California Central Airlines (CCA) was a post-war American scheduled intrastate airline based at Burbank, California.
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Founded | 1947 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1949 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 1954 | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 (1953) | ||||||
Headquarters | Burbank Airport, California, United States |
Founded by Charles C. Sherman and Edna K. Sherman in 1946 as Airline Transport Carriers as an irregular carrier, flew its first services in 1946. On 28 January 1948 a Douglas DC-3 (NC36480) crashed at Los Gatos,[1] the airline was rebranded as California Central Airlines. Due to financials difficulties the carrier filed for bankruptcy in 1954 and closed definitely.[2][3]
The California Central Airlines fleet in 1953:[4]
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