Hex'Air was a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In Nort ...

based at

Le Puy – Loudes Airport Le Puy – Loudes Airport is an airport located in Loudes and 10 km west-northwest of Le Puy-en-Velay, both ''communes'' of the Haute-Loire ''département'' in the Auvergne ''région'' of France France (), officially the French ...

Le Puy-en-Velay Le Puy-en-Velay (, literally ''Le Puy in Velay''; oc, Lo Puèi de Velai ) is the prefecture of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Located near the river Loire, the city is famous for its ...

History

The airline was established on 30 March 1991, was owned by Financiere Hex'Air (80%) and had 8 employees at March 2007. During 2006 the airline added an

Embraer ERJ 145 The Embraer ERJ family (for Embraer Regional Jet, model names EMB-135, EMB-140 and EMB-145) are regional jets designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The family includes the ERJ135 (37 passengers), ERJ140 (44 passeng ...

(F-HBPE) to its fleet. Both Embraer aircraft were used for charter flights and were regularly flown on behalf of other European regional airlines needing additional capacity Hex'Air suspended one of its two scheduled routes, from

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect of Occitan) is the sole subprefecture of the Tarn department in the Occitanie region in Southern France. It lies in the former province of Languedoc, although not in the former region of Lang ...

via

Rodez Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat o ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

, indefinitely on 24 January 2014. In early January 2017, Hex'Air merged with French competitor

Twin Jet Twin Jet is a French regional airline based in Aix en Provence. History Twin Jet was founded in May 2001 and operated its first scheduled flight in March 2002. The company operates 250 flights a week mainly on domestic routes within France as ...

and was dissolved with its routes and aircraft being integrated into the new joint company.ch-aviation.com - France’s Twin Jet merges ops with Hex’air after acquisition
3 January 2017

Destinations

As of July 2016, Hex'Air only operated services on the following domestic scheduled route: *

Paris-Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (french: Aéroport de Paris-Orly), commonly referred to as Orly , is one of two international airports serving the French capital, Paris, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly an ...

The airline also offered an additional coach service from Mende to the airport in Le Puy.

Fleet

As of July 2016, the Hex'Air fleet included the following aircraft:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hex'air Defunct airlines of France Airlines established in 1991 Airlines disestablished in 2017 French companies disestablished in 2017 French companies established in 1991