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Seaboard World Airlines

Defunct cargo airline of the United States (1946–1980)

Summary

Defunct cargo airline of the United States (1946–1980)

Field	Value
logo	Seaboard.png
logo_size	150
IATA	SB(1)
ICAO	SEW(1)
callsign	SEABOARD
founded
(as Seaboard & Western Airlines)
commenced	{{ubl
ceased	{{ubl
headquarters	New York City, New York, United States
hubs	John F. Kennedy International Airport
fleet_size	81 (Historically)
founders	{{ubl	class=nowrap
notes	(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s

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A [[Boeing 747-200F]] at the [[New York John F. Kennedy Airport]] in 1977.

Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the United States. Originally an irregular air carrier, the airline was certificated as the first US transatlantic scheduled cargo airline in 1955 by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now defunct federal agency that, from 1938 to 1978, tightly regulated almost all US commercial air transportation. Seaboard's headquarters were on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

History

Seaboard World Airlines was founded on September 16, 1946, as Seaboard & Western Airlines. It initially operated Douglas DC-4 aircraft, followed by Lockheed Super Constellation airliners. In 1955, it received final approval on CAB certification to fly scheduled cargo services across the Atlantic.

It adopted the name Seaboard World Airlines in April 1961. Jet cargo service started in 1964 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8.

During the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, the company used Douglas DC-8-63 jets to connect McChord Air Force Base, Washington with Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. In 1968, one of these flights operating as Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was forced to land in the Soviet Union with 214 American troops on board.

On 30 April 1969, a Seaboard World Airlines DC-8 with 219 passengers and 13 crewmembers landed by mistake at Marble Mountain Air Facility, when it had actually been cleared to land at the nearby Da Nang Air Base. After fuel and passengers were offloaded, the plane was towed to the north overrun and departed five hours after the landing incident. See External links for a video of the DC-8 departing Marble Mountain.

Seaboard was the first airline to fly a 747 Freighter service from the UK to the USA.

The airline merged with Flying Tiger Line on October 1, 1980, resulting in the loss of its corporate identity.

Fleet

Type	Number
Boeing 707-345C	2
Boeing 747-245F	4
Boeing 747-273C	1
Canadair CL-44	8
Curtis C-46 Commando	2
Douglas DC-3	1
Douglas DC-4	14
Douglas DC-8-54F	3
Douglas DC-8-55F	9
Douglas DC-8-63CF	6
Lockheed L-1049D "Super Constellation"	4
Lockheed L-1049G "Super Constellation"	1
Lockheed L-1049H "Super Constellation"	4

References

(31 December 1959). "Airport Activity Statistics of Certificated Route Carriers". Air Transport Association of America.
"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 22 April 1978. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%200675.html?search=%22Seaboard%20World%20Airlines%22%20%22head%20office%22 1191].
(June–October 1955). "Transatlantic Cargo Case". U.S. General Printing Office.
[http://media.nara.gov/usmc/077/00004851.pdf Command Chronology, Marine Air Base Squadron 16, 5 May 1969] {{webarchive. link. (12 May 2014)
(7 January 2010). "OV-1 Mohawk-Seaboard World DC-8 lands at Marble Mountain- Vietnam.m4v". stan bloom.
"Seaboard & Western / Seaboard World Airlines History".

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