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April 6, 1926 (as Varney Air Lines) May 1934 (as Varney Speed Lines) Ceased operations. March 28, 1931 (renamed United Airlines) July 8, 1937 (renamed Continental Airlines) Parent company. United Airlines. Varney Air Lines was an American airline company that started service on April 6, 1926, as an airmail carrier.
- Walter Varney
Continental Airlines was founded in 1934 by Varney and his...
- Walter Varney
AirHistory.net Photo Archive. Photo ID: 280222 Submit Correction. View count: 895. Operated by Varney Speed Lines, Lineas Aereas Occidentales opened a Los Angeles to Mexico service in 1934. X-ABHA was ex NC12223 and went to the Spanish Republicans in 1937. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Apr 6, 2018 · April 6, 2018. Varney Air Lines officially began service with a history-making U.S. airmail flight that originated in the city of Pasco, Washington. “America’s most modern and rapid transportation of mail was brought to the northwest today,” reported that day’s edition of the Salt Lake Tribune.
Varney Speed Lines was the fourth airline created by its founder; the first had been purchased by Boeing's United Aircraft, and the other two had failed. Varney operated his newest business alone until 1937, at which time a man by the name of Robert Foreman Six used $90,000 to purchase a 40 percent interest in the company.
Oct 4, 2020 · Following this, he returned to the US in 1937 and took an interest in a budding carrier called Varney Speed Lines. This business was seeking a cash injection. During this period, Six was married to Henriette Ruggles (who he divorced in 1952).
Aug 1, 2022 · Published Aug 1, 2022. A brief history of mail carrier Varney Air Lines. Photo: Pi3.124 via Wikipedia Commons. Following World War I, aviation took off worldwide, especially in the United States, where delivering mail by plane was becoming popular.
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