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was opened to White Plains, New York and Stamford, Connecticut. This action was the final passenger expansion as of this date.
     In the month of December, New York Airways had a small bit of trouble. Just before the month began, on a return trip from delivering a Santa Clause, a helicopter was forced to crash land in the Hackensave River, the Pilot Hank Bauer and Nils Johnson, the flight attendant, were unhurt.
     The other blow was in the disappointment of losing a heliport which was nearly in operation. The neighbors of Fairlawn heliport complained that the noise bothered them when the helicopter landed at the "pad" at the Fairlawn Industries factory. The people complained so much that the City Council was forced to close the heliport.
     In the Annual Report for 1954, a comparison was made between 1953 and 1954. The progress was shown by:

[[3 column table]]
|(1)|1954|1953|
|---|---|---|
|Revenue passengers|8,758|- 1,513|
|Express (lbs) (2)|159,450|- ---|
|Freight (lbs)|359,360|- 141,116|               
|Mail (lbs)|2,354,464-|3,347,456|
|Scheduled revenue ton|   |   |
|miles carried|53,314|- 43,926|
|Revenue Load Factor (%) (3)|34.04|- 32.87|
|Scheduled miles flown|391,435|- 334,100|
|Schedule completion factor % (1)|84.21|- 82.72 (5)|

It was announced that New York Airways made a net