Brit Air
Brit Air | |
---|---|
IATA code : | DB |
ICAO code : | BZH |
Call sign : | BRITAIR |
Founding: | 1973 |
Operation stopped: | 2016 |
Merged with: | Hop! |
Seat: | Morlaix , France |
Turnstile : | |
Home airport : | Morlaix-Ploujean |
Alliance : | SkyTeam |
Frequent Flyer Program : | Flying Blue |
Fleet size: | 40 (+ 1 order) |
Aims: | National and international |
Website: | www.hop.com |
Brit Air is with Hop! merged. The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. |
Brit Air was a French regional airline based in Morlaix and based at Morlaix – Ploujean Airport . It was a subsidiary of Air France-KLM and went under the Hop! on.
history
Brit Air was founded in 1973. From April 2013 to 2016 the offer of Régional , Brit Air and Airlinair under the brand Hop! merged.
Destinations
Brit Air served under the brand name Hop! Destinations within France and other European countries.
fleet
Fleet (2012)
As of December 2012, Brit Air's fleet consisted of 40 aircraft with an average age of 8.3 years:
Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
Bombardier CRJ100 | 12 | ||
Bombardier CRJ700 | 15th | ||
Bombardier CRJ1000 | 13 | 1 | Brit Air was the first customer of the CRJ1000 together with Air Nostrum |
total | 40 | 1 |
Previously deployed aircraft
Brit Air also operated the following types of aircraft:
- ATR 42
- ATR 72
- Beechcraft Super King Air 200
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
- Fairchild F-27
- Fokker F-27 Friendship
- Fokker 100
- Piper PA-23 Aztec
- Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II
- Saab 340
Incidents
Brit Air recorded one fatal accident in its history:
- On June 22, 2003 a Bombardier CRJ100 ( aircraft registration F-GRJS ) coming from Nantes had an accident while approaching the Aéroport Brest-Bretagne too low . The machine crashed into a field 2.3 km from the runway and caught fire. The captain of the machine was killed and the 23 other people on board were rescued (see also Air France flight 5672 ) .
See also
Web links
Commons : Brit Air - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Hop! (French English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ch-aviation - Air France to consolidate HOP! operations from early 2Q, February 21, 2016 , accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Will Air France bring the airline Hop? January 7, 2013
- ↑ ch-aviation - Brit Air (English), accessed on December 18, 2012
- ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age Brit Air , accessed December 18, 2012
- ^ Bombardier Aerospace - Commercial Aircraft Status Reports , accessed June 4, 2011
- ↑ Bombardier delivers the first CRJ1000. airliners.de, December 15, 2010, accessed February 7, 2011 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1978–2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report F-GRJS in the Aviation Safety Network (English)