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Civil Air Transport
IATA ICAO Callsign
CT CAT Mandarin
Commenced operations1946
Ceased operations16 February 1968
Fleet sizeSee Fleet below
DestinationsSee Destinations below
Parent companyCAT, Inc.
HeadquartersTaipei, Taiwan
Key peopleClaire Chennault and Whiting Willauer
Civil Air Transport
Traditional Chinese民航空運公司
Simplified Chinese民航空运公司

Civil Air Transport (CAT) (IATA: CT, ICAO: CAT, call sign: Mandarin) was a Nationalist Chinese airline, later owned by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), that supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. During the Cold War, missions consisted in assistance to "Free World" allies according to the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949.

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