| Airline
|
Image
|
IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Commenced operations
|
Ceased operations
|
Notes
|
| A
|
| ACE Transvalair |
 |
VY |
CHX |
CHARTER EXPRESS |
1984 |
1994 |
Operated Fairchild Hiller FH-227
|
| Aelis Air Service |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2010 |
Charter carrier. Operated Embraer Brasilia[3]
|
| Aéris |
 |
SH |
AIS |
FRANCE CHARTER |
1999 |
2003 |
|
| Aéris Express |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2003 |
Formed by Aéris as a low-cost carrier[4]
|
| Aéro-Africaine |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1963 |
Founded by Georges Estienne. Operated Douglas C-47, Lockheed C-60 Lodestar, SNCAC Martinet
|
| Aéro Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1952 |
Operated Halifax C.VIII[5]
|
| Aéro France International |
 |
FB |
ROF |
AIROF |
1978 |
1991 |
Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle
|
| Aéro Jets Darta |
 |
|
DRT |
DARTA |
1971 |
2013 |
Operated Beech Super King Air, Beech King Air, Beech Baron, Learjet 23
|
| Aéro Services Corporate |
 |
|
CJE |
|
2001 |
2007 |
|
| Aéro Services Executive |
 |
W4 |
BES |
BIRD EXPRESS |
2000 |
2004 |
Operated Dassault Falcons[6]
|
| Aérolinair |
|
|
ERN |
BLUE HAWK |
2002 |
2004 |
Operated Beech 1900[7]
|
| AeroLyon |
 |
4Q |
AEY |
AEROLYON |
1996 |
2002 |
Operated Beech 1900[8]
|
| Aéromaritime |
 |
QK |
QKL |
AEROMAR |
1966 |
1992 |
[9]
|
| Aerope 3S Aviation |
|
|
OPE |
PONTOISAIR |
2001 |
2001 |
[10]
|
| Aéropostale |
 |
|
|
|
1918 |
1933 |
Founded as Société des lignes Latécoère, also known as Lignes aeriennes Latécoère
|
| Aérotour |
 |
FV |
|
|
1976 |
1979 |
Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Boeing 737-200[11]
|
| Aigle Azur |
 |
|
|
|
1946 |
1969 |
Renamed Lucas Aviation. Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-3
|
| 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 Angouleme |
|
|
AGL |
AIR ANGOULEME |
1976 |
2012 |
[12]
|
| Air Anjou Transports |
|
SJ |
|
AIR ANJOU |
1976 |
1980 |
Operated Beech 99 Airliner[13]
|
| Air Aquitaine |
|
AB |
|
|
1970 |
1976 |
Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 310
|
| 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 Bourbon |
 |
ZB |
BUB |
BOURBON |
2003 |
2004 |
Founded by Bertrand Rivet, Éric Lazarus, Philippe de Bournonville. Operated Airbus A340-200
|
| Air Bretagne |
 |
3E |
BRE |
BRETAGNE |
1996 |
2001 |
Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[14]
|
| Air Caen |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
1967 |
Taxi and charter services. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[15]
|
| Air Champagne Ardennes |
|
CZ |
|
|
1971 |
1974 |
Acquired by Air Alpes. Operated Beech 99, Cessna 402, Cessna 411[16]
|
| 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 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 Fairchild F-27, Embraer Bandeirante[18]
|
| Air Côte-Basque |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1973 |
Renamed Sud Air Transport. Operated Beech Queen Air[19]
|
| Air Côte d'Opale |
|
|
OPL |
OPALE |
1978 |
2004 |
Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec[20]
|
| Air Dauphiné |
 |
|
|
|
1964 |
1971 |
Operated Douglas DC-3[21]
|
| Air Dieppe |
|
|
|
|
1972 |
1972 |
Operated Piper Aztec[22]
|
| Air Entreprise International |
 |
KD |
AEN |
AIR ENTERPRISE |
1969 |
2003 |
Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Dassault Falcon 10, Piaggio P.180 Avanti, Piper Navajo[23]
|
| Air Esterel |
|
HC |
|
|
1963 |
1968 |
Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12, Cessna 180[24]
