Pan American clipper, Vol. 28, No. 4, February 15, 1968

              Clipper Watchers See Big Summer Aloft
choose to go or cargo is Do jet airliners migrate in shipped, Pan Am will be the summer? It may seem so to Jet Clip­ ready. Most of the summer schedules are effective on per watchers this summer, April 28. when Pan Am sends alqft the Pan Am’s Hawaii flights largest number of flights in will operate from Los Ange­ its history, including 131 les, San Francisco, Seattle weekly flights to Hawaii from and Portland. These services the U.S. mainland and 133 will include daily nonstops others to San Juan from seven from Los Angeles and San east coast cities. Francisco to Hilo, and twiceNo matter where travelers a-week Hilo service from both Portland and Seattle. There will be 72 weekly round-trips between Los An­ geles and Hawaii; 45 weekly ro und-trips between San Francisco and Hawaii and 14 weekly round-trips between Seattle and Hawaii, nine of which proceed via Portland. Pan Am will have 74 flights a week going to San Juan from New York and Newark; 38 from Miami; 14 from Philadelphia and daily serv­ ice from Baltimore, Boston and Washington. In the Caribbean, New York will have everyday serv­ ice to Antigua, Aruba, Bar­ bados, Curacao, Fort de France, Pointe a Pitre, Port au Prince, Port of Spain and Santo Domingo. There will be 17 weekly New York-to-Kingston and 14 New York-Montego Bay round-trips. Miami will have daily flights to Antigua, Barbados and Santo Domingo as well as 24 weekly flights to Kingston, 14 a week to Montego Bay, 11 a week to Port of Spain and nine a week to Port au Prince. Port of Spain will be served (Continued on Page 10)

Volume 28

February 15, 1968

No. 4

Pan Am Unveils Lowest Charter Rates to U.S.A.
A plan enabling charter groups to travel from London to New York and back for $124.16 per person, and similar groups to take a Shannon-New York-Shannon trip for $110.62 or a Glasgow-New York-Glasgow trip for $115.40, has been unveiled. Pan Am has filed the transatlantic charter rates with the Civil Aeronautics Board. The rates will be in effect from Feb. 21 through May 31 and Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 this year. Next year, the applicable periods will be between Jan. 1-May 31 and Oct. 1-Dec. 31. Norman P. Blake, senior vicepresident, Traffic and Sales, said “these fares will enable charter groups to travel from England, Scotland and Ireland The airline providing the largest commercial airlift for United to New York at rates which ex­ States Military Airlift Command operations has increased the isted before the pound was de­ number of aircraft committed to this service. valued. And in U.S.-dollar terms, Pan Am has added seven long-range jet freighters to its air the new rates represent a fleet in military support service. marked reduction.” The additional aircraft bring to 18 the number of Pan Am jets Mr. Blake expressed confi­ committed to MAC service. dence that the Pan Am fares Fourteen are Boeing 707-321C jet freighters capable of trans­ will attract significant numbers of travelers to the U.S. and thus porting up to 90,000 pounds of military mail, goods and equipment. make an important contribution The other four Jet Clippers, also four-engine 707s, are used in the to the nation’s balance of pay­ Government’s Rest and Rehabilitation program. This program pro­ vides American servicemen with five-day furloughs after some six ments efforts. The new fares are based on months of Vietnam duty. R & R, started by Pan Am in March, 1966 as a one-plane full occupancy of Boeing 707 Jet Clippers in 167-seat configura­ service, has grown into a major military support effort. By the LOS ANGELES — A Pan Am Jet Freighter, chartered by tion. The per-mile charter rate end of February, 1968, the airline estimates it will have carried Caltype Corporation, carried 13 pallets of Tokyo Electric will be $3, versus the $3.50 rate one million military passengers between Vietnam and Hawaii or Company adding machines from Japan to Los Angeles. Total points in the Western Pacific. weight was 36,285 kilos for 4,450 electric balance adding presently in effect. The lowest current round-trip In March Pan Am will phase out DC-6B piston aircraft used machines. You don’t need the machine Marta Pabon, pas­ fare from London to New York on some R & R flights, add two jets to the service, and make it an senger service representative here is holding to see that it (Continued on Page 10) adds up to a good round figure. all-jet operation.

7Additional Aircraft Assigned to Military

Daily Tax Proposed for Travelers Abroad
WASHINGTON — The Johnson Administra­ tion has proposed that U.S. citizens traveling outside the Western Hemisphere be taxed on money spent daily in excess of $7. Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler asked the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives to draw up a bill th a t: • Levies a 15 per cent tax on daily expeditures of between $7.01 and $15, and a 30 per cent tax on amounts over $15 that are spent by a tourist. • Reduces the duty-free exemption of goods brought back by a traveler from $100 a person to $10 and cuts back from $10 to one dollar the value of duty-free articles mailed back to the U.S. (Servicemen in Vietnam would be allowed to keep the present $50 tax exemption on ar­ ticles mailed home.) • Imposes a permanent five per cent tax on airline tickets to all foreign countries and places a temporary five per cent tax on steamship tickets to destinations outside the Western Hemisphere. The steamship ticket tax, Secretary Fowler said, ought to expire on Oct. 1, 1969, when the tax on daily expenditures would also end. The proposed daily spending tax would also apply to expenses paid before a tourist departed on his trip, except for transportation costs— such as taking a bus or taxi or train to the point of departure. The tax would also apply to bills paid overseas by credit card or by check. If a traveler received funds while abroad—either from home or from a foreign source — and spends that money, this aipount would also be taxed. Secretary Fowler estimated that the tax re­ strictions would reduce the $2 billion difference between what U.S. citizens spent abroad last year and what foreign tourists spent in the United States by $250 million to $300 million. If Congress passed such a bill, the tax would be levied on trips which begin 10 days after the bill becomes law. However, a traveler who begins a trip, say, 11 days later but who had paid part of his foreign expenses—excluding transportation—during the 10-day period would have to pay taxes on these earlier expenditures. For Secretary Fowler’s proposal to become law, the Ways and Means Committee first must draw up a bill. The bill is then placed before the House of Representatives for debate. If a vote is taken and the House approves it, the bill is sent up to the Senate. This particular bill would go to the Senate Finance Committee. After study by that committee, the bill can be put before the Senate for a vote. If the Senate passes the bill, it is sent to the President. If the President signs the bill within 10 days, it becomes law. If he does not sign it within that period but makes no objection, the bill still becomes a law. But if within the 10-day period (not counting Sundays) the President returns the bill to the house in which it originated, the bill has been vetoed. The rejected bill may or may not be changed (Continued on Page 10)