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Transocean DC-4. Known for the first few months of its existence as Orvis Nelson Air Transport (or ONAT), Transocean Air Lines was a supplemental air carrier, a type of US airline defined and regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now defunct Federal agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transportation.
Japan Transocean Air (JTA) is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [3] It operates domestic services on behalf of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Naha Airport. [4] From 1967 until 1993, the airline was known as Southwest Air Lines.
On July 12, 1953, Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-6A operated by Transocean Air Lines from Guam to Oakland, California, crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 630 km (340 nmi) east of Wake Island while en route to Honolulu for a planned stopover. All 58 passengers and crew on board were killed.
A few 377s were sold to smaller airlines, used as freighters, or converted by Aero Spacelines into heavily modified enlarged freighters called Guppies. [29] During 1959 and 1960, Transocean Airlines assembled a fleet of fourteen at bargain prices. In 1960, TOA went bankrupt and only four were in operable condition.
Transocean Air Lines Flight 942 (a C-54G, N88942) lost control for reasons unknown and crashed while on approach during a flight from Roswell, New Mexico, to Oakland, California. All 35 on board were killed. [91] 4 April 1954 An Autrex C-54A (F-BFGQ) struck a tree while on approach to Gia Lam Airport and crashed in the Red River, killing the ...
Transocean Air Lines Flight 512, crashed on 12 July 1953; Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, crashed on 30 November 1962; Air Lanka Flight 512, exploded on 3 May 1986
Also in 1947, Calasia started operating its fleet of five leased C-54s under contract to Transocean Air Lines until January 1950. [6] In July 1950, Overseas National Airways was incorporated in Delaware, [ 7 ] and ONA started operating in the Pacific under contract to the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) [ 6 ] (North Korean troops crossed ...
TransOcean Airways McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63. About 1986, the company changed its name from Gulf Air Transport to Gulf Air, Inc. However, when starting European service, and due to the similarity of this name with Bahrain-based Gulf Air, the airline changed its name to TransOcean Airways. During this period, the former Gulf Air Transport, which ...