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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Charles de Gaulle Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
| Parent company | ASL Aviation Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tremblay-en-France, France | ||||||
| Website | aslairlines.fr/ | ||||||
ASL Airlines France, formerly Europe Airpost, is an airline based in the Bâtiment Le Séquoia in Tremblay-en-France.[2] It operates mail and cargo flights for the postal service and newspapers dispatch during the night and scheduled and charter services for other airlines and tour operators by day thanks to its fleet of Boeing 737-700, 737-800 and Boeing 737-300QC ("Quick Change") aircraft that can be switched between cargo and passenger configuration in less than an hour. Its main base is Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.[3]
History
The airline's roots can be traced to the "Companie générale aéropostale" in 1927 that pioneered mail delivery between Europe, Africa and South America with famous pilots like Jean Mermoz and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Thad company was dissolved in 1932 and merged with others to form Air France. The company was a subsidiary of Air France from 1947 to 1991, operating as Société d'Exploitation Aéropostale (SEA). It took on the name Europe Airpost in 2000 when it started services on its own for the French national postal service (La Poste). On March 14, 2008, ASL Aviation of Ireland officially acquired the airline. The aircraft kept the former livery and call sign. The company had 400 employees as of March 2007.[3]
On 4 June 2015, ASL Aviation Group, the parent company of Europe Airpost, announced that Europe Airpost would be rebranded as ASL Airlines France.[4]
Destinations
Fleet
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The ASL Airlines France fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[5]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-300QC | 3 | — | 147 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 5 | — | 148 | |
| 1 | Currently leased to Air Transat | |||
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | ||
| ASL Airlines France Cargo Fleet | ||||
| Boeing 737-300F | 2 | — | Cargo | |
| Boeing 737-400F | 6 | — | Cargo | |
| Total | 19 | — | ||
References
- ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "europe_airpost.html Archived November 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." (Informations utiles -> Nous contacter) Europe Airpost. Retrieved on 18 June 2010. "Bât. Le Séquoia - Siège social - Fret 7. Zone de Fret 7 - Bât. Le Séquoia 15 rue du Haut de Laval BP 14454 Tremblay-en-France 95708 Roissy CDG Cedex"
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 79.
- ^ "Ireland based ASL Aviation Group is to launch a new European airline brand, ASL Airlines, as part of its strategy for continued growth in passenger and cargo operations". ASL Aviation Group. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 14.
External links
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