Brit Air

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Brit Air
IATA
DB		 ICAO
BZH		 Callsign
Brit Air [1]
Founded 1973
Hubs Lyon Saint-Exupéry
Paris Orly
Paris Charles de Gaulle
Frequent flyer program Flying Blue
Member lounge Departures Lounge
Alliance SkyTeam
Fleet size 44
Destinations 29
Parent company Air France-KLM
Headquarters Morlaix, France
Key people
Website: http://www.airfrance.com
Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER
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Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100ER
For the main airline of the United Kingdom, see British Airways

Brit Air (IATA: DB, ICAO: BZH, and Callsign: Brit Air) is an airline based at Morlaix, Brittany, France. It is a regional airline operating scheduled services as an Air France franchise. It has hubs at Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS), Paris Orly (ORY), and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).

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[edit] History

The airline was established in 1973 and started operations in 1975. It was founded to provide services for business executives from western France, and introduced regular flights to London Gatwick in 1979. On 1 December 1995, Brit Air signed a franchising agreement with Air France Europe. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France in October 2000. It employs 1,226 staff.

[edit] Services

Main article: Brit Air destinations

[edit] Fleet

The Brit Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) [2] :

Brit Air average fleet age is 8.6 years old in July 2006.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Airline Codes
  2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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