Clipper, Vol. XIX, No. 1, February 1962

              PTP JET INAUGURAL PICTURES . . . Page 8
CLIPPER
PRESIDENTIAL FLIGHT TO SOUTH AMERICA . . . Pages 4-5
VOL. XIX, No. 1
MIAMI, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 1962
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CAB Awards Jamaica Route to Pan Am
Traffic Hits All-Time Peak During 1961
World-Wide Routes Post Increase of Passengers, Cargo
Pan American carried more passengers and more air cargo during 1961 than at any time in its history, preliminary figures for the year indicate.
A gain in revenue passenger-miles of approximately 21 per cent and an increase in revenue cargo ton-miles of approximately 17 per cent is reported by the airline. Revenue passenger-miles indicate a gain of one billion, up from 5,-125,000,000 to 6,200,000,000.
For the fourth consecutive year, Pan American carried more than 100 million ton-miles of cargo, flying approximately 160,000,000 revenue cargo ton-miles in 1961 compared to 136,978,000 in 1960.
Routes Show Traffic Gains
Eleven-months figures show traffic gains aboard scheduled services in all major segments of Pan Am’s worldwide routes including a 12 per cent increase in North Atlantic revenue passenger-miles, a 27 per cent climb in mid-Atlantic traffic, a 24 per cent increase to Puerto Rico, and a 16 per cent gain in traffic to the Orient.
During 1961 Pan Am inaugurated jet service between the United States and Scandinavia, California and Brazil, the United States and Costa Rica, Miami and Mexico City, New York and islands in the Antilles, New York and Panama, and began low-fare all-jet service to San Juan.
Pan Am also introduced during the year—and later expanded—its World Wide Marketing Service, a new merchandising technique which links manufacturers with distant markets. The airline also put into operation AirPak, a palletized preloading system for air freight.
Visit U.S.A. Campaign
The Airline continued its “Visit U.S.A.” campaign, spending $3.5 million to promote travel to the United States, the largest expenditure on behalf of tourism to the United States by any single organization other than the newly-formed United States Tourist Office. Highlight of this program was a 6,000-mile trip by a giant dual-level bus carrying customs officials, a cowboy, a beauty queen, park rangers, a jazz combo and travel experts to bring the “Visit U.S.A.” message to 22 cities in Western Europe.
Another highlight of the year was the third anniversary of the jet age on October 26. Pan Am, the pioneer American-flag jet airline, reported that it carried almost 2,000,000 passengers on jets during the three years, the greatest jet experience in the industry.
Mexico-San Juan Travel Time Cut
Travel time from Mexico to Puerto Rico was shortened by two hours when Pan American started through DC-8 jet flights between Mexico City and San Juan.
The new through service eliminates the necessity of a change of jetliners at Miami, reducing travel time from the Mexican capital to San Juan from eight hours and 45 minutes to six hours and 45 minutes. Travel time from Merida to San Juan was cut from seven to five hours.
Pan Am jets depart Mexico City and Merida on Saturdays and Sundays for Miami and San Juan. On Wednesdays, the jets from Mexico City and Merida also stop at Tampa.

Trippe Sees Healthy Growth If Airline Holds Down Costs
President Juan T. Trippe, speaking before The Pan Am Management Club in Miami, predicted that as long as Pan American Airways can operate efficiently, holding down seat and ton mileage costs, the airline will continue to grow in the next 20 years as it^> has in the past 30.
SPEAKER AT CLUB—President Juan T. Trippe is presented with an adjustable golf club by Ed Harvey,
right, management club president, and Latin American Division Manager William F. Raven, center.
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I Congratulates Management Club
Losta Rica Now Has Full Jet Terminal
Costa Rica’s El Coco International Airport at San Jose became a full-fledged jet terminal on February 14, when Pan American’s speedy sky giants landed for the first time.
Flying direct from San Jose to Guatemala, Mexico and Houston and from San Jose to Panama, the air gateway to South America, the 575-mile an hour jet Clippers will add new stimulus to the nation’s growing tourist industry.
Through Connections Through jet connections at Guatemala tourist visitors will be funneled down from California and the U.S. West Coast. Others can make quick flights to Costa Rica through New Orleans, Merida,
Tampa and Miami.
Flying time between Guatemala and San Jose will be cut to only 80 minutes and the capital will be but six flying hours from Los Angeles, four hours 45 minutes from Houston and one hour from Panama. The jet flights will be operated on Sundays and Wednesdays in each direction.
Gains Expected
Long a favorite of “country-hopping” tourists traveling through Middle America, Costa Rica’s tourism is expected to make great additional gains because of the jet Clipper service.
Pan American will continue to operate 10 piston-engine Clipper flights weekly between San Jose and Panama and 10 a week between San Jose and Managua,
Tegucigalpa, San Salvador and Guatemala.
Jet Flights to Nassau Increased from N.Y.
To handle the increased winter travel to the Bahamas, Pan American stepped up jet flights between New York and Nassau from four to 14 a week on February 1.
