Downs & Ups

Down came passenger fares by 10% to 20 percent on the three big air transport systems of the nation last week. United Air Lines was first to announce reductions. Transcontinental & Western Air. Inc. and American Airways heard about United's intention in time to make their cuts almost simultaneously. Some typical reductions, identical in most cases for all lines flying between the same points:

New York-San Francisco or Los Angeles, $200 to $160; New York-Cleveland, $39.75 to $32; New York-Chicago, $59.50 to $47.95; New York-Dallas. $113.25 to $102.45; New York-Kansas City, $82 to $72.95; Chicago-Omaha, $36 to $25.98.

P: Heretofore all transcontinental airmail has been carried by United Air Lines via Chicago and Salt Lake, a source of much satisfaction to United and much grief to Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., which flies to Los Angeles via Kansas City with relatively small mail loads. Last summer T. & W. A. put into service super-swift Northrop monoplanes which cut the transcontinental flying time down to 24 hr. for mail. Last week T. & W. A. had its reward. Los Angeles mail was rerouted by the Post Office to T. & W. A., the company's space contract upped from 225 Ib. to 750 Ib. per plane.

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