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Published for PAA’s Traffic Sales & Service Personnel
Vol. 13, No. 2 New York, N. Y. February, 1956
Puerto Rico's new airport, Isla Verde, outside of San Juan. PAA’s loading area is at left, where you see the tail. Below the control tower is a hotel: 30 rooms, all with private bath and air conditioning and a rate for PAA coemps. There is also a barber shop, bank, beauty parlor, a first class restaurant, a sunbathing deck, and, among other things, amusement rides for children. For other pix, see inside pages. Photo-Credit; Hamilton Wright
Brussels During the Orly Strike, or
A YEAR'S FLIGHTS IN TWO MONTHS
When in mid-November the first news of the Orly strike spread among Brussels Airport and Sales Office staffs, there were unconcerned shrugs. They had been through all this so many times before—strikes, Orly fogged in, Paris Traffic Representatives appearing with hordes of passengers. Most of the two airport staffs were on a first-name basis, had been for a long time, or at least ever since Brussels had been used almost exclusively as a diversion point during the foggy Fall and Winter months. Then the whole thing would be over as quickly as it started. But this time things were different. Here is a report from DT/SM Bob Jerosch:
MADEMOISELLE LEONORE
“The change was imperceptible at first, then startling at times. No matter what extension you dialed at Melsbroek Airport—it was a richer Parisian accent that greeted you on the other end! One of our best local agents called Reservations one day only to be greeted by the pleasing voice of a Parisian we all came to know as Mademoiselle Leonore. The agent was in the office almost before he had hung up!
“Or driving up to the Passenger terminal with a station-wagon load of VIP’s to be greeted by the distinctive German of Berliners who came to help our loading crews. Even Melsbroek stopped looking like a Sabena terminal!
Stratocruisers dwarfed DC-6’s; many caught their first glimpse of a Super-Constellation as Avianca rolled in from Bogota; a PAA truck extolling the merits of Maxim’s food rolled in front of the startled eyes of Belgian Customs guards; bewildered Sabena traffic repre-Continued on Page 8
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FRIDAY BREAKFAST FLIGHT LANDS FOR THURSDAY LUNCH
Have you ever taken a 4 ^4-hour flight and arrived yesterday?
Well, you can do it now in PAD.
The Division now has a flight that leaves Nandi at 7 a.m. on a Friday and arrives at Tafuna Airport near Pago Pago on Samoa at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.
The flight takes just 4^4 hours but it crosses the international date line just before getting to Samoa.
Anyone wanting this experience should catch the connecting flight out of San Francisco any fourth Tuesday. At Nandi the new flight departs every fourth Friday—starting Friday January 27.
Nice thing is, on this flight, there is no loss of a night’s sleep. You just have two Thursday night dinners, two Thursday night bedtimes.
"Clipper” Trade-Mark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
ONE OUT OF THREE FLOWN BY PAN AMERICAN
“One out of every three persons who flew between the United States and Europe in 1955 traveled on Pan American,” the press learned from Willis G. Lipscomb, Vice President Traffic & Sales, as soon as last year’s figures were complete.
PAA, he said, carried a record 205,000 passengers across the Atlantic in 1955. “This represents an all-time industry high for any single carrier.”
Looking ahead to the upcoming peak season, Mr. Lipscomb said that PAA will operate 160 weekly flights between the U. S. and Europe. The increased schedules will be made possible by the addition of the new, long-range DC-7Cs, to be delivered in June.
Up 36%
The overall increase in transatlantic traffic for PAA last year was 36%. Sharpest gains were in tourist service which was up from 83,478 passengers in 1954 to 122,909 in 1955, a 47% increase. First class was up 18% from 1954.
Charter business also continued to show gains, said Mr. Lipscomb. PAA carried 18,000 charter passengers in 1955 compared with the 1954 total of 12,419.
At the year’s end, PAA had made 53,356 Atlantic crossings since service began in 1939 — more than any other airline.
LONDON BOAST MADE GOOD; SELLS EXTRA MILLION
The Sunday before the New Year, London DT/SM Jim Leet came into his office, placed an American Express sales report for $50,000 in a special airco envelope and then went off to have a well deserved eggnog. For that report put London way over the top it had aimed at back in May.
