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| Founded | 1986 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Caen - Carpiquet Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Flying Blue | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 17 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Carpiquet,France | ||||||
| Key people | Alain Battisti | ||||||
| Website | chalair.eu | ||||||
Chalair Aviation is a Frenchregional airline with its head office and base on the grounds ofCaen – Carpiquet Airport inCarpiquet.[1] It operates scheduled regional services as well as charter flights for various occasions.
The airline was founded in October 1986 asChalair by Philippe Lebaron and renamed toChalair Aviation in 1997.[2][3] Starting 1997, besides business and freight flights, Chalair Aviation began operating aFairchild Swearingen Metroliner for scheduled flights betweenLe Mans andEindhoven and anATR 42 betweenCherbourg andOrly. Between 1997 and 2004, Chalair Aviation operated 1Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, 1ATR 42-300[citation needed] and 3Cessna Citation II andCJ2 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.[4] The airline now employs a total 42 persons, among them 27 are pilots.
In July 2016, Chalair Aviation took over theAntwerp toHamburg route from bankruptVLM Airlines, inaugurating its first service toGermany after stopping flights between Lyon and Cologne.[5]
German startup airline brandGreen Airlines selected Chalair Aviation as their operating carrier for German domestic services from February 2021.[6][7]
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Chalair Aviation operates to the following destinations under their own brand as of July 2019:
United Kingdom
Belgium
Chalair Aviation currently has a codeshare partnership withAir Caraibes[11]
As of August 2025[update], Chalair Aviation operates the following aircraft:[12]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| ATR 42-500 | 3 | — | 48 | 1 parked |
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | — | 70 | F-HAPL |
| BEECH 1900D | 2 | — | 19 | |
| Total | 7 | — |
