A very short lived airline. Began operations September 1946 with the DC-4, which were replaced with four DC-6 in February 1949, and had the Comet 2 on order. On 29 October 1953 DC-6 VH-BPE crashed during an instrument approach into San Fransisco with the loss of all eleven passengers and eight crew. The airline flew its final trip 11 May 1954, with all staff then integrated into QANTAS.