Champagne Airlines

1998–2005 airline in France
Champagne Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
— CPH CHAMPAGNE
Commenced operations1998
Ceased operations29 November 2005
Fleet sizeSee Fleet below
DestinationsSee Destinations below

Champagne Airlines was an airline based in Reims, France. It was established in 1998 and operated air-taxi, executive services, and scheduled services. Its main base was Reims Airport (RHE), with hubs at Le Havre Octeville Airport and Paris - Le Bourget Airport. Heli-Champagne, its sister company, provided helicopter transport services.

In November 2005, authorization to operate air services was withdrawn following bankruptcy.

Code data

  • ICAO Code: CPH
  • Callsign: Champagne

Destinations

In July 2005, it was clear that the company was in debt and had a serious shortage of cash.[1] In October 2005, Champagne Airlines gave up its only scheduled route between Le Havre and Toulouse.[2] On 29 November 2005 the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC) withdrew authorization for Champagne Airlines to operate air services following its bankruptcy.[3]

Fleet

In July 2005, the Champagne Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[1]

  • 2 Beechcraft King Air FGIML and FBXON
  • 3 Fairchild Metro III FGTRB, FGPSN and FGJPN
  • 1 Cessna Citation II FHACA

References

  1. ^ a b Depeches UNAC 1 July 2005 (in French)
  2. ^ CH-Aviation 19 October 2005
  3. ^ DGAC Archived July 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine 29 November 2005 (in French)
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