Airline+Deregulation+Act


 * By: Sam Keefe

The Airline Deregulation Act was passed and signed by President Jimmy Carter on October 24, 1978. Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada introduced it on Feburary 6, 1978. The Airline Deregulation Act was to take over the federal government's control of airfares and services and routes. The act was to have market entry of new airlines. Goals of the act are encouraging urban areas to have air service through satellites, having safety of air commerce, encouraging new, existing, and small air carriers. The act eliminated the Civil Aernautics Board to set fares, terminated existing mutual aid agreements between air carriers. The act directed the Federal Aviation Administration to develop safety standards.**


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