List of defunct airlines of France
This is a list of defunct airlines of France.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||||||
| ACE Transvalair | ![]() |
VY | CHX | CHARTER EXPRESS | 1984 | 1994 | Operated Fairchild Hiller FH-227 | |
| Aelis Air Service | 2004 | 2010 | Charter carrier. Operated Embraer Brasilia[3] | |||||
| Aéris | ![]() |
SH | AIS | FRANCE CHARTER | 1999 | 2003 | ||
| Aéris Express | 2003 | 2003 | Formed by Aéris as a low-cost carrier[4] | |||||
| Aéro-Africaine | 1946 | 1963 | Founded by Georges Estienne. Operated Douglas C-47, Lockheed C-60 Lodestar, SNCAC Martinet | |||||
| Aéro Cargo | 1947 | 1952 | Operated Halifax C.VIII[5] | |||||
| Aéro France International | ![]() |
FB | ROF | AIROF | 1978 | 1991 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle | |
| Aéro Jets Darta | ![]() |
DRT | DARTA | 1971 | 2013 | Operated Beech Super King Air, Beech King Air, Beech Baron, Learjet 23 | ||
| Aéro Services Corporate | ![]() |
CJE | 2001 | 2007 | ||||
| Aéro Services Executive | ![]() |
W4 | BES | BIRD EXPRESS | 2000 | 2004 | Operated Dassault Falcons[6] | |
| Aérolinair | ERN | BLUE HAWK | 2002 | 2004 | Operated Beech 1900[7] | |||
| AeroLyon | ![]() |
4Q | AEY | AEROLYON | 1996 | 2002 | Operated Beech 1900[8] | |
| Aéromaritime | ![]() |
QK | QKL | AEROMAR | 1966 | 1992 | [9] | |
| Aerope 3S Aviation | OPE | PONTOISAIR | 2001 | 2001 | [10] | |||
| Aéropostale | ![]() |
1918 | 1933 | Founded as Société des lignes Latécoère, also known as Lignes aeriennes Latécoère | ||||
| Aérotour | ![]() |
FV | 1976 | 1979 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Boeing 737-200[11] | |||
| Aigle Azur | ![]() |
1946 | 1969 | Renamed Lucas Aviation. Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-3 | ||||
| Air Alpes | ![]() |
LP | ALP | AIR ALPES | 1961 | 1981 | Merged with Air Alsace and Touraine Air Transport to form TAT European Airlines | |
| Air Alsace | ![]() |
SY | 1960 | 1981 | Merged with Air Alpes and Touraine Air Transport to form TAT European Airlines | |||
| Air Angouleme | AGL | AIR ANGOULEME | 1976 | 2012 | [12] | |||
| Air Anjou Transports | SJ | AIR ANJOU | 1976 | 1980 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner[13] | |||
| Air Aquitaine | AB | 1970 | 1976 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 310 | ||||
| Air Asie | 1928 | 1929 | Merged with Air Union Lignes d'Orient to form Air Orient | |||||
| Air Atlantique | ![]() |
V6 | APB | CHARENTE | 1963 | 2004 | ||
| Air Bleu | 1935 | 1940 | ||||||
| Air Bourbon | ![]() |
ZB | BUB | BOURBON | 2003 | 2004 | Founded by Bertrand Rivet, Éric Lazarus, Philippe de Bournonville. Operated Airbus A340-200 | |
| Air Bretagne | ![]() |
3E | BRE | BRETAGNE | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[14] | |
| Air Caen | 1953 | 1967 | Taxi and charter services. Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide[15] | |||||
| Air Champagne Ardennes | CZ | 1971 | 1974 | Acquired by Air Alpes. Operated Beech 99, Cessna 402, Cessna 411[16] | ||||
| Air Charter International | ![]() |
SF | ACF | AIR CHARTER | 1966 | 1998 | Called Air Charter until 1969, the Air Charter International until 1984 when it reverted to the original name | |
