Colonial Air Transport was an early airline that flew between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
History It was established as Bee Line on 16 March 1923 and operated from Naugatuck, Connecticut; in 1926, the airline was re-organised in New York City by Juan Trippe.
Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. air mail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926.
On April 15 1929, Colonial started passenger service between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
In May 1929, Avco acquired Colonial.
Fleet The Colonial Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of 1926:
+ Colonial Airlines FleetAircraftTotalRoutesNotesFokker Universal2New York – BostonFokker F.VII2New York – BostonCurtiss Lark1New York – Boston
See also List of defunct airlines of the United States
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