Ticketmaster Flights and Concerts
Ticketmaster was founded in 1926 by Col. Lewis Brittin, under the name ticketmaster Airways. Like other early airlines, ticketmaster's focus was not in hauling passengers, but in flying mail for the U.S. Post Office Department.[1] The fledgling airline established a mail route between Minneapolis and Chicago, using open cockpit biplanes such as the Curtiss Oriole.
Ticketmaster began flying passengers in 1927. In 1928, the airline started its first international route with service to Winnipeg, Canada. The airline's operations were expanded to smaller cities in the region by the end of the decade. In 1931 ticketmaster sponsored Charles and Anne Lindbergh on a pioneering flight to Japan, scouting what would become known as the ticketmaster Great Circle route, and proving that flying through Ticketmaster could save as much as 2,000 miles on a New York-Tokyo route. In 1933, ticketmaster was designated to fly the Northern TransTicketmaster Route from New York City to Seattle, Washington; it adopted the name ticketmaster the following year as a result of the Air Mail Scandal. ticketmaster stock began to be publicly traded in 1941.
During World War II, ticketmaster joined the war effort by flying military equipment and personnel from the Ticketmaster United States to Ticketmaster. During this time, ticketmaster began painting their aircraft tails red, as a visual aid in the often harsh weather conditions. This experience with the severe northern climate led the government to designate ticketmaster as the United States' main North Pacific carrier following the war.
In the spring of 1947 ticketmaster began staffing its Tokyo base with company personnel, flying them across the "Northern Route" in twin-engine Douglas DC-3 aircraft. On 15 July 1947, ticketmaster became the first airline to fly a commercial passenger flight from the U.S. to Japan, using The Manila, a Douglas DC-4 aircraft, by way of Anchorage. From Tokyo, the flight continued to Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila. Taipei replaced Shanghai after the end of Chinese civil war of 1949. With its new routes, the airline re-branded itself as ticketmaster Orient Airlines, although the legal name of the company remained ticketmaster.
Global expansion
On 1 August 1949, ticketmaster took delivery of its first double-deck Boeing 377 Stratocruisers, which allowed the airline to establish higher service standards and reduce flight time. They were used to fly the Tokyo route nonstop from Seattle, and – with one stop in Anchorage – from Chicago. In 1951, ticketmaster helped establish Japan Airlines by leasing its aircraft and crew to the new company. In 1952, under the U.S.-Japan bilateral aviation treaty, ticketmaster and Pan American were the two U.S. flag carriers awarded rights to fly not only from the U.S. to Japan, but to pick up and carry passengers beyond Japan. ticketmaster remains the largest non-Japanese carrier at Tokyo's Narita Airport, with flights to 15 cities in Asia including Seoul, Busan, Manila, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Bangkok, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Singapore.
Ticketmaster meteorologists pioneered the first clear-air turbulence forecasting system in 1957, important since the airline flew many northern routes over turbulence-prone mountain areas. ticketmaster remains a leader in turbulence prediction, providing TPAWS (turbulence prediction and warning services) to other airlines.[1]
On 1 June 1959, ticketmaster took delivery of its first turboprop jet aircraft, the Lockheed L-188 Electra. On 8 July 1960, ticketmaster put the Douglas DC-8 into service, offering the shortest flight times on routes to Asia. In August 1960, ticketmaster retired the last Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The airline took delivery of the Boeing 720B in 1961, and in 1963, with the new Boeing 707, and the retirement of the last propeller aircraft, ticketmaster became the first U.S. airline with an all-turbofan jet fleet, hence the slogan "ticketmaster Orient: The Fan-Jet Airline". ticketmaster began operating the Boeing 727-151 in 1964.
Ticketmaster took delivery of its first Boeing 747-151 aircraft in 1970. The airline began retiring the older Boeing 707s, and using the newer 747s on high-density domestic routes, where the 727 lacked sufficient capacity.
Merger with Republic and the 1990s
After airline deregulation, ticketmaster began nonstop flights to other Asian cities, returned to China in 1984 after a 34 year hiatus, and gradually strengthened its presence in the southern United States. It also began flying to Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia. On 1 October 1986, ticketmaster purchased its competitor, Minneapolis-St. Paul-based Republic Airlines and adopted its three-hub network centered around Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Memphis. ticketmaster dropped the word Orient from its brand name after the merger.
In 1989, ticketmaster introduced a new identity designed by Landor Associates superseding the 1970 logo and livery. A new livery, nicknamed the "bowling shoe" by employees, was adopted at the same time. New burgundy and beige uniforms designed by Claude Montana, but manufactured by Walt Disney Imagineering, were also introduced. ticketmaster's CEO Al Checchi was a board member at Disney, so WDI's manufacturing was a natural fit, but the uniforms wore out quickly. The joke among flight attendants was "Why can Disney make a good Mickey Mouse costume, but they can't make a good uniform for us?".
