Aeromexico has applied for renewal of its authority to operate scheduled combination services between Mexican points Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Tijuana, and Fresno, Calif. It is not currently serving the market but wants to retain the authority in case economic conditions warrant future service. (Docket 50395)
USAir, which earlier this year reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to delay delivery of eight 757-200s from 1996 to 1998, is not scheduled to take delivery of any aircraft in 1996 or 1997. During those years, it plans to spend roughly $90 million on fitting some of its older aircraft with hushkits.
Kiwi International will announce operating results today showing that May was its third consecutive profitable month - a $401,000 profit on revenues of $14.4 million. The carrier said it carried a record 146,000 passengers. Kiwi's year-to-date loss is $167,000, compared with $6 million for the same period in 1994.
Alaska Airlines on Friday will unveil new livery tied to its new Alaska's World campaign, designed to bring back a sense of old-fashioned, high- quality customer service. Officials are mum on the new look except to say that the aircraft will not be painted, and the new livery will last only through the summer.
Jet USA Airlines has asked for additional startup time so it can finalize its financing. Originally called All America Airways, the new entrant was found fit to begin scheduled service last June and was given until June 1995 to begin service. Since the approval, it "has been aggressively seeking financial investors to complete the financing of the airline," said the carrier.
DOT said Friday it will not recommend a rulemaking to change the High- Density Rule because the potential costs to consumers, airlines and communities would outweigh any benefits gained from changing or eliminating the rule. The high-density rule limits takeoffs and landings at Washington National, Chicago O'Hare and New York LaGuardia and Kennedy. The department's decision is based on its report on the rule, issued late Friday. The report states that changing or lifting restrictions at the four slot-controlled airports would not affect safety.
- In Federal Register dated June 12...Proposed an airworthiness directive for certain Jetstream model ATP aircraft to require an inspection to ensure that various components of the retraction actuator of the nose landing gear are secure, and inspection of the bearing cap mounting holes.
Rosenbluth International has opened an office in Singapore through its acquisition of Harpur Travel Management. It plans to tap into the Asia/Pacific market, where it has a presence in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Australia and New Zealand. Digby Collis, who has been appointed director for Singapore, said travel management is a somewhat new concept in the region, and there is enormous potential for companies to realize sizable savings.
United has applied for renewal of its authority to operate with its code- share partner services between the U.S. and Almaty, Kazakhstan; Kiev, Ukraine; Minsk, Belarus; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Tallinn, Estonia; Vilnius, Lithuania; Asmara, Eritrea; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Malta; Tunis, Tunisia; and Thessaloniki, Greece. All service is operated via Frankfurt. (Docket 50398)
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) said it will oppose flight and duty-time rulemaking that does not take into account the unique nature of smaller Part 135 operations. "The association and its members are extremely concerned with the impending FAA flight and duty-time proposal," said NATA President James Coyne in a letter to FAA Administrator David Hinson.
Granted orally an exemption to Aero Costa Rica Acori to operate scheduled combination service between San Jose, Costa Rica, and U.S. co-terminal points Miami and Orlando, via intermediate points Managua, Nicaragua, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with full traffic rights, and charters....Granted orally an exemption to Aero Internacional operate cargo charter service between any point or points in Mexico on the one hand and any point or points in the U.S.
FAA said Friday it has entered into a consent order with Express One International that imposes a $500,000 civil penalty as a result of violations found by FAA and outlines steps to be taken by the carrier to resume operations. The cargo and passenger airline voluntarily halted operation of its 39 aircraft June 4 following an FAA investigation (DAILY, June 6).
British Airways will begin operating with its own aircraft to Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Baltimore from London Gatwick, beginning Jan. 1, instead of under its wet-lease arrangement with USAir. USAir operates the flights with its own aircraft painted in BA colors, and with its own crews wearing BA uniforms. BA will begin operating the flights to Charlotte Jan. 1, to Pittsburgh March 1, and to Baltimore April 1. It will operate the flights to the U.S. with 767s that will be available after it takes delivery of three new Boeing 777s.
