Macau Air Transport Company

Macau Air Transport Company was a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific that operated seaplane services between Macau and Hong Kong from 1948 to 1961.
Formed in 1948, the airline operated two Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplanes from Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. Miss Macao, one of the MATCO's seaplane was lost in a hijacking.
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 Limited. 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.
The airline remained registered in Hong Kong up to January 1964 and all remaining aircraft were de-registered by 1967.

Fleet

MATCO operated two Canadian Vickers CBV-1A Canso and later to USN in 1948.

VR-HDT - Miss Macao crashed and written off in 1948
VR-HDH - acquired from RCAF November 1946 by Cathay Pacific; sold to Trans Australia Airlines 1962 as VH-SBV and retired in 1966 and then used as firefighting trainer until 1975, then displayed at Museum of Transport & Technology in Auckland, New Zealand from 1976 to 1986 and now at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand since 1987.

With the removal of the Catalina seaplanes, MATCO operated as a freight airline and acquired a new aircraft:

VR-HFP - Piaggio Aerospace P.136-L2 was ordered in 1960 and in service in 1961 and remained in Hong Kong until 1967.