Senate Passes Airline Deregulation Bill
The Senate last night passed the airline deregulation bill by a vote of 83 to 9, giving President Carter a major victory in his anti-inflation campaign.</br></br>The legislation now goes to the House where considerable opposition is expected. If enacted, the bill would represent the first major reform in government control over the airlines since passage of the 1938 Civil Aeronautics Act</br></br>In a separate action, the CAB yesterday approved emergency measures aimed at liberalizing restrictions on charter flights. The move came in response to complaints from tour operators that they were losing business because of several new low-fare plans approved for scheduled airlines in recent months.</br></br>House passage of the deregulation bill would mark the first major reform of a federal agencyÛªs policy by the Carter administration. Action toward airline deregulation was begun under the Ford administration.</br></br>The billÛªs chief sponsor. Sen Howard Cannon (D-Nev.), called the action ÛÏthe first significant reform we have pushed through.Û