CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; french: Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne; ro, Compania franco-română de navigație aeriană) was a

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airline,

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on 1 January 1920. Its name changed on 1 January 1925 to CIDNA ("The International Air Navigation Company"; french: Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne). Using French-built Potez aircraft, the company provided passenger, mail and cargo transportation, by air, from Paris to Bucharest, via

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, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. As such, CFRNA was the first operative

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airline in the history of aviation. The company also made the first passenger international night flight, between

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and Bucharest in 1923. In 1925 CIDNA opened the first domestic Romanian route Bucharest –

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, followed, from 24 June 1926, by an extended service to

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and

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and to Bălți. In 1930, the Romanian arm adopted the name (''Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat'' – ''State-Run Romanian Air Lines''), which further became TAROM. The company ceased to exist when it became one of the constituting companies of Air France on 7 October 1933.

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Defunct airlines of France Defunct airlines of Romania Airlines established in 1920 Airlines disestablished in 1933 French companies established in 1920 {{Romania-transport-stub