Clipper, Vol. 11, No. 23, December 8, 1955

              20th YEAR PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION
Pa/v Amrrlca/v World A/rmavs
Read From California To Calcutta, From Alaska To Australasia
23rd YEAR PAA HAS FLOWN IN ALASKA
Volume 11 No. 23
PUBLISHED BY THE EMPLOYEES OF PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
December 8,1955
SAN FRANCISCO BECOMES GATEWAY TO ALL OF LATIN AMERICA
CON MUCHO GUSTO
SEND-OFF FOR SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Pan American Will Operate Six Round-Trips Per Week Between San Francisco And Guatemala City
Pan American started the long-awaited service between the Bay Area and Latin America last week on November 30th.
Four passenger and two all-cargo flights will be operated weekly in each direction between San Francisco and Guatemala City. All flights will stop at Los Angeles.
DC-6B equipment will be used on the passenger flights, while DC-4’s will handle the cargo service.
The all-tourist DC-6B Clippers will cover the 2,600 miles between San Francisco and Guatemala City in 11 hours. Beyond Guatemala the flights will continue as one-plane service to major cities in Central America, Panama and along the north coast of South America.
At Caracas, Venezuela, they connect with Pan American’s blue ribbon runs down the east coast of South America to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos
WHEN IT POURS IT REIGNS
Just before it departed on the inaugural flight from San Francisco to Guatemala the Clipper San Francisco was christened by two lovely girls representing the areas linked by PAA’s new service. Colonel Young proudly watched as Velma Peccorini, Miss Latin America, poured coffee from Guatemala and Jeanne Kes-sey, Miss San Francisco, poured California champagne.
Aires, Argentina; and Montivideo, Uruguay.
And at Panama the flights will connect with Panagra trips down the west coast to Lima, Peru; Santiago, Chile; and across the Andes to Buenos Aires.
Passenger flights will depart San Francisco every Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday at 5 p.m. Fares between San Francisco and Guatemala are. $140.50 one-way and $255.60 round-trip.
The air freighters will leave San Francisco on Sunday and Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. PAA announced that general cargo rates between San Francisco and Guatemala are being reduced as much as 22'/2 per cent. Also, on flights between California and Caracas, cargo rates are being reduced on several dozen specific commodities.
Inauguration of the new service establishes San Francisco as one of the country’s- few “double international” entry ports and makes the city a key point in handling increasing traffic between the Orient and Latin America.
No longer are tourists or shippers faced with the necessity for changing planes or trans-shipping cargo consignments at Los Angeles, which was previously the only Pacific Coast terminal for PAA routes to Guatemala, Panama and beyond.
The Bay Area can now compete effectively for Latin American trade with other United States cities which have through plane service, such as Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans, Houston and Miami.
Houston And Latin America Now Linked By All-Cargo Service
Pan American inaugurated allcargo service between Houston, Texas and Latin America this month. One of the two weekly flights terminates at Guatemala City after a stop at Mexico City. The other lands at Mexico City, Guatemala City, El Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua and San Jose before reaching the end of the line at Panama City. The service is operated with DC-4’s.
San Francisco International Airport resembled a small-sized county fair a week ago Wednesday when Pan American inaugurated direct service from San Francisco to Latin and South America. At top is the speakers’ stand that was set up next to the Clipper San Francisco, which appropriately made the inaugural hop. Left to right are Jeanne Kessey, Miss San Francisco; Captain Bill Bails, who commanded the first flight; Velma Peccorini, Miss Latin America; Frederic B. Butler, manager of San Francisco International Airport; Carmen Furenza of Guatemala; EM win Drescher, Division Manager of LAD; Henry W. Drath, Chairman of the Pan American Society in San Francisco; PAD Executive Vice President C. M. Ÿoung; Tom Mellon, President of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; James Turner, Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; and Rebeca Gerald of El Salvador. Standing at far left is Tom Mul-lahey of KRON-TV, who was the emcee at the ceremony. Below is the first “passenger” to depart on the new service. Going up the ramp to the all-cargo trip that left 90 minutes before the passenger flight is one of four pure-bred registered Holstein heifers (each an expectant mama) being shipped to San Salvador.