Allegheny Airlines was a regional airline that operated out of

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, from 1952 to 1979 with routes primarily located in the eastern U.S. It was the forerunner of

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that was subsequently renamed

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, which itself merged with

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. Its headquarters were at Washington National Airport in

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History

Allegheny Airlines began as

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providing mail delivery starting on 7 March 1939. It was founded by

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brothers

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and Alexis Felix du Pont Jr.

Allegheny before 1979

In 1949 the company was renamed All American Airways as it switched from air mail to passenger service. On 1 January 1953 it was again renamed, to Allegheny Airlines. Like other local service airlines, Allegheny was subsidized; in 1962 its revenue of $23.5 million included $6.5 million in "public service revenue". In 1960, Allegheny headquarters were in Washington, D.C. In 1953 Allegheny's network blanketed Pennsylvania, reaching Newark NJ to Cleveland and Huntington WV. It added Detroit (YIP) in 1956, Boston in April 1960, La Guardia in 1964, Norfolk in 1966, Toronto in 1967, and Louisville-Nashville-Memphis in 1968. The

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merger in July 1968 added Chicago and St Louis, and the

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merger in April 1972 added Montreal, Minneapolis and many New York cities. Houston in 1978, then Florida at the end of 1978 (TPA-MCO-PBI) and Phoenix in 1979. In 1959 Allegheny debuted its first turbine airliner—a Convair 540, a Convair 340 with the piston engines replaced by Napier Elands. When Rolls-Royce bought Napier it dropped the Eland, so 540s in the United States reverted to piston; Allegheny's last 540 flights were in 1962. The airline bought new Fairchild F-27Js that the company named "Vistaliner". The F-27J was a U.S.-built version of the Fokker F27. The airline switched to General Motors/Allison turboprops in the Convair 580 which the carrier named the "Vistacruiser", the first CV580 flight was in June 1965. The last DC-3 flights were in 1962 and the last piston flights were in 1967. In 1965 Allegheny announced it would add the first jet aircraft type to its fleet—the Douglas DC-9-10—which the airline stated would be placed into service in 1966. Allegheny then added other jets, notably the

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which the company named the "Vistajet". Later jets included

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s and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50s. The Mohawk merger added

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jets to the fleet as well. Allegheny Airlines was also the first airline with a network of affiliated regional airlines, the

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system, which began with Henson Airlines in 1967. As deregulation dawned, Allegheny, looking to shed its regional image, changed its name to

on October 28, 1979.

USAir and US Airways

After Allegheny Airlines rebranded itself as

, the company retained its earlier name for its

service until 1989 when it became

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. Under USAir, which eventually renamed itself US Airways, the Allegheny name continued to be used by the parent company, keeping the trademark under US Airways' control. Suburban Airlines was originally headquartered at the Reading Airport in

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, and flew a large fleet of

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s and Short 360s, being the launch customer for the Short 360. It had three Fokker F27s, and was the last US operator of passenger F27s. After replacing much of its Short fleet with de Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash 8s and retiring the F27s, Suburban merged with another wholly owned USAir subsidiary, Pennsylvania Airlines, which was headquartered at

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near

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. The combined airline retained the historic Allegheny Airlines name until it was merged with another wholly owned subsidiary, Piedmont Airlines. The subsequent airline retained the Piedmont Airlines name. After retiring earlier aircraft, Allegheny, before and after its mergers, mainly flew De Havilland Canada Dash 8s to 35 airports in the northeastern United States, and eventually Canada, from hubs at

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and

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. Its activities and Dash 8 fleet were incorporated into a regional airline, Piedmont Airlines, in 2004. an American Airlines Airbus A319, registered N745VJ, is painted in Allegheny colors.http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Airways-(Allegheny/Airbus-A319-112/1836137/&sid=bbaeef5445291b137cf003cdf0f4c51e US Airways A319 in Allegheny livery-Airliners.net US Airways also operated this aircraft with a retro Allegheny Airlines paint scheme.

Destinations

This is a list of cities served by Allegheny Airlines until October 1979. It does not include destinations served before that year. Allegheny flew to dozens more cities at some point, including Erie,

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and the Wyoming Valley.

Allegheny Airlines

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Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York Cit ...

– Albany County Airport *

Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census. It is the fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania ...

– Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport *

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...

– Baltimore–Washington International Airport *

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– Broome County Airport * Boston, Massachusetts –

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* Bradford, Pennsylvania –

Bradford Regional Airport Bradford Regional Airport is 11 miles south of Bradford, in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It has scheduled airline service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport is owned by the Bradford Regional Airpo ...

Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequo ...

– Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport *

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

– Greater Buffalo-Niagara Falls International Airport *

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–

Burlington International Airport Burlington International Airport is a joint-use civil-military airport serving Burlington, Vermont, the state of Vermont's largest municipality. It is owned by the City of Burlington and located in the neighboring city of South Burlington, thr ...

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–

O'Hare International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport , sometimes referred to as, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is the main international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately northwest of the Loop busines ...

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– Greater Cincinnati International Airport *

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– Hopkins International Airport *

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–

Port Columbus International Airport John Glenn Columbus International Airport is an international airport located east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formerly known as Port Columbus International Airport, it is managed by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which also ove ...

