Air Corsica Reviews

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Air Corsica Reviews

Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M., trading as Air Corsica (formerly CCM Airlines), is a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Ajaccio – Campo dell’Oro Airport (Napoleon Bonaparte Airport) in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. It operates passenger services from Corsica to continental France. Its main base is Ajaccio – Campo dell’Oro Airport, with hubs at Figari Sud-Corse Airport, Bastia – Poretta Airport and Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport.

The airline was established as Compagnie Corse Mediterranee on 1 January 1989 and started services in June 1990. It changed its name to CCM Airlines in November 2000 and to Air Corsica in October 2010. A partnership with Air France has been developed and the network expanded. The airline is owned by Collectivité Territoriale de Corse (60.37%), Air France (11.94%), Crédit Agricole (7.55%), SNCM (6.68%) and the remainder with 6 smaller investors. It has 653 employees (at March 2007). Air Corsica operates the following services (at May 2013): Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris-Orly, Clermont-Ferrand, Milan, Nantes, Toulouse, Rome, Dole. On 14 June 2005 the airline agreed the purchase of 6 new ATR 72–500 aircraft to replace ATR 72–200, in a contract worth over $100 million.

Air Corsica operates certain flights as a franchise for Air France and Alitalia

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