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Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes

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Commenced operations
  
18 April 1919

Founded
  
February 1919

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Founder
  
Louis Charles Breguet

Ceased operations
  
January 1, 1923

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

Operating bases
  
Paris–Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France

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.

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History

Compagnie des messageries aériennes was established February 1919 by Louis-Charles Bréguet. 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. In August, a service was started to Brussels, Belgium. On 19 September, an international passenger service between Paris - Le Bourget Airport and London (Hounslow Heath Aerodrome) was started, also using Breguet 14s.

The company was merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union on 1 January 1923.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 15 March 1923, Farman F.60 Goliath F-AEIE overran the runway on landing at Croydon and collided with a building. The aircraft was later repaired and returned to service.
  • On 3 December 1923, Goliath F-AEIF, which may have been operated by CMA, crashed at Littlestone, Kent.

    • Fleet

  • Breguet 14 (2 passengers)
  • Farman F.60 Goliath (12 passengers, 15 aircraft)
  • Blériot-SPAD S.27 (2 passengers, 10 aircraft)
  • Blériot-SPAD S.33 (5 passengers, 15 airfraft)

    • References

    Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes Wikipedia
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