Air Corsica
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Founded |
1989 (as Compagnie Corse Mediterranee) 2000 (as CCM Airlines) | |||
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Commenced operations | 2010 | |||
Hubs | Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport | |||
Secondary hubs |
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Fleet size | 10 | |||
Destinations | 17 | |||
Parent company | Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, Air France-KLM | |||
Headquarters | Ajaccio, Corsica, France | |||
Website | aircorsica.com |
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Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M., trading as Air Corsica (formerly CCM Airlines), is a French regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Ajaccio – Campo dell'Oro Airport (Napoleon Bonaparte Airport) in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.[1] It operates passenger services from Corsica to continental France. Its main base is Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport, with hubs at Figari Sud-Corse Airport, Bastia - Poretta Airport and Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport.[2]
History
The airline was established as Compagnie Corse Mediterranee on 1 January 1989 and started services in June 1990. It changed its name to CCM Airlines in November 2000 and to Air Corsica in October 2010. A partnership with Air France has been developed and the network expanded.
The airline is owned by Collectivité Territoriale de Corse (60.37%), Air France (11.94%), Crédit Agricole (7.55%), SNCM (6.68%) and the remainder with 6 smaller investors. It has 653 employees (at March 2007).[2]
Destinations
Air Corsica operates the following services (at May 2013):
- Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris-Orly, Clermont-Ferrand, Milan, Nantes, Toulouse, Rome, Dole, Liège
Fleet
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers | Routes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 5 | 0 | 180 | Marseille, Paris and seasonal routes |
ATR 72-500 | 6 | 0 | 70 | Ajaccio, Bastia to Marseille or Nice Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari to Lyon |
On 14 June 2005 the airline agreed the purchase of 6 new ATR 72–500 aircraft to replace ATR 72–200, in a contract worth over $100 million. Deliveries took place between late 2005 and mid 2007, with the aircraft being operated under an Air France-KLM franchise on services from the four Corsican airports to Lyon, Marseille and Nice.[4]
Partnerships
Commercial
Air Corsica operates certain flights as a franchise for Air France and Alitalia.[5]
IT systems
Air Corsica outsources its Passenger Service System, which manages reservations, inventory and pricing to Amadeus using the Altéa system.
References
- ↑ "Relations Clientèle." CCM Airlines. Retrieved on 12 February 2010. "Siège social de CCM Aéroport Napoléon Bonaparte BP 505 – 20186 AJACCIO CEDEX "
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 62.
- ↑ Air Corsica official fleet page
- ↑ Air International, July 2005
- ↑ Air Corsica to Start Corsica – Rome Service Jun–Sep 2012 with Alitalia
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to CCM Airlines. |
- Official website (French)
- Official website (English) (Archive)
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