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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 Charles C. Sherman and Edna K. Sherman 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to California Central Airlines.
- ↑ "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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