Defunct French Airline, UTA, promotional box. (Union de Transports Aeriens), gift set consisting of the presentation box, a Limoges porcelain plate or ashtray and a purple matchbox with the logo. Very good condition, 3 matches missing. The box measures 18 x 11 x 04 cm. The plate, 8 cm. diameter. Weight, 150 grams. It has on the front, “UTA French Airlines”. On the reverse,“Fabriqué spécialement à P’intention des passagers de la Cie UTA. ANC MANUFACTURE ROYALE “LIMOGES FRANCE”. It was the second most important French airline and was founded in 1963 as a result of the merger between Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT) and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI). UTA was the largest private airline in France and the second largest in the world. Full member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) since its creation. The airline was a subsidiary of Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis, the French shipping line founded and controlled by the Fabre family, which was absorbed by Air France in the early 1990s. (Ceramic figure airplane aviation pilot souvenir vintage collection ornament decoration deco pilot tobacco smoker).