|
| Air Exel France |
 |
RF |
RXL |
AIR EXEL |
1988 |
1991 |
Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[25]
|
| Air France Asie |
 |
AF |
AFR |
AIR FRANS |
1998 |
2004 |
Operated Airbus A340
|
| Air France Asie Cargo |
 |
|
|
|
1998 |
2007 |
Operated Boeing 747-200F
|
| Air France Europe |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1997 |
Absorbed into Air France[26]
|
| Air Guadeloupe |
 |
OG |
OGU |
AIR GUADELOUPE |
1969 |
2000 |
|
| 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 |
AIR JET |
1974 |
2003 |
Operated BAe 146, Fokker F27, Saab 2000[27]
|
| Air Languedoc |
|
LX |
|
|
1974 |
1978 |
Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, DHC-6 Twin Otter[28]
|
| Air Lib |
 |
IW |
LIB |
|
2001 |
2003 |
|
| Air Liberté |
 |
VD |
LIB |
AIR LIBERTE |
1987 |
2001 |
Rebranded as Air Lib
|
| Air Limousin |
|
QD |
LMT |
AIR LIMOUSIN |
1979 |
1989 |
Operated Nord 262, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Swearingen Metroliner, Beech 99 Airliner, Saab 340[29]
|
| Air Littoral |
 |
FU |
LIT |
AIR LITTORAL |
1972 |
2004 |
Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc (1988-1988) merged into Air Littoral
|
| Air Littoral Express |
|
|
LIX |
LIT EXPRESS |
1996 |
2002 |
Formed by Air Littoral. Operated Lockheed L-188[30]
|
| Air Lorient |
 |
|
ALO |
|
1974 |
1985 |
Operated Beechcraft Duke[31]
|
| Air Lorraine |
|
|
|
|
1981 |
1981 |
|
| Air Martinique |
 |
NN |
MTQ |
MARTINIQUE |
1974 |
2000 |
|
| Air Méditerranée |
 |
ML |
BIE |
MEDITERRANEE |
1997 |
2016 |
|
| Air Midi Bigorre |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
1998 |
Operated Boeing 737-200[32]
|
| Air Moorea |
 |
QE |
TAH |
AIR MOOREA |
1968 |
2010 |
|
| Air Nautic |
 |
|
|
|
1958 |
1966 |
Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Vickers VC.1 Viking[33]
|
| Air Nolis |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1950 |
Operated Douglas C-47B[34]
|
| Air Normandie |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1951 |
|
| Air Normandie (Normandie Aviation) |
|
ID |
RNO |
NORMANDIE |
1991 |
2001 |
Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air, Cessna 500 Citation[35]
|
| Air Ocean |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Operated Amiot AAC.1 Toucan[36]
|
| Air Open Sky |
|
|
OPN |
AIR SKY |
1998 |
2000 |
Operated ATR 42
|
| Air Orient |
 |
|
|
|
1929 |
1933 |
Merged into Air France
|
| Air Ouest |
|
OE |
|
|
1972 |
1976 |
Operated BN-2 Islander[37]
|
| Air Outre Mer |
 |
QN |
AOM |
AOM |
1989 |
1991 |
Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines
|
| Air Paris |
|
IO |
TAD |
|
1967 |
1975 |
Established as Air Orly. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, de Havilland Heron, DHC-6 Twin Otter[38]
|
| Air Passaquay |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1979 |
Operated Cessna 411[39]
|
| Air Perigord |
|
|
|
|
1967 |
1973 |
Operated Beech Queen Air, Cessna 172, Piper Aztec[40]
|
| Air Poitou-Charentes |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1997 |
Operated ATR 42, Fokker F28, Piper Aztec[41]
|
| Air Provence |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1996 |
Renamed Air Provence International then acquired by West Air France[42]
|
| Air Provence Charter |
 |
|
LPU |
EUROSTAR |
1978 |
1998 |
Rebranded as Virgin Express France
|
| Air Provence International |
 |
DG |
APR |
AIR PROVENCE |
1996 |
2002 |
established as Air Provence. Operated Grumman Gulfstream I, Beech King Air, Boeing 737, FH-227, HS 748[43]
|
| Air Rouergue |
 |
UZ |
|
|
1974 |
1977 |
