The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-21
WILMINGTON IN AIR CASE

Wilmington is one Of several North Carolina
cities included by some of the II airlines
seeking routes through the Tar Heel state ir
the so-called Great Lakes-Florida" case tt
be heard by the civil aeronautics board be-
ginning June IL.
Although most of the applicants seek routes
through western North Carolina, Wilmington
New 8e1n, Goldsboro and Fayetteville are
tour cities of the eastern half whose poten.
halltles for commercial traffic have not been
overlooked by three of the II applicants in
the proceeding. 10 Of which seek stops in the
Tar Heel state
State alrlines with headquarters at Char.
lotte' IS asking the board for trunk lines from
Plttsburg to Wilmington, Louisville to Will
mlngton, Detroit to Wilmingtor> Dertoit te
Jacksonville and Cincinnati to Charleston. de.
signed to serve Greensboro Asheville, Char.
lotte, Raleigh, Goldsboro, New Bern Winston
Salem, Fayetteville Burlington, Salisbury anc
Southern Pines
Southeast airlines is asking a Cincinnati.
Jacksonville route that would serve Greens.
boro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Fay
etteville, New Bern and Wilmington.
oeaboard anyways has an application on file
for extensions from Chicago and Detroit to
Florida cities and other points in the deer
south. Seaboard also seeks, in another pro.
ceedlng, new Boston-New York-New ORLEANS
Ia
Southeast and deep South
Other lines in the hearings beginning June
u:
American airlines-A new Detroit Miami
line that would serve Winston Salem and
Charlotte.
Colonial airlines-A Detroit Charleston route
that would serve Greensboro, Winston-Salem
ana Charlotte, connecting at Charleston with
proposed New York-Nassau extension mot
hn 1yy11r i
serve Elizabeth City, New Bern and Whining
ton.
Delta airlines-New Chca go-Detroit- Cincin-
nattl-KnoXvllle route that would connect with
existing Knoxville Columbia Charleston i n e
plus an extension from Columbia, through Sa-
vannah and Jacksonville, to Miami with stops
at Charlotte and Winston Salem also mot
included in June IL case) entry into New York
through Roanokee and Washington
Eastern airlnes-New Detroit Columbia ex-
tension, connecting with existing New York.
Florida system, that would serve Greensboro.
Winston-Salem and Charlotte: Louisville.
Knoxville-Savannah route through Asheville:
also (not included in June IL case) New York
Jacksonville coastal route serving Elizabeth
City. New Bern and Wilmington, with possible
diversion through Wilmington of daily round
trip flight between Raleigh and Charleston
establishment OF new points on Washington
Florida flights that would include Greensboro
and Charlotte.
National airlines-New Jacksonville Detroit,
Tampa-Chicago and Cincinnati Richmond ex-
tensions that would serve Winston-Sa1em and
Charlotte; also awaiting final order to inau-
gurate service on extension authorized from
Jacksonville to New York, through Savannah,
Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk and Philadel-
pha
pennsylvania Central airlines-New Detroit
Miami, Pittsburgh Miami and Buffalo Miami
extensions that would serve Greensboro, Win
ston-Salem and Charlotte.
Virginia Central airlnes-Chicago Cincin-
nati-Lynchburg- Atlanta route through Green's
boro, Reidsville, Salisbury, Charlotte and Win
ston-Salem.
LUMBER HEARING NEXT WEDNESDAY
Seeking a raise in price ceilings on North