Seaboard World Airlines

Seaboard World Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
SB(1)[1] SB(1)[1] SEABOARD
FoundedSeptember 16, 1946 (1946-09-16)
(as Seaboard & Western Airlines)
Ceased operationsOctober 1, 1980 (1980-10-01)
(merged into Flying Tiger Line)
Operating basesNew York, New York
Fleet size81 (Historically)
HeadquartersNew York, New York
United States
Founders
  • Arthur Norden
  • Raymond Norden
Notes
(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s
Boeing 747-200F New York 1977.

Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the United States. It was certificated as the first US transatlantic scheduled cargo airline in 1955 by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now defunct federal agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transportation. Seaboard's headquarters were on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.[2]

  1. ^ a b Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers (Report). Air Transport Association of America. December 31, 1959. p. iv.
  2. ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 22 April 1978. 1191.