Private company

Saturn Airways

US charter airline 1948–1976 bought by Trans International

Saturn Airways was a US supplemental air carrier (meaning, from 1964, a charter carrier) overseen by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct Federal agency that, at the time, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transport. From 1965, Saturn was majority owned by Howard Korth, who previously controlled AAXICO Airlines, which merged into Saturn that year.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1
  • HeadquartersOakland1
Douglas DC-7C, N90773, Saturn Airways-1
Photo: Ralf Manteufel, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons3

Saturn Airways was a US supplemental air carrier (meaning, from 1964, a charter carrier) overseen by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct Federal agency that, at the time, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transport. From 1965, Saturn was majority owned by Howard Korth, who previously controlled AAXICO Airlines, which merged into Saturn that year.2

Timeline

  1. 1976Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1948Founded Founded1

Sources

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