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– James M. Cox International Airport *

Denver, Colorado Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

–

Stapleton International Airport Stapleton International Airport was a major airport in the western United States, and the primary airport of Denver, Colorado, from 1929 to 1995. It was a hub for Continental Airlines, the original Frontier Airlines, People Express, United ...

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– Metro Airport *

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– DuBois-Jefferson County Airport *

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– Chemung County Airport *

Erie, Pennsylvania Erie (; ) is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Erie is the fifth largest city in Pennsylvania and the largest city in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 ...

–

Erie International Airport Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field is a public airport southwest of Erie, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Airline service at Erie faces stiff competition from the Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Toronto airports, al ...

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–

Evansville Regional Airport Evansville Regional Airport is three miles north of Evansville, in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. It is owned and operated by the Evansville-Vanderburgh Airport Authority District. Federal Aviation Administration records say the ai ...

Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls is a City (New York), city in Warren County, New York, Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls, New York metropolitan area, Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,7 ...

– Warren County Airport *

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–

Hagerstown Regional Airport Hagerstown Regional Airport (Richard A. Henson Field) is in Washington County, Maryland, five miles north of Hagerstown, Maryland and a half mile (800 m) from the Maryland/Pennsylvania border. The airport is off Interstate 81 at exit 10 and ...

–

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since t ...

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Bradley International Airport Bradley International Airport is a public international airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Owned and operated by the Connecticut Airport Authority, it is the second-largest airport in New England. The airport is about half ...

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- Tri-State Airport *

Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Mar ...

– Weir Cook Airport *

Islip, New York Islip ( ) is a town in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the south shore of Long Island. The population was 335,543 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth most populous city or town in the state. The Town of Islip also contains a ...

– Islip Airport *

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– Tompkins County Airport *Jamestown, New York – Chautauqua County-Jamestown Airport *Keene, New Hampshire – Dillant–Hopkins Airport *Kingsport, Tennessee – Tri-Cities Regional Airport *Lawrenceville, Illinois - Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport *Lima, Ohio – Lima Allen County Airport *Lock Haven, Pennsylvania – William T. Piper Memorial Airport *Louisville, Kentucky – Standiford Field *Mansfield, Ohio – Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport *Memphis, Tennessee – Memphis International Airport *Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota – Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport *Nashville, Tennessee – Nashville International Airport, Berry Field *Newark, New Jersey – Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark International Airport *New Haven, Connecticut – Tweed New Haven Airport *New Orleans, Louisiana – Moisant Field *New York, New York – John F. Kennedy International Airport *New York, New York – LaGuardia Airport *Norfolk, Virginia - Norfolk International Airport *Omaha, Nebraska – Eppley Airfield *Parkersburg, West Virginia – Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport, Wood County Airport *Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia International Airport *Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Sky Harbor International Airport *

– Greater Pittsburgh International Airport *Portsmouth, Ohio - Greater Portsmouth Regional AirportAllegheny Airlines Timetable April 26, 1970 *Providence, Rhode Island – T. F. Green Airport, Theodore Francis Green State Airport *Rochester, New York – Greater Rochester International Airport *St. Louis, Missouri – St. Louis Lambert International Airport, Lambert Field *Syracuse, New York – Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Hancock International Airport *Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Express Airport *Trenton, New Jersey – Trenton–Mercer Airport ⋅, Mercer County Airport *Utica, New York – Oneida County Airport *Youngstown, Ohio – Youngstown–Warren Regional Airport *Washington, District of Columbia – Reagan National Airport, Washington National Airport *Wheeling, West Virginia - Wheeling Ohio County Airport *Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport *Williamsport, Pennsylvania – Williamsport Regional Airport *Wilmington, Delaware – Wilmington Airport (Delaware), New Castle Airport *Worcester, Massachusetts – Worcester Regional Airport *York, Pennsylvania – Harrisburg International Airport, Olmstead State Airport *Zanesville, Ohio – Zanesville Municipal Airport

Canada

*Montreal, Quebec – Montreal International Airport *Toronto, Ontario – Toronto International Airport

Allegheny commuter

– Albany County Airport *

– Lehigh Valley International Airport *Altoona, Pennsylvania – Altoona–Blair County Airport *Atlantic City, New Jersey – Bader Field *Bloomington, Indiana – Monroe County Airport (Indiana), Monroe County Airport * Boston, Massachusetts –

–

*Charleston, West Virginia – Kanawha Airport *Clarksburg, West Virginia – North Central West Virginia Airport *

– Cleveland Hopkins International Airport *Danville, Illinois – Vermilion Regional Airport *Dubois, Pennsylvania – DuBois Regional Airport *Elkins, West Virginia – Elkins Randolph County Airport *Franklin, Pennsylvania – Venango Regional Airport, Chess Lamberton Field *Galion, Ohio – Galion Municipal Airport *

