{"id":10840428,"date":"2026-08-09T16:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/breguet-763-deux-ponts-double-decker-airliner-air-france\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:33:37","slug":"breguet-763-deux-ponts-double-decker-airliner-air-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/breguet-763-deux-ponts-double-decker-airliner-air-france\/","title":{"rendered":"France Built a Double-Decker Airliner in 1953"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Everyone remembers the Airbus A380 as the great double-decker of the skies. Almost nobody remembers that France built one two generations earlier. In 1953, Air France put into service a broad-shouldered, four-engined airliner with two full passenger decks and a lift between them &mdash; the Breguet 763 Provence, known to all simply as the Deux-Ponts: the &ldquo;Two Decks.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Breguet 763 &ldquo;Provence&rdquo; &mdash; double-deck airliner<\/li><li><strong>Prototype first flight:<\/strong> Br.761, February 1949<\/li><li><strong>Air France service:<\/strong> from 10 March 1953 (Lyon&ndash;Algiers)<\/li><li><strong>Capacity:<\/strong> up to 107 passengers, over two decks, with an internal lift<\/li><li><strong>Engines:<\/strong> four Pratt &amp; Whitney R-2800 radials<\/li><li><strong>Built:<\/strong> only about 20 aircraft<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HJdXYMP77Y\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Two decks, in the age of the propeller<\/h2><p>Breguet began sketching the double-decker in 1944, before the war had even ended, and the prototype Br.761 first flew at Villacoublay in February 1949. The definitive Br.763 followed, entering Air France service on 10 March 1953 with an inaugural run from Lyon to Algiers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Inside, it was genuinely a two-storey aircraft: up to 107 passengers, 59 on the upper deck and 48 on the lower, connected by an internal elevator. Four big Pratt &amp; Whitney R-2800 radials, built under licence by SNECMA, cruised it along at around 240 mph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1545573642  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:6ze3.cb8e\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/breguet-763-provence-air-france-double-deck.jpg\" alt=\"Air France Breguet 763 Provence double-deck airliner\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An Air France Breguet 763 &ldquo;Provence&rdquo; &mdash; a genuine double-decker, half a century before the A380. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;[It] had capacity for up to 107 passengers and an elevator between the two floors.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Aviation historians<\/strong> &mdash; on the Provence<\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Workhorse of the Mediterranean<\/h2><p>Air France flew the Deux-Ponts mainly on its Mediterranean network from Paris &mdash; Algiers, Corsica, North Africa &mdash; and occasionally across to London. That cavernous twin-deck fuselage made it a natural freighter, too: some flew with cargo on the lower deck and passengers above. Air Alg\u00e9rie operated the type, and the French Air Force took a militarised version.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gyWKZoXyDAY\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>&ldquo;The Breguet 761, 763 and 765 are a family of French double-deck transport aircraft, normally called the Deux-Ponts (Double-Decker), although this was not an official name.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Aviation reference<\/strong> &mdash; on the family<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=463088137  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:6ze3.cb8e\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/breguet-765-sahara-military-transport.jpg\" alt=\"Breguet 765 Sahara military transport\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The military Breguet 765 Sahara served the French Air Force as a rugged transport into the 1970s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The soldier and the sunset<\/h2><p>The military Br.765 Sahara soldiered on with the Arm\u00e9e de l&rsquo;Air well into the 1970s, hauling freight across France&rsquo;s far-flung commitments. But the airliner had arrived just as the jet age was dawning. Only around twenty Deux-Ponts were ever built, and faster, pressurised jets soon made the stately piston double-decker obsolete. It retired quietly, and France&rsquo;s first double-decker slipped from memory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OXomLmCp_d4\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p>Half a century before the A380 boarded travellers on two levels, a French airliner was already doing exactly that over the Mediterranean. The Deux-Ponts was never a commercial triumph &mdash; but it was an idea far ahead of its runway.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px\">Sources: Vintage Aviation News; Simple Flying; aviafrance; Wikipedia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/dead-a380-superjumbos-spare-parts-goldmine\/\">Dead A380 Superjumbos: Aviation\u2019s Hidden Goldmine<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/blohm-voss-bv-238-largest-axis-flying-boat\/\">The Biggest Plane the Axis Ever Built<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/junkers-g38-airliner-passengers-inside-the-wing\/\">The Airliner You Boarded Inside the Wing<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone remembers the Airbus A380 as the great double-decker of the skies. 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