Air Orient
Air Orient was an airline based in France. Created in 1929 from the merger of Air Asie(c. 1928) and Air Union Lignes d’Orient (c. 1927 - renamed from Messageries Transaeriennes 1923),[1][2] the short lived airline was merged with Air France October 7, 1933.
| |||||||
Founded | 1929, France | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commenced operations | 1929, France | ||||||
Ceased operations | 1933 | ||||||
Operating bases | Paris, France | ||||||
Headquarters | 2 rue Marbeuf, Paris, France | ||||||
Key people | Ernest Roume (1858-1941) - Chairman Maurice Noguè - Managing Director |
Destinations
The airline connected France and parts of Europe to the Middle East and Far East, many of which were French colonial outposts:
Fleet
- Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine CAMS 53 seaplanes - 2
- SPCA Météore 63 - 3 from Air Union Lignes d’Orient
- Farman 190
gollark: Uesr#4952 I think.
gollark: Just respond with vaguely ominous messages like "We know what you did" until they stop.
gollark: > or tries to mini-mod again… as a Trusted User™, wasn't that part of his job?
gollark: Make a fake C4 to satisfy the masses.
gollark: My website has this fun suspicion generator.
See also
Recently the Ukraine-based Air Charter Asia airline changed its name to Air Orient [3]
References
External links
![]() |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Air Orient (France). |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.