This is a list of defunct airlines of France.[1][2]
For French overseas departments and territories, see the pages of French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in their respective geographical areas.
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||||||
| ACE Transvalair | VY | CHX | CHARTER EXPRESS | 1984 | 1994 | Trading name of ACE-Air Charter Express and Transvalair from Switzerland joint operations Operated Douglas DC-3 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 | ||
| Aelis Air Service | 2004 | 2010 | Charter carrier. Operated Embraer Brasilia[3] | |||||
| Aéris | SH | AIS | FRANCE CHARTER | 1999 | 2003 | Previously Air Toulouse International | ||
| Aéris Express | 2003 | 2003 | Low-cost Aéris subsidiary | |||||
| Aéro Cargo | 1946 | 1952 | Operated extensively in Algeria. Subsidiary of Societé Aigle Azur since March 1950. Flight operations merged to form Aigle Azur Extreme Orient in FRENCH INDOCHINA (Vietnam). Operated AAC-1 (French manufactured Junkers Ju.52), Douglas DC3, Halifax C.VIII[4] | |||||
| Aéro France International | FB | ROF | AIROF | 1978 | 1991 | Operated leased Sud Aviation Caravelle[5] | ||
| Aéro Jets Darta | DRT | DARTA | 197 | 2013 | Operated Beech Super King Air, Beech King Air, Beech Baron, Learjet 23 | |||
| Aéro Services Corporate | CJE | 2001 | 2007 | |||||
| Aéro Services Executive[6][7] | W4 | BES | BIRD EXPRESS | 2000 | 2004 | Operated Dassault Falcons | ||
| Aérolinair | ERN | BLUE HAWK | 2002 | 2015 | Airlinair subsidiary Operated Beech 1900[8] | |||
| AeroLyon | 4Q | AEY | AEROLYON | 1996 | 2002 | |||
| Aéromaritime | QK | QKL | AEROMAR | 1966 | 1992 | UTA-Union de Transports Aériens subsidiary [9] | ||
| Aerope 3S Aviation | OPE | PONTOISAIR | 2001 | 2001 | [10] | |||
| Aéropostale | 1918 | 1933 | Previously Lignes Aériennes Latécoère Merged to form Air France | |||||
| Aérotour | FV | 1976 | 1980 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Boeing 737-200[11] | ||||
| Aigle Azur | 1946 | 1955 | Trading name of Societé Aigle Azur S.A. Relauched in 1977 by Lucas Air Transport/Lucas Aviation | |||||
| Air Alpes | LP | ALP | AIR ALPES | 1962 | 1981 | Merged into TAT-Transport Aérien Transregional (TAT European Airlines) | ||
| Air Alsace | SY | 1962 | 1982 | |||||
| Air Angouleme[12] | AGL | AIR ANGOULEME | 1976 | 2012 | ||||
| Air Anjou Transports[13] | SJ | AIR ANJOU | 1976 | 1980 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner | |||
| Air Aquitaine | AB | 1991 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 310 | ||||
| Air Ardeche | BS | 1985 | 1990 | Operated a Piper PA-31 | ||||
| Air Asie | 1928 | 1929 | Merged with Air Union Lignes d'Orient to form Air Orient | |||||
| Air Atlantique | V6 | APB | CHARENTE | 1963 | 2004 | Previously Air Publicité-Air Atlantique | ||
| Air Bleu | 1935 | 1940 | ||||||
| Air Bretagne | 3E | BRE | BRETAGNE | 1998 | 2001 | Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[14] | ||
| Air Bretagne Centre | 1973 | 1980 | Scheduled routes on a seasonal basis only Operated Aero Commander 500B | |||||
| Air Caen | 1949 | 1987 | Operated De Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide[15] | |||||
| Air Centre | 1964 | 1975 | Operated Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron, Britten-Norman | |||||
| Air Champagne Ardennes | CZ | 1969 | 1974 | Bought by Air Alpes in 1973 and merged in 1974 Operated Beech 99, Cessna 402, Cessna 411[16] | ||||
| Air Charter / Air Charter International | SF | ACF | AIR CHARTER | 1966 | 1998 | Air Charter International trading name until 1984 when it reverted to Air Charter | ||
| Air Cholet | 1970 | 1972 | Operated Cessna 402 | |||||
| Air Continent | 1963 | 1972 | Operated Beech Travel Air, Beech 18S, Cessna 180, Cessna 185, Sud Alouette III[17] | |||||
| Air Corse | DK | ARK | AIR CORSE | 1985 | 1990 | Operated ATR 42 Embraer Bandeirante Fairchild F-27A[18] | ||
| Air Côte-Basque | 1972 | 1973 | Renamed Sud Air Transport. Operated Beech Queen Air[19] | |||||
| Air Côte d'Opale | OPL | OPALE | 1978 | 1996 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec[20] | |||
| Air Dauphiné | 1964 | 1970 | Renamed TAR-Transports Aériens Réunis
Operated Douglas DC-3[21] | |||||
| Air Dieppe | 1972 | 1972 | Operated Piper Aztec[22] | |||||
| Air Entreprise International | KD | AEN | AIR ENTERPRISE | 1969 | 1994 | Operated leased Sud Aviation Caravelle[23] | ||
| Air-Estérel | HC | 1963 | Also known as Transcorse S.A.
Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12, Cessna 180[24] | |||||
| Air Exel France[25] | RF | RXL | AIR EXEL | 1988 | 2005 | Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines in 1992 Restarted own operations in 2004
Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[26] | ||
| Air France Asie | AF | AFR | AIR FRANS | 1994 | 2007 | Air France subsidiary | ||
| Air France Europe | 1996 | 1997 | Formed by the merger of Air France medium-haul operations and Air Inter. Fully merged into Air France[27] | |||||
| Air Horizons | RN | EUH | EURALAIR HORIZONS | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Air Inter | IT | ITF | AIR INTER | 1958 | 1996 | Merged into Air France Europe | ||
| Air Inter Europe | 1996 | 1997 | trading name of Air France Europe | |||||
| Air Jet[28] | V6 | AIJ | AIR JET | 1981 | 2003 | Jet Services Group division Operated BAe 146, Fokker F27, Saab 2000[29] | ||
| Air Languedoc | LX | 1974 | 1978 | Merged operations into TAT Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, DHC-6 Twin Otter[30] | ||||
| Air Liberté[31] & Air Lib | VD | LIB | AIR LIBERTE | 1988 | 2001 | Renamed Air Lib | ||
| Air Limousin | 1967 | 1976 | Merged assets into Air Alpes | |||||
| Air Littoral & Cie. Air Littoral[32] | FU | LIT | AIR LITTORAL | 1972 | 2003 | Merged operations with Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc to form Cie. Air Littoral[33] | ||
| Air Lorient | ALO | 1990 | 1990 | Operated Métro Merlin II and Beech 200[34] | ||||
| Air Lorraine | 1981 | 1981 | ||||||
| Air Méditerranée | ML | BIE | MEDITERRANEE | 1998 | 2016 | Previously Air Midi Bigorre | ||
| Air Midi Bigorre | 1997 | 1998 | Renamed Air Méditerranée | |||||
| Air Nautic | 1958 | 1966 | Previously GECA
Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Vickers VC.1 Viking[35] | |||||
| Air Nolis | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Douglas C-47B[36] | |||||
| Air Normandie | 1949 | 1951 | Based in Caen
Operated Douglas DC 3 | |||||
| Air Normandie (Normandie Aviation) | ID | RNO | NORMANDIE | 1991 | 2001 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air, Cessna 500 Citation[37] | ||
| Air Ocean | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Amiot AAC.1 Toucan[38] | |||||
| Air Open Sky | OPN | AIR SKY | 1998 | 2000 | Operated ATR 42 | |||
| Air Orient | 1929 | 1933 | Merged into Air France | |||||
| 1st Air Ouest | 1956 | 1960 | Operated DH.89 | |||||
| 2nd Air Ouest | OE | 1972 | 1976 | Operated BN-2 Islander[39] | ||||
| Air Outre Mer | QN | AOM | AOM | 1990 | 1992 | Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines | ||
| Air Paris | IO | TAD | 1959 | 1975 | Previously Air Orly. Merged operations into TAT Operated Beech 99 Airliner, de Havilland Heron, DHC-6 Twin Otter[40] | |||
| Air Passaquay | 1972 | 1992 | Operated Cessna 411[41] | |||||
| Air Perigord | 1967 | 1973 | Operated Beech Queen Air, Cessna 172, Piper Aztec[42] | |||||
| Air Poitou-Charentes | 1969 | 1974 | Merged into Touraine Air Transport Operated Beechcraft Baron 55, Cessna 170 | |||||
| Air Provence S.A. | 1975 | 1991 | Renamed Air Provence International[43] | |||||
| Air Provence Charter | LPU | EUROSTAR | 1996 | 1998 | Renamed Virgin Express France in January 1998 | |||
| Air Provence International[44] | DG | APR | AIR PROVENCE | 1991 | 2002 | Previously Air Provence S.A. Renamed Soc. Nouvelle Air Provence. Changed name to West Air France Operated Grumman Gulfstream I, Beech King Air, FH227, HS 748, Caravelle[45] | ||
| Air Rhuys | RC | 1977 | 1978 | Operated Cessna 402 | ||||
| Air Rouergue | YU | 1970 | 1977 | Previously Uni-Air Rouergue Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27, FH-227[46] | ||||