Founded by Claude Chegut. Established as Uni Air Rouergue. Renamed UAR Air Rouergue and merged into TAT European Airlines. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27, FH-227[44]
|
| Air Service Nantes |
 |
|
ASN |
AIR NANTES |
1981 |
1992 |
Founded by Raphaël Besar. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Caravelle 10R, DHC-6 Twin Otter, FH-227[45]
|
| Air Service Vosges |
|
|
VGE |
|
1976 |
2005 |
Operated Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[46]
|
| Air Toulouse |
 |
|
|
|
1969 |
1989 |
Renamed Air Toulouse International. Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 402
|
| Air Toulouse International |
 |
SH |
TLE |
AIR TOULOUSE |
1989 |
1999 |
Merged into Aeris
|
| Air Transport Pyrenees |
|
TF |
TPR |
PYRENEEN |
1984 |
1997 |
Merged into Proteus Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[47]
|
| 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
|
| Air Vosges |
|
GS |
VGE |
VOSGES |
1969 |
1975 |
Merged into Air Alsace. Operated Cessna 401, Cessna 402[48]
|
| Air Wasteels |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
1975 |
Third-level services. Operated BAe Jetstream 31[49]
|
| Air' Mana |
 |
|
EFC |
|
1996 |
2016 |
Operated Swearingen Merlin
|
| Airbus Industrie Aéromaritime |
 |
|
|
|
1966 |
1991 |
Operated Aero Spacelines Super Guppy[50]
|
| Airbus Transport International |
 |
|
|
|
1996 |
2006 |
Operated Airbus Beluga[51]
|
| Aire d'Evasions |
 |
E3 |
IVS |
|
1991 |
1994 |
Operated Douglas DC-8[52]
|
| Airlec |
 |
|
ARL |
|
1965 |
1992 |
Merged with Air Vendée to form Regional Airlines
|
| Airlinair |
 |
AN |
RLA |
AIRLINAIR |
1999 |
2017 |
Flights operated by HOP!
|
| AlsaceExel |
 |
XT |
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
|
| Alsair |
 |
AL |
LSR |
ALSAIR |
1982 |
2010 |
Operated Beech 1900, Beech King Air, Cessna Citation II[53]
|
| Alsavia |
|
XG |
ALV |
ALSAVIA |
1989 |
1993 |
Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[54]
|
| 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 |
|
| Avia Taxi France |
|
|
ATX |
|
1965 |
1973 |
Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 206, Cessna 402, Piper Aztec[55]
|
| Axis Airways |
 |
6V |
AXY |
AXIS |
2000 |
2001 |
Rebranded as New Axis Airways
|
| B
|
| Belair – Ile de France |
 |
|
BLI |
|
1995 |
2000 |
Operated Boeing 727, MD-83[56]
|
| 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[57]
|
| Brit Air |
 |
DB |
BZH |
BRITAIR |
1973 |
2017 |
Flights operated by HOP!
|
| C
|
| CAMSA |
|
|
|
|
1922 |
1934 |
Airmail service. Operated LeO H-13, Macchi M.18, Savoia S.16[58]
|
| CAP Airlines |
|
MO |
CBD |
|
1995 |
2001 |
[59]
|
| CATAIR |
 |
QV |
|
|
1969 |
1978 |
Operated Lockheed Constellation, Sud Aviation Caravelle, Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR[60]
|
| CCM Airlines |
 |
XK |
CRL |
CORSAIR |
2000 |
2010 |
Renamed Air Corsica[61]
|
| CFRNA |
|
|
|
|
1920 |
1933 |
Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne, joint French-Romanian airline. Merged with four other airlines to form Air France
|
| Chalair |
 |
CE |
CLG |
CHALAIR |
1986 |
1997 |
[62]
|
| Champagne Airlines |
|
|
CPH |
CHAMPAGNE |
1998 |
2005 |
|
| CIDNA |
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1930 |
Established as CFRNA. Operated Fokker F.VII[63]
|
| Cie Générale Aéropostale |
|
|
|
|
1927 |
1933 |
Operated Levasseur PL.8[64]
|
| CIP Transports |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
2001 |
Operated Airbus A319, Dassault Falcon 900EX[65]
|
| Compagnie aérienne française [fr] |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1937 |
Founded by Henri Balleyguier.
