Air Corsica

Air Corsica
Airbus A320-216
IATA ICAO Call sign
XK CCM CORSICA
Founded6 January 1989
Commenced operations1 July 1990
HubsAjaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
Secondary hubsBastia – Poretta Airport, Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport, Figari Sud-Corse Airport
Frequent-flyer programFlying Blue, Air Corsica Mea
Fleet size13
Destinations24
Parent companyCollectivité Territoriale de Corse, Air France–KLM
HeadquartersAjaccio, Corsica, France
Key peoplePhilippe Dandrieux (CEO)
Websiteaircorsica.com

Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M. (Corsican: Cumpagnia Aerea Corsa Mediterrania), later branded CCM Airlines and renamed Air Corsica in 2010, is the "flag carrier" of the French island of Corsica. The headquarters are located at "Napoléon Bonaparte" airport of Ajaccio .[1] It operates passenger services from Corsica to continental France. Its main operating base is at Ajaccio "Napoleon Bonaparte" airport, with other hubs at Figari–Sud Corse Airport, Bastia-Poretta Airport and Calvi-Sainte-Catherine Airport.[2][3]

History

The company was founded on January 1, 1989, on the initiative of the President of the Regional Assembly of Corsica Pierre Philippe Ceccaldi to improve flight connections from and to the island. Its first flight took place in June 1990 and schedules were started on 1 July with a fleet of ATR 72-600. Initial prospects were accompanied by growing success and the company found itself having to order jetliners such as the Fokker F28. In November 2000 the brand name CCM Airlines started to be used, leading to a full name change to Air Corsica in October 2010.[4][5] At the same time, two Airbus A319s and two Airbus A320s had entered the fleet.[6]

In December 2019, with the arrival of its first Airbus A320neo, Air Corsica became the first French operator of the A320neo.[7]

Air Corsica operates certain flights as a franchise for Air France and ITA Airways.[8] Air Corsica outsources its passenger service system, which manages reservations, inventory and pricing to Amadeus using the Altéa system.

Destinations

Departure points (in Corsica)[9][10]
Calvi Bastia Ajaccio Figari
Brussels (Charleroi) Seasonal Seasonal Seasonal Seasonal
Paris (Orly) Year-round Year-round Year-round Year-round
Dole Seasonal
Clermont-Ferrand Seasonal
Lyon Seasonal Year-round Year-round Seasonal
Toulouse Seasonal Seasonal Year-round Seasonal
Marseille Year-round Year-round Year-round Year-round
Nice Year-round Year-round Year-round Year-round
Olbia Seasonal
Milan (Malpensa) Seasonal
Venice Seasonal
Rome (Fiumicino) Seasonal Year-round
Naples Seasonal Seasonal

Codeshare agreements

Air Corsica has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[11]

Fleet

Current fleet

ATR 72-500

As of August 2025, Air Corsica operates the following aircraft:[13]

Air Corsica fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200 2 — 180
Airbus A320neo 4 — 186
ATR 72-600 7 — 72
Total 13 —

Former fleet

As of February 2023 the airline operated the following aircraft:[14]

  • F-GRPZ, ATR 72-500
  • F-GRPY, ATR 72-500
  • F-HDGK, A320-216
  • F-HZFM, A320-216

Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée-"CCM" fleet

References

  1. ^ "Relations Clientèle Archived 2009-08-18 at the Wayback Machine." CCM Airlines. Retrieved on 12 February 2010. "Siège social de CCM Aéroport Napoléon Bonaparte BP 505 – 20186 AJACCIO CEDEX "
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 62.
  3. ^ Air International, July 2005
  4. ^ "Corporate | Air Corsica". www.aircorsica.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  5. ^ The French Connection Airliner World September 2025 pages 88-95
  6. ^ G. Endres & Flight Data research Team, "World Airlines 2009", Reed Business Information Ltd., Surrey (U.K.), ISBN 978-1-898779-36-0
  7. ^ "Air Corsica réceptionne son premier Airbus A320neo - Commercial Aircraft - Airbus". Airbus. 2019-12-02. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  8. ^ a b "ITA Airways è in code share con Air Corsica su Ajaccio". 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Notre réseau". Air Corsica (in French). Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  10. ^ "Air Corsica routes and destinations". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  11. ^ "Profile on Air Corsica". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  12. ^ "Nos accords aériens" [Our air agreements]. Air Caraïbes (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  13. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Air Corsica". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 58.
  14. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2018 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2018): 14.

Further reading

  • O. Constant. "French connection", Commuter World monthly magazine, U.S.A., August 1998
  • "Air Corsica", Airliner World monthly magazine, Key Publishing, U.K., May 2018
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