Civil Aeronautics Board
Americannoun
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During the era of deregulation, I was on the staff of the Civil Aeronautics Board, which regulated airline routes and prices until 1978.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
New airline companies were formed, and they could fly where they wished and set fares the same way, without Civil Aeronautics Board approval.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023
Congress created a regulatory system called the Civil Aeronautics Act, run by the Civil Aeronautics Board, which was a federal government agency.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2023
Those words come from a memo he wrote to his staff at the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1977.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023
Five years later, President Jimmy Carter appointed her the first female member of the Civil Aeronautics Board, where she helped provide the intellectual framework for the deregulation of the airline industry.
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2022
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