Uraba, Medellin and Central Airways
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| Founded | August 24, 1931 incorporated in Delaware | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | July 12, 1932 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | June 28, 1959 | ||||||
| Fleet size | See Fleet | ||||||
| Destinations | See Destinations | ||||||
| Parent company | Pan American World Airways | ||||||
| Headquarters | New York, New York | ||||||
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(1) IATA, ICAO codes were the same until the 1980s | |||||||
Uraba, Medellin and Central Airways (UMCA) was a Pan American Airways-affiliate airline that from 1932 flew from the then US-controlled Panama Canal Zone to Colombia. The carrier was majority and then wholly owned by Pan Am, and certificated in 1940 as a United States international scheduled carrier by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), the now-defunct Federal agency that, at the time, tightly regulated almost all US commercial transportation. In 1959 the CAB permitted UMCA to cease operations. The carrier did not have a fleet or crews of its own; instead, Pan Am flew on behalf of UMCA.