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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.

         Monarch Air Lines acquired Arizona Airways and Challenger Airlines in 1950 and almost immediately was renamed Frontier Airlines. Frontier became the largest feeder carrier in the US. AM-93 was awarded to Frontier and on June 1, 1950 it inaugurated flight service from Winslow AZ to Douglas AZ via Phoenix flying DC-3's.

Boeing 737

FL-D1Ef

781215

Denver CO

Frontier Airlines

Richard Orr

$20.00

FL-D3N	790427	Salt Lake City UT	Frontier Airlines	Ken Erickson	$3.00
FL-D3Nf	790427	Salt Lake City UT	Frontier Airlines	Ken Erickson	$3.00
FL-D4S	790427	Spokane WA	Frontier Airlines	John Iverson	$3.00
FL-D4Sf	790427	Spokane WA	Frontier Airlines	John Iverson	$3.00

        In November 1985 Frontier Airlines was purchased by deregulation-born, Newark-based, People-Express who were looking to expand their empire in the west. The resulting merger caused the bankruptcy of both airlines.

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