Delta, the official carrier of the 1996 Olympic Games in hometown Atlanta, may bear the title again in the winter games of 2002. The International Olympic Committee ruled Friday that Delta hub Salt Lake City will be the host of the games. Delta already has provided $1 million in transportation support to the city in its fifth bid for the games.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today will convene an eight-day Worldwide Airline Liability Conference in Washington, D.C., after receiving antitrust discussion immunity from the U.S. and the European commission, IATA said Friday. The conference is scheduled for June 19-27. IATA said it is bringing together representatives of the world's airlines in an effort to "preserve the advantages of the universal Warsaw Convention region while correcting the convention's deficiencies." Current international liability limits range from $10,000 to $153,000.
Sunbird Vacations will offer nonstop service from Salt Lake City to Honolulu and Maui, beginning in October, on American Trans Air. Sunbird is a California-based wholesale travel company. The flights will be operated exclusively for Sunbird on American Trans Air's 757s. Roundtrip fares begin at $399 for off-season flights to Honolulu and $449 to Maui. Special introductory fares of $369 are available to Honolulu through July 31, and $399 to Maui.
British Airways Friday named Ford Ennals, currently executive VP-marketing and business operations for Fruit of the Loom, as the airline's new director of marketing. The 39-year-old Ennals succeeds Mike Batt, who left BA in March to move to Florida and take up the post of executive VP-sales and marketing for Alamo Rent a Car (DAILY, Feb. 24).
Tour operator Pleasant Hawaiian Holidays is expanding flights offered on American Trans Air to Hawaii from Los Angeles and San Francisco for the summer. Pleasant's service provided by American Trans Air increased last week to 12 weekly flights from Los Angeles. Six are nonstop to Maui, continuing on to Honolulu, and six are nonstop to Honolulu. The carrier has been providing four flights to Maui and three to Honolulu. From San Francisco, it operates five weekly flights nonstop to Maui, continuing on to Honolulu, and two Honolulu nonstops.
Cathay Pacific estimates that changes it made to its U.S. operation in Los Angeles will save it $1.5 million annually. The changes, which include consolidating North American reservations in Vancouver, employing home- based sales staff, reducing airport staffing and consolidating ticketing in Los Angeles, resulted in 22 employees losing their jobs.
U.S. helicopter industry shipped 83 U.S.-manufactured commercial in the first quarter of 1995, up from 76 in the same period last year, the Aerospace Industries Association said. Of the 83, 74 were civil helicopters worth $43 million, a $13 million increase over the first quarter last year, when 70 civil models were shipped for $30 million. Nine were direct military export helicopters, compared with six in 1994.
The Air Courier Conference of America (ACCA) said Congress should enact legislation to prevent the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from acting as both a participant and regulator in the delivery services sector. "Quite aside from whether or not Congress should, for the public good, grant the Postal Service a monopoly over some portion of the industry, it is clear that the administration of this public power should be in the hands of a disinterested agency and not a 'business-like' Postal Service," said Harry Geller, president of Global Mail Ltd., on behalf of ACCA.
Aeroflot will add two Airbus A310-300s to its fleet under an agreement with Diamond Sakha Airlines, bringing to six the number of long-range A310s it operates on its international network. The airplanes will be used on routes from Moscow to Berlin and to Beijing, and to northeastern Siberia.
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) says the radar at Miami Airport is unreliable. The association recently complained that Congress is making budget cuts that will result in reduced aviation safety. The Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR-9) has failed seven times at Miami since May 24, NATCA said, and on June 5, 33 aircraft were on final approach when all tracking information disappeared from controllers' screens.
Air Ontario and Air Alliance have applied for authority to operate scheduled and charter combination service from any point or points in Canada and the U.S. Both carriers are wholly owned subsidaries of Air Canada. Operating a fleet of de Havilland Dash 8-100 and 300 aircraft and a Beech King Air 200, Air Ontario currently operates scheduled service between Toronto and Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Hartford and Indianapolis. Air Alliance operates scheduled service between Canada and Hartford, New York and Philadelphia. The carrier flies all Dash 8-100s.
