Champagne Airlines#Fleet

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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In November 2005, authorization to operate air services was withdrawn following bankruptcy.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.[http://www.unac.asso.fr/next/depeches_generales/inter_dep_gene.php?RECORD_KEY(depeches_gene)=id&id(depeches_gene)=340 Depeches UNAC] 1 July 2005 (in French) In October 2005, Champagne Airlines gave up its only scheduled route between Le Havre and Toulouse.[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/airlinepage.php?code1=CPH CH-Aviation] 19 October 2005 On 29 November 2005 the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC) withdrew authorization for Champagne Airlines to operate air services following its bankruptcy.[http://www.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/html/prospace/compagnies/autorisation2005.htm DGAC] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706143738/http://www.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/html/prospace/compagnies/autorisation2005.htm |date=July 6, 2007 }} 29 November 2005 (in French)

Fleet

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

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

References

Category:Defunct airlines of France

Category:Airlines established in 1998

Category:History of Reims

Category:Airlines disestablished in 2005

Category:Transport in Reims