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TWA is offering frequent flyer mileage to home buyers and sellers in Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts and Montana who buy or sell their homes through a Better Homes and Gardens member real estate firm. The four new states extend the program to 35. Members of TWA's Frequent Flight Bonus Program can receive up to 80,000 miles per transaction.
Continental took delivery of a 747-200 aircraft on a five-year operating lease from Fortis Aviation, acting for Whirlpool Financial Corp. Acting for Global Aircraft Leasing, Fortis also announced the sale of two 747-100s to Kabo Air of Kano, Nigeria.
Tracor Information Systems Co. named Kenneth Johnson president and chief operating officer of Cordant, Kenneth Casazza VP-corporate development, and Michael Wiegold VP and chief financial officer of Cordant.
Israel Aircraft Industries promoted Shimon Eckhaus to deputy corporate VP-marketing, Haim Zilber to deputy corporate VP-procurement and logistics, David Dagan to general manager of the Lahav Division of the Military Airplane Group, and Menashe Sagiv and Avi Knobel to deputy corporate VP-finance.
The CIT Aerospace Division promoted Mike Walling and Matthew Beirne to assistant VP-technical operations; Damon D'Agostino to marketing officer-commercial aircraft, and Laura Novotny to administrative assistant- technical operations.
The new Air Code of Russia passed its third reading of the Transportation Committee of the State Duma Thursday for consideration by the legislature's Upper Chamber, where it faces opposition. Whatever passes the Upper Chamber is subject to approval by President Yeltsin.
DOT has awarded third-country code-share designations to Delta, Northwest and United for service to Warsaw. Delta's service can start April first, and the carrier plans to place its code on Austrian Airlines flights out of Vienna. The other carriers' code shares are authorized to begin Nov. 1. Northwest will code share with partner KLM from Amsterdam to Warsaw, and United from Frankfurt with partner Lufthansa.
British Airways Engineering has signed a contract with FLS Aerospace Ltd. to supply aircraft maintenance services at its Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted bases. The contract, worth about 25 million pounds (US$40 million), will run initially from March 1997 to October 2000 and involve the re- opening of the FLS hangar facility at Gatwick, to which BA Engineering will have exclusive access.
Dollar Rent-A-Car has joined Delta's SkyMiles program. Beginning March 1, SkyMiles members will receive 500 miles every time they rent a car from Dollar. Double miles will be awarded from March 1 through June 15 on specific rentals.
United Chairman Gerald Greenwald's plan for a culture summit to chart the company's future is "premature," according to the carrier's Air Line Pilots Association unit. The union will not re-engage the company on such matters until Greenwald promises that employees will not have to pay twice for their employee stock ownership plan, ALPA said. This will take a binding agreement to restore wages no later than April 12, 2000, when the contract becomes amendable.
Air Canada reported 1996 earnings of C$149 million (US$108.8 million), or 86 cents per share, up from C$62 million or 36 cents per share in 1995. But operating income was C$215 million, down from C$275 million the previous year. Operating revenue totaled C$4.88 billion, an increase of 8% from 1995. Fourth-quarter results for the year ending Dec. 31 included a net loss of C$18 million, compared with a C$12 million loss in 1995. Operating income was C$10 million for the quarter in 1996, down from C$46 million during the same 1995 quarter.
U.S.-U.K. talks showed little movement last week, but the open skies initiative marches on elsewhere. The U.S. and Taiwan will talk Wednesday and Thursday. An agreement with Brunei was initialed in recent weeks, and DOT officials are working on a schedule for Malaysia. In a separate effort to break a longstanding deadlock, the U.S. and Japan are scheduled to meet March 5 and 6 in Washington.
Viasa's board decided to liquidate the airline after efforts to rescue the loss leader failed to satisfy investors and union members, according to DAILY affiliate Aviation-Latin America&Caribbean. A restructuring plan developed by 45% owner Iberia included a headcount reduction of 18% and renegotiation of five union contracts. Failure of this plan is what led to Viasa's grounding on Jan. 24.
Summary of U.S. Major Carriers International Traffic September 1996 Revenue Average Revenue Passengers Length of Passenger Enplaned % Travel Miles Carriers (000) Change (Miles) (000) Alaska 131 35.42 1,056 138,124 Latin 131 35.42 1,056 138,124 American 4,012 (3.15) 2,164 8,681,804 Atlantic 979 (13.98) 4,108 4,022,286
Interactive Flight Technologies appointed Robert Hooper VP-sales and marketing, Marchea Malone corporate controller and Frank Gomer director- engineering.
The Board of Immigration Appeals has decided in favor of an airline, Varig, in an appeal of a 1991 case that could facilitate the appeals of many other carriers that have been fined $3,000 per passenger by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for transporting to the U.S. passengers who arrive with no visas or with counterfeit passports. The board said airlines need only show "due diligence" by establishing adequate procedures to ensure that all documents are inspected, and by carrying out the procedures.
Jerry Murphy, president and chief executive of Kiwi International Air Lines, will speak on "New Entrants: Are They Permanently Grounded?" at a luncheon meeting of the Aero Club of Washington, scheduled tomorrow at noon at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington. For more information, call 703- 327-7082.
Canadian-based Royal Airlines plans to start A310-300 charter flights this summer linking three Canadian cities with four U.K. destinations. The program starts May 2 with a four-times-weekly service between Glasgow and Toronto and will expand May 5 with three-times-weekly flights between London Gatwick, Manchester and Toronto. On June 23, one weekly flight will start between London Gatwick and Vancouver, via Winnipeg, and another will begin June 25 between Birmingham and Toronto, via Manchester.
Princess Hotels has joined America West's frequent flyer program, FlightFund. Members will receive 500 miles for every qualifying stay at a participating Princess Hotels International property. Members can earn double miles through June 30.
