web-catalog        FAM Foreign Air Mail First Flights F42

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Background: The Post Office Department designated any contract air mail route flown by an airline into/from a foreign country into/from the US as a "Foreign Air Mail" route. The Foreign Air Mail routes became known as FAM's.

FAM-42: FAM-42 was awarded to Trans Caribbean Airways.
        New York real estate investor, O Roy Chalk founded Trans Caribbean Airways in 1945. TCA pioneered low-fare service between New York and San Juan and in 1958 it became the first and only US airline to make the jump from a non-scheduled to a scheduled carrier.
        FAM-42 was awarded to Trans Caribbean Airways and on December 5, 1966 it inaugurated flight service from New York NY to San Juan Puerto Rico.

F42-1	661205	New York NY-San Juan Puerto Rico	TCA	William Lynott	$3.00
F42-1f	661205	New York NY-San Juan Puerto Rico	TCA	William Lynott	$3.00
F42-1u	661205	United Nations New York NY-San Juan Puerto Rico	TCA	William Lynott	$7.50
F42-2	661205	San Juan Puerto Rico-New York NY	TCA	Peter Ward	$4.50

F42-4	671019	Washington DC-San Juan Puerto Rico	TCA		$3.75
F42-4f	671019	Washington DC-San Juan Puerto Rico	TCA		$3.00
F42-5	671019	San Juan Puerto Rico-Washington DC	TCA		$24.00

Douglas DC-8

F42-6	690125	San Juan Puerto Rico-Aruba	TCA		$233.00
F42-7	690125	San Juan Puerto Rico-Curacao	TCA		$135.00
F42-8	690201	Newark NJ-Charlotte Amalie Saint Thomas Virgin Islands	TCA		$150.00
F42-8f	690201	Newark NJ-Charlotte Amalie Saint Thomas Virgin Islands	TCA		$60.00
F42-8a	690201	Newark NJ-Christiansted Saint Croix Virgin Islands	TCA		$150.00
F42-8fa	690201	Newark NJ-Christiansted Saint Croix Virgin Islands	TCA		$75.00

        In March 1971 Trans Caribbean Airways was merged into American Airlines.

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