List of defunct airlines of France
Appearance
This is a list of defunct airlines of France.[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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ACE Transvalair | ![]() |
VY | CHX | 1984 | 1994 | ||
Aéris | ![]() |
SH | AIS | FRANCE CHARTER | 1999 | 2003 | |
Aéro Cargo | 1947 | 1952 | |||||
Aero France International | ![]() |
FB | ROF | 1978 | 1991 | ||
Aerolinair | ERN | ||||||
AeroLyon | ![]() |
4Q | AEY | AEROLYON | 1996 | 2001 | |
Aéromaritime | ![]() |
OV | QKL | 1987 | 1991 | ||
Aéromaritime | ![]() |
QK | 1966 | 1987 | Renamed/merged to Aéromaritime | ||
Aéropostale | ![]() |
1918 | 1933 | Founded as Société des lignes Latécoère, also known as Lignes aeriennes Latécoère | |||
Aero Services Corporate | ![]() |
CJE | 2001 | 2007 | |||
Aigle Azur | ![]() |
ZI | AAF | AIGLE AZUR | 1946 | 2019 | |
Air Alpes | ![]() |
LP | ALP | AIR ALPES | 1961 | 1981 | Merged with Air Alsace and Touraine Air Transport to form TAT European Airlines |
Air Alsace | ![]() |
SY | 1960 | 1981 | Merged with Air Alpes and Touraine Air Transport to form TAT European Airlines | ||
Air Provence Charter | 1978 | 1998 | Rebranded as Virgin Express France | ||||
Air Asie | 1928 | 1929 | Merged with Air Union Lignes d'Orient to form Air Orient | ||||
Air Atlantique | ![]() |
V6 | APB | CHARENTE | 1963 | 2004 | |
Air Bleu | 1935 | 1940 | |||||
Air Charter International | ![]() |
SF | ACF | AIR CHARTER | 1966 | 1998 | Called Air Charter until 1969, the Air Charter International until 1984 when it reverted to the original name |
Air Corse | DK | ARK | 1988 | 1990 | |||
Air Dauphiné | 1969 | 1970 | |||||
Air Evasion | E3 | IVS | 1992 | 1993 | |||
Air France Asie | ![]() |
1998 | 2004 | ||||
Air Horizons | ![]() |
RN | EUH | EURALAIR HORIZONS | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt |
Air Inter | ![]() |
IT | ITF | AIR INTER | 1958 | 1990 | Rebranded as Air Inter Europe |
Air Inter Europe | ![]() |
1990 | 1997 | Absorbed into Air France | |||
Air Jet | ![]() |
V6 | AIJ | 1974 | 2003 | ||
Airlec | ![]() |
ARL | 1965 | 1992 | Merged with Air Vendeé to form Regional Airlines | ||
Air Lib | ![]() |
IW | LIB | 2001 | 2003 | ||
Air Liberté | ![]() |
IJ | LIB | 1987 | 2001 | Rebranded as Air Lib | |
Air Littoral | ![]() |
FU | LIT | AIR LITTORAL | 1972 | 2004 | Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc (1988-1988) merged into Air Littoral |
Air Lorraine | 1981 | 1981 | |||||
Air Méditerranée | ![]() |
ML | BIE | MEDITERRANEE | 1997 | 2016 | |
Air Moorea | ![]() |
QE | TAH | AIR MOOREA | 1968 | 2010 | |
Air Normandie | 1949 | 1951 | |||||
Air Open Sky | OPN | AIR SKY | 1998 | 2000 | |||
Air Orient | 1929 | 1933 | Merged into Air France | ||||
Air Outre Mer | ![]() |
QN | AOM | AOM | 1989 | 1991 | Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines |
Air Rouergue | ![]() |
Merged into TAT European Airlines | |||||
Air Toulouse International | ![]() |
SH | RTQ | TLE | 1989 | 1999 | Renamed/merged to Aeris |
Air Turquoise | RT | RTQ | 2005 | 2006 | |||
Air Union | 1923 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | ||||
Air Vendée | ![]() |
