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sector at the time dated from 1963. It had prevented the country's three main scheduled airlines from operating outside their respective spheres of influence and competing with each other. The French government's decision to adopt a less rigid interpretation of its policy gradually reversed both of
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Throughout most of this time, UTA's "mainline" fleet strength stood at about ten to twelve aircraft only. The airline's small fleet size was conditioned by the nature of its operations, i.e. as a long-haul carrier serving most of its routes as multi-stop sectors at low frequencies of less than one
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reports, the fire was allegedly started by a cleaner who carelessly dropped a burning cigarette in one of the toilets.) The fire rapidly spread, engulfing the entire cabin in flames. This resulted in the aircraft's total destruction, which was subsequently written off. There were no injuries as a
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was destroyed, following two consecutive bomb explosions on board the aircraft while it was on the ground at N'Djamena
Airport. There were no fatalities since all passengers and crew managed to evacuate the aircraft before the second explosion in the central baggage compartment tore the aircraft
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in direct competition with Air France. The aim was to protect Air France's position as the country's dominant scheduled carrier by making UTA a less attractive takeover target for its foreign rivals in the event of a merger. The French government feared that Air France's smaller size relative to
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at the time. This made it an almost exclusively long-haul, intercontinental scheduled airline. It also made its scheduled route network complementary to Air France and Air Inter. (UTA and Air France used to co-ordinate their schedules at Los
Angeles to enable passengers to connect between Air
2512:, respectively. The earlier tidbit of misinformation in this reference stated Japan Air Lines remanufactured two -200s. This is in error. They purchased two factory-new 747SR-146B(SUD)aircraft from Boeing. JA8170 was delivered in March 1986 and JA8176 was delivered in September 1986.
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representing the majority of pilots at Aéromaritime as well as at UTA itself. The dispute was about the introduction of new, lower pay scales at Aéromaritime to prepare it for the competition it was likely to face at the hands of Europe's new breed of much lower
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at that time. It lasted for the better part of a year from the end of 1988 until
October 1989 and resulted in the grounding of both Aéromaritime and UTA during that period. UTA's plans for a European feeder network were also overtaken by its subsequent
630:, Tahiti, which competed with UTA on the Los Angeles – Papeete sector.) UTA's ability to secure traffic rights outside its traditional sphere of influence in competition with Air France was the result of a successful campaign it had mounted to
2334:. Investigations and court cases have implicated Libyan state actors in the bombing. All 156 passengers and 14 crew members on board were killed. For nearly 20 years, this incident marked the deadliest air disaster involving a French-operated
352:(TAI) was taken in September 1961, building on a commercial relationship between the two airlines that had begun in the early 1950s. UTA, the new company that succeeded UAT and TAI, came into being on 1 October 1963 with a capital of £2.6
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e6c07ce8-6de8-11dc-b8ab-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2Fe6c07ce8-6de8-11dc-b8ab-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2Fsearch%3Fhl%3Den
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unexpectedly decided to relax its policy of neatly dividing traffic rights for scheduled air services between Air France, Air Inter and UTA, without any route overlaps between them. The regulatory framework governing France's
380:, a combination of UAT's blue and TAI's green colour schemes. The inherited 118,000 mi (190,000 km) network spanned five continents. Most of these were intercontinental, long-haul routes connecting France with
291:(TAI). UTA was the largest wholly privately owned, independent airline in France. It was also the second-largest international, as well as the second principal intercontinental, French airline and a full member of the
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partially reversed the French government's relaxed policy on allocating traffic rights to the country's three main contemporary scheduled airlines when he decided to deny UTA the right to fly non-stop from Paris to
408:. UTA's creation coincided with a new French aviation policy that established exclusive spheres of influence for UTA and Air France. Air France withdrew from UTA's sphere of influence but UTA continued serving the
641:. During that time, UTA also planned to launch a short-haul European feeder network, which was to be operated by its Aéromaritime subsidiary. In the event, these plans were scuppered by a long-running, bitter
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independent contemporaries, for most of its existence UTA did not have a network of short-/medium-haul scheduled routes nor did it compete on any of its scheduled routes with Air France, the primary French
945:. It included an option on a further six aircraft. The aircraft on firm order were to be delivered between 1992 and 1994, at a rate of two planes per year. It was intended that the newly ordered
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these rules. It therefore enabled UTA to launch scheduled services to new destinations within Air France's sphere of influence, in competition with that airline, for the first time. Paris —
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FT.com/Business Life, The Monday
Interview, 30 September 2007 – Pilot who found the right trajectory (Financial Times interview with Jean-Cyril Spinetta, chairman of Air France-KLM group)
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2310:(registration F-GDUA) was destroyed on the ground at Paris CDG when a fire was accidentally started while cleaning of the aircraft's cabin was in progress. (According to contemporary
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became the first route UTA served in competition with Air France non-stop from Paris. (Air France responded by extending some of its non-stop Paris – Los
Angeles services to
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as N54629, operating the
Brazzaville – N'Djamena – Paris CDG sector, was bombed 46 minutes after take-off from N'Djamena causing the aircraft to crash while flying over
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On 12 January 1990 UTA, along with Air Inter and Air France itself, became part of an enlarged Air France group, which in turn became a wholly owned subsidiary of
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Wickstead, Maurice (2023). "French Wings over Five
Continents: The Story of UTA, Part Two: The Merger of TAI & UAT and into the Jet Age, 1962–92".
