Evening star., 1962-04-18

A working group of the In
ternatiOnal Air Transport As
sOciatiOn QATA) is urging
some sort Of international law
and order to regulate" imposi-
ton Of user charges against the
worlds airlines.
In fact, the group terms it
IAN absolute necessity"
User" fees are charges lev
led for airport landing fees,
services and en- route naviga-
ton facilities. Until recently.
they have been more or less a
domestic debate, but IATA is
an international organization.
The group report says the
$3.50 million a year paid in user
charges could account for the
industry's probable overall def
icit in 1861. If they continue
unchecked" the report warns,
they will force the airlineS to
raise their fares or go on sub
sidy."
Here is one of the industry's
great problems. Better facilities
must be provided as speed and
aircraft numbers increase.
But who pays? One can al
most hear the yelling answer
from the non-flying taxpayer.
Newest report from the Air
Transport Association, which
represents the domestic car
rierS. says the trunk lines had
a net loss of $8.6 million for
February.
The IATA group says some
charges for en- route facilities
levied in Canada are now be-
ing contested in the courts by
several airlines. Similar
charges are being attempted by
government agencies in Malta
and parts of South America
and Africa.
A 35 per cent increase in
landing fees at West German
airportS has already resulted
in an increase in domestic
German fares and will prob
ably have an impact on inter-
national fares to and from
that country" the report adds.
Douglas has unveiled for
airline inspection a full-Scale
cabin mock-up of a compact
jet" transport intended for use
in communities now served
only by propeller planes.
! Designated only as Model
2086, it is designed to carry sc
to IA passengers between cities
100 to 1000 miles apart and
operate from runways less than
a mile long.
Whatever happened to pro-
posals to let that type aircraft
into National Airport?
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The last dinner of the Wash
ingtOn Air Derby Association,
> winter season is scheduled fol-
Z Saturday. April %, at Bisl
! Thompson's in Bethesda at
pm.
= The Associations annua
: flight to Norfolk for the Aza
2 lea Festival is set for Sunday
= April 90.
4 A three-day flight trainin,
clinic sponsored by the Air
} craft Owners and Pilots AssO
citation Foundation, Inc, vii
! be held at the University o
Illinois June 14-17, with a.
least 200 general aviation pilot.
expected.
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Trans Canada Air Lines
which began by flying a 1872
mile route between Vancouver
and Seattle, became 25 years
old last week-28 million pas.
! sengerS later.
The current fleet of 80 tur-
bine-powered aircraft now flies
over $4,000 miles and last yeal
carried over 81 million passen-
gers.
Created by an act of Parlia
ment, Trans-Canada is owned
by the people.
The routes range across Can
ada; into the United States tc
serve six communities; the
United Kingdom to serve seven
more. and down to six islands
in the Caribbean and South
Atlantic.
\
Jean Ross Howard, a quail
fled helicopter and fixed-wing
pilot and assistant to the di-
rector of the AerOspace Indus
tries Association Vertical Lift
Aircraft Council, has been
named chairman of the Wright
Memorial Dinner Committee.
BObbie Justice, director of
press relations for Lake Central
AirlineS and editor of By-Liner