| Air Sarthe Organization | ASO | 1987 | 1993 | Operated Beechcraft C90 King Air | ||||
| Air Service Nantes | ASN | AIR NANTES | 1981 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Boeing 737, Caravelle 10R, DHC-6 Twin Otter, FH-27, FH-227, Fokker F27[47] | |||
| Air Service Vosges | VGE | 1976 | 2005 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[48] | ||||
| Air Toulouse | 1969 | 1989 | Renamed Air Toulouse International Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 402 | |||||
| Air Toulouse International | SH | TLE | AIR TOULOUSE | 1989 | 1999 | Previously Air Toulouse. Reformed as SATT-Societé Nouvelle Air Toulouse International S.A. in 1992 Renamed Aeris | ||
| Air Turquoise | RT | RTQ | 2005 | 2006 | ||||
| Air Union | 1923 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France | |||||
| Air Vendée[49][50] | VM | AVD | AIR VENDEE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines | ||
| Air Vosges | GS | VGE | VOSGES | 1969 | 1975 | Merged operations into Air Alsace. Operated Cessna 401, Cessna 402[51] | ||
| Air Wasteels | 1969 | 1975 | Operated HP.137 "Jetstream"[52] | |||||
| Air West | AWP | WEST AIR | 1997 | 1997 | Operated Piper PA-31 for a few months | |||
| Air' Mana | EFC | 1966 | 2016 | Operated Swearingen Merlin | ||||
| Airbus Industrie | 1966 | 1991 | Operations entrusted to Union de Transports Aériens subsidiary Aéromaritime[53] | |||||
| Airbus Transport International | 1996 | 2006 | Operated Airbus Beluga[54] | |||||
| Aire d'Evasions/"Air Evasion" | E3 | IVS | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Douglas DC-8[55] | |||
| Airlec | ARL | 1988 | 1992 | Air Aquitaine Transport scheduled operations trading name.[56] Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines | ||||
| Airlinair | AN | RLA | AIRLINAIR | 1999 | 2017 | Merged operations into HOP! | ||
| AlsaceExel | XT | 2004 | 2005 | Brand established by Exel Group | ||||
| Alsair | AL | LSR | ALSAIR | 1982 | 2010 | Previously Alsace Air Service Operated Beech 1900, Beech King Air, Cessna Citation II[57] | ||
| Alsavia | XG | ALV | ALSAVIA | 1989 | 1993 | Operated Embraer Brasilia on Transport Aérien Transregional behalf, and Saab 340 on Air France behalf[58] | ||
| ALTA-Air Limousin Travail Aérien S.A.[59][60] | QD | LMT | AIR LIMOUSIN | 1979 | 1989 | Operated Nord 262, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Swearingen Metroliner, Beech 99 Airliner, Saab 340[61] | ||
| AOM French Airlines | IW | AOM | FRENCHLINES | 1992 | 2001 | Merged into Air Liberté | ||
| Aria | ARW | ARIABIRD | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Atlantic Air Lift | HGH | HIGHER | 2005 | |||||
| Atlantique Air Assistance | TLB | AAA | 1989 | 2017 | Rebranded Atlas Atlantique Airlines in 2015 | |||
| Auxiair | AJ & BS | 1975 | 1980 | |||||
| Avions Taxis Pyrénéens-"Air Transport Pyrénées" | TF | TPR | PYRENEEN | 1984 | 1997 | Previously Gaspe Air Service Merged into Proteus Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[62] | ||
| Axis Airways- Compagnie Aérienne Française | 6V | AXY | AXIS | 2000 | 2001 | Previously Axis Airways and New Axis Airways | ||
| B | ||||||||
| Belair – Ile de France | BLI | 1995 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 727, MD-83[63] | ||||
| Blue Line | 4Y | BLE | BLUE BERRY | 2002 | 2010 | |||
| Bretagne Air Services | VB | ABH | BRETAGNE SERVICE | 1976 | 1981 | Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Partenavia Victor[64] | ||
| Brit Air[65][66] | DB | BZH | BRITAIR | 1975 | 2017 | Merged into HOP! | ||
| C | ||||||||
| CAF-Compagnie aérienne française | 1919 | 1937 | Founded by Henri Balleyguier. | |||||
| CAP Airlines | MO | CBD | 1995 | 2001 | [68] | |||