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sharing agreement with Air
Afrique. In addition, UTA continued providing commercial and technical assistance to Air Afrique on the same terms as UAT.
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M.R. Golder, The
Changing Nature of French Dirigisme – A Case Study of Air France, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Thesis, submitted Trinity term, 1997
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would replace the airline's ageing DC-10s as well as facilitate its future expansion into new long-haul markets from the early 1990s onwards.
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Air France's acquisition of UTA and Air Inter was part of an early 1990s French government plan to create a unified national carrier with the
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There were six recorded incidents/accidents involving UTA aircraft. Four of these involved the loss of aircraft and three the loss of lives.
2681:"M.R. Golder, The Changing Nature of French Dirigisme - A Case Study of Air France. Thesis submitted at Trinity College, Oxford, 1997, p.28"
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air transport market. Air France, Air Inter and UTA were therefore encouraged to co-operate rather than compete with each other.
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routes it inherited from UAT in association with Air
Afrique. This included UTA taking the place of UAT in the joint
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Through most of its existence UTA was one of only four wholly privately owned, independent airlines outside of the
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UTA and its subsidiaries operated the following aircraft types and sub-types throughout its 29-year existence:
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aircraft. Air France's acquisition of UTA in 1990 resulted in it inheriting two of Aéromaritime's three
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network of any European airline, flying to up to 25 destinations. Its busiest scheduled route was Paris—
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and the US giants as well as its fragmented long-haul network put it at a commercial disadvantage in a
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2268:. There were no survivors among the aircraft's 80 occupants (seven crew and 73 passengers).
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714:. On 18 December 1992, UTA ceased to exist as a legal entity within Groupe Air France.
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its government to enable it to grow faster, thereby becoming a more dynamic and more
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547:. In addition, the airline had regional scheduled passenger traffic rights between
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https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDF1F3DF93AA25752C0A96F948260
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https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DB1E3BF93BA25755C0A961948260
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3340:(various backdated issues relating to UTA scheduled flight information, 1963–1990)
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were the other three contemporary non-US independent, long-haul scheduled carriers
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1965 marked the beginning of a re-engining programme that saw UTA's fleet of six
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BBC news, 19 September 2003 - UTA 772: The forgotten flight (19 September 1989)
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was the other airline in this group that had ten of their 747-200s converted to
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Union de Transports Aériens served the following destinations when it operated:
749:. The head office of the Compagnie Aéromaritime d'Affrètement subsidiary was in
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Aeroplane – World Transport Affairs: Agreement reached on U.A.T.-T.A.I. merger
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services. In addition, UTA's then subsidiary company Air Polynésie, based at
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2582:, Operations: Air Transport, Flight International, 24-30 January 1990, p. 10
1296:(Source for the above fleet notes: UTA General Timetable 1/4/78 - 31/10/78)
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Aéromaritime (Compagnie Aéromaritime d'Affrètement) — In Memoriam
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UTA take-over makes Air France Europe's second-favourite airline
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UTA take-over makes Air France Europe's second-favourite airline
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re-manufactured in this manner with the other air carrier being
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2906:"Head Office: 3 Boulevard Malesherbes, F-75008, Paris, France."
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widebody on behalf of Aéromaritime. That order had a value of
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Answers.com (Business and Finance) — Chargeurs International
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Air Transport, Flight International, 26 February 1983, p. 508
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Air Transport, Flight International, 14 December 1972, p. 855
2937:, Vol. 109, No. 2798, p. 4, Temple Press, London, 3 June 1965
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Aeroplane – Airline of the Month: UTA – Five-star independent
2670:, Vol. 109, No. 2798, p. 6, Temple Press, London, 3 June 1965
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Aeroplane – Airline of the Month: UTA – Five-star independent
2644:, Vol. 103, No. 2637, p. 11, Temple Press, London, 3 May 1962
2599:, Business, Flight International, 30 May – 5 June 1990, p. 13
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in addition to three of that carrier's subsequently acquired
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3263:"Airline of the month: UTA – Five-star independent, pp. 4-6"
3014:, Air Transport, Flight International, 2 February 1985, p. 4
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Answers.com (Business and Finance) — Chargeurs International
2739:, Air Transport, Flight International, 30 January 1988, p. 6
2718:, Air Transport, Flight International, 31 October 1987, p. 7
899:
In August 1981, UTA became the second customer to order the
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1972 hijack of Abidjan-Paris flight resulting in two deaths
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airliners. These were progressively repainted in UTA's new
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3031:, Air Transport, Flight International, 3 August 1985, p. 7
2764:, Air Transport, Flight International, 20 June 1987, p. 26
30:
This article is about the defunct French airline. For the
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3000:, World News, Flight International, 12 March 1983, p. 634
2616:, Headlines, Flight International, 2-8 October 1991, p. 4
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2279:. There were two fatalities as a result of this incident.
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into its fleet, UTA joined the KSSU aircraft maintenance
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2812:, Air Transport, Flight International, 7 June 1986, p. 8
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and global reach to counter threats resulting from the
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inherited from predecessor UAT (registration F-BHMS)
968:, thereby itself becoming a 767 operator by default.
