CIDNA

Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne
IATA code :	-
ICAO code :	-
Call sign :	-
Founding:	1920
Operation stopped:	1933
Seat:	Paris , France
Home airport :	Le Bourget Airport
Management:	Pierre Claret de Fleurieu
Fleet size:
Aims:
Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne ceased operations in 1933. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

CFRNA or CIDNA was a Franco-Romanian airline that operated the flight connections between France and Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans from 1920 to 1933 . The full company was Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne ( French ) or Compania Franco-Română de Navigație Aeriană ( Romanian , French-Romanian airline ), since 1925 - Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne or Compania Internațională De Navigație Aeriană (International Air Transport Company ) .

history

The company, which was founded on January 1, 1920, opened a connection between Paris and Prague via Strasbourg in the year it was founded and on July 7, 1920 received a concession for the branch line between Prague and Warsaw . The latter line was only opened on April 12, 1921 due to the war . By 1923, the main route via Bucharest was extended to Istanbul and a variant via Sofia was added later. There were also stopovers at the Fürth-Atzenhof airfield and later in Breslau ( Kleingandau airfield ).

On January 1, 1925, the company was renamed CIDNA, as the goals have branched far beyond the original connection. In 1930 the internal Romanian connections were spun off into the LARES company . On October 7, 1933, CIDNA merged into the newly founded Air France .

aims

In 1921, CFRNA operated a route Paris - Strasbourg - Prague - Warsaw (and back). There were flights in both directions every day except Sunday with departure (in Paris and Warsaw) at 8:00 a.m. and arrival at 7:30 p.m.

CIDNA recently flew the following routes:

• The main route, which was served every day except Sunday: Paris - Strasbourg - Nuremberg - Prague - Vienna - Budapest - Belgrade - Bucharest
  • The Bucharest - Istanbul section was only served on Tuesday
• Three branches, on 1-3 days of the week:
  • Prague - Warsaw
  • Belgrade - Sofia
  • Belgrade - Skopje - Salonika - Athens

fleet

During the 13th anniversary of CFRNA / CIDNA, their fleet comprised very different types of aircraft, most of them French makes:

• Aero A.38
• Bernard 190 T
• Blériot-SPAD page 33
• Blériot-SPAD page 46
• Blériot-SPAD page 66
• Farman F.60
• Farman F.70
• Fokker F.VII / 3m
• Potez VII
• Potez IX
• Potez 29
• Potez 32
• Salmson 2A2

See also

• Former Airlines List (Europe)

literature

• Mieczysław Mikulski, Andrzej Glass: Polski transport lotniczy 1918–1978 . Warsaw 1980, p. 38-42, 341 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ L'Epopée de la Franco-Roumaine
2. ↑ Flight plan of the CFRNA from approx. 1921
3. ^ CIDNA flight plan from 1933