Proteus Airlines
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| IATA code : | YS |
| ICAO code : | PRB |
| Call sign : | PROTEUS |
| Founding: | 1985 |
| Operation stopped: | 2001 |
| Merged with: | Regional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne |
| Seat: | Saint-Apollinaire , Cote-d'Or , France |
| Home airport : | Dijon-Longvic Airport |
| Fleet size: | 21st |
| Aims: | national |
| merged with Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne in 2001 . The information in italics relates to the last status before the takeover. | |
Proteus Airlines was a French regional airline based in Saint-Apollinaire , France. In 2001 it merged with Flandre Air and Regional Airlines (France) to form the Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne .
history
The airline was originally known as the Proteus Air System. It was only in May 1996 that flight operations began under the current name. In August 1997 the company signed a franchise agreement with Air France . In 1999, Proteus Airlines acquired the regional airline Flandre Air, with which it merged with Regional Airlines on April 1, 2001 to form the Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne .
fleet
Proteus Airlines operated the following types of aircraft, among others:
Fleet at the end of operations
Previously deployed aircraft
- Beechcraft King Air 90
- Beechcraft Super King Air 200
Incidents
Proteus Airlines has one accident with fatalities:
On July 30, 1998, a Beechcraft 1900D operated by Proteus Airlines and a private Reims Cessna F177RG Cardinal collided over the Bay of Quiberon . Both planes broke apart in the air and crashed into the sea. There were no survivors. A total of 15 people died on board the two aircraft in the accident. ( Proteus Airlines Flight 706 )
The reasons for the collision were, on the one hand, the behavior of the Beechcraft crew, as they deviated from the course, switched from instruments to visual flight and disregarded the Cessna's right of way, and on the other hand, the fact that the pilots of both aircraft were not looking enough for other machines held.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 2000/01 . Zurich Airport 2000, p. 160.
- ↑ Listing of currently active and defunct airlines in France. November 8, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ boeing | 2001 | 1173 | Flight Archive. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ History | About REGIONAL | REGIONAL, filiale d'Air France. February 27, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1987–1999.
- ↑ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 2000/01 . Zurich Airport 2000, p. 159.
