Transadriatica (Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea Transadriatica)

Transadriatica (Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea Transadriatica) was formed in 1925. SAM purchased Transadriatica on 23Dec1931 [Ala Littoria was founded in 1923 as AERO EXPRESSO ITALIANA. In 1934, the airline merged with NAVIGAZIONE AEREA – SANA, SISA ( Società Italiana Servizi Aerei) and SAM (Società Aerea Mediterranea), the pre-war national airline of Italy. In 1935, SOCIETA ADRIA AERO LLOYD in Albania (then de facto an Italian colony) and NORD AFRICA AVIAZIONE, operating in the Italian colonies of Libya were integrated in. The airline was used by the Italian military at the start of World War II and ceased operations]