Universal Airlines (US)

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For the Guyana-based airline that operated between 2001 and 2005, see Universal Airlines

Universal Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1966 to 1972, based at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It initially grew out of Zantop Air Transport, starting with a small fleet of Lockheed L-188 Electra. In April 1968 Universal took delivery of two Douglas DC-8 Series 61CF jets and leased three additional ones over the next three years. It operated a number of military contract flights. The airline went bankrupt in May 1972 and its assets were received by Saturn Airways.