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:''For the main airline of the United Kingdom, see British Airways''
'Brit Air' is an airline based at Morlaix, Brittany, France. It is a regional airline operating scheduled services as an Air France franchise. Its main base is Ploujean Airport, Morlaix and it has hubs at Saint-Exupéry International Airport, Lyon, Orly Airport, Paris and Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris^[1].

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History

Services

Fleet

External links

References

History

The airline was established in 1973 and started operations in 1975. It was founded to provide services for business executives from western France, and introduced regular flights to London Gatwick in 1979. On 1 December 1995, Brit Air signed a franchising agreement with Air France Europe. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Air France in October 2000. It employs 1,260 staff.
On June 22, 2003, a Brit Air flight from Nantes to Brest, France crashed 2.3 miles short and 0.3 miles to the left of the runway when attempting a landing at Brest's airport. The aircraft's captain was the sole fatality.

Services

Main articles: Brit Air destinations

Fleet

The Brit Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

★ 17 Bombardier CRJ-100ER

★ 14 Bombardier CRJ 700 (further one on order)

★ 13 Fokker 100
Brit Air average fleet age was 8.6 years old in July 2006^[2].

Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100 landing

External links

★ Brit Air

★ Brit Air Fleet

References

1. Directory: World Airlines
2. Brit Air Fleet Age