The Case for the Local Service Airlines

ITH your indulgence I want to explore a highly controversial con- cept known as the "Local Service Airlines."In this exploration I am going to pose some equally controversial questionsquestions which should not be avoided by the aviation industry, our Congress or the Civil Aeronautics Board.Allegheny Airlines is a Local Service Carrier.We are one of fifteen other Local Service Carriers in the United States.These fifteen Local Service Airlines will receive mail payments during 1954 in the neighborhood of $23,000,000 to bring scheduled daily air service to more than 200 cities in the United States which otherwise would not receive air transportation.The