Word: transport
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week the "Big Five" U. S. airlines finally took off on an industrial flight which they had long feared the Government might frown upon (TIME, March 16). From the Air Transport Association of America's headquarters in Chicago, American, Eastern, Pan American, United and Transcontinental & Western Airlines announced they had abandoned competition in equipment, would collaborate in creating a standardized fleet of huge transport planes. To Douglas Aircraft Co. of Santa Monica, Calif., current darling of most of the world's leading airlines, went the contract to develop the new type transport...
Last week the U.S. busline business honked and roared with excitement as the nation's biggest highway transport system came sailing out of its best year, and eight other lines banded together, opened up their managerial throttles in a daring effort to overtake the leader...
Last week the Bureau of Air Commerce summarized U.S. air transport...
Despite the 50% rise in passenger and express business, American Airlines, largest U.S. air transport operator, last week announced it was losing $758,000 a year. Declaring that the present 33⅓?-a-mile mail pay rate is not sufficient, it petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for an immediate increase, retroactive to March 1, 1935, on six of its routes, announced the only alternative is to go out of business...
Since 1932, when twin-engined, low-wing monoplanes became dominant in U. S. air transport, United Air Lines has steadily patronized Boeing, while its rivals, American and TWAirlines, have done most of their buying from Douglas. Last week United also became a patron of Douglas by ordering ten of the huge, 24-passenger Douglas Sleeper Transports (DST), of which American already has 20 on the way. Price...