Union de Transports Aériens
Union de Transports Aériens, was a private independent airline in France that operated from 1963 until it merged with Air France in 1992. UTA was formed by the merger of Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI). UTA was the largest wholly privately owned, independent airline in France. It was also the second-largest international, as well as the second principal intercontinental, French airline and a full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) since its inception.
The former head office in central Paris
A UTA Douglas DC-8 at Sydney Airport in 1969
A UTA Boeing 747-400 in the early 1990s
A UTA Boeing 747 next to Air Afrique planes at Paris-Charles de Gaulle in 1991.
Air France, stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. It is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance. As of 2013, Air France serves 29 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 201 destinations in 78 countries and also carried 46,803,000 passengers in 2019. The airline's global hub is at Charles de Gaulle Airport with Orly Airport as the primary domestic hub. Air France's corporate headquarters, previously in Montparnasse, Paris, are located at the Roissypôle complex on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport, north of Paris.
The inauguration of the Aérogare des Invalides on 21 August 1951
1936 Air France ad for service using Potez 62 twin-engine aircraft
An Air France Douglas DC-3 at Manchester Airport in 1952
A Lockheed Super Constellation of Air France at Heathrow Airport in April 1955