Colonial Air Transport
# Colonial Air Transport

Colonial Air Transport was an early airline that flew between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.

## History

It was established as Bee Line on 16 March 1923 and operated out Naugatuck, Connecticut; in 1926 was reorganised in New York City by Juan Trippe.

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

In 1927, the headquarters were moved to Boston.

On April 15 1929, they started passenger service between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.

In May 1929, it was acquired by AVCO.

## Fleet

The Colonial Air Transport fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of 1926:

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 |
