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Sohn planned to obtain his plane from British Eagle Airlines, a regularly scheduled carrier between London and the continent. British Eagle purchased the prop jets that the British Overseas Airways sold after last summer, according to Sohn. All HSA European charter flights in 1964 used the BOAC planes, but this summer's contracts are with other European lines...
...agent, University Travel Service, has traditionally done its charter business solely with BOAC. Last summer BOAC unexpectedly terminated most of its chartering operations, and UTS was obliged to deal with airlines unfamiliar to it. Unfamiliarity itself probably meant higher charges. Furthermore, because planes are always in short supply, only the very expensive airlines, Swissair and Air France, would negotiate with UTS on such short notice...
...higher costs have understandably necessitated higher HSA prices. But there is, at present, no way of knowing how much of this year's price can be blamed on higher costs. A major Boston charterer has told the CRIMSON that, to his best knowledge of BOAC, Swissair and Air France prices, the HSA charged $30 per passenger in administrative fees last year, and is still charging at least $15 this year. According to this source, the usual amount, and IATA's working definition of "reasonable...
Born. To Winston Spencer Churchill, 24, Sir Winston's eldest grandson and namesake, now a BBC broadcaster, and Minnie d'Erlanger, 24, daughter of BOAC's former chairman; their first child, a son; in London...
...quickly saw that shaky MEA could not fly solo, first enlisted the help of Pan American, then of BOAC, and finally of Air France, which got a 30% share of the line last year when Middle East merged with Air Liban. Gradually he built up an organization, trained a staff and carefully picked efficient routes. Today Middle East has a predominantly modern fleet that includes 12 jet and turboprop planes for scheduled routes, six DC-3s and a DC-4 in reserve. Backed by Beirut's Intra Bank and its shrewd chairman, Yusuf Bedas (who owns a 55% share...