(formally, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale) was a pioneering aviation company, which operated from 1918 to 1933. It was founded in 1918 in Toulouse, France, as Société des lignes Latécoère, also known as Lignes Aeriennes Latécoère or simply "The Line" (La ligne). See C.G.E.A. (‘Lignes Aériennes Latécoère’).