News digest, Vol. 1, No. 26, October 5, 1945

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PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS
• PACIFIC-ALASKA DIVISION NEWS
Ne^ 'of«^p^p9^y-*'’and aircraft industry compiled for our employees*
^	San Francisco	October 5, 1945
NEW AVIATION POLICY BILL yo BE INTRODUCED
Some variation of -¿he single company bill affecting both domestic and international aviation policies will be introduced in the U.S. Senate in the near future, according to Aviation Daily. Supported by a 10 to 10 vote in the Commerce Committee and a. "Progress’' report to the President, signed by 13 members, Senator Pat McCarran, it is understood, feels the issue of a single company for U.S, international operations together with the allied question of whether U.S. international operators shall be permitted to fly domestic routes, is sufficiently alive to warrant further consideration by appropriate Senate committees*
TWICE WEEKLY SERVICES BETWEEN NEW YQHC AND LONDON TO BE REESTABLISHED
Pan American World Airways will, re-establish twice weekly air services between New York and London this month, utilizing.. 40-passenger land-type Clippers on 15 hour schedules.	< by ‘	, \
The first commercial landplane flown between the U.S. and Ireland completed the flight from New York to Dublin* via Newfoundland, in 14 hours and 29 minutes. This was operated.by Pan American World Airways. The route was originally surveyed in 1937 and has been operated by Pan American since 1939 with flying boats.	...»
Commenting upon the use of landplanes on the North Atlantic route,,,
Mr. Harold M. Bixby, Vice President- in charge of"the Company’s transoceanic services, stated: ....
"The first transatlantic service with high-speed, pressuri zed-cabin land-type aircraft was scheduled by Pan American to start more than 3 years ago. The contract for the System’s fleet of 40 Lockheed Constellations, ordered for delivery in 1942, was taken over by the War Department when hostilities broke out. The Company’s plan for mass overseas transport at low rates was thus set back nearly four years.”
Service to London, which has been suspended during the war, will still be limited to twice a week, as was the original service inaugurated by Pan American in 1939.
The low faros projected by Pan American for the Atlantic servico as long as five years ago, are dependent upon tho number of frequencies which the Company is authorized to make since this determines the degree of efficiency which can be obtained for both aircraft and personnel. The initial transatlantic fare of $375.00, established when the service was first inaugurated in 1939, was made necessary by the limitations of schedules to two flights each week..
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The relatively high passenger tariffs to London, Mr. Bixby explained,-will necessarily have to continue until additional frequencies are authorized by the British Government for the American flag services*. Fare for the
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