Chicago and Southern Air Lines
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| Founded | June 15, 1933 (incorporated in California as Pacific Seaboard Air Lines) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | June 25, 1933 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | May 1, 1953 (merged into Delta Air Lines) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Founder | Carleton Putnam | ||||||
Chicago and Southern Air Lines (C&S) was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that started life as Pacific Seaboard Air Lines in California and was organized on June 15, 1933. Following the move from California, the airline's headquarters were initially located in St. Louis, Missouri, and were then moved to Memphis, Tennessee, which also served as a hub for the carrier. C&S was merged into Delta Air Lines in 1953, thus providing Delta with its first international routes.