| CATAIR | QV | 1969 | 1978 | Operated Lockheed Constellation, Sud Aviation Caravelle, Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR[69] | ||||
| CCM Airlines[70] | XK | CRL | CORSAIR | 2000 | 2010 | Trading name of Compagnie Corse Mediterranée | ||
| CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne | 1920 | 1925 | Joint French-Romanian airline. Renamed CIDNA in 1925 | |||||
| Champagne Airlines | CPH | CHAMPAGNE | 1998 | 2005 | Trading name of CAE-Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne | |||
| CIDNA-Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | 1925 | 1933 | Previously CFRNA. Merged with four other airlines to form Air France. Operated Fokker F.VII[71] | |||||
| CIP Transports | 1999 | 2001 | Operated Airbus A319, Dassault Falcon 900EX[72] | |||||
| Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc[73] | WL FQ |
1976 | 1988 | Merged with Air Littoral to form Cie. Air Littoral | ||||
| Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée | XK | CCM | 1990 | 2000 | Renamed Air Corsica | |||
| Compagnie Aérienne Poitou-Charentes "Air Poitou-Charentes" | 1994 | 1997 | Previously Mid Airways Operated ATR 42, Fokker F28, Piper Aztec[74] | |||||
| CAE-Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne | C9 | FEU | AEROCOM | 1991 | 2002 | On-demand passenger, freight and medivac charters[75] | ||
| Compagnie Air Frêt | FZ | 1964 | 1982 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-7, Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 707[76] | ||||
| Compagnie Air Transport | TF | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Carvair | ||||
| CMA - Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union | |||||
| Compagnie de Transport Aérien et de Commerce | 1948 | 1957 | Founded by Roger Colin. Operated Douglas C-47[77] | |||||
| Compagnie des Transports Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest | 1919 | 1919 | [78] | |||||
| Compagnie Générale Aéropostale | 1918 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France[79] | |||||
| Compagnie générale transaérienne | 1909 | 1921 | First French airline. Absorbed by Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | |||||
| Compagnie Grands Express Aériens | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes to form Air Union | |||||
| Compagnie Nationale Air France | 1948 | 1998 | Changed cororate name to Societé Air France[80] | |||||
| Continent Air Paris | MO | CBD | MOONLIGHT | 1995 | 1998 | |||
| Continentale Air Service | CAS | 1978 | 1979 | Operated Aérospatiale Corvette[81] | ||||
| Crossair Europe | QE | ECC | CICOGNE | 1998 | 2005 | Trading name of Europe Continental Airways | ||
| D | ||||||||
| Dakota Air | 1993 | 1997 | Operated Douglas DC-3[82] | |||||
| Dirac Aviation | YM | DAV | DIRAC | 1985 | 1990 | Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[83] | ||
| Diwan | DWA | DIWAN | 1992 | 1997 | Operated Beech 200, Grumman Gulfstream I[84] | |||
| Drakk'Air | XP | DKR | DRAK AIR | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 200, Beech Baron, Piper Cheyenne[85] | ||
| E | ||||||||
| Eagle Aviation France | EGN | FRENCH EAGLE | 1998 | 2009 | Resurrected in March 2009 as Noor Airways | |||
| EAS Europe Airlines | EY | EVT | EURO LINE | 1965 | 1995 | Previously Europe Aéro Service[86] | ||
| Émeraude Air Transport | 1976 | 1977 | Operated Beech Queen Air[87] | |||||
| Escadrille Mercure | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12A, SFERMA Marquis[88] | |||||
| Euralair-Euralair International S.A. | RN | ERL | EURALAIR | 1964 | 2003 | |||
| Euroberlin France | EE | EEB | EUROBER | 1988 | 1994 | Franco-German joint airline | ||
| Eurojet Airlines | EUF | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | ||||
