Capital Airlines

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airline defunct airline

Capital Airlines was a mid-20th-century U.S. regional and trunk airline that became notable for pioneering the use of turboprop aircraft before eventually merging into United Air Lines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airline ⓘ
defunct airline ⓘ
callsign CAPITAL NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateCeasedOperations 1961 ⓘ
dateFounded 1926 ⓘ
dateRebrandedAsCapitalAirlines 1948 ⓘ
fleetTypeUsed Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Douglas DC-4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lockheed Constellation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vickers Viscount NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs Clifford Ball Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
IATA code CP NERFINISHED ⓘ
ICAO code CPA NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry aviation ⓘ
mainHub Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington National Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergerPartner United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor early adoption of turboprop aircraft ⓘ
operation of Vickers Viscount turboprops in the United States ⓘ
operatedInPeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
operatedRouteRegion East Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor Pennsylvania Central Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForCeasing merger with United Air Lines ⓘ
safetyRecord experienced several notable accidents in the 1940s and 1950s ⓘ
servedCity Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Columbus, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ
Milwaukee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minneapolis–St. Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceType regional airline ⓘ
trunk airline ⓘ
successorAirline United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Vickers Viscount airliner → operator → Capital Airlines ⓘ
subject surface form: Vickers Viscount