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

Colonial Air Transport

Founded	1926; 99 years ago (1926)
Ceased operations	1929; 96 years ago (1929)
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts
Key people	Juan Trippe

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.

Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926.^[3]

In 1927, the headquarters were moved to Boston.

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:^[4]

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