List of airlines of France

This is a list of active/operating airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile,[1] the Civil Aviation Authority of France.

List of active/operating airlines of France[1]
Airline Headquarters Aircraft type
Aigle Azur France Tremblay-en-France medium-haul, long-haul
Air Austral Réunion Saint-Denis long-haul, medium-haul, regional
Air Calédonie New Caledonia Nouméa regional
Air Calédonie International New Caledonia Nouméa long-haul, medium-haul, regional
Air Caraïbes Guadeloupe Les Abymes long-haul, medium-haul, regional
Air Corsica France Ajaccio
Air France France Roissy-en-France freight, long-haul, medium-haul
Air Guyane Express France Cayenne regional
Air Méditerranée France Le Fauga medium-haul
Air Saint-Pierre Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon regional
Air Tahiti French Polynesia Papeete regional
Air Tahiti Nui French Polynesia Papeete long-haul
Atlantique Air Assistance France La Chevrolière regional
Avdef France Nimes regional
Chalair Aviation France Carpiquet regional
Compagnie Aerienne Inter Regionale Express (CAIRE)
(Air Antilles Express & Air Guyane Express) 		French Guiana Matoury regional
Corsair International France Rungis long-haul
Europe Airpost France Villepinte medium-haul
Finist'air France Guipavas regional
Héli Sécurité France Grimaud helicopters
Hex'Air France Loudes regional
HOP! (Airlinair & Brit Air & Regional) France Rungis regional
IGavion France Dole Tavaux regional
La Compagnie France Paris long-haul
OpenSkies (ex-L'Avion) France Wissous long-haul
Oya Vendée Hélicoptères France L'Île-d'Yeu helicopters
Pan Europeenne France Viviers-du-Lac regional
St-Barth Commuter Saint Barthélemy Saint-Barthélemy regional
Transavia France France Paray-Vieille-Poste medium-haul
Twinjet France Aix en Provence regional
XL Airways France France Roissy-en-France long-haul, medium-haul

Defunct airlines

This is a list of now defunct airlines from France.

AIRLINE IATA ICAO CALLSIGN COMMENCED OPERATIONS CEASED OPERATIONS NOTES
Aelis Air Service - - -
Aéris SHAIS - 1999 2003
Aero Services Corporate CJE - 2001 2007
AéroLyon 4QAEY - 1996 2001
Air Atlantique (France) V6APB - 1963 2004
Air Caraïbes Express OGGWX - 2006
Air Charter International) SFACF - 1996 1999Aéromaritime International (1966-1991) merged into Air Charter International
Air Guadeloupe - 1970 2000Rebranded as Air Caraïbes
Air Horizons RNEUH - 2004 2005Rebranded from Euralair (1962-2004)
Air Jet V6AIJ - 1974 2003
Air Littoral FULIT - 1972 2004Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc (1988-1988) merged into Air Littoral
Air Turquoise RTRTQ - 2005 2006
AirLib IJLIB - 2001 2003AOM French Airlines (1992-2001) merged into AirLib Air Liberté (1988-2001) merged into AirLib
AlsaceExel - 2004 2005
Alsair LSR - 2002 2007
Alsavia XG - 1991 1999
ALTA - Air Limousin Transport Aérien QDLMT - 1979 1989
BelAir - Ile de France BLFBR - 1994 2000
Blue Line (airline) 4YBLE - 2002 2010
Champagne Airlines CPH - 1998 2006
Continent Air Paris CBD - 1995 1998
Crossair Europe QEECC - 1998 2006
EAS European Airlines EYEVT - 1962 1995
Euroberlin France EEEEB - 1988 1995
EuroJet Airline - 2002 2004
FlyWest - 2004 2005
Kymair V4KYN - 1986 2000
New Axis Airways 9XAXY - 2001 2009Rebranded from Axis Airways (2000-2009)
Noor Airways - 2009 2010Rebranded from Eagle Aviation Europe (2009-2009)
Occitania Jet Fleet OJF - 1997 2004
Octavia Airlines O4OCN - 2001 2005
Strategic Airlines (France) EFSTZ - 2009 2010
Sud Airlines SDU - 2003 2006
TEA France FNTFR - 1989 1995
West-Air.fr P3FWA - 2002 2004Rebranded from Air Provence (1985-2002)

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liste des transporteurs aériens français exploitant des aéronefs de plus de 19 sièges et ou des lignes régulières au 13-07-2012" (PDF) (in French). Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. 13/07/12. Retrieved 01-02-2014. Check date values in: |date=, |accessdate= (help)