Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May 1978 35 air Canadas first Quarter performance typical its still up and away for air Industry profits j j i 1ii i a t a by John Mcmanus air Canada had a million profit in the first the profit represents what is happening to airlines universally As the Industry climbs out of the depression that marked the Early and better than last a year ago in the same the airline reported a a million the current quarters after taxes earnings of million obviously heralds a profitable year for the publicly owned said air Canada chair Man Pierre Taschereau said the profit of last year reflects operational economies introduced last year As Well As no operating but he cautioned that the rising Cost of living and de Cline of the the Canadian Dol Lar has exerted heavy pressure on air Canada and affected its offshore mar air Canadas Winnipeg officials Are confident Passen Ger volumes and revenues will continue regional manager Bob Nicholson says the Outlook is better than it was last the buildup of passenger traffic started in with an Early easter helpful to first Quarter Nicholson said average daily boardings increased from in january to in As traffic is expected to Peak during july and the District manager said the airlines cargo Busi Ness continues to hold its in total commodity cargo which includes air exp Dair and the new air Elop courier Nicholson said the National Carrier is about one per cent above forecast and has an 11 per cent Dollar growth Over last an overnight Doort door Small package service linking eight major cities in Canada started May the package service was belated recognition of the multimillion Dollar parcel document that Trade had almost been stolen from the major carriers by courier services and Banks using Small chartered air Craft to Fly interlocking air air Elop is after the undertow Pound Market re Quiring confirmed Deli shippers buy a Supply of prepaid which in Clud shipping Portal Portal pickup and delivery is included in the Purchase of an Enve Nicholson is pleased with Early acceptance of the ser because of the newness of the Revenue fore casts Are system wide rather than on a local basis and were not air Canada reports Good demand for seats on its West Ern Arrow l1011 overseas services from Advance bookings Are up for the two flights a week from mid june to Early sep when a third weekly departure will be added to the Winnipeg Britain Nicholson said the Canad an charter class fares Are being readily accepted and Many people appear to be booking trips for a better look at their air Canada will have a limited number of Low Cost Nighthawk fares this sum twinned to certain Ca Nadian the airline came up with Nighthawk flights As a prac tical Way to utilize aircraft and available pilots and Cabin Crews in off Peak air Canada started a win Nieglos Angeles service when the clocks changed this Spring and have High Hopes for the service because there Are a Large number of native canadians in the area and the airline sees much visiting Between friends and Nicholson said the service is already showing a great Deal of he growth patterns Are not Likely to change much from the past couple of the airlines fortunes will follow in the state of the Gen eral any pickup in the the National or provincial Economy is usually followed by in creased air Nichol son depending on the econ omy holding its we Are fairly enthusiastic about the Manitoba makes a sub Stantial contribution to the National transportation net work and has always played a major role in development of commercial he i think it will continue contributing to the Economy and the Well being of the Cor operational Shotgun wedding with pea paying dividends trans air has married Well by John Mcmanus the annual report of Pacific Western a multicoloured has inset pictures of the Tail assemblies of two Boeing one in was White and Blue and the other in trans airs Brown and Jet the Tail photo of the Tran Sair Jet is the airline is and its possible by the end of the year it will be flying in was patriotic the Alberta government Carrier already controls the purse strings of trans air and it has the approval of the air transport committee for the it has at least been running trans air since last the wedding has taken but the two carriers seem to be still living in a common Law arrangement until All shares have been gathered in and an operational Shakedown of both operations has been approval of the takeover Given by the at had a condition that the carriers oper ate air in a separate agreement the at reluctantly gave Tran Sair Access to Saskatchewan and Alberta and specified trans air had to drop its win Nipe Toronto trans air asked the com Mittee to suspend the East Ern but there has not been a ruling to Date and the service is still there is Little doubt Tran Sair has married even though it was practically a Shotgun no one can argue with the Success of it became a threat to the National carriers under Don who powered his Way through commercial aviation and built an airline restricted Only by Canadian Laws geared to protect air Canada to a lesser de up air from facing Headon Competition from aggressive smaller although Rhys who succeeded was part of the Watson stable for Many he does not have the rough Diamond image of his Eyton is obviously a Man for this time when trans airs image needs a coating of Suc which White and Blue should present As the More Canadian growth due Frontier links to 90 airports by Denver based Frontier airlines will link Winnipeg to 90 airports in the As far South As the mexican Border and to the West coast and within 300 Miles of the american East Frontier is now carrying 4 million passengers a year to such Points As Las Phoenix and Tucson from Winnipeg International air the Denver based airline has extended its routes to Washington and Georgia and will soon Start flying to Mazatlan and the airline still plans More expansion in Canada and the depending on How soon almost equals air Canada North Central earns North Central an american regional Carrier that serves Winnipeg from its base at Minneapolis Al most matched the profit of Canadas Flag Canada in president Bernard Sweet announced a net earning of Sweet says the airline generated Revenue of More than carried Mil lion passengers and flew 14 million cargo ton Manitoba Carrier regains employee Confidence and new recognition from the trans air already has climbed out of its financial despair in the past year and showed a 1977 profit of 000 against a loss of 000 in pea turned a profit of compared to million in it plans to link trans air to its route system to produce the second largest airline in when the two airlines Are tied together to make it Western Canadas Eyton says it will have an Nual revenues of air Host re Tacar we feature Ford and other Fine subcompact to full most major credit cards free local pickup re special insurance rates International reservation West end True hospitality plus Host downtown 4531131 1870 Portage at ferry 253 Osborne at Pembina Winnipeg International Airport 7758948 operated by Wayne Shaw enterprises Ltd take a tothe airshow on Stevenson Day special transit service to May 1 at regular transit fares from downtown extra Portage Portage Airport will operate from Garry Portage via por Sharpe to buses will pick up at All bus stops along Portage to Sharpe first bus from downtown at last bus from at Park your car and ride special buses from Polo Park shuttle service from Polo Park via Sharpe to first bus from Polo Park at last bus returns from at from uni City fashion Square shuttle service from uni City via Ness route to Sharpe to first bus from uni City at last bus returns from inv of Winnipeg going your for transit Call 623 it gets government this year aircraft Deli veries will give Frontier 32 Boeing 737200s in its it also operates 28 con Vair 580 prophets and three de Havilland twin the airline sports a new paint Job this year that is much brighter than its Trade tonal it has gone for red and Orange and a new corporate Symbol is starting to appear on its ground equipment and Pas Senger Steve Winnipeg regional manager for says the new colors better identify Frontier As a mod professional airline that has come of the regional Carrier links intermediate cities with major metropolitan areas and has been flying for 30 it started in 1944 As wis Consin Central and received its Federal certificate three years when it moved its offices and base to Paul in it changed the name to North the company has recorded a profit every year since All our Best for the next 50 a pair ;