Universal Airlines (United States)

For the St. Louis–based airline that operated between 1928 and 1934, see Universal Air Lines Corporation.
Universal Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
UV(1) UV(1) —
Commenced operations29 December 1966 (1966-12-29)
name change from Zantop Air Transport
Ceased operations4 May 1972 (1972-05-04)
Operating basesWillow Run Airport
Oakland International Airport
Key peopleLamar Muse
Glenn L. Hickerson
Notes
(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s
Lockheed L-188C Electra

Universal Airlines was a United States supplemental air carrier that operated from 1966 to 1972, based initially at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, Michigan and later at Oakland International Airport in California. Universal was a re-naming of Zantop Air Transport. At the time, "supplemental" was the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) term for a charter airline, the CAB being the Federal agency that tightly regulated US carriers in that era.

A Houston-based commuter air carrier also used the Universal name during the late 1970s operating scheduled passenger service in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.[1]

  1. ^ "Universal Airlines - Passenger Information". Retrieved 2024-07-12.