California Central Airlines
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Founded | 1947 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1949 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 1954 | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 (1953) | ||||||
Headquarters | Burbank Airport, California, United States |
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California Central Airlines (CCA) was a post-war American scheduled intrastate airline based at Burbank, California.
History[]
Founded by and in 1946 as Airline Transport Carriers as an irregular carrier, flew its first services in 1946. On 28 January 1948 a Douglas DC-3 (NC36480) crashed at Los Gatos,[1] the airline was rebranded as California Central Airlines. Due to financials difficulties the carrier filed for bankruptcy in 1954 and closed definitely.[2][3]
Fleet[]
The California Central Airlines fleet in 1953:[4]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "Airline Transport Carriers". Aviation Safety. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "California Central Airlines". ATDB-aero. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ California Central Airlines - CCA
- ^ "The World's Airlines". Flight. 6 March 1953. p. 310. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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- Airlines established in 1947
- Airlines disestablished in 1954
- Defunct airlines of the United States
- 1947 establishments in California
- 1954 disestablishments in California
- Airlines based in California
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