
Colonial Airlines was a Montreal-based carrier formed on 01May1942 from the reformation of Canadian Colonial Airways (founded on 06Mar1928 to operate Foreign Air Mail Route No. 1 (FAM-1)). In 1956, Eastern Air Lines purchased the airline
[ – Eastern Air Lines was formed in 1928 as Pitcairn Aviation by Harold J Pitcairn as a mail carrier between NY-Albany. Acquired by North American Aviation and the name was changed in 1930 to Eastern Air Transport. Acquired New York Airways, New York, Philadelphia & Washington Airways and The Ludington Line in 1933. Renamed to Eastern Air Lines in 1934. Acquired Wedell-Williams Air Service Corp.. in 1936. Incorporated as Eastern Air Lines in 1938 with Ed Rickenbacker as President. Operated the first Autogyro air mail service, from Philadelphia Post Office to Camden NJ, in a Kellett KD-1 B. In 1956 Eastern bought Colonial Airlines, giving the airline its first routes to Canada, Mackey Airlines in 1967 and Caribair in 1974. In 1982, Eastern acquired Braniff’s South American route network. Eastern Air Lines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on 09Mar1989 and ceased operations on 18Jan1991. Eastern Air Lines was dissolved after 64 years of operation on 18Apr1991. Many of its remaining assets are parcelled out to American and Continental]
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