MAJOR AIRLINES OF 1927
CHICAGO - DALLAS NEW YORK - CHICAGO ROUTE
National Air Transport, Inc.
5936 S. Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL
Branch Offices:
Chicago, IL
New York City
Cleveland, OH
Detroit MI
Toledo, OH
Kansas City, MO
Moline, IL
St. Joseph, MO
Wichita, KA
Ponca City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Fort Worth, TX
Dallas, TX
New Brunswick, NJ
Bellefonte, PA
Flying Equipment:
Eight Travel Air monoplanes
Seven Curtiss Carrier Pigeons
One Aerial Mercury
20 Douglas biplanes
Passenger Fares:
Chicago to Kansas City $45
Chicago to St. Joseph $41
Chicago to Moline $15
Moline to Kansas City $31
Moline to St. Joseph $26
St. Joseph to Kansas City $5
Oklahoma City to Fort Worth $18
Oklahoma City to Dallas $22
Forth Worth to Dallas $5
PASCO, WASH. - BOISE - SALT LAKE CITY ROUTE
Walter T. Varney
226 Noble Building
Boise, ID
Branch Offices:
Spokane, WA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Pasco, WA
Salt Lake City, UT
Flying equipment:
One Stearman
Five Swallow planes
HADLEY FIELD - PHILADELPHIA - WASHINGTON - RICHMOND - GREENSBORO - SPARTANBURG - ATLANTA ROUTE
Pitcarin Aviation, Inc.
Land Title Building
Philadelphia, PA
Branch Offices:
Hadley Field, NJ
Philadelphia Airport, PA
Bolling Field, DC
Willow Grove, PA
Richard E. Byrd Field, Richmond, VA
Lindley Field, Greensboro, NC
Municipal Airport, Spartanburg, SC
Candler Field, Atlanta, GA
Flying equipment:
Eight Mailwings
Sixteen Orowings
Two PA-1's
Two Fleetwings
One Sesquiwing
CLEVELAND - YOUNGSTOWN - McKEESPORT - PITTSBURGH ROUTE
Clifford Ball
McKeesport, PA
Passenger Rates:
Pittsburgh to Cleveland $20 one way; $35 round trip
NEW ORLEANS - ATLANTA ROUTE
St. Tammany Gulf Airlines
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans, LA
Branch Offices:
New Orleans Airport
Robert's Field, Birmingham, AL
Mobile, AL
Candler Field, Atlanta, GA
Passenger Fares:
New Orleans to Mobile $15
Mobile to Birmingham $20
Birmingham to Atlanta $15
New Orleans to Atlanta $50
Flying Equipment:
One Fokker Universal
One Travel Air
One Pitcairn Mailwing
CLEVELAND - LOUISVILLE ROUTE
Continental Air Lines, Inc.
887 Union Trust Building
Cleveland, Ohio
Flying equipment:
Travel Air biplanes
Wright Whirlwind
CHICAGO - IOWA CITY - CEDAR RAPIDS - OMAHA - LINCOLN - NO PLATTE,
CHEYENNE, ROCK SPRINGS - SALT LAKE CITY - ELKO - RENO - SACRAMENTO -
OAKLAND - SAN FRANCISCO ROUTE
Boeing Air Transport, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
Branch Offices:
Oakland Airport, CA
Sacramento, CA
Reno, NV
Elko, NV
Salt lake City, UT
Rock Springs
Cheyenne Field, OK
North Platte, NB
Omaha, NB
Des Moines, IA
Iowa City, IA
Chicago, IL
LOS ANGELES - FRESNO - MERCED - SAN JOSE - OAKLAND ROUTE
Mutual Aircraft Corporation
363 South Olive Street
Los Angeles, California
Branch Offices:
Rogers Airport, Angeles Mesa Drive, Los Angeles
Municipal Airport, Oakland
Passenger Fares:
Oakland to Los Angeles $45
Flying equipment:
Six Ryan Broughams
PORTLAND - YAKIMA
Rankin Flying Service
POB 4168
Portland, Oregon
Branch Offices:
Swan Island Airport, Portland
Municipal Airport, Yakima
Flying equipment:
Two Ryan Broughams
Passenger Fares:
One Way $20; Round trip $35
BOSTON - HARTFORD - NEW YORK
Colonial Air Transport
270 Madison Avenue
New York City, New York
Branch Offices:
Hadley Field, New Brunswick
Hartford, CT
Boston Airport, MA
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Passenger Fares:
New York to Boston $35
New York - Hartford $20
Hartford to Boston $20
Flying equipment:
Two Pitcairn "Mailwings"
One Stinson Detroiter
Two Fairchild Cabin Monoplanes
ALBANY - SCHENECTADY - SYRACUSE - ROCHESTER - BUFFALO - CLEVELAND ROUTE
Colonial Western Airways, Inc.
