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Background: The Airline Deregulation Act took effect of December 1, 1978. The main purpose of the Act was to remove government control from commercial aviation and expose the passenger airline industry to market forces. This Act changed the face of civil aviation in the US. Air Mail would continue to be carried by Air Carriers but the old system of CAM and FAM routes would evolve into Air Mail flown by individual US airlines to both domestic and foreign destinations.

America West Airlines was formed on September 4, 1981 by Edward R Beauvais and a group of airline veterans. It was originally conceived as a low-cost, high frequency air line with its main operating hub located in Phoenix AZ but with its successes, it became a full-service airline. It was one of the first airlines to use extensive "employee cross-utilization" where employees were trained in a variety of airline jobs.

Boeing 747

HP-D1Wf

891116

Phoenix AZ

America West Airlines

$60.00

Boeing 757

HP-D10E	900315	Phoenix AZ-Boston MA	America West Airlines	Charnesky	$105.00
HP-D10Ef	900315	Phoenix AZ-Boston MA	America West Airlines	Charnesky	$38.00
HP-D11E	900316	Las Vegas NV-Boston MA	America West Airlines	Charnesky	$200.00

        America West Airlines and USAir merged on September 25, 2007.

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