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'''Colonial Airlines''' was a United States [[airline]] from 1942 to 1956 with bases at [[LaGuardia Airport]] (LGA) in [[New York City]] and at [[Montréal/St-Hubert Airport]] in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]].
'''Colonial Airlines''' was a United States [[trunk carrier]], a scheduled airline that operated from 1942 to 1956 with bases at [[LaGuardia Airport]] (LGA) in [[New York City]] and at [[Montréal/St-Hubert Airport]] in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]], before merging into [[Eastern Air Lines]].


==History==
==History==
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[[Image:Douglas C-54A NC93266 Colonial Als 05.47 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Douglas DC-4]] of Colonial Airlines, used on routes to Canada and Bermuda]]
[[Image:Douglas C-54A NC93266 Colonial Als 05.47 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Douglas DC-4]] of Colonial Airlines, used on routes to Canada and Bermuda]]
The airline was awarded a route from Washington DC to Montreal and [[Ottawa]] on 10 August 1945, followed by routes to Bermuda in May 1946. Scheduled flights to the latter began on 1 August 1947.<ref name="Davies, 1998, p. 342"/> The shorter routes were operated by [[Douglas DC-3]]s and the longer routes by [[Douglas DC-4]]s.
The airline was awarded a route from Washington, D.C. to Montreal and [[Ottawa]] on 10 August 1945, followed by routes to Bermuda in May 1946. Scheduled flights to the latter began on 1 August 1947.<ref name="Davies, 1998, p. 342"/> The shorter routes were operated by [[Douglas DC-3]]s and the longer routes by [[Douglas DC-4]]s.


By 1956, Colonial's executive offices were on [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] in [[New York City]] and it was flying several routes including five daily nonstop DC-4 flights between LGA and Montreal. It also operated a nonstop DC-4 flight departing LGA at 11&nbsp;am [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] to [[Bermuda]], arriving at [[Kindley Field]] 3:35&nbsp;pm [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]], with a "full course hot meal" served en route, its timetables advertised.<ref name=Guide>{{cite journal|title=Colonial Airlines |work=[[Official Guide of the Railways]]|publisher=National Railway Publication Co.|location=New York|date=February 1956|volume= 88|number=9|page=56}}</ref> It also offered a DC-3
By 1956, Colonial's executive offices were on [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] in [[New York City]] and it was flying several routes including five daily nonstop DC-4 flights between LGA and Montreal. It also operated a nonstop DC-4 flight departing LGA at 11&nbsp;am [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]] to [[Bermuda]], arriving at [[Kindley Field]] 3:35&nbsp;pm [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]], with a "full course hot meal" served en route, its timetables advertised.<ref name=Guide>{{cite journal|title=Colonial Airlines |work=[[Official Guide of the Railways]]|publisher=National Railway Publication Co.|location=New York|date=February 1956|volume= 88|number=9|page=56}}</ref> It also offered a DC-3
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*[[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
**[[Toronto]] ([[Toronto Pearson International Airport]])
**[[Toronto]] ([[Toronto Pearson International Airport]])
**[[Ottawa]] ([[Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport]])
**[[Ottawa]] ([[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]])
*[[Pennsylvania]]
*[[Pennsylvania]]
**[[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] ([[Reading Regional Airport]])*
**[[Reading, Pennsylvania|Reading]] ([[Reading Regional Airport]])*
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Revision as of 17:00, 29 April 2024

Colonial Airlines
Founded1928
Ceased operations1956 - Merger with Eastern Air Lines

Colonial Airlines was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that operated from 1942 to 1956 with bases at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City and at Montréal/St-Hubert Airport in Montreal, Canada, before merging into Eastern Air Lines.

History

It was founded as Canadian Colonial Airways on 6 March 1928 to operate Foreign Air Mail Route No. 1 (FAM-1) from New York to Montreal via Albany, New York. Services began to Canada on 1 October 1928. The Fairchild FC-2 was among the aircraft types used.[1] After acquisition by a group of investors, the airline was renamed Colonial Airlines on 1 May 1942.[2]

Postwar period
Douglas DC-4 of Colonial Airlines, used on routes to Canada and Bermuda

The airline was awarded a route from Washington, D.C. to Montreal and Ottawa on 10 August 1945, followed by routes to Bermuda in May 1946. Scheduled flights to the latter began on 1 August 1947.[2] The shorter routes were operated by Douglas DC-3s and the longer routes by Douglas DC-4s.

By 1956, Colonial's executive offices were on Park Avenue in New York City and it was flying several routes including five daily nonstop DC-4 flights between LGA and Montreal. It also operated a nonstop DC-4 flight departing LGA at 11 am EST to Bermuda, arriving at Kindley Field 3:35 pm AST, with a "full course hot meal" served en route, its timetables advertised.[3] It also offered a DC-3 puddle jumper flight from LGA making an 11:50 am Monday–Friday flag stop at Poughkeepsie's Dutchess County Airport en route to Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, with intermediate stops at Albany, New York, Rutland, Vermont, and Burlington, Vermont.[3]

Merger with Eastern Air Lines

The airline operated for a period of five years during which a fierce competition was fought for its control between Eastern Air Lines and National Airlines. After several reversals of government policy, Eastern Airlines emerged as the acquirer and the operational merger took place on 1 June 1956.[4] A few years following the merger, many of the Colonial's more rural destinations were deleted from Eastern's route network. Eastern was bought by Texas Air Corporation in 1986. In 1991 Eastern Airlines ceased operation and some of its assets were assigned to Continental Airlines. In 2010 Continental merged with United Airlines.

Destinations

Those airports marked with an asterisk (*) no longer have scheduled passenger air service.

See also

Bibliography

  • Davies, R.E.G. (1998). Airlines of the United States since 1914. Paladwr Press Inc. ISBN 978-0-370-30942-2.

References

  1. ^ Davies, 1998, pp. 100–101
  2. ^ a b Davies, 1998, p. 342
  3. ^ a b "Colonial Airlines". Official Guide of the Railways. 88 (9). New York: National Railway Publication Co.: 56 February 1956.
  4. ^ Davies, 1998, p. 343

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