11 Facts About Aigle Azur

Aigle Azur was a French airline based and headquartered at Paris Orly Airport.

Aigle Azur was founded in 1946 by Sylvain Floirat, becoming the first post-war private company and began operating a few Junkers Ju 52s with an increased capacity of 32 passengers.

In 2007, Aigle Azur was offering 30 regular destinations from several French cities, and launched regular flights from Paris Orly to Djerba, Paris Orly to Rimini and Marseille to Sal, Cape Verde.

In July 2010, Aigle Azur began a partnership with the Malian company Air Mali.

In July 2012, Aigle Azur opened a route between Paris Orly and Moscow Vnukovo.

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Aigle Azur was mainly competing with Air France, Air Algerie, EasyJet and TAP Air Portugal.

Aigle Azur launched its first domestic route in 2018, between Lyon and Nantes, as well as a service to Italy.

Aigle Azur developed new partnerships, including with Air Caraibes, S7 Airlines, and TAP Air Portugal, in addition to the existing ones with Azul and Hainan Airlines.

On 22 January 2019, Aigle Azur announced it would launch a regular route to Kiev by 18 April 2019.

Aigle Azur filed for bankruptcy and was placed in receivership on 2 September 2019, while it continued to operate flights.

From 1946 to 1955, the fuselage of Aigle Azur aircraft was bare metal, separated under the cabin windows by a dash of the same azure.