Société Générale des Transports Aériens

The Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) was a French airline founded in 1919. It operated until 1933 when its assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France airline.

Société Générale des Transports Aériens

IATA ICAO Call sign N/A N/A N/A
Founded	8 February 1919 (1919-02-08)
Commenced operations	22 March 1919 (1919-03-22)
Ceased operations	19 May 1933 (1933-05-19) (merged with Air Orient, Air Union, Aéropostale and CFRNA to form Air France)
Operating bases	Toussus-le-Noble, Yvelines, France
Destinations	Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom Brussels Amsterdam Hamburg Copenhagen Berlin Cologne Frankfurt Leipzig Antwerp Ostend and connections to Scandinavia and Russia
Headquarters	167, rue de Silly, Boulogne-Billancourt and, from 1926, 4, rue Edouard-VII, Paris, France
Key people	Henry, Maurice and Dick FARMAN

History

Initially known as the Lignes Aériennes Farman (Farman airlines), the SGTA was created on February 8, 1919, when a Farman F.60 Goliath flew from Toussus-le-Noble to Kenley, near Croydon. The airline was created by the Farman brothers, who also owned the Farman Aviation Works.

It began a weekly service between Paris and Brussels on 22 March 1919, the world's first international commercial aviation service.^[1]

In 1933, all SGTA assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France, and the company ceased to exist.

Accidents and incidents

• On 5 May 1927, Farman F.60 Goliath registered as F-ADFN was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Saint-Louis Senegal to Pernambuco, Brazil. Three crewmen were killed.^[2][3]

Aircraft

The airline operated Farman aircraft exclusively, including these types:

• Farman F.60 Goliath - 12-14 passengers
• Farman F.70 - 4 passengers
• Farman F.121 Jabiru - 9 passengers
• Farman F.170 Jabiru - 8 passengers