyday walk-up fare to any of the Colorado Springs-based carrier's destinations.
DOT renewed for 179 days Japan Airlines' authority to operate scheduled combination services between Sendai, Japan, and Honolulu. The period is less than JAL's one-year request but exceeds the 120-day-limit United had asked the department to impose. JAL argued that its request was consistent with the 1989 Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Japan and would benefit the traveling public. The carrier's bid was supported by the State of Hawaii (DAILY, Oct.
As U.S.-U.K. officials reconvened talks aimed at gaining additional access for U.S. carriers to London Heathrow Airport, Delta said yesterday it intends to seek authority to operate between Atlanta and Heathrow. Noting that Atlanta is the largest U.S.
Lufthansa's systemwide passenger traffic increased 5.4% in August to 5.62 billion revenue passenger kilometers. Passenger enplanements grew 6.8% from August a year ago to 2.76 million. Through the first eight months of 1995, Lufthansa's passenger traffic rose 10.8%, surpassing 40 billion RPKs, and passenger boardings increased 10.1% to 21.17 million.
American's Fly AAway Vacations has added several tours of London to this year's European winter travel package. One tour, the Classic Collection, provides a choice of five-star hotels, roundtrip airport transfers by chauffeured cars, lunch at Harrods department store and tickets to shows. Another, Historic Pubs of London, includes meal and drink passes at more than 20 London pubs. Fly AAway Vacations also has programs that enable travel agents to customize tours and offer day tours to castles or cabaret shows.
The U.S. and Japan still are trying to work out a date for the second set of cargo talks, to be held in Tokyo.Currently, late November looks likely, but "there has been no confirmation of that," said a U.S. official.
Air Transport Association Cargo Traffic August, 8 Months 1995 Revenue Ton-Miles (000) August August % 1995 1994 Change Domestic Freight 730,438 701,067 4.2 Mail 140,424 131,719 6.6 Total 870,862 832,786 4.6 International
British Airways plans to begin service from London Gatwick to Edinburgh, Stockholm and Zurich in the first half of 1996. The Edinburgh and Stockholm flights will begin March 31, and the Zurich service is scheduled to begin June 2, bringing to 87 the number of cities served from Gatwick by BA and its partner airlines. "The addition of these three routes reflects the continuing demand from our customers for more routes and more choice from Gatwick," said BA Group Managing Director Robert Ayling.
Members of Congress are wasting no time to position themselves for a possible takeover of USAir by American or United. Sen. Ernest Hollings (D- S.C.), who has long decried the impact of deregulation on service to his state, last week asked, "Mr. Crandall, if you buy USAir, could you guarantee me the same service I had when I got here as a senator? I had three flights up and three flights down." Crandall retorted, "I promise not to ask for your support for our purchase of USAir unless we're prepared to make appropriate guarantees along those lines."
Standard&Poor's last week placed WorldCorp and its CCC+ corporate credit rating and CCC- subordinated debt rating on CreditWatch with positive implications. The move reflects the addition of equity to WorldCorp's capital structure through the sale Oct. 6 of 2.9 million shares in its World Airways subsidiary, which raised $36 million, and the June sale of 3.5 million shares in its US Order subsidiary, which raised $60 million. WorldCorp now has a 59% stake in both World Airways and US Order.
TWA's papal charter from Newark to Rome, via Baltimore, has fired imaginations in the Maryland city. A photograph aired on a local TV station shows the aircraft bathed in a shaft of light that observers said strikingly resembled an angel. A TWA employee on the flight said that before departing Pope John Paul II blessed the flight, the crew and the airline.
Arinc on Nov. 1 will begin offering its Globalink high-frequency (HF) service in the North Atlantic with Delta as launch customer. Delta has equipped and certified 11 of its 767-300ER aircraft with HF data link avionics that enable it to access the service. The carrier has been using the service on a trial basis for the past year. Arinc said it expects Continental and two other major airlines to begin use this year.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's Board of Commissions last week approved a five-year lease agreement with SAS for the construction and operation of a VIP lounge at Newark's Terminal B. The lounge, which is scheduled to be completed next year, will occupy 5,800 square feet in the terminal's B-3 satellite. SAS plans to develop the facility, at a cost of $1.2 million, for its Euro-Class, first-class and Gold Card passengers, according to the port authority.
