Private company
Transocean Airlines
Logo: Carabina 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
US supplemental air carrier, 1946–1960
Known for the first few months of its existence as Orvis Nelson Air Transport (or ONAT), Transocean Air Lines was a supplemental air carrier, a type of U.S. airline defined and regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct United States Government agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all U.S. commercial air transportation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Known for the first few months of its existence as Orvis Nelson Air Transport (or ONAT), Transocean Air Lines was a supplemental air carrier, a type of U.S. airline defined and regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct United States Government agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all U.S. commercial air transportation. During the time the airline operated, supplemental airlines were charter/scheduled hybrids, legally able to operate a limited amount of scheduled service, which Transocean did, especially towards the end of its existence.2
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- WikipediaTransocean Air Lines
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7834739
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- 1WikidataTransocean Airlines on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTransocean Airlines on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsTransocean Airlines logo by Carabina 01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4Wikimedia CommonsTransocean Airlines photo by Bill Larkins, CC BY-SA 2.0