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Background: The Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act) authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. It also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies that carried the mail. By transferring airmail operations to private companies, the government effectively would help create the commercial aviation industry. Various routes were designated and contracts for carrying the mail over these routes were then awarded to many different private air service companies. The Contract Air Mail routes became known as CAM's.

AM-172: AM-172 was awarded to Air New England. Air New England was formed in November 1970 by Joseph Whitney, Nelson Lee (formally of Executive Airlines) and George Parmentar (Cape and Island Airways). ANE was a commuter airline based in Boston with service to New England. It operated principally with a fleet of DeHavilland Twin Otter and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 turboprop aircraft. AM-172 was awarded to Air New England and on January 24, 1975 it inaugurated flight service from New York NY and Boston MA to Waterville ME and Burlington VT.
        (Note: After deregulation, Air New England was the last of the stand-alone commuter airlines. It went out of business in 1981)
ANE

172N1 750124 New York NY ANE Leonard Wing $13.50
172N1f 750124 New York NY ANE Leonard Wing $10.50
172N1u 750124 United Nations NY ANE Leonard Wing $11.25
172N5 750124 New Bedford MA ANE Stephen Abdu $4.50
172N6 750124 Boston MA ANE Andrew J Angelo $4.50
172N6f 750124 Boston MA ANE Andrew J Angelo $6.00
172N7 750124 Portland ME ANE Howard C West $10.50
172S10 750124 Waterville ME ANE Robert Thompson $13.50
172S9 750124 Augusta ME ANE Robert Thompson $6.00
172S8 750124 Lewiston ME ANE Robert Thompson $10.50
172SW3 750124 Oak Bluffs MA ANE Stephen Abdu $7.50
172N2 750124 Nantucket MA ANE Stephen Abdu $22.50
172N4 750124 Hyannis MA ANE Daniel E Hallinan $13.50
172W4 750124 Hyannis MA ANE Richard M Donovan $16.50
172NW2 750124 Nantucket MA ANE Stephen Abdu $10.50
172S14 750124 Burlington VT ANE Leonard Wing $10.50
172S13 750124 Montpelier VT ANE Leonard Wing $10.50
172S12 750124 Lebanon NH ANE Leonard Wing $10.50
172S11 750124 Keene NH ANE Leonard Wing $13.50
172N11 750124 Keene NH ANE Leonard Wing $19.50

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

INDEX: First Flights by Experimental Route #

1001 1002

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 84
86 87 88 90 91 93 94 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 105
106 107 111 119 120 121 139 140 141 143 144 148 172

INDEX: First Flights by Air Taxi Services Route #

288 289 290 291 292 293 295 296 297 298
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