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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

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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.

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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).

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Delta and Korea Air have signed an agreement to code share on KAL's three weekly Atlanta-Chicago-Seoul flights, beginning Sept. 30, subject to government approval. Also beginning Sept. 30, but separate from the code- sharing arrangement, KAL will purchase seats on three of Delta's six weekly MD-11 flights between Portland and Seoul.

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U.S. and Japan will hold ministerial-level meetings in San Francisco in a further effort to avert U.S. sanctions against Japanese cargo service, according to a government official. Three days of meetings last week in Tokyo, ending Saturday, failed to produce agreement, the official said. Those talks wound down as the comment and reply period on the show cause order for the proposed sanctions ended Friday.

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Martinair Holland will increase service between Amsterdam and three Florida destinations from nine flights per week to 14, effective Nov. 1, with the start of its winter schedule. Service between Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and Miami will grow from three roundtrips a week to one a day, and the Amsterdam-Orlando rate will rise from four per week to five. Service to Tampa will remain at two roundtrips per week. The carrier will operate 767-300ER and MD-11s in the Florida markets. Also effective Nov. 1, all of Martinair's international flights will be smoke-free.

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USAfrica Airways is urging DOT to deny World Airways' request to serve Johannesburg, South Africa, as a beyond point on its proposed New York- Accra service. USAfrica, whose own operations to South Africa are suspended, took no position on New York-Accra service but noted that the current application is World's third attempt to gain South Africa authority.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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ValuJet Airlines yesterday reported second quarter net earnings of $16.9 million, or 57 cents per share taking into account the carrier's April 10 two-for-one stock split, and an operating profit of nearly $26 million. The rapidly growing airline's second quarter revenues soared 192.5% from a year ago, to $86.9 million, on triple the traffic and an average fare that increased 3.4% to $66.31. The airline's yield declined 7.4% but its revenue per available seat mile increased 6.4%.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Fine Airlines said it will begin daily cargo service today between Miami and Puerto Rico. It will fly a stretch DC-8 leaving Miami about midnight and arriving back in Miami at about 7:30 a.m. Fine serves the Caribbean and Central and South America with 15 DC-8s.

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Federal Express urged DOT Friday to impose on Aug. 1 its proposed sanctions on sixth-freedom cargo carried by Japanese airlines to the U.S. unless the government of Japan approves FedEx's pending request for beyond-Japan service. In a legal filing, the carrier said it "profoundly hopes that the impasse involving its beyond-Japan service will be satisfactorily resolved in the near future, and that the [proposed] countermeasures...will not need to be imposed" against Japan Airlines and Nippon Cargo Airlines.

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Airline Suppliers Association appointed Marty Barrett, Pratt&Whitney; Fred Gaunt, Pacific Air Industries; Karen Borgnes, Pacific Aero Tech; Robert Powell, Flightspares, and Mike Molli, SAS Technitrade, to the board. Association of the Bar of New York appointed Shephard Melzer, Rogers and Wells, chairman of the Aeronautics Committee.

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FAA Administrator David Hinson and Anthony Broderick, associate administrator for regulation and certification, listed five agency rulemakings that are on a "fast track." Proceedings and their deadlines are: - Air carrier training programs, final rule, October 1995. Requires all commercial operations of aircraft with 10 seats to meet the highest requirements for crew training, testing and qualification. Requires training in cockpit resource management to enhance crew coordination and performance.

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Alaska Airlines plans to launch daily nonstop service between Phoenix and Puerto Vallarta on Oct. 5, pending DOT approval, the airline said. The carrier intends to use 140-seat MD-80s. Also on Oct. 5, Alaska will increase its Phoenix-Los Cabos service to one flight daily. It serves the market four times a week in the summer season.