John Cahill, 65, TWA non-executive chairman and former chairman of British Aerospace, died Saturday in Providence, R.I., after a brief illness. Thomas Meagher will continue as acting non-executive chairman.
Delta will offer special Thanksgiving fares between its Cincinnati hub and 38 destinations in the Midwest and East for travel on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23, 24 and 25. The fares begin at $158 roundtrip and provide savings up to 55% off 21-day advance purchase coach fares. Customers must buy tickets before Nov. 10.
Delta plans to establish a cargo organization Dec. 1 under which it will consolidate cargo marketing, sales and service, and adminstrative functions that are currently performed by different segments of the company. The creation of the cargo unit, which will be headed by Walter Doll, VP-cargo, is a result of the airline's Leadership 7.5 cost reduction program and was among the recommendations of the Leadership 7.5 cargo re- engineering team.
The Seattle Professional Engineer Employees Association (SPEEA), which opened contract negotiations with Boeing Oct. 23, said it picked up nearly 300 new members during October. Charles Bofferding, executive director, said the rate of signups is increasing. "People are figuring out that there are real issues and concerns, and that they cannot go it alone," Bofferding said.
The atmospheric release of nitrogen oxides last Friday at Boeing's Auburn, Wash., facility was caused by the incorrect selection of equipment, the company said yesterday (DAILY, Nov. 7). About 300 gallons of used nitric and hydrofluoric acid from a factory tank were drawn into a portable tanker for transport to an on-site waste treatment facility, Boeing said. "It appears that the acid was piped into a steel tanker that was not equipped with a protective liner. Until the tanker can be physically examined, this cannot be confirmed," Boeing said.
The U.S. and Japan have scheduled the second round of all-cargo talks Nov. 28-30 in Washington. The two sides will address capacity, designation and other related issues, such as intermodal and charter rights. The countries are working on a March deadline for a new agreement.
Air France flight attendants have scheduled a strike for Thursday, Friday and Saturday that, if honored by the majority of the airline's cabin crew, likely will bring retaliation from management. The flight attendants are planning the action to protest work rule and job description changes Air France Chairman Christian Blanc wants to implement because flight attendants have lagged behind other employee groups and have not met mandated productivity improvement and cost reduction goals.
Boeing scheduled a meeting today with the striking Machinists union after the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint Wednesday against some of the company's bargaining tactics with the union. The NLRB scheduled an unfair labor practices hearing Dec. 19 before an administrative law judge. The NLRB general counsel's office in Washington, D.C., also said it has "under active consideration" a request from its regional director in Seattle for a federal court injunction to compel Boeing to bargain in good faith.
Varig and Delta plan to expand their code-sharing service between New York and Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to two flights a day - one daily roundtrip to each Brazilian city - on Dec. 1.
Southwest's October load factor dropped five percentage points from a year ago to 60%, but management said it was pleased with overall revenue production. Traffic increased 4% from a year ago on 12.7% more capacity, and the number of passengers boarded rose 1.9%. The average length of haul increased 2.2% to 514 miles, and the number of trips flown rose 9.6% to 60,810. "Our October traffic results were in line with expectations," said Gary Kelly, chief financial officer.
