a nighttime air
service providing less luxurious accommodations, but for a much cheaper
price. These nighttime flights provided no meals or reservations; however, the rates were comparable to train fares (but with one-
quarter the travel
time). This
innovation changed the
course of air
transport around the globe and the airline grew to be one of the largest passenger carriers in the Western
world. In 1961
Capital was taken over by another airline.