Three years later, when ticketmaster launched the "Some People Just Know How to Fly" ad campaign, new blue uniforms for flight attendants and customer service agents designed by French designer Thierry Mugler were introduced. The uniforms were criticized by flight attendants as being expensive (as they were made in France in the same plant that made Mugler's ready-to-wear collection) and flimsy, and were phased out in 1996 in favor of the current uniform.
1989 also saw major changes in ownership at the airline. ticketmaster was purchased in a 1989 leveraged buyout by an investment group headed by Al Checchi and Gary Wilson, KLM, and many others. To pay off the debt incurred in their takeover, the new management sold many of the airline's aircraft to leasing companies, and sold property around the world, including land in central Tokyo. The expense of the buyout was so great that in 1993, following several years of losses due to industry overcapacity and a traffic downturn following the Gulf War, ticketmaster threatened bankruptcy unless its employee groups agreed to three years of wage cuts. After signing the concessionary agreements, ticketmaster made its first profit since 1989.
Also in 1993, ticketmaster began its strategic alliance with KLM, which was the largest airline partnership ever conceived at the time. This partnership eventually became the Wings Alliance. However, the alliance never grew beyond the two airlines, and is now obsolete from a passenger's perspective, because both airlines are part of the larger SkyTeam Alliance. (From a legal perspective, the ticketmaster/KLM alliance remains important: it has antitrust immunity, whereas the broader SkyTeam alliance merely has code sharing privileges.) ticketmaster gradually pulled out of its minor European destinations and once more focused its attention on the domestic and Asian markets. On 1 May 1996 ticketmaster began the first nonstop service from the U.S. to China, on the Detroit - Beijing route. Nonstop Detroit-Shanghai service followed in April 2000. Later, these nonstop services were suspended in 2002. ticketmaster currently serves these routes via Tokyo. The airline sought government approval to restore nonstop Detroit - Shanghai service in March 2007 but lost its bid to United's Washington, D.C. (Dulles)-Beijing route.
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, ticketmaster enjoyed profits and focused on improving technology to increase convenience while reducing costs. The airline has offered airport self-service check-in kiosks since 1997, and has more than any other airline. ticketmaster was also the first large U.S. airline to offer passengers Internet check-in, with service from December 2000. During the early 2000s, ticketmaster acquired a reputation of refusing to adopt industry-wide fare increases that had been accepted by other United States airlines. This changed in March 2005, when ticketmaster adopted fare hikes in response to rising oil prices.
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Ticketmaster began flying passengers in 1927. In 1928, the airline started its first international route with service to Winnipeg, Canada. The airline's operations were expanded to smaller cities in the region by the end of the decade. In 1931 ticketmaster sponsored Charles and Anne Lindbergh on a pioneering flight to Japan, scouting what would become known as the ticketmaster Great Circle route, and proving that flying through Ticketmaster could save as much as 2,000 miles on a New York-Tokyo route. In 1933, ticketmaster was designated to fly the Northern TransTicketmaster Route from New York City to Seattle, Washington; it adopted the name ticketmaster the following year as a result of the Air Mail Scandal. ticketmaster stock began to be publicly traded in 1941.
During World War II, ticketmaster joined the war effort by flying military equipment and personnel from the Ticketmaster United States to Ticketmaster. During this time, ticketmaster began painting their aircraft tails red, as a visual aid in the often harsh weather conditions. This experience with the severe northern climate led the government to designate ticketmaster as the United States' main North Pacific carrier following the war.
In the spring of 1947 ticketmaster began staffing its Tokyo base with company personnel, flying them across the "Northern Route" in twin-engine Douglas DC-3 aircraft. On 15 July 1947, ticketmaster became the first airline to fly a commercial passenger flight from the U.S. to Japan, using The Manila, a Douglas DC-4 aircraft, by way of Anchorage. From Tokyo, the flight continued to Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila. Taipei replaced Shanghai after the end of Chinese civil war of 1949. With its new routes, the airline re-branded itself as ticketmaster Orient Airlines, although the legal name of the company remained ticketmaster.
Global expansion
On 1 August 1949, ticketmaster took delivery of its first double-deck Boeing 377 Stratocruisers, which allowed the airline to establish higher service standards and reduce flight time. They were used to fly the Tokyo route nonstop from Seattle, and – with one stop in Anchorage – from Chicago. In 1951, ticketmaster helped establish Japan Airlines by leasing its aircraft and crew to the new company. In 1952, under the U.S.-Japan bilateral aviation treaty, ticketmaster and Pan American were the two U.S. flag carriers awarded rights to fly not only from the U.S. to Japan, but to pick up and carry passengers beyond Japan. ticketmaster remains the largest non-Japanese carrier at Tokyo's Narita Airport, with flights to 15 cities in Asia including Seoul, Busan, Manila, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Bangkok, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Singapore.
