Air Atlantique
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Air Atlantique is an airline based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It operates charter flights throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as a wet-lease operation using ATR 42 and other aircraft. Its main base is Coventry Airport.
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Code Data
- ICAO Code: AAG
- Callsign: Atlantic
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1969 as General Aviation Services in Jersey, Channel Islands. The Air Atlantique name was adopted in June 1977 when charter flights were launched with Douglas DC-3 aircraft. The airline moved to its present base in Coventry in December 1985. Atlantic Airlines, which previously operated all airline activities for the Atlantic Holdings group (owners of Air Atlantique), was subject to a management buy-out in July 2004 and now operates as an independent company.
Fleet
The Air Atlantique fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
- 2 ATR 42-300
- 1 Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander
- 1 Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander
- 1 [[Convair 440-0(F)
- 4 Douglas DC-3C
- 2 Douglas DC-6A
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See Also: Air Atlantique - an airline based in France which ceased operations in 2004.
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