US Domestic Trunks (pool)
us trunk, national size, US.
- Ownership
- private
- Starting fleet
- 44 x Douglas DC-6B, 10 x Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
- Bases
- MDW, IDL
- Starting routes
- IDL-BOS, IDL-DCA, IDL-MDW, IDL-ORD, IDL-MIA, BOS-DCA, MDW-LAX, MDW-SFO, ORD-LAX, MDW-MIA, IDL-LAX, IDL-SFO, IDL-YUL, IDL-YYZ, MDW-YYZ, MDW-YUL, MDW-BOS, DCA-MIA, LAX-SFO
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified)
Fleets and networks are approximations for the prototype and are scaled to the model. Source: General knowledge, approximate. Needs a primary source before release.
Evidence
Facts about this airline that were checked against published sources. Fleet counts for 1958 could not be sourced for any airline, so the starting fleets above remain estimates.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fleet scale | 1958 | US domestic trunk airline fleet in 1958 totalled 1,254 aircraft: DC-3 78, DC-4 32, DC-6 270, DC-7 214, Constellation 218, Lockheed other 10, Convair 229, Martin 104, Vickers 82, Boeing 9, others 8. | differs | americanbusinesshistory.org |