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Colonial Air Transport
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Colonial Air Transport

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  • Juan T. Trippe

    …classmates and another friend formed Colonial Air Transport, which began the first airmail contract route between New York City and Boston. In 1927 he arranged a merger between Colonial Air and two other small airlines, forming Pan American Airways, with himself as president. That year Pan American inaugurated the first…

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    …classmates and another friend formed Colonial Air Transport, which began the first airmail contract route between New York City and Boston. In 1927 he arranged a merger between Colonial Air and two other small airlines, forming Pan American Airways, with himself as president. That year Pan American inaugurated the first…

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  • A photograph of an American Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft landing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, July 2025.
    American Airlines
    / Beginnings in the airmail era

    …were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport.

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    …were Robertson Aircraft Corporation and Colonial Air Transport.

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