CFRNA
| Company type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Airline |
| Founded | 1 January 1920 |
| Fate | Merged to form Air France |
| Successor | Air France |
Area served | France, Romania, Central Europe |
| Products | Passenger, mail, and freight air services |
CFRNA (Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne) was an airline jointly established by France and Romania on 1 January 1920. It underwent a name change to CIDNA (Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne) on 1 January 1925.
Operating with French-manufactured Potez planes, CFRNA provided services for passengers, mail, and freight along the route from Paris to Bucharest, with stops in Strasbourg, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest. This operation represented the inaugural transcontinental airline route. In 1923, the company achieved the milestone of conducting the first international nighttime passenger flight between Belgrade and Bucharest. By 1925, CIDNA introduced Romania's initial domestic air connection between Bucharest and Galați, subsequently expanding its network by June 1926 to include Iași, Chișinău, and Bălți.
The Romanian branch was rebranded as LARES (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat) in 1930, which later developed into TAROM. On 7 October 1933, the airline combined forces with Air Orient, Air Union, Aéropostale, and SGTA to create Air France.
Aircraft
| Model | Seating Capacity | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Aero A.38 | 8 | 2 |
| Bernard 190T | 8 | 8 |
| Blériot-SPAD S.33 | 1 | 5 |
| Blériot-SPAD S.46 | 5 | 38 |
| Blériot-SPAD S.56 | 4 or 6 | 13 |
| Caudron C.61 | 8 | 6 |
| Fokker F.VII | 8 | |
| Farman F.190 | 4 | |
| Potez SEA VII | 2 | 25 |
| Potez IX | 4 | |
| Potez 29 | 5 | 1 |
| Potez 32 | 4 | |
| Salmson 2 A.2 | 1 |