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aircraft in 1987. The order was for six four-engined
903:. It took delivery of the first aircraft to roll off
3214:, World News, Flight International, 4 May 1985, p. 3
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McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63PF F-BOLL (accident report)
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3404:Union de Transports Aériens (UTA) timetable images
3265:. 109, 2798. London, UK: Temple Press. 3 June 1965.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N54629 (accident report)
2632:, Key Publishing, Stamford, UK, November 2011, p. 9
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2925:. "Head Office: 50 Rue Arago, Puteaux 92, France."
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2845:, Flight International, 10 December 1988, p. 13
2657:, Flight International, 17 October 1963, p. 636
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27:Defunct private airline of France (1963–1992)
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2352:as he was on this flight just months prior.)
431:with most countries in francophone West and
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3176:UTA DC-10 "mid-air explosion" investigated
3150:McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63PF F-BOLL (photo)
2798:, Flight International, 27 May 1989, p. 17
2781:, Flight International, 21 May 1988, p. 20
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911:on 2 March 1983. The airline also had two
283:in 1992. UTA was formed by the merger of
4692:Societé aérienne française d'affrètements
3418:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3163621.stm
3308:
3295:. Sutton, UK: Reed Business Information.
3225:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 N54629 (photo)
2889:
2768:
1556:Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport
1287:de Havilland Canada Twin Otter series 200
3547:
2349:The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
1369:UTA employed 6,569 people at this time.
764:
599:
327:
319:
275:), was a private independent airline in
36:Union des Transports Africains de Guinée
4798:French companies disestablished in 1992
4697:Société Générale des Transports Aériens
3809:Société Générale des Transports Aériens
3436:http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mrg217/MA.pdf
3410:UTA French airlines uniforms 1987–1992
3388:France's independent flag carrier ...,
3378:France's independent flag carrier ...,
3200:Boeing 747-3B3 F-GDUA (accident report)
2737:Air France shapes up for hotter markets
2620:
1588:Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
830:Douglas DC-8-62/63 "Super Sixty" series
324:The former head office in central Paris
300:Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis
293:International Air Transport Association
14:
4760:
3945:
3128:Douglas DC-6B F-BHMS (accident report)
2928:
2790:
2788:
2356:
2342:) (This incident was briefly noted in
1844:Murtala Muhammed International Airport
3964:
3919:
3521:
3412:http://www.uniformfreak.com/1uta.html
2810:Minerve breaks UTA monopoly to Tahiti
4788:French companies established in 1963
4722:Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
3814:Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
2948:A DC-8F has been bought by UTA, ....
2843:French shakeup denies UTA new routes
2796:UTA denied Paris/Newark direct route
2199:Newark Liberty International Airport
1995:Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
1376:
930:UTA placed its first-ever order for
732:
670:1986 was also the year UTA lost its
559:, as well as between Tahiti and the
439:West and Southern Africa (including
388:. On 1 November 1963 UTA introduced
350:Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
289:Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
4542:Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes
3368:France's independent flag carrier,
3095:UTA 1974 round the world time table
2785:
2208:San Francisco International Airport
1636:Bangui M'Poko International Airport
725:of the air transport market in the
24:
2286:(registration F-BOLL) flying from
2087:Bandaranaike International Airport
1828:Diori Hamani International Airport
1764:Bamako–Senou International Airport
1291:de Havilland Twin Otter series 300
1269:, New Caledonia and used on local
685:In 1988 French Transport Minister
592:and UTA's transpacific services.)
392:jets on its flights from Paris to
25:
4809:
3344:
2559:France's independent flag carrier
2190:Los Angeles International Airport
2151:La Tontouta International Airport
815:Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R
645:between UTA's management and the
4547:Compagnie générale transaérienne
3505:
3493:
3481:
3330:. Dunstable, UK: OAG Worldwide.
3212:Record 747 hull payment expected
2174:
1780:Nouakchott International Airport
1700:Libreville International Airport
1458:Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
1380:
1299:
1153:
971:
678:, France's leading contemporary
596:1980s and merger with Air France
298:The airline was a subsidiary of
49:
4783:Airlines disestablished in 1992
4727:Union Aéromaritime de Transport
3819:Union Aéromaritime de Transport
3240:
3229:
3218:
3204:
3193:
3182:
3154:
3143:
3132:
3121:
3110:
3099:
3088:
3074:
3046:
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3004:
2990:
2979:
2968:
2954:
2940:
2909:
2878:
2860:
2835:
2802:
2754:
2743:
2716:AF and UTA battle for Air Inter
2673:
2661:
2647:
2635:
2614:Air France plans UTA break down
2515:
2499:
2475:
2466:
2457:
2448:Canadian Airlines International
2429:
2416:
1876:Jan Smuts International Airport
1652:N'Djamena International Airport
1388:This transport-related list is
1372:
1277:, Tahiti, had a fleet of three
741:head office was located in the
346:Union Aéromaritime de Transport
285:Union Aéromaritime de Transport
4462:Airbus Transport International
4061:Airbus Transport International
3647:Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
3350:UTA – Defunct French airlines
3326:"OAG Flight Guide Worldwide".
