This is a list of defunct airlines 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.
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
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| ACE Transvalair | VY | CHX | CHARTER EXPRESS | 1984 | 1994 | Trading name of ACE-Air Charter Express and Transvalair from Switzerland joint operations Operated Douglas DC-3 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 | |||||||||
| Aelis Air Service | 2004 | 2010 | Charter carrier. Operated Embraer Brasilia | ||||||||||||
| Aéris | SH | AIS | FRANCE CHARTER | 1999 | 2003 | Previously Air Toulouse International | |||||||||
| Aéris Express | 2003 | 2003 | Low-cost Aéris subsidiary | ||||||||||||
| Aéro Cargo | 1946 | 1952 | Operated extensively in Algeria. Subsidiary of Societé Aigle Azur since March 1950. Flight operations merged to form Aigle Azur Extreme Orient in FRENCH INDOCHINA (Vietnam). Operated AAC-1 (French manufactured Junkers Ju.52), Douglas DC3, Halifax C.VIII | ||||||||||||
| Aéro France International | FB | ROF | AIROF | 1978 | 1991 | Operated leased Sud Aviation Caravelle | |||||||||
| Aéro Jets Darta | DRT | DARTA | 197 | 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 | |||||||||
| Aérolinair | ERN | BLUE HAWK | 2002 | 2015 | Airlinair subsidiary Operated Beech 1900[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| AeroLyon | 4Q | AEY | AEROLYON | 1996 | 2002 | ||||||||||
| Aéromaritime | QK | QKL | AEROMAR | 1966 | 1992 | UTA-Union de Transports Aériens subsidiary [citation needed] | |||||||||
| Aerope 3S Aviation | OPE | PONTOISAIR | 2001 | 2001 | [citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Aéropostale | 1918 | 1933 | Previously Lignes Aériennes Latécoère Merged to form Air France | ||||||||||||
| Aérotour | FV | 1976 | 1980 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Boeing 737-200[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| Aigle Azur | 1946 | 1955 | Trading name of Societé Aigle Azur S.A. Relauched in 1977 by Lucas Air Transport/Lucas Aviation | ||||||||||||
| Air Alpes | LP | ALP | AIR ALPES | 1962 | 1981 | Merged into TAT-Transport Aérien Transregional (TAT European Airlines) | |||||||||
| Air Alsace | SY | 1962 | 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Air Angouleme | AGL | AIR ANGOULEME | 1976 | 2012 | |||||||||||
| Air Anjou Transports[citation needed] | SJ | AIR ANJOU | 1976 | 1980 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner | ||||||||||
| Air Aquitaine | AB | 1991 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 310 | |||||||||||
| Air Ardeche | BS | 1985 | 1990 | Operated a Piper PA-31 | |||||||||||
| Air Asie | 1928 | 1929 | Merged with Air Union Lignes d'Orient to form Air Orient | ||||||||||||
| Air Atlantique | V6 | APB | CHARENTE | 1963 | 2004 | Previously Air Publicité-Air Atlantique | |||||||||
| Air Bleu | 1935 | 1940 | |||||||||||||
| Air Bretagne | 3E | BRE | BRETAGNE | 1998 | 2001 | Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Bretagne Centre | 1973 | 1980 | Scheduled routes on a seasonal basis only Operated Aero Commander 500B | ||||||||||||
| Air Caen | 1949 | 1987 | Operated De Havilland DH-89 Dragon Rapide | ||||||||||||
| Air Centre | 1964 | 1975 | Operated Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron, Britten-Norman | ||||||||||||
| Air Champagne Ardennes | CZ | 1969 | 1974 | Bought by Air Alpes in 1973 and merged in 1974 Operated Beech 99, Cessna 402, Cessna 411 | |||||||||||
| Air Charter / Air Charter International | SF | ACF | AIR CHARTER | 1966 | 1998 | Air Charter International trading name until 1984 when it reverted to Air Charter | |||||||||
| Air Cholet | 1970 | 1972 | Operated Cessna 402 | ||||||||||||
| Air Continent | 1963 | 1972 | Operated Beech Travel Air, Beech 18S, Cessna 180, Cessna 185, Sud Alouette III | ||||||||||||
| Air Corse | DK | ARK | AIR CORSE | 1985 | 1990 | Operated ATR 42 Embraer Bandeirante Fairchild F-27A[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Côte-Basque | 1972 | 1973 | Renamed Sud Air Transport. Operated Beech Queen Air | ||||||||||||
| Air Côte d'Opale | OPL | OPALE | 1978 | 1996 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Air Dauphiné | 1964 | 1970 | Renamed TAR-Transports Aériens Réunis
Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| Air Dieppe | 1972 | 1972 | Operated Piper Aztec | ||||||||||||
| Air Entreprise International | KD | AEN | AIR ENTERPRISE | 1969 | 1994 | Operated leased Sud Aviation Caravelle[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air-Estérel | HC | 1963 | Also known as Transcorse S.A.
Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12, Cessna 180 | ||||||||||||
| Air Exel France | RF | RXL | AIR EXEL | 1988 | 2005 | Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines in 1992 Restarted own operations in 2004
Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air France Asie | AF | AFR | AIR FRANS | 1994 | 2007 | Air France subsidiary | |||||||||
| Air France Europe | 1996 | 1997 | Formed by the merger of Air France medium-haul operations and Air Inter. Fully merged into Air France | ||||||||||||
| Air Horizons | RN | EUH | EURALAIR HORIZONS | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | |||||||||
| Air Inter | IT | ITF | AIR INTER | 1958 | 1996 | Merged into Air France Europe | |||||||||
| Air Inter Europe | 1996 | 1997 | trading name of Air France Europe | ||||||||||||
| Air Jet | V6 | AIJ | AIR JET | 1981 | 2003 | Jet Services Group division Operated BAe 146, Fokker F27, Saab 2000[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Languedoc | LX | 1974 | 1978 | Merged operations into TAT Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, DHC-6 Twin Otter[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| Air Liberté & Air Lib | VD | LIB | AIR LIBERTE | 1988 | 2001 | Renamed Air Lib | |||||||||
| Air Limousin | 1967 | 1976 | Merged assets into Air Alpes | ||||||||||||
| Air Littoral & Cie. Air Littoral | FU | LIT | AIR LITTORAL | 1972 | 2003 | Merged operations with Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc to form Cie. Air Littoral | |||||||||
| Air Lorient | ALO | 1990 | 1990 | Operated Métro Merlin II and Beech 200[citation needed] | Air Lorraine | 1981 | 1981 | ||||||||
| Air Méditerranée | ML | BIE | MEDITERRANEE | 1998 | 2016 | Previously Air Midi Bigorre | |||||||||
| Air Midi Bigorre | 1997 | 1998 | Renamed Air Méditerranée | ||||||||||||
| Air Nautic | 1958 | 1966 | Previously GECA
Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Vickers VC.1 Viking[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Air Nolis | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Douglas C-47B | ||||||||||||
| Air Normandie | 1949 | 1951 | Based in Caen
Operated Douglas DC 3 | ||||||||||||
| Air Normandie (Normandie Aviation) | ID | RNO | NORMANDIE | 1991 | 2001 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air, Cessna 500 Citation[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Ocean | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Amiot AAC.1 Toucan | ||||||||||||
| Air Open Sky | OPN | AIR SKY | 1998 | 2000 | Operated ATR 42 | ||||||||||
| Air Orient | 1929 | 1933 | Merged into Air France | ||||||||||||
| 1st Air Ouest | 1956 | 1960 | Operated DH.89 | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Air Ouest | OE | 1972 | 1976 | Operated BN-2 Islander[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| Air Outre Mer | QN | AOM | AOM | 1990 | 1992 | Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines | |||||||||
| Air Paris | IO | TAD | 1959 | 1975 | Previously Air Orly. Merged operations into TAT Operated Beech 99 Airliner, de Havilland Heron, DHC-6 Twin Otter[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Air Passaquay | 1972 | 1992 | Operated Cessna 411 | ||||||||||||
| Air Perigord | 1967 | 1973 | Operated Beech Queen Air, Cessna 172, Piper Aztec | ||||||||||||
| Air Poitou-Charentes | 1969 | 1974 | Merged into Touraine Air Transport Operated Beechcraft Baron 55, Cessna 170 | ||||||||||||
| Air Provence S.A. | 1975 | 1991 | Renamed Air Provence International | ||||||||||||
| Air Provence Charter | LPU | EUROSTAR | 1996 | 1998 | Renamed Virgin Express France in January 1998 | ||||||||||
| Air Provence International | DG | APR | AIR PROVENCE | 1991 | 2002 | Previously Air Provence S.A. Renamed Soc. Nouvelle Air Provence. Changed name to West Air France Operated Grumman Gulfstream I, Beech King Air, FH227, HS 748, Caravelle[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Rhuys | RC | 1977 | 1978 | Operated Cessna 402 | |||||||||||