|
| Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc [fr] |
 |
WL FQ |
|
|
1976 |
1988 |
|
| Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne |
|
C9 |
FEU |
AEROCOM |
1991 |
2002 |
On-demand passenger, freight and medivac charters[66]
|
| Compagnie Air Frêt |
|
FZ |
|
|
1964 |
1982 |
Operated Bristol Freighter, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-7, Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 707[67]
|
| Compagnie Air Transport [de] |
 |
TF |
|
|
1946 |
1970 |
Operated Bristol Freighter, Carvair
|
| Compagnie Corse Mediterranee |
 |
XK |
CCM |
|
1990 |
2000 |
Renamed CCM Airlines
|
| 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[68]
|
| Compagnie des Transports Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1919 |
[69]
|
| Compagnie Générale Aéropostale |
 |
|
|
|
1918 |
1933 |
Merged with four other airlines to form Air France
|
| Compagnie générale transaérienne |
|
|
|
|
1909 |
1921 |
First French airline; absorbed into 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 |
1994 |
Became Air France[70]
|
| Continent Air Paris |
 |
MO |
CBD |
MOONLIGHT |
1995 |
1998 |
|
| Continentale Air Service |
 |
|
CAS |
|
1978 |
1979 |
Operated Aérospatiale Corvette[71]
|
| Corsair |
 |
SS |
CRL |
|
1990 |
2005 |
Renamed Corsairfly[72]
|
| Corsair International |
 |
CS SS |
CRL |
|
1981 |
1990 |
Renamed Corsair
|
| Corsairfly |
 |
SS |
CRL |
CORSAIR |
2005 |
2012 |
[73]
|
| Crossair Europe |
 |
QE |
ECC |
CICOGNE |
1998 |
2005 |
|
| D
|
| Dakota Air |
|
|
|
|
1993 |
1997 |
Operated Douglas DC-3[74]
|
| Dirac Aviation |
 |
YM |
DAV |
DIRAC |
1985 |
1990 |
Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[75]
|
| Diwan |
 |
|
DWA |
DIWAN |
1992 |
1997 |
Operated Beech 200, Grumman Gulfstream I[76]
|
| Drakk'Air |
|
XP |
DKR |
DRAK AIR |
1989 |
1992 |
Operated Beech 200, Beech Baron, Piper Cheyenne[77]
|
| E
|
| Eagle Aviation France |
 |
|
EGN |
FRENCH EAGLE |
1998 |
2009 |
Rebranded as Noor Airways
|
| EAS Europe Airlines |
 |
EY |
EVT |
EURO LINE |
1993 |
1995 |
|
| Émeraude Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
1977 |
Operated Beech Queen Air[78]
|
| Escadrille Mercure |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1970 |
Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12A, SFERMA Marquis[79]
|
| Euralair |
 |
RN |
ERL |
EURALAIR |
1964 |
2003 |
|
| 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
|
| Europ'Air |
|
ER |
|
|
1967 |
1976 |
Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 402[80]
|
| Europe Aéro Fret |
 |
|
|
|
1986 |
1986 |
Operated Trislander[81]
|
| Europe Aéro Service |
 |
EY |
EYT |
EURO LINE |
1965 |
1995 |
Renamed EAS Europe Airlines
|
| Europe Air Charter |
 |
|
|
EAC |
1972 |
1972 |
|
| Europe Airpost |
 |
5O |
FPO |
|
1999 |
2015 |
Renamed/merged to ASL Airlines France
|
| F
|
| Fairlines |
 |
LK |
FIR |
FAIR |
1995 |
1999 |
Operated MD-81
|
| Flandre Air |
 |
IX |
FRS |
|
1985 |
2001 |
Merged with Proteus Airlines and Regional Airlines to form Régional
|
| Flywest |
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
Went bankrupt
|
| France Dakota |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
1998 |
Operated Douglas DC-3[82]
|
| France DC3 SA |
|
|
|
|
1991 |
1998 |
Renamed Publi-Air. Operated Douglas DC-3[83]
|
| French Blue |
 |
BF |
FBU |
SUNLINE |
2016 |
2018 |
Renamed French Bee
|
| Fretair |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1975 |
Operated Douglas DC-3[84]
|
| G
|
| GECAT Fret |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
1950 |
