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...capitals without their having the faintest notion of why he had come. During Morocco's recent abortive coup, he offered King Hassan's enemies military aid before he even knew what was happening or who the rebels were. Then came last week's capture of a BOAC jet and the kidnaping of two of its Sudanese passengers. Gaddafi is young, dedicated, naive and, some say, irrational as well. He certainly is as impetuous in his personal life as in state affairs. Smitten by two Libyan girls, Devout Moslem Gaddafi married them both...
Even so, the new fares please few in the scheduled-airline business, not even those who favor broad fare reductions. "It's one of the biggest frauds in the industry," said BOAC's Canadian Director John Gorman. "Why should youth travel be subsidized by everyone else?" Indeed, almost everyone else is angry. A pair of sisters, Elizabeth and Suzanne Marie Gallagher, have hit Alitalia with a $1.5 million class-action suit, claiming age discrimination in its $199 youth fare. The radio news staff of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has signed a petition to IATA members demanding...
...late last month when a dozen carriers began advertising $199 to $220 round-trip youth fares between the U.S. and Europe, lopping as much as $253 off regular peak-season "economy" prices. Now there are reports that the "big four"-Pan Am, TWA, Air Canada and Britain's BOAC-will quit IATA if the cartel does not approve even broader price reductions for people of all ages at its annual meeting this week in Montreal...
...permanent $200 round-trip fare to some major cities in Europe for any passenger who buys his ticket at least three months in advance. This "advance purchase excursion" fare will be pushed by Pan Am, TWA, Air Canada and BOAC. - A special low fare for travelers aged 65 and over, proposed...
...invested the BBC with his own strong sense of dignity by requiring unseen radio announcers to wear dinner jackets while reading the news. Reith resigned as BBC chief in 1938 to head Imperial Airways, which merged with another airline the following year to become BOAC. The dour Scot ran several ministries in the wartime governments of Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill...