Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Sept 15, 2018 3:16:12 GMT
UTA FRENCH AIRLINES was France´s 2nd internationál airline.
It operated an extensive and almost around the world route network from its Paris/CDG base.
The airline was particularly strong within the African continent (routes to former French colonies), Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the French Pacific territoriers (both New Caledonia and Tahit), and to Los Angeles .... essentially routes not flown, or not flown extensively, by AIR FRANCE .... although commercial arrangements existed between both UTA and AIR FRANCE in respect of services between Paris and US ports (UTA flew to Los Angeles from its Pacific, Australasian, and Asian destinations to connect with AIR FRANCE at Los Angeles for onward services to Paris) and without either airlines routings overlapping the others.
UTA (UNION DE TRANSPORTES AERIENS) was formed through the 1963 merger of UAT (UNION AEROMARITIME DE TRANSPORTES) and TAI (TRANSPORTES AERIENS INTERCONTENENAUX).
AEROMARTIME was established as a UTA subsiduary during the 1980´s in order for the airline to grow, meet competition imposed by Europe's new breed of rapidly expanding and commercially aggressive low cost airlines, and also enable it to compete more effectively with AIR FRANCE following the French governments 1986 decision to relax its former policy of restricting the countries principle airlines (AIR FRANCE, AIR INTER, and UTA) to operating within their own historical spheres of commercial influence, and which had previously prevented direct competition between either airline.
This saw one of the airlines B747-200, B747-300, and DC-10-30 aircraft supporting both "AEROMARITIME" and "UTA" titles during different periods thoughout the late 1980´s. B737-300 and -400 aircraft were acquired to operate the airlnes short-haul European services during the late 1980´s, along as B767-300 aircraft which UTA acquired during 1989 (A340´s were also placed on order for future delivery), each which supported "AEROMARITIME" (only) titles over an otherwise basic UTA identity.
Both UTA FRENCH AIRLINES (along with AIR INTER too) was merged into AIR FRANCE on December 18th 1992 .... and which also saw AIR FRANCE then become a B767-300 operator by default at that time also.
AEROMARITIME/UTA FRENCH AIRLINES DC-10-30 F-BTDE (1989)
"MANY THANKS/MUCHISMAS GRACIAS" to my friend and HJG colleague Camilo LUENGAS for assisting me today in rendering this particular hybrid AEROMARITIME/UTA DC-10-30 subject.
Mark C
BOG/CO
It operated an extensive and almost around the world route network from its Paris/CDG base.
The airline was particularly strong within the African continent (routes to former French colonies), Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and the French Pacific territoriers (both New Caledonia and Tahit), and to Los Angeles .... essentially routes not flown, or not flown extensively, by AIR FRANCE .... although commercial arrangements existed between both UTA and AIR FRANCE in respect of services between Paris and US ports (UTA flew to Los Angeles from its Pacific, Australasian, and Asian destinations to connect with AIR FRANCE at Los Angeles for onward services to Paris) and without either airlines routings overlapping the others.
UTA (UNION DE TRANSPORTES AERIENS) was formed through the 1963 merger of UAT (UNION AEROMARITIME DE TRANSPORTES) and TAI (TRANSPORTES AERIENS INTERCONTENENAUX).
AEROMARTIME was established as a UTA subsiduary during the 1980´s in order for the airline to grow, meet competition imposed by Europe's new breed of rapidly expanding and commercially aggressive low cost airlines, and also enable it to compete more effectively with AIR FRANCE following the French governments 1986 decision to relax its former policy of restricting the countries principle airlines (AIR FRANCE, AIR INTER, and UTA) to operating within their own historical spheres of commercial influence, and which had previously prevented direct competition between either airline.
This saw one of the airlines B747-200, B747-300, and DC-10-30 aircraft supporting both "AEROMARITIME" and "UTA" titles during different periods thoughout the late 1980´s. B737-300 and -400 aircraft were acquired to operate the airlnes short-haul European services during the late 1980´s, along as B767-300 aircraft which UTA acquired during 1989 (A340´s were also placed on order for future delivery), each which supported "AEROMARITIME" (only) titles over an otherwise basic UTA identity.
Both UTA FRENCH AIRLINES (along with AIR INTER too) was merged into AIR FRANCE on December 18th 1992 .... and which also saw AIR FRANCE then become a B767-300 operator by default at that time also.
AEROMARITIME/UTA FRENCH AIRLINES DC-10-30 F-BTDE (1989)
"MANY THANKS/MUCHISMAS GRACIAS" to my friend and HJG colleague Camilo LUENGAS for assisting me today in rendering this particular hybrid AEROMARITIME/UTA DC-10-30 subject.
Mark C
BOG/CO
.... but .... that was perhaps inevitable given the tough industrial climate of the late 1980´s and throughut the 1990´s too