Southern Air Transport was a regional airline based in Dallas, Texas that became a division of American Airlines. It was formed on February 11, 1929, when businessman A. P. Barrett consolidated Texas Air Transport and several other small aviation companies. SAT was awarded CAM 29, the U.S. Postal Service route from New Orleans to Houston, in January 1929.[1] Later that year SAT came under the control of the Aviation Corporation, the company that organized American Airlines. C.R. Smith was rewarded for running Southern Air as the most profitable division at American, by being promoted to president of American Airlines in 1934.[2]
southern, transport, 1929, 1947, 1998, airline, southern, transport, southern, transport, regional, airline, based, dallas, texas, that, became, division, american, airlines, formed, february, 1929, when, businessman, barrett, consolidated, texas, transport, s. For the 1947 1998 airline see Southern Air Transport Southern Air Transport was a regional airline based in Dallas Texas that became a division of American Airlines It was formed on February 11 1929 when businessman A P Barrett consolidated Texas Air Transport and several other small aviation companies SAT was awarded CAM 29 the U S Postal Service route from New Orleans to Houston in January 1929 1 Later that year SAT came under the control of the Aviation Corporation the company that organized American Airlines C R Smith was rewarded for running Southern Air as the most profitable division at American by being promoted to president of American Airlines in 1934 2 See also editList of defunct airlines of the United StatesReferences edit Initial CAM Routes Birth of Aviation www birthofaviation org Retrieved 2016 09 09 Serling Robert 1985 Eagle The Story of American Airlines New York St Martins Malek pp 78 86 ISBN 0 312 22453 2 Portals nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation nbsp This article relating to a United States airline is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This aeronautical company related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southern Air Transport 1929 amp oldid 1140570977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
