UAL (United Air Lines)

► Varney + Pacific Air Transport + Boeing Air Transport + National Air Transport =>UAL (United Air Lines)

♦ 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 Capital Airlines in 1961. Had it’s lo-cost subsidiary, 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.]
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