Category:Chicago and Southern Air Lines

Chicago and Southern Air Lines (C&S) was the new name given in 1935 of the former Pacific Seaboard Air Lines launched in June 1933, without benefit of an airmail contract. Flying from Los Angeles along the scenic, coastal route to San Francisco, the airline stopped at Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Paso Robles, Salinas and Monterey, California. Pacific Seaboard Air Lines inaugurated mail service between Chicago and New Orleans on June 3, 1934. Passengers were first flown over the route on July 13, 1934. C&S continued to expand service during the 1940s, interrupted by World War II activities. Flights started between Memphis and Houston, Texas, via Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1941. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, C&S quickly opened a modification center to prepare U.S. Army combat aircraft for immediate use in war zones. Post war, the airline experienced rapid route expansion. C&S reached the most northern city on its route when it started service to Detroit, on June 1, 1945. New domestic destinations were added in the Midwest and the South—to Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri and Texas—until the end of the decade. Continuing southward, C&S launched its first international service. The airline was awarded its first international route on May 24, 1946, to the Caribbean. Operating from its gateway city of New Orleans, C&S ultimately flew to Havana, Cuba; Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Aruba and Curaco, Netherlands Antilles; Cuidad Trujillo (today's Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Caracas, Venezuela. In early 1950s, Delta Air Lines began to consider the prospect of a merger as a method of expanding its route system. With the complementary character of the Delta and C&S route systems and the fact that both companies shared a common business philosophy, a merger appeared natural. On May 1, 1953, the Civil Aeronautics Board formally transferred the routes of Chicago and Southern Air Lines to Delta. After the merger, the airline operated as Delta C&S Air Lines for a couple of years, before continuing as Delta Air Lines in Summer 1955.

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See also

• Chicago and Southern Air Lines at Wikipedia