Airlinair

Airlinair
Founded	1998
Commenced operations	May 1999
Ceased operations	March 2017; (merged with Brit Air and Régional to form Air France Hop)
Operating bases	Lyon; Paris–Charles de Gaulle; Paris–Orly;
Frequent-flyer program	Flying Blue
Headquarters	Rungis, France
Key people	Lionel Guérin (CEO)
Website	www.hop.com

Société Airlinair, simply known as Airlinair, was a French regional airline based in Rungis, France,^[1] operating scheduled regional flights (some of which were on behalf of Air France), and aircraft lease services.^[2] The airline has set up bases at Paris-Orly Airport and Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. As an Air France regional partner, it also offered flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

Airlinair, along with Régional and Brit Air, was fully merged into HOP! in 2017 after a year of negotiations.^[3]

History

The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in May 1999. It was founded by four principal shareholders including Lionel Guérin and is owned by private investors (80.5%) and Brit Air (19.5%).^[2]

Since 31 March 2013, all Airlinair flights have been operated under the name HOP!, Air France's regional brand.^[4]

Airlinair ceased all flight operations in March 2017 after its merger in HOP!.^[3]^[5]

Destinations

As of 30 March 2013, Airlinair operates scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations:^[6]

City	Airport	Notes
Agen	Agen La Garenne Airport
Ajaccio	Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport
Aurillac	Aurillac – Tronquières Airport
Brive-la-Gaillard	Brive–Souillac Airport
Caen	Caen - Carpiquet Airport	Operated by Chalair
Castres	Castres–Mazamet Airport
Lannion	Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport
La Rochelle	La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport
Limoges	Limoges – Bellegarde Airport
Lyon	Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport	Base
Paris	Orly Airport	Base
Poitiers	Poitiers–Biard Airport
Toulouse	Toulouse–Blagnac Airport

Additionally, the following destinations are served on behalf of Air France:

Country	City	Airport	Notes
France	Clermont-Ferrand	Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport
France	Limoges	Limoges – Bellegarde Airport
France	Lyon	Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport	Base
France	Marseille	Marseille Provence Airport
France	Montpellier	Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
France	Paris	Orly Airport
France	Paris	Charles de Gaulle Airport	Base
France	Pau	Pau Pyrénées Airport
France	Rennes	Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport
France	Toulouse	Toulouse–Blagnac Airport
Germany	Cologne	Cologne Bonn Airport
Germany	Stuttgart	Stuttgart Airport
Italy	Florence	Florence Airport
Italy	Milan	Milan Malpensa Airport
United Kingdom	Bristol	Bristol Airport

Fleet

As of March 2017, the Airlinair fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[7]

Airlinair fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Passengers
ATR 42-500	11	46
ATR 72-500	2	70
ATR 72-600	6	72
Total	19

References

^ "Legal Notices Airlinair. Retrieved on 2 June 2009. "24 rue de Villeneuve BP 40 193 - 94563 Rungis Cedex"
^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 70.
^ ^a ^b "Air France: les salariés de la filière Hop! poursuivent leur grève, des vols annulés". BFM TV (in French). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
^ "Air France va fusionner ses filiales régionales sous la bannière Hop !". Les Echos (in French). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ "Airlinair timetable". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
^ "Airlinair fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

External links

Official website (Archive)
Official website (in French) (Archive)

[1] "Legal Notices Airlinair. Retrieved on 2 June 2009. "24 rue de Villeneuve BP 40 193 - 94563 Rungis Cedex"

[FI-2] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 70.

[hop_merge-3] "Air France: les salariés de la filière Hop! poursuivent leur grève, des vols annulés". BFM TV (in French). 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[4] "Air France Launches New Low-Cost Airline 'Hop!' Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today." Reuters. 26 March 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.

[5] "Air France va fusionner ses filiales régionales sous la bannière Hop !". Les Echos (in French). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[6] "Airlinair timetable". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

[7] "Airlinair fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

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