List of airlines of France

This is a list of active/operating airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile,[1] the civil aviation authority of France.

For French overseas departments and territories, see the pages of French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in their respective geographical areas.

Scheduled airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Headquarters Image Airline type Commenced operations Notes
Air Corsica XK CCM Ajaccio domestic 1990 Previously Cie. Aérienne Corse Mediterranée & "CCM"
Air France AF AFR Roissy-en-France Flag carrier 1933
Air France Hop A5 HOP Rungis regional 2013 Formed by the merger of three regional air carriers
Amelia 8R AIA Roissy-en-France regional 2019 Belonging to Regourd Aviation Group
Chalair Aviation CE CLG Carpiquet regional 1986
Corsair International SS CRL Rungis long-haul 1981 Previously Corse Air International, Corsair and Corsairfly
Finist'air FTR Guipavas regional 1981
French Bee BF FBU Paris long-haul 2016 Previously French Blue
La Compagnie B0 DJT Paris long-haul 2014
Oya Vendée Hélicoptères L'Île-d'Yeu helicopters 1983
Transavia France TO TVF Paray-Vieille-Poste medium-haul 2007
Twinjet T7 TJT Aix-en-Provence regional 2001

Charter airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Headquarters Image Operations Commenced operations Notes
Alpine Airlines Courchevel charter
AstonJet Toussus Le Noble charter/medevac
Avdef Nîmes defense contractor
Evolem Aviation Lyon Bron charter
iXair Paris–Le Bourget Airport charter
JetCorp Toulouse charter
OpenFlight Marseille charter/medevac
Oyonnair Lyon Bron charter/medevac
Phenix Aviation Le Havre charter/medevac
VallJet Paris–Le Bourget Airport charter 2007 La Baule Aviation trading name
Voldirect Rennes charter

Cargo airlines

Airline IATA ICAO Headquarters Image Operations Commenced operations Notes
Air France Cargo Roissy-en-France long-haul Air France brand for cargo operations
Airbus Transport International - Airbus Beluga Transport Toulouse long-haul Oversize loads specialist
ASL Airlines France 5O FPO Roissy-en-France medium-haul 1987 Previously Intercargo Service, Aéropostale and Europe Airpost
CMA CGM Air Cargo 2C CMA Marseille long-haul 2021

See also

  • List of defunct airlines of France
  • List of defunct airlines of Europe
  • List of airlines
  • List of airlines of Europe

References

  1. ^ "Liste des transporteurs aériens français exploitant des aéronefs de plus de 19 sièges et ou des lignes régulières au 13-07-2012" (PDF) (in French). Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-01.

Further reading

  • Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-1940-1960-Hommes et evenements (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1983
  • Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-L'essoir 1960-1980 (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1984
  • Noetinger J., Histoire de l'Aéronautique Française-Epopée 1940-1960 (in French language), Ed. France Empire, Paris, 1985
  • Mézière H.-Sauvage J.M., Les Ailes Francaises-L’Aviation marchande de 1919 a nos jours (in French language), Ed. Rive Droite, Paris, 1997