The World's Airlines, past, present & future                 by David Lyall

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France is a republic in western Europe, bordered on the north by the English Channel and the North Sea (which separate it from Great Britain); on the northeast by Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany; on the east by Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; on the southeast by Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea; on the south by Spain and Andorra; and on the west by the Bay of Biscay (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). France is approximately hexagonal in shape, with an extreme length from north to south of about 965 km (about 600 mi) and a maximum width of about 935 km (about 580 mi). The republic of France includes ten overseas possessions. These include the overseas departments of French Guiana, in South America; Martinique and Guadeloupe, in the West Indies; and Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. Territorial collectivises and dependencies include Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. The total area of metropolitan France, which also includes the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean, is 543,965 sq km (210,026 sq mi). The capital and largest city is Paris.

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Status Airline Operational Dates ICAO - IATA Genealogy Tree Update Reason
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Abakara

-      
X

ACE Transvalair (Air Charter Express & Air Executive)

1984 - 1994 VH / CHX   & Dates
X

Aeris Charter Airline

1999 - 2003   Aeris  
X

Aeris Express

2003 - 2003      
!

Aero Berlin

-      
!

Aero Cargo

-      
X

Aero France International

1991* - 1991      
~

Aero International (Regional)

1996* ~ 1998*      
!

Aero Services Executive

2000* - 2004*      
!

Aerocondor

2005 - 2006*      
X

Aerolinair

2002^ - 2004 ERN    
X

AeroLyon (Aero Lyon)

1996 - 2001   L-Air  
>

Aeromaritime

1966^ - 1990 QK Airbus Inter Transport  
!

Aerope 3S Aviation

2001* - 2001*      
>

Aeropostale

1930* - 1933   Air France  
!

Aerotechnique International

-      
!

Aerotour (Aero Tour)

1976 - 1979* FH    
>

Aigle Azur

1954* - 1955   Air France  
#

Aigle Azur Transports Aeriens

1998* - >> ZI / AAF Aigle Azur  
>

Air Alpes

1961^ - 1979* LP Air Lib  
>

Air Alsace

1962* - 1986* SY Air Lib  
!

Air Anjou Transports

1978* - 1979* RZ    
!

Air Aquitaine

1991 - 1991*      
X

Air Asie

1928^ - 1930      
X

Air Atlantique

1963^ - 2004 APB    
!

Air Berlin France

1989* - 1989*      
>

Air Bleu

1935* - 1940*   Air France  
!

Air Bretagne

1996^ - 2001*      
>

Air Charter

1977* - 1990   Air France  
~

Air Charter Asia

~      
#

Air Charter Express

2007 - >>      
>

Air Charter International

1970* - 1979* SF Air France  
?

Air City Wings

2005?      
~

Air Continents

~      
X

Air Corse

1989* - 1989*      
~

Air Dakota

~      
~

Air Dauphine

~      
!

Air Entreprise International

192* - 1995*      
!

Air Exel France

1990* - 2000*      
#

Air France

1933 - >> AF / AFR Air France  
!

Air France Asia

1994* - 1994*      
#

Air France Cargo

2001* - >>      
>

Air France Europe

1996 - 1997   Air France  
?

Air France Soleil

2007?      
X

Air Fret Service

1964^ - 1980 FZ    
~

Air Galaxy

~      
X

Air Horizons

2004 - 2005 RN / EUL Air Horizons  
>

Air Inter

1960* - 1996 IT Air France  
>

Air Inter Europe

1996 - 1997   Air France  
X

Air Jet (AirJet)

1980 - 2003      
~

Air Kallyste International

~      
!

Air Languedoc

1975* - 1979* LX    
X

Air Lib

2001 - 2003   Air Lib  
X

Air Lib Express

2002* - 2003      
>

Air Liberte

1988 - 2001   Air Lib  
X

Air Limousin Transport Aerien

1979* - 1989* FQ Air Limousin Transport Aerien  
X

Air Littoral

1972 - 2004 FU Air Littoral  
!

Air Littoral Express

1998* - 1998*   Air Littoral  
X

Air Littoral Riviera

1996 - 1998*   Air Littoral  
~

Air Lorient

~      
~

Air Lorraine

~      
#

Air Mediterranee

1997 - >> BIE    
~

Air Midi Bigorre

~      
~

Air Nolis

~      
X

Air Normandie (Normandie Aviation)

1991^ - 2001      
X

Air Open Sky

1997 - 2001      
X

Air Orient

1930* - 1933      
>

Air Orly

-   Air Lib  
X

Air Ouest

1978* - 1978* OE    
>

Air Outre Mer

1987* - 1992   Air Lib  
>

Air Paris

1971* - 1979* IO Air Lib  
!

Air Passaquay

1978* - 1979*      
~

Air Perigord

~      
~

Air Poitou-Charentes

~      
!

Air Provence

1978* - 1979*      
>

Air Provence

1985^ - 1996   West Air France  
>

Air Provence Charter

1995^ - 1997*   Virgin Express (France)  
>

Air Provence International

1996 - 2002   West Air France  
~

Air Pyrenee

~      
>

Air Rouergue

1974 - 1977   UAR  
~

Air Service International

~      
X

Air Service Nantes

1989* - 2000*      
!

Air Service Vossges

2004* - 2006* VGE    
!

