CCM Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = CCM Airlines

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fleet_size = 9
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IATA = XK
ICAO = CCM
callsign = CORSICA
parent = Collectivité Territoriale de Corse
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founded = 2000
headquarters = Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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hubs = Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport
secondary_hubs = Figari Sud-Corse Airport
Bastia - Poretta Airport
Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport
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website = http://www.aircorsica.com/

Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M., trading as CCM Airlines, is a regional airline based in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. It operates passenger services from Corsica to metropolitan France. Its main base is Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport, with hubs at Figari Sud-Corse Airport, Bastia - Poretta Airport and Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 62 | date= 2007-04-03] .

History

The airline was established on 1 January 1989 and started services in June 1990. In November 2000 it changed its name from Compagnie Corse Mediterranee to CCM Airlines. A partnership with Air France has been developed and the network expanded. The airline is owned by Collectivite Territoriale Corse (60.37%), Air France (11.94%), Crédit Agricole (7.55%), SNCM (6.68%) and the remainder with 6 smaller investors. It has 653 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

CCM airlines operates the following services (at May 2006):

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Figari, Lille, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Quimper, Strasbourg and Toulouse.
*International scheduled destinations: Geneva

Fleet

The CCM Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

*2 Airbus A319-100
*2 Airbus A320-200
*6 ATR 72-500

In March 2006, the average age of CCM fleet is 8.9 years [ [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/?file=calcop&opp=CCM%20Airlines CCM Airlines Fleet Age] ] .

On 14 June 2005 the airline agreed the purchase of 6 new ATR 72-500 aircraft to replace its existing older model ATR 72-200 aircraft, in a contract worth over $100 million. Deliveries are scheduled to take place between late 2005 and mid 2007, with the aircraft being operated under an Air France-KLM franchise on services from the four Corsican airports to Lyon, Marseille and Nice [Air International, July 2005] .

References

External links

* [http://www.aircorsica.com/ CCM Airlines]