Chalair Aviation is a French regional airline with headquarters and operational base at Carpiquet Airport of Caen."Access ." (image). Chalair Aviation. Retrieved on 12 February 2011. "Chalair Aviation Headquarters Aéroport de Caen-Carpiquet 14650 Carpiquet France." It operates scheduled regional services as well as ad hoc charter flights.
History The airline was founded in October 1986 as Chalair by Philippe Lebaron and renamed Chalair Aviation in 1997 when the first scheduled flights were started.chalair.eu - History retrieved 9 July 2016 Starting 1997, besides business and freight flights, Chalair Aviation began operating a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner for scheduled flights between Le Mans and Eindhoven and an ATR 42 between Cherbourg and Orly. Between 1997 and 2004, Chalair Aviation operated 1 Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, 1 ATR 42-300 and 3 Cessna Citation II and CJ2 jets.
The airline provides scheduled services as well as corporate shuttle services, freight (including toxic and corrosive material), business and sanitary flights, pilot certification and training, aircraft management and engineering and neighboring islands and JAR Part 145 maintenance services.chalair.eu - Business aviation retrieved 9 July 2016 The airline now employs a total 42 persons, among them 27 are pilots.
In July 2016, Chalair Aviation took over the Antwerp to Hamburg route from bankrupt VLM Airlines, inaugurating its first service to Germany after stopping flights between Lyon and Cologne.hamburg-news.de - "Chalair Aviation flies from Hamburg Airport to Antwerp" (German) 4 July 2016
German startup airline brand Green Airlines selected Chalair Aviation as their operating carrier for German domestic services from February 2021.airliners.de (German) 22 October 2020 (German) 06 December 2020
Destinations Chalair Aviation operates to the following destinations under their own brand as of July 2019:
France Agen – Agen La Garenne Airport (Terminated) Ajaccio – Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (Summer Seasonal) Aurillac – Aurillac–Tronquières Airport Bastia – Bastia–Poretta Airport (Summer Seasonal) Bordeaux – Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (base) Brest – Brest Bretagne Airport Carpiquet – Caen–Carpiquet Airport (base) Castres – Castres–Mazamet Airport Limoges – Limoges–Bellegarde Airport Lyon – Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport Montpellier – Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport Nantes – Nantes Atlantique Airport Paris – Orly Airport Pau – Pau Airport Quimper – Quimper–Cornouaille Airport Rennes – Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport
United Kingdom Southampton – Southampton Airport (Summer Seasonal)
Ireland Kerry – Kerry Airport (Summer Seasonal)
Belgium Brussels – Brussels Airport (Summer Seasonal)
Airline partnerships Chalair Aviation currently has a codeshare partnership with Air Caraibes.
Fleet Current fleet , Chalair Aviation operates the following aircraft:
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers NotesATR 42-500 3—481 parkedATR 72-5002—70F-HAPLBeech 1900D2—19Total7— Former fleet , Chalair Aviation operated 3 ATR 42-500, 2 ATR 72-500 and 2 Beech 1900D.
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