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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.

         Rollin King and Herb Kelleher began Southwest Airlines on June 18, 1971 as an intra-Texas carrier. They began with one simple notion: "If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares and make sure they have a good time doing it, people will fly your airline." What began as a small Texas airline has grown to become one of the largest airlines in America.

Boeing 737

WN-D3SW	910617	Sacramento CA-Burbank CA	Southwest Airlines		$120.00
WN-D3SWf	910617	Sacramento CA-Burbank CA	Southwest Airlines		$120.00
WN-D5S	910617	Sacramento CA-Ontario CA	Southwest Airlines		$120.00
WN-D5Sf	910617	Sacramento CA-Ontario CA	Southwest Airlines		$120.00

WN-D12Wf	920604	Columbus OH-Chicago IL	Southwest Airlines		$200.00
WN-D14SWf	920604	Columbus OH-Saint Louis MO	Southwest Airlines		$200.00

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