Ford Air Transport Service

Ford Air Transport Service is a defunct airline based in United States of America.

[citation needed] The airline's first scheduled commercial flights in America were begun when The "Maiden Dearborn" flew 1,000 lbs.

[citation needed] The safety and predicability of the first cargo flights were used to advantage in securing the first airmail contracts under the Kelly Act.

[citation needed] The aircraft flew from Detroit to Cleveland under fighter escort to become the first commercial transport of air mail.

[citation needed] In 1928 Ford sold the airmail routes to Stout who also was operating his own airline with Stout-Ford built aircraft.