Formed in 1948, the airline operated two Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplanes from Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau (old location using a ramp into the harbour) to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.
[1] In 1960 ownership by Cathay Pacific ended with Roger Lobo and Stanley Ho as new owners with the airline renamed as Macau Air Transport Company (Hong Kong) Limited.
[2] The introduction of a new runway at Kai Tak and conditions in Macau were the beginning of the end of MATCO and service continued until October 1961 when the airline ceased operations.
[2] MATCO operated two Canadian Vickers CBV-1A Canso (c. 1944 from United States Army Air Forces as OA-10A Catalina (#44-34081) and later to USN (#68045), later with Royal Canadian Air Force and acquired by Cathay Pacific in 1946) in 1948.
[3] With the removal of the Catalina seaplanes, MATCO operated as a freight airline and acquired a new aircraft: