Capitol Air

Capitol Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
CL[1](1) CL[1](1)
Founded11 January 1946 (1946-01-11)
Ceased operations23 November 1984
Operating basesSmyrna, Tennessee
Wilmington, Delaware
Nashville, Tennessee
DestinationsSee Destinations
HeadquartersSmyrna, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
FounderJesse F. Stallings
Notes
(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s
DC-8s at Paris 1976

Capitol Air was a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter carrier) and, after 1978, a scheduled passenger air carrier based which was operational from 1946 to its bankruptcy filing on November 23, 1984.[2] It was founded as Capitol Airways in 1946, and then renamed Capitol International Airways in 1967.[3] Supplemental air carriers were also known as irregular air carriers or nonscheduled carriers. In 1981, the airline changed its name to Capitol Air and was operating scheduled domestic and international passenger flights that year.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fleets79 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Information about Capitol Airways at the Aviation Safety Network
  3. ^ "Planespotters.net history of Capitol Airways". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-15.
  4. ^ "Airlines Remembered" by B.I. Hengi, publisher Midland Publishing