Air Atlantique
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For the French airline of the same name, see Air Atlantique (France).
Air Atlantique is an airline based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It operates charter flights throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as a wet lease operation using ATR 42 and other aircraft. Its main base is Coventry Airport.
Scheduled services between London Stansted and Jersey are operated by subsidiary Atlantic Air Transport using the trading name Atlantic Express.
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[edit] History
The airline was established and started operations in 1969 as General Aviation Services in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Air Atlantique name was adopted in June 1977 when charter flights were launched with Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The airline moved to its present base in Coventry in December 1985. Atlantic Airlines, which previously operated all airline activities for the Atlantic Holdings group (owners of Air Atlantique), was subject to a management buy-out in July 2004 and now operates as an independent company.
The group operates a number of historic aircraft as the Air Atlantique Classic Flight.
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The Air Atlantique fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006):