| Air Continent | 1963 | 1972 | Operated Beech Travel Air, Beech 18S, Cessna 180, Cessna 185, Sud Alouette III[17] | |||||
| Air Corse | DK | ARK | AIR CORSE | 1985 | 1990 | Operated Fairchild F-27, Embraer Bandeirante[18] | ||
| Air Côte-Basque | 1972 | 1973 | Renamed Sud Air Transport. Operated Beech Queen Air[19] | |||||
| Air Côte d'Opale | OPL | OPALE | 1978 | 2004 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec[20] | |||
| Air Dauphiné | ![]() |
1964 | 1971 | Operated Douglas DC-3[21] | ||||
| Air Dieppe | 1972 | 1972 | Operated Piper Aztec[22] | |||||
| Air Entreprise International | ![]() |
KD | AEN | AIR ENTERPRISE | 1969 | 2003 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle, Dassault Falcon 10, Piaggio P.180 Avanti, Piper Navajo[23] | |
| Air Esterel | HC | 1963 | 1968 | Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12, Cessna 180[24] | ||||
| Air Exel France | ![]() |
RF | RXL | AIR EXEL | 1988 | 1991 | Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[25] | |
| Air France Asie | ![]() |
AF | AFR | AIR FRANS | 1998 | 2004 | Operated Airbus A340 | |
| Air France Asie Cargo | ![]() |
1998 | 2007 | Operated Boeing 747-200F | ||||
| Air France Europe | 1996 | 1997 | Absorbed into Air France[26] | |||||
| Air Guadeloupe | ![]() |
OG | OGU | AIR GUADELOUPE | 1969 | 2000 | ||
| Air Horizons | ![]() |
RN | EUH | EURALAIR HORIZONS | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | |
| Air Inter | ![]() |
IT | ITF | AIR INTER | 1958 | 1990 | Rebranded as Air Inter Europe | |
| Air Inter Europe | ![]() |
1990 | 1997 | Absorbed into Air France | ||||
| Air Jet | ![]() |
V6 | AIJ | AIR JET | 1974 | 2003 | Operated BAe 146, Fokker F27, Saab 2000[27] | |
| Air Languedoc | LX | 1974 | 1978 | Operated Aérospatiale Corvette, DHC-6 Twin Otter[28] | ||||
| Air Lib | ![]() |
IW | LIB | 2001 | 2003 | |||
| Air Liberté | ![]() |
VD | LIB | AIR LIBERTE | 1987 | 2001 | Rebranded as Air Lib | |
| Air Limousin | QD | LMT | AIR LIMOUSIN | 1979 | 1989 | Operated Nord 262, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Swearingen Metroliner, Beech 99 Airliner, Saab 340[29] | ||
| Air Littoral | ![]() |
FU | LIT | AIR LITTORAL | 1972 | 2004 | Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc (1988-1988) merged into Air Littoral | |
| Air Littoral Express | LIX | LIT EXPRESS | 1996 | 2002 | Formed by Air Littoral. Operated Lockheed L-188[30] | |||
| Air Lorient | ![]() |
ALO | 1974 | 1985 | Operated Beechcraft Duke[31] | |||
| Air Lorraine | 1981 | 1981 | ||||||
| Air Martinique | ![]() |
NN | MTQ | MARTINIQUE | 1974 | 2000 | ||
| Air Méditerranée | ![]() |
ML | BIE | MEDITERRANEE | 1997 | 2016 | ||
| Air Midi Bigorre | 1997 | 1998 | Operated Boeing 737-200[32] | |||||
| Air Moorea | ![]() |
QE | TAH | AIR MOOREA | 1968 | 2010 | ||
| Air Nautic | 1958 | 1966 | Operated Boeing 307 Stratoliner, Douglas DC-2, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Vickers VC.1 Viking[33] | |||||
| Air Nolis | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Douglas C-47B[34] | |||||
