Airlinair

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Airlinair
IATA ICAO Callsign
AN RLA AIRLINAIR
Founded1998 (1998)
Commenced operationsMay 1999 (1999-05)
Ceased operationsMarch 2017 (2017-03)
(merged with Brit Air and Régional to form Air France Hop)
Operating bases
Frequent-flyer programFlying Blue
HeadquartersRungis, France
Key peopleLionel Guérin, CEO
Websitewww.hop.com
An Airlinair ATR 42-500 at Stuttgart Airport (2006).
An Airlinair ATR 42-500 in Air France livery at Paris Orly (2011).

Société Airlinair, simply known as Airlinair, was a French regional airline based in Rungis, France,[1] operating scheduled regional flights (some of which were on behalf of Air France), and aircraft lease services.[2] The airline has set up bases at Paris-Orly Airport and Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. As an Air France regional partner, it also offered flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

Airlinair, along with Régional and Brit Air, was fully merged into HOP! in 2017 after a year of negotiations.[3]

History[edit]

The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in May 1999. It was founded by four principal shareholders including Lionel Guérin and is owned by private investors (80.5%) and Brit Air (19.5%).[2]

Since 31 March 2013, all Airlinair flights have been operated under the name HOP!, Air France's regional brand.[4]

Airlinair ceased all flight operations in March 2017 after its merger in HOP!.[3][5]

Destinations[edit]

As of 30 March 2013, Airlinair operates scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:[6]

City Airport Notes
Agen Agen La Garenne Airport
Ajaccio Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
Aurillac Aurillac – Tronquières Airport
Brive-la-Gaillard Brive–Souillac Airport
Caen Caen - Carpiquet Airport Operated by Chalair
Castres Castres–Mazamet Airport
Lannion Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport
La Rochelle La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport
Limoges Limoges – Bellegarde Airport
Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Base
Paris Orly Airport Base
Poitiers Poitiers–Biard Airport
Toulouse Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Additionally, the following destinations are served on behalf of Air France:

Country City Airport Notes
France Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
France Limoges Limoges – Bellegarde Airport
France Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Base
France Marseille Marseille Provence Airport
France Montpellier Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
France Paris Orly Airport
Charles de Gaulle Airport Base
France Pau Pau Pyrénées Airport
France Rennes Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport
France Toulouse Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
Germany Cologne Cologne Bonn Airport
Germany Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport
Italy Florence Florence Airport
Italy Milan Milan–Malpensa Airport
United Kingdom Bristol Bristol Airport

Fleet[edit]

As of March 2017, the Airlinair fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7]

Airlinair fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers Notes
ATR 42-500
11
46
ATR 72-500
2
70
ATR 72-600
6
72
Total 19

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Legal Notices Archived 2009-09-20 at the Wayback Machine." Airlinair. Retrieved on 2 June 2009. "24 rue de Villeneuve BP 40 193 - 94563 Rungis Cedex"
  2. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 70.
  3. ^ a b "Air France: les salariés de la filière Hop! poursuivent leur grève, des vols annulés". BFM TV (in French). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Air France va fusionner ses filiales régionales sous la bannière Hop !". Les Echos (in French). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Airlinair timetable". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  7. ^ "Airlinair fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

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