Colonial Airlines

"Canadian Colonial Airways" redirects here. For the Canadian subsidiary, see Canadian Colonial Airways (Canada).
Not to be confused with Colonial Air Transport, a 1920s US airline associated with Juan Trippe.
Colonial Airlines
FoundedMarch 6, 1928;
96 years ago (1928-03-06)
(as Canadian Colonial Airways)
Commenced operationsOctober 1, 1928;
96 years ago (1928-10-01)
Ceased operationsJune 1, 1956;
68 years ago (1956-06-01)
(merged into Eastern Air Lines
Operating bases

Colonial Airlines was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that operated from 1928 to 1956 with bases at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City and at Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, before merging into Eastern Air Lines.