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engine, and made the trip in three hours and fifty six minutes. CGT then began weekly return flights between London to Paris from April to
October each year. They carried mail and small items such as catalogs and pieces of machinery. On 22 March 1913 GGT started the world's first scheduled
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539:"150E ANNIVERSAIRE D'ARCACHON – UN FUNICULAIRE À DEUX CLASSES"
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and, for the first time in the world, airplanes. The engineer
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30:1920 Compagnie Générale Transaérienne timetable
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99:Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes
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319:Compagnie générale transsaharienne
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731:Meyniel, Stéphanie (2011-04-12).
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150:Compagnie générale transaérienne
118:Compagnie générale transaérienne
18:Compagnie générale transaérienne
1668:Airlines disestablished in 1921
1617:Union Aéromaritime de Transport
785:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
584:Hartmann, Gérard (2006-11-14).
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951:Airbus Transport International
783:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
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692:(in French). Musée Air France
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624:. Air France. Archived from
605:"Les avions Nieuport-Delage"
537:Dubroca, Jean (2014-07-20).
482:In The Beginning, Air France
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1627:Union de Transports Aériens
787:. London: Studio Editions.
640:Lagrande, L. (1910-08-14).
154:Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
72:Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
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930:Pan Européenne Air Service
603:Hartmann, Gérard (2006b).
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365:L'histoire d'Air France
246:Lignes Aériennes Farman
1492:Grands Express Aériens
1327:Air Transport Pyrénées
1211:Air Champagne Ardennes
767:Rooss, Gérard (2014).
754:Cite journal requires
710:. Éditions Chronique.
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283:). CGT acquired seven
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1602:TAT European Airlines
1442:Eagle Aviation France
1226:Air France Asie Cargo
881:Corsair International
557:Ferry, Vital (2005).
261:Louis Charles Breguet
1310:Air Provence Charter
1107:French North America
218:Astra CM Hydro-avion
109:Mail, parcel service
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1467:Europe Aéro Service
1447:EAS Europe Airlines
1367:AOM French Airlines
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205:Issy-les-Moulineaux
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1067:Air Guyane Express
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622:"In The Beginning"
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263:, Louis Blériot,
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