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Caribbean American Airlines (North Star)

Operator Identification

  April 1948* to September 1953*

  United States of America


TYPE: Non-scheduled airline

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Oakland, CA

FORMER NAME: Nil

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Nil

Operator History

Caribbean American Airlines, dba North Star, was a short-lived airline offering pseudo-scheduled cargo and passenger flights to the Caribbean from its Oakland, CA base. It was also chartered by Skyways Airlines to carry Australian migrants to the USA around 1951.

The airline was possibly shutdown after the crash of one of its Commando.

Commando Operations

April 1948* to June 1953*

Caribbean American owned three Commandos and leased two others.

Commandos Operated

  • Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: N95450
  • Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando: N62528 (leased), N53472 (leased)
  • Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando: N1673M

Last edited: 02/12/2023