Arizona Airways
Late 1940s Arizona intrastate airline that merged into Frontier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the airline that merged with the first Frontier Airlines in 1950. For the Arizona Airways that flew in the 1990s, see Arizona Airways (1993–96).
Arizona Airways was an Arizona intrastate airline that operated 1946–1948, making substantial losses. About the time it ceased operations, it was federally certificated as a local service carrier to fly smaller routes in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct US federal agency that at the time tightly regulated almost all air transportation in the United States. However, the company was unable to resume service and ultimately, as a non-operating airline, contributed its routes and other assets to a 1 June 1950 three-way merger with Monarch Air Lines and Challenger Airlines to create the original Frontier Airlines.
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Founded | 8 September 1942 |
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Commenced operations | 17 March 1946 (1946-03-17) |
Ceased operations | 28 February 1948 (1948-02-28) |
Operating bases | Phoenix, Arizona |
Fleet size | 3 |
Destinations | See Destinations below |
Headquarters | Phoenix, Arizona United States |
Key people | H.O. (Rocky) Nelson (Founder, President) |
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