Operated Curtiss C-46[85]
|
| H
|
| Heli-Transport |
|
OI |
HLT |
HELI TRANSPORT |
1974 |
1992 |
Operated Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Aérospatiale Alouette II[86]
|
| Heliglobe Finet France Cargo |
 |
|
|
|
1996 |
1997 |
Operated HS 748, CASA Aviocar[87]
|
| Hex'Air |
 |
UD |
HER |
HEX AIRLINE |
1991 |
2017 |
Merged into Twin Jet
|
| I
|
| ICS-Inter Ciel Service |
|
|
ICS |
INTER CIEL SERVICE |
1990 |
1991 |
|
| IGavion |
 |
TE |
IGA |
|
2013 |
2018 |
Rebranded Air France Hop[88]
|
| Inter Cargo Service |
|
|
ICS |
INTERCARGO |
1987 |
1990 |
Renamed ICS. Operated Boeing 737-200, Vickers Vanguard
|
| InterCiel Services |
 |
|
ICS |
|
1989 |
1991 |
Established as Intercargo Service. Operated Boeing 737-200[89]
|
| J
|
| Jet Alsace |
 |
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[90]
|
| Joon |
 |
JN |
JON |
JOON |
2017 |
2019 |
Reincorporated to Air France
|
| K
|
| Kallistair |
|
FU |
|
|
1973 |
|
Operated BN-2 Islander[91]
|
| Kel Air |
 |
|
CET |
|
1986 |
1990 |
|
| Kyrnair |
 |
KH V4 |
KYN |
GOLDBIRD |
1986 |
1999 |
Operated ATR 42, Embraer Bandeirante[92]
|
| L
|
| L-Air |
|
|
LRK |
|
2002 |
2003 |
|
| L'Aéropostale |
 |
|
|
|
1991 |
2000 |
Renamed Europe Airpost. Operated Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200[93]
|
| L'Avion |
 |
A0 |
AVI |
ELYSAIR |
2007 |
2009 |
Merged into OpenSkies
|
| LAM |
|
|
|
|
1941 |
1945 |
|
| Les Avions Bleus |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1952 |
Operated Curtiss C-46[94]
|
| Lignes Aériennes Farman |
|
|
|
|
1919 |
1924 |
Rebranded as Société Générale des Transports Aériens
|
| Lucas Aigle Azur |
 |
|
|
|
1977 |
2001 |
Established as Aigle Azur in 1946. Renamed Aigle Azur. Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Saab 340[95]
|
| Lucas Air Transport |
 |
LK |
|
|
1970 |
1992 |
Trading name for Lucas Aviation[96]
|
| Lucas Aviation |
 |
LK |
|
|
1970 |
1977 |
Traded as Lucas Air Transport. Renamed Lucas Aigle Azur[97]
|
| M
|
| Minerve |
 |
IW |
MIN |
MINERVE |
1975 |
1992 |
Merged with Air Outre Mer to form AOM French Airlines
|
| MiriadAir |
|
|
MYR |
MIRIADAIR |
1987 |
1990 |
Operated Cessna Caravan, Cessna Citation II[98]
|
| N
|
| Nantes Aviation |
|
NV |
|
|
1970 |
1979 |
Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18[99]
|
| New Axis Airways |
|
9X |
AXY |
|
2009 |
2009 |
|
| Noor Airways |
|
|
|
|
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Normandie Air Services |
 |
|
NDS |
|
1970 |
1984 |
Operated de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-3[100]
|
| O
|
| Occitania Jet Fleet |
 |
|
OJF |
OCCITANIA |
1997 |
2004 |
Corporate carrier. Operated Beech 1900D, Fokker 100[101]
|
| 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
|
| P
|
| Point Air |
 |
FW |
|
|
1980 |
1987 |
Went bankrupt
|
| Proteus Air System |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1996 |
Renamed Proteus Airlines[102]
|
| Proteus Airlines |
 |
YS |
PRB |
PROTEUS |
1996 |
2001 |
Merged with Flandre Air and Regional Airlines to form Régional
|
| Publi-Air |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
2001 |
Established as France DC3 SA. Operated Douglas DC-3[103]
|
| Pyrénair |
|
YD |
|
|
1968 |
1979 |
Founded by Fernand Gaspé. Acquired by Air Alpes. Operated Beech 18, Beech Duke, Cessna 402, DHC-6 Twin Otter[104]
|
| R
|
| Regional Airlines |
 |
|
RGI |
|
1992 |
2001 |
Merged with Flandre Air and Proteus Airlines to form Régional
|
| Régional |
 |
YS |
RAE |
REGIONAL EUROPE |
2001 |
2013 |
Merged with Brit Air and Airlinair to form HOP!
