Air Orient

Air Orient (Ligne d'Air Orient)

Founded	1929, France
Commenced operations	1929, France
Ceased operations	7 October 1933 (1933-10-07) (merged with Air Union, Aéropostale, CFRNA and SGTA to form Air France)
Operating bases	Paris–Le Bourget Airport
Headquarters	2 rue Marbeuf, Paris, France
Key people	Ernest Roume (1858-1941) - Chairman Maurice Noguè - Managing Director

Air Orient was an airline based in France. Created in 1929 from the merger of Air Asie (c. 1928) and Air Union Lignes d’Orient (c. 1927 – renamed from Messageries Transaeriennes 1923), the short lived airline was merged with Air France on 7 October 1933.

Destinations

The airline connected France and parts of Europe to the Middle East and Far East, many of which were French colonial outposts:

• France – Paris, Lyon, Marseille
• Great Britain – London
• Italy – Naples
• Greece – Corfu, Athens
• Lebanon – Beirut
• Syria – Damascus, Aleppo
• Iraq – Baghdad
• Persia – Bushehr (Bouchir), Jask (Djask)
• India – Allahabad, Karachi, Jodhpur, Calcutta
• Siam – Bangkok
• Burma – Rangoon, Akyab
• Indochina – Saigon

Fleet

• Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine CAMS 53 seaplanes - 2
• SPCA Météore 63 – 3 from Air Union Lignes d’Orient
• Farman F.190

Code data

• IATA Code: UT
• ICAO Code: ORT
• Callsign: Air Orient