| Europ'Air | ER | 1967 | 1976 | Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 402[89] | ||||
| Europe Aéro Fret | 1986 | 1986 | Operated Trislander[90] | |||||
| Europe Air Charter | EAC | 1972 | 1972 | |||||
| Europe Airpost | 5O | FPO | 1999 | 2015 | Bought by ASL Aviation Holdings and renamed ASL Airlines France | |||
| F | ||||||||
| Fairlines | LK | FIR | FAIR | 1998 | 1998 | Operated MD-81 | ||
| Flandre Air | IX | FRS | 1977 | 2001 | Merged into Regional Airlines | |||
| Flywest | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||
| France Dakota | 1998 | 1998 | Operated Douglas DC-3[91] | |||||
| France DC3 SA | 1991 | 1998 | Renamed Publi-Air. Operated Douglas DC-3[92] | |||||
| French Blue | BF | FBU | SUNLINE | 2016 | 2018 | Renamed French Bee | ||
| Fretair | 1970 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3[93] | |||||
| G | ||||||||
| GECAT Fret | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Curtiss C-46[94] | |||||
| H | ||||||||
| Heli-Transport | OI | HLT | HELI TRANSPORT | 1975 | 1994 | Operated Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Aérospatiale Alouette II[95] | ||
| Heliglobe Finet France Cargo | 1996 | 1997 | Operated HS 748, CASA Aviocar[96] | |||||
| Hex'Air | UD | HER | HEX AIRLINE | 1991 | 2017 | Merged into Twin Jet | ||
| I | ||||||||
| ICS - InterCiel Services | ICS | 1991 | 2001 | Established as Intercargo Service. Operated Boeing 737-200[97] | ||||
| IGavion | TE | IGA | 2013 | 2018 | Trading name of Skytaxi France-based operations [98] | |||
| Inter Cargo Service | ICS | INTERCARGO | 1987 | 1991 | Renamed ICS-InterCiel Services. Operated Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, Vickers Vanguard | |||
| J | ||||||||
| Jet Alsace [99] | WU | JLS | 1988 | 1993 | Renamed TransAlsace | |||
| Jet Europe | 1989 | 1990 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle | |||||
| Jet Fret | JF | JFT | 1987 | 1993 | Operated Lockheed L-100-30[100] | |||
| Joon | JN | JON | JOON | 2017 | 2019 | Air France subsidiary merged back into parent company | ||
| K | ||||||||
| Kallistair | FU | 1973 | Operated BN-2 Islander[101] | |||||
| Kel Air | CET | 1986 | 1990 | |||||
| Kyrnair | KH V4 |
KYN | GOLDBIRD | 1986 | 1999 | Operated ATR 42, Embraer Bandeirante[102] | ||
| L | ||||||||
| L-Air | LRK | 2002 | 2003 | |||||
| L'Aéropostale | 1991 | 2000 | Renamed Europe Airpost. Operated Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200[103] | |||||
| L'Avion | A0 | AVI | ELYSAIR | 2007 | 2009 | Trading name of Elysair Merged into OpenSkies | ||
| LAM | 1941 | 1945 | Military airline in "Free France" territories during WWII | |||||
| Les Avions Bleus | 1949 | 1952 | Operated Curtiss C-46[104] | |||||
| Level France | 2018 | 2021 | ||||||
| Lignes Aériennes Farman | 1919 | 1924 | Rebranded as Société Générale des Transports Aériens | |||||
| Lucas Aigle Azur[105] | 1977 | 1987 | Trading name of Lucas Air Transport scheduled operations | |||||
| Lucas Air Transport | LK | 1970 | 1987 | Alternate name of Lucas Aviation Renamed Aigle Azur-Société Transports Aériens[106] Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Saab 340 | ||||
| Lucas Aviation | LK | 1970 | 1987 | Used also Lucas Air Transport name[107] | ||||
| M | ||||||||
| Minerve | IW | MIN | MINERVE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged to form AOM French Airlines | ||
| MiriadAir | MYR | MIRIADAIR | 1987 | 1990 | Operated Cessna Caravan, Cessna Citation II[108] | |||
| N | ||||||||
| Nantes Aviation | NV | 1970 | 1979 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18[109] | ||||
| New Axis Airways | 9X | AXY | 2009 | 2009 | ||||
