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...aviation ventures below the Rio Grande, Braniff Airway's Tom Braniff has increased the odds against himself by sounding off against Mexican Government officials and by competing with Pan American Airways. Last week the odds caught up with...
Early one morning employes of Aerovias Braniff, S. A. found the way to company planes at Mexico City's Central airport blocked by armed airport guards. Reason: the Ministry of Communications and Public Works had refused Braniff's application for five air routes, had canceled the temporary permit under which the company had been operating in competition with Pan Am's affiliate, Compaña Mexicana de Aviación, S. A. Said the ministry: a "technical study" had shown that present service by C.M.A. in Mexico was entirely adequate, therefore no competition was necessary...
...gave Braniff Airways a route from Mexico City down the west coast of South America, then across to Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. It gave Colonial Airlines permission to fly from Washington and New York to Bermuda-much to the surprise of Colonial, which had applied only for a route from New York. Again on presidential orders, CAB gave Eastern
...airlines rolled merrily along on their plane-buying spree. Last week Baltimore's Glenn L. Martin Co. announced another $7,000,000 in orders for Martin 202s. Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Corp., which had already ordered 35, signed up for 15 more. Braniff Airways bought...
Showdown. At week's end, embattled Tom Braniff saw relief in sight. The Mexican Minister of Communications ordered C.M.A. to open all its airport facilities. He ruled that the fields should be considered public property, exclusive to no one. Fighting Tom Braniff had won an important point-at least for the moment...