Air Inter

Air Inter was a French airline based in Paray -Vieille -Poste, which was acquired in 1997 by Air France and merged with this.

History

Early years

Air Inter was founded on November 12, 1954 at the initiative of various companies in the transport and banking sectors, in order to establish a reliable network of flight connections between the French regions. Partners were among the other Air France (24%) and the state railway SNCF. The first flight took place on March 16, 1958 by Paris to Strasbourg; the scheduled air service began in 1962 with Vickers Viscount aircraft.

Air Inter introduced new tariff systems one, including the first year card with which you could for a year to fly 30% cheaper, and the " Tarification tricolore ", in which the flight numbers depending on the time of day in red, blue or black writing in the flight plan together with the reprinted corresponding prices.

1970s to the 1990s

After the introduction of the TGV SNCF competed especially for short distances such as Paris -Lyon with the airline; SNCF sold in consequence its shares in Air Inter.

Early 90s made ​​the European Union a separation of the interdependence between Air Inter and Air France as a condition for the approval of subsidies that had agreed to provide for the rehabilitation of Air France, the French state. From 1990 form Air France, UTA and Air Inter Groupe Air France. The merger of Air France and UTA, which had a 35% and 37 % of Air Inter, the company gains control of Air Inter. The aircraft were repainted in the style of Air France and Air Inter Europe bore the inscription, although the company renamed itself in Air France Europe.

After the liberalization of air transport in the 90s competed Air Inter short time with the controlled by British Airways TAT (Transport Aérien Trans Regional), and the French companies AOM and Air Liberté, which merged gradually controlled by Swissair " new" Air Liberté before the company had to file by the financial problems of the Swissair bankruptcy. As cheap airlines AirLib society appeared again briefly on the market, but disappeared after a new bankruptcy. The southern French regional airline Air Littoral cooperated for a time with Air Inter, but also have to declare bankruptcy. Due to the bankruptcies of competitors have Air Inter and Air France can keep its successor a dominant position on the French market.

In April 1997, Air Inter was merged by resistors by the French unions with Air France.

Air Inter last offered a wide range of customers and discount cards, including one's own frequent flyer program " Frequence Plus". It was separated from the same program of Air France, but the points could be transferred from one to the other under certain conditions. In addition, there was a own frequent flyer program for young people, " Frequence Jeune ", which is now continued by Air France on the French market. Also of Air Inter dates similar to the concept of inter-city railway La Navette, regular, sometimes even hourly flights between Paris -Orly and French cities.

Objectives

Seat of Air Inter and at the same home airport was Paris -Orly; very few flights were conducted to Charles -de- Gaulle airport. This had passengers from abroad who arrived usually in Charles -de- Gaulle airport, Paris frequently rearrange the airport if they continue traveling within France. This situation has improved after the merger, but still domestic flights are primarily settled in Orly.

Fleet

Air Inter was the only operator of the Dassault Mercure, an unsuccessful French competitor to the Boeing 737 More important were the Sud Aviation Caravelle aircraft, the Vickers Viscount, as well as the Airbus A300 and A320; the A330 it was the launch customer. In addition to stretching the propeller Types North were 262 and later Fokker F-27 Friendship and used Fokker 100. In earlier times, the Douglas DC-3 belonged to the fleet.

Accidents

There were 12 incidents and accidents, in which the airline war.Beispiel involved:

• Air Inter Flight 148: An Airbus A320 -111 struck on 20 January 1992 at 19:20:33 clock on the landing approach to the airport of Strasbourg on Mount Sainte-Odile in the Elssass near the village of Barr on. This was due to a navigation error. Of the 96 occupants survived 9.Rapport de la Commission d' enquête sur l' le 20 janvier 1992 accident survenu près du Mont Sainte -Odile (Bas Rhin) à l' Airbus A 320 F- immatriculé GGED exploité par la compagnie Air Inter. Bureau d' Enquêtes et d' Analyses pour la sécurité de l' aviation civile. Accessed on 14 April 2010.