| Noor Airways | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Normandie Air Services | NDS | 1970 | 1984 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-3[110] | ||||
| O | ||||||||
| Occitania Jet Fleet | OJF | OCCITANIA | 1997 | 2004 | Corporate carrier. Operated Beech 1900D, Fokker 100[111] | |||
| Ocean Airways | OG | OCW | 2003 | 2005 | Failed project | |||
| Octavia Airlines | O4 | OCN | 2001 | 2005 | ||||
| P | ||||||||
| Pan Européenne | EUP / PEA | 1977 | 1994 | Ceased airline-type operations | ||||
| Point Air | FW | 1980 | 1987 | Went bankrupt | ||||
| Proteus Air System | 1985 | 1996 | Renamed Proteus Airlines[112] | |||||
| Proteus Airlines | YS | PRB | PROTEUS | 1996 | 2001 | Previously Proteus Air System. Merged into Regional Airlines | ||
| Publi-Air | 1999 | 2001 | Established as France DC3 SA. Operated Douglas DC-3[113] | |||||
| Pyrénair | YD | 1973 | 1979 | Merged into UAR-Air Rouergue Operated Beech 18, Beech Duke, Cessna 402, DHC-6 Twin Otter[114] | ||||
| R | ||||||||
| Régional | YS | RAE | REGIONAL EUROPE | 2011 | 2013 | Trading name of Regional Airlines | ||
| Regional Airlines | RGI | 1992 | 2013 | Merged into HOP! | ||||
| Réseau des Lignes Aériennes Françaises | 1945 | 1946 | Post-WWII provisional airline. Assets merged into Societé Nationale Air France | |||||
| Rousseau Aviation S.A. | RU | 1963 | 1976 | Scheduled operations merged into TAT Operated HS-748 | ||||
| S | ||||||||
| SANA-Société Anonyme de Navigation Aeriennes | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Bloch MB.220[115] | |||||
| SATI | 1948 | 1949 | Merged with Aeromaritime to form Union de Transports Aériens | |||||
| SCELA | 1933 | 1933 | ||||||
| SCLA | 1940 | 1945 | ||||||
| Services Aéronatiques Roannais | QT | RNS | SARA | 1980 | 1996 | Previously SAR Avions Taxis Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900, Merlin IV[116] | ||
| Sinair | 2000 | 2001 | Renamed Axis Airways[117] | |||||
| SNATI (Air Toulouse) | ||||||||
| Société Auxiliaire de Gérance et de Transports Aériens | 1953 | 1959 | Operated SNCASE Armagnac[118] | |||||
| Société Commerciale du Littoral | 1992 | 1996 | Operated Bristol Freighter[119] | |||||
| Societé aérienne française d'affrètements | 1966 | 1969 | Renamed Air Charter International[120] | |||||
| Société d'Exploitation du Matériel Aéronautique Français | 1949 | 1953 | Operated Latécoère 631[121] | |||||
| Société Générale des Transports Aériens | 1924 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France | |||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence | 1947 | 1952 | Operated Consolidated Liberator, Douglas DC-3[122] | |||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Internationaux et Régionaux | 1990 | 1993 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[123] | |||||
| Star Airlines | SE | SEU | STARWAY | 1997 | 2006 | Established as Star Europe. Renamed XL Airways France[124] | ||
| Star Europe | 1995 | 1997 | Renamed Star Airlines[125] | |||||
| Stellair Transports Aériens | 1982 | 1993 | Went bankrupt. Fleet taken over by Air Toulouse. Operated Douglas DC-3, Fairchild F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fokker F28[126] | |||||
| Strategic Airlines | EF | STZ | 2009 | 2010 | ||||
| Sud Air Transport | 1973 | 1974 | Previously Air Côte Basque Operated Beech King Air[127] | |||||
| Sud Airlines | SDU | SUD LINES | 2003 | 2006 | ||||
| SVT Air Touring | 1972 | 1973 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[128] | |||||
| T | ||||||||
| T.A.I.-Compagnie des Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux | TAI | 1946 | 1963 | Merged to form UTA-Union de Transports Aériens | ||||
| TAM-Transports Aériens du Midi | 1946 | ? | Operated Caudron Goéland[129] | |||||
| T.A.P.-Transports Aériens Privés | 1974 | 1975 | Operated Piper PA-31 | |||||
