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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.

        Glen L Ryland created Frontier Holdings in 1982. This new company had four divisions: The Frontier Development Group, which entered the mail order business; Frontier Horizon, which provided cut-rate service by using non-union labor; Frontier Leaseco, which handled the leasing and purchasing of aircraft and large equipment; and Frontier Services, which ran support services related to aviation and travel.

Boeing 727

HF-D1NE	840109	Denver CO-Chicago IL	Frontier Horizon	Bob Walker	$3.00
HF-D1NEf	840109	Denver CO-Chicago IL	Frontier Horizon	Bob Walker	$3.00
HF-D2SWf	840109	Chicago IL	Frontier Horizon	Sherwood "Dusty" West	$3.00
HF-D4W	840109	Washington DC	Frontier Horizon	Len Graves	$3.00
HF-D4Wf	840109	Washington DC	Frontier Horizon	Len Graves	$3.00

        Skybus (investor group) purchased Frontier Horizon on January 11, 1985.

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