Air-Speed

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Air-Speed
Commenced operations1974
Ceased operationsby 1980
Operating bases Hanscom Field
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Headquarters Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

Air-Speed, Inc. was a commuter airline in the United States from the 1970s based at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. It began operations in 1974. Hanscom Field has no scheduled airline service today. [ citation needed ]

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