Argonaut Airways

Argonaut Airways was established in 1946 to provide cargo service between Miami and South America. Charter passenger service was started in 1954. Scheduled passenger flights began in Jul1963 between Miami and Key West using Douglas DC-3s. Argonaut was merged into Southeast Airlines (i) in Mar1965, but the airline apparently continued to operate as Argonaut Airways until 1966

[ – Southeast Airlines (i) was founded by Irving Jones and Donald Stiffman in 1958 and started charter operations as Cat Cay Airlines in 1959. Renamed to Southeast Airlines (i) in 1962. Had Argonaut Airways merge in in 1965. Moved to Florida in 1966 as an intra-state carrier. Acquired in 1977 by MCA Lsg following suspension of activities in Jun1976. Eventually stopped all operations in 1979 and liquidated in 1981
< flew Miami-Cape Kennedy-Key West, developing the route after it was abandoned after National Airlines > ]

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