FAM Foreign Air Mail First Flights F46

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Page FAM046 (Revised 12/16/2007)

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-46: FAM-46 was awarded to Air Micronesia (Continental Air Lines).
        Continental Air Lines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lanes, named after one of its initial owners, Walter T Varney. VSL operated out of El Paso TX with flight service through Las Vegas NV, Albuquerque, Santa Fe NM to Pueblo CO. At the end of 1934 VSL was renamed Varney Air Transport and on July 1, 1937 changed its name to Continental Air Lines after new owner, Robert Six had taken a 40% ownership with Varney's co-founder, Louis Mueller. Six relocated Continental's headquarters to Stapleton Airport in Denver CO in October, 1937.
        Air Micronesia was established by Continental Air Lines sharing joint ownership with Hawaii's Aloha Airlines and an association of businessmen of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Micronesia). "Air Mike" would serve the island groups in the central and western Pacific including the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands initially air linking them with Hawaii in the east and Okinawa in the west.
        FAM-46 was awarded to Air Micronesia (operated by Continental) and on May 16, 1968 flying a Boeing 727 and Douglas DC-6, it inaugurated flight service in Micronesia bridging flights from Honolulu HI to Naha Okinawa. As Continental's share and role in "Air Mike" increased, the airline's name became "Continental Air Micronesia" and eventually "Continental Micronesia."

CAM

Boeing 727

F46-1a	680516	Ponape-Truk	CAM		$3.75
F46-1	680516	Ponape-Guam	CAM		$3.75
F46-2	680517	Guam-Naha Okinawa	CAM		$60.00
F46-3	680517	Saipan-Naha Okinawa	CAM		$60.00
F46-4a	680517	Naha Okinawa-Saipan	CAM		$112.50
F46-4	680517	Naha Okinawa-Guam	CAM		$22.50
F46-5a	680517	Koror-Yap	CAM		$4.50
F46-5	680517	Koror-Guam	CAM		$3.75
F46-8	680517	Kwajalein-Honolulu HI	CAM		$300.00
F46-6a	680518	Saipan-Truk	CAM		$75.00
F46-6b	680518	Saipan-Majuro	CAM		$205.00
F46-6	680518	Saipan-Honolulu HI	CAM		$165.00
F46-7	680518	Truk-Honolulu HI	CAM		$150.00
F46-9	680518	Majuro-Honolulu HI	CAM		$188.00
F46-11	680518	Majuro-Saipan	CAM		$240.00
F46-13	680518	Truk-Saipan	CAM		$210.00
F46-10a	680519	Honolulu HI-Majuro	CAM		$4.50
F46-10b	680519	Honolulu HI-Kwajalein	CAM		$4.50
F46-10c	680519	Honolulu HI-Truk	CAM		$4.50
F46-10d	680519	Honolulu HI-Guam	CAM		$4.50
F46-10e	680519	Honolulu HI-Saipan	CAM		$4.50
F46-10	680519	Honolulu HI-Naha Okinawa	CAM		$3.75
F46-12	680519	Kwajalein-Saipan	CAM		$37.50
F46-14	680522	Guam-Rota	CAM		$3.00

F46-20	691203	Honolulu HI-Nauru	CAM		$3.75
F46-21	691204	Majuro-Nauru	CAM		$135.00
F46-22	691204	Nauru-Majuro	CAM		$135.00

F46-25	700201	Honolulu HI-Ponape	CAM		$11.25
F46-26	700202	Majuro-Ponape	CAM		$11.25
F46-27	700202	Ponape-Saipan	CAM		$15.00
F46-28	700204	Saipan-Ponape	CAM		$11.25
F46-29a	700204	Ponape-Majuro	CAM		$26.00
F46-29b	700204	Ponape-Kwajalein	CAM		$30.00
F46-29	700204	Ponape-Honolulu HI	CAM		$11.25

F46-35	721216	Koror-Saipan	CAM		$75.00
F46-36	721218	Saipan-Koror	CAM		$75.00

CA-AM

Boeing 727

F46-40	771001	Majuro-Tokyo Japan	CA-AM	Dave Streit	$300.00
F46-41	771001	Truk-Tokyo Japan	CA-AM	Dave Streit	$300.00
F46-42	771001	Koror-Tokyo Japan	CA-AM	Terry T Owens	$300.00
F46-43	771001	Yap-Tokyo Japan	CA-AM	Terry T Owens	$300.00
F46-44	771001	Saipan-Tokyo Japan	CA-AM	Terry T Owens	$4.50

Boeing 727

F46-45a	781031	Honolulu HI-Guam	CA		$4.50
F46-45	781031	Honolulu HI-Taipei Taiwan	CA		$3.75
F46-46	781101	Guam-Taipei Taiwan	CA		$3.75
F46-47	781101	Guam-Honolulu HI	CA		$4.50

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