Aviation industry. – France intends to give aviation an ever greater development, so that the aeronautical industry can become one of the most important also in the field of exports. The appliance manufacturers that record a significant monthly average activity are: Bréguet, Blériot, Dewoitine, Farman, Nieuport, Potez, Lioré et Olivier, Loire, Gourdou Leseurre, in continuous progress. The impulse to the French aviation industry in the field of export tends to supply aeronautical materials to nations that do not produce them (Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland, etc.). Aircraft engines are mostly built by car companies, among which the most active are: Renault, Hispano-Suiza, Lorraine, Gnome-Rhône and Salmson.
Civil Aviation. – With regard to commercial aviation policy, France has decided to set up three major aviation networks: 1. continental network for connection with the capitals of Europe; 2. Eastern network for air services to the East and the Far East; 3. Western network for lines extending from Marseille to Congo and Madagascar, Morocco, West Africa and South America.
According to Militarynous, air traffic is entrusted to the following companies and related lines: 1. AirUnion: a) Paris-London (375 km.); b) Paris-Lyon-Marseille (730 km.); c) Marseille-Tunis-Bona (1293 km.); d) Lyon-Geneva (113 km.); e) Cherbourg-Basel (735 km.). – 2. Aeropostale general companies: a) France-South America (13,985 km.): Toulouse-Barcelona-Alicante-Tangier-Rabat-Casablanca-Agadir-Cap Juby-Villa Cisneros-Port Étienne-Saint Louis-Dakar-Porto Praya-Noronha-Natal-Recife-Maccio- Bahia-Caravellas-Victoria-Rio de Janeiro-Santos-Florianopolis-Porto Alegre-Pelotas-Montevideo-Buenos Aires-Mendoza-Santiago. The Atlantic crossing from Dakar to Natal is carried out by means of explorers; b) France-Morocco (2555 km.): Bordeaux-Toulouse-Marseille-Barcelona and Toulouse-Barcelona-Alicante-Tangier-Rabat-Casablanca; c) Paris-Madrid, via Biarritz (1200 km.); d) Marseille-Algiers (803 km.). – 3. Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne: a) Paris-Constantinople and branches (4119 Km.): Paris-Strasbourg-Prague-Vienna-Budapest-Belgrade-Bucharest and Constantinople. Branches: Belgrade-Sofia-Constantinople; Prague-Warsaw; b) Paris-Deauville (180 km.); c) Cherbourg-Basel (735 Km.) jointly managed with the Air Union. – 4. Société générale de transports aériens: a) Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam (460 km.); b) Paris-Berlin (888 km., via Cologne); c) Paris-Sarrebruck-Frankfurt-Berlin (985 km.); d) Cologne-Hamburg-Copenhagen-Malmö (670 km., coinciding with the Paris-Berlin line). – 5. Air Orient companies: a) Marseille-Beirut-Baghdād (4099 km.): Marseille-Naples-Corfu-Athens-Castelrosso-Beirut-Damascus-Baghdād; b) Bangkok-Saigon (830 km.). – 6. Société de transports aériens rapides: a) Paris-Geneva (450 km.); b) Paris-Berck (183 km.); c) Paris-Deauville (180 km.); d) Paris-Lympne (283 km.).
Air bases. – The most important air bases in France are: Ajaccio (civil and military seaplane base; ditching area m. 1500 × unlimited; the small workshop; 1 landing field in Campo dell’oro, m. 1500 × × 1250) ; Ambérieu (civil and customs airport; landing area 900 × 600 m ; 1 hangar 80 × 30 m; 1 small workshop); Antibes (seaplane base; ditching area 600 × 600 m, hangars ; workshop); Berre (military seaplane base; ditching area: the entire Berre pond; hangars); Chalon-sur-Saône (private airport; area 1800 × 800 m; hangars ; workshop); Chartres (airfields for airships; area 1000 × 800 m; hangars); Dijon-Longvic (military, civil and customs airport; area 1900 × 800 m; workshop); Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (airport and military seaplane base; area 800 × 400 m; hangars); Lyon-Bron (mixed airport; area 1200 × 950 m; hangars, workshop); Lyon-La Valbonne (military airport; area 1100 × 800 m); Marseille-Marignano (airport and mixed seaplane base; landing area 1000 × 1100 m; ditching area 5000 × 5000 m ; hangars 33 × 42 m; workshop); Metz-Frescaty (military airport; area 1300 × 1000 m; hangars); Montpellier l’Or (private airport; area 750 × 600 m; hangars, workshop); Nîmes-Courbessac (civil airport; area 600 × 700 m; hangar ; workshop); Nizza-La Californie (private airport; area 740 × 180 m; hangar); Paris-Le Bourget-Dugny (mixed airport; area 1800 × 1200 m; workshop and machines for passing pilots; private workshops of airline companies; aerial lighthouse of 80 km. Range; another lighthouse of 40 km; varî hangars of 50 m opening, 36 deep and 15 high); Pau-Pont Long (military airport; area 800 × 500 m; hangars); Perpignan-La Salanque (seaplane base and makeshift camp; ditching area 1200 × 1000 m; landing area 33 x 42 m ; hangar ; workshop); Perpignan Llabanère (civil airport; area 550 x 600 m; hangars ; workshop); Reims (military airport; area 650 × 1350 m; hangars); Romorantin-Pruniers (military airport; area 800 × 800 m; hangars); Saint-Inglevert (civil and customs airport; area 900 × 600 m ; hangars 34 × 30.50 m; workshop); Strasbourg-Entzheim (commercial airport; area 900 × 700 m ; hangars 30 × 33 m; workshop for transit equipment, managed by the Compagnie internationale de navigation aérienne); Toulouse-Montaudran (private airport of the Compagnie générale aéropostale ; area 800 × 250 m; lighthouse 80 km: range; hangars ; workshops); Toulouse-Francazals (civil airport; area 600 × 600 m; hangars of m. 34 × 30; workshop).