After four years of fighting for cut-rate transatlantic flights, T.W.A. and Pan American this week finally put them into operation. The new tourist rates, also effective on the nine scheduled foreign carriers,* are about 30% cheaper than first class, and are available on 39 flights a week. By August there will be 71 weekly tourist flights each way, with seats for 8,000 passengers. Already booked heavily through July, the tourist flights are expected to swell to a record 400,000 the number of American tourists traveling in Europe this year. Sample tourist fare...
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