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Vance International Airways

Small US charter carrier that became McCulloch (1960–1970)

Vance International Airlines (VIA) was a small US air taxi and supplemental air carrier, a type of airline defined and regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), a now defunct Federal agency that from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all commercial air transportation in the United States. VIA was named after Vance B. Roberts, an example of a company named for the first name rather than last name of its founder.2 It was founded in 1949.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1949Founded1
  • HeadquartersBoeing Field1

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DC-3 Vance International Airways (4620255437)
Photo: Bill Larkins, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Vance International Airlines (VIA) was a small US air taxi and supplemental air carrier, a type of airline defined and regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), a now defunct Federal agency that from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all commercial air transportation in the United States. VIA was named after Vance B. Roberts, an example of a company named for the first name rather than last name of its founder.2

Timeline

  1. 1970Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1949Founded Founded1

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