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| commenced = 1962 |
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| ceased = 1981 |
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| bases = [[Colmar Airport|Colmar-Houssen Aerodrome]] |
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| headquarters = [[Colmar]], [[France]] |
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'''Air Alsace''' was an airline based in [[France]] |
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'''Société Air Alsace''' was an airline with its head office on the grounds of the [[Colmar Airport|Colmar-Houssen Aerodrome]] in [[Colmar]], [[France]].<ref>"World Airline Directory." ''[[Flight International]]''. 13 February 1975. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200295.html?search=%22Air%20Alsace%22 247].</ref> |
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==History== |
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[[Image:VFW-614 Air Alsace Basle - 15 Oct 1977.jpg|thumb|right| VFW 614 of Air Alsace]] |
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[[Image:SN601 Corvette F-BVPE Alsace BRU 12.09.77 edited-3.jpg|thumb|right|Aerospatiale Corvette of Air Alsace at Brussels Airport in 1977 wearing the titles of Air France]] |
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Air Alsace began as an [[air taxi]] operation based in [[Colmar]] in 1962. It commenced operations using small aircraft. From 1974 it began to operate scheduled passenger [[regional airline|regional services]]{{Cn|date=January 2021}} and on 1 January 1975 merged with '''Air Vosges''' and its fleet of [[Cessna 401]] and [[Cessna 402]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://rzjets.net/operators/?show=3869 | title = Air Vosges | publisher = rzjets | access-date = 23 November 2021}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In cooperation with [[Air France]] it offered services to [[Amsterdam]], [[Brussels]], [[Cologne]], [[Rome]] and [[Strasbourg]]. Flights to London [[Gatwick]] and [[Milan]] were later added. Air Alsace entered the jet age in April 1976 with the delivery of their first [[VFW 614]] and it later acquired the [[Aerospatiale Corvette]] and the [[Fokker F.28 Fellowship]]. In 1981 the airline merged with [[TAT - Touraine Air Transport]] and [[Air Alpes]] to form [[TAT-Transport Aerien Transregional]].{{Cn|date=January 2021}} |
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* [[Piper Navajo]] (''Air Alsace initially commenced services with two of these twin engine piston aircraft'') |
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* [[VFW 614]] |
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* [[Fokker F.28 Fellowship]] |
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==External links== |
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* {{cite book|last=Hengi|first=B.I.|others=Neil Lewis, translator|title=Vergangen, Vergessen, Vorbei|trans-title=Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Leicester, England|year=2000| isbn= 978-1-85780-091-3}} |
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*Airlines Remembered by B I Hengi, published in 2000 by NARA-Verlag and Midland Publishing |
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Revision as of 09:07, 12 May 2024
| Commenced operations | 1962 |
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| Ceased operations | 1981 |
| Operating bases | Colmar-Houssen Aerodrome |
| Headquarters | Colmar, France |
Société Air Alsace was an airline with its head office on the grounds of the Colmar-Houssen Aerodrome in Colmar, France.[1]
History
Air Alsace began as an air taxi operation based in Colmar in 1962. It commenced operations using small aircraft. From 1974 it began to operate scheduled passenger regional services[citation needed] and on 1 January 1975 merged with Air Vosges and its fleet of Cessna 401 and Cessna 402.[2]
In cooperation with Air France it offered services to Amsterdam, Brussels, Cologne, Rome and Strasbourg. Flights to London Gatwick and Milan were later added. Air Alsace entered the jet age in April 1976 with the delivery of their first VFW 614 and it later acquired the Aerospatiale Corvette and the Fokker F.28 Fellowship. In 1981 the airline merged with TAT - Touraine Air Transport and Air Alpes to form TAT-Transport Aerien Transregional.[citation needed]
Fleet
- Aérospatiale Corvette
- Cessna
- Piper Navajo (Air Alsace initially commenced services with two of these twin engine piston aircraft)
- Nord 262
- Fokker F.27 Friendship
- VFW 614
- Fokker F.28 Fellowship
References
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 13 February 1975. 247.
- ^ "Air Vosges". rzjets. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- Hengi, B.I. (2000). Vergangen, Vergessen, Vorbei [Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour]. Neil Lewis, translator. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-091-3.