VM | AVD | AIR VENDEE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged with Airlec to form Regional Airlines |
Airlinair | ![]() |
AN | RLA | AIRLINAIR | 1999 | 2017 | Flights operated by HOP! |
Airnautic | ![]() |
1958 | 1966 | ||||
AlsaceExel | ![]() |
XT | 2004 | 2005 | |||
Alsair | ![]() |
LSR | 2002 | 2007 | |||
Alsavia | XG | 1991 | 1999 | ||||
Air Limousin Transport Aérien | QY;QD | LMT | 1979 | 1989 | |||
AOM French Airlines | ![]() |
IW | AOM | FRENCHLINES | 1990 | 2001 | Merged into Air Liberté |
Aria | ARW | ARIABIRD | 2004 | 2005 | |||
Atlantic Air Lift | HGH | HIGHER | 2005 | ||||
Atlantique Air Assistance | ![]() |
TLB | AAA | 1989 | 2015 | Renamed/merged to Atlas Atlantique Airlines | |
Atlas Atlantique Airlines | L5 | TLB | TRIPLE ALPHA | 2015 | 2017 | ||
Axis Airways | ![]() |
6V | AXY | AXIS | 2000 | 2001 | Rebranded as New Axis Airways |
BelAir - Ile de France | ![]() |
BL | FBR | 1994 | 2000 | ||
Blue Line | ![]() |
4Y | BLE | BLUE BERRY | 2002 | 2010 | |
Brit Air | ![]() |
DB | BZH | BRITAIR | 1973 | 2017 | Flights operated by HOP! |
CAL | ![]() |
WL;FQ | 1976 | 1988 | |||
Compagnie Corse Mediterranee | ![]() |
XK | CCM | 2000 | 2010 | Became Air Corsica | |
Compagnie Générale Aéropostale | ![]() |
1918 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | |||
Compagnie Grands Express Aériens | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes to form Air Union | ||||
Champagne Airlines | CPH | Champagne | 1998 | 2005 | |||
Compagnie générale transaérienne | 1909 | 1921 | First French airline; absorbed into Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | ||||
CFRNA | 1920 | 1933 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne, joint French-Romanian airline; merged with four other airlines to form Air France | ||||
Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union | ||||
Continent Air Paris | ![]() |
CBD | 1995 | 1998 | |||
Corse-Air International | ![]() |
CS;SS | CRL | 1981 | 1991 | Renamed/merged to Corsair International | |
Corse-Méditerranée | ![]() |
ZN;XK | CCM | 1989 | 2000 | ||
Crossair Europe | ![]() |
QE | ECC | Cigogne | 1998 | 2006 | |
Eagle Aviation France | ![]() |
EGN | FRENCH EAGLE | 1998 | 2009 | Rebranded as Noor Airways | |
Europe Aéro Service | ![]() |
EY | EYT | Europe Aéro Service | 1962 | 1993 | Renamed/merged to EAS Europe Airlines |
EAS Europe Airlines | ![]() |
EY | EVT | EURO LINE | 1993 | 1995 | |
Euralair | ![]() |
EN | ERL | EURALAIR EXECUTIVE | 1962 | 1999 | |
Euralair Horizons | ![]() |
RN | EUL;EUH | 1999 | 2004 | Rebranded as Air Horizons | |
Euroberlin France | ![]() |
EE | EEB | EUROBER | 1988 | 1994 | Franco-German joint airline, known as Euroberlin from 1990 to 1994 |
Eurojet Airlines | EUF | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | |||
Europe Air Charter | ![]() |
EAC | 1972 | 1972 | |||
Europe Airpost | ![]() |
5O | FPO | 1999 | 2015 | Renamed/merged to ASL Airlines France | |
Fairlines | ![]() |
LK | FIR | 1995 | 1998 | ||
Flandre Air | ![]() |
IX | FRS | 1985 | 2001 | Merged with Proteus Airlines and Regional Airlines to form Régional | |
Flywest | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | ||||
