Flandre Air
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| Founded | 1977 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 30 March 2001 (merged with Proteus Airlines and Regional Airlines to form Régional) | ||||||
Operating bases | Lille Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Lesquin, France | ||||||
Flandre Air was a French regional airline headquartered at Lille Airport in Lesquin, France,[1] near Lille.[2]
History
[edit]The airline began as a charter airline in 1977. It began scheduled services in 1985. In October 1997 Flandre Air became the European launch customer of the Embraer RJ-135. In November 1998 Flandre Air signed a franchise agreement with Air Liberté, which began in January 1999. In October 1999 Proteus Airlines acquired Flandre Air.[3] On 30 March 2001 Flandre, Proteus, and Regional Airlines merged into Régional, which itself merged into HOP! in 2013.[2]
Fleet
[edit]- 13 – Beech 1900
- 9 – Embraer Brasilia
- 1 – Beech King Air[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997. "44.
- 1 2 "History Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine." Régional. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 27 March-2 April 2001. 74.
- ↑ "Flandre Air". rzjets. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- O. Constant, "Flandre Air", Aviation Magazine weekly, Paris, 1 January 1987
- A.Chambers-L. Watkins-P. Donaldson, "French Connections", Commuter World monthly magazine, U.S.A., June-July 1987
- O. Constant, "A new dimension", Commuter World monthly magazine, U.S.A., December 1997-January 1998
- O. Constant, "French connection", Commuter World monthly magazine, U.S.A., August 1998