The DC-8 jets leave New York daily at 11 a.m., arriving in the Caribbean resort island two hours and 45 minutes later.
Mr. Trippe pointed out that U.S. International airlines, paced by Pan Am, are providing a tremendous boost to our nation’s economy by helping stem the flow of gold abroad.
The U. S. international airlines, he said, are enabling our government to establish credit all over the world by selling their services to the traveling public.
Pan Am Still in Front
Pan American, he declared, is still in front on the trade routes of the world. “We are handling the largest share of traffic on the North-Atlantic; are far in front of any American carrier in Latin America and with Northwest Orient Airlines dominate in the Pacific.”
In tracing the history of Pan American, Trippe pointed to the many economical and technical changes that have occurred through the years. He called attention to the fact that until 1938, Pan Am carried on its own foreign policy, negotiating its own operations franchises with various governments. The last of these company - negotiated franchises, he said, was with the Philippines and expired about a year ago.
Congratulates Club
Trippe congratulated the Management Club for having received the award for “Club Leadership” from the National Management Association for the eleventh consecutive year. No other management club in the nation has won this coveted recognition as many times in succession.
The award was presented to Past President Ben Aiken by NMA Director Robert Thibert, a past president of the club.
More than 350 members of the club heard Trippe’s talk. He was presented with an adjustable golf club that can be used to play an entire round, by Ed S. Harvey, club president.
Employes Submit 6,000 Names for Electronic Brain
More than 6,000 names were suggested by Company employees for Pan Am’s new electronic communications and reservations system with entries submitted from 109 points -— such far-apart stations as Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Roberts Field and New Delhi.
Announcement of the name of the winner of the $11,000 prize will be disclosed in Mid-March, when the signing of the contract for the new system is publicly announced.
Despite the huge volume of entries, each name submitted was considered individually by the board of judges which termed the response gratifying in both quality and quantity.
Jet Service Starts On Route to Alaska
Pan American has inaugurated jet service between Seattle and Juneau, Alaska, with two flights a week providing direct nonstop service between the two cities.
Jet Clippers leave Seattle Mondays and Saturdays at 8:45 a.m., arriving at Juneau at 11 a.m. Flights leave Juneau at 12:30 p.m. on Mondays and Saturdays, arriving in Seattle at 2:35 p.m.
Jet flights replace DC-6B schedules presently operating between Seattle and Juneau on Mondays and Saturdays. For the immediate future, propeller flights will continue to operate on other days of the week, maintaining daily service between the two cities.
Jet Clippers Begin Service To Kingston
Flights Fan Out Through Caribbean To South America
Daily non-stop jet flights between New York and Jamaica were inaugurated by Pan American World Airways two days after President Kennedy approved the award of the route.
The normal 30-day waiting period usually required following a route award, was waived by the CAB on Pan American’s plea that it would be a hardship on Jamaica to delay inauguration of the service during the height of the island’s tourist season. Authorization was given to start service “as soon as practical.”
Announcement that the giant, luxurious jetliners were beginning flying the 1,665-mile route came on the heels of a Civil Aeronautics Board ruling awarding the route to the American flag airline.
Two Services Offered
The new service places the palm-fringed beaches of tropical Jamaica within three and one-half hours of New York and only slightly longer from other populous centers of the U. S. northeast.
From New York, the jets will fly the arrow-straight route to Montega Bay where they pause briefly before hopping across the island to Kingston, capital and world-famous seaport.
Both first class and economy class accommodations are offered with a $225 roundtrip fare for economy class travelers.
Beginning February 3, DC-8 jets started making 10 flights a week between Miami and Montego Bay, Jamaica’s famed north coast resort, then continue to Kingston, latest of the world capitals to be linked to the airline’s world-wide jet routes.
Connect for Haiti
At Kingston the jetliners connect with DC-6B Clippers to Port au Prince, Santo Domingo, San Juan, St. Croix, Antigua, and Fort de France.
The new Miami-Montego Bay-Kingston jets are in addition to the once weekly roundtrip jet flight between Miami, Montego Bay and Santo Domingo.
On the two days each week when there is no jet service, DC-6B Clippers fly between Miami, Montego Bay and Kingston.
From Miami the 121-passenger jets fly the 546 miles to Montego Bay in 80 minutes and the 81 miles from Montego Bay to Jamaica in 30 minutes. The 81-mile hop is the shortest on Pan Am’s jet network.
Fly to Montego Bay
The new service was introduced just as the Caribbean winter season moved into high gear and makes the entire area easily accessible for tourists seeking sun, sand and surf.
From Kingston, Pan Am flights fan out through other islands of the Caribbean and to South America.
Flying from one Caribbean island to another—island hopping— has set a travel pattern for the Caribbean area which is attracting a million or more Americans each year and has become the top vacation spot of U. S. tourists traveling overseas.
Tourists traveling among the closely-clustered tropical islands, Continued on Page 2