Английская Википедия:Air Littoral
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Air Littoral was a French regional airline based in Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport that operated from 1972 to 2004. The airline operated domestic services as well as a small amount of regional routes. The airline also operated feeder services on behalf of Air France.
History
Air Littoral was founded in April 1972 and originally based at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport in Montpellier. It started operations on 23 May 1972 with a Nice-Montpellier-Perpignan service.[1] In 1975 it was headquartered at Aérodrome du Castellet.[2]
Over the years KLM, Euralair, Lufthansa and the SAir Group (Swissair), which sold their stake in 2001, all had ownership stakes in Air Littoral. A takeover failed in 2003 and the company was declared bankrupt. A number of groups considered taking over Air Littoral including Azzurra Air (which shortly after ceased operations due to its own financial difficulties), but none succeeded and the airline was closed down by the French authorities in February 2004.
By the moment of bankruptcy Air Littoral was operating a fleet of 17 Canadair CRJ-100s from bases in Nice, Montpellier, Paris (Orly) and Marseille, and was well known for the bright livery that its aircraft sported in the years before its demise.
Fleet
Air Littoral has operated the following aircraft throughout its existence:[3][4]
- ATR 42
- ATR 72
- Beechcraft 1900
- Boeing 737-300
- Bombardier CRJ
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (4)[1]
- Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
- Fokker F27 Friendship
- Fokker 70
- Fokker 100
- Nord 262
Accidents
- 21 December 1987: Air Littoral Flight 1919, an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, operating a regular service from Brussels to Bordeaux, descended below the glideslope at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport and crash-landed in the midst of trees in the vicinity of the airport, ultimately causing the deaths of all 16 aboard.
- 18 November 1988: Air Littoral Flight 440, a Swearing SA-226 metroliner, operating a regular service from Montluçon – Guéret Airport to Orly Airport, climbed to 2,000 feet before impacting the ground due to a stick-shaker warning, resulting in all four passengers and crew to perish.
- 30 July 1997: Air Littoral Flight 701, an ATR 42 on a service from Nice Côte d'Azur Airport to Florence, Italy, overran the runway on landing at Florence Airport, crashed through the perimeter fence and into a ditch next to the nearby A11 motorway. The captain died of his injuries four days later; fourteen other people on board were injured.
References
External links
Шаблон:Airlines of France Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ World Airline Directory. Flight International. March 20, 1975. "467.
- ↑ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al. jp airline-fleets international. Zürich-Airport, 1974–2003.
- ↑ airfleets.net
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