Word: airlinese
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Prestige v. Profits. Some aircraft executives at the Paris show doubted that many Soviet SSTs will be sold in the West, even though a number of airlines are closely studying the TU-144's specifications. Aside from the uncertainty of depending on the Russians for parts and service, there...
Most of the nation's twelve major airlines are just beginning to pull out of the steepest nosedive in the industry's recent history, but one carrier has been cruising above the clouds all along. Delta Airlines earned $41 million last year and is doing almost as well...
Compared with many larger airlines, which have a patina of sophistication, Delta comes off as an unpretentious country cousin. Instead of advertisements and commercials featuring aircraft silhouetted against flaming sunsets or sonorous "Wings of Man" pitches, Delta serves up pedestrian slogans like "The airline run by professionals" and the only...
Now Delta is looking north. It recently agreed to merge with troubled Northeast Airlines and is awaiting word from the Civil Aeronautics Board, which industry insiders believe will grant approval. At first glance, the advantage to Delta of such a merger is not entirely obvious. Northeast is as weak as...
One unauthorized organization is Student Flights, an affiliate of Unitravel Corporation in Lynn, a first-yearoperation. Unitravel vice-president Ronald Terrazas said yesterday that his business is an agent between the airlines and the charterers and that Steven M. Schneider, a third-year Law student, is the "Harvard administrator" for...