| TAT European Airlines | VD | TAT | 1968 | 1998 | Previously Touraine Air transport S.A., T.A.T., and Transport Aérien Transregional. Merged into Air Liberté | |||
| Taxi Avia France | ATX | 1965 | 1975 | Previously Avia Taxi France and Avia France. Merged operations into TAT (TAT European Airlines). Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 206, Cessna 402, Piper Aztec[130] | ||||
| TEA France | FN | TFR | TRANSAIRWAYS | 1989 | 1995 | |||
| Thalass Air | 1971 | 1979 | Operated Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Beech Queen Air[131] | |||||
| Trans Air Bretagne | TRB | AIR BRETAGNE | 1973 | 1993 | Operated Cessna 402[132] | |||
| Trans Alsace | TAS | TRANALSACE | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Airbus A320, Boeing 737-400, MD-80[133] | |||
| Trans Azur Aviation | 1981 | 1983 | Operated Dart Herald[134] | |||||
| Trans-Union | 1966 | 1974 | Operated DC-4, DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle[135] | |||||
| Transport Air Centre | UH | CTR | AIR CENTRE | 1978 | 1994 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec, Swearingen Merlin IV[136] | ||
| Transport Aérien Transregional | 1989 | 1990 | Previously T.A.T. Renamed TAT European Airlines Operated ATR 72, FH-227, Fokker F28, Nord 262[137] | |||||
| Transports Aériens Reunis | 1964 | 1974 | Previously Air Dauphiné Operated DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Vickers Viking 1B[138] | |||||
| U | ||||||||
| UAR-Union Aéronautique Regionale-Air Rouergue | UZ | 1977 | 1979 | Merged into Transport Aérien Transregional Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27[139] | ||||
| UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport | UAT | 1949 | 1963 | Merged to form Union de Transports Aériens | ||||
| Uni Air International[140] | UAI | UNIAIR | 1969 | 1993 | Operated Carvair, Aérospatiale Corvette, FH-227, Falcon 20, Learjet 35[141] | |||
| Uni Air Rouergue | 1970 | 1974 | Renamed Air Rouergue Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech Queen Air, Cessna 182[142] | |||||
| UTA-Union de Transports Aériens | UT | UTA | 1963 | 1992 | Merged into Air France | |||
| V | ||||||||
| Vargas Aviation | 1971 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3[143] | |||||
| Virgin Express France S.A. | VEF | LADYBIRD | 1988 | 1999 | Previously Air Provence Charter | |||
| W | ||||||||
| Westair | F3 | FWA | 1975 | 2004 | Previously Air Provence International Operated Boeing 737-200[144] | |||
| World Wide Helicopters | 1959 | 1961 | Operated Bell 47, Cessna 170, DHC-1, DHC-2 Beaver, PBY Catalina, Hiller UH-12, Sikorsky S-58[145] | |||||
| X | ||||||||
| XL Airways France | SE | XLF | STARWAY | 1995 | 2019 | Previously Star Airlines | ||
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Further reading
edit- Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-1940-1960-Hommes et evenements (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1983
- Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-L'essoir 1960-1980 (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1984
- Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-Epopée 1940-1960 (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1985
- Mézière H.-Sauvage J.M., Les Ailes Francaises-L’Aviation marchande de 1919 a nos jours (in French language), Ed. Rive Droite, Paris, 1997
See also
edit- List of airlines of France
- List of defunct airlines of Oceania § French Polynesia
- List of defunct airlines of the Americas § Guadeloupe
- List of defunct airlines of the Americas § Martinique
- List of defunct airlines of Oceania § New Caledonia
- List of defunct airlines of Africa#Réunion
- List of airports in France