Société Générale des Transports Aériens

Société Générale des Transports Aériens
Farman F.63 bis
IATA ICAO Call sign
N/A N/A N/A
Founded8 February 1919 (1919-02-08)
Commenced operations
22 March 1919 (1919-03-22)
Ceased operations
19 May 1933 (1933-05-19) (merged with Air Orient, Air Union, Aéropostale and CFRNA to form Air France)
Operating bases
Toussus-le-Noble, Yvelines, France
DestinationsCroydon, Surrey, United Kingdom Brussels Amsterdam Hamburg Copenhagen Berlin Cologne Frankfurt Leipzig Antwerp Ostend and connections to Scandinavia and Russia
Headquarters167, rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt and, from 1926, 4, rue Edouard-VII, Paris, France
Key peopleHenry, Maurice and Dick FARMAN

The Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) was a French airline founded in 1919. It operated until 1933 when its assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France airline.

History

Initially known as Lignes Aériennes Farman, was created on February 8, 1919, when a Farman F.60 Goliath flew from Toussus-le-Noble to Kenley, near Croydon. The airline was created by the Farman brothers, who also owned the Farman Aviation Works.

It began a weekly service between Paris and Brussels on 22 March 1919, the world's first international commercial aviation service.

In 1933, all SGTA assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France, and the company ceased to exist.

Accidents and incidents

Aircraft

The airline operated Farman aircraft exclusively, including these types:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bartsch, Ronald I. C. (2024). International Aviation Law: A Practical Guide. Taylor & Francis. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-040-14768-9. The first fixed wing scheduled passenger air service ... was operated by the St Petersberg-Tampa Airboat Line. ... The first regular international passenger air service was a weekly flight between Paris and Brussels which commenced on 22 March 1919. [Operated by] Lignes Aériennes Farman
  2. ↑ "FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211" (PDF). Air Britain. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Accident Farman F.61 Goliath F-ADFN, Thursday 5 May 1927". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

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