Air California Boeing B-737-222 N73714 CN 19072 LN 86 Editorial Image

Air California Boeing B-737-222 N73714 CN 19072 LN 86 . Taken at San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) on November 12 , 1980 .Air California, later renamed AirCal, was an American airline company, founded by William E. Myers and Bill Perrera, a pair of Orange County businessmen. It began as an intrastate airline operating solely within California. Air California was headquartered in Newport Beach, California.[2][3][4] The airline's "home" airport was Orange County Airport, now known as John Wayne Airport. Scheduled passenger operations commenced on January 16, 1967. Air California's initial route was a nonstop flight between Orange County Airport (SNA) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a previously unserved route. Two Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops were used to make five daily round-trip flights.[5] Following the federal Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, Air California expanded its service to several destinations in neighboring states. In the 1980s, in addition to its California routes, it was flying to Chicago (ORD), Seattle (SEA), Anchorage (ANC), and Vancouver, B.C. (YVR) as well as to other destinations in the western U.S. The airline was renamed AirCal in 1981, and it was merged into American Airlines in 1987.