CFRNA

CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne in French; Compania franceză - română pentru navigaţia aeriană in Romanian), later CIDNA ("The International Air Navigation Company" was a French-Romanian airline, founded 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 1926 CIDNA opened the first domestic Romanian route Bucharest - Galaţi.

The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of Air France on October 7, 1933.

Aircraft

• 8 Bernard 190T - 8 passengers
• 2 Aero Aero A.38 - 8 passengers
• 1 Blériot-SPAD S.33 blind flying trainer - 5 passengers
• Potez 29 - 5 passengers

External links

• CFRNA
• CIDNA - Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne
• History of Aviation in Romania

References