Chalk's International Airlines

Chalk's International Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
OP CHK CHALKS
Founded1917 (1917)
(as Red Arrow Flying Service)
Commenced operations
  • July 4, 1919 (1919-07-04)
    (as Chalk's Flying Service)
  • Unknown
    (as Chalk's International Airlines)
  • March 1, 1996 (1996-03-01)
    (as Pan Am Air Bridge)
  • December 17, 1999 (1999-12-17)
    (as Chalk's Ocean Airways)
2007 (2007)
(as Chalk's International Airlines)
Ceased operations2007 (2007)
AOC #FVYA015T
Hubs
Frequent-flyer programOceanPasses
Parent companyFlying Boat Inc.
HeadquartersFort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Broward County, Florida, United States
Key people
FounderArthur Burns "Pappy" Chalk
Website[1]

Chalk's International Airlines, formerly Chalk's Ocean Airways, was an airline with its headquarters on the grounds of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in unincorporated Broward County, Florida near Fort Lauderdale. It operated scheduled seaplane services to the Bahamas. Its main base was Miami Seaplane Base (MPB) until 2001, with a hub at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. On September 30, 2007, the United States Department of Transportation revoked the flying charter for the airline, and later that year, the airline ceased operations after nearly 90 years of flying.