| Air Normandie | 1949 | 1951 | ||||||
| Air Normandie (Normandie Aviation) | ID | RNO | NORMANDIE | 1991 | 2001 | Operated BAe Jetstream 31, Beech King Air, Cessna 500 Citation[35] | ||
| Air Ocean | 1946 | 1946 | Operated Amiot AAC.1 Toucan[36] | |||||
| Air Open Sky | OPN | AIR SKY | 1998 | 2000 | Operated ATR 42 | |||
| Air Orient | ![]() |
1929 | 1933 | Merged into Air France | ||||
| Air Ouest | OE | 1972 | 1976 | Operated BN-2 Islander[37] | ||||
| Air Outre Mer | ![]() |
QN | AOM | AOM | 1989 | 1991 | Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines | |
| Air Paris | IO | TAD | 1967 | 1975 | Established as Air Orly. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, de Havilland Heron, DHC-6 Twin Otter[38] | |||
| Air Passaquay | 1974 | 1979 | Operated Cessna 411[39] | |||||
| Air Perigord | 1967 | 1973 | Operated Beech Queen Air, Cessna 172, Piper Aztec[40] | |||||
| Air Poitou-Charentes | 1996 | 1997 | Operated ATR 42, Fokker F28, Piper Aztec[41] | |||||
| Air Provence | 1985 | 1996 | Renamed Air Provence International then acquired by West Air France[42] | |||||
| Air Provence Charter | ![]() |
LPU | EUROSTAR | 1978 | 1998 | Rebranded as Virgin Express France | ||
| Air Provence International | ![]() |
DG | APR | AIR PROVENCE | 1996 | 2002 | established as Air Provence. Operated Grumman Gulfstream I, Beech King Air, Boeing 737, FH-227, HS 748[43] | |
| Air Rouergue | ![]() |
UZ | 1974 | 1977 | Founded by Claude Chegut. Established as Uni Air Rouergue. Renamed UAR Air Rouergue and merged into TAT European Airlines. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27, FH-227[44] | |||
| Air Service Nantes | ![]() |
ASN | AIR NANTES | 1981 | 1992 | Founded by Raphaël Besar. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Caravelle 10R, DHC-6 Twin Otter, FH-227[45] | ||
| Air Service Vosges | VGE | 1976 | 2005 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[46] | ||||
| Air Toulouse | ![]() |
1969 | 1989 | Renamed Air Toulouse International. Operated Beech Baron, Cessna 402 | ||||
| Air Toulouse International | ![]() |
SH | TLE | AIR TOULOUSE | 1989 | 1999 | Merged into Aeris | |
| Air Transport Pyrenees | TF | TPR | PYRENEEN | 1984 | 1997 | Merged into Proteus Airlines. Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900[47] | ||
| Air Turquoise | RT | RTQ | 2005 | 2006 | ||||
| Air Union | 1923 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | |||||
| Air Vendée | ![]() |
VM | AVD | AIR VENDEE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged with Airlec to form Regional Airlines | |
| Air Vosges | GS | VGE | VOSGES | 1969 | 1975 | Merged into Air Alsace. Operated Cessna 401, Cessna 402[48] | ||
| Air Wasteels | 1969 | 1975 | Third-level services. Operated BAe Jetstream 31[49] | |||||
| Air' Mana | ![]() |
EFC | 1996 | 2016 | Operated Swearingen Merlin | |||
| Airbus Industrie Aéromaritime | ![]() |
1966 | 1991 | Operated Aero Spacelines Super Guppy[50] | ||||
| Airbus Transport International | ![]() |
1996 | 2006 | Operated Airbus Beluga[51] | ||||
| Aire d'Evasions | ![]() |
E3 | IVS | 1991 | 1994 | Operated Douglas DC-8[52] | ||
| Airlec | ![]() |
