Summary of U.S. National Carriers Systemwide Traffic December 1994 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) Alaska 817 28.02 853 696,832 Aloha 378 (5.50) 136 51,613
FedEx said its average daily volume of express freight, packages and documents rose during June about 13.4% over the same month last year, to 1.03 million. International air freight grew to 44.9 million pounds from 44 million.
FlightSafety International yesterday reported second quarter net income of $20.9 million on operating revenues of $79.4 million, compared with net earnings of $18.5 million on revenues of $74 million during the same quarter a year ago. For the six months, net income was $41.1 million, up from $34.7 million, while operating revenues rose to $157.2 million from $147.3 million. Training revenues were higher in all areas, especially business aviation, but product sales fell due to reductions in commercial orders for new training equipment, he said.
Federal Express Corp. announced on-line enhancements it said will bring it "closer to its long-term goal of generating virtually all of its business on-line." It is offering: - FedEx Ship for MacIntosh, a new format for software enabling customers to carry out shipping transactions from their personal computers. More than 100,000 customers requested and received a Windows version offered since January. - Downloading of either version of Ship from America Online or FedEx's World Wide Web home page.
In what freight carriers and businessmen believe to be a landmark case, a division bench of the Bombay High Court has admitted an appeal by KLM against a court order on the liability of carriers for delayed delivery of goods. The bench will decide whether KLM can be held entirely responsible for the default of an overseas buyer who accepted goods supplied by Bombay- based Vorexpo Exports but refused payment on the ground that delivery was delayed by three days.
European Commissioner Karel Van Miert will speak on civil aviation competition in Europe at Sabre Travel Information Network's global subscriber conference at the Anatole Hotel in Dallas Sept. 7-9.
The House Transportation aviation subcommittee has not canceled its hearing, planned for Thursday, on U.S.-Japan aviation relations. The hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Room 2167 Rayburn.
BWIA International Airways has ordered up to 10 50-seat Embraer EMB-145 jets for its intra-Caribbean routes (DAILY, June 30). The airline, which was privatized earlier this year, placed firm orders for five of the aircraft and took options on five more. The Allison/Rolls-Royce-powered aircraft are scheduled for delivery beginning next summer. Financing will be provided by a consortium of Caribbean, U.S. and Brazilian banks. BWIA said it was able to secure "very favorable" export financing credits from the government of Brazil.
Nations Air Express voluntarily stopped flying Saturday following an FAA inspection, but a spokesman for the carrier said yesterday it hopes to resume flying this week. In the meantime, its passengers are being accommodated under contracts with other carriers. FAA said its inspection revealed that the airline's records were "insufficient to determine the training and qualifications of its pilots and flight attendants." The inspection also found "deficiencies in the airline's pilot training programs, pilot proficiency checks and crew manuals," FAA said.
FAA yesterday issued a correction concerning the pilot duty limits and rest requirements it will propose in November, saying the proposal will apply to all Part 121 and Part 135 operations, including aircraft seating fewer than 10 passengers, and to all non-scheduled operations (DAILY, July 17).
Business Express Airlines' operating and net income improved in the June quarter, and the airline said it expects a full-year profit and is considering an initial public offering. Business Express' operating profit rose to nearly $2.4 million in the quarter, the first of its fiscal year, and it posted net earnings of $1.7 million. In the June quarter last year, the airline had an operating profit of $479,000 and a net loss of $977,000. June quarter operating revenues improved 4.7% to $49.3 million and operating expenses increased 0.7% to $46.9 million.
Summary of U.S. Major Carriers Domestic Traffic December 1994 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) America West 1,269 1.99 762 967,015 American 5,620 1.82 1,048 5,887,870
Grimes Aerospace Co., citing improved productivity, said it is holding the line on prices of its spare parts to airlines for the third consecutive year.
Carnival Air Lines asked DOT to defer processing applications for service to Peru from points outside South Florida until it decides on earlier bids by Carnival, United and American for service from Florida. The three carriers are competing for the 3.5 Miami/Fort Lauderdale frequencies made available under the U.S.-Peru agreement struck in May (DAILY, May 8). "Introduction of a third U.S. carrier's (namely Carnival's) services in the South Florida-Peru market, which is by far the pre-eminent U.S.-Peru market, should be the department's top priority," said Carnival.
