Pan American clipper, Vol. 8, No. 10, October 1950

              PA A WELCOMES AOA!
Volume 8
October, 1950
Number 10
Paris, Rome, Scandinavian Countries Added to PAA’s Worldwide Routes
Pan American World Airways will extend its globe-circling routes to Paris, Rome, Scotland, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian Peninsula by the end of September. Personnel and equipment of American Overseas Airlines join forces with Pan American on September 25 to make possible the greatly expanded new service.
More to Come
We in the Atlantic Division of Pan American World Airways face one of the greatest challenges ever presented to an international airline organization. Our new combined operations will create an average of 72,000,000 passenger seat-miles per month. Our cargo capacity will be equally impressive. During peak seasons we will create considerably more air transportation to be sold.
If our Clippers are well filled with passengers and air cargo, tfie Atlantic Division will prosper; and you and I will each tend to find greater security in our work. If these airplanes operate with little revenue on board, none of us will find security.
The public will make this final decision.
Each of you influence this judgment of the public by the manner in which you conduct your personal responsibilities in the organization.
The objectives of. the Atlantic Division must parallel the public’s desires in relation to air transportation: (1) An operation with utmost safety with which there will be no compromise; (2) An operation with maximum dependability in relation to published schedules; (3) Alert attention to the thousands of important details of each phase of each passenger s journey to create the atmosphere of friendly, added service; (4) Alert attention to every detail of providing fastest possible service for air cargo and air mail.
“The Passenger is the Number One Salesman for Pan American World Airways.” That is a central theme for the work of every individual in the Atlantic Division. In working together in close association with each other, and in combining previously different backgrounds toward a common goal, we can attain new highs in passenger and cargo business to the mutual advantage of everyone concerned. This we intend to do.
Harold R. Harris
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With sincere pleasure I wish to extend a welcome from all Pan American employes to our new colleagues from AOA. We hope that you will be happy in your new jobs and new surroundings.
For us who have been with Pan American for some time, it’s a real thrill to look at the map of PAA’s extended routes. Adding our new routes to the old, we feel that we now have the finest pattern of international air services in the world.
It is our hope that you who are just now joining the Pan American family will share our pride. With our combined experience in safe air operations, technical skill and service to the flying public, there’s no reason why, together, we can’t operate the world’s best airline.
Horace Brock
As a result of the long distances and the short time involved, biographical material and pictures of a number of key persons in the new Atlantic Division set-up were not received in time to meet the deadline for this edition of The Clipper. The omissions will be amended in the next Clipper.
Skyline and SkyUner
A double-deck Clipper flies past New York City’s Empire State Building.
Daily services from Idlewild to Paris by Stralocruiser Clipper — with four of these flights continuing to Rome each week —- will be inaugurated September 30, subject to government approval. One de luxe President service will be operated to Paris weekly. One of the double-deck Clippers will also continue from Rome to Beirut. Of the flights to Paris and Rome, three will operate via Boston and six via Shannon.
Stratocruiser Clippers will continue to fly twice daily between New York and London, with one President service weekly in each direction. Boston and Shannon will be served twice weekly by the famous “100” flight. In addition, the big Boeings will be flown daily from IDL to Frankfurt — five times weekly via Shannon and London and twice by way of Boston, Glasgow and Amsterdam.
Connie Services
Constellation Clippers will be introduced to the Scandinavian run, effective September 25. One Connie weekly will leave from IDL to fly via Iceland and Oslo to Stockholm and Helsinki. In addition there are now two Connie services weekly from London to Stockholm and Helsinki by way of Hamburg and Copenhagen. The Stockholm-Helsinki portion of this route will continue to be operated with DC-3 equipment.
Other Constellation Clippers will continue to fly the round-the-world routes substantially as at present, while the B-377 service to Beirut will be supplemented by two Connie flights from London to Beirut via Brussels, Frankfurt and Istanbul.
One Connie weekly will operate out of New York to Frankfurt by way of Glasgow, Amsterdam and Cologne/Dusseldorf, and a second Connie will be flown from London to Frankfurt with stops at Brussels and Cologne-Dusseldorf. There will also be one non-stop flight weekly from London to Hamburg with Constellation equipment.
Clipper service to Nice and Johannesburg will remain unchanged under the new schedules and between New York and Bermuda the schedule will continue to list four Connie and three DC-4 flights weekly, with extra sections added as needed. Once each week a Connie will fly
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