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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.
After Corsica's liberation in October 1943, the USAAF utilized the airfield, primarily for large-scale operations like the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon) and as an emergency landing site for damaged aircraft. No USAAF units were permanently based there, and the airfield remained in use until the USAAF's departure in 1945.
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.
In 1944 the United States Army Air Forces took over the airport and put down a hard surface of perforated metallic mats from which a squadron of P-51s flew. [4] [5] They defended B-26s flying from new airfields constructed on the east coast of Corsica. Campo dell'Oro was a challenge for the larger aircraft because of its relatively short ...
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
Ajaccio is the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ajaccio and Corsica South. It manages the ports of Ajaccio, Bonifacio , Porto-Vecchio , Propriano and the Tino Rossi marina. It also manages Ajaccio airport [ 35 ] and Figari airport as well as the convention centre and the Centre of Ricanto .
Corsica (/ ˈ k ɔːr s ɪ k ə / KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse ⓘ) [3] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland , west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north ...
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