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Régional 1 Players
Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne (often shortened to Régional) was a subsidiary airline wholly owned by Air France which connected hubs at Paris and Lyon to 49 airports in Europe. The airline operated in Air France livery, retaining its name in small titles and logo on the front fuselage and engines. It became the first European operator of the Embraer E-Jet family#E190, Embraer E190 aircraft in November 2006.Airliner World January 2007 It was headquartered in Bouguenais at the Nantes Atlantique Airport.Contact " Régional. Retrieved on 30 April 2010. The airline, along with Brit Air and Airlinair, was fully merged in HOP! since 2017 after a year of negotiation process. History On 30 March 2001, Flandre Air, Proteus Airlines, and Regional Airlines (France), Regional Airlines merger, merged int ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airlinair
Société Airlinair, simply known as Airlinair, was a French regional airline based in Rungis, France, operating scheduled regional flights (some of which were on behalf of Air France), and aircraft lease services. The airline has set up bases at Paris-Orly Airport and Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. As an Air France regional partner, it also offered flights from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Airlinair, along with Régional and Brit Air, was fully merged into HOP! in 2017 after a year of negotiations. History The airline was established in 1998 and started operations in May 1999. It was founded by four principal shareholders including Lionel Guérin and is owned by private investors (80.5%) and Brit Air (19.5%). Since 31 March 2013, all Airlinair flights have been operated under the name HOP! (airline), HOP!, Air France's regional brand. Airlinair ceased all flight operations in March 2017 after its merger in HOP!. Destinations As of 30 March 2013, Airlinair operates sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proteus Airlines
Proteus Airlines was a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France, near Dijon, and in Saint-Étienne. Founded in 1986, it remained operational until its merger into Régional in 2001. History The airline was originally established in 1986 as Proteus Air System. In May 1996, it began scheduled services under its new name Proteus Airlines. In 1997 the airline acquired a regional airline, Air Transport Pyrénées and its fleet of Beech 1900 and Beech King Air, while in August signed a franchise agreement with Air France. In October 1999 Proteus acquired another regional airline, Flandre Air. On 30 March 2001, Proteus, Flandre, and Regional Airlines (France), Regional Airlines merged into Régional, itself merged into HOP! in 2013. Incidents and accidents On 30 July 1998, a Beechcraft 1900D, operating as Proteus Airlines Flight 706 from Lyon to Lorient in Brittany, was hit by a privately-owned Cessna 177 Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight International
''Flight International'', formerly ''Flight'', is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace. Published in the United Kingdom and founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport", it is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine. ''Flight International'' is published by DVV Media Group. Competitors include Jane's Information Group and '' Aviation Week''. Former editors of, and contributors include H. F. King, Bill Gunston, John W. R. Taylor and David Learmount. History The founder and first editor of ''Flight'' was Stanley Spooner. He was also the creator and editor of ''The Automotor Journal'', originally titled ''The Automotor Journal and Horseless Vehicle''.Guide To British Industrial His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a population of 320,732 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabitants (2020). With Saint-Nazaire, a seaport on the Loire estuary, Nantes forms one of the main north-western French metropolitan agglomerations. It is the administrative seat of the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department and the Pays de la Loire Regions of France, region, one of 18 regions of France. Nantes belongs historically and culturally to Brittany, a former Duchy of Brittany, duchy and Province of Brittany, province, and Reunification of Brittany, its omission from the modern administrative region of Brittany is controversial. Nantes was identified during classical antiquity as a port on the Loire. It was the seat of a bishopric at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLM Cityhopper
KLM Cityhopper is the regional airline subsidiary of KLM, headquartered in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands. It is based at nearby Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. As a subsidiary of Air France–KLM, it is an affiliate of SkyTeam. The airline operates scheduled European feeder services on behalf of KLM. History The airline was established on 1 April 1991;"World Airline Directory." ''Flight International''. 27 March-2 April 199198 "Head Office: Building 70, PO Box 7700, 1117 ZL Schiphol Airport (East), The Netherlands." it started operations the same year. It was formed from the merger of NLM CityHopper and Netherlines. Following the 1991 merger, KLM Cityhopper had Europe's largest fleet composition of Fokker-built aircraft: the Fokker 50, Fokker 70, 70 and Fokker 100, 100. In 1998, KLM acquired AirUK, which they rebranded KLM uk. In November 2002, KLM merged its regional subsidiaries under the KLM Cityhopper name. It had 910 employees as of March 2007. In 2008, the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embraer ERJ Family
