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Pilots called it S.O.S.-for suspension of service-and their 24-hour strike to dramatize demands for more forceful measures against hijackings brought air travel to a temporary halt in more than 30 countries last week. In Europe, the strike was 75% effective. Swissair pilots, legally barred from taking part, were given permission by a cooperative airline management to join the protest. Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport, ordinarily uncontrolled bedlam, looked almost like a normal air terminal with 91 of 131 scheduled flights canceled...
...Heads of most other foreign carriers do not believe that reducing fares as low as Lufthansa did can be profitable; yet to avoid losing customers to Lufthansa, Air Canada and Air France have posted comparable prices. Last week Swissair asked its government to approve a fare of as little as $180 round trip for groups of ten who buy from $70 to $149 each worth of meals, lodging and sightseeing along with their tickets. Two weeks ago Irish Aer Lingus announced a $500 first-class, 14-to-28-day fare from New York to Shannon, and an unlimited-stay economy...
Interflug's low fares also pose a problem. After studying the possibility of using Schönefeld, Swissair concluded that it could not compete there profitably. For the same reason, Austrian Airlines, which has a mutual landing agreement that permits it to operate out of Schönefeld, does not make use of the privilege. If East Germany really intends to attract Western airlines, it will have to raise Interflug's subsidized fares on competing routes, and that in turn might well make Schönefeld less attractive to travelers. But even the highly preliminary talks held...
...longer willing to be locked out of this lucrative trade, other West European airlines are pressing for landing rights in West Berlin. Alitalia, SAS and KLM have been particularly active, but Sabena and Swissair have also put out feelers. Much to the consternation of Pan Am, the U.S. is willing to welcome additional carriers, but Britain is so far unwilling to agree...
Instead of a merger, Austrian and Swissair are negotiating a form of Alpine bundling or, as their executives call it, "harmonization." Swissair would issue more stock and give the Austrian government a 9% share, as well as several seats on a new board of directors. Planes from both countries would be maintained in Austria, where labor is cheaper than in Switzerland. Pilots would be trained on Swissair's flight simulator in Zurich. Sales offices and planes of both lines would bear a single name, possibly "Swissair-Austrian Airlines," but aircraft from each country would still be distinguished...