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NEW YORK AIRWAYS, INC. P.O. BOX 426 LA GUARDIA AIRPORT STATION FLUSHING 71, N. Y. FACT SHEET August 31, 1949: New York Airways, Inc. is incorporated in Delaware. March 13, 1952: The Civil Aeronautics Board awards a certificate to New York Airways, Inc., to furnish helicopter mail, cargo and passenger service to the metropolitan New York area. October 15, 1952: Mail service is inaugurated between the three major airports - LaGuardia, Newark and New York International (Idlewild). December 10, 1952: Mail service is extended to Bridgeport, Conn. and intermediate communities. January 26, 1953: Helicopter Air Freight Service is inaugurated on the inter-airport route. This was the first scheduled helicopter air freight service in the world. February 16, 1953: Night flying begins between three major airports. March 16, 1953: Scheduled air freight service is inaugurated on a common carrier basis on all routes presently existing. April 8, 1953: Night flying is extended to Bridgeport, Conn. run. June 9, 1953: Service is extended to Trenton, N.J., inaugurating the first downtown commercial heliport in an United States city. July 8, 1953: The first regularly scheduled passenger helicopter service in the world is opened between the three major airports. September 20, 1953: New York Airways personnel become an integral part of Civil Defense for the City of New York. August 3, 1954: Helicopter passenger service is opened from LaGuardia and Idlewild International Airports in New York to New Brunswick and Trenton, N.J. August 30, 1954: New York Airways becomes the first helicopter airline in the world to fly passengers at night after a dramatic series of test flights, becoming the first single-engine operation ever
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