Colonial Air Transport

IATA	ICAO	Callsign

Founded

Destinations

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Key people

Colonial Air Transport was founded in 1926 in New York, NY by Juan Trippe, and moved their HQ to Boston in 1927. In 1930, it was acquired by AVCO to become American Airlines.^[1]

Colonial acquired rights to fly the early U.S. airmail commercial route CAM-1, with the first flight held on July 26, 1926.^[2]

Colonial flew between New York and Boston, Massachusetts.

Fleet

The Colonial Air Transport fleet consists of the following aircraft as of 1926:^[3]

**Colonial Airlines Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Routes
Fokker Universal	2	New York - Boston
Fokker F.VII	2	New York - Boston
Curtiss Lark	1	New York - Boston

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