2472:after launch customer Swissair
2404:
2392:
2380:
2368:
1812:Windhoek International Airport
884:, whose founding members were
674:on the Paris—Papeete route to
176:Holding company#Parent company
13:
1:
3772:Predecessors and acquisitions
3465:Air France (Airline, France)
3255:
3236:UTA 772: The forgotten flight
3189:Boeing 747-3B3 F-GDUA (photo)
2376:government-owned corporations
2275:, to Paris was taken over by
1963:Bahrain International Airport
1908:N'djili International Airport
1732:Roberts International Airport
1716:Conakry International Airport
4778:Airlines established in 1963
4732:Union Aéronautique Régionale
4537:Compagnie Corse Méditerranée
3392:, 24 June 1971, p. 947
3382:, 24 June 1971, p. 946
3372:, 24 June 1971, p. 945
3117:Douglas DC-6B F-BHMS (photo)
2867:Air France (Airline, France)
2059:Jinnah International Airport
2043:Muscat International Airport
2027:Subang International Airport
2011:Narita International Airport
1940:Harare International Airport
1924:Lusaka International Airport
1796:Maputo International Airport
1748:Kamuzu International Airport
1620:Douala International Airport
295:(IATA) since its inception.
18:Union des Transports Aériens
7:
4768:Union de Transports Aériens
4737:Union de Transports Aériens
3735:Rotterdam The Hague Airport
2915:"World Airline Directory."
2779:UTA struggles for expansion
2597:News in brief - UTA finance
2135:Faa'a International Airport
1860:Lungi International Airport
1533:Malta International Airport
1279:Fairchild F-27A Friendships
1275:Faa'a International Airport
1257:on order at this time. The
435:, a number of countries in
265:Union de Transports Aériens
44:Union de Transports Aériens
10:
4814:
4773:Defunct airlines of France
4430:Air Toulouse International
4040:Pan Européenne Air Service
3725:Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
2444:Canadian Pacific Air Lines
2324:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
2094:
1449:Marseille Provence Airport
1440:Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
1351:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
1225:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
1135:Aerospacelines Super Guppy
1100:Aeromaritime fleet in 1970
1061:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
835:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
315:
116:18 December 1992
29:
4497:Atlas Atlantique Airlines
4492:Atlantique Air Assistance
4326:Air Charter International
4256:
4232:
4216:
4185:
4169:
4138:
4112:
4096:
4087:
4053:
4007:
3971:
3957:
3872:
3771:
3743:
3715:Charles de Gaulle Airport
3707:
3674:
3603:
3555:
2224:On 2 October 1964, a UTA
1540:
1486:Charles de Gaulle Airport
1467:Nantes Atlantique Airport
1431:Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
1415:
960:250mn. It was for three -
825:Douglas DC-8-30/50 series
360:Formation and early years
221:
203:
174:
164:
135:
112:
93:
71:
66:
61:
57:
48:
4793:Companies based in Paris
3573:KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
3291:"Flight International".
2998:747-300 deliveries begin
2315:result of this incident.
2306:On 16 March 1985, a UTA
2282:On 10 March 1984, a UTA
1627:Central African Republic
1517:Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
1476:Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
760:
97:1 October 1963
4627:Lignes Aériennes Farman
3082:"UTA Destinations 1989"
2902:World Airline Directory
2232:into Mt. Alcazaba near
2216:Incidents and accidents
1947:
1306:UTA fleet in March 1986
1283:Britten-Norman Islander
1160:UTA fleet in April 1978
866:gradually converted to
779:Paris-Charles de Gaulle
312:between 1990 and 1992.
271:and sometimes known as
145:Paris–Charles de Gaulle
4602:Grands Express Aériens
4437:Air Transport Pyrénées
4321:Air Champagne Ardennes
3311:The Aviation Historian
3278:Cite journal requires
2436:British United Airways
2318:On 19 September 1989,
1235:Fokker F-27 Friendship
1074:Sud Aviation Caravelle
782:
609:
344:The decision to merge
341:
325:
166:Frequent-flyer program
4742:Virgin Express France
4712:TAT European Airlines
4552:Eagle Aviation France
4336:Air France Asie Cargo
3994:Corsair International
3753:History of Air France
3665:Scandinavian Airlines
3029:UTA streamlines fleet
3012:UTA stretches 747 top
2340:Air France Flight 447
1331:Boeing 747-200B Combi
890:Scandinavian Airlines
810:Fokker F27 Friendship
768:
603:
331:
323:
4420:Air Provence Charter
4217:French North America
3763:History of Transavia
3549:Air France–KLM Group
3441:29 July 2012 at the
3390:Flight International
3380:Flight International
3370:Flight International
3293:Flight International
2921:. 28 April 1979. p.
2918:Flight International
2872:29 June 2011 at the
1394:adding missing items
419:UTA had the largest
4637:Lucas Air Transport
4577:Europe Aéro Service
4557:EAS Europe Airlines
4477:AOM French Airlines
4066:ASL Airlines France
3880:John Nicolaas Block
3068:World Airlines 1970
2357:Notes and citations
1892:Lomé–Tokoin Airport
1604:Ouagadougou Airport
1308:
1267:La Tontouta Airport
1162:
1102:
980:
429:metropolitan France
273:UTA French Airlines
45:
4527:Champagne Airlines
4177:Air Guyane Express
3604:Minority interests
3356:UTA – In Memoriam
3084:. 22 January 2011.
