The first commercial passenger trans-Atlantic service was by Pan Am in 1939 between NYC & this French port
The first two trips were from Port Washington, Long Island, to Foynes, 
Ireland and ... Air France has had the steamship Carimare cruising between the 
Azores... [DOC] [TLE] Pan American Airways | America by Air [PAR] Founded in 1927, Pan American opened regular commercial service ...