270 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Flying Equipment:
Four Fairchild "All Purpose" cabin planes
Two Pitcairn Mail wing planes
SEATTLE - TACOMA - PORTLAND - MEDFORD - SAN FRANCISCO
- FRESNO - BAKERSFIELD - LOS ANGELES ROUTE
Pacific Air Transport
318 Balboa Building
San Francisco, California
Branch Offices:
Seattle, Washington
Tacoma Municipal Airport< WA
Pearson Field, Vancouver, WA
Portland, OR
Medford Air Mail Field, Medford, OR
Oakland Municipal Airport, CA
San Francisco, CA
Fresno County Airport, CA
Kern County Airport, Bakersfield, CA
Angeles Mesa Airport, Los Angeles, 3717 Angeles Mesa Drive
Flying Equipment:
Boeing mail passenger and express planes
Travel Air and Fokker Universal
CHICAGO - MILWAUKEE - MADISON - LA CROSSE - ST PAUL - MINNEAPOLIS ROUTE
Northwest Airways, Inc.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Flying Equipment:
Three Stinson Detroiter cabin planes
Three Wacos
Laird Commercial
Two Hamilton all-metal planes
Passenger Fares:
Saint Paul to La Crosse $15
St. Paul to Madison $23
St. Paul to Milwaukee $20
St. Paul to Chicago $35
SALT LAKE - OGDEN - POCATELLO - BUTTE - HELENA - GREAT FALLS ROUTE
National Parks Airways, Inc.
Continental Bank Building
Salt lake City, Utah
Flying Equipment:
Six Fokker planes
Four Universal monoplanes
Passenger Fares:
Salt Lake to Ogden $5
salt Lake to Pocatello $17.50
Salt lake to Butte $$37.50
Salt Lake to Helena $44
Salt Lake to Great Falls $50
DETROIT - CLEVELAND - CHICAGO ROUTE
Ford Motor Company
The Ford Motor Company operates a private line from Detroit to Buffalo daily except Sunday, carrying freight only.
CHICAGO - INDIANAPOLIS - CINCINNATI ROUTE
The Embry-Riddle Company
Lunken Airport
Cincinnati, Ohio
Branch Offices:
Municipal Field, Chicago
Indianapolis Airport
Lunken Airport, Cincinnati
Passenger Fares:
Cincinnati to Indianapolis $17
Indianapolis to Chicago $22
Chicago to Cincinnati $35
LOS ANGELES - SALT LAKE PUEBLO - CHEYENNE LOS ANGELES
- SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES - CATALINA ISLAND ROUTE
Western Air Express
117 West 9th Street
Los Angeles, California
Branch Offices:
Vail Field, Montebello, CA
Lowery Field, Denver, CO
Rockwell Field, Las Vegas, NV
Woodward Field, Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Cheyenne, WY
Flying Equipment:
SALT LAKE - LAS VEGAS - LOS ANGELES ROUTE
Seven Douglas mail planes
CHEYENNE - DENVER - COLORADO SPRINGS - PUEBLO ROUTE
Three Stearman planes
LOS ANGELES - SAN FRANCISCO (OAKLAND) ROUTE
Unknown
WILMINGTON - CATALINA ISLAND ROUTE
Unknown
CHICAGO - PEORIA - SPRINGFIELD - ST LOUIS
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Angum, Missouri
Branch Offices:
Saint Louis Flying Field, Angulm, MO
Springfield Flying Field, Springfield
Peoria Flying Field, Peoria, IL
Municipal Field, Chicago, IL
Passenger Fares:
St. Louis to Springfield $12.50
Springfield to Peoria $10
Peoria to Chicago $15
Flying Equipment:
Tri-motored Ford Stout all metal monoplanes
CHATTANOOGA - ATLANTA
Tennessee Air Transport Co., Inc.