2762:UTA aims at Newark
2440:British Caledonian
1684:Port Bouet Airport
1496:Le Bourget Airport
1392:; you can help by
1304:
1265:were based out of
1259:Fokker Friendships
1158:
1098:
1022:Douglas DC-8-30/50
976:
783:
743:8th arrondissement
719:economies of scale
643:industrial dispute
610:
608:in the early 1990s
342:
326:
255:Marie-Line Cabrera
208:8th arrondissement
43:
4755:
4754:
4747:XL Airways France
4677:Regional Airlines
4487:Atlantic Air Lift
4252:
4251:
4248:
4247:
4156:St Barth Commuter
4083:
4082:
4079:
4078:
4071:CMA CGM Air Cargo
3913:
3912:
3730:Eindhoven Airport
3617:Air Côte d'Ivoire
2962:KSSU Signs up UTA
2374:independent from
2292:Republic of Congo
2264:was known then),
2246:Palma de Mallorca
2119:Melbourne Airport
1970:British Hong Kong
1668:Maya-Maya Airport
1572:Cadjehoun Airport
1410:
1409:
1367:
1366:
1253:UTA also had one
1251:
1250:
1151:
1150:
1096:
1095:
978:UTA fleet in 1970
733:Corporate affairs
712:Groupe Air France
667:with Air France.
614:French government
479:Southern Africa,
262:
261:
252:Jean Claude Revil
113:Ceased operations
89:
88:
16:(Redirected from
4805:
4717:Taxi Avia France
4667:Proteus Airlines
4647:New Axis Airways
4632:Lucas Aigle Azur
4572:Eurojet Airlines
4395:Air Midi Bigorre
4390:Air Méditerranée
4358:Air Inter Europe
4224:Air Saint-Pierre
4186:French Polynesia
4139:French Caribbean
4094:
4093:
4085:
4084:
4020:Chalair Aviation
3999:Transavia France
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3328:OAG Flight Guide
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2698:
2692:
2686:. Archived from
2685:
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2665:
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2639:
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2408:
2402:
2400:Paris Le Bourget
2396:
2390:
2384:
2378:
2372:
2250:Balearic Islands
2167:Auckland Airport
2126:French Polynesia
1405:
1402:
1384:
1383:
1377:
1309:
1195:Douglas DC-8-55F
1185:Douglas DC-8-53F
1163:
1103:
981:
856:flight per day.
687:Michel Delebarre
267:(abbreviated as
196:
188:
157:
153:Paris–Le Bourget
149:
131:
123:
121:
108:
104:
102:
59:
58:
53:
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42:
21:
4813:
4812:
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4758:
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4756:
4751:
4331:Air France Asie
4244:
4228:
4212:
4181:
4165:
4134:
4108:
4089:
4075:
4049:
4003:
3953:
3944:
3914:
3909:
3895:Martin Schröder
3868:
3767:
3739:
3703:
3670:
3659:Royal Air Maroc
3599:
3551:
3546:
3516:
3506:
3504:
3494:
3492:
3482:
3480:
3472:
3443:Wayback Machine
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3279:
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2874:Wayback Machine
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2693:on 29 July 2012
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2679:
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2177:
2097:
1979:Kai Tak Airport
1950:
1543:
1418:
1406:
1400:
1397:
1381:
1375:
1341:Boeing 747-200F
1302:
1215:Douglas DC-8-63
1205:Douglas DC-8-62
1156:
1035:Douglas DC-8-62
974:
936:Airbus A340-300
913:Boeing 747-200s
909:production line
763:
735:
697:British Airways
680:charter airline
598:
386:Southern Africa
362:
318:
258:
249:Dominique Gretz
243:Pierre Chagniot
199:
194:
186:
160:
155:
147:
125:
124:
119:
117:
106:
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98:
39:
28:
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4582:Europe Airpost
4579:
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4387:
4385:Air Martinique
4382:
4377:
4372:
4367:
4362:
4361:
4360:
4350:
4345:
4343:Air Guadeloupe
4340:
4339:
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4328:
4323:
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4313:
4308:
4306:Air Atlantique
4303:
4298:
4293:
4288:
4283:
4278:
4273:
4271:Aéro-Africaine
4268:
4262:
4260:
4254:
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4250:
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4230:
4229:
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4205:
4203:Air Tahiti Nui
4200:
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3989:Air France Hop
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3892:
3890:Anthony Fokker
3887:
3885:Albert Plesman
3882:
3876:
3874:
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3869:
3867:
3866:
3861:
3859:NLM CityHopper
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3801:
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3773:
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3768:
3766:
3765:
3760:
3758:History of KLM
3755:
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3585:
3580:
3578:KLM Cityhopper
3575:
3570:
3568:Air France Hop
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2217:
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2063:
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2015:
2014:
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1999:
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1946:
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1321:Boeing 747-300
1317:
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1301:
1298:
1255:Boeing 747-200
1249:
1248:
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1237:
1231:
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1227:
