From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: [Info] U.S. Airlines to Slash Asian Flight Fares 
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 05:32:20 GMT

(Just in case that you haven't heard of this ...)

The following is carried in August 21's CND-US:

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3. Airlines to Slash Asian Flight Fares ................................. 42
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From: A CND Reader
Source: UPI, August 14, 1992

Northwest Airlines slashed excursion fares to Asia Friday, expanding the
U.S. airline fare war to a third continent. Major carriers already are
offering deep discounts on excursion fares to Europe and many U.S.
destinations, except for Alaska and Hawaii.

Northwest's fall and winter fare sale reduces supersaver fares by 38 to 47
percent for travel to Bangkok, Singapore, Seoul, Taipei, Beijing and
Shanghai from all 50 states and three Canadian cities -- Toronto, Montreal
and Winnipeg.

A spokesman for Chicago-based United Airlines -- the primary U.S. flag
carrier to Asia -- said while the airline had not yet reviewed Northwest's
fare filing, ``we will remain competetive.''

United serves all six cities covered by the Northwest sale.

The Northwest fare move will reduce the round-trip fare between New York and
Bangkok to $858 -- a 40 percent reduction. The round-trip fare between
Chicago and Seoul will be cut 38 percent, to $798, and round- trip service
between Los Angeles and Taipei will be cut to $598, also a 38 percent
discount.

``Airlines traditionally have promoted Asia primarily as a leisure
destination only through group tours,'' said Michael E. Levine, Northwest
executive vice president-marketing. ``Our strategy is to tailor an
opportunity to attract incremental new individual family travelers in much
the same way we have been promoting European destinations for years.''

Bargain tickets will be available beginning Saturday and will remain on sale
through Sept. 8. Travel, in most cases, can take place anytime from Sept. 18
through Dec. 7 or from Jan. 11 through Feb. 15. Travel from Canadian points
can begin Sept. 28. Travel to Beijing and Shanghai may take place only
between Jan. 11 and Feb. 15.

The action by St. Paul, Minn.-based Northwest marked the first expansion of
the nation's fare war to Asia.

A sale offering up to 45 percent off excursion fares to Europe will continue
through Sept. 4 -- with tickets good for trips beginning as late as March
31.

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