Flandre Air Explained

Airline:Flandre Air
Iata:IX
Icao:FRS
Callsign:FLANDRAIR
Ceased:
Bases:Lille Airport
Headquarters:Lesquin, France

Flandre Air was a French regional airline headquartered at Lille Airport in Lesquin, France,[1] near Lille.[2]

History

The airline began as a charter airline in 1977. It began scheduled services in 1985. In October 1997 Flandre Air became the European launch customer of the Embraer RJ-135. In November 1998 Flandre Air signed a franchise agreement with Air Liberté, which began in January 1999. In October 1999 Proteus Airlines acquired Flandre Air.[3] On 30 March 2001 Flandre, Proteus, and Regional Airlines merged into Régional, which itself merged into HOP! in 2013.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 26 March-1 April 1997. "44.
  2. "History ." Régional. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  3. "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 27 March-2 April 2001. 74.
  4. Web site: Flandre Air . rzjets . 27 November 2021.