Air Horizons

Air Horizons
	An Air Horizons Boeing 757 landing at Roland Garros Airport, Réunion
Founded	1962
Ceased operations	2005
Operating bases	Orly Airport;

Air Horizons was an airline based in Paris, France. It operated charter flights for tour operators to the Mediterranean and Africa. Its main bases were Orly Airport, Paris, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris and Le Bourget Airport, Paris.

History

The airline was founded as Euralair in October 1962 by Alexandre Couvelaire. In November 2003 Euralair had to file for bankruptcy protection.^{[citation needed]} Euralair was saved from liquidation when it was then acquired by Air Horizons.^[1]

In November 2005, however, the airline filed for bankruptcy protection in a French court.

Air Horizons ceased operations in November 2005.

Services

Air Horizons launched weekly scheduled services from Montpellier to Casablanca and from Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris to Ouarzazate in October 2004.

Fleet

The former Air Horizons fleet was formed by Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-800 and Boeing 757-200. All these planes were returned to their lessor after the airline closed December 7, 2005

References

^ Follorou, Jacques (2006). "L'ancien patron de 'France Soir' mis en examen pour 'abus de bien sociaux'". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2024 – via EBSCOHost.

External links

"Air Horizons" (in French). Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[1] Follorou, Jacques (2006). "L'ancien patron de 'France Soir' mis en examen pour 'abus de bien sociaux'". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 24 July 2024 – via EBSCOHost.

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