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| Founded | 1995 (Société de Transport Aérien Régional SA) | |||
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| Operating bases | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 9 | |||
| Destinations | 53 | |||
| Parent company | XL Leisure Group (?-2008) Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank (2008-present) |
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| Headquarters | Continental Square II Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Tremblay-en-France, France |
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| Key people | Laurent Magnin (CEO) | |||
| Website | www.xlairways.fr | |||
XL Airways France is a French airline with its head offices on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France. It operates scheduled flights mainly to long-haul destinations in Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean as well as charter flights to medium-haul destinations in the Mediterranean, usually out of Charles de Gaulle Airport.
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Formed as Star Airlines (abrreviation for Société de Transport Aérien Régional) in 1995 by Cédric Pastour,[1] the airline was previously owned by Transat A.T., before being sold to and taken over by XL Leisure Group. On 23 November 2006 the airline changed its name to XL Airways France.[2] The owning group went bankrupt on 12 September 2008,[3] but the airline was saved as it was acquired by Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank on the same day, along with its German sister company XL Airways Germany.[4]
As of May 2011, the XL Airways France fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 9.6 years:[5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers (BusinessA/Economy) |
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| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | 180 (0/180) |
| Airbus A330-200 | 2 | 364 (21/343) |
| Boeing 737-800 | 5 | 189 (0/189) |
| Total | 9 |
A:^ The business class onboard some XL Airways France aircraft is dubbed "Galaxie Class".
XL Airways's head office is in the Bâtiment Mars in Continental Square II on the grounds of Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France, France.[6][7][8]
The airline's head office was originally in the Immeuble Horizon facility in Noisy-le-Grand,[9] in the Marne-la-Vallée development. Cédric Pastrour, the founder of the airline, said that the company chose the Noisy site because the airline did not yet know which airport, Charles de Gaulle Airport or Orly Airport, would serve as the airline's base, and that the Noisy site was equidistant to both airports. Pastour added that the Noisy site had access to the A4 and the A86 autoroutes and was close to the Francilienne, and that the costs in the Noisy area were lower than the costs in the airport area.[10]
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