Pan Am news letter, Vol. 1, No. 8, October 1973

              Pan Am News Letter
VOL. 1 NO. 8
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
OCTOBER, 1973
PAN AM FLIGHT OPERATIONS NOW AT NEW TERMINAL
NEW 747 SPECIAL PERFORMANCE.. .Pan American World Airways has ordered 10 Boeing 747-&P jetliners, shown in this artist’s rendering. The jet resembles the Boeing 747 Superjet, but is 47 feet shorter. It is powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7 A turbofan engines which will be fully interchangeable with the 747 power-plant. The 747 SP will be able to fly one-mile higher and 750 miles farther than any other commercial wide-bodied airliner and will have a lower operating cost. Pan Am’s 747SP will seat 26 in First Class and 254 in Economy, plus their luggage and 23,220 pounds of cargo and mail. The SP’s maximum takeoff gross weight is 660,000 pounds. Delivery will begin in the first quarter of 1976. Pan Am also has. taken options for 15 additional IVlSPs.
PAN AM REPORTS NET PROFIT FOR AUGUST
New York, — Pan American World Airways today reported a net profit of $9,597,000 for August, an improvement over the $7,676,000 profit in August 1972.
This narrowed the company's eight month loss to $2,737,000 — compared with a net loss of $17,486,000 in the same period last year.
Operating profit for August was $22 million, compared with $19.9 million in August of 1972. Operating revenues increased 11.5 per cent while operating expenses went up 11.8 per cent, compared with August, 1972.
Passenger yield was 5.48 cents per
scheduled revenue passenger mile, compared with 4.97 cents for August 1972 — up 10.3 per cent.
For the eight months of 1973, operating profit was $23.8 million compared with $4 million during the same 1972 period. Operating revenues climbed 9.4 per cent while expenses rose 7.2 per cent.
Passenger yield for the eight month period was 5.34 cents per scheduled passenger revenue mile, compared with 4.92 cents for the 1972 interval — up 8.5 per cent.
Revenues for from scheduled services for the first eight months were $862.2
REBUILT MIA EDIFICE FEATURES ANTI-HIJACK DETECTORS, CAROUSELS
Twenty months after a disastrous fire destroyed the Manila International Airport terminal, international flight operations have resumed at the newly rehabilitated 5.2 million peso terminal.
Pan American World Airways, which established its own check-in facilities for departing passengers at a converted restaurant one mile from the terminal, is now handling departing and arriving passengers at the reconstructed edifice.
The terminal boasts of new features such as carousel-type baggage conveyor installed at the passengers claim area, a specially built "monitor room" which monitors movements of incoming and outgoing passengers, a "loop type" magnetic anti-hijacking metal detector and a close television circuit.
There are gift shops for departing passengers and tourists, as well as hotel reservations and flight insurance counters.
Because Pan Am has its own administration building a few meters from the terminal, only the Pan Am load control office is located in the new edifice. The cargo office continues to remain at its present location on the southwest wing of the terminal.
The new check-in counters which are shared by Pan Am and Qantas on alternate days, greatly facilitate the checking-in of outgoing passengers. Only passengers and authorized personnel are allowed inside the departure area.
Departing passengers pay flO terminal fees, and are bused up to their planes.
The entire terminal is air conditioned and piped-in stereo music adds to the comfort of incoming and outgoing passengers. •
million, up 6.5 per cent. Charter revenues — including military — increased 31.9 per cent. Passenger revenue increased 7.8 per cent over the same eight months of 1972.
Cargo revenue was up 4.9 per cent.
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