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FLIGHT International, 16 January 1969 HAWAII: CAB PRONOUNCES THE US Civil Aeronautics Board released on January 4 its remaining findings in the trans-Pacific route investigations, granting Hawaii-service authority to American, Braniff, Con tinental, Northwest, TWA, United and Western from several mainland cities. The first part, the international phase, of the trans-Pacific case was released on December* 19 (see Flight for last week, page 49). In it, the CAB awarded new Pacific routes to Braniff, Continental, Flying Tiger, Northwest, Pan American and TWA. President Johnson at that time disapproved the CAB's decision to grant American Airlines authority to serve Japan via Hawaii. The board's award had been subject to the restriction that all of American's flights over the new sectors must serve a point in Japan. This meant that American could not offer a mainland-Hawaii turn-around service, as can United and Pan American. Although President Johnson had instructed the board to reconsider its award to American Airlines before disposing of the domestic phase, the CAB on January 4 ireleased its original domestic decision "to await petitions for reconsideration before deciding what changes to make." J_egally, this seems to mean that American has been awarded a route on which it cannot institute service. The CAB chair man, Mr John H. Crooker, and board member Mr Joseph Minetti said in a joint statement that "since President Johnson disapproved any authority to American Airlines to serve Japan, Hawaii rights awarded in the domestic phase of the case are either uncertain or ineffective." They said that the alternatives now open tq the board involved the question of whether American should be removed entirely from the mainland-Hawaii market or whether the long- haul restriction should now be replaced with certain other conditions, permitting American to offer some limited main land-Hawaii service. The original decision would have allowed American to serve a route from Boston, New York, St Louis and San Francisco to Hilo (Hawaii) and Honolulu, and beyond to a point in Japan. Apparently the board members could not agree on the modification of American's award, and have decided to postpone final action until comments have been received from all parties to the proceeding. The order of January 4 provides that United and Northwest; which already serve Hawaii, receive non-stop authority from overlapping groups of co-terminals located mainly in the north eastern part of the United States; Braniff is awarded a route The first air-to-air pictures of the Tu-144 were taken during its second flight on January 8. That reproduced below includes the much- modified ogival-wing MiG-21. The ground-to-air pictures on the left reached us after going to press with last week's issue. According to reports the two pilots are provided with ejection seats. There are two escape hatches above the pilots' positions and two further aft in the top of the fuselage to Hawaii from co-terminal points in the south-east and south- central part of the USA; Continental and Western receive Hawaiian routes from points in the midwest, south-west, the Rocky Mountains area and California, and including an Anchorage-Hawaii route for Western. TWA is granted new domestic authority at Los Angeles for flights to the Orient via Hawaii. The CAB said that its decision to authorise five more carriers to serve Hawaii "will result in a much more balanced pattern of inter-carrier competition in the overall mainland-Hawaii market." The board pointed out that most co-terminals will enjoy the benefits of competitive service since they are named in two or more of the seven carriers' certificates. Petitions for reconsideration of both the domestic and the international part of the trans-Pacific case are due by January 24. This date is three days after the inauguration of the new President. CHANNEL'S SCOTTISH FLYER THE long-awaited "bus-stop" service of Channel Airways, from Southend to Aberdeen with six intermediate stops, will begin on January 20, the airline's chairman, Sqn Ldr R. J. Jones, announced last week. Originally planned to begin in November 1967, the service was deferred, according to the airline, because of the general economic situation following devaluation. The new service (the proving flight for which was described in Flight for October 19, 1967, page 641) will be known as the Scottish Flyer, and will be operated with Viscounts. There will be two services a day in each direction from Monday to Friday; the intermediate stops will be at Luton, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Tees-side, Newcastle and Edinburgh. There will be connections at East Midlands for Liverpool and Norwich, and at Southend for Rotterdam, Ostend and the Channel Islands. Sqn Ldr Jones last week released for the first time some details of the financial performance of Channel Airways in recent years as follows:— 1965 £ Group turnover .. .. 2.4m Net depreciation .. .. 241,020 Profit before tax, after depreciation .. .. 762,266 1966 £ 3.0m 367,296 765,034 1967 1968 (provisional) £ £ 4.2m 4.5m 400,153 372,000 730,649 520,000 The rate of dividend paid on founder and ordinary shares over the period was 8 per cent per year. The shares are mainly held by Sqn Ldr Jones and his family. The airline's total issued capital and reserves stand now at £2.3 million. The decision to cut the airline's orders for jet equipment last year had cost more than £300,000 in lost deposits, said Sqn Ldr Jones; it had been arrived at with difficulty, but was necessitated by the national economic situation, especially after devaluation and the £50 currency travel allowance. 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