Union des Transports Aériens
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| Founded | 1 October 1963 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 18 December 1992 (merged with Air France) | ||||||
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Paris Le Bourget Airport (1963–1974) Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (1974–1992) |
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| Fleet size | 14 aircraft (2 Boeing 747-400, 3 Boeing 747-300, 2 Boeing 747-200B Combi, 2 Boeing 747-200F, 5 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30) (as of 18 December 1992) |
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| Destinations |
Europe (France), North Africa (Libya), West Africa (except Senegal), Southern Africa, South Africa, Réunion, Middle East (Bahrain and Oman), South Asia (Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore), Far East (Japan), Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, North America (United States - Los Angeles and San Francisco) |
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| Headquarters | 8th arrondissement, Paris | ||||||
| Key people | Antoine Veil, Georges Fayet, Francis Fabre, René Lapautre, Edmond Braure, Pierre Chagniot, Luc Ragoucy, Dominique Gretz, Jean Claude Revil , Marie-Line Cabrera |
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Union de Transports Aériens (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.
UTA was formed in 1963 as a result of a merger between Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI). The airline was a subsidiary of Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis, the French shipping line founded and controlled by the Fabre family. During the post-World War II era, Francis Cyprien Fabre was the President of Chargeurs Réunis. Francis Fabre was also the founder of the original pre-war Aéromaritime and UTA's chairman from 1969 until 1981. Chargeurs Réunis held a 62.5% stake in UTA.
UTA's corporate head office was located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The company's main operating and engineering base was originally located at Paris Le Bourget Airport. In 1974, the firm moved its main operating and engineering base to the then new Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) near the northern Paris suburb of Roissy-en-France.
In 1966, UTA established a subsidiary company named Compagnie Aéromaritime d'Affrètement to give it a foothold in the rapidly growing passenger and cargo charter markets. UTA's charter subsidiary traded as Aéromaritime. Aéromaritime operated Airbus Industrie's Super Guppies (outsize Boeing Stratocruiser conversions) from 1971 until 1989 to airlift early-model Airbus airliner sections from Airbus's and third-party supplier plants in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain to the consortium's main plant in Toulouse, where final assembly took place.
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