Frontier Airlines, Inc. v. Civil Aeronautics Board

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Frontier Airlines, Inc. seeks review of certain orders of the Civil Aeronautics Board which required Frontier to provide so-called “back-up” service for Zia Airlines in connection with Zia’s inauguration of service between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Alamogordo and Silver City, New Mexico. Frontier asserts that such orders are beyond the statutory authority of the Board. It is the Board’s position that backup orders of the present type are authorized by the provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 1389(a)(6), a part of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. We agree with the Board.

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