AOM French Airlines
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Founded | 1988 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1990 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 25 March 2001 (merged into Air Liberté) | ||||||
Hubs | Orly Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Qualiflyer | ||||||
Headquarters | Paray-Vieille-Poste, France | ||||||
Key people | Marc Rochet |
AOM French Airlines, previously named Air Outre-Mer, was the second-largest airline in France that operated from 1988 until 2001. Its head office was in Building 363 at Orly Airport, Paray-Vieille-Poste.[1]
History
Foundation
Air Outre Mer, or AOM for short, was founded in 1988 in the French overseas département of the island of
Merger
Due to inappropriate fleet management and overcapacity, the airline quickly accumulated huge debts and consequently ceased operations in 2001 (possibly as a result of the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the early 2000s recession which followed)[citation needed]. The airline's final bankruptcy was approved after several months of strikes.[citation needed] On 25 March 2001 AOM French Airlines merged with Air Liberté, the airline retaining the name "Air Liberté".[2] On 22 September 2001 the airline was renamed "Air Lib".{Wikipedia French article}.[3] AOM's disappearance was followed by several other French airlines in the next several years.
Destinations
AOM French Airlines served the following destinations:
France
- Marseille – Marseille Provence Airport
- Nice – Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
- Paris – Orly Airport
- Llabanère Airport
- Toulon-Hyères Airport
French overseas departments and territories
- French Guiana
- Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Le Lamentin Airport
- New Caledonia
- Réunion
- Tahiti
International routes
- Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (Paris-Colombo-Sydney-Nouméa from November 1995, ceased 2001.)[4]
- Colombo – Bandaranaike International Airport (Paris-Colombo-Sydney-Nouméa from November 1995, ceased 2001.)[4]
- Zürich Airport
- Bangkok – Don Mueang International Airport (Paris-Bangkok-Nouméa, until November 1995.)[4]
Fleet
AOM French Airlines has operated the following aircraft throughout its existence:[5]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
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Airbus A300B4
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1 | 1999 | 2000 | Leased from TransAer International Airlines. |
Airbus A340-200
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3 | 1999 | 2001 | |
Airbus A340-300
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2 | 2000 | 2001 | |
Boeing 737-200
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1 | 1996 | 1996 | Leased from Air Toulouse .
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Boeing 737-500
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3 | 1998 | 2000 | Leased from LOT Polish Airlines. |
Boeing 747-200B
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1 | 1992 | 1993 | |
Douglas DC-8-62CF | 1 | 1992 | 1992 | |
Douglas DC-8-73 | 1 | 1992 | 1992 | Leased to Air Sweden .
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Fokker 100 | 1 | 1996 | 1996 | Leased from Transwede Airways. |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
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15 | 1990 | 2001 | One crash as Cubana Flight 1216. |
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
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1 | 1994 | 1994 | Leased from Meridiana. |
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
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14 | 1992 | 2001 | |
McDonnell Douglas MD-87
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1 | 1995 | 1996 | Leased from Transwede Airways. |
Accidents and incidents
- On 21 December 1999,
References
- ^ "World Airline Directory 1999." Flight International. 2000. 363.; "Nos coordonnées agences en "France Métropolitaine "." AOM French Airlines. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. "SIEGE Bâtiment 363 B.P. 854 94 551 ORLY AEROGARE CEDEX"; "Résultat de votre recherche." Le Journal officiel électronique authentifié. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. "Siège social : compagnie Air Lib, bâtiment 363, zone centrale à l’aéroport d’Orly, 91550 Paray-Vieille-Poste."
- ^ "Home." AOM French Airlines. 6 May 2001. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. "Le 25 Mars 2001 AOM change de nom et devient