As a result of its restructured flight schedule, Air France expects aircraft utilization of 10.3 hours per day this winter, up from 9.5 hours per day in winter 1994-95. This improvement would be equivalent to 10 additional aircraft, or a saving of 3.6 billion French francs in capital expenditures.
TWA has set the subscription price for the company's equity rights at $4.1875. The carrier expects to receive gross proceeds of $55 million for the 13.15 million equity rights, which were issued as part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan. The equity rights, which are non- transferable rights to purchase for cash newly issued common stock from the airline, are exercisable, and subscriptions will be accepted through Oct. 5, the expiration date of the subscription period.
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KLM and U.S. partner Northwest will offer the "Amsterdam Super Stay" package this winter for travel on their transatlantic joint-venture flights from 11 U.S. gateways. Packages start at $539 per person from New York, based on double occupancy, including air fare, four-days'/three-nights' stay at deluxe hotels in Amsterdam, hotel service charges and taxes, and a daily buffet breakfast.
BWIA International Airways is offering an extra $100 in commission on first-class roundtrip tickets written by Oct. 30 for travel completed by Dec. 15. It is distributing $100 checks, which must be stapled to the auditor's coupon of tickets submitted through ARC or BSP. The check authorizes the agency to add $100 to the normal 8% commission and remit the net amount to the airline. Tickets must be validated on BWIA (BW) for roundtrip travel on BW only and are non-endorsable.
Seattle-Tacoma Airport received FAA's award for outstanding safety innovation at last week's annual Airports Council International meeting in Washington, D.C. FAA Administrator David Hinson cited Sea-Tac Airport's leadership of the runway incursion demonstration program.
House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on aviation will hold a field hearing on computer outages Sept. 26 in Room 2025 at the FAA Air Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Ill.
Lawsuit brought by salaried and management employees against United has been dismissed by a federal court in Atlanta. The employees argued United violated the law by negotiating their wage and work rule concessions during last year's employee buyout through two unions that do not represent them. Throwing out the case, the court ordered the plaintiffs to pay United's litigation costs.
Mercury Air Group's net earnings for the June quarter rose 45% from the previous year to more than $1.1 million, or 19 cents per share, on a revenue increase of 95% to $48.3 million. For the fiscal year ended June 30, the company's net earnings were up 44% to a record $4.3 million, or 76 cents per share, on record revenues of $183 million. "Mercury's record results are due to solid growth in fuel sales to domestic and international airlines," said Seymour Kahn, president.
U.S. Global Positioning System Industry Council said Charles Trimble, president of Trimble Navigation, will be its chairman for 1995-97, and Honeywell has become a member. Other officers of the Washington-based council are Chairman Emeritus Randy Hoffman, president of Magellan Systems, and Vice Chairman Robert Denaro, director, Motorola. Directors include Charles Boesenberg, president of Ashtech, chairman and founder of the new USGIC Standards Committee; H.W.
Cost of elevating safety standards at small airports to support DOT's "zero accidents" goal raised concern at last week's Airports Council International-North America meeting in Washington.More than 300 U.S. airports would have to be upgraded, skeptics noted, and there are more than 160 in Alaska alone.
New Jet Aircraft Deliveries June 1995 Last 12 Months Carrier # Type Engines Delivery Air Canada 2 A340-300 CFM56-5C4 0 Air Canada 1 Canadair RJ CF34-3A1 9 Air Euro Spa 1 767-300ER PW4062 0 Air Inter 1 Fokker 100 Tay650-15 3
American Trans Air's consolidated scheduled and charter passenger traffic increased 25.2% in August from the same month last year on 17.2% more capacity, pushing its load factor up 5.1 percentage points to 79.6%. The number of passengers rose 33.3% and the length of the average passenger trip declined 6.1% to 1,933 miles. "We are pleased with the way that the third quarter is proceeding, with stronger traffic and yields than we experienced last year," said George Mikelsons, the airline's founder and chairman.
America West appointed Steven Leonard VP-sales and sales services. Atlas Air elected George Murnane executive VP and chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1.
Pursuing a career as a flight attendant could double a woman's chances of breast cancer, concludes a study conducted by the Finnish Center for Radiation and Nuclear Safety in Helsinki and published in the British Medical Journal. UPI reports that the study, which followed 1,800 Finnish flight attendants, was not clear on the reason for the higher cancer risk.
SAS and the unions representing its ground staff in Sweden reached a new contract agreement last week, averting strikes scheduled last Thursday and Friday. The two sides agreed to a 15-month contract, retroactive to April 1, 1995, that provides for a 3.95% pay increase and a 1.8% bonus. SAS will reinstate per diems for one-day business trips and increase overtime pay. According to wire reports from Stockholm, the unions demanded an 11% wage increase over 21 months, and SAS's initial offer was 7.8% over two years.
Final data from tests conducted in April at the FAA Technical Center show that Category 3 landings can be accomplished using the Differential Global Positioning System for guidance. The data, released by FAA and Wilcox Electric, were presented last week in a technical paper at a GPS conference in Palm Springs, Calif., by Warren Hundley, Wilcox's chief scientist.
Continental's passenger traffic declined 6.6% last month from a year earlier on 10.6% less capacity, boosting the airline's load factor 3.1 percentage points to 73.3%, its highest August load factor in a decade. Domestic traffic fell 9.3% on 13.5% less capacity as the airline continued to rationalize its route system after dismantling the failed Continental Lite initiative. International traffic rose 0.6% despite a 2.1% decline in capacity. Aug 95 Aug 94 8 Mths 95 8 Mths 94
British Aerospace reported a 113% increase in before-tax profit for the first half of 1995, to 160 million pounds from 75 million pounds during the same period last year. Sales during the six months ended June 30 totaled 2.9 billion pounds, down from 3.6 billion pounds. Airbus Industrie activities continued their profitable growth, and regional aircraft losses were reduced by last year's decision to cease production of the Jetstream 61.
Arrow Air, based in Puerto Rico, will inaugurate DC-8 freighter service Sept. 25 at New York Kennedy Airport with five flights a week to and from San Juan. The service will use DynAir facilities at Kennedy. Arrow currently offers service between Miami and Atlanta and plans to begin service between Houston and South America this year.
The Aviation Communications Division of AT&T Wireless Services has introduced a ground-to-air service for its all-digital, inflight telecommunications in North America. On general aviation aircraft, the person being called simply answers the phone. On commercial aircraft, the person being called must register upon boarding a flight and enter a password to receive a call. The service, currently available to general aviation customers, will be introduced on domestic commercial aircraft this fall.
DOT does not appear to be getting out its "zero accidents" message very well. Last week, when an FAA official asked a symposium filled with Airport Council International officials how many of them had heard of the program, only a few raised their hands, even though it means major changes in the way airlines and airports operate.
Aerospace Industries Association reported last week that the U.S. aerospace industry posted a positive trade balance of $6.3 billion in the second quarter, an increase of $1.2 billion, or 24%, from the first quarter of the year. Total aerospace exports rose 17%, from $7.9 billion in the first quarter to $9.2 billion in the second. Civil exports rose 26% from $5.8 billion to $7.4 billion, while military exports declined 7% from $2 billion to $1.9 billion. Exports of civil transports increased $1 billion to $3.7 billion.
