Euralair was a charter

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based in

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. Euralair was founded in 1964 as an air-taxi and executive charter company. In 1966 it became

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and operated its first charter flights in 1968 when it received the first Fokker F-27 (F-BRHL) on November 11, 1968, and the second (F-BRQL) on October 15, 1969; the last one sold to the Swiss company Belair (as HB-AAZ) in June 1973. In order to develop its charter activity, in November 1971 Euralair bought from Austrian Airline the first

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VIR (F-BSEL) and in 1973 the second (F-BTDL).David Mondey, World’s Airliner Registrations, Ian Allan Ltd., 1974,

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Euralair Boeing 737 in Mauritania
{{Airlines of France Defunct airlines of France Airlines established in 1964 Airlines disestablished in 2003