Aeris (airline)
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Aeris was an airline
company based in Toulouse
, France
. It was founded in 1999 and was defunct in 2003 after it became bankrupt
.
Aeris could be viewed as a low cost carrier. According to Aeris' marketing director Alexandre Scherer, the aim was to lure business travellers from small-and-medium-sized companies away from the national giant. Perpignan was one of these battlegrounds, with Air France operating four daily round-trips from Paris, and Aeris three.
The BBC reported on the apparent success of Aeris in 2003:
"Waiting in the departure lounge for the 13:25 Aeris flight to Orly, Hadji Farida, 25, from Lille, suggests that the low-cost company's tactics may be working. Her employer, TV channel France 3, decided to send her to Perpignan on Aeris to save money."My Aeris flights were 200 euros cheaper than if I'd gone with Air France. So it's not just smaller companies that want to take advantage of this.""
However despite the apparent demand for low-cost domestic services, Aeris only been managing to fill 60% of its seats on average during its last 6 months of operation. In 2003 The company said it was improving, but eyebrows were raised at the end of August when it missed a government deadline to raise extra capital. This was then extended in last August 2003, with the airline hoping to raise 15m euros in the following weeks from a mixture of foreign and domestic investors.
Aeris began operation with a small fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and 767-300 aircraft. These aircraft were generally operated in an all-economy configuration.
Aeris operated a large number of scheduled service with fixed timetables. However the airline soon branched out into charter services.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
company based in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was founded in 1999 and was defunct in 2003 after it became bankrupt
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
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Aeris could be viewed as a low cost carrier. According to Aeris' marketing director Alexandre Scherer, the aim was to lure business travellers from small-and-medium-sized companies away from the national giant. Perpignan was one of these battlegrounds, with Air France operating four daily round-trips from Paris, and Aeris three.
The BBC reported on the apparent success of Aeris in 2003:
"Waiting in the departure lounge for the 13:25 Aeris flight to Orly, Hadji Farida, 25, from Lille, suggests that the low-cost company's tactics may be working. Her employer, TV channel France 3, decided to send her to Perpignan on Aeris to save money."My Aeris flights were 200 euros cheaper than if I'd gone with Air France. So it's not just smaller companies that want to take advantage of this.""
However despite the apparent demand for low-cost domestic services, Aeris only been managing to fill 60% of its seats on average during its last 6 months of operation. In 2003 The company said it was improving, but eyebrows were raised at the end of August when it missed a government deadline to raise extra capital. This was then extended in last August 2003, with the airline hoping to raise 15m euros in the following weeks from a mixture of foreign and domestic investors.
Aeris began operation with a small fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and 767-300 aircraft. These aircraft were generally operated in an all-economy configuration.
Aeris operated a large number of scheduled service with fixed timetables. However the airline soon branched out into charter services.
Fleet
| Aircraft | In Fleet |
|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300 Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers... |
5 |
| Boeing 767-300 Boeing 767 The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail... |
2 |
| Total | 7 |