Air Méditerranée

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Air Méditerranée

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
ML	BIE	MEDITERRANEE

Founded

1997

Ceased operations

15 February 2016

Hubs

Charles de Gaulle Airport

Focus cities

Subsidiaries

Hermes Airlines

Fleet size

Destinations

50+

Headquarters

Juillan, France

Key people

Antoine Ferretti, CEO

Website

air-mediterranee.fr

Air Méditerranée was a French charter airline headquartered on the property of the Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport in Juillan.^[1] It operated chartered passenger and cargo flights, mostly to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

History

Air Méditerranée was established and started operations in 1997 and had its headquarters in Le Fauga, near Toulouse.^[2] In January 2015, the airline filed for receivership. 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

On 15 February 2016 the airline was liquidated by the courts after amassing debts of €60m and all aircraft were returned to their lessors.^[5]^[6]

Fleet

Prior to ceasing operations, the Air Méditerranée fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[7]

**Air Méditerranée fleet**
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
Airbus A321-100	3	—	220
Airbus A321-200	2	—	220
Boeing 737-500	1	—	131
Total	6	—

References

^ "Conditions d'utilisation du site Web d’Air Méditerranée." (Archive) Air Méditerranée. Retrieved on 30 April 2012. "Aéroport de Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées 65290 Juillan, France "
^ Home page. Air Méditerranée. Retrieved on 23 February 2010.
^ ch-aviation.com - Another bid for Air Méditerranée as D-Day nears 10 January 2016
^ [1]
^ Air Méditerranée Liquidated
^ "End of the line for Air Mediterranee". Airliner World. April 2016: 7.
^ Air Méditerranée fleet list at ch-aviation.ch

External links

Media related to Air Méditerranée at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

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Current

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Overseas
dependences

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French North America	Air Saint-Pierre
Mayotte	Ewa Air

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