UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549




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                                  FORM 8-K


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                               CURRENT REPORT
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported) January 3, 1995
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                           DART GROUP CORPORATION                
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           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            Delaware                0-1946           53-0242973     
(State or other jurisdiction     (Commission         (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)           File Number)   Identification No.)



        3300 75th Avenue, Landover, Maryland        20785   
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     (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code (301) 731-1200 
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       (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


     The total number of sequentially numbered pages is 2.

     This filing contains no exhibits.









Item 5.  Other Events

Litigation
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               On January 3, 1995, plaintiffs in the shareholder derivative
action, Alan R. Kahn and The Tudor Trust v. Herbert Haft, et al., C.A. No.
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13154 (Del. Chancery), filed a motion for the appointment of a temporary
custodian to manage the affairs of Dart Group Corporation (the
"Corporation") or of a receiver to sell it or oversee a recapitalization
thereof.  The Corporation intends to oppose this motion.      

Executive Committee
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               L.G. Schafran has been elected to serve as Chairman of the
Executive Committee.  He succeeds the late H. Ridgely Bullock in this
position.

                              SIGNATURE
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               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        DART GROUP CORPORATION


                                      By: /s/ Robert A. Marmon
                                           Robert A. Marmon
                                           Chief Financial Officer

Date:  January 10, 1995