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Founded by Boeing Aircraft Company to bid on Contract Air Mail route 18 from Chicago to San Francisco. Boeing won the bidding. Operations commenced in July 1927 using Boeing 40 aircraft routed via Iowa City, Des Moines, Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne, Rock Springs; Salt Lake City; Elko, Reno and Sacramento. Company became part of United Aircraft & Transport Corporation which Boeing established in February 1929 as a holding company for the airlines it owned. It later became known as United Air Lines (also called Boeing System) but was still just a holding company for NAT National Air Transport/Stout Airlines responsible for the New York - Chicago leg, Varney Air Lines flying the Salt Lake City - Seattle leg, Pacific Air Transport covering the Seattle - Los Angeles route and Boeing Air Transport responsible for the Chicago - San Francisco leg. Through its divisions it offered transcontinental service from New York to San Francisco and Seattle to Los Angeles. After congress passed the mail act of 1934 all the mail contracts were cancelled and all United Aircraft and Transport member airlines became one United Air Lines.

founded - demised (age)

1926 - May 1 1934  (8)

headquarters

Georgetown Station, Seattle WA

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related operators

United Air Lines	successor
The Boeing Company	parent
NAT National Air Transport	sister co.
Pacific Air Transport	sister co.
Varney Air Lines	sister co.