Capitol Air
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This article is about the mid-20th century North American airline. For airlines with similar names, see Capital Airlines (disambiguation).
Capitol Air was a United States supplemental air carrier (i.e. charter carrier) and, after 1978, a scheduled passenger air carrier based which was operational from 1946 to its bankruptcy filing on November 23, 1984.[1] It was founded as Capitol Airways in 1946, and then renamed Capitol International Airways in 1967.[2] In 1981, the airline changed its name to Capitol Air and was operating scheduled domestic and international passenger flights that year.[3]
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Founded | 1946 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 23 November 1984 | ||||||
Hubs | John F. Kennedy International Airport, Brussels, Belgium and San Juan, Puerto Rico. | ||||||
Destinations | Los Angeles (LAX), Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Brussels (BRU), Frankfurt (FRA), Paris, France (LBG) Aguadilla (BQN), San Juan (SJU) and Puerto Plata (POP) |
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