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...whole hog"-a hint of armed force-if Britain's terms appeared to endanger what he regards as his personal domain. Said he: "The federation is mine." When the news finally arrived, Sir Roy exploded. "This is not good enough." he roared, ordering; a London-bound BOAC Comet in mid-flight to stop in Salisbury and pick him up. Then he headed for the British capital in a last-ditch effort to get the plan changed...
...government decision authorizing his Cunard Eagle line to make daily flights to the U.S. East Coast beginning next May, London's handsome Harold Bamberg, 37, won the first round in his battle to snatch some of the lucrative transatlantic trade away from Britain's state-owned BOAC and BEA. Bamberg started his line in 1948 with a surplus Halifax bomber that he bought for $420. Specializing in low fares and package plans (he is also chairman of a big London tourist agency), he parlayed his Halifax into a 20-plane fleet flying fringe European and Caribbean routes, sold...
HONG KONG AIR ROUTE will be approved for Northwest Airlines in near future by British government. Service will start immediately thereafter. Northwest won CAB approval to extend its transpacific route from Tokyo to Hong Kong after British opposition was overcome by President Eisenhower's approval for BOAC to add a San Francisco-Tokyo leg to its round-the-world flights...
...American, TWA and a large group of farsighted smaller lines argued for the abolition of the tourist fare and adoption of new worldwide economy fares 12% to 15% below the present minimum rates. Such a "two-tier" fare system was blocked by Britain's big BOAC, which fought for a "three-tier" system (economy, tourist, first class) with the lowest fares pegged as much as 20% below tourist rates. Other lines felt that fare schedules are already complex enough, gave the British plan no support. Ranged against any immediate fare cut were some of the small national flag airlines...
...American is threatening to cut worldwide fares on its own next summer, and BOAC is ready to extend lower fares to British colonies around the world. IATA has until the end of March to hammer out a compromise. If it fails, the organization may break up as fares fall...