Atlas Atlantique Airlines

Atlantique Air Assistance - Atlantic Air Lines - Atlas Atlantique Airlines
ATR 42-320
IATA ICAO Call sign
L5 TLB TRIPLE ALPHA
Founded1989
Ceased operationsOctober 2017
HubsNantes Atlantique Airport
Secondary hubsChâlons Vatry Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations9
HeadquartersLa Chevrolière, France
Key peopleAndré Besseau (CEO)
Websiteatlasatlantiqueairlines.com

Atlas Atlantique Airlines, formerly Atlantique Air Assistance, was a French airline headquartered in La Chevrolière.[1] The airline's operating base was at Nantes Atlantique Airport with an office at Paris - Le Bourget Airport.

History

1989-2015 - business and health care transport

Beechcraft King Air 90

Atlantique Air Assistance was created in 1989 by André Besseau. It offered ad hoc services such as corporate transport, charter flights, air ambulance, non-emergency medical transportation, cargo flights and international funeral transport in France and Europe, mostly on behalf of large French companies. The air carrier had a Global Operating License, as well as an Air Transport certification (CTA N°F-O-002) granted by the French civil aviation authority. The company was also ISO 9001-2000 certified.

By 2008 the fleet had grown to include a pair of Beechcraft 1900s and as many Embraer 120s. In the following years Atlantique Air Assistance became a partner of Atlas Tour, a tour operator based in Lille. In July 2014, the air carrier was acquired by the Lille-based BNA Holding.

2015-2017 - medium-haul airline

On December 17, 2015, the company adopted Atlas Atlantique Airlines brand and expanded its operations to include medium-haul flights between France and Algeria. It used a leased Airbus A320-200. In 2017, the company also leased an Airbus A319-100.[2] The growth has been too fast and too reckless and in that same year, the company started experiencing serious financial problems, having difficulty in stabilizing its pattern. The air carrier was placed under court-ordered receivership and ceased operations in October, losing the operating license (AOC) on 13 November. Lacking a buyer, the airline was placed into liquidation on 6 December and will never restart operations.[3][4]

Subsidiary

Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia landing at London-Heathrow airport

In 2006, a subsidiary named Atlantic Air Lines was estabilished to operate aircraft with more than 19 seats. Two Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (30 passengers) were selected. The company was the last French customer to operate the Brazilian turboprop aircraft. In 2008 the air carrier replaced one of them with a larger ATR 42 (46 passengers) which was instrumental for its charter flights between France and Algeria. In December 2015 the company merged into the parent concern.

Fleet

As of January 2015 the Atlas Atlantique Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:[5]

References

  1. ^ "Contact us." Atlantique Air Assistance. Retrieved on 16 June 2010.
  2. ^ "site de Olympus Airways". Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. ^ tourmag.com - Paris-Vatry : Atlas Atlantique Airlines vend toujours des billets malgré la suppression de licence ! (French) 11 December 2017
  4. ^ "ATLANTIQUE AIR ASSISTANCE SA (LA CHEVROLIERE) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 352407225". www.societe.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  5. ^ "CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

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