Delta SkyMiles members can earn 1,000 miles by ordering a $35 Olympic brick by Sept. 15. The commemorative stones will pave the walkways and plazas of Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games.
As U.S. officials press to resolve the country's aviation dispute with Japan, Federal Express has postponed opening its Subic Bay transshipment facility. Officials from the two countries concluded three days of negotiations in Washington Tuesday without reaching an agreement. The talks were carried out at the "vice ministerial level," according to a DOT official, although Japan's Transport Minister Shizuka Kamei and DOT Secretary Federico Pea held informal talks before the Tuesday night negotiations.
U.S. Major Carriers Share of Latin Service Fourth Quarter 1994 Total Revenue Departures America West 235 American 21,923 Continental 7,133 Delta 3,493 United 5,341 USAir 1,638 Total 39,763 Average Number of
AMR Corp. Chairman Robert Crandall, speaking to a Merrill Lynch Transportation Conference this week in New York, said the near-term outlook for the airline group is "as good as it has been for a very long time." His comments came as American's stock, as well as those of other majors, hit highs for the year. He said 1995 is "shaping up to be a year of progress on many fronts," as evidenced by strong first quarter results, and AMR remains "guardedly optimistic" about the third quarter.
British Asia Airways (BAA), the wholly owned subsidiary of British Airways, will increase the number of weekly roundtrip flights on its London-Hong Kong-Taipei route to three, starting tomorrow.
Las Vegas-based Scenic Airlines has installed the first of 39 digital voice passenger briefing and tour guide systems developed by Heads Up Technologies. The PBS650 system can transmit information in 15 languages and store 27 hours of recorded information.
Northwest has won the 1994 Ashington-Pickett Crystal Pyramid Award of Merit for best overall service among U.S. airlines. The newsletter's readers found Northwest to be efficient, employees courteous and menus imaginative.
Under an agreement signed between U.S.-based helicopter maker Sikorsky, Taiwan's military-run Aero-Industry Development Center and Taiwan Aerospace Co., Ltd., will form a joint venture to produce parts and components for the nose section of the new S-92 transport helicopter, currently being developed by Sikorsky. The agreement, signed in Paris, calls for Sikorsky to transfer to the Taiwanese companies technology for manufacturing parts and components in the aircraft's nose section, including state-of-the-art electronics systems.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) plans to introduce legislation today that would establish FAA as an independent agency and mandate various procurement, personnel and regulatory reforms. The bill, to be co-sponsored by Sens. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kan.), is in most respects the same as FAA reform legislation (H.R.1392) sponsored in the House by Rep. Jim Lightfoot (R-Iowa) (DAILY, April 5).
FAA has rated the aviation safety oversight in South Africa, Uzbekistan and Nauru acceptable under international safety standards. The South Pacific island of Kiribati was rated unacceptable, however, in FAA's assessment of countries' capability to provide safety oversight of their air carriers.
Air Line Pilots Association won an election Tuesday to represent flight deck crew at FloridaGulf, a division of Mesa Air Group. The National Mediation Board said that of 286 eligible voters, ALPA received 249 votes (DAILY, March 21). ALPA lost an election two years ago at the carrier.
CompuServe advertised its service onboard Reno Air flights at San Jose, Las Vegas and Reno through a marketing delivery system devised by Delysair Ltd. Reno Air flight attendants distributed CompuServe snack packs containing a CompuServe membership and software, and a trail mix snack.
SAS late yesterday canceled its entire schedule of 800 flights for today after management and the carrier's pilots union agreed there was no point in resuming negotiations last night. The two sides, which are locked in a pay dispute, had informal contacts during the day. This is the third time since Friday that SAS has canceled its flight schedule for an entire 24- hour period (DAILY, June 13). SAS expects traffic to return to normal tomorrow.
Qantas has awarded an A$194 million contract for construction of three stages of its expanded Domestic Terminal at Sydney Airport to Civil and Civic, a unit of the Lend Lease Group. Work on the project is due to be completed by December 1997. The project will include the addition of five new aircraft gates, bringing the total to 15, including eight for widebodies; a new satellite terminal with seven aircraft gates, and new Qantas Club and Chairman's Lounge facilities.
