Legal Opinion
Coastal Airlines, Inc., D/B/A National Air v. Civil Aeronautics Board
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 9, 1983No. 82-1880PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, Pub.L.No. 95-504, 92 Stat. 1705, allows the Civil Aeronautics Board (the “CAB” or “the Board”) to subsidize essential air service to towns that lost such service due to deregulation. Federal Aviation Act, § 419(b), 49 U.S.C. § 1389(b). The Act sets forth one list of criteria, such as cost, potential traffic, and community isolation, that the Board is to use in deciding which communities are eligible for the subsidy. Id. § 1389(b)(2)(A). The Act also sets forth another list of criteria that the Board is to use in selecting the carrier…
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