It added Orange County (SNA) to San Jose (SJC) and Oakland (OAK) flights around the beginning of 1968.īy May 1968, the airline was operating 92 flights per week from SNA to SFO, primarily using Douglas DC-9-10 twin jets, as well as 50 flights a week from SNA to SJC, with most continuing on to OAK. In April 1967, Air California was operating 48 nonstop Lockheed L-188 Electra propjet flights a week from Orange County (SNA) to San Francisco (SFO). The airline was renamed AirCal in 1981, and it was merged into American Airlines in 1987. (YVR) as well as to other destinations in the western U.S. In the 1980s, in addition to its California routes, it was flying to Chicago (ORD), Seattle (SEA), Anchorage (ANC), and Vancouver, B.C. įollowing the federal Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, Air California expanded its service to several destinations in neighboring states. Two Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops were used to make five daily round-trip flights. Air California's initial route was a nonstop flight between Orange County Airport (SNA) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a previously unserved route. Scheduled passenger operations commenced on January 16, 1967. The airline's "home" airport was Orange County Airport, now known as John Wayne Airport. It began as an intrastate airline operating solely within California.Īir California was headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Myers and Bill Perrera, a partnership of Orange County businessmen. Air California 737-100 in 1969 at Orange County airportĪir California, later renamed AirCal, was an American airline company, founded by William E.
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