The International Civil Aviation Organization's Airport Design Study Group (ADSG) has giving initial support to an Airports Council International proposal that a new aerodrome reference code letter "F" be introduced into ICAO Annex 14 to take into account possible introduction of new large aircraft (NLA), ACI said. Code letter "F" would cover aircraft having wingspans from 65 meters up to but not including 80 meters. The ADSG recommendation is subject to approval by the ICAO Air Navigation Commission after the next ADSG meeting in April 1996.
Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) has introduced legislation (S.905) to provide for joint administration by FAA and the National Park Service of airspace use over national parks. The bill, modified from a version Akaka introduced last year, aims to mitigate the impact of commercial air tour flights over units of the National Park System. Other elements of the bill would: - establish a process for developing individualized airspace management plans at parks experiencing significant commercial air tour activity;
Chinese aviation officials have signed a letter of intent with McDonnell Douglas to acquire 20 MD-90s, and the two sides are in talks about the U.S. manufacturer setting up a spare parts distribution center in China, McDonnell Douglas announced yesterday at the Paris Air Show. The 20 MD- 90s would be delivered from McDonnell Douglas's plant in Long Beach, Calif., to China Eastern Airlines and China Northern Airlines. The preliminary agreement was reached between McDonnell Douglas, the two airlines and China Aviation Supplies Corp.
U.S. and Japanese officials, who met Sunday and Monday without resolving aviation issues, were scheduled to meet again last night, an industry source said.The talks focused on cargo - specifically, Federal Express's complaint about not being allowed to operate between Japan and the Philippines. Talks have been at the vice minister level so far, and it was unclear yesterday whether DOT Secretary Federico Pea and Japan's Transport Minister, Shizuka Kamei, will meet, the source said.
TWA will begin hourly service to Kansas City from its St. Louis hub tomorrow, with flights departing at the top of the hour. The schedule change includes service to three new cities and 19 new daily departures from St. Louis. New jet service will be inaugurated to Memphis, Knoxville and Madison. The addition of an 11th bank of flights will mean shorter connecting times at the hub, TWA said. TWA feeder Trans States Airlines will increase daily departures to 176 from 162 by adding flights to Milwaukee and Nashville.
The cities of Chicago and Gary, Ind., have dropped a lawsuit, filed in April, that sought a declaratory judgment validating a pact they struck to form the Chicago-Gary Regional Airport Authority. They filed the suit because they believed Illinois lawmakers were going to pass legislation creating a competing state airport authority during the spring legislative session, the city of Chicago said. "The General Assembly has concluded its spring session without passing any competing legislation," Chicago Corporation Counsel Susan Sher said.
Aer Lingus has upgraded its connectivity level within the Infini computer reservations system to Direct Access. The higher level of participation enables Infini's travel agent subscribers to retrieve information, including last-seat availability and schedule display, on a real-time basis directly from the airline's system. In addition, confirmed bookings made through Direct Access are guaranteed. Aer Lingus now uses Direct Access in combination with Infini's Locator Back product. Forty-one Infini participating carriers use Direct Access.
Harry Kimbriel, founder of aviation/financial firm Kimbriel&Associates, died June 9 in Alto, N.M. He had worked for American from 1958 until 1973. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 17 at St. Philips in the Hills in Tucson.
The French government has finally agreed to a longstanding demand from cash-strapped French enginemaker Snecma for an injection next year to help it launch development of the 40,000-lbst. CFM-XX turbofan, Snecma chief Bernard Dufour said yesterday in Paris.
U.S. manufacturers recorded 62 orders for large commercial jet transports in the first quarter, the Aerospace Industries Association said yesterday. U.S. companies received 62 of the 70 net orders placed worldwide. In all of 1994, U.S. manufacturers received 79 orders from a net total of 150 for commercial jet transports. During the three-month period, U.S. manufacturers shipped 72 of the 112 large commercial jet transports produced. Last year, U.S. manufacturers shipped 309 of 432 large commercial jets produced.
LTU International Airways plans to begin weekly service between Dusseldorf and Daytona Beach Nov. 2. LTU said it will become the first scheduled airline to offer nonstop international service to and from Daytona Beach. The airline will use a 288-passenger L-1011-500 to operate the service, which will continue on to one of LTU's Latin American destinations. Feeder service to and from Munich also will be available. LTU will operate the service until April 25. Separately, LTU is offering an early-booking special for the fall 1995 season from its U.S.
