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Air Méditerranée was a French
charter airline Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flight ...
headquartered on the property of the
Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport (; ) is an airport 9 km south-southwest of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées '' département'' of France. Operations It handles scheduled and charter flights from across Europe, with many passengers bein ...
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Juillan Juillan (; ) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Air Méditerranée has its head office on the property of Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport, in Juillan.Conditions d'utilisation du site Web d’Air Méditerranée
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Air Méditerranée. Retrieved on 30 April 2012. "Aéroport de Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées 65290 Juillan, France " It operated chartered passenger and cargo flights, mostly to and from
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport , also known as Roissy Airport, is the primary international airport serving Paris, the capital city of France. The airport opened in 1974 and is located in Roissy-en-France, northeast of Paris. It is named for ...
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History

Air Méditerranée was established and started operations in 1997 and had its headquarters in
Le Fauga Le Fauga (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population Economy The commune once had the headquarters of Air Méditerranée.
, near
Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
. In January 2015, the airline filed for
receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especia ...
. By January 2016, there had been offers by potential investors to secure new funds for the struggling airline with no final decision made by the authorities. The only incident of the airline occurred in February 2016 where a man urinated on a passenger over not being allowed to smoke on the flight. However, the victim fought back by punching the man in the face. The flight was diverted to Lyon, where both passengers were arrested. On 15 February 2016 the airline was liquidated by the courts after amassing debts of €60m and all aircraft were returned to their lessors.


Fleet

Prior to ceasing operations, the Air Méditerranée fleet had consisted of the following aircraft:Air Méditerranée fleet list at ch-aviation.ch
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Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Air Mediterranee Defunct airlines of France Airlines established in 1997 Airlines disestablished in 2016 French companies established in 1997 2016 disestablishments in France Defunct charter airlines History of Hautes-Pyrénées