Several North American railroads also owned or partnered with airlines in the 20's and 30's. The two most famous ones owned by railroads were Canada's Canadian Pacific Airlines, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. Started by CP in 1942, CP would own the airline up to 1987 when it was sold to Pacific Western Airlines who merged CPA into PWA creating Canadian Airlines. The other was Trans Canada Airlines, now called Air Canada. TCA was founded in 1937 by the Canadian Government and Canadian National Railways. CN Rail would control TCA/Air Canada as an arms length subsidiary until the Canadian Government separated Air Canada from CN in the late 70's making AC a stand alone Crown Corporation. The Canadian Government privatized Air Canada in 1989. Other railroad air services were Santa Fe Skyway, an air cargo service owned by the Santa Fe Railway. This was a short lived venture lasting from 1946 to 1948. Also the Boston & Maine Railroad and Maine Central Railroad founded Boston & Maine Airways. CN subsidiary the Central Vermont Railway also had its own small airline, named Central Vermont Airways. These two lines combined in 1934 to form Boston-Maine/Central Vermont Airways with a through route from Boston to Montreal, via Bangor and Burlington. This was renamed Northeast Airlines in 1940 and was spun off.
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Several North American railroads also owned or partnered with airlines in the 20's and 30's. The two most famous ones owned by railroads were Canada's Canadian Pacific Airlines, owned by Canadian Pacific Railway. Started by CP in 1942, CP would own the airline up to 1987 when it was sold to Pacific Western Airlines who merged CPA into PWA creating Canadian Airlines. The other was Trans Canada Airlines, now called Air Canada. TCA was founded in 1937 by the Canadian Government and Canadian National Railways. CN Rail would control TCA/Air Canada as an arms length subsidiary until the Canadian Government separated Air Canada from CN in the late 70's making AC a stand alone Crown Corporation. The Canadian Government privatized Air Canada in 1989. Other railroad air services were Santa Fe Skyway, an air cargo service owned by the Santa Fe Railway. This was a short lived venture lasting from 1946 to 1948. Also the Boston & Maine Railroad and Maine Central Railroad founded Boston & Maine Airways. CN subsidiary the Central Vermont
Railway also had its own small airline, named Central Vermont Airways. These
two lines combined in 1934 to form Boston-Maine/Central Vermont Airways with a through route from Boston to Montreal, via Bangor and Burlington. This was renamed Northeast Airlines in 1940 and was spun off.