General Air Lines

General Airlines was the name used by WESTERN AIR EXPRESS after start of TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR. Renamed back to WESTERN AIR EXPRESS [WESTERN AIRLINES was formed in 1925 as WESTERN AIR EXPRESS and aquired COLORADO AIRWAYS in 1927, PACIFIC MARINE AIRWAYS in 1928, WEST COAST AIR TRANSPORT in 1929, STANDARD AIR LINES in 1930 and MID-CONTINENT AIRLINES in 1931. Merged with PITTSBURGH AVIATION CORP. and TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR TRANSPORT to form TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR. Reformed as GENERAL AIRLINES. Eventually renamed to WESTERN AIR LINES. Acquired PNA in 1961 and was incorporated into DELTA AIR LINES in 1987. International and regional passenger and cargo airline] [DELTA AIR LINES was founded in 1919 as DUFF HALLAND as the world’s first crop dusting company. Started passenger services in 1929 as DELTA AIR DERVICE . Acquired FLYING FOX SERVICES in 1929. Name was changed to DELTA AIR CORPORATION in 1934 and renamed again in 1934 to present name. Merged with CHICAGO & SOUTHERN AIR LINES in 1953, NORTHEAST AIRLINES in 1972 and WESTERN AIRLINES in 1986].