ARL | 1965 | 1992 | Merged with Air Vendée to form Regional Airlines | |||
| Airlinair | ![]() |
AN | RLA | AIRLINAIR | 1999 | 2017 | Flights operated by HOP! | |
| AlsaceExel | ![]() |
XT | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Alsair | ![]() |
AL | LSR | ALSAIR | 1982 | 2010 | Operated Beech 1900, Beech King Air, Cessna Citation II[53] | |
| Alsavia | XG | ALV | ALSAVIA | 1989 | 1993 | Operated Embraer Brasilia, Saab 340[54] | ||
| AOM French Airlines | ![]() |
IW | AOM | FRENCHLINES | 1990 | 2001 | Merged into Air Liberté | |
| Aria | ARW | ARIABIRD | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
| Atlantic Air Lift | HGH | HIGHER | 2005 | |||||
| Atlantique Air Assistance | ![]() |
TLB | AAA | 1989 | 2015 | Renamed/merged to Atlas Atlantique Airlines | ||
| Atlas Atlantique Airlines | L5 | TLB | TRIPLE ALPHA | 2015 | 2017 | |||
| Avia Taxi France | ATX | 1965 | 1973 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Cessna 206, Cessna 402, Piper Aztec[55] | ||||
| Axis Airways | ![]() |
6V | AXY | AXIS | 2000 | 2001 | Rebranded as New Axis Airways | |
| B | ||||||||
| Belair – Ile de France | ![]() |
BLI | 1995 | 2000 | Operated Boeing 727, MD-83[56] | |||
| Blue Line | ![]() |
4Y | BLE | BLUE BERRY | 2002 | 2010 | ||
| Bretagne Air Services | ![]() |
VB | ABH | BRETAGNE SERVICE | 1976 | 1981 | Operated Douglas C-47, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Partenavia Victor[57] | |
| Brit Air | ![]() |
DB | BZH | BRITAIR | 1973 | 2017 | Flights operated by HOP! | |
| C | ||||||||
| CAMSA | 1922 | 1934 | Airmail service. Operated LeO H-13, Macchi M.18, Savoia S.16[58] | |||||
| CAP Airlines | MO | CBD | 1995 | 2001 | [59] | |||
| CATAIR | ![]() |
QV | 1969 | 1978 | Operated Lockheed Constellation, Sud Aviation Caravelle, Sud Aviation Caravelle VIR[60] | |||
| CCM Airlines | ![]() |
XK | CRL | CORSAIR | 2000 | 2010 | Renamed Air Corsica[61] | |
| CFRNA | 1920 | 1933 | Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne, joint French-Romanian airline. Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | |||||
| Chalair | ![]() |
CE | CLG | CHALAIR | 1986 | 1997 | [62] | |
| Champagne Airlines | CPH | CHAMPAGNE | 1998 | 2005 | ||||
| CIDNA | 1927 | 1930 | Established as CFRNA. Operated Fokker F.VII[63] | |||||
| Cie Générale Aéropostale | 1927 | 1933 | Operated Levasseur PL.8[64] | |||||
| CIP Transports | 1999 | 2001 | Operated Airbus A319, Dassault Falcon 900EX[65] | |||||
| Compagnie aérienne française | 1919 | 1937 | Founded by Henri Balleyguier. | |||||
| Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc | ![]() |
WL FQ |
1976 | 1988 | ||||
| Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne | C9 | FEU | AEROCOM | 1991 | 2002 | On-demand passenger, freight and medivac charters[66] | ||
| Compagnie Air Frêt | FZ | 1964 | 1982 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-7, Lockheed Constellation, Boeing 707[67] | ||||
| Compagnie Air Transport | TF | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Bristol Freighter, Carvair | ||||
| Compagnie Corse Mediterranee | ![]() |
XK | CCM | 1990 | 2000 | Renamed CCM Airlines | ||
| Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Grands Express Aériens to form Air Union | |||||
| Compagnie de Transport Aérien et de Commerce | 1948 | 1957 | Founded by Roger Colin. Operated Douglas C-47[68] | |||||
| Compagnie des Transports Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest | 1919 | 1919 | [69] | |||||
| Compagnie Générale Aéropostale | ![]() |
1918 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | ||||
| Compagnie générale transaérienne | 1909 | 1921 | First French airline; absorbed into Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes | |||||
| Compagnie Grands Express Aériens | 1919 | 1923 | Merged with Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes to form Air Union | |||||
| Compagnie Nationale Air France | 1948 | 1994 | Became Air France[70] | |||||
| Continent Air Paris | ![]() |
MO | CBD | MOONLIGHT | 1995 | 1998 | ||
| Continentale Air Service | ![]() |
CAS | 1978 | 1979 | Operated Aérospatiale Corvette[71] | |||
| Corsair | ![]() |
SS | CRL | 1990 | 2005 | Renamed Corsairfly[72] | ||
| Corsair International | ![]() |
CS SS |
CRL | 1981 | 1990 | Renamed Corsair | ||
| Corsairfly | ![]() |
SS | CRL | CORSAIR | 2005 | 2012 | [73] | |
| Crossair Europe | ![]() |
QE | ECC | CICOGNE | 1998 | 2005 | ||
| D | ||||||||
| Dakota Air | 1993 | 1997 | Operated Douglas DC-3[74] | |||||
| Dirac Aviation | ![]() |
YM | DAV | DIRAC | 1985 | 1990 | Operated Swearingen Merlin IV[75] | |
| Diwan | ![]() |
DWA | DIWAN | 1992 | 1997 | Operated Beech 200, Grumman Gulfstream I[76] | ||
| Drakk'Air | XP | DKR | DRAK AIR | 1989 | 1992 | Operated Beech 200, Beech Baron, Piper Cheyenne[77] | ||
| E | ||||||||
| Eagle Aviation France | ![]() |
EGN | FRENCH EAGLE | 1998 | 2009 | Rebranded as Noor Airways | ||
| EAS Europe Airlines | ![]() |
EY | EVT | EURO LINE | 1993 | 1995 | ||
| Émeraude Air Transport | 1976 | 1977 | Operated Beech Queen Air[78] | |||||
| Escadrille Mercure | 1946 | 1970 | Operated Beech 18, Lockheed 12A, SFERMA Marquis[79] | |||||
| Euralair | ![]() |
RN | ERL | EURALAIR | 1964 | 2003 | ||
| Euralair Horizons | ![]() |
RN | EUL EUH |
1999 | 2004 | Rebranded as Air Horizons | ||
| Euroberlin France | ![]() |
EE | EEB | EUROBER | 1988 | 1994 | Franco-German joint airline, known as Euroberlin from 1990 to 1994 | |
| Eurojet Airlines | EUF | 2002 | 2004 | Went bankrupt | ||||
| Europ'Air | ER | 1967 | 1976 | Operated Cessna 310, Cessna 402[80] | ||||
| Europe Aéro Fret | ![]() |
1986 | 1986 | Operated Trislander[81] | ||||
| Europe Aéro Service | ![]() |
EY | EYT | EURO LINE | 1965 | 1995 | Renamed EAS Europe Airlines | |
| Europe Air Charter | ![]() |
EAC | 1972 | 1972 | ||||
| Europe Airpost | ![]() |
5O | FPO | 1999 | 2015 | Renamed/merged to ASL Airlines France | ||
| F | ||||||||
| Fairlines | ![]() |
LK | FIR | FAIR | 1995 | 1999 | Operated MD-81 | |
| Flandre Air | ![]() |
IX | FRS | 1985 | 2001 | Merged with Proteus Airlines and Regional Airlines to form Régional | ||
| Flywest | 2004 | 2005 | Went bankrupt | |||||
| France Dakota | 1998 | 1998 | Operated Douglas DC-3[82] | |||||
| France DC3 SA | 1991 | 1998 | Renamed Publi-Air. Operated Douglas DC-3[83] | |||||
