Civil Aeronautics Board

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. the former federal agency (1938–85) that regulated airline fares and assigned routes. CAB, C.A.B.

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Example Sentences

New airline companies were formed, and they could fly where they wished and set fares the same way, without Civil Aeronautics Board approval.

From Seattle Times

Congress created a regulatory system called the Civil Aeronautics Act, run by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which was a federal government agency.

From Salon

The Civil Aeronautics Board, the regulator, allocated routes to different airlines.

From Salon

Those words come from a memo he wrote to his staff at the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1977.

From New York Times

“I know lots of people who went to work for the government and found they were bored. I never had that experience,” she told Forbes in 1983, reflecting on her time on the Civil Aeronautics Board.

From Washington Post