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1973 - August DOT Ord. & Dec. [1] (August, 1973)

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Order 73-8-1


                             UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                 ?ANj)-
                             CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD
                                WASHINGTON, D. C.

                    Adopted by the Civil Aeronautics Board
                    at  its office in Washington, D. C.
                      on the  1st day of August, 1973



Compensation for failure to provide                    Dockets 25682
advertised features of first-class                             25683
service proposed by                                            25685
                                                               25689
   WESTERN AIR LINES, INC.



                              ORDER REJECTING TARIFF

     By tariff revision 1/ marked to become effective August 15, 1973, Western
Air Lines, Inc. (Western) proposes a rule which provides that a first-class
passenger will receive the following compensation when the carrier fails to
provide one of its advertised special first-class services:

          Scheduled, enroute flight time            Amount
          of the passenger's first-class              of
          flight                                  Compensation

              Under one hour                        $ 5.00
              One to two hours                       10.00
              Two to three hours                     15.00
              Over three hours                       25.00

     In support of the proposal, Western states that its system first-class load
factor was only 37 percent for the year 1972, allegedly due principally to its
lack of wide-bodied equipment which have proven especially attractive to first-
class passengers on those competitive routes with a high proportion of first-
class traffic.  Western plans to institute a special promotional campaign
describing the deluxe quality of its first-class service on all of its DC-10
(which went into service June 16, 1973), B-707, B-720, and B-727 flights.  The
carrier alleges that, since it is placing special emphasis on its first-class
service features, the passenger has legitimate reason to expect some redress
should these special services not be provided as the passenger had been led to
anticipate.  Western alleges that its proposal is closely analogous to the existing


1/ Revision to Airline Tariff Publishers, Inc., Agent, Tariff C.A.B. No. 142.

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