| Air Rouergue | YU | 1970 | 1977 | Previously Uni-Air Rouergue Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27, FH-227 | |||||||||||
| Air Sarthe Organization | ASO | 1987 | 1993 | Operated Beechcraft C90 King Air | |||||||||||
| Air Service Nantes | ASN | AIR NANTES | 1981 | 1992 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Boeing 737, Caravelle 10R, DHC-6 Twin Otter, FH-27, FH-227, Fokker F27[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Air Service Vosges | VGE | 1976 | 2005 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Navajo | |||||||||||
| Air Toulouse | 1969 | 1989 | Renamed Air Toulouse International Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 402 | ||||||||||||
| Air Toulouse International | SH | TLE | AIR TOULOUSE | 1989 | 1999 | Previously Air Toulouse. Reformed as SATT-Societé Nouvelle Air Toulouse International S.A. in 1992 Renamed Aeris | |||||||||
| Air Turquoise | RT | RTQ | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| Air Union | 1923 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France | ||||||||||||
| Air Vendée | VM | AVD | AIR VENDEE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines | |||||||||
| Air Vosges | GS | VGE | VOSGES | 1969 | 1975 | Merged operations into Air Alsace. Operated Cessna 401, Cessna 402[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Air Wasteels | 1969 | 1975 | Operated HP.137 "Jetstream" | ||||||||||||
| Air West | AWP | WEST AIR | 1997 | 1997 | Operated Piper PA-31 for a few months | ||||||||||
| Air' Mana | EFC | 1966 | 2016 | Operated Swearingen Merlin | |||||||||||
| Airbus Industrie | 1966 | 1991 | Operations entrusted to Union de Transports Aériens subsidiary Aéromaritime | ||||||||||||
| Airbus Transport International | 1996 | 2006 | Operated Airbus Beluga | ||||||||||||
| Aire d'Evasions/"Air Evasion" | E3 | IVS | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Douglas DC-8[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Airlec | ARL | 1988 | 1992 | Air Aquitaine Transport scheduled operations trading name. Merged scheduled operations into Regional Airlines | |||||||||||
| Airlinair | AN | RLA | AIRLINAIR | 1999 | 2017 | Merged operations into HOP! | |||||||||
| AlsaceExel | XT | 2004 | 2005 | Brand established by Exel Group | |||||||||||
| Alsair | AL | LSR | ALSAIR | 1982 | 2010 | Previously Alsace Air Service Operated Beech 1900, Beech King Air, Cessna Citation II[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Alsavia | XG | ALV | ALSAVIA | 1989 | 1993 | Operated Embraer Brasilia on Transport Aérien Transregional behalf, and Saab 340 on Air France behalf | |||||||||
| ALTA-Air Limousin Travail Aérien S.A. | QD | LMT | AIR LIMOUSIN | 1979 | 1989 | Operated Nord 262, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Swearingen Metroliner, Beech 99 Airliner, Saab 340[citation needed] | |||||||||
| AOM French Airlines | IW | AOM | FRENCHLINES | 1992 | 2001 | Merged into Air Liberté | |||||||||
| Aria | ARW | ARIABIRD | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| Atlantic Air Lift | HGH | HIGHER | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Atlantique Air Assistance | TLB | AAA | 1989 | 2017 | Rebranded Atlas Atlantique Airlines in 2015 | ||||||||||
| Auxiair | AJ & BS | 1975 | 1980 | ||||||||||||
| Avions Taxis Pyrénéens-"Air Transport Pyrénées" | TF | TPR | PYRENEEN | 1984 | 1997 | Previously Gaspe Air Service Merged into Proteus Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Axis Airways- Compagnie Aérienne Française | 6V | AXY | AXIS | 2000 | 2001 | Previously Axis Airways and New Axis Airways | |||||||||
| B | |||||||||||||||
| Belair – Ile de France | BLI | 1995 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 727, MD-83 | |||||||||||
