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April 6, 1926
Walter T. Varney launches contract air mail service between Pasco, Wash. and Elko, Nev. via Boise, Idaho, marking the true beginning of U.S. commercial air transportation and the birth of United Airlines.
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May 12, 1926
National Air Transport (NAT) begins air service between Chicago and Dallas, via Kansas City, Mo.
Sept. 15, 1926
Pacific Air Transport (PAT) inaugurates service between Los Angeles and Seattle.
July 1, 1927
Boeing Air Transport (BAT) starts commercial air service between Chicago and San Francisco, charging passengers $204 for a one-way trip.
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Sept. 1, 1927
NAT expands its operations to include a Chicago - New York route, connecting with BAT at Chicago, to establish the first transcontinental passenger air service.
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Oct. 30, 1928
Boeing Airplane - Transport Corp. (BATC) is incorporated in Delaware and acquires BAT, PAT and the Boeing Airplane Co. as subsidiaries.
Feb. 1, 1929
BATC changes its name to United Aircraft and Transport Corp.(UATC) and acquires several new subsidiaries, including Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Hamilton Standard Propeller Co. and Chance Vought Corp.
Feb. 21, 1929
BAT introduces the Boeing 80 trimotor on its San Francisco-Salt Lake City segment. Service is extended to Chicago a year later.
Sept. 16, 1929
BAT establishes the Boeing School of Aeronautics at Oakland, Calif., to train pilots and mechanics.
March 31, 1930
UATC acquires NAT and, three months later, acquires Varney Air Lines.
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May 15, 1930
BAT, one of United's predecessor subsidiaries, introduces the world's first stewardess service on Boeing 80A trimotors flying between San Francisco and Chicago.
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June 1930
Boeing Monomail 200, a revolutionary all-metal airplane and forerunner of the Boeing 247, is placed in service on a transcontinental route by BAT and NAT.
March 28, 1931
United Air Lines, Inc. (UAL) is incorporated as a management corporation to coordinate operations of UATCs airline subsidiaries.
April 1, 1931
Pilots organize the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which affiliates with the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The airline industry's first labor agreement with pilots is signed Oct. 8, 1940.
July 1933
William A. Patterson, a former banker and assistant to BAT President Philip G. Johnson, is elected president of UAL.
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