1221:
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1211:
1210:
1207:
1201:
1200:
1197:
1191:
1190:
1187:
1181:
1180:
1177:
1175:Boeing 737-200
1171:
1170:
1167:
1155:
1152:
1149:
1148:
1145:
1141:
1140:
1137:
1131:
1130:
1127:
1121:
1120:
1117:
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1110:
1107:
1094:
1093:
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1087:
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1079:
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1063:
1057:
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1031:
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1027:
1024:
1018:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1005:
1004:
1001:
998:
992:
991:
988:
985:
973:
970:
901:Boeing 747-300
861:DC-8 series 30
853:
852:
850:Boeing 747-400
847:
845:Boeing 747-300
842:
840:Boeing 747-200
837:
832:
827:
822:
820:Boeing 737-200
817:
812:
807:
802:
797:
792:
762:
759:
734:
731:
727:European Union
723:liberalisation
606:Boeing 747-400
597:
594:
555:island in the
513:Southeast Asia
467:), as well as
433:Central Africa
361:
358:
338:Sydney Airport
317:
314:
260:
259:
257:
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229:
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205:
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172:
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170:Fréquence Plus
168:
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114:
110:
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107:(amalgamation)
95:
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76:
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65:
55:
54:
26:
9:
6:
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4713:
4710:
4708:
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4702:Star Airlines
4700:
4698:
4695:
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4690:
4688:
4685:
4683:
4680:
4678:
4675:
4673:
4670:
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4663:
4660:
4657:
4654:(operated as
4653:
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4468:
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4458:
4455:
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4450:
4448:
4445:
4443:
4442:Air Turquoise
4440:
4438:
4435:
4431:
4428:
4427:
4426:
4423:
4421:
4418:
4416:
4413:
4411:
4410:Air Outre Mer
4408:
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4401:
4398:
4396:
4393:
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4388:
4386:
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4381:
4378:
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4322:
4319:
4317:
4314:
4312:
4309:
4307:
4304:
4302:
4299:
4297:
4294:
4292:
4289:
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4284:
4282:
4279:
4277:
4274:
4272:
4269:
4267:
4264:
4263:
4261:
4259:
4255:
4241:
4238:
4237:
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4231:
4225:
4222:
4221:
4219:
4215:
4209:
4206:
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4201:
4199:
4196:
4194:
4191:
4190:
4188:
4184:
4178:
4175:
4174:
4172:
4170:French Guiana
4168:
4162:
4159:
4157:
4154:
4152:
4149:
4147:
4144:
4143:
4141:
4137:
4131:
4128:
4126:
4123:
4121:
4120:Air Calédonie
4118:
4117:
4115:
4113:New Caledonia
4111:
4105:
4102:
4101:
4099:
4095:
4092:
4086:
4072:
4069:
4067:
4064:
4062:
4059:
4058:
4056:
4052:
4046:
4043:
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4038:
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4033:
4031:
4028:
4026:
4023:
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4018:
4016:
4013:
4012:
4010:
4006:
4000:
3997:
3995:
3992:
3990:
3987:
3985:
3982:
3980:
3977:
3976:
3974:
3970:
3967:
3963:
3960:
3956:
3952:
3948:
3941:
3936:
3934:
3929:
3927:
3922:
3921:
3918:
3906:
3905:Pieter Elbers
3903:
3901:
3898:
3896:
3893:
3891:
3888:
3886:
3883:
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3878:
3877:
3875:
3871:
3865:
3862:
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3857:
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3812:
3810:
3807:
3805:
3802:
3800:
3797:
3795:
3792:
3790:
3787:
3785:
3782:
3780:
3777:
3776:
3774:
3770:
3764:
3761:
3759:
3756:
3754:
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3750:
3748:
3746:
3742:
3736:
3733:
3731:
3728:
3726:
3723:
3721:
3718:
3716:
3713:
3712:
3710:
3706:
3698:
3695:
3694:
3693:
3690:
3688:
3685:
3683:
3680:
3679:
3677:
3673:
3666:
3663:
3660:
3657:
3654:
3653:Kenya Airways
3651:
3648:
3645:
3642:
3641:Air Calédonie
3639:
3636:
3633:
3630:
3627:
3624:
3623:Air Mauritius
3621:
3618:
3615:
3612:
3609:
3608:
3606:
3602:
3594:
3591:
3590:
3589:
3586:
3584:
3581:
3579:
3576:
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3569:
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3536:
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3524:
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3513:
3503:
3501:
3491:
3489:
3479:
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3468:
3464:
3462:
3458:
3456:
3452:
3450:
3446:
3444:
3440:
3437:
3433:
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3421:
3419:
3415:
3413:
3409:
3407:
3403:
3401:
3397:
3395:
3391:
3387:
3385:
3381:
3377:
3375:
3371:
3367:
3365:
3361:
3359:
3355:
3353:
3349:
3348:
3337:
3333:
3329:
3324:
3320:
3316:
3313:(42): 58–65.
