Key people Juan Trippe Founder Juan Trippe Ceased operations 1930 | Headquarters Boston Founded 1926 | |
Colonial Air Transport was an early airline that flew between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
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History
It was founded in 1926 in New York City by Juan Trippe.
Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926.
In 1927 the headquarters were moved to Boston.
On April 15, 1929 they started passenger service between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
In 1930, it was acquired by AVCO to become American Airlines.
Fleet
The Colonial Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of 1926:
References
Colonial Air Transport Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA