Around the Group
New USAir items now at
Piedmont Shoppes
USAir in Hong Kong
USAir has expanded its area of sales representation to Hong Kong through the
services of Discover The World Marketing, effective March 1. The full-service
sales representatives are Frank Skilbeck and K. F. Ho. According to Hans
Bucheli, USAir’s regional director of international sales, “The Hong Kong office
will enhance USAir’s sales presence in the Pacific. Through Discover The World
Marketing, USAir now is represented in six locations in the Pacific Japan,
Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand.”
Haik joins USAir
Joe Haik has joined USAir’s economic research department as director-system
reports and forecasts. In this new position, Haik will oversee the development
and production of the corporate forecast and most
of the recurring reports prepared by the economic
research department. For the past ten years, Haik
has held a variety of positions with aviation-
research consulting firms, handling projects for
aircraft manufacturers and civic parties, many of
whom are on the USAir/Piedmont system. He
also was active in the development and marketing
of several airline-related online data bases when
associated with The Computer Company. A native
of the Washington, D.C. area, Haik has a bachelor
of arts degree in economics from the University of
Maryland.
Covia products and services
USAir has assumed responsibility for selling Covia products and services and
negotiating Covia contracts with travel agencies in the majority of the following
eastern and southern states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. This sales
responsibility shift from United Airlines to USAir in these states is a result of
Covia’s mid-1988 partnership agreement among United Airlines, USj'^, Alitalia,
British Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, and Swissair. Under the agreement.
United will continue to sell Covia products and services in the rest of the United
States. USAir owns an 11.3 percent stake in Covia, the leading worldwide travel
distribution company. Covia’s core product, the Apollo computer reservations
system, is used by nearly 10,000 travel agency locations worldwide and contains
information on 700 airlines, 19,000 hotels, and 33 car rental companies. To
service Covia accounts, USAir plans to establish automated marketing offices in
BWI, CLT CLE, DAY, FLL, MCO, PHL, PIT, RIC, and SYR.
Fearful Flyers
USAir is again offering its successful award-winning Fearful Flyers classes at
DCA on March 2, and will begin classes at PIT on March 14. During the six
three-hour classes, participants will learn about aviation and stress management
techniques to overcome their aviaphobia. The classes culminate with a one-hour
graduation flight on which one guest is allowed per student. USAir’s Fearful
Flyers Program was developed in 1975 as a service to the large number of people
who are afraid to fly Since the program’s inception, over 2,000 participants have
enrolled in the course and 97 percent have successfully overcome their phobia.
In addition to the new USAir logo gift
items that were described in the
January 16 USAirNews/Piedmonitor,
Piedmont Gift Shoppes are now
offering four new items:
I USAir red-maroon-and-white wind
socks- $8.17.
I Key rings with USAir’s two-color
logo suspended in a clear white
lucite oval - $2.47.
I USAir cross-stitch kit with fabric,
thread, and graph included - $5.12.
I USAir white crew neck sweatshirt
(sizes S - XL), with a two-color chest
logo - $10.65.
To purchase any of these items, visit
or call a Piedmont Gift Shoppe at
the following locations: Winston-
Salem at (Dialnet) 767-5510; Norfolk
(Dialnet) 857-3277; or Charlotte at
704/372-6845.
Employees may purchase items
with major credit cards or personal
checks. Piedmont employees may use
payroll deduction on purchases of $10
or more. All items are shipped UPS at
$3 per order. TTie Shoppes will
COMAT items within North Carolina,
but are not responsible for lost or
stolen items.
USAirNews/Piedmonitor
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Editor
Bill Kress
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such as Ruth Hart, USAir
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