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HELICOPTER AIR SERVICE PROGRAM  15

EXHIBIT 1

Helicopter operators: Revenues, source realized, by carrier, fiscal years 1959 through 1966

[In thousands of dollars]

[[5 columns]]

[[headers]] Fiscal year | Commercial revenue | Mail revenue | Subsidy | Total revenues [[/headers]]

[[sub-header]] Chicago [[/sub-header]]

1959    |  $838 | $37 | $1,644 | $2,519
1960    | 1,665 |  35 |  1,662 |  3,362
1961    | 1,661 |  36 |  1,887 |  3,584
1962    | 1,042 |  50 |  1,784 |  2,876
1963    |   352 |  11 |  1,178 |  1,541
1964    |   322 |   5 |    800 |  1,127
1965 (1)|   406 |  13 |    800 |  1,219
1966 (2)|   712 |   8 |    775 |  1,495

[[sub-header]] Los Angeles [[/sub-header]]

1959    |  $308 | $128 |  $935 | $1,371
1960    |   403 |  145 | 1,041 |  1,589
1961    |   404 |  162 | 1,074 |  1,640
1962    |   461 |  145 | 1,468 |  2,074
1963    | 1,001 |  134 | 1,803 |  2,938
1964    | 1,498 |  157 | 1,600 |  3,255
1965 (1)| 1,635 |  175 | 1,600 |  3,410
1966 (2)| 2,687 |  180 | 1,565 |  4,432

[[sub-header]] New York [[/sub-header]]

1959    |  $942 |  $49 | $2,281 | $3,272
1960    | 1,110 |   52 |  2,227 |  3,389
1961    | 1,215 |   52 |  2,577 |  3,844
1962    | 1,311 |   32 |  2,528 |  3,871
1963    | 2,109 |   28 |  2,019 |  4,156
1964    | 2,272 |   46 |  1,900 |  4,218
1965 (1)| 2,542 |   53 |  1,900 |  4,495
1966 (2)| 5,955 |   59 |  1,860 |  7,874

[[sub-header]] Helicopter group [[/sub-header]]

1959    | $2,088 | $214 | $4,860 | $7,162
1960    |  3,178 |  232 |  4,930 |  8,340
1961    |  3,280 |  250 |  5,538 |  9,068
1962    |  2,814 |  227 |  5,780 |  8,821
1963    |  3,462 |  173 |  5,000 |  8,635
1964    |  4,092 |  208 |  4,300 |  8,600
1965 (1)|  4,583 |  241 |  4,300 |  9,124
1966 (2)|  9,354 |  247 |  4,200 | 13,801

[[/columns]]
[[footnotes]] 
(1) As reported for the 12 months ended Nov. 30, 1964
(2) As estimated by carriers in current proceedings.
[[/footnotes]]

Senator MONRONEY. Thank you very much, Senator, for your very helpful statistical assistance.

The mail pay from this chart is shown to be a very small percentage of the actual earnings that they received, consequently a big jump in the airmail use would undoubtedly increase the mail pay.

Mr. BOYD. Yes, sir, that is true. But this is a compensatory rate, we call a service rate.

Senator MONRONEY. This is a service rate?

Mr. BOYD. Yes, sir. Paid by the Post Office Department. I would imagine it would require a greater quantum jump than is possible to make any substantial impact.

Senator MONRONEY. The Post Office Department has before another committee, of which I happen to be a member, an application or pro-