Champagne Airlines

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 was sister company for helicopter activity.

In November 2005 authorization to operate air services was withdrawn following bankruptcy.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 with a serious cash shortage^[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

The Champagne Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at July 2005)^[1] :

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Depeches UNAC 1 July 2005 (in French)
2. ^ CH-Aviation 19 October 2005
3. ^ DGAC 29 November 2005 (in French)