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The company was founded on January 1, 1989, by Pierre Philippe Ceccaldi to improve flight connections to Corsica. Its first flight took place in June 1990 under the name Compagnie Corse Méditerranée, later becoming CCM Airlines, and eventually adopting the name Air Corsica.
(IATA: AJA ICAO: LFKJ), Serves as the primary airport for Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, France. five kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Ajaccio's harbour in the Mediterranean Sea, the airport supports the capital of the Corse-du-Sud department. It is the main hub for the regional airline Air Corsica, offering flights to mainland France.
This is a list of active/operating airlines which have an Air Operator Certificate issued by the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile, [1] the Civil Aviation Authority of France. For French overseas departments and territories , see the sections for French Guiana , French Polynesia , Guadeloupe , Mayotte , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint ...
In 1940, a Vichy Air Corps unit was kept inactive at Campo dell'Oro. The liberation of Corsica began with the landing by sea in 1943 of I Corps at Ajaccio in Operation Vésuve. A few months later Fighter Group GC2/7 of the Free French Air Force, a French unit of the Royal Air Force, were operational on the grass field at Campo dell'Oro with ...
Calvi–Sainte-Catherine Airport [a] (IATA: CLY, ICAO: LFKC) is an airport located 6 km southeast of Calvi, [1] a commune of the Haute-Corse department in France, on the island of Corsica. Airlines and destinations
Figari–Sud Corse Airport or Figari South Corsica Airport [a] (IATA: FSC, ICAO: LFKF) is an airport located 3 km northwest of Figari, [1] a commune of the Corse-du-Sud département in France, on the island of Corsica and 25 km southwest of Porto-Vecchio. It is the third largest airport on Corsica and opened in 1975.
Air France: Tremblay-en-France: 227 [4] [5] 204 85.1% Flag carrier/national airline, largest airline in France and 3rd largest airline in the world in terms of countries served. Transavia France: Paray-Vieille-Poste: 29 56 91.7% Low-cost airline Air Corsica: Ajaccio: 10 17 83.4% Airbus A320 and ATR 72 fleet Corsair International: Rungis: 7 [6 ...
On 11 September 1968, Air France Flight 1611 en route from Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, to Nice, France crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Nice; all 95 on board died. A memorial is located near the airport.