Private company
Consairway
US military contract airline division of Convair (1942–45)
Consairway was a division of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) that functioned 1942–1945 as a contract airline for the Air Transport Command (ATC) during World War II, carrying high priority passengers and cargo in converted B-24 bombers in primitive and often dangerous conditions, building up to ultimately daily frequencies from California to the South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea and beyond. In the aftermath of the war it flew an eight/day shuttle to Honolulu.2 It was founded in 1941.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Consairway was a division of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) that functioned 1942–1945 as a contract airline for the Air Transport Command (ATC) during World War II, carrying high priority passengers and cargo in converted B-24 bombers in primitive and often dangerous conditions, building up to ultimately daily frequencies from California to the South Pacific, Australia, New Guinea and beyond. In the aftermath of the war it flew an eight/day shuttle to Honolulu.2
Corporate structure
Consairway is part of a group headed by Convair. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Convair San Diego
- Consairway
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaConsairway
- WikidataQ27136886
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataConsairway on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaConsairway on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsConsairway photo by Bill Larkins, CC BY-SA 2.0