Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes

Compagnie des messageries aériennes
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Founded February 1919
Commenced operations 18 April 1919
Ceased operations 1 January 1923
Operating bases Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France
Destinations Haren Airport, Brussels, Belgium
Lille-Lesquin Airport, Lille, France
Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Key people Founders:
Louis Blériot
Louis-Charles Breguet
René Caudron
Louis Renault

Compagnie des messageries aériennes was a pioneering French airline which was in operation from 1919–23, when it was merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union.

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 Lille-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.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Sherwood (1999)
  2. "World Aviation in 1919 - Part 1". Royal Air Force Museum. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 "FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211" (PDF). Air Britain. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

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