| French Blue | ![]() |
BF | FBU | SUNLINE | 2016 | 2018 | Renamed French Bee | |
| Fretair | 1970 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3[84] | |||||
| G | ||||||||
| GECAT Fret | 1948 | 1950 | Operated Curtiss C-46[85] | |||||
| H | ||||||||
| Heli-Transport | OI | HLT | HELI TRANSPORT | 1974 | 1992 | Operated Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil, Aérospatiale Alouette II[86] | ||
| Heliglobe Finet France Cargo | ![]() |
1996 | 1997 | Operated HS 748, CASA Aviocar[87] | ||||
| Hex'Air | UD | HER | HEX AIRLINE | 1991 | 2017 | Merged into Twin Jet | ||
| I | ||||||||
| ICS-Inter Ciel Service | ICS | INTER CIEL SERVICE | 1990 | 1991 | ||||
| IGavion | ![]() |
TE | IGA | 2013 | 2018 | Rebranded Air France Hop[88] | ||
| Inter Cargo Service | ICS | INTERCARGO | 1987 | 1990 | Renamed ICS. Operated Boeing 737-200, Vickers Vanguard | |||
| InterCiel Services | ![]() |
ICS | 1989 | 1991 | Established as Intercargo Service. Operated Boeing 737-200[89] | |||
| J | ||||||||
| Jet Alsace | ![]() |
WU | JLS | 1988 | 1993 | Renamed TransAlsace | ||
| Jet Europe | ![]() |
1989 | 1990 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle | ||||
| Jet Fret | ![]() |
JF | JFT | 1987 | 1993 | Operated Lockheed L-100-30[90] | ||
| Joon | ![]() |
JN | JON | JOON | 2017 | 2019 | Reincorporated to Air France | |
| K | ||||||||
| Kallistair | FU | 1973 | Operated BN-2 Islander[91] | |||||
| Kel Air | ![]() |
CET | 1986 | 1990 | ||||
| Kyrnair | ![]() |
KH V4 |
KYN | GOLDBIRD | 1986 | 1999 | Operated ATR 42, Embraer Bandeirante[92] | |
| L | ||||||||
| L-Air | LRK | 2002 | 2003 | |||||
| L'Aéropostale | ![]() |
1991 | 2000 | Renamed Europe Airpost. Operated Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200[93] | ||||
| L'Avion | ![]() |
A0 | AVI | ELYSAIR | 2007 | 2009 | Merged into OpenSkies | |
| LAM | 1941 | 1945 | ||||||
| Les Avions Bleus | 1949 | 1952 | Operated Curtiss C-46[94] | |||||
| Lignes Aériennes Farman | 1919 | 1924 | Rebranded as Société Générale des Transports Aériens | |||||
| Lucas Aigle Azur | ![]() |
1977 | 2001 | Established as Aigle Azur in 1946. Renamed Aigle Azur. Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Saab 340[95] | ||||
| Lucas Air Transport | ![]() |
LK | 1970 | 1992 | Trading name for Lucas Aviation[96] | |||
| Lucas Aviation | ![]() |
LK | 1970 | 1977 | Traded as Lucas Air Transport. Renamed Lucas Aigle Azur[97] | |||
| M | ||||||||
| Minerve | ![]() |
IW | MIN | MINERVE | 1975 | 1992 | Merged with Air Outre Mer to form AOM French Airlines | |
| MiriadAir | MYR | MIRIADAIR | 1987 | 1990 | Operated Cessna Caravan, Cessna Citation II[98] | |||
| N | ||||||||
| Nantes Aviation | NV | 1970 | 1979 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Beech 18[99] | ||||
| New Axis Airways | 9X | AXY | 2009 | 2009 | ||||
| Noor Airways | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| Normandie Air Services | ![]() |
NDS | 1970 | 1984 | Operated de Havilland Dove, Douglas DC-3[100] | |||
| O | ||||||||
| Occitania Jet Fleet | ![]() |
OJF | OCCITANIA | 1997 | 2004 | Corporate carrier. Operated Beech 1900D, Fokker 100[101] | ||
