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1983 - 0549.PDF
AIR TRANSPORT MMg»PPg|p^ nw&Mj fiteS MM "ss1 |N$$^ '?^^i3SSSS! KWd ftMIHBft A/r [/K introduces its new Shorts 330 on its Stansted-Amsterdam route this month Swissair still in profit ^.ZURICH Swissair has announced an •"airline net profit of S.Fr38-5 i million (just under £11 mil lion) for 1982, about S.Frl6 million down on its 1981 . result. Its revenues passed the S.Fr3,500 million (£1,000 ' million) mark for the first ,time; but although revenues rose by 4.4 per cent, costs rose ?by 5 per cent. Accordingly, gross profits fell by 2 per cent to S.Fr257 million. Swissair chairman Armin JBaltensweiler states that book profits on the sale of aircraft 'and spares accounted for (S.Fr33 million of the net total—so the airline would «till have ended up in the black to the tune of S.Fr5 mil lion on its airline operations &lone. Swissair's executive vice- president for finance and planning Dr Martin Junger told Flight recently that its North Atlantic, Middle East, and African markets all pro duced "reasonable" results in 1982, and are developing well. But it has a yield problem on Far East routes, where dis counting by Asian carriers has forced Swissair to cut its own fares. Its European markets cannot be taken uniformly, says Junger. Swiss domestic markets are poor, but it can not cut any services for politi cal reasons. The airline has decided after much study to retain two-class cabin services, but to upgrade its economy class, renaming it "Swiss Class". The airline is introducing both the 747-300 and the A310 into service this month. People.. ^Warren N. Martin has joined Piedmont Airlines as Special assistant to the ^president. In his new position Martin will develop relations with governmental bodies, primarily at State and local level, and represent Pied- <mont in North Carolina, rVirginia, and West Virginia. Martin was previously vice- president, public affairs for t the US Air Transport Associ ation. ' Ronald A. Butschle has , been appointed vice-president labour relations for US Air. FLIGHT International, 2 April 1983 Neil Gleeson, assistant chief executive finance for Aer Lingus, has been named managing director designate of the International Air Transport Association. Glee- son plans to retire from Aer Lingus in August to take up the new position in the autumn. Gleeson is presently chairman of Iata's financial committee. Robert K. Jorgensen, former executive vice-presi dent operations for Philippine Airlines, has been appointed senior vice-president and chief operating officer for Horizon Airlines. MARKETPLACE Midway Airlines is to lease two McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Super 80s from the manu facturer. The aircraft will be delivered to Midway in the third quarter of this year. They were originally operated by Muse Air on short-term lease, but were returned when Muse received its own ordered aircraft. The Super 80 is currently ordered or operated by 22 airlines. International Lease Fin ance Corporation has re ceived a DC-9 Super 82 under a previously unannounced order. The Interlease Super 80 deal is worth more than $22 million. It has leased the air craft to a US scheduled carrier for ten years. Although the airline officially remains un named, Flight understands that it was delivered in Jet America colours. The Inter- lease Super 82 has a max imum take-off weight of 149,5001b, and is equipped with JT8D-217 engines. Range is about 2,300 miles. Japan Air Lines has received its 20th DC-10-40. It is the first DC-10 equipped with a Performance Manage ment System, which is expected to save from 1 to 3 per cent in the aircraft's fuel costs. The latest JAL DC-10 is fitted with JT9D-59A engines, each generating 53,0001b take-off thrust. MTOW is 445,0001b. The air craft has 370 seats and will be used on JAL's domestic routes. McDonnell Douglas has now delivered 367 DC-10s and 12 KC-lOAs. Japan Air Lines' first two Boeing 747-300s will be deliv ered in November and will go into service on its routes from Tokyo to Los Angeles and San Francisco. They will be powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4G2 engines, and will have 386 seats. The stretched upper decks will each contain 63 seats, in mixed business- and economy-class layout. JAL has now purchased 47 747s from Boeing, making it the biggest 747 customer. JAL also recently bought a 747F from Pan Am. It will have five different 747 variants in its fleet: the -100, the short-range high-density 747SR, the 747F, the -200B, and the -300. Overseas National Air ways is to lease three ex- Alitalia Boeing 747s from the manufacturer. The first will go into operation on ONA's North Atlantic charter ser vices on June 1, and the others will follow by August. They will be used to operate flights from New York to London, Paris, Rome, and Athens, and later in the year may be used to open up sched uled services to points in Europe and the Middle East for which ONA holds author ity. They will also be available for dry- or wet-leasing. Two of the 747s are -200Bs, and the other is a -100. According to ONA president Robert Wagenfeld, the airline has also held discussions with Boeing about the possible acquisition of several 737-300s. Henson Airlines has received a sixth de Havilland Canada Dash 7. The airline, which is based at Salisbury, Maryland, already has five Dash 7s in service, and has eight Dash 8s on order. It operates services linking Washington National Airport, Baltimore, Philadel phia, Pittsburgh, Hagers- town, Shenandoah Valley, Charlottestown, Richmond, Newport-News, and New York's La Guardia and John F. Kennedy airports. The latest Dash 7 is equipped with a three-dimensional area navigation system, which lets it use DHC-designed Separate Access Landing System approaches to Washington National. 849
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