Société Générale des Transports Aériens

Société Générale des Transports Aériens
Founded	8 February 1919
Ceased operations	19 May 1933
Operating bases	Toussus-le-Noble, Yvelines, France
Destinations	Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom Bruxelles 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

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.

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.

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 F-ADFN was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Saint-Louis Senegal to Pernambuco, Brazil. Both crewmen were killed.[1]

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

References

"FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211" (PDF). Air Britain. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

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[AB-1] "FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211" (PDF). Air Britain. Retrieved 8 March 2011.