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Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes 
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N/AFounded February 1919 Commenced operations 18 April 1919 Ceased operations 1 January 1923 Operating bases Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France Destinations Haren Airport, Brussels, Belgium
Lesquin Airport, Lille, France
Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, Middlesex, United KingdomHeadquarters Key people Founders:
Louis Blériot
Louis-Charles Breguet
René Caudron
Louis RenaultCompagnie des Messageries Aériennes was a pioneering French airline which was in operation form 1919 - 23, when it was merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union.
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History
Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes was established February 1919 by Louis-Charles Breguet. Other founders were Louis Blériot, Louis Renault and René Caudron. The first commercial route, a mail and freight service between Le Bourget Airport, Paris and Lesquin Airport, Lille, was started 18 April 1919 using ex-military Breguet 14s.[1] In August, a service was started to Brussels, Belgium.[2] On 19 September, an international passenger service between Paris - Le Bourget Airport and London (Hounslow Heath Aerodrome) was started, also using Breguet 14s.[1]
The company was merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union on 1 January 1923.
Accidents and incidents
- On 15 March 1923, Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEIE overran the runway on landing at Croydon and collided with a building. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.[3]
- On 3 December 1923, Goliath F-AEIF, which may have been operated by CMA, crashed at Littlestone, Kent.[3]
Fleet
- Breguet 14 (2 passengers)
- Farman F.60 Goliath (12 passengers, 15 aircraft)
- Blériot-SPAD S.27 (2 passengers, 10 aircraft)
- Blériot-SPAD S.33 (5 passengers, 15 airfraft)
Notes
- ^ a b Sherwood (1999)
- ^ "World Aviation in 1919 - Part 1". Royal Air Force Museum. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/milestones-of-flight/world/1919.cfm. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ^ a b "FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211". Air Britain. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/f-aaaa.pdf. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
References
- Bluffield, Robert. 2009. Imperial Airways - The Birth of the British Airline Industry 1914-1940. Ian Allan ISBN 978-1906537074
- Sherwood, Tim. 1999. Coming in to Land: A Short History of Hounslow, Hanworth and Heston Aerodromes 1911-1946. Heritage Publications (Hounslow Library) ISBN 1899144307
External links
Categories:- Airline stubs
- Airlines established in 1919
- Defunct airlines of France
- Airlines disestablished in 1923
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