| Ocean Airways | OG | OCW | 2003 | 2005 | Failed project | |||
| Octavia Airlines | O4 | OCN | 2001 | 2005 | ||||
| OpenSkies | ![]() |
LV | BOS | MISTRAL | 2008 | 2018 | Discontinued in favour of Level | |
| P | ||||||||
| Point Air | ![]() |
FW | 1980 | 1987 | Went bankrupt | |||
| Proteus Air System | 1985 | 1996 | Renamed Proteus Airlines[102] | |||||
| Proteus Airlines | ![]() |
YS | PRB | PROTEUS | 1996 | 2001 | Merged with Flandre Air and Regional Airlines to form Régional | |
| Publi-Air | 1999 | 2001 | Established as France DC3 SA. Operated Douglas DC-3[103] | |||||
| Pyrénair | YD | 1968 | 1979 | Founded by Fernand Gaspé. Acquired by Air Alpes. Operated Beech 18, Beech Duke, Cessna 402, DHC-6 Twin Otter[104] | ||||
| R | ||||||||
| Regional Airlines | ![]() |
RGI | 1992 | 2001 | Merged with Flandre Air and Proteus Airlines to form Régional | |||
| Régional | ![]() |
YS | RAE | REGIONAL EUROPE | 2001 | 2013 | Merged with Brit Air and Airlinair to form HOP! | |
| Réseau des Lignes Aériennes Françaises | 1945 | 1946 | ||||||
| Rousseau Aviation | ![]() |
RU | 1963 | 1976 | Operated HS-748 | |||
| S | ||||||||
| SATI | 1948 | 1949 | Merged with Aeromaritime to form Union de Transports Aériens | |||||
| SCELA | 1933 | 1933 | ||||||
| SCLA | 1940 | 1945 | ||||||
| Services Aéronatiques Roannais | ![]() |
QT | RNS | SARA | 1980 | 1996 | Operated Beech King Air, Beech 1900, Merlin IV[105] | |
| Sinair | 2000 | 2001 | Renamed Axis Airways[106] | |||||
| SNATI (Air Toulouse) | ||||||||
| Société Anonyme de Navigation Aeriennes | 1946 | 1949 | Operated Bloch MB.220[107] | |||||
| Société Auxiliaire de Gérance et de Transports Aériens | ![]() |
1953 | 1959 | Operated SNCASE Armagnac[108] | ||||
| Société Commerciale du Littoral | 1992 | 1996 | Operated Bristol Freighter[109] | |||||
| Societé aérienne française d'affrètements | 1966 | 1969 | Renamed Air Charter International[110] | |||||
| Société d'Exploitation du Matériel Aéronautique Français | 1949 | 1953 | Operated Latécoère 631[111] | |||||
| Société Générale des Transports Aériens | 1924 | 1933 | Merged with four other airlines to form Air France | |||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Alpes Provence | 1946 | 1952 | Operated Consolidated Liberator, Douglas DC-3[112] | |||||
| Société de Transports Aériens Internationaux et Régionaux | 1990 | 1993 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[113] | |||||
| Star Airlines | ![]() |
SE | SEU | STARWAY | 1997 | 2006 | Established as Star Europe. Renamed XL Airways France[114] | |
| Star Europe | ![]() |
1995 | 1997 | Renamed Star Airlines[115] | ||||
| Stellair Transports Aériens | ![]() |
1982 | 1993 | Went bankrupt. Fleet taken over by Air Toulouse. Operated Douglas DC-3, Fairchild F27, Embraer Bandeirante, Fokker F28[116] | ||||
| Strategic Airlines | ![]() |
EF | STZ | 2009 | 2010 | |||
| Sud Air Transport | 1973 | 1975 | Operated Beech King Air[117] | |||||
| Sud Airlines | SDU | SUD LINES | 2003 | 2006 | ||||
| SVT Air Touring | ![]() |
1972 | 1973 | Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle[118] | ||||
