During the Sixties the US feeder airline industry was entering a boom period, growing from only a dozen scheduled air taxis or 'third-level' carriers in January 1964 to more than 200 at the end of 1968. Even after a tightening of economic and operational regulations governing the sector that required formal registration by July 1969, of those now classed as commuter carriers there were still 177 contenders.
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