| 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[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Brit Air | DB | BZH | BRITAIR | 1975 | 2017 | Merged into HOP! | |||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||
| CAF-Compagnie aérienne française | 1919 | 1937 | Founded by Henri Balleyguier. | ||||||||||||
| CAP Airlines | MO | CBD | 1995 | 2001 | |||||||||||
| CATAIR | QV | 1969 | 1978 | Operated Lockheed Constellation, Sud Aviation Caravelle, Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR | |||||||||||
| CCM Airlines | XK | CRL | CORSAIR | 2000 | 2010 | Trading name of Compagnie Corse Mediterranée | |||||||||
| CFRNA-Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne | 1920 | 1925 | Joint French-Romanian airline. Renamed CIDNA in 1925 | ||||||||||||
| Champagne Airlines | CPH | CHAMPAGNE | 1998 | 2005 | Trading name of CAE-Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne | ||||||||||
| CIDNA-Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne | 1925 | 1933 | Previously CFRNA. Merged with four other airlines to form Air France. Operated Fokker F.VII | ||||||||||||
| CIP Transports | 1999 | 2001 | Operated Airbus A319, Dassault Falcon 900EX | ||||||||||||
| Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc | WL FQ | 1976 | 1988 | Merged with Air Littoral to form Cie. Air Littoral | |||||||||||
| Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée | XK | CCM | 1990 | 2000 | Renamed Air Corsica | ||||||||||
| Compagnie Aérienne Poitou-Charentes "Air Poitou-Charentes" | 1994 | 1997 | Previously Mid Airways Operated ATR 42, Fokker F28, Piper Aztec | ||||||||||||
| CAE-Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne | C9 | FEU | AEROCOM | 1991 | 2002 | On-demand passenger, freight and medivac charters | |||||||||
| Compagnie Air Frêt | FZ | 1964 | 1982 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-7, Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 707 | |||||||||||
| Compagnie Air Transport | TF | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Carvair | |||||||||||
| CMA - 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[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Compagnie des Transports Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest | 1919 | 1919 | |||||||||||||
| Compagnie Générale Aéropostale | 1918 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France | ||||||||||||
| Compagnie générale transaérienne | 1909 | 1921 | First French airline. Absorbed by 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 | 1998 | Changed cororate name to Societé Air France | ||||||||||||
| Continent Air Paris | MO | CBD | MOONLIGHT | 1995 | 1998 | ||||||||||
| Continentale Air Service | CAS | 1978 | 1979 | Operated Aérospatiale Corvette | |||||||||||
| Crossair Europe | QE | ECC | CICOGNE | 1998 | 2005 | Trading name of Europe Continental Airways | |||||||||
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| Dakota Air | 1993 | 1997 | Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| Dirac Aviation | YM | DAV | DIRAC | 1985 | 1990 | Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Diwan | DWA | DIWAN | 1992 | 1997 | Operated Beech 200, Grumman Gulfstream I[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Drakk'Air | XP | DKR | DRAK AIR | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 200, Beech Baron, Piper Cheyenne[citation needed] | |||||||||
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| Eagle Aviation France | EGN | FRENCH EAGLE | 1998 | 2009 | Resurrected in March 2009 as Noor Airways | ||||||||||
| EAS Europe Airlines | EY | EVT | EURO LINE | 1965 | 1995 | Previously Europe Aéro Service | |||||||||
| Émeraude Air Transport | 1976 | 1977 | Operated Beech Queen Air | ||||||||||||
| Escadrille Mercure | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12A, SFERMA Marquis | ||||||||||||