Ticketmaster meteorologists pioneered the first clear-air turbulence forecasting system in 1957, important since the airline flew many northern routes over turbulence-prone mountain areas. ticketmaster remains a leader in turbulence prediction, providing TPAWS (turbulence prediction and warning services) to other airlines.[1]
On 1 June 1959, ticketmaster took delivery of its first turboprop jet aircraft, the Lockheed L-188 Electra. On 8 July 1960, ticketmaster put the Douglas DC-8 into service, offering the shortest flight times on routes to Asia. In August 1960, ticketmaster retired the last Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The airline took delivery of the Boeing 720B in 1961, and in 1963, with the new Boeing 707, and the retirement of the last propeller aircraft, ticketmaster became the first U.S. airline with an all-turbofan jet fleet, hence the slogan "ticketmaster Orient: The Fan-Jet Airline". ticketmaster began operating the Boeing 727-151 in 1964.
Ticketmaster took delivery of its first Boeing 747-151 aircraft in 1970. The airline began retiring the older Boeing 707s, and using the newer 747s on high-density domestic routes, where the 727 lacked sufficient capacity.
Merger with Republic and the 1990s
After airline deregulation, ticketmaster began nonstop flights to other Asian cities, returned to China in 1984 after a 34 year hiatus, and gradually strengthened its presence in the southern United States. It also began flying to Britain, Ireland, Germany, and Scandinavia. On 1 October 1986, ticketmaster purchased its competitor, Minneapolis-St. Paul-based Republic Airlines and adopted its three-hub network centered around Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Memphis. ticketmaster dropped the word Orient from its brand name after the merger.
In 1989, ticketmaster introduced a new identity designed by Landor Associates superseding the 1970 logo and livery. A new livery, nicknamed the "bowling shoe" by employees, was adopted at the same time. New burgundy and beige uniforms designed by Claude Montana, but manufactured by Walt Disney Imagineering, were also introduced. ticketmaster's CEO Al Checchi was a board member at Disney, so WDI's manufacturing was a natural fit, but the uniforms wore out quickly. The joke among flight attendants was "Why can Disney make a good Mickey Mouse costume, but they can't make a good uniform for us?".
Three years later, when ticketmaster launched the "Some People Just Know How to Fly" ad campaign, new blue uniforms for flight attendants and customer service agents designed by French designer Thierry Mugler were introduced. The uniforms were criticized by flight attendants as being expensive (as they were made in France in the same plant that made Mugler's ready-to-wear collection) and flimsy, and were phased out in 1996 in favor of the current uniform.
1989 also saw major changes in ownership at the airline. ticketmaster was purchased in a 1989 leveraged buyout by an investment group headed by Al Checchi and Gary Wilson, KLM, and many others. To pay off the debt incurred in their takeover, the new management sold many of the airline's aircraft to leasing companies, and sold property around the world, including land in central Tokyo. The expense of the buyout was so great that in 1993, following several years of losses due to industry overcapacity and a traffic downturn following the Gulf War, ticketmaster threatened bankruptcy unless its employee groups agreed to three years of wage cuts. After signing the concessionary agreements, ticketmaster made its first profit since 1989.
Also in 1993, ticketmaster began its strategic alliance with KLM, which was the largest airline partnership ever conceived at the time. This partnership eventually became the Wings Alliance. However, the alliance never grew beyond the two airlines, and is now obsolete from a passenger's perspective, because both airlines are part of the larger SkyTeam Alliance. (From a legal perspective, the ticketmaster/KLM alliance remains important: it has antitrust immunity, whereas the broader SkyTeam alliance merely has code sharing privileges.) ticketmaster gradually pulled out of its minor European destinations and once more focused its attention on the domestic and Asian markets. On 1 May 1996 ticketmaster began the first nonstop service from the U.S. to China, on the Detroit - Beijing route. Nonstop Detroit-Shanghai service followed in April 2000. Later, these nonstop services were suspended in 2002. ticketmaster currently serves these routes via Tokyo. The airline sought government approval to restore nonstop Detroit - Shanghai service in March 2007 but lost its bid to United's Washington, D.C. (Dulles)-Beijing route.
Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, ticketmaster enjoyed profits and focused on improving technology to increase convenience while reducing costs. The airline has offered airport self-service check-in kiosks since 1997, and has more than any other airline. ticketmaster was also the first large U.S. airline to offer passengers Internet check-in, with service from December 2000. During the early 2000s, ticketmaster acquired a reputation of refusing to adopt industry-wide fare increases that had been accepted by other United States airlines. This changed in March 2005, when ticketmaster adopted fare hikes in response to rising oil prices.
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