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1925?1933 airline in France
CFRNA
("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport";
French
:
Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aerienne
;
Romanian
:
Compania franco-roman? de naviga?ie aerian?
) was a
French
?
Romanian
airline,
founded
on 1 January 1920. Its name changed on 1 January 1925 to
CIDNA
("The International Air Navigation Company";
French
:
Compagnie internationale de navigation aerienne
).
[1]
Using French-built
Potez
aircraft, the company provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from
Paris
to
Bucharest
, via
Strasbourg
,
Prague
,
Vienna
and
Budapest
. As such, CFRNA was the first operative
transcontinental
airline in the history of aviation. The company also made the first passenger international night flight, between
Belgrade
and Bucharest in 1923. In 1925 CIDNA opened the first domestic Romanian route Bucharest ?
Gala?i
, followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to
Ia?i
and
Chi?in?u
and to
B?l?i
.
In 1930, the Romanian arm adopted the name
LARES
[
ro
]
(
Liniile Aeriene Romane Exploatate de Stat
?
Romanian Airlines Operated by the State
), which further became
TAROM
.
[2]
The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of
Air France
on 7 October 1933.
Aircraft
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Gallery
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CFRNA poster
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CFRNA poster
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Flag of CFRNA
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Overseas
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| French Guiana
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| French Polynesia
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| French North America
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| Mayotte
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| Defunct
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