Pan American clipper, Vol. 24, No. 2, May 1965

              Charter Rate Cut: Europe-to-U.S.A.
New low charter rates, 36 per cent below present charter levels, will be offered by Pan American Airways on a large scale for residents of Western Europe traveling to the United States this Summer and Fall, Chairman of the Board Juan T.
T rippe announced May 4th a t the an n u al stockholders m eet­ ing. P an Ain’s new “T h riftw ay to th e U.S.A.” pro g ram will pro­ vide a ra te of $3.50 a mile fo r je t a irc ra ft on c h a rte r flights o rig in atin g in E urope. T his com pares w ith cu rre n t ra te s of $5.00 a mile during Ju ly and $6.00 in A ugust, the peak m onths fo r c h a rte r trav e l to th e U nited S tates. The price p er seat un d er the new c h a rte r ra te s is well under h a lf the economy fa re, and about h a lf the 21-day excursion fare. The c h a rte r flights will begin late th is m onth and will be available daily beginning July 1st. Mr. T rippe said th e new low ra te s are being offered a t a tim e when in te re st in trav el to th e U nited S tates is p artic u la rly
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Clouds Lift, Stockholders Told
Record high revenue and profit figures for 1964 and a loss of $6,914,000 for the first quarter of 1965 compared with a $1,156,000 loss for the same period of 1964 were reported by Juan T. Trippe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
P an A m erican, a t th e Company’s an nual stockholders’ m eeting on May 4. O ur traffic d ep artm en t had reported th a t th ere has been a sh arp increase in fo rw ard re serv atio n s” now th a t the strik e has been settled, Mr. T rippe said. He noted th a t if the advance reservations tren d held firm, our business d u rin g the sum m er season would be 25 p er cent ahead of last y e a r’s level. We have an opportunity to look to earn in g s fa r more th an offsetting the first q u a rte r loss,” he said. The g re a te r loss recorded in the first q u a rte r of 1965 is attrib u ta b le to th e lower p as­ senger-m ile yield, to reduction of 18 p er cent in U.S. m ail pay­ m ents fo r the com pany’s tran s-atlan tic , trans-pacific and round-the-w orld services, to the

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Pan Am's the Air Hostess With Mostess' this Season
“First in the Atlantic . . . First in the Pacific . . . First Around-the-World . . are a few of Pan Am’s claims to fame, and for the 1965 summer season we can boast of the most in the Atlantic . . . most in the Pacific . . . most Around-the-World. Operating one of the largest commercial airlifts in the history of aviation, beginning
in June, P an Am will be capable of offering passengers easier and more convenient trip s in term s of frequency, capacity, and non-stop service during th e peak trav el season. Across the A tlantic, we will have the capacity fo r more th an 34,000 passengers a week, a 13 per cent increase over the pre­ vious record-breaking summer. P an Am services will link 17 U nited States cities w ith 24 cities th ro u g h o u t Europe. J e t C lippers will take off on tra n sa tla n tic flights a t the aver­ age ra te of one every 35 m in­ utes, w ith 124 eastbound and 124 w estbound flights, showing an increase on nearly all routes. F ra n k fu rt, A m sterdam and Shannon. In addition, two of th e daily London flights will continue to F ra n k fu rt, and two P aris flights to Rome, giving F ra n k fu rt and Rome th ree daily services from New York. Daily P an Am flights from the New York gatew ay will also serve Copenhagen, M unich and S tu ttg a rt. J e t Clippers from New York will fly to Keflavik, Glasgow, Oslo, Stockholm, H el­ sinki, B russels, B erlin, Dusseldorf, H am burg, S anta M aria, Lisbon, Nice, Barcelona, Vienna and Belgrade. Two of th e daily flights to E urope will continue through the Middle E ast, and one will proceed to th e O rient and around the world. The first d irect tra n sa tla n tic service to B erlin, begun last sum m er by P an Am, will be increased to th ree tim es a week fo r the sum m er. These direct flights are in addition to P an Am’s intra-G erm an service, w hich operates up to 682 flights a week in and out of Berlin. Boston will have flights daily to London, tw ice a week to P aris and weekly to S anta M aria and Lisbon. P h ilad elp h ia will op­ erate daily tra n s a tla n tic serv­ ice, w ith flights to P a ris T ues­ days and F rid ay s and to London the oth er five days. W ashington will serve P aris and Rome daily, w ith two ad­ ditional flights a week to P aris and five to London. B altim ore will offer five flights a week to London, and daily service to P aris and Rome. Chicago will have daily non­ stop flights to London, continu ing to F ra n k fu rt. D etro it will offer daily service to London via Boston. Service will be stepped up on