The Embraer ERJ family (for Embraer Regional Jet) are regional jets designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The family includes the ERJ 135 (37 passengers), ERJ 140 (44 passengers), and ERJ 145 (50 passengers), as well as the Legacy 600 business jet and the R-99 family of military aircraft. Development of the ERJ 145 was launched in 1989. Its early design took the form of a turbofan-powered stretch of the existing turboprop-powered EMB 120 Brasilia regional aircraft. After the project was temporarily suspended in 1990, work on a revised configuration was undertaken during the early 1990s. While retaining the three-abreast seating of the Brasilia, the twinjet featured a new swept wing and is powered by two rear-fuselage-mounted Rolls-Royce AE 3007 turbofans for a range up to . By the time of its maiden flight on 11 August 1995, Embraer had garnered 18 firm orders, 16 options and 127 letters of intent for the type. On 10 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saab 2000, Regional Compagnie Aerienne JP5929391
Saab or SAAB may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Saab AB, a Swedish aircraft, aerospace and defence company, still known as SAAB, and together with subsidiaries as Saab Group ** Datasaab, a former computer company, started as spin off from Saab AB * Saab Automobile, a former Swedish automobile manufacturer, formerly a division of Saab AB ** SaabO, a caravan (camper/travel trailer) produced by Saab Automobile from 1964 to 1968 * Saab-Scania, the former corporate group formed by Saab AB and Scania-Vabis People with the surname * Alejandro Saab (born 1994), American voice actor * Alex Saab (born 1971), Colombian businessman charged with money laundering * Elie Saab (born 1964), Lebanese fashion designer * Hassan Saab (1922–1990), Lebanese diplomat and political scientist * Jocelyne Saab (1948–2019), Lebanese filmmaker * Karim Saab (born 2001), Venezuelan footballer * Tarek William Saab (born 1963), Venezuelan politician * Tarek Saab (businessman), candidate on ''The Apprentice' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Échos (France)
''Les Echos'' () is the first daily French financial newspaper, founded in 1908 by brothers Robert and Émile Servan-Schreiber. Owned by LVMH, it has an economic liberal stance and "defend the idea that market is superior to plan". ''Les Echos'' is the main competitor of '' La Tribune'', a rival financial paper. History and profile The paper was established as a four-page monthly publication under ''Les Echos de l'Exportation'' by brothers Robert and Émile Servan-Schreiber in 1908. Becoming weekly in 1913, ''Les Echos de l'Exportation'' printed 5,000 copies. The newspaper ceased publication during the First World War. It reappeared at the war's end under ''Les Echos''. In 1928, ''Les Echos'' became a daily newspaper. It became an authoritative newspaper for economic circles in 1937. It was suspended in 1939. ''Les Echos'' resumed its activities in 1945, with relevant topics for this time, such as textiles and mechanics. The period from 1945 to 1960 was described as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger regional airliner, commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series of aircraft, the ''Family 12X'' and referred to as the ''Araguaia'', intending to achieve a high level of commonality with the Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, EMB 121 Xingu, the aircraft was redesigned and relaunched with the ''Brasilia'' name scheme during 1979. The redesign, which drew on operator feedback, reduced the seating capacity somewhat while removing commonality with the EMB 121. Its size, speed, and ceiling enabled faster and more direct services to be flown in comparison to similar aircraft. The EMB 120 features a circular cross-section fuselage, low-mounted straight wings and has a T-tail. On 27 July 1983, the prototype performed its maiden flight. During October 1985, the first EMB 120 entered service with Atlantic S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saab 2000
The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and able to cruise at a maximum speed of . Production took place in Linköping, Sweden. It first flew in March 1992 and was certified in 1994. The last aircraft was delivered in April 1999, a total of 63 aircraft were built. As of October 2024, a total of 31 Saab 2000s are either in airline or military service. Development and design In the 1980s, Saab decided to build a fuselage-stretched derivative of its successful Saab 340 twin-turboprop regional airliner. The new aircraft was planned to meet a perceived demand for a high-speed 50-seat turboprop with good climb performance which could operate over short- and medium-range routes with similar block times to jet aircraft while retaining the efficiency provided by turboprop engines. The new airliner, named the Saab 2000, was formally launched in May 1989, with Saab already hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
