Word: panning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pressure of competition has an effect. British Airways and TWA are fighting People Express by selling $199 standby fares to London. Pan American last week offered special discounts just to mollify travel agents and passengers inconvenienced by its recent strike. It granted $25 discounts on all round-trip tickets bought through any agency for travel on or before May 31, plus $100 coupons for any flight after...
...American hunger for travel has inspired the major airlines to expand the number of transatlantic flights even beyond the usual summer increase. One expert puts the total at 97 more than last year. Pan Am alone is flying this summer to six additional cities: Amsterdam, Nice, Belgrade, Bucharest, Athens and Warsaw...
...prices about 25% on some of its fine writing instruments. Its handmade black lacquer pen went from $160 to $125. By discounting at a time when few other importers are doing so, the company hopes to boost its U.S. market share. Williams-Sonoma, San Francisco's chic pot-and- pan retailer, has marked down its French-made copper cookware...
...little advice on the meal." Her comeback is quick, Iacocca- style. "I called you up to find out what the hell to do with these birds." The couple met in 1982 in the offices of the Statue of Liberty Commission where Johnson, a flight attendant on leave from Pan Am, worked as a volunteer. "He is a very caring person," she says of her husband-to-be, who is 26 years older than she. "He gets hurt very easily...
...Behind Pan Am's steely negotiating stance are some formidable cost-control problems. With the increased competition created by deregulation, the airline is loath to raise fares to meet rising expenses. Pan Am is already saddled with stiff operating costs. Its pilots, for instance, are among the highest paid in the U.S. The captain of a Pan Am Boeing 747 jetliner can earn $150,000 annually for an average 55 flight hours each month. At People Express, pilots of similar jets make $40,000 a year while flying closer to the industry average of 85 hours. Said Robert Joedicke...