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Founded | 2 April 1947 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2 January 1949 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 14 February 1955 | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 (1953) | ||||||
Headquarters | Burbank Airport, California | ||||||
Founder | Charles C. Sherman, Edna K. Sherman |
California Central Airlines (CCA) was a post-war American scheduled price-focused intrastate airline based at Burbank, California, the most prominent airline associated with Charles C. Sherman. CCA slightly preceded, and during its existence was bigger than, its contemporary and competitor, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA). The core route of both airlines was from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area.
After the collapse of the original CCA, its owners created another airline, California Coastal Airlines, which did business as California Central Airlines. This second California Central lasted until 1957.