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Background: The Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act) authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. It also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies that carried the mail. By transferring airmail operations to private companies, the government effectively would help create the commercial aviation industry. Various routes were designated and contracts for carrying the mail over these routes were then awarded to many different private air service companies. The Contract Air Mail routes became known as CAM's.

AM-93: AM-93 was awarded to Frontier Airlines. 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.
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93S1 500601 Winslow AZ FA George L Sims $2.25
93S2 500601 Flagstaff AZ FA George L Sims $3.75
93S3 500601 Prescott AZ FA George L Sims $3.75
93N4 500601 Phoenix AZ FA George L Sims $2.25
93N3 500601 Prescott AZ FA George L Sims $2.25
93N2 500601 Flagstaff AZ FA George L Sims $2.25

93S4 500601 Phoenix AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $2.25
93S5 500601 Tucson AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $3.00
93S6 500601 Nogales AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $3.00
93N7 500601 Douglas AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $3.00
93N6 500601 Nogales AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $4.50
93N5 500601 Tucson AZ FA Dallas W Taylor $4.50

93W8 500715 El Paso TX FA EL Aden $3.00
93W9 500715 Las Cruces NM FA EL Aden $3.00
93W10 500715 Deming NM FA EL Aden $3.00
93W11 500715 Lordsburg NM FA EL Aden $3.00
93W12 500715 Safford AZ FA EL Aden $3.00
93E13 500715 Phoenix AZ FA WM O'Meara $3.00
93E12 500715 Safford AZ FA WM O'Meara $3.75
93E11 500715 Lordsburg NM FA WM O'Meara $4.50
93E10 500715 Deming NM FA WM O'Meara $4.50
93E9 500715 Las Cruces NM FA WM O'Meara $3.75

93W14 501015 Clifton AZ FA DH McDonald $3.00
93W15 501015 Morenci AZ FA DH McDonald $3.00
93E15 501015 Morenci AZ FA ET Barson $4.50
93E14 501015 Clifton AZ FA ET Barson $4.50

93E16 511201 Silver City NM FA ET Burson $2.25
93E17 511201 Hurley NM FA ET Burson $2.25
93W17 511201 Hurley NM FA ET Burson $4.50
93W16 511201 Silver City NM FA ET Burson $4.50

        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.

INDEX: First Flights by CAM Route #

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

INDEX: First Flights by Experimental Route #

1001 1002

INDEX: First Flights by AM Route #

49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
66 67 68 69 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 84
86 87 88 90 91 93 94 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 105
106 107 111 119 120 121 139 140 141 143 144 148 172

INDEX: First Flights by Air Taxi Services Route #

288 289 290 291 292 293 295 296 297 298
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