| Euralair-Euralair International S.A. | RN | ERL | EURALAIR | 1964 | 2003 | ||||||||||
| Euroberlin France | EE | EEB | EUROBER | 1988 | 1994 | Franco-German joint airline | |||||||||
| Eurojet Airlines | EUF | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | |||||||||||
| Europ'Air | ER | 1967 | 1976 | Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 402[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| Europe Aéro Fret | 1986 | 1986 | Operated Trislander[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Europe Air Charter | EAC | 1972 | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Europe Airpost | 5O | FPO | 1999 | 2015 | Bought by ASL Aviation Holdings and renamed ASL Airlines France | ||||||||||
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| Fairlines | LK | FIR | FAIR | 1998 | 1998 | Operated MD-81 | |||||||||
| Flandre Air | IX | FRS | 1977 | 2001 | Merged into Regional Airlines | ||||||||||
| Flywest | 2004 | 2005 | |||||||||||||
| France Dakota | 1998 | 1998 | Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| France DC3 SA | 1991 | 1998 | Renamed Publi-Air. Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| French Blue | BF | FBU | SUNLINE | 2016 | 2018 | Renamed French Bee | |||||||||
| Fretair | 1970 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
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| GECAT Fret | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Curtiss C-46[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| H | |||||||||||||||
| Heli-Transport | OI | HLT | HELI TRANSPORT | 1975 | 1994 | Operated Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Aérospatiale Alouette II | |||||||||
| Heliglobe Finet France Cargo | 1996 | 1997 | Operated HS 748, CASA Aviocar | ||||||||||||
| Hex'Air | UD | HER | HEX AIRLINE | 1991 | 2017 | Merged into Twin Jet | |||||||||
| I | |||||||||||||||
| ICS - InterCiel Services | ICS | 1991 | 2001 | Established as Intercargo Service. Operated Boeing 737-200 | |||||||||||
| IGavion | TE | IGA | 2013 | 2018 | Trading name of Skytaxi France-based operations | ||||||||||
| Inter Cargo Service | ICS | INTERCARGO | 1987 | 1991 | Renamed ICS-InterCiel Services. Operated Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, Vickers Vanguard | ||||||||||
| 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[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Joon | JN | JON | JOON | 2017 | 2019 | Air France subsidiary merged back into parent company | |||||||||
| K | |||||||||||||||
| Kallistair | FU | 1973 | Operated BN-2 Islander[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Kel Air | CET | 1986 | 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Kyrnair | KH V4 | KYN | GOLDBIRD | 1986 | 1999 | Operated ATR 42, Embraer Bandeirante[citation needed] | |||||||||
| L | |||||||||||||||
| L-Air | LRK | 2002 | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| L'Aéropostale | 1991 | 2000 | Renamed Europe Airpost. Operated Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200 | ||||||||||||
| L'Avion | A0 | AVI | ELYSAIR | 2007 | 2009 | Trading name of Elysair Merged into OpenSkies | |||||||||
| LAM | 1941 | 1945 | Military airline in "Free France" territories during WWII | ||||||||||||
| Les Avions Bleus | 1949 | 1952 | Operated Curtiss C-46[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Level France | 2018 | 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Lignes Aériennes Farman | 1919 | 1924 | Rebranded as Société Générale des Transports Aériens | ||||||||||||
| Lucas Aigle Azur | 1977 | 1987 | Trading name of Lucas Air Transport scheduled operations | ||||||||||||
| Lucas Air Transport | LK | 1970 | 1987 | Alternate name of Lucas Aviation Renamed Aigle Azur-Société Transports Aériens Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Saab 340 | |||||||||||
