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...crack lATA's monopoly on scheduled service between London and New York City by offering a daily, no-frills, nonreservation shuttle service at a round-trip price of just $236 (v. $631 for a 14-21 day summer excursion fare). IATA members vehemently opposed him, warning that his "Skytrain" service would hurt the scheduled carriers on the New York-London run and compel them to cut their losses by curtailing flights on less profitable routes elsewhere. Well, surprise. Now that Laker has won permission from the Carter Administration to offer his walk-on shuttle service beginning in late September...
...American carriers on the New York-to-London run, Pan Am and TWA, intend to announce their own plans for Skytrain-cheap travel soon, perhaps next week. The plans will be closely scrutinized by other airlines, especially those flying the hotly competitive North Atlantic routes, where four out of ten seats are empty on an average scheduled flight. Though neither Pan Am's nor TWA's packages will be identical to Laker's, they will both offer just about everything Skytrain does, plus a few things more...
SUPER STANDBY. TWA's proposal will evidently be in essence a modification of Laker's stand-by plan. The fare would be close to Laker's. But instead of having to purchase their tickets at the flight gate, Skytrain-style, bargain travelers on TWA would be able to buy them in advance, either from the airline or a travel agent. The ticket would be good for any flight, on a space-available basis; if no seats are available when the passenger wants to leave, he can try another flight or return his ticket for the full purchase...
...sure to offer some rival shuttle of their own, or at least cut-rate stand-by seating on regularly scheduled flights. Some other transatlantic lines may do so too -but not Laker's state-owned competitor, British Airways. British authorities do not plan to grant British Airways a Skytrain-type license...
...Civil Aeronautics Board has approved Laker's Skytrain for a one-year experimental period only and can cancel the flights on 15-days' notice should the British government prevent U.S. carriers from starting competing bargain services. Whether that happens probably depends on what progress U.S. and British negotiators make in concluding a new agreement to regulate the number of flights and seats offered on the North Atlantic route. The Bermuda Agreement between the two countries expires midnight Tuesday. The British demand that in a new pact their lines receive half the revenues produced by flights between...