Chalair Aviation

Chalair Aviation

IATA CE ICAO CLG Callsign CHALLAIR
Founded	1986
Hubs	Caen, Orly
Frequent-flyer program	Flying Blue
Fleet size	10
Destinations	8 scheduled
Parent company	Adige company
Headquarters	Carpiquet, France
Key people	Alain Battisti
Website	chalair.eu/index.php/en

Chalair Aviation, previously Chalair, is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Caen – Carpiquet Airport in Carpiquet, France.^[1] It provides scheduled services with the A5 Airlinair code under a franchise agreement, using Beechcraft turboprops, as well as corporate shuttle services, freight (including toxic and corrosive material), business and sanitary flights, pilot certification and training, aircraft management and engineering, noticeably in La Réunion and neighboring islands (such as a rather epic landing on a beach in Tromelin Island, as can be seen from the company's website), and JAR Part 145 maintenance services. Its base is Caen. The airline now employs a total 42 persons, among them 27 are pilots, and plans to fly 35,000 scheduled passengers in 2007.

Starting 1997, besides business and freight flights, Chalair Aviation began operating a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner for scheduled flights between Le Mans and Eindhoven and an ATR 42 between Cherbourg and Orly, with their own IATA code, M6, abandoned since — but a new designator is expected soon.

Chalair Aviation plans to open new routes in 2007 - 2008.

Destinations

Chalair operates services to the following scheduled domestic destinations (as of April 2010):

From Bordeaux: Rennes — five flights per week (weekdays)

From Bordeaux: Brest — five flights per week (weekdays)

From Rennes: Clermont-Ferrand

From Rennes: Mulhouse — nine flights per week (weekdays and Sunday evening)

From Clermont-Ferrand: Lille

From Clermont-Ferrand: Marseille

From Clermont-Ferrand: Strasbourg

From Clermont-Ferrand: Toulouse

From Caen: Paris-Orly Airport for Airlinair

Fleet

The Chalair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2007)

• 1 Beechcraft 90 King Air
• 4 Beechcraft Super King Air 200s
• 4 Beechcraft 1900D Airliners
• 1 Learjet 45 (since the end of June 2007, for business flights)

The airline's medium term target is to expand the fleet with 20-seater plus turboprops.

Between 1997 and 2004, Chalair Aviation operated one Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, one ATR 42 and three Cessna Citation II, then CJ2 jets.

References

1. ^ "Access." (image). Chalair Aviation. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Chalair Aviation Head Quarter Aéroport de Caen-Carpiquet 14650 Carpiquet France."

External links

	France portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• Chalair Aviation
• Chalair Aviation (French)