CFRNA
{{Short description|1925–1933 airline in France}}
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| founded = 1920, France
| commenced = 1920, France
| ceased = {{end date|1933|10|07|df=yes}}
(merged with Air Orient, Air Union, Aéropostale and SGTA to form Air France)
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| bases = Paris, France
Bucharest, Romania
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CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; {{langx|fr|Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne}}; {{langx|ro|Compania franco-română de navigație aeriană}}) was a French–Romanian airline, founded on 1 January 1920. Its name changed on 1 January 1925 to CIDNA ("The International Air Navigation Company"; {{langx|fr|Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne}}).Damien Accoulon, "Construire l’alliance aéronautique en Europe médiane (1919-1932)", 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire, n°152, 2021/4, pp.15-33, https://doi.org/10.3917/vin.152.0015
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 – Galați, followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to Iași and Chișinău and to Bălți.
In 1930, the Romanian arm adopted the name {{ill|LARES (airline)|lt=LARES|ro|LARES}} (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat – Romanian Airlines Operated by the State), which further became TAROM.{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanairlines.no/airline-companies-in-rumania-1918-1945/|title= Airline companies in Rumania (1918–1945)|date= 17 June 2010}} The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of Air France on 7 October 1933.
Aircraft
class="wikitable sortable"
!Type !Passengers !Total number |
Aero A.38
|8 |2 |
Bernard 190T
|8 |8 |
Blériot-SPAD S.33
|1 |5 |
Blériot-SPAD S.46
|5 |38 |
Blériot-SPAD S.56
|4 or 6 |13 |
Caudron C.61
|8 |6 |
Fokker F.VII
|8 | |
Farman F.190
|4 | |
Potez SEA VII
|2 |25 |
Potez IX
|4 | |
Potez 29
|5 |1 |
Potez 32
|4 | |
Salmson 2 A.2
|1 | |
Gallery
{{Gallery|align=center|height=120
|File:Avion Berline Spad.jpg|Blériot-SPAD S.33
|File:Affiche Compagnie Franco Roumaine de navigation aérienne.jpg|CFRNA poster
|File:Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne, Poster.jpg|CFRNA poster
|File:Flag of CFRNA.svg|Flag of CFRNA
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161252/http://www.echange-roumanie.com/CFRNA.htm CFRNA]
- [http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/cidna.htm CIDNA - Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120217012559/http://www.tarom.ro/en/tarom-company/history/the-history-of-aviation-in-romania.html History of Aviation in Romania]
- [https://www.sageataorientului.ro/home-1 The Story of the Orient Arrow]
{{Airlines of France}}
{{Airlines of Romania}}
Category:Defunct airlines of France
Category:Defunct airlines of Romania
Category:Airlines established in 1920
Category:Airlines disestablished in 1933
Category:French companies established in 1920
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