Air Atlantique

Air Atlantique is a British airline based in Coventry, specializing on nostalgia flights with an extensive fleet of historic aircraft.

History

Air Atlantique was founded in 1969 under the name of General Aviation Services as a provider of aircraft maintenance on the Channel Island of Jersey. In the same year the unscheduled flight was taken with a Cessna 336, the company was also the UK distributor for the American aircraft manufacturer Aviation. 1971, the company headquarters was first moved to Sherburn -in- Elmet in North Yorkshire, later to Doncaster. There you changed the company in Eastern Aviation and took over the operation of the local airfield. 1974, dealing with maintenance and aerodrome operating parts of the company were sold and continued flight operations as Air Atlantique.

In 1976, the first two Douglas DC-3 Dakota were added to the fleet for freight operations, temporarily possessed Air Atlantique claims to have the largest Dakota fleet in the world. Two 1979 acquired Douglas DC-6 could not be operated profitably due to the oil crisis. In 1981, the fleet was moved to Blackpool Airport, 1985 Airport Stansted, where the daughter Atlantic Air Transport was founded.

1986, the company headquarters was moved to the south of Baginton Coventry. Due to the limited cargo capacity of the DC-3 aircraft were eingeflottet type DC-6 again. Between 1990 and 1994, Air Atlantique as Air Corbiere flights to the Channel Islands through.

The freight division was spun off in July 2004 following a management buy-out and now trades under the name Atlantic Airlines. Other fields were sold when the owner reached the retirement age. Today, Air Atlantique leads primarily through flights with historic aircraft under the brand Classic Flight.

Fleet

As of January 2013, the fleet of Air Atlantique consists of 14 aircraft.