Northeast Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board, (Two Cases)

WOODBURY, Chief Judge,

Prior to 1956 Eastern Air Lines, Inc., and National Airlines, Inc., Eastern and *580National hereinafter, were established “grandfather” air carriers over the “East Coast-Florida” route and Northeast Airlines, Inc., Northeast hereinafter, had “grandfather” authority over a route system consisting of short-haul segments extending north from New York to Boston and fanning out over New England. It was the smallest of the domestic trunk line air carriers and the only one still receiving federal subsidy. In 1956 in a proceeding involving applications for new and additional air…