Background: The Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act) authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers. It also set airmail rates and the level of cash subsidies to be paid to companies that carried the mail. By transferring airmail operations to private companies, the government effectively would help create the commercial aviation industry. Various routes were designated and contracts for carrying the mail over these routes were then awarded to many different private air service companies. The Contract Air Mail routes became known as CAM's.

AM-121: AM-121 was awarded to American Air Export & Import Company. American Air Export & Import Company was founded in 1946 as a non-scheduled charter and leasing organization headquartered in Miami FL with operations in Oakland CA. AM-121 was awarded to American Air Export & Import Company and on November 15, 1956 it inaugurated flight service from New Orleans LA to New York NY via Atlanta GA. (Note: American Air Export & Import was renamed AAXICO Airlines in 1957 and AAXICO Airlines merged with Saturn Airways in 1965)

AAXICO

121S1 561115 New York NY AAXICO Charles Birdsong 4ドル.50

121S1f 561115 New York NY AAXICO Charles Birdsong 3ドル.75

121S2 561115 Atlanta GA AAXICO Charles Birdsong 7ドル.50

121S2f 561115 Atlanta GA AAXICO Charles Birdsong 16ドル.50

121N3 561115 New Orleans LA AAXICO Cecil Davis 4ドル.50

121N3f 561115 New Orleans LA AAXICO Cecil Davis 9ドル.00

121N2 561115 Atlanta GA AAXICO Cecil Davis 6ドル.00

121N2f 561115 Atlanta GA AAXICO Cecil Davis 16ドル.50

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