CFRNA


CFRNA, later CIDNA was a French-Romanian airline, on January 1, 1920.
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 - Galaţi, followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to Iaşi and Chişinău and to Bălți.
In 1930, the Romanian arm adopted the name LARES, which further became TAROM. The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of Air France on October 7, 1933.

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