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Colonial Air Transport was an early airline that flew between
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and Boston, Massachusetts.


History

It was established as Bee Line on 16 March 1923 and operated out
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; in 1926 was reorganised in
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by
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. Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926. In 1927, the headquarters were moved to
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. On April 15 1929, they started passenger service between
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and Boston, Massachusetts. In May 1929, it was acquired by AVCO.


Fleet

The Colonial Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of 1926:


See also

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References

Defunct airlines of the United States Airlines established in 1926 Airlines disestablished in 1930 Companies based in Boston Airlines based in Massachusetts {{US-airline-stub