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Brit Air
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| Brit Air | ||
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| IATA DB |
ICAO BZH |
Callsign Brit Air [1] |
| Founded | 1973 | |
| Hubs | Lyon Saint-Exupéry Paris Orly Paris Charles de Gaulle |
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| Frequent flyer program | Flying Blue | |
| Member lounge | Departures Lounge | |
| Alliance | SkyTeam | |
| Fleet size | 44 | |
| Destinations | 29 | |
| Parent company | Air France-KLM | |
| Headquarters | Morlaix, France | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.airfrance.com | ||
- For the main airline of the United Kingdom, see British Airways
Brit Air is an airline based at Morlaix, Brittany, France. It is a regional airline operating scheduled services as an Air France franchise. Its main base is Ploujean Airport, Morlaix and it has hubs at Saint-Exupéry International Airport, Lyon, Orly Airport, Paris and Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris[2].
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The airline was established in 1973 and started operations in 1975. It was founded to provide services for business executives from western France, and introduced regular flights to London Gatwick in 1979. On 1 December 1995, Brit Air signed a franchising agreement with Air France Europe. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France in October 2000. It employs 1,260 staff[2].
The Brit Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) [2] :
- 19 Bombardier CRJ-100ER
- 12 Bombardier CRJ 700 (further one on order)
- 13 Fokker 100
Brit Air average fleet age was 8.6 years old in July 2006[3].
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ Brit Air Fleet Age
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