Air Micronesia, seeking to take advantage of new agreements between U.S. and Asian nations, has applied for authority to operate all-cargo service on a Guam-Manila-Hong Kong routing, with fifth-freedom rights between Manila and Hong Kong. The carrier proposes five weekly roundtrip flights on the route beginning in January 1996, using Boeing 727 aircraft. The carrier notes that the service is consistent with the new U.S.-Philippines bilateral and the U.S.-Hong Kong Memorandum of Understanding. (Docket OST- 95-764)
Delta's systemwide passenger traffic fell 1.1% last month on 0.2% more capacity, depressing the load factor 0.9 percentage points to 65.9%. Boardings declined 2.7%. Delta's domestic traffic was down 0.5% on 1.7% more capacity, and its international traffic 2.8% on 4.2% fewer available seat miles. Through the first 10 months of 1995, systemwide traffic declined 1.3% on 0.2% more capacity, causing the load factor to rise one point to 65.7%. Oct 95 Oct 94 10 Mths 95 10 Mths 94
U.S. National Carriers Operating Revenues and Expenses Second Quarter 1995 Operating Operating Revenues Expenses (000) (000) Second Quarter 1995 Alaska $ 298,588 $ 275,049 Aloha 53,707 57,782 American Trans Air 165,560 159,907
U.S. Major Carriers Operating Revenues and Expenses Second Quarter 1995 Operating Operating Revenues Expenses (000) (000) Second Quarter 1995 America West $ 402,075 $ 349,118 American 3,976,141 3,520,325 Continental 1,255,364 1,184,488
Aerolineas Latinas is seeking renewal of its existing Venezuela-U.S. authority. The carrier is permitted to operate charter and non-scheduled all-cargo services between Venezuela and the co-terminal points of Miami, New York and San Juan, Puerto Rico, via Port au Prince, Haiti. (Docket 46768&OST-95-783)
DOT has tentatively found LorAir fit to operate foreign charter service. The Torrance, Calif.-based carrier, which plans to establish an operations base at the Bullhead City Airport in Arizona, will provide charter service for sports teams traveling to away games in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and ad hoc charter flights, using 737-200 aircraft. (Dockets OST-95-290&OST-95-702)
Canadian Airlines International and Malaysia Airlines have launched a code- sharing service between Kuala Lumpur and Vancouver, via Taipei, operating two flights a week with 747-400s. Canadian Airlines flies to Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Nagoya, Taipei and Tokyo and plans to inaugurate service to the Philippines and Vietnam in 1996.
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) may offer an amendment to the Senate FAA reform bill (S.1239) that would drop user fees now proposed in the bill and instead order an independent audit of FAA's financial needs through 2002 and require a review of financing options for the agency.The Stevens measure also would refine personnel and procurement sections of S.1239. The Senate Commerce Committee, of which Stevens is a member, is scheduled to consider the FAA bill on Thursday.
DOT has tentatively found Air 21 fit to conduct scheduled interstate service. The carrier plans to introduce low-cost, low-fare scheduled service from its Fresno, Calif., base to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, using initially two leased Fokker F-28-4000 aircraft.
Vanguard Airlines said yesterday it is leasing two 737-300s from Aloha in place of two 737-400s it had agreed in principle to lease from Aloha. The aircraft, to be delivered this month and early in December, will increase Vanguard's fleet to seven aircraft and bring it into compliance with Stage 2 noise rules that become effective at the end of 1996, the carrier said.
Change in leadership of the $1 billion Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) program does not mean FAA has changed its basic plan to maximize the use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) procurement of hardware and software for the national airspace system, according to George Donohue, the agency's assistant administrator for research and acquisitions. Last week, FAA removed Joanne Kansier as integrated product team leader for STARS. Kansier ran into difficulties insisting that the program remain totally COTS, according to industry insiders (DAILY, Nov.
TWA's systemwide passenger traffic fell 0.3% in October on 4.7% less capacity, causing its load factor to increase 2.8 percentage points to 64%. The number of passengers boarded rose 5%. TWA's domestic traffic was up 1.5% on like growth in capacity, but its international traffic declined 4.3% on 18.7% less capacity. Through the first 10 months, TWA's systemwide traffic fell 0.3% on 3.7% less capacity, lifting the load factor 2.2 points to 66.2%. Oct 95 Oct 94 10 Mths 95 10 Mths 94
With an 89.4% record in September, Southwest scored the best on-time record among the majors for the fourth month in a row. Overall, the 10 largest U.S. carriers posted an 85.6% on-time arrival record for the month, a big improvement over August's 79.9%, according to DOT's Air Travel Consumer Report. As in August, Continental was runner-up with 88.5% and USAir ranked third at 87.2%. Delta placed last with 80.8%. The data continue to include delays caused by mechanical problems as DOT considers whether to exclude them once again.
United's flight attendants will picket UAL management's scheduled meeting today with analysts and investors at Chicago O'Hare Airport. The flight attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, plan to picket the meeting in support of their upcoming contract negotiations. Their contract becomes amendable in March, and they are not participants in the United employee stock ownership plan.
KLM Cargo is scheduled today to launch twice-weekly 747 freighter service between Amsterdam and Penang, Malaysia. The flight will operate via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta on Tuesdays, and via Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore on Thursdays. KLM Cargo said the service is the result of the cargo open skies agreement signed recently by Dutch and Malaysian authorities.