USAir, which will sublease its maintenance facility at Indianapolis Airport to FedEx as of Aug. 1, has consolidated C checks at its Pittsburgh base and is changing its C-check procedure from a program of segmented checks, doing the work 25% at a time, to a complete check all at once. The new system involves more aircraft downtime but still is more efficient and cost- effective, a company spokesman told DAILY affiliate Overhaul&Maintenance. USAir also is incorporating mandatory aging-aircraft inspections, which it is designating Q checks, into its D checks.
Northwest Airlines Corp. and Northwest Airlines Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form S-3 universal shelf registration covering debt and equity securities, amending an unused Form S-1 covering $400 million of debt securities. The company said the change is intended to increase its "overall financing flexibility" as it takes delivery of Boeing 757 aircraft this year and in 1996.
Federal Express and Evergreen International Airlines are urging DOT to dismiss DHL's objections and issue an immediate final order approving the transfer of Evergreen's U.S.-China route authority to FedEx. DOT approved the deal tentatively last month (DAILY, June 29), but DHL continues to oppose it. In earlier filings, DHL maintained that the route transfer would "put FedEx - which is by several measures the largest U.S.
Egyptair will buy three A340-200s from Airbus Industrie, with deliveries late in 1996 and in the first half of 1997, according to a Reuter report from Cairo. The news agency said that Airbus Industrie will try to find a buyer for three A300-B4s the carrier wants to dispose of, and that Egyptair also plans to buy three Boeing 777s.
Business Travel Contractors Corporation (BTCC) estimates U.S. airlines would see a net gain in revenues of 3% a year if they implement the company's proposed mileage-based net fare pricing system for corporate customers, which cleared Justice Department review Friday (DAILY, July 17). BTCC needs at least three airlines to take part in the system and negotiate a simplified domestic fare structure for it to be a "workable program," President Kevin Mitchell told reporters yesterday.
Istanbul Airlines of Turkey has contracted with Pemco World Air Services to install a Federal Express heavyweight Stage 3 hushkit on one of its 727- 200Fs. Installation will take place at Pemco's subsidiary in Copenhagen.
Northwest Airlink pilots flying for Express Airlines I and represented by the Air Line Pilots Association plan to conduct informational picketing today at Memphis and Minneapolis/St. Paul airports to protest slow progress in two years of contract talks. "Our sick pay policy is at the bottom of the industry for pilots of 30-passenger aircraft. Our pilots are penalized financially for their first day of sick leave," said John Ebert, chairman of the carrier's ALPA unit.
Mesaba Aviation has named Business Express President and Chief Executive Bryan Bedford as its president and CEO, effective next month. Mesaba, owned by AirTran Corp., operates as Northwest Airlink at Minneapolis/St. Paul and Detroit. Business Express operates as Northwest Airlink in the Northeast. Business Express said Bedford will continue to serve on its board of directors. The carrier has appointed Gary Ellmer its new president, in addition to his current duties as chief operating officer, and he will be elected to the board.
Taiwan's China Airlines is offering one-stop check-in to passengers headed to China via Hong Kong. Previously, CAL passengers had to check in twice - leaving Taiwan for Hong Kong and again boarding flights from Hong Kong to China. The new service is the result of agreements signed recently between CAL and seven Chinese carriers - CNAC, Air China, China Eastern, China Southern, China Northern, China Southwest and China Northwest Airlines.
Startup Eastwind Airlines, planning to launch low-fare service Aug. 16 between Boston, Greensboro, N.C., and its Trenton, N.J., base, believes it can add service to Tampa/St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale in the fall and Chicago and Atlanta sometime later. Operating with 120-seat 737-200s out of Trenton Mercer Airport, the carrier will offer two daily roundtrips to Boston Logan for $53 each way, to Greensboro for $63 and between Greensboro and Boston for $83.
Granted orally an exemption to Abaco Air to conduct combination charter service between Abaco, Bahamas, and Florida...Granted orally an exemption to American to operate scheduled combination service between Honolulu and Vancouver, under a code-sharing agreement with Canadian Airlines International. American's designator code will be displayed on CAI's service on the route, beginning Sept.