|
| Réseau des Lignes Aériennes Françaises |
|
|
|
|
1945 |
1946 |
|
| Rousseau Aviation |
 |
RU |
|
|
1963 |
1976 |
Operated HS-748
|
| S
|
| 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 |
Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900, Merlin IV[105]
|
| Sinair |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
Renamed Axis Airways[106]
|
| SNATI (Air Toulouse) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Société Anonyme de Navigation Aeriennes |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1949 |
Operated Bloch MB.220[107]
|
| Société Auxiliaire de Gérance et de Transports Aériens |
 |
|
|
|
1953 |
1959 |
Operated SNCASE Armagnac[108]
|
| Société Commerciale du Littoral |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
1996 |
Operated Bristol Freighter[109]
|
| Societé aérienne française d'affrètements |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1969 |
Renamed Air Charter International[110]
|
| Société d'Exploitation du Matériel Aéronautique Français |
|
|
|
|
1949 |
1953 |
Operated Latécoère 631[111]
|
| Société Générale des Transports Aériens |
|
|
|
|
1924 |
1933 |
Merged with four other airlines to form Air France
|
| Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1952 |
Operated Consolidated Liberator, Douglas DC-3[112]
|
| Société de Transports Aériens Internationaux et Régionaux |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
1993 |
Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[113]
|
| Star Airlines |
 |
SE |
SEU |
STARWAY |
1997 |
2006 |
Established as Star Europe. Renamed XL Airways France[114]
|
| Star Europe |
 |
|
|
|
1995 |
1997 |
Renamed Star Airlines[115]
|
| Stellair Transports Aériens |
 |
|
|
|
1982 |
1993 |
Went bankrupt. Fleet taken over by Air Toulouse. Operated Douglas DC-3, Fairchild F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fokker F28[116]
|
| Strategic Airlines |
 |
EF |
STZ |
|
2009 |
2010 |
|
| Sud Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
1973 |
1975 |
Operated Beech King Air[117]
|
| Sud Airlines |
|
|
SDU |
SUD LINES |
2003 |
2006 |
|
| SVT Air Touring |
 |
|
|
|
1972 |
1973 |
Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[118]
|
| T
|
| TAT European Airlines |
 |
VD |
TAT |
|
1969 |
1996 |
Merged into Air Liberté
|
| Taxi Avia France |
|
TF |
ATX |
|
1970 |
1974 |
Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Fokker F27[119]
|
| TEA France |
 |
FN |
TFR |
TRANSAIRWAYS |
1989 |
1995 |
|
| Thalass Air |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1979 |
Operated Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Beech Queen Air[120]
|
| Trans Air Bretagne |
|
|
TRB |
AIR BRETAGNE |
1973 |
1993 |
Operated Cessna 402[121]
|
| Trans Alsace |
|
|
TAS |
TRANALSACE |
1993 |
1994 |
Operated Airbus A320, Boeing 737-400, MD-80[122]
|
| Trans Azur Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1981 |
1983 |
Operated Dart Herald[123]
|
| Trans-Union |
 |
|
|
|
1966 |
1974 |
Operated DC-4, DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle[124]
|
| Transport Air Centre |
 |
UH |
CTR |
AIR CENTRE |
1978 |
1994 |
Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec, Swearingen Merlin IV[125]
|
| Transport Aérien Transregional |
 |
|
|
|
1989 |
1990 |
Operated ATR 72, FH-227, Fokker F28, Nord 262[126]
|
| Transports Aériens du Midi |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
? |
Operated Caudron Goéland[127]
|
| Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux |
 |
|
|
TAI |
1946 |
1963 |
Merged with Union Aéromaritime de Transport to form Union de Transports Aériens
|
| Transports Aériens Reunis |
|
|
|
|
1970 |
1974 |
Operated DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Vickers Viking 1B[128]
|
| U
|
| Uni Air International |
 |
|
UAI |
UNIAIR |
1969 |
1993 |
Operated Carvair, Aérospatiale Corvette, FH-227, Falcon 20, Learjet 35[129]
|
| Uni Air Rouergue |
 |
|
|
|
1970 |
1974 |
Renamed Air Rouergue. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech Queen Air, Cessna 182[130]
|
| Union Aéromaritime de Transport |
 |
|
UAT |
|
1949 |
1963 |
Merged with Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux to form Union de Transports Aériens
|
| Union Aéronautique Regionale |
|
UZ |
|
|
1977 |
1979 |
Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27[131]
|
| Union de Transports Aériens |
 |
UT |
UTA |
|
1963 |
1992 |
Merged into Air France
|
| V
|
| Vargas Aviation |
 |
|
|
|
1971 |
1975 |
Operated Douglas DC-3[132]
|
| Virgin Express France |
 |
|
VEF |
LADYBIRD |
1988 |
2001 |
Subsidiary of the Virgin Express. Established as Air Provence Charter
|
| W
|
| Westair |
|
F3 |
FWA |
|
1995 |
2004 |
Operated Boeing 737-200[133]
|
| World Wide Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1961 |
Operated Bell 47, Cessna 170, DHC-1, DHC-2 Beaver, PBY Catalina, Hiller UH-12, Sikorsky S-58[134]
|
| X
|
| XL Airways France |
 |
SE |
XLF |
STARWAY |
1995 |
2019 |
|