Allegheny Airlines First Flight Boston Massachusetts - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Description: To permit better air service in lower New England, the Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Allegheny Airlines to extend Air Mail Route 97 from Newark / New York to Boston, via various intermediate points; and also permitted American Airlines and Eastern Airlines to suspend service at Bridgeport and New Haven, and Northeast Airlines to suspend service at New London, Connecticut. The return service from Boston was dual in nature, with Allegheny Airlines establishing two separate routings to and from Boston. The first dispatch was via Providence, Rhode Island and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh. The second dispatch (fifteen minutes later) went via Bridgeport, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, DC. This cover was carried on the April 12, 1960 inaugural Air Mail Route 97 flight from Boston, Massachusetts to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 97S84. Allegheny Airlines was renamed USAir and USAirways before it was absorbed by American Airlines.

Price: 2 USD

Location: Cranford, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-09-25T14:20:35.000Z

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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

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Place of Origin: United States

Quality: First Flight Cover

Event: First Flight

Grade: Ungraded

Exact Topic: Aviation History

Topic: Aviation

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Modified Item: No

Certification: Uncertified