[1][2] The airline worked under contract to the United States Air Corps Ferrying Command, primarily for supplying the South West Pacific theatre of World War II.

Its very first flights, starting 23 April 1942, however, were Lend-Lease deliveries of American-built aircraft to Great Britain and the Netherlands.

[1][2] The airline performed hundreds of missions delivering munitions and personnel; and supporting USO activities from 1942 to 1945, including transporting passengers such as Bob Hope, Joe E. Brown and Eleanor Roosevelt.

[1] Consairway originally operated out of San Diego but then moved to Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base in 1943.

[1] During its peak in 1943, the airline had 800 employees and operated twice-weekly flights to the South West Pacific.