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Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes was a pioneering French airline established February 1919 by Louis-Charles Breguet. Other founders were Louis Blériot, Louis Renault and René Caudron. The first ceommercial route, a mail and freight service between Paris and Lille, was started 18 April 1919 using ex-military Breguet 14s. On 19 September the same year an international passenger service between Paris and London was started, also using Breguet 14s.
The company was merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union on 1 January 1923.
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)
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