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60 years of Western airlines, April 2018
Launched as a mail carrier with Douglas M-2s, Western pioneered the air route from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City on April 26, 1926. Occasional passengers were carried among the mail sacks until 1928, when the Fokker F-10 arrived, with an enclosed cabin for the benefit of those daring initial passengers.
Western grew, acquiring Pacific Marine Airways, West Coast Air Transport and Standard Airlines by 1930. The depression was on, and the Postmaster General decided to merge Transcontinental Air transport with Western to create TWA. Only the original route remained to be operated by Western.
In 1934, Western divested itself of interest in TWA, creating a relationship with United which lasted for nearly a decade. After 1941, Western grew and prospered until the final merger with Delta in 1987. The oldest airline in America was no more. |
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