Air Saint-Pierre

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Air Saint-Pierre
ATR 42-500 from Air Saint-Pierre
IATA code : PJ
ICAO code : SPM
Call sign : SAINT-PIERRE
Founding: 1964
Seat: Saint-Pierre , Saint-Pierre and MiquelonSaint-Pierre and MiquelonSaint Pierre and Miquelon 
Home airport : St. Pierre Airport
IATA prefix code : 638
Management: Remy Briand ( CEO )
Fleet size: 1
Aims: National and international
Website: www.airsaintpierre.com

Air Saint-Pierre is a French airline based in Saint-Pierre on Saint-Pierre and Miquelon and based at St. Pierre Airport .

history

In the founding year 1964, flight operations began with a Douglas DC-3 leased by Eastern Provincial Airways . With a Piper PA-23 it was possible to establish its own fleet in 1966. In the following years a Beechcraft Model 18 and a Douglas DC-3 were added. The DC-3 was replaced in 1986 by an Avro 748 , the Aztec by a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain .

Destinations

The first and later the main route is the connection between the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Airport on Miquelon-Langlade . The following connections were added later.

Air Saint-Pierre now offers flights to Montreal , Halifax , Moncton , New Brunswick and Saint John (New Brunswick) from St. Pierre Airport .

Direct flights to Europe began in early 2018 with the support of the French government and in conjunction with ASL Airlines France . In the summer of 2018, a total of 8 flights to Paris were carried out with the Boeing 737-700, and 12 were planned for the summer of 2019. Due to the short runway, the number of passengers is limited to 100.

fleet

As of July 2019, the Air Saint-Pierre fleet consists of a 10.5 year old ATR 42-500 with 46 seats.

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Saint-Pierre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. airlineupdate.com - Air St. Pierre ( memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 24, 2013
  2. Airliner World, June 2019 (English), pp. 42–48.
  3. airsaintpierre.com - schedules & fares accessed (English), on April 29, 2017
  4. Airliner World, June 2019 (English), p. 48.
  5. Air Saint-Pierre fleet in Planespotters, accessed on August 4, 2019.
  6. airsaintpierre.com - Our Fleet , accessed on April 29, 2017.