One of the late presidents Jimmy Carter's most notable contribution to shaping modern America was his work to transform the commercial airline industry.

While Carter is known for a variety of humanitarian, economic, and union efforts, one of his primary efforts was to support deregulation for the commercial airline industry in order to create and improve the passenger experience. affordable air travel for the average American worker.

The former president signed the bipartisan Airline Regulation Act on October 24, 1978, prohibiting “states from regulating the price, route, or service of an air carrier in order to keep national commercial air travel competitive.”

After the bill was signed, airlines were allowed to choose their own routes and determine how much they would charge passengers in air fares.

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Carter once said: “The main force that unites us is not kinship, origin or religious preference. The love of freedom is the common blood that flows in our American veins.” (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

After taking federal control the airline industryEconomists Robert Crandall of the Brookings Institution and Jerry Ellig of George Mason University reported in 1997 that the savings were about $40 billion and $60 billion a year, about one percent of national income.

Speaking at a mental health forum at the Carter Center in Atlanta in May, grandson Jason Carter said his grandfather is “doing well” and continued to appreciate the “outpouring of love” his family has received since the death of his former first wife. Mrs. Rosalyn Carter.

“My grandfather is doing well. As you know, he's been in hospice for a year and a half now, and he's really coming to the end, I think,” Jason Carter said at the 28th Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental event. Health Forum. “I said before, there's a part of that faith journey that's very important to him, and there's a part of that faith journey that you can only experience at the end, and I think he's been there in that space.”

Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States in 1977, and was the oldest president at 100 years old when he died.

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Reflecting on his life, Carter previously said, “I've had a wonderful life, I've had thousands of friends, I've had an exciting, adventurous and joyful life.”

In 1975, serving as governor of Georgia, Carter decided to take his political career one step further: to the White House. Democrat He defeated then-incumbent Gerald Ford in a race won by 297 to 241 electoral votes.

10/25/1978-Washington, DC: President Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Bill into law at the White House to begin phasing out federal control of the nation's airlines. (Getty Images/Fox News)

From an early age, he always had a compassionate heart and throughout his life he held onto his Christian faith, a trait that left a lasting impression on his presidency and life after he left office.

“I obviously prayed about it. I didn't ask God to let me live, I just asked God to give me the right attitude toward death. And I found that I was completely and utterly comfortable with death. “It doesn't matter to me whether I die or not. no,” Carter said, according to CBS News.

“Since then I've been absolutely convinced that my Christian faith includes a complete belief in life after death. So I'll live again after I die – I don't know what form I'll be in or anything, but I'm convinced that there is a God and He's everything. is able, keeps his promise and promises life after death”.

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The former president died on Sunday at the age of 100 after moving to a hospice to spend the rest of his life in February 2023. remaining time at home.

Fox Business' Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.