Inclusive Tour Charter Transportation, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Aviation, ..., 93-1, on S.455 and S.1739..., May 14 and 15, 19731973 - 168 pages |
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Page 5 - Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may, after notice and hearing, be altered, modified, amended, suspended, canceled, or revoked by the Board whenever it finds such action to be in the public interest.
Page 152 - ... accommodations and necessary air or surface transportation between all places on the itinerary, including transportation to and from air and surface carrier terminals utilized at such places other than the point of origin; (4) The charge to the passengers for the tour, as set forth in the tour prospectus, shall be not less than 110 percent of any available fare or fares charged by a certificated route air carrier...
Page 140 - That concludes my prepared statement, Mr. Chairman. I will be happy to answer any questions.
Page 143 - ... foreign air carrier and a person authorized by the Board to sell inclusive tours, and land arrangements at one or more points of destination, sold to members of the public at a price which is not unjust or unreasonable for the charter air transportation plus a charge for land arrangements and subject to such other requirements not inconsistent herewith as the Board shall by regulation prescribe to assure that such charter trips do not substantially impair essential scheduled service.
Page 137 - In marked contrast to the American experience, European countries have for some years permitted inclusive tour travel to take place free from most of the regulatory restrictions imposed in America and against transatlantic trips. For example, intra-European ITC's can go to a single destination and...
Page 18 - Experience has demonstrated that very few companies in the travel field have the capital and expertise required to perform the tour operator function.
Page 142 - These figures do not reflect the bulk traffic carried by scheduled carriers on scheduled flights, that is, those passengers moving on GIT, affinity and incentive group fares. Travel of this kind is akin to charter travel. For example, Pan American and TWA carried approximately 558,000 passengers at these group fares in 1!)71 which amounted to approximately 19 percent of their total scheduled traffic.
Page 140 - ... intended to provide the Board retaliatory power when foreign governments impose arbitrary restrictions on US carriers. We are opposed to this amendment. We believe the Board has sufficient powers now to take actions of this kind without amending the act. We note that the Board has amended parts 212 and 213 of its economic regulations in order to place itself in a position to retaliate by limiting foreign carriers' scheduled services and their charter services.
Page 120 - Nor •could we possibly give the public the value that such a price would require. Even in some of our regular Europe packages, we are forced to build up the package in order to justify the artificially high price forced on us by the 110 percent requirement.