AOM French Airlines
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| IATA code : | IW |
| ICAO code : | AOM |
| Call sign : | FRENCH LINES |
| Founding: | 1991 |
| Operation stopped: | 2001 |
| Merged with: | Air Lib |
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Orly , France
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| Home airport : | Paris-Orly Airport |
| Number of employees: | 3200 |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Qualiflyer Group |
| Fleet size: | 31 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| AOM French Airlines merged with Air Lib in 2001 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. | |
AOM French Airlines (merged into Air Lib in 2001 ) was a French airline based in Orly and based at Paris-Orly Airport .
history
AOM was created in the course of a wave of consolidation in the aviation industry in the early 1990s through the merger of the former Air Outre Mer (AOM, French for "overseas airline") with the French Air Minerve . AOM French Airlines officially began operating on February 1, 1992. At times it was the second largest airline in France after Air France and maintained a route and charter network.
In February 1999, Swissair took over 49% of the shares in AOM French Airlines and thus became the largest shareholder. As a result of the collapse of the Swissair parent company SAirGroup , AOM got into financial turmoil. In the course of the liquidation of Swissair, there was another change of ownership.
On September 22, 2001, AOM merged with Air Liberté, also from France, in the newly founded Air Lib . However, even this could no longer prevent the final decline. In autumn 2002 the Dutch IMCA group announced that it wanted to take over 50% of Air Lib, but made this dependent on state aid in the subsequent negotiations, which the French government was not prepared to give.
In February 2003, Air Lib had to file for bankruptcy. Since no other investor was found either, the competent commercial court in Créteil finally ordered the liquidation of the company.
Destinations
In addition to a few domestic destinations such as Marseille and Perpignan , AOM mainly served long-haul destinations such as St. Maarten , Sydney , Havana , Tokyo and Los Angeles .
fleet
At the beginning of 2001, the AOM French Airlines fleet consisted of 31 aircraft:
Incidents
- On December 21, 1999, one of two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s shot the Cubana from AOM French Airlines (aircraft registration F-GTDI ) on Flight 1216 when landing at Guatemala City Airport in wet weather over the runway and fell down a slope. Of the 314 people on board, 16 died (see also Cubana flight 1216 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b welt.de: French Air Lib finally bankrupt February 19, 2003.
- ↑ handelsblatt.com: Air Lib is close to bankruptcy January 9, 2003 without fixed financing .
- ↑ JP airlines-fleets international, Edition 2001/02
- ↑ Flight accident data and report for Cubana flight 1216 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
