Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux

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Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux was a private French airline, based at Orly Airport, Paris. In 1963, it was merged with Union Aéromaritime de Transport to form UTA French Airlines.

During the early 1950s, its routes were Paris - Tunis - Damascus - Karachi - Bangkok - Saigon - Hanoi, Paris - Algiers - Fort Lamy (now N'Djamena) - Douala - Brazzaville - Tananarive (Antananarivo), Paris - Casablanca - Bamako - Abidjan, and Paris - Casablanca - Bamako - Dakar.

As the decade progressed these routes were extended - for example in 1957 the route continued on from Saigon to Darwin, Brisbane, Noumea, and Auckland; and as the airport for Tahiti began construction, T.A.I. began to fly to Bora Bora in French Polynesia in 1958.

At this time, they were flying Douglas DC-4s and Douglas DC-6s, but they bought their first Douglas DC-8 jets in 1960. The livery was an attractive yellow, green, and black striped tail with "T.A.I." on it, and a green stripe down the fuselage.

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Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux Timetable, 1952
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux Timetable, 1963

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