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^ "lore than 9,000 square yards of this uniquely-styled red ^^>Det from Karastan have been installed at American Airlines 'fttiinals across the country to provide a distinctive look for ^47 Jet Terminals! vet Karasitan Carpet American Airlines has been rolling out thousands of yards hew uniquely-styled red carpet from the Karastan Mill at l‘® air terminals and ticket offices across the country to greet age of the mammoth jet airliners. The extensive carpet installations have been designed to pro- a distinctive look for facilities built by American to ser- the new Boeing 747 and other types of the new generation let aircraft. j^The carpet was ordered by Contract Distributors Corporation American which had specified a heavy-duty, commercial j ^de of pure wool pile in a novel red coloration. Karastan’s ®^igners created a dense looped pile carpet woven on the com- ^hy’s patented Kara-loc loom. than 9,000 square yards of the carpet have been install- to date at American’s terminals. Installations have been at Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports in New and at the air terminals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, T’aso and Cincinnati. similar installation is scheduled for Philadelphia’s airport. , ® carpet is also being used at American’s ticket office in '^'eago’s Drake Hotel. I^At Kennedy Airport alone more than 3,000 square yards of rich-looking red carpet were used for a new section added American’s terminal building to service the jumbo jets. ^Areas carpeted include a long and broad concourse, the space ^'ounding the four check-in counters required to handle the passenger load, an enormous lounge for the tourist pas- ■*'§ers and a separate lounge for the first class passengers. The (Continued on Page Eight) 'ONDAY, may 2 5, 1 9 7 0 facilities built to service the new 747 jet Astroliner. Shown above is the huge tourist passenger lounge required for the mammoth plane at Kennedy Airport in New York. f;#' Special red and black striped design was created by Karastan for the carpet facing the four check-in counters at American Airlines new Astroliner jet gate at Kennedy Airport.
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