Air Littoral
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| IATA code : | FU |
| ICAO code : | LIT |
| Call sign : | AIR LITTORAL |
| Founding: | 1973 |
| Operation stopped: | 2004 |
| Seat: |
Le Castellet , France
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| Turnstile : |
Nice , Marseille , Montpellier , Paris-Orly |
| Alliance : | Qualiflyer Group |
| Fleet size: | 17th |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Air Littoral ceased operations in 2004. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Littoral was a French regional airline based in Le Castellet .
history
Air Littoral was founded in 1973.
From 1991 to 1992 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines held a 35% share in the company. In 1998 the parent company of Swissair , SAirGroup , acquired 44% of Air Littoral, this stake was later increased to 49%. During the same period, it became a member of the Swissair-initiated airline alliance Qualiflyer Group and was later to merge with the other SAirGroup holdings Air Liberté and AOM . As a result of Swissair's bankruptcy in 2001, this did not materialize and the shares were sold to the former CEO of Air Littoral, Marc Dufour.
On February 17, 2004, a court ordered the closure of Air Littoral after its license had previously been revoked by the authorities as a result of bankruptcy. Several rescue and takeover attempts had failed.
fleet
To cease flight operations, the Air Littoral fleet consisted of 17 aircraft:
- 17 Bombardier CRJ100 .
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Before that, the company had u. a. operated the following aircraft types:
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- ATR-42
- ATR-72
- Beechcraft 1900
- Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
- Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- Fairchild F-27
- Fokker F-27
- Fokker F28
- Fokker 70
- Fokker 100 15 aircraft
- North 262
- Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Swearingen Metro .
Incidents
Air Littoral suffered three total aircraft losses. 21 people were killed.
- On 21 December 1987, a for collided Air France flying Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia ( air vehicle registration number F-GEGH ) on approach to the airport Bordeaux just five kilometers northeast of the square with trees. When visibility was very poor, the cloud base was 30 m. All 16 inmates were killed. It was a controlled flight into terrain .
- On November 18, 1988, a Fairchild Swearingen Metro II of Air Littoral (registration F-GCPG ) sank again shortly after taking off from Montluçon Guéret airfield and hit 600 m behind the runway. The machine caught fire; both pilots and the two passengers were killed. The stick pusher was probably activated incorrectly and pushed the machine down.
- On July 30, 1997, an ATR-42 (registration number F-GPYE ) touched down significantly too late and too quickly when landing at Florence Airport . It rolled over the end of the only 1030 m short available landing stretch and crashed into the embankment of the adjacent motorway. One of the pilots was killed, the other 16 occupants survived (see also Air Littoral Flight 701 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ruudleeuw.com - Airlines Remembered Air Littoral (English) accessed on September 27, 2011
- ^ Ulrich Klee and Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1974 to 2003
- ↑ Fokker 100 at Air Littoral , planespotters.net, accessed April 2, 2017
- ↑ Accident statistics Air Littoral , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 12, 2017.
- ^ Accident report EMB-120 F-GEGH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 4, 2015
- ↑ accident report Metroliner F-GCPG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 12 November 2017th
- ^ Accident report ATR-42 F-GPYE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 4, 2015