Air Toulouse (SNATI)

1978* - 1979*      
>

Air Toulouse International (ATI)

1990 - 2000   Aeris  
!

Air Transport

1946* - 1946*      
!

Air Transport Pyrenees

1991* - 2000*   Air Transport Pyrenees  
X

Air Turquoise (Air Tourquoise)

2005 - 2006      
X

Air Union

1923* - 1933      
>

Air Vendee

1975^ - 1992   Regional  
!

Airbus Inter Transport Aeromaritime

1990 - 2000*   Airbus Inter Transport  
!

Airbus Transport International (ATI)

1996* - 2006*      
X

Aire d'Evasions (Air Evasion)

1993* - 1994      
>

Airlec

1965* - 1992   Regional  
!

Airlec Air Espace

2004* - 2006*      
#

Airlinair

1999 - >> A5 / RLA    
>

Airmust

1992* - 1992*      
X

Airnautic

1962* - 1962*      
>

Air-Orient

1931 - 1933   Air France  
>

Air-Union

1923* - 1933   Air France  
!

AlsaceExel

2004 - 2006*      
!

Alsair

1991* - 1991*      
!

Alsair

2002* - 2006*      
!

Alsavia

1991* - 1999*      
~

Alter Baeri

1996~      
~

AMIS (Air Mediterranee International System)

~      
>

AOM

1992 - 2001   Air Lib  
~

Aquitania Airlines

~      
X

Aria

2004 - 2005 ARW    
!

Atlantique Air Assistance

2004* - 2006*      
~

AUsTer EXtreme-Orient (Autrex)

~      
~

Autrex

~      
!

Auxiair

1978* - 1979* BS    
~

Avions Bleus

~      
>

Avions Taxis Pyreneens

-   Air Transport Pyrenees  
#

Axis Airways

2001 - >> 6V / AXY Axis Airways  
X

Belair (Ile de France)

1995 - 2000      
#

Blue Line

2002 - >> BLE    
!

Bretagne Air Services

1978* - 1979* VB    
#

Brit Air (Brittany Air International)

1975 - >> DB / BZH    
!

CAP Airlines

1995 - 2001*      
X

CAS (Compagnie Aerienne Francais)

1919* - 1937*      
X

Catair

1968* - 1979* QV    
~

CATI (Compagnie Aerienne de Transports Indochinois)

~      
#

CCM Airlines

2000 - >> XK / CCM CCM Airlines  
~

Centre d'Exploitation Postale Metropolitain

~      
>

CGEA (Grands Express Aeriens)

1920* - 1923   Air France  
>

CGTA (Compagnie Generale de Transport Aerien)

1919 - 1926*   Air France  
~

Chaillotine Air Service

~      
#

Chalair Aviation

1986^ - >> CLG    
!

Champagne Airlines

1998^ - 2006* CPH    
>

CIDNA (Compagnie International de Navigation Aerienne)

1922* -1933   Air France  
!

Cie Air Transport (Compagnie Air Transport) (CAT)

1947* - 1967*   CAT  
~

CIP Transports

~      
~

Citybird France

~      
>

Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc

- FQ Air Limousin Transport Aerien  
>

Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc

1988* - 1988   Air Littoral  
~

Compagnie Aeromaritime d'Affretement

~      
!

Compagnie Aeronautique Europeenne (CAE)

1991 - 2002*      
>

Compagnie Corse Mediterranee

1990 - 2000   CCM Airlines  
~

Compagnie Francaise de Transports Aeriens

~      
!

Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aerienne

1922* - 1926*      
X

Compagnie Generale Aeropostale

1933 - 1946   CGA  
~

Compagnie Generale Transsaharienne

~      
>

Compagnie Nationale Air France

1948 - 1994   Air France  
~

Comptoir Saigonnais de Ravitaillemnet

~      
X

Continent Air Paris

1995* - 1996*      
!

Continentale Air Service

1978* - 1979* CAS    
>

Corsair

1990 - 2005 SS / CRL Corsairfly  
#

Corsairfly

2005 - >> SS / CRL Corsairfly  
>

Corse Air International

1981 - 1990   Corsairfly  
~

COSARA (Sie de Transports Aeriens en Extreme-Orient)

~      
!

Crossair Europe

1998 - 2006* QE / ECC    
~

CTAC (Compagnie de Transport Aerien et de Commerce)

~      
!

Dakota Air

-      
>

DC3 SA Publi-Air

-   Publi-Air  
X

Dexxair

1999* - 1999*      
!

Diwan Airservice

1999* - 2003*      
!

Drakk'air

1991 - 1991*      
~

EAC (Europe Air Charter)

~      
#

Eagle Aviation

2002 - >> EGN    
X

EAS Europe Airlines

1994* - 1995*   EAS  
~

EBA France

~      
!

ECA (Europe Continental Airways)

1998 - 2006*      
~

EFIS Cargo

~      
>

Elysair

2006   L'Avion  
~

Etablissement Roger Colin

~      
>

Euralair Horizons

1964 - 2003 EL Air Horizons  
>

Euralair International

1964 - 2003 EK Euralair  
!

Euralair-Occitania

2004 - 2004*   Euralair-Occitania  
X

EuroBerlin France

1988- 1994      
+

Eurociel

2008+      
?

Eurofly

2004?   Southwings