Colonial Air Transport

Not to be confused with Colonial Airlines, a US trunk carrier that merged into Eastern Air Lines in 1956.

Colonial Air Transport

Founded	1926;99 years ago (1926)
Ceased operations	1929;96 years ago (1929)
Headquarters	New York
Key people	Juan Trippe

Colonial Air Transport was an early airline that flew between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts. ^[1]

History

It was established as Bee Line on 16 March 1923 and operated out Naugatuck, Connecticut; ^[2] in 1926, the airline was re-organised in New York City by Juan Trippe. ^[3]

Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926. ^[4]

On April 15 1929, they started passenger service between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts. ^[1]

In May 1929, it was acquired by Avco.

Fleet

The Colonial Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of 1926: ^[5]

Colonial Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Routes	Notes
Fokker Universal	2	New York – Boston
Fokker F.VII	2	New York – Boston
Curtiss Lark	1	New York – Boston

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United States

References

1. "Air Line To Boston To Start Tomorrow. 3 Planes Will Be Used in First Regular Passenger Service. To Make 2 Trips Daily. Christening Trips Today. Flights Will Take 105 Minutes. Bus Terminal Here to Be at Hotel Pennsylvania". The New York Times . April 14, 1929. Retrieved 2014-01-04. The first regular passenger air service will go into operation on a daily schedule tomorrow morning, when the Colonial Air Transport starts its service from Newark Airport to the East Boston field. Planes will leave ...
2. "Bee Line". Airline History. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
3. https://www.aahs-online.org/pubs/journals/files/184269.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
4. Henry M. Holden (February 2010). Teterboro Airport. Arcadia. ISBN   978-0-7385-7217-8.
5. Larson, George C. (August 1976). "The Birth of Flying Magazine". Flying . 99 (2): 9.