Evening star., 1949-09-18
" Jacques FutreIle, Jr.

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The Stor's Travel Editor
mer excursion rates on National
and Eastern.
Let's figure it out out loud, as it
were:
The round-trip regular fare be-
tween Washington and Miami is
about $118. An excursion fare
saves about $34. In other words,
using schedule from Eastern, the
excursion there and back costs
each passenger about $84 (plus
taxi.
If a man and his wife flew to
Florida on round-trip excursion
rates. the fares would total almost
$168. On the family plan. one full
ticket and single one-half fare
would be about $40 more. But
suppose a family of three took the
trip. The group would pay about
I$236. Three persons flying on ex-
cursion fares would pay slightly
more than $3.50. The difference
in the Is per cent transportation
tax on these examples would
amount to more than 81.
Another project Of National to
cheaper the cost of air travel
failed recently. CAB ruled against
its "air coach" proposal for the
Eastern seaboard at the same time
it denied Capital Airlines similar
service into the deep South. How
ever. 'promotional fares" already
approved and these include
the family plan. air coaches and
excursion-have been continued
by CAB for another 10 months.
The rate that failed-Here'S the
air coach bargain that the CAB
decided against. (and we quote
from a National Airlines' release
OF August 15):
"The new fare will be 4 cents
per mile, compared to the regular
rate Of 6.175 cents per mile.
Travellers from Washington will
get the following reductions:
Washington Miami. $3.50 coach
fare compared to $62.30 regular
fare: Washington-New York. So
compared to $13.40; Washington
Jacksonville, $3.50 compared to
5000. Comparable reduction will
be made on all other segments Of
the National system.
Compared with present rail
coach fares. Nationals coach fares
will be only $1.26 more between
New York and Washington: $e.67
more, Washington Miami. ana
$40 more. Neutrality-suspicious.
Vile"
Air coach service, with avia-
tion's so-called "frills" eliminated,
still may come to pass in the
Southern territories served by Ma
tional, Eastern and Capital. The
issue is not dead, but the prospect
for the immediate future is de-
scribed in some quarters as not
particularly bright. The applica-
tions still are pending. And the
chances that air coaches will be
flying on Eastern seaboard routes
were bolstered when Eastern Air
lines filed q schedule Of air coach
rates. National had hoped to
start the service October !.
Another summer excursion rate
to tourist lands in the Caribbean
Central America, Mexico and the
northern coast of South America
is to continue through November
Pan American World Airways an
nounced the extension late last
week. Fares 80 per cent less than
the usual tariffs will be effective
until November 80. Tickets must
be purchased before November /
but the trip may be begun at any
time, provided it is completed by
the expiration date.
4 \ r X
Skyline Color-According to Ed
ward c. Freeland, superintendent
of Shenandoah National Park,
fall colors along Skyline Drive
probably will come to the peak
at the usual time this fall. That
means between October 10 and
20, he points out in a letter to
the Washington Office Of the Vir-
ginia State Travel Bureau.
Color has begun to appear in
RESORTS.
LAKE LUZERNE, N. Y.
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