Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George) Search this
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In 1944, the CAB established a new airline classification, "feeder," to specialize in shorter, sparser traffic routes between minor cities, and which could provide feeder or branch lines to the main trunk routes of certified trunk domestic trunk airlines. With the expansion of post-war service, more feeder companies began service by the end of 1946. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the use of permanent certificates for these airlines, now designated as "local service." By the late 1960s, the term "regional" came into common use as the local service airlines were vying for a larger portion of the air routes, competing with the big trunks, but were also vulnerable to takeover bids and mergers. Davies marks 1971 as the "symbolic end of the true Local Service era" when Allegheny, the largest, merged with Mohawk, the former largest.
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R. E. G. (Ron) Davies Air Transport Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0604, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
