Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M., trading as Air Corsica (formerly CCM Airlines), is a 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 metropolitan 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]
[edit] History
The airline was established on 1 January 1989 and started services in June 1990. In November 2000 it changed its name from Compagnie Corse Mediterranee to CCM Airlines, then 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]
[edit] Destinations
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Air Corsica operates the following services (at June 2011):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Figari, Lille, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Quimper, Strasbourg and Toulouse.
- International scheduled destinations: Venice
Air Corsica Fleet[3]
| Aircraft |
Total |
Orders |
Passengers |
Routes |
| Airbus A319-100 |
2 |
0 |
145 |
Corse and Marseille routes |
| Airbus A320-200 |
3 |
0 |
180 |
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 its existing older model ATR 72-200 aircraft, 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]
[edit] Partnerships
[edit] Commercial
Air Corsica operates certain flights as a franchise for Air France.
[edit] IT systems
Air Corsica outsources its Passenger Service System, which manages reservations, inventory and pricing to Amadeus using the Altéa system.
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