At that time there was $900,000 of unassigned passenger sales quota in ATD over and above the original $36,000,000
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| Full Text | Published for PAA’s Traffic Sales & Service Personnel Vol. 13, No. 2 New York, N. Y. February, 1956 Puerto Rico's new airport, Isla Verde, outside of San Juan. PAA’s loading area is at left, where you see the tail. Below the control tower is a hotel: 30 rooms, all with private bath and air conditioning and a rate for PAA coemps. There is also a barber shop, bank, beauty parlor, a first class restaurant, a sunbathing deck, and, among other things, amusement rides for children. For other pix, see inside pages. Photo-Credit; Hamilton Wright Brussels During the Orly Strike, or A YEAR'S FLIGHTS IN TWO MONTHS When in mid-November the first news of the Orly strike spread among Brussels Airport and Sales Office staffs, there were unconcerned shrugs. They had been through all this so many times before—strikes, Orly fogged in, Paris Traffic Representatives appearing with hordes of passengers. Most of the two airport staffs were on a first-name basis, had been for a long time, or at least ever since Brussels had been used almost exclusively as a diversion point during the foggy Fall and Winter months. Then the whole thing would be over as quickly as it started. But this time things were different. Here is a report from DT/SM Bob Jerosch: MADEMOISELLE LEONORE “The change was imperceptible at first, then startling at times. No matter what extension you dialed at Melsbroek Airport—it was a richer Parisian accent that greeted you on the other end! One of our best local agents called Reservations one day only to be greeted by the pleasing voice of a Parisian we all came to know as Mademoiselle Leonore. The agent was in the office almost before he had hung up! “Or driving up to the Passenger terminal with a station-wagon load of VIP’s to be greeted by the distinctive German of Berliners who came to help our loading crews. Even Melsbroek stopped looking like a Sabena terminal! Stratocruisers dwarfed DC-6’s; many caught their first glimpse of a Super-Constellation as Avianca rolled in from Bogota; a PAA truck extolling the merits of Maxim’s food rolled in front of the startled eyes of Belgian Customs guards; bewildered Sabena traffic repre-Continued on Page 8 ^ ^___t FRIDAY BREAKFAST FLIGHT LANDS FOR THURSDAY LUNCH Have you ever taken a 4 ^4-hour flight and arrived yesterday? Well, you can do it now in PAD. The Division now has a flight that leaves Nandi at 7 a.m. on a Friday and arrives at Tafuna Airport near Pago Pago on Samoa at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The flight takes just 4^4 hours but it crosses the international date line just before getting to Samoa. Anyone wanting this experience should catch the connecting flight out of San Francisco any fourth Tuesday. At Nandi the new flight departs every fourth Friday—starting Friday January 27. Nice thing is, on this flight, there is no loss of a night’s sleep. You just have two Thursday night dinners, two Thursday night bedtimes. "Clipper” Trade-Mark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. ONE OUT OF THREE FLOWN BY PAN AMERICAN “One out of every three persons who flew between the United States and Europe in 1955 traveled on Pan American,” the press learned from Willis G. Lipscomb, Vice President Traffic & Sales, as soon as last year’s figures were complete. PAA, he said, carried a record 205,000 passengers across the Atlantic in 1955. “This represents an all-time industry high for any single carrier.” Looking ahead to the upcoming peak season, Mr. Lipscomb said that PAA will operate 160 weekly flights between the U. S. and Europe. The increased schedules will be made possible by the addition of the new, long-range DC-7Cs, to be delivered in June. Up 36% The overall increase in transatlantic traffic for PAA last year was 36%. Sharpest gains were in tourist service which was up from 83,478 passengers in 1954 to 122,909 in 1955, a 47% increase. First class was up 18% from 1954. Charter business also continued to show gains, said Mr. Lipscomb. PAA carried 18,000 charter passengers in 1955 compared with the 1954 total of 12,419. At the year’s end, PAA had made 53,356 Atlantic crossings since service began in 1939 — more than any other airline. LONDON BOAST MADE GOOD; SELLS EXTRA MILLION The Sunday before the New Year, London DT/SM Jim Leet came into his office, placed an American Express sales report for $50,000 in a special airco envelope and then went off to have a well deserved eggnog. For that report put London way over the top it had aimed at back in May. At that time there was $900,000 of unassigned passenger sales quota in ATD over and above the original $36,000,000 Continued on Page 4 1 |
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