CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; ; ) was a French–Romanian airline, founded on 1 January 1920. Its name changed on 1 January 1925 to CIDNA ("The International Air Navigation Company"; ).Damien Accoulon, "Construire l’alliance aéronautique en Europe médiane (1919-1932)", 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire, n°152, 2021/4, pp.15-33, https://doi.org/10.3917/vin.152.0015
Using French-built Potez aircraft, the company provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from Paris to Bucharest, via Strasbourg, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. As such, CFRNA was the first operative transcontinental airline in the history of aviation. The company also made the first passenger international night flight, between Belgrade and Bucharest in 1923. In 1925 CIDNA opened the first domestic Romanian route Bucharest – Galați, followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to Iași and Chișinău and to Bălți.
In 1930, the Romanian arm adopted the name (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat – Romanian Airlines Operated by the State).
The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of Air France on 7 October 1933.
Aircraft
TypePassengersTotal numberAero A.3882Bernard 190T88Blériot-SPAD S.3315Blériot-SPAD S.46538Blériot-SPAD S.564 or 613Caudron C.6186Fokker F.VII8Farman F.1904Potez SEA VII225Potez IX4Potez 2951Potez 324Salmson 2 A.21
References
External links CFRNA CIDNA - Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne History of Aviation in Romania The Story of the Orient Arrow