Challenger Airlines

CHALLENGER AIRLINES was formed as SUMMIT AIRWAYS. Operated out of Dever
– [Frontier Airlines (i) was formed as a result of a merger of ARIZONA AIRWAYS , CHALLENGER AIRLINES and MONARCH AIR LINES. First operator of Convair CV.580 (1960). Merged with CENTRAL AIRLINES in 1967. People Express Airlines acquired Frontier on 05Oct1985. it ceased operations on 24Aug1986 & filed for bankruptcy on 28Aug1986. Both Frontier Airlines and People Express Airlines merged into Continental on 01Feb1987, along with New York Air and several commuter airline subsidiaries including Britt Airways and Provincetown-Boston Airlines (PBA)]
– [CONTINENTAL AIR LINES was formed as VARNEY SPEED LINES in 1934. Adopted present name in 1937. Acquired PIONEER AIR LINES in 1954, NEW YORK AIR in 1987, FRONTIER AIRLINES , and PEOPLEXPRESS in 1987. Merged with TEXAS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES in 1982 and the two airlines began operating under the C.A.L. name. CONTINENTAL WEST operated for a short time on the West Coast It was formed by Frank Lorenzo as a shuttle airline but merged back into the main company]
– UAL (United Air Lines) was formed in 1929 as a holding company for UNITED AIRCRAFT & TRANSPORT. This was a merger of Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport , National Air Transport & Varney Air Lines. United Airlines began its own air freight delivery service just before the beginning of World War II. On 23Dec1940, the airline inaugurated what some historians believe was the first all-cargo service in U.S. airline history. The airline used DC-4 aircraft to deliver mail from New York to Chicago and back. Acquired CAPTAL AIRLINES in 1961. Had it’s lo-cost subsiduary, TED absorbed in 2009. Continental Airlines merged in in 2011. Launch customer for Boeing 247, Douglas D6 in 1947, Convair CV340 in 1952, B720 in 1960, B727-100 in 1964, B737-200 in 1967, B767 in 1982 and B777-200 in 1995. Joint first operator of DC8 in 1959) with Delta A.L.
– International and domestic, passenger and cargo airline]