| Lucas Aviation | LK | 1970 | 1987 | Used also Lucas Air Transport name | |||||||||||
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| Minerve | IW | MIN | MINERVE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged to form AOM French Airlines | |||||||||
| MiriadAir | MYR | MIRIADAIR | 1987 | 1990 | Operated Cessna Caravan, Cessna Citation II[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| N | |||||||||||||||
| Nantes Aviation | NV | 1970 | 1979 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| New Axis Airways | 9X | AXY | 2009 | 2009 | |||||||||||
| Noor Airways | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
| Normandie Air Services | NDS | 1970 | 1984 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-3 | |||||||||||
| O | |||||||||||||||
| Occitania Jet Fleet | OJF | OCCITANIA | 1997 | 2004 | Corporate carrier. Operated Beech 1900D, Fokker 100 | ||||||||||
| Ocean Airways | OG | OCW | 2003 | 2005 | Failed project | ||||||||||
| Octavia Airlines | O4 | OCN | 2001 | 2005 | |||||||||||
| P | |||||||||||||||
| Pan Européenne | EUP / PEA | 1977 | 1994 | Ceased airline-type operations | |||||||||||
| Point Air | FW | 1980 | 1987 | Went bankrupt | |||||||||||
| Proteus Air System | 1985 | 1996 | Renamed Proteus Airlines | ||||||||||||
| Proteus Airlines | YS | PRB | PROTEUS | 1996 | 2001 | Previously Proteus Air System. Merged into Regional Airlines | |||||||||
| Publi-Air | 1999 | 2001 | Established as France DC3 SA. Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| Pyrénair | YD | 1973 | 1979 | Merged into UAR-Air Rouergue Operated Beech 18, Beech Duke, Cessna 402, DHC-6 Twin Otter | |||||||||||
| R | |||||||||||||||
| Régional | YS | RAE | REGIONAL EUROPE | 2011 | 2013 | Trading name of Regional Airlines | |||||||||
| Regional Airlines | RGI | 1992 | 2013 | Merged into HOP! | |||||||||||
| Réseau des Lignes Aériennes Françaises | 1945 | 1946 | Post-WWII provisional airline. Assets merged into Societé Nationale Air France | ||||||||||||
| Rousseau Aviation S.A. | RU | 1963 | 1976 | Scheduled operations merged into TAT Operated HS-748 | |||||||||||
| S | |||||||||||||||
| SANA-Société Anonyme de Navigation Aeriennes | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Bloch MB.220[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| 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 | Previously SAR Avions Taxis Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900, Merlin IV | |||||||||
| Sinair | 2000 | 2001 | Renamed Axis Airways | ||||||||||||
| SNATI (Air Toulouse) | |||||||||||||||
| Société Auxiliaire de Gérance et de Transports Aériens | 1953 | 1959 | Operated SNCASE Armagnac | ||||||||||||
| Société Commerciale du Littoral | 1992 | 1996 | Operated Bristol Freighter | ||||||||||||
| Societé aérienne française d'affrètements | 1966 | 1969 | Renamed Air Charter International | ||||||||||||
| Société d'Exploitation du Matériel Aéronautique Français | 1949 | 1953 | Operated Latécoère 631[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Société Générale des Transports Aériens | 1924 | 1933 | Merged to form Air France | ||||||||||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence | 1947 | 1952 | Operated Consolidated Liberator, Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Internationaux et Régionaux | 1990 | 1993 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle | ||||||||||||
| Star Airlines | SE | SEU | STARWAY | 1997 | 2006 | Established as Star Europe. Renamed XL Airways France | |||||||||
| Star Europe | 1995 | 1997 | Renamed Star Airlines | ||||||||||||
| Stellair Transports Aériens | 1982 | 1993 | Went bankrupt. Fleet taken over by Air Toulouse. Operated Douglas DC-3, Fairchild F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fokker F28[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Strategic Airlines | EF | STZ | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||