– Warren County Airport *

–

*Hazleton, Pennsylvania – Hazleton Municipal Airport *

– Long Island MacArthur Airport *Johnstown, Pennsylvania – Johnstown–Cambria County Airport, Cambria County Airport *Lafayette, Indiana – Purdue University Airport *Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Lancaster Airport (Pennsylvania), Lancaster Airport *Lynchburg, Virginia – Lynchburg Regional Airport, Preston Glenn Field *Manchester, New Hampshire – Manchester-Boston Regional Airport *Mansfield, Ohio – Mansfield Municipal Airport *Massena, New York – Massena International Airport, Richards Field *Millville, New Jersey – Millville Airport *Morgantown, West Virginia – Morgantown Municipal Airport, Walter L. Hart Field *Muncie, Indiana – Delaware County Regional Airport, Johnson Field *Newark, New Jersey – Newark Liberty International Airport *New London, Connecticut – Trumbull Airport *New York, New York – JFK Airport and La Guardia Airport *North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Northeast Philadelphia Airport *Ocala, Florida – Ocala International Airport *Ogdensburg, New York – Ogdensburg International Airport *Plattsburgh, New York – Plattsburgh Airport *

– Greater Pittsburgh International Airport *Portland, Maine – Portland International Jetport *Providence, Rhode Island – T.F. Green Airport *

– Reading Regional Airport, General Spaatz Airport *Rutland (city), Vermont, Rutland, Vermont – Rutland State Airport *Salisbury, Maryland – Salisbury–Ocean City–Wicomico Regional Airport, Wicomico Regional Airport *Saranac Lake, New York – Saranac Lake Airport *State College, Pennsylvania -Mid-State Regional Airport, Mid State Airport *Syracuse, New York – Syracuse Hancock International Airport *Terre Haute, Indiana – Hulman Field *Trenton, New Jersey – Trenton-Mercer Airport, Mercer County Airport *Watertown, New York – Watertown International Airport, Watertown Airport *Wildwood, New Jersey, Wildwood/Cape May, New Jersey – Cape May County Airport *Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Historic fleet

Allegheny also briefly operated Douglas DC-9-10 aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

* On November 14, 1955, an Allegheny Airlines Martin 2-0-2 was undertaking training flights at Wilmington Airport (Delaware), Wilmington Airport in New Castle County, Delaware, when the No. 1 engine caught fire during a single engine approach. On landing, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the aircraft was withdrawn from service and used for spare parts. * On December 1, 1959, Allegheny Airlines Flight 371, a Martin 2-0-2, crashed into a mountain on approach to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States. There were 25 fatalities.Eastwood/Roach 1991, pages 267-269 * On October 19, 1962, an Allegheny Airlines flight attendant, Françoise de Moriere, fell to her death after being blown out a Convair 440 emergency exit door on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Providence, Rhode Island, during a scheduled descent into

. This incident inspired James Dickey's poem "Falling". * On November 2, 1963, an Allegheny Airlines Martin 2-0-2 was damaged beyond repair under unknown circumstances while taxiing at Newark International Airport. * On July 23, 1965, Allegheny Airlines Flight 604 crashed northeast of the Williamsport Regional Airport due to a right engine failure and subsequent failure to follow engine out procedures by the flight crew. None of the 40 occupants on board were killed, but 23 were injured. * On November 29, 1966, Allegheny Airlines Flight 305, operated by a Convair 440, suffered a complete electrical failure on takeoff from Capital City Airport (Pennsylvania), Capital City Airport in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The pilots attempted to abort the takeoff, but the reversers did not work, and the aircraft overran the runway, striking an approach light tower. The cause of the failure was later determined to be an improperly installed heater. * On December 24, 1968, Allegheny Airlines Flight 736, a Convair 580, crashed on approach to Bradford, Pennsylvania, killing 20 of the 47 people on board. * On January 6, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 737, a Convair 580, also crashed on approach to Bradford, Pennsylvania, killing 11 of the 28 people on board. * On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a DC-9 en route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis, collided with a small private plane and crashed into a soybean field southeast of Indianapolis, near Shelbyville, Indiana, killing all 83 people aboard both aircraft. * On June 7, 1971, Allegheny Airlines Flight 485, a Convair 580, en route from Washington, D.C., to New Haven, Connecticut (via New London, Connecticut) crashed short of the runway at New Haven. 26 passengers and two crew members were killed; two passengers and one crew member survived. Pilot error was the cause of the crash. * On June 23, 1976, Allegheny Airlines Flight 121, a DC-9, crashed on the runway in windshear at Philadelphia International Airport. There were 86 injuries and no fatalities. * On July 9, 1978, Allegheny Airlines Flight 453 crash-landed at Greater Rochester International Airport while arriving from Boston Logan International Airport. The BAC-111 aircraft was carrying 77 people, and there was one serious injury.

Notes

References

External links

Timetableimages.com
has timetables from the 1950s and 1960s showing where Allegheny flew and what it cost

memorial website by Dan McGlaun on the September 9, 1969, crash near Indianapolis {{Authority control Allegheny Airlines, Airlines established in 1952 Airlines disestablished in 1979 Companies based in Pittsburgh Defunct airlines of the United States Defunct companies based in Pennsylvania US Airways Group American companies established in 1952 Defunct regional airlines of the United States Airlines based in Pennsylvania