Maar Field, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Passenger Fares:
Maar field, Chattanooga to Candler Field, Atlanta $17.50 one way; $30 round trip
TULSA - OKLAHOMA CITY ROUTE
Paul R. Braniff, Inc.
917 Braniff Building
Oklahoma city, Oklahoma
Flying Equipment:
One Stinson Monoplane
One Ryan monoplane
Passenger Fare:
Oklahoma City to Tulsa $12.50 one-way; $20 round trip
LOS ANGELES - SAN DIEGO LOS ANGELES - OAKLAND ROUTE
Maddux Air Lines, Inc.
Figueroa and Twenty-first Street
Los Angeles, California
Branch Offices:
Rogers Airport, Los Angeles
Oakland Municipal Airport
Fresno
Bakersfield
Long Beach Municipal Airport
Martin's Airport, Santa Ana
Maddux Airport, San Diego
Flying Equipment:>
Ford Stout tri-motored monoplanes
KEY WEST - HAVANA
Pan American Airways, Inc.
100 West 42 nd Street
New York City, New York
ing Equipment:
Fokker tri-motored eight-passenger planes
Passenger Fare:
Key West to Havana $50
DETROIT - CLEVELAND ROUTE
Stout Air Services, Inc.
Dearborn , Michigan
Branch Offices:
Ford Airport, Detroit
Municipal Airport, Cleveland
Flying Equipment:
Two Ford Stout all metal tri-motored cabin planes
One Buhl Airster
Two single motor planes
Passenger Fares:
Detroit to Cleveland $18 one-way; round trip $35
MEMPHIS - CHICAGO
Mid-South Airways
Memphis, Tennessee
Passenger Fares:
One Way $60; round trip $100
Flying Equipment:
Three Stinson monoplanes
SEATTLE - VICTORIA
Barnes and Gorst
56 Roanoke Street
Seattle< Washington
Branch Offices:
Seaplane Hangar, Lake Union
Flying Equipment:
One Boeing flying boat
One Curtiss flying boat
One Travel Air Seaplane
Passenger fare:
Each way $15
DALLAS - GALVESTON DALLAS - SAN ANTONIO ROUTE
Texas Air Transport, Inc.
Forth Worth, Texas
Branch Offices:
Love Field, Dallas
Rich field, Waco
Municipal Airport, Austin
Winbrun Field, San Antonio
Ft. Crockett Field, Galveston
Flying Equipment:
Four Pitcairn Mailwing airplanes
Three Swallows
One B-1 Ryan
SEATTLE - SAN FRANCISCO
West Coast Air Transport Company
506 Pittcock Building
Portland, Oregon
Branch Offices:
Seattle
Medford
Chehalis
Corning
San Francisco
Flying Equipment:
Eight Bach cabin monoplanes
MICHIGAN POINTS TO CHICAGO
Thompson Aeronautical Corporation
Cleveland, Ohio
Branch Offices:
Kalamazoo Airport
Routes:
Bay City to Kalamazoo; Pontiac to Kalamazoo; Muskegon to Kalamazoo; Kalamazoo to Chicago
Flying Equipment:
Four Stinson Detroiter panes
Two open planes
CLEVELAND - CHICAGO VIA FARGO AND DULUTH ROUTE
Universal Air Lines System
228 North La Salle Street
Chicago, IL
Flying equipment:
Fairchild cabin monoplane
Three Hamilton metalplanes
Air Fares:
Chicago to Madison $15
Chicago to St. Paul $40
Chicago to Minneapolis $40
Chicago to Alexandria $55
Chicago to Fargo $65
Chicago to Duluth $56.50
SEATTLE - VANCOUVER
Commercial Air transport, Inc.
Everett, Washington
Branch Offices:
Lansdowne Field, Vancouver
Boeing Airport, Seattle
Flying Equipment:
Ryan Brougham
Passenger Fares:
One Way $14; round trip $25
NEW YORK - WASHINGTON, DC
United States Air Transport, Inc.
117 Liberty Street
New York City, New York
Flying equipment:
Ryan Brougham Monoplanes
Passenger Fares:
One way $30
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