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HNL Flights Get Movies And Music
P an A m erican A irw ays “Theater-in -th e-A ir” made its debut May 7 on flights between Cali­ fo rn ia and H aw aii w ith a ir­ borne m otion pictures and an a rra y of audio featu res, W illis G. Lipscomb, Senior Vice P re si­ dent, Traffic and Sales, an ­ nounced. By July, P an Am will have some two dozen C lippers equipped fo r film and audio p re­ sen tations on these H aw aii flights. P an Am operates up to 138 flights betw een Honolulu and San F rancisco and Los Angeles each week. P assen g ers in F ir s t Class, Economy and T h rift sections will have a choice of first ru n m otion pictures, filmed televi­ sion shows, m usical selections

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Bring Own Camouflage
One hates to tell tales out of school but, fo r th e sake of p ro­ viding a b it of local color, two stow aw ays latched on to a free ride on a J e t C lipper from San F rancisco to London la st m onth. On a rriv al of the P o lar F lig h t in LON, a clean er found two tiny cham eleons (lizard-like rep ­ tiles w hich change color accord­ ing to mood or surro u n d in g con­ ditions) in a seat pocket of the Economy section. “E lizab eth ” and “P h ilip ,” who by th a t tim e had tu rn ed P an Am blue, were handed over to th e Royal Society fo r the P re ­ vention of C ruelty to Animals, and fo r th e la st few weeks have been fe astin g on beetles. NOT Beatles. The tail-end of the story is th a t an RSPCA spokesm an said

86 FLIGHTS FROM JFK
Kennedy In tern atio n al A ir­ p o rt alone will provide 86 flights a week to Europe, including th ree nonstop flights a day to London, two daily to P aris, and daily nonstop flights to Rome,

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Coemps! Jetaway Weekends $18.20 Up!
A P an Am employee from New York will soon have the o p p ortunity to sunbathe in San J u a n on his two days off fo r a ro u n d -trip J e t Clipper fa re of $30.38. If he so desires, a coemp in Los Angeles can lounge around on th e beach a t W ai­ kiki every week-end fo r a cost of $50.00 per round-trip. A F ran k fu rt-b ased employ­ ee can v isit Vienna, ju s t to see the opera, a t a round-trip fa re of $18.20. Effective Ju n e 1, 1965, P an Am will expand its discount trav el program to an extent never before enjoyed by co­ emps when all active employ­ ees will be gran ted unlim ited 75 per cent trav el discount. A p p lic a b le to E conom y class service, the discounts will be available all yearround, and on all of P an Am’s world-wide routes, on a subject to load basis. P an Am employees will, however, re ­ ceive preference over em­ ployees of o th er ca rriers trav elin g on a sim ilar basis. These privileges are in addition to the an n u al 90 per cent su b ject to load discount, and the unlim ited 50 per cent NOSUB discount, policies cu r­ rently in effect. The program will also bene­ fit re tire d employees w ith a m inim um of 20 years of P an Am service. They will be en­ titled to an additional 90 per cent SUBLO tick et fo r them ­ selves and th e ir spouses each year. In addition they will also have unlim ited 50 per cent NOSUB tran sp o rta tio n privileges fo r them selves and th e ir spouses.