Pan American clipper, Vol. 24, No. 10, October 15, 1966

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M ilitary A irlifts To Saigon A re Up
In October Pan Am will carry 474 tons of military cargo on scheduled services and on extra sections to Saigon, 80 tons of it as special government request over and above our regular government contract commitments. During the first nine months of 1965 Pan American Airways airlifted 3,977 tons of military cargo from the United States to South Vietnam, an increase of 309 per cent over the 973 tons carried in the same period last year. Pan Am Jet Clippers carried 787 tons of military cargo to Saigon during September alone — more than in any previous single month, Willis G. Lips­ comb, senior vice president, Traffic and Sales, announced. In September, Pan Am re­ Groups of 10 or more passen­ sponded to a special request from gers will be eligible for discount the U.S. Defense Department to travel between major West Coast airlift 511 tons of military cargo cities and Hawaii on any day to Sbuth Vietnam. This was in of the week aboard Pan Ameri­ addition to the airline’s regular can Airways’ jets starting Oc­ contract with the Military Air tober 20. Transport Service. The group travel plan will also Pan Am handled this assign­ be available between major cities ment by scheduling 14 additional in the continental United States trans-Pacific jet freighter flights and Hawaii. during a three-week period. Previously, the reduced group Usually, Pan Am operates six fare transportation was restric­ weekly scheduled all-cargo flights ted to Monday through Thursday to Saigon from the U.S. West with the discount rate not avail­ Coast. able on Friday, Saturday or As the United States commit­ Sunday. ment in Vietnam has increased, The group rate plan, subject military passengers have also to government approval, will be moved to the Southeast Asian available between the West Coast front via Jet Clipper in greater and Hawaii during the periods numbers. During the first eight January 7 through May 31 and months of this year, Pan Am September 16 through December carried 8,907 passengers from 14 westbound, and between Janu­ the United States to Saigon, ary 16 and June 14 and Septem­ compared to 1,886 in the same ber 16 through December 31 period last year. eastbound. Recent airlift increases dem­ The roundtrip jet economy onstrate the flexibility of the fare for passengers traveling un­ airline’s all-jet fleet in respond­ der the group rate is $200 be­ ing to defense requirements. tween the West Coast cities of Swift response to the nation’s Los Angeles and San Francisco requirements was also illustrated and Hawaii. This compares with earlier this year when President the regular roundtrip jet econo­ Lyndon B. Johnson ordered 1,800 m y fare of $220 in the market. U.S. military and diplomatic de­ The group plan also provides pendents out of Saigon in a a qualified tour conductor with week or less. one free ticket for every 15 pas­ Within 24 hours of the Presi­ sengers and a 50 per cent reduc­ dent’s order, Pan Am committed tion for every 10 passengers. (Continued on Page 2)

Reduced Atlantic Fares Proposed
The International Air Transport Association, of which Pan American is a member, has proposed important fare reductions across the North Atlantic through a blending of excursion, group and tour fares. However, Willis G. Lipscomb, Pan Am’s Senior Vice Presi­ dent in charge of Traffic arid Sales, stated that “these reductions cannot be put into effect until the issue of in-flight entertainment JFK — Cargo clerk Marilyn is resolved.” He added that “the failure of the North Atlantic Kelly samples fragrance of carriers to agree on a compensatory surcharge for in-flight bath oil essence just arrived movies has resulted in Pan Am’s offering this service free of at JFK aboard a jet Clipper charge across the Atlantic and on other Pan Am routes, effective from Paris. The valuable oil October 15.” The IATA group, which met at Bermuda, came up with the essence was bound for the following six principal ways in which to reduce fares, effective Elizabeth Arden Corpora­ about April 1, 1966: tion in NYC. (1) New York-London excursion fares would be reduced to $300 throughout the year. Previously the winter excursion fare was $335 and the summer fare was $300. (2) Beyond London excursion fares would be calculated at 25 percent below the basic economy fare rather than by deduct­ ing a flat $99, which is the present formula. (3) Inclusive tour fares, New York-London, would be $270. (4) The new group fares would apply from April to October. Previously they applied from June through September. (5) Eastbound group fares, now based on a $325 New YorkLondon round trip fare would be reduced to $300, while west­ bound fares would be cut to $275. This is designed to aid in trying to ease the continuing balance of payments problem. Pan American Airways flew (6) Excursion fares to the Middle East, with a stopover in 1,027,000,000 revenue passen­ ger-miles systemwide for the Europe, would be reduced from $699 to $565. In addition to these reduced fares, IATA also proposed that month of September 1965. 25 persons rather than 40 be sufficient to qualify as a “group.” This is an increase of 19.7 The followirig are examples of the proposed new excursion per cent over September 1964 when 858 million revenue fare reductions: New All passenger-miles were flown. New York to Present Year Fares Cargo ton-miles flown sys­ $330.60 temwide in September 1965 Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam . . summer $341.80 winter $376.80 aggregated 40,733,000. This summer $341.80 $330.60 represented a gain of 55.1 per M ad rid .................................... winter $341.80 cent over the same month last year when 26,266,000 ton- Copenhagen, Frankfurt or Zurich summer $379.80 $359.10 miles were flown. winter $414.80 Willis G. Lipscomb, senior Rome ............................................ summer $445.40 $408.30 vice president traffic and winter $480.00 sales, noted that passenger Belgrade ...................................... summer $493.30 $444.30 traffic which was at an allwinter $528.30 time high this summer was $598.50 continuing into the fall at Tel Aviv ..................... ................. summer $699.00 winter $734.00 this same peak-season pace. The passenger-mile total was the highest of any September and only slightly below the all-time high of 1,247,000 es­ tablished in August. The following all-too-true-life story has been relayed from He also pointed out that the the Washington DSO. cargo ton-mile total for Sep­ “Pan American Reservations, Miss Jones speaking, may I tember was the highest in help you ?” Pan Am’s history and that “Yes, I’d like some information, please.” the year-to-date total of “Yes, sir.” nearly 300 million ton miles “Well, I’m taking a train from Washington to New York City was already greater than that next Thursday and it won’t arrive there until 2 a.m. Could you achieved by any airline in a please tell me when the next train leaves Grand Central for single year. Scarsdale?”

Ten Makes A Croup To Hawaii

Traffic In Sept. A Record

Not On The Right Track!!

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Pope’* Visit
Pope Paul VI, first reigning Pope ever to visit the United States, makes a brief arrival speech at JFK. Hundreds of coeinps and passengers in the Pan Am Terminal in the background had a perfect view of the his­ toric arrival. See story on page 2.