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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska Airlines achieved a record increase in passenger traffic between Seattle and Fairbanks in November 1958, carrying 905 passengers—twice the 455 from November 1957—accounting for 55% of the route's total. Similar gains occurred in other 1958 months due to new DC-6C service. The airline was authorized to carry first-class mail from Seattle to Alaska by air from December 12 to 31.
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SEATTLE, (AP) — Alaska Airlines passenger traffic between Seattle and Fairbanks established a record increase during November, amounting to twice as many passengers as carried in November, 1957.
Charles Willis Jr., president, said 905 passengers flew "Golden Nugget" schedules last month against 455 a year ago. This equalled 55 per cent of the total of 1,632 Seattle-Fairbanks passengers carried by airlines serving the route, Willis said.
Similar increases during other months of 1958 also were reported. Willis credited DC-6C daily service begun in April as the main factor. It was also announced that Alaska Airlines has been authorized to carry first class mail between Seattle and Alaska from December 12 to 31, the first time surface mail has been carried to Alaska from the U. S. by air.
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Seattle
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November 1958
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905 passengers carried, twice the 455 from november 1957; 55% of route total of 1,632; authorized to carry first class mail december 12 to 31
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Alaska Airlines passenger traffic between Seattle and Fairbanks doubled in November 1958 to 905 on Golden Nugget schedules, credited to DC-6C daily service started in April; similar increases in other 1958 months; first air carriage of surface mail to Alaska authorized from December 12 to 31