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Twentieth Century Airlines

Operator Identification

  Unknown date to 1957

  United States of America

TYPE: Non-scheduled airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Unknown

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: North American Airlines Agency (purchased in the mid-1950's)

Operator History

Twentieth Century Airlines was one of the large non-scheduled carriers of the immediate postwar years. It operated a fleet of Douglas DC4's & DC6's and Lockheed L1049's. It was purchased in the mid-1950's by the North American Airlines Agency, but kept operating under its own name until the former closed down in 1957.

Commando Operations

March 1951 to April 1951

Twentieth Century Air briefly operated a single Commando leased from the North American Airlines Agency.

Commandos Operated

  • Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando: N59483