Pan American clipper, Vol. 25, No. 13, June 15, 1966

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US.-Moscow R outes

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; thai 'limber of years away, P an Am the CAB th a t “it would > and ieem p ru d en t and proper fo r the lown am ioard to retain fo r itself and ’ that he P resident the opportunity to m of onsider the establishm ent of ment luch a U nited S tates-F lag air uture ■oute.” In urging the CAB to include il ad- he issue of the Moscow’ service lents, nthe transpacific case, P an Am clear >oted th a t in recent years th ere ERVA das been a m arked increase in ilica ir service to Moscow by airicipal ines of w estern nations. Re­ coni' cently, Jap a n and the U.S.S.R. light; eached agreem ent of a tra n siven iiberia route, P an Am pointed iting t. s for The CAB had originally de­ tests cided not to include the Moscow ssue in the proceeding since it lid not consider such service in ts 1959 transpacific case. The Ioard stated th a t “nothing has ceen advanced w hich would arrant a different re su lt under 'resent circum stances.” But an Am told the CAB th a t “the Aspect of th is route becoming Available fo r norm al commerial air tra n s p o rt service is not 1 0unlikely or rem ote today as 1959.”

Pan American Airways urged the Civil Aeronatutics ioard June 6 to include the award of routes to Moscow in its )ffice ivestigation of new transpacific routes. Pointing out th at a holij n out sal decision in the Transpacific Route Case is probably a
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The touchdown you see here of a Pan Am 727 jet at the airport at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, actually began on the back page of this issue of the Clipper. Regino Siller, pho­ tographer for Miami PubRel shot this perfect panoramic sequence with three pictures. While it may look like a golf fairway to you, there really is an airstrip there!

Paris Joins London On Polar Scheds
By Jay Beau-Seigneur

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A Solution for Some Problems
United States Government ap­ proval of Braniff International’s acquisition of Pan AmericanGrace Airways would solve the problems created by three U.S. airlines serving South America, but would not necessarily result in the soundest U.S. - South American route pattern, accord­ ing to Harold E. Gray, P resident of Pan American. Testifying a t Civil Aeronau­ tics Board hearings in W ashing­ ton on B raniff’s acquisition of Panagra, Captain Gray made clear th a t Pan Am endorses the acquisition agreem ents only be­ cause they solve the three-carrier problem. “We do not endorse them for any other reason. We do not be­ lieve th a t the resulting route p at­ tern is the soundest or the best th a t can be developed, and we in­ tend to request modifications at the appropriate tim e,” Captain Gray stated. According to C aptain Gray, while the acquisition agreem ent

Beginning August 1, Pan Am’s Polar Flight pas^ngCjL’s from California will have a choice of destinations: London or Paris. Four weekly round-trips will serve both cities. This new routing is one of many new air routes awarded

New Liability Plan is Signed
JF K — P assen g ers flying on P an Am erican C lippers are now covered by a $75,000 C arrier L iability P lan. The new liability rate, increased ninefold from $8,290, was reached u nder term s of an agreem ent worked out by the U.S. S tate D epartm ent, In ­ tern a tio n a l A ir T ran sp o rtatio n A ssociation (IATA) and the world-wide W arsaw Convention. The new W arsaw Convention agreem ent was finalized last May 15 and w ent into effect the next day. P an Am is both a sig n ato ry and p artic ip a n t in the new p act

to Am erican and B ritish airlines in the am endm ents to the U nited S tates-U nited Kingdom B ilateral A greem ent of May 27. O ther re su lts fo r P an Am are a round-the-Pacific circle trip utilizing only th e services of P an Am, a round-the-w orld ro u tin g via the South Pacific, and new C aribbean routings. F lig h ts 120 and 124 will serve P aris fo u r tim es weekly. On Mondays, W ednesdays, and S at­ urdays, F lig h t 120 will leave San F rancisco a t 10:00 a.m., arriv in g a t Los Angeles a t 1 1 :05 a.m., and d ep artin g fo r London a t noon. The flight will arrive a t London a t 6:35 a.m. the fol­ lowing days, will d ep art fo r P aris a t 8 :15 a.m. On o th er days of the week (except F rid ay ), F lig h t 120 will

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Wow That Duesenflugzeug!
SAN FRANCISCO — Cindy Goodrich (36-24-36), SFObased stewardess, has been named “Photo Queen of Northern California” in an annual competition spon­ sored by camera clubs in Northern California and the Bay Area. She was chosen by a group of 13 expert judges and if Scheduling is kind to her this month, will journey to Southern Cali­ fornia where she will com­ pete for the State title. This in turn could lead to some­ thing called the Interna­ tional Beauty Contest.
BERLIN— More passengers p re fer the Duesenflugzeug when flying in Germ any th an any other a irp la n e ! Duesenflugzeug is the nicknam e th a t our In tern al German Service passengers have given th e new Boeing 727 tri-jets, w hich will replace all of the piston DC6B’s in the IGS fleet by Septem ber. And do they really like those j e t s ! In A pril, th e first m onth the first 727 w ent into service on the B erlin -F ran k fu rt service, total passengers carried equalled 33,835, up nearly 4,000 from A pril 1965. In May, again between B E R /FR A , our new 727’s carried 37,545 passengers, an increase of 4,493 over May, 1965. All nine IGS stations, including. W est Berlin, rep o rt pas­ senger traffic up by 20,685 passengers th is May as com pared to May a year ago. C urrently we have th ree 727’s operating B erlin to F ra n k fu rt, Berlin to H am burg, B erlin to S tu ttg a rt and B erlin to D usseldorf. The IGS 727 je t fleet will eventually include eight 727’s, including 727 “ Quick C hange” cargo-passenger models.

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Like Father... Like Son...
CAPE KENNEDY— Two in a fam ily can play politics as 'veil as one. Clark Maxwell, Jr., a P an Am scheduler-planner in South Complexes, th is m onth was appointed by F lorida Governor Kaydon B urns to a vacancy in the B revard County School Board. And his dad is B revard County Tax A ssessor. Clark, fa th e r of three, will perform his first official act as school board m em ber by handing out diplomas a t the Eau Callie H igh School commencement exercises. “I ’m really looking forw ard to it,” he says. Move over pop, th e re ’s an o th er politician in the fam ily.