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Eleven years ago, there was not much of Caledonian to hate. Its entire fleet then consisted of a single rented DC-7C. Now it operates an armada of 33 jets that have been carrying more passengers in and out of Britain than once dominant BOAC. This year BOAC and British European Airways, both government-owned, merged to become British Airways, and made it clear from the start that the privately owned Caledonian's rapid intrusion into their business would not continue unchallenged. "We shall match them in everything they do," warns a British Airways-BOAC spokesman...
Starting down Mt. Auburn Street, you discover that Cahaly's Market is offering 7c off on Gravy Train. The Harvard Food Services was unavailable for comment. But if it's food you're after, go directly to the Bick, where the window proclaims "Prices Slashed!" You can get, among other things, fishcakes and beans for 70 cents-but only on Friday. The rest of the week you have...
...growing U.S. passion for seeing new places. The airlines like charter flights because they keep equipment in use during the off season. The flights entail less bother and bookkeeping than regular flights, since an entire plane is chartered for a flat rate (e.g., $22,000 for a DC-7C seating 79) to a group that collects the money from its members, handles the tickets and seating. For the economy-minded traveler, charter flights offer the equivalent of first-class service (meals include hors d'oeuvres, filet mignon, hard liquor, wine and champagne) at less than half the price...
...PILOT PAY of $33,000 a year will go to jet captains flying maximum of 85 hours a month for Pan American World Airways, up from current ceiling of $25,000 for DC-7C skipper. New Pan Am contract also puts three pilots plus flight engineer in jets...
...predawn darkness at New York's Idlewild Airport, a mustached, parrot-nosed man in a snap-brim hat and grey overcoat alighted from a chartered Scandinavian Airlines DC-7C, was soon swept into a knot of welcomers and greeted in a torrent of Russian. The visitor: Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan, Khrushchev's top economic adviser and political crony...