French Blue | ![]() |
BF | FBU | 2016 | 2018 | Renamed/merged to French Bee | |
Hex'Air | UD | HER | HEX AIRLINE | 1991 | 2017 | Merged into Twin Jet | |
ICS-Inter Ciel Service | ICS | Inter Ciel Service | 1990 | 1991 | |||
Inter Cargo Service | ICS | 1987 | 1990 | Renamed/merged to ICS | |||
Jet Alsace | ![]() |
WU | JLS | 1988 | 1993 | Renamed/merged to TransAlsace | |
Jet Europe | ![]() |
1989 | 1990 | ||||
Jet Fret | JF | JFT | 1987 | 1993 | |||
Joon | ![]() |
JN | JON | JOON | 2017 | 2019 | Reincorporated to Air France |
Kel Air | ![]() |
CET | 1986 | 1990 | |||
Kyrnair | ![]() |
KH;V4 | KYN | 1986 | 2000 | ||
L-Air | LRK | 2002 | 2003 | ||||
LAM | 1941 | 1945 | |||||
L'Avion | ![]() |
A0 | AVI | ELYSAIR | 2007 | 2009 | Merged into OpenSkies |
Lignes Aériennes Farman | 1919 | 1924 | Rebranded as Société Générale des Transports Aériens | ||||
Minerve | ![]() |
IW | MIN | MINERVE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged with Air Outre Mer to form AOM French Airlines |
New Axis Airways | 9X | AXY | 2009 | 2009 | |||
Noor Airways | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
Occitania Jet Fleet | ![]() |
OJF | 1997 | 2004 | |||
Ocean Airways | OG | OCW | 2003 | 2005 | Failed project | ||
Octavia Airlines | O4 | OCN | 2001 | 2005 | |||
OpenSkies | ![]() |
LV | BOS | MISTRAL | 2008 | 2018 | Discontinued in favour of Level |
Point Air | ![]() |
FW | 1980 | 1987 | Went bankrupt | ||
Proteus Airlines | ![]() |
YS | PRB | PROTEUS | 1996 | 2001 | Merged with Flandre Air and Regional Airlines to form Régional |
Regional Airlines | ![]() |
RGI | 1992 | 2001 | Merged with Flandre Air and Proteus Airlines to form Régional | ||
Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne | ![]() |
YS | RAE | REGIONAL EUROPE | 2001 | 2013 | Merged with Brit Air and Airlinair to form HOP! |
RLAF | 1945 | 1946 | |||||
Rousseau Aviation | ![]() |
RU | 1963 | 1976 | |||
SATI | 1948 | 1949 | Merged with [[Aeromaritime to form Union de Transports Aériens | ||||
SCELA | 1933 | 1933 | |||||
SCLA | 1940 | 1945 | |||||
SNATI (Air Toulouse) | |||||||
Société Générale des Transports Aériens | 1924 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | ||||
Strategic Airlines | ![]() |
EF | STZ | 2009 | 2010 | ||
Sud Airlines | SDU | SUD LINES | 2003 | 2006 | |||
TAT European Airlines | ![]() |
VD | TAT | 1969 | 1996 | Merged into Air Liberté | |
TEA France | ![]() |
FN | TFR | 1989 | 1995 | ||
Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux | ![]() |
TAI | 1946 | 1963 | Merged with Union Aéromaritime de Transport to form Union de Transports Aériens | ||
Union Aéromaritime de Transport | ![]() |
UAT | 1949 | 1963 | Merged with Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux to form Union de Transports Aériens | ||
Union de Transports Aériens | ![]() |
UT | UTA | UTA | 1963 | 1992 | Merged into Air France |
Virgin Express France | 1988 | Subsidiary of the Virgin Express, originally Air Provence Charter | |||||
XL Airways France | ![]() |
SE | XLF | STARWAY | 1995 | 2019 |
See also
- 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
References
- ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-01-22.