| Sud Air Transport | 1973 | 1974 | Previously Air Côte Basque Operated Beech King Air | ||||||||||||
| Sud Airlines | SDU | SUD LINES | 2003 | 2006 | |||||||||||
| SVT Air Touring | 1972 | 1973 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
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| T.A.I.-Compagnie des Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux | TAI | 1946 | 1963 | Merged to form UTA-Union de Transports Aériens | |||||||||||
| TAM-Transports Aériens du Midi | 1946 | ? | Operated Caudron Goéland[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| T.A.P.-Transports Aériens Privés | 1974 | 1975 | Operated Piper PA-31 | ||||||||||||
| TAT European Airlines | VD | TAT | 1968 | 1998 | Previously Touraine Air transport S.A., T.A.T., and Transport Aérien Transregional. Merged into Air Liberté | ||||||||||
| Taxi Avia France | ATX | 1965 | 1975 | Previously Avia Taxi France and Avia France. Merged operations into TAT (TAT European Airlines). Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 206, Cessna 402, Piper Aztec | |||||||||||
| TEA France | FN | TFR | TRANSAIRWAYS | 1989 | 1995 | ||||||||||
| Thalass Air | 1971 | 1979 | Operated Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Beech Queen Air[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Trans Air Bretagne | TRB | AIR BRETAGNE | 1973 | 1993 | Operated Cessna 402[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Trans Alsace | TAS | TRANALSACE | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Airbus A320, Boeing 737-400, MD-80[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Trans Azur Aviation | 1981 | 1983 | Operated Dart Herald | ||||||||||||
| Trans-Union | 1966 | 1974 | Operated DC-4, DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle | ||||||||||||
| Transport Air Centre | UH | CTR | AIR CENTRE | 1978 | 1994 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec, Swearingen Merlin IV[citation needed] | |||||||||
| Transport Aérien Transregional | 1989 | 1990 | Previously T.A.T. Renamed TAT European Airlines Operated ATR 72, FH-227, Fokker F28, Nord 262 | ||||||||||||
| Transports Aériens Reunis | 1964 | 1974 | Previously Air Dauphiné Operated DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Vickers Viking 1B[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
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| UAR-Union Aéronautique Regionale-Air Rouergue | UZ | 1977 | 1979 | Merged into Transport Aérien Transregional Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27[citation needed] | |||||||||||
| UAT-Union Aéromaritime de Transport | UAT | 1949 | 1963 | Merged to form Union de Transports Aériens | |||||||||||
| Uni Air International | UAI | UNIAIR | 1969 | 1993 | Operated Carvair, Aérospatiale Corvette, FH-227, Falcon 20, Learjet 35 | ||||||||||
| Uni Air Rouergue | 1970 | 1974 | Renamed Air Rouergue Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech Queen Air, Cessna 182 | ||||||||||||
| UTA-Union de Transports Aériens | UT | UTA | 1963 | 1992 | Merged into Air France | ||||||||||
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| Vargas Aviation | 1971 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3 | ||||||||||||
| Virgin Express France S.A. | VEF | LADYBIRD | 1988 | 1999 | Previously Air Provence Charter | ||||||||||
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| Westair | F3 | FWA | 1975 | 2004 | Previously Air Provence International Operated Boeing 737-200[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| World Wide Helicopters | 1959 | 1961 | Operated Bell 47, Cessna 170, DHC-1, DHC-2 Beaver, PBY Catalina, Hiller UH-12, Sikorsky S-58 | ||||||||||||
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| XL Airways France | SE | XLF | STARWAY | 1995 | 2019 | Previously Star Airlines | |||||||||