slight decrease in total revenues to below $14 million, mainly as a result of the termination of the Nordair wet lease. As the company's flying programme from Berlin gradually expanded, additional aircraft joined the Berlin-based fleet. By 1971, the 25th anniversary of the airline's formation, five CV-990s were stationed at Tegel Airport year-round (along with most of the airline's employees). This equalled the total number of aircraft Modern Air's three main contemporary competitors in the West Berlin air charter market, the UK independent airlines Laker Airways, Dan-Air and Channel Airways, stationed at Tegel Airport, making the US supplemental the city's leading charter airline at the time. The decision to base most of its aircraft away from the US was taken in response to the disappointing financial performance of US-based operations. This contrasted with good financial results achieved by the growing operation in Berlin, which had effectively subsidised the shrinking US operation for a number of years. The additional Berlin-based aircraft and personnel also enabled Modern Air to supplement its regular charter programme from Berlin with one-off luxury charters to far-flung, exotic destinations, such as Bangkok, Colombo, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Karachi and Mauritius. To maximise the CV-990's range, as well as to provide an enhanced level of passenger comfort, these flights had their usual Modern Air charter airline seats replaced with the original American Airlines first class seats and carried a bigger crew complement. Another change in management at Modern Air's parent company resulted in the adoption of a new strategy for the airline. This entailed focusing all commercial activities on West Berlin from the beginning of the 1972 summer season to eliminate persistent losses incurred by Modern's US operations, which had consisted of contract flights taking prospective buyers from the US Northeast and Midwest to GAC Properties' real estate developments in Florida and Arizona, charter flights operating under contract to US-based tour operators ASTI and Berry to Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America from New York and Kansas City respectively, as well as extensive military charters carrying reservists within the US. Under the stewardship of Modern Air's newly appointed president, Thomas Ferguson, the airline's entire fleet was stationed at Tegel Airport from May 1972. This move resulted in 250 job losses in the Miami area and the concentration of most of Modern Air's remaining 297 employees in West Berlin. The increase in Modern's Berlin-based fleet resulted in a huge influx