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TWA and Ozark schedules merged October 26, and on the same day. TWA eliminated Ozark's frequent flyer program and absorbed the plan's 230,000 mem bers into its own program. « « * American is spending $100 million to develop and expand its Sabre computerized reservations facilities, including constructing an underground base for the central system at llilsa Airport. In addition, a new data network, called the AADN project, will be com pleted for Sabre next year. American has also reached an agreement with Pan Am which will permit Pan Am lo market Sabre in Europe. South America, and the Middle East. « * * Portland and Dallas/Fort Worth have been selected by DOT as gateways for new U.S. carrier seiA'ice to Japan. Delta will serve Tokyo from Portland and Amer ican. from DFW. Northwest will begin nonstop service to Tokyo from Detroit in March. * « 4> DO!' has tentatively approved Texas Air's plan to ac quire Eastern. Approval made possible by a new agree ment between TAC-EA and Pan Am which gives Pan Am 12 more daily slots at LG A and two more at DCA so that Pan Am can operate 15 daily round-trips in both markets. * * * American Chairman Robert Crandall has written the chief executives of 50.000 companies in a four-state area—North and South Carolina. Tennessee, and Georgia—asking them to support the carrier's applica tion for Raleigh/Durham — London route authority. By next summer. AA plans to have 95 flights daily to 34 destinations at RDU plus 40 flights daily to 14 destina tions by its American Eagle commuter. AA's new $114 million terminal complex, which is scheduled for com pletion in June, will initially have 15 gates with ex pansion to 25 by 1989. At Charlotte, we will have 194 departures to 54 destinations on November 1, and by the end of next year, we will have 31 gates. * * * Delta plans to establish a flight attendant base at CVG on December 15 and a pilot crew base by June 1. The flight attendant base will initially have 225 flight attendants, and the pilot crew base. 200 pilots. * * * Southwest's new training center for pilots and cabin attendants at Dallas Love Field extends over 21.000 square feet and houses an $8 million Boeing 737- 300/200 flight simulator. An additional wing is al ready under construction to house another*737-200 simulator purchased from American. Southwest plans to train about 1.600 pilots and 1.100 cabin attendants at this facility each year. « « * Jacksonville Port Authority (JAX) is reviewing pro posed $67 million expansion program for the airport, including construction of a second-level roadway and the addition of 12 gates. * * * United recently initiated systemwide increases in full coach and discount fares, and most other major air lines matched these increases. The increases are effec tive for tickets issued on or after October 26. (Piedmont is among the airlines matching the fare increases. For one-way llights under 1.000 miles, our Y-fares and first class fares increase three percent; over 1.000 miles. $20. Other one-way fares under 1.000 miles increase $10; over 1,000 miles, $20. All excursion fares are raised $20 round-trip. Among the markets excluded from the increase are our intra- Dayton hub fares, our intra-Carolina fares, and fares in markets where we are competitive with People Express.) /s DAY Station Manager Wayne Rankin (left) welcomes John Bosch aboard Flight 210 to DCA. Bosch, vice president and general msinager for Sheffield Measure ment of Dayton, was Piedmont’s mil lionth Dayton passenger for 1986. At a ceremony September 30 prior to depar ture, he was presented with a 737-300 model and a complimenteiry round-trip ticket for two anywhere Piedmont flies. Chuck Allen, district sales manager in Dayton, made the presentation. Our midwest hub opened in July 1982, and for each of the past two yesirs, we have boarded over one million passen gers. On the November schedule we offer 67 daily departures to 26 nonstop desti nations with direct and connecting ser vice available to another 57 edrports. Piedmont employs 825 people in Dayton, 525 at the airport and in our sales office and 300 at our reservations center. Amendment will help create New jobs at N.C airports, seaports North Carolina voters will have an opportunity on November 4 to say yes to a proposed constitutional amendment which will con tribute to the creation of jobs at public airports and seaports in the state. "Constitutional Amend ment clarifies the power of the North Carolina Port Authority and public air ports throughout the state," Warren Martin, director- government affairs, said. "It would allow them to issue revenue bonds to fi nance a broad range of port improvements and then enter into a long term lease of these facilities with public or private concerns. Many other states, including all of North Carolina's neighbor ing states, already finance similar improvements in this way, thus giving them a competitive advantage over North Carolina. ’ Interest earned from these bonds is tax free, making them attractive to investors. Permitting our airports and seaports to use these types of revenue bonds will result in construction and use of new facilities not otherwise possible and, of course, new jobs. Dollars generated will spin off into even more eco nomic activity. "The 1986 General As sembly overwhelmingly voted to present this pro posed amendment to the North Carolina voters.” Mar tin said. "Approval of this issue will not result in a tax increase because language in the amendment prohibits that from happening." Vote YES for Amendment #3 on November 4 and ask your friends to do the same. □ FOR Constitutional amendment to assist in the development of new and existing seaports and edrports. number of departures: 1,235 miles flown daily: 427,152 ASMs (available seat miles): 51,669,646 number of aircraft in fleet: 160 average aircraft hop: 345.9 number of airports served: 87 daily block time flown: 1,421 hours, 32 minutes next schedule change: December 15
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