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May 21, 1968
Aviation DAILY
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AIRPORT PLAN SENT TO CONGRESS (Cont.)

Airline and airport industry leaders have been meeting for several weeks in an attempt to develop a joint position on a new airport program. ATA recently suggested a plan based on a trust fund supported by an increased passenger ticket tax and a $2 charge on air passengers leaving the U.S., (DAILY, April 25).

Mackey told the DAILY the new administration programs do not include trust fund financing. Most industry leaders have favored a trust fund approach and Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-Okla.), chairman of the aviation subcommittee, has insisted that any such program that does not include a trust fund is not realistic. Monroney will address a luncheon meeting of the AAAE conference today.

"Federal grant assistance is no longer required at most airports," Boyd told Congress. "With few exceptions, the direct users of an airport are financially capable of bearing the full costs of development and operation. Certainly, the unsubsidized airlines are capable...of bearing the full costs of their operations... Very few general aviation airports charge any landing fee at all. The impact of a modest fee sufficient to develop and support these airports would be negligible."

NORTH CENTRAL SEEKS CANADIAN ROUTE

North Central Airlines has filed with CAB for authority to operate a route between Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wisc. and Winnipeg, Canada. The route would be subject to approval by the Canadian Air Transport Board.

In its application, North Central said that the new route would reduce its annual subsidy need by $55,236. The carrier is proposing to extend its DC-9 flights between Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis/St. Paul to Winnipeg. North Central alleged that this service would cut the current time and fares offered in the Duluth/Superior-Winnipeg market by more than one-third. First single plane service would be provided between Winnipeg and Duluth/Superior as well as Milwaukee, the carrier said.

North Central contended that the U.S.-Canada air transport agreement now provides for the establishment of regional and local service routes such as the one which it is proposing. The local carrier urged expedited action by CAB on its application so that it can promptly apply for a license from the Canadian Air Transport Board.

PIEDMONT AIRLINES TOOK DELIVERY of its first YS-11 propjet last week. The cities on the local service carrier's route to get YS-11 service are Danville, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Staunton, and Roanoke, Va., Tri Cities and Knoxville, Tenn., Winston-Salem, N.C. and Washington, D.C. Ten of the Japanese aircraft are on order with two more scheduled for delivery this month.

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FLYING TIGER LINE and the Air Line Pilots Assn. started mediation sessions yesterday at the National Mediation Board in Washington over a contract dispute, (DAILY, May 7). Edward Pinke and Howard Jones represent Flying Tigers, Lucien Koch represents ALPA, and William Pierce is the federal mediator.

HAROLD BAYNTON, FORMER ASST. to the president of World Airways, based in Washington, has opened law offices at 1050 Thirty-first St., N.W., Washington.

FLIGHT SAFETY INC. WILL INSTALL a stretched DC-8 flight simulator in the New York metropolitan area early next year. Seaboard World Airlines is the first airline to enter into an agreement with Flight Safety Inc. to utilize the simulator for initial and recurrent training of Seaboard personnel. The Seaboard contract is set for a minimum period of five years.