| T | ||||||||
| TAT European Airlines | ![]() |
VD | TAT | 1969 | 1996 | Merged into Air Liberté | ||
| Taxi Avia France | TF | ATX | 1970 | 1974 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Fokker F27[119] | |||
| TEA France | ![]() |
FN | TFR | TRANSAIRWAYS | 1989 | 1995 | ||
| Thalass Air | 1971 | 1979 | Operated Beech Baron, Beech King Air, Beech Queen Air[120] | |||||
| Trans Air Bretagne | TRB | AIR BRETAGNE | 1973 | 1993 | Operated Cessna 402[121] | |||
| Trans Alsace | TAS | TRANALSACE | 1993 | 1994 | Operated Airbus A320, Boeing 737-400, MD-80[122] | |||
| Trans Azur Aviation | 1981 | 1983 | Operated Dart Herald[123] | |||||
| Trans-Union | ![]() |
1966 | 1974 | Operated DC-4, DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle[124] | ||||
| Transport Air Centre | ![]() |
UH | CTR | AIR CENTRE | 1978 | 1994 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Aztec, Swearingen Merlin IV[125] | |
| Transport Aérien Transregional | ![]() |
1989 | 1990 | Operated ATR 72, FH-227, Fokker F28, Nord 262[126] | ||||
| Transports Aériens du Midi | 1946 | ? | Operated Caudron Goéland[127] | |||||
| Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux | ![]() |
TAI | 1946 | 1963 | Merged with Union Aéromaritime de Transport to form Union de Transports Aériens | |||
| Transports Aériens Reunis | 1970 | 1974 | Operated DC-3, DC-4, DC-6, DC-7, Vickers Viking 1B[128] | |||||
| U | ||||||||
| Uni Air International | ![]() |
UAI | UNIAIR | 1969 | 1993 | Operated Carvair, Aérospatiale Corvette, FH-227, Falcon 20, Learjet 35[129] | ||
| Uni Air Rouergue | ![]() |
1970 | 1974 | Renamed Air Rouergue. Operated Beech 99 Airliner, Beech Baron, Beech Queen Air, Cessna 182[130] | ||||
| Union Aéromaritime de Transport | ![]() |
UAT | 1949 | 1963 | Merged with Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux to form Union de Transports Aériens | |||
| Union Aéronautique Regionale | UZ | 1977 | 1979 | Operated Beech 99 Airliner, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Fokker F27[131] | ||||
| Union de Transports Aériens | ![]() |
UT | UTA | 1963 | 1992 | Merged into Air France | ||
| V | ||||||||
| Vargas Aviation | ![]() |
1971 | 1975 | Operated Douglas DC-3[132] | ||||
| Virgin Express France | ![]() |
VEF | LADYBIRD | 1988 | 2001 | Subsidiary of the Virgin Express. Established as Air Provence Charter | ||
| W | ||||||||
| Westair | F3 | FWA | 1995 | 2004 | Operated Boeing 737-200[133] | |||
| World Wide Helicopters | 1959 | 1961 | Operated Bell 47, Cessna 170, DHC-1, DHC-2 Beaver, PBY Catalina, Hiller UH-12, Sikorsky S-58[134] | |||||
| X | ||||||||
| XL Airways France | ![]() |
SE | XLF | STARWAY | 1995 | 2019 | ||
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Defunct airlines of France.
- List of airlines of France
- List of defunct airlines of Oceania § French Polynesia
- List of defunct airlines of the Americas § Guadeloupe
- List of defunct airlines of the Americas § Martinique
- List of defunct airlines of Oceania § New Caledonia
- List of defunct airlines of Africa#Réunion
- List of airports in France
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