3312:
3307:
3302:
3298:
3294:
3289:
3285:
3272:
3264:
3260:
3259:
3248:
3243:
3237:
3232:
3226:
3221:
3215:
3213:
3207:
3201:
3196:
3190:
3185:
3179:
3177:
3171:
3169:
3162:
3157:
3151:
3146:
3140:
3135:
3129:
3124:
3118:
3113:
3107:
3102:
3096:
3091:
3083:
3077:
3071:
3069:
3063:
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3015:
3013:
3007:
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2999:
2993:
2987:
2982:
2976:
2971:
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2772:
2765:
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2757:
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2537:
2531:
2530:
2524:
2518:
2511:
2507:
2502:
2495:
2491:
2487:
2483:
2478:
2469:
2460:
2453:
2449:
2445:
2441:
2437:
2432:
2425:
2419:
2413:
2407:
2401:
2395:
2389:
2383:
2377:
2371:
2367:
2361:
2360:
2351:
2350:
2345:
2341:
2337:
2333:
2329:
2325:
2321:
2317:
2313:
2309:
2305:
2301:
2297:
2293:
2289:
2285:
2281:
2278:
2274:
2273:Côte d'Ivoire
2270:
2267:
2263:
2259:
2255:
2251:
2247:
2243:
2239:
2235:
2231:
2227:
2226:Douglas DC-6B
2223:
2222:
2221:
2209:
2205:
2204:San Francisco
2202:
2200:
2196:
2193:
2191:
2187:
2184:
2183:
2182:
2181:United States
2179:
2178:
2175:North America
2168:
2164:
2161:
2160:
2159:
2156:
2152:
2148:
2145:
2144:
2143:
2142:New Caledonia
2140:
2136:
2132:
2129:
2128:
2127:
2124:
2120:
2116:
2113:
2111:
2107:
2104:
2103:
2102:
2099:
2098:
2088:
2084:
2081:
2080:
2079:
2076:
2072:
2069:
2068:
2067:
2064:
2060:
2056:
2053:
2052:
2051:
2048:
2044:
2040:
2037:
2036:
2035:
2032:
2028:
2024:
2021:
2020:
2019:
2016:
2012:
2008:
2005:
2004:
2003:
2000:
1996:
1992:
1989:
1988:
1987:
1984:
1980:
1976:
1973:
1972:
1971:
1968:
1964:
1960:
1957:
1956:
1955:
1952:
1951:
1941:
1937:
1934:
1933:
1932:
1929:
1925:
1921:
1918:
1917:
1916:
1913:
1909:
1905:
1902:
1901:
1900:
1897:
1893:
1889:
1886:
1885:
1884:
1881:
1877:
1873:
1870:
1869:
1868:
1865:
1861:
1857:
1854:
1853:
1852:
1849:
1845:
1841:
1838:
1837:
1836:
1833:
1829:
1825:
1822:
1821:
1820:
1817:
1813:
1809:
1806:
1805:
1804:
1801:
1797:
1793:
1790:
1789:
1788:
1785:
1781:
1777:
1774:
1773:
1772:
1769:
1765:
1761:
1758:
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1749:
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1741:
1740:
1737:
1733:
1729:
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1725:
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1710:
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1705:
1701:
1697:
1694:
1693:
1692:
1689:
1685:
1681:
1678:
1677:
1676:
1675:Côte d'Ivoire
1673:
1669:
1665:
1662:
1661:
1660:
1657:
1653:
1649:
1646:
1645:
1644:
1641:
1637:
1633:
1630:
1629:
1628:
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1621:
1617:
1614:
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1612:
1609:
1605:
1601:
1598:
1597:
1596:
1593:
1589:
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1581:
1580:
1577:
1573:
1569:
1566:
1565:
1564:
1561:
1557:
1553:
1550:
1549:
1548:
1545:
1544:
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1530:
1527:
1526:
1525:
1522:
1518:
1514:
1511:
1507:
1504:
1501:
1497:
1494:
1491:
1487:
1484:
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1482:
1479:
1477:
1473:
1470:
1468:
1464:
1461:
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1455:
1452:
1450:
1446:
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1441:
1437:
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1423:
1420:
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1413:
1404:
1395:
1391:
1386:
1379:
1378:
1370:
1362:
1359:
1358:
1354:
1352:
1349:
1348:
1344:
1342:
1339:
1338:
1334:
1332:
1329:
1328:
1324:
1322:
1319:
1318:
1314:
1311:
1310:
1307:
1300:Fleet in 1986
1297:
1294:
1292:
1288:
1284:
1280:
1276:
1272:
1268:
1264:
1260:
1256:
1246:
1243:
1242:
1238:
1236:
1233:
1232:
1228:
1226:
1223:
1222:
1218:
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1212:
1208:
1206:
1203:
1202:
1198:
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1188:
1186:
1183:
1182:
1178:
1176:
1173:
1172:
1168:
1165:
1164:
1161:
1154:Fleet in 1978
1146:
1143:
1142:
1138:
1136:
1133:
1132:
1128:
1126:
1125:Douglas DC-6B
1123:
1122:
1118:
1116:
1115:Douglas DC-6A
1113:
1112:
1108:
1105:
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4286:Aéropostale
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4104:Air Austral
4090:dependences
3979:Air Corsica
3854:NetherLines
3799:Aéropostale
3779:Air Antwerp
3611:Air Corsica
2288:Brazzaville
2186:Los Angeles
2158:New Zealand
1664:Brazzaville
1600:Ouagadougou
1454:Montpellier
775:Air Afrique
705:liberalised
545:Los Angeles
537:New Zealand
497:Middle East
348:(UAT) with
246:Luc Ragoucy
195:(1990–1992)
187:(1963–1990)
156:(1963–1974)
148:(1974–1992)
4762:Categories
4567:Euroberlin
4472:AlsaceExel
4457:Air Vosges
4452:Air Vendée
4405:Air Orient
4400:Air Moorea
4301:Air Alsace
4291:Aigle Azur
4198:Air Tahiti
4030:French Bee
4025:Finist'air
3984:Air France
3784:Air Orient
3708:Facilities
3682:Air France
3629:Air Tahiti
3563:Air France
3256:References
2484:stood for
2426:route only
2412:Paris Orly
2388:Air France
2344:Neil Peart
2328:registered
2266:Mauritania
2262:Nouadhibou
1787:Mozambique
1776:Nouakchott
1771:Mauritania
1696:Libreville
1390:incomplete
1289:, and one
1263:Boeing 737
966:767-300ERs
940:widebodied
938:long-haul
892:(SAS) and
882:consortium
873:standard.
777:planes at
771:Boeing 747
660:Air Europe
636:profitable
509:South Asia
473:Mozambique
437:anglophone
309:Air France
287:(UAT) and
281:Air France
222:Key people
192:Air France
128:Air France
120:1992-12-18
101:1963-10-01
4662:Point Air
4652:OpenSkies
4507:Blue Line
4467:Airlinair
4447:Air Union
4415:Air Paris
4375:Airlinair
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4296:Air Alpes
4193:Air Moana
4088:Overseas
3900:Ben Smith
3794:Air Inter
3789:Air Union
3692:Transavia
3588:Transavia
3583:Martinair
3500:Companies
3336:1466-8718
3319:2051-1930
3301:0015-3710
2697:8 October
2532:Citations
2510:-200 SUDs
2488:tretched
2446:(CP Air)/
2410:based at
2398:based at
2296:N'Djamena
2284:DC-8-63PF
2277:hijackers
2238:Andalusia
2115:Melbourne
2101:Australia
2078:Sri Lanka
2066:Singapore
1986:Indonesia
1975:Hong Kong
1648:N'Djamena
1445:Marseille
1312:Aircraft
1166:Aircraft
1106:Aircraft
984:Aircraft
868:series 50
864:turbojets
739:corporate
701:Lufthansa
588:France's
580:Hong Kong
533:Australia
525:Singapore
517:Indonesia
477:lusophone
184:Chargeurs
4682:Régional
4672:Pyrénair
4562:Euralair
4512:Brit Air
4311:Air Bleu
4276:AeroLyon
4161:Take Air
4130:Aircalin
4045:Twin Jet
3947:Airlines
3844:KLM Exel
3839:KLM alps
3635:Alitalia
3613:(11.67%)
3512:Aviation
3439:Archived
2870:Archived
2523:767-200s
2442:(BCal),
2422:via the
2346:'s book
2336:airliner
2163:Auckland
2050:Pakistan
2018:Malaysia
1931:Zimbabwe
1904:Kinshasa
1856:Freetown
1808:Windhoek
1744:Lilongwe
1728:Monrovia
1611:Cameroon
1584:Gaborone
1579:Botswana
1529:Valletta
1513:Toulouse
1427:Bordeaux
996:Beech 18
921:747-200s
894:Swissair
871:turbofan
790:Beech 18
781:in 1991.
773:next to
672:monopoly
639:business
576:Canadian
521:Malaysia
465:Zimbabwe
406:Freetown
402:Monrovia
73:Callsign
4642:Minerve
4622:L'Avion
4612:IGavion
4607:Hex'Air
4592:Flywest
4365:Air Lib
4258:Defunct
4240:Ewa Air
4233:Mayotte
4208:Wan Air
4097:Réunion
3958:Current
3745:History
3661:(1.25%)
3655:(7.12%)
3637:(7.08%)
3474:Portals
2234:Granada
2230:crashed
2131:Papeete
2095:Oceania
2083:Colombo
2055:Karachi
1991:Jakarta
1954:Bahrain
1835:Nigeria
1803:Namibia
1723:Liberia
1712:Conakry
1680:Abidjan
1568:Cotonou
1315:Number
1271:Pacific
1169:Number
1109:Number
990:Orders
987:Number
751:Puteaux
676:Minerve
658:-based
628:Papeete
572:British
553:Réunion
501:Bahrain
449:Liberia
445:Nigeria
425:Abidjan
421:African
414:revenue
410:African
372:and 29
366:aircrew
340:in 1969
316:History
118: (
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94:Founded
32:Guinean
4687:Sinair
4015:Amelia
3965:France
3951:France
3873:People
3849:KLM UK
3697:France
3649:(1.5%)
3593:France
3488:France
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2386:after
2303:apart.
2195:Newark
2147:Nouméa
2106:Sydney
2039:Muscat
1959:Manama
1936:Harare
1920:Lusaka
1915:Zambia
1824:Niamey
1792:Maputo
1760:Bamako
1739:Malawi
1707:Guinea
1632:Bangui
1616:Douala
1552:Luanda
1547:Angola
1541:Africa
1463:Nantes
1422:France
1416:Europe
1360:Total
1285:, one
1281:, one
1244:Total
1144:Total
1086:Total
932:Airbus
905:Boeing
769:A UTA
737:UTA's
729:(EU).
692:Newark
665:merger
647:unions
604:A UTA
541:Tahiti
495:, the
469:Angola
461:Zambia
457:Malawi
378:livery
332:A UTA
277:France
216:France
4656:Level
4532:CIDNA
4522:CFRNA
4266:Aeris
4054:Cargo
4008:Minor
3972:Major
3824:AirUK
3667:(20%)
3619:(20%)
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2362:Notes
2332:Niger
2312:press
2256:, to
2254:Spain
2240:, in
2007:Tokyo
2002:Japan
1899:Zaïre
1840:Lagos
1819:Niger
1691:Gabon
1659:Congo
1563:Benin
1524:Malta
1481:Paris
962:300ER
947:A340s
878:DC-10
761:Fleet
747:Paris
632:lobby
549:Japan
493:Malta
485:Libya
441:Ghana
398:Accra
394:Lagos
212:Paris
4617:Joon
4482:Aria
3864:Joon
3829:Buzz
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3631:(7%)
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3297:ISSN
3284:help
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2699:2007
2450:and
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2260:(as
2034:Oman
1948:Asia
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384:and
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