Rare French poster for the "T.A.I." (Intercontinental Air Transport) showing a Douglas DC-4E.
The TAI company began as a charter airline in June 1946 in association with the Messageries Maritime Shipping Company. In 1947 TAI flews to Africa, the main destination was Madagascar. In the fifties, the TAI fleet was composed of Douglas DC-3s, DC-4s and DC-6s.
New routes were:
* Paris - Tunis - Damascus - Karachi - Bangkok - Saigon - Hanoi,
* Paris - Algiers - Fort Lamy (now N'Djamena) - Douala - Brazzaville - Tananarive,
* Paris - Casablanca - Bamako - Abidjan, and Paris - Casablanca - Bamako - Dakar.
In 1956, they extended to Australia and New Caledonia.
In October 1963, TAI merged with UAT (Union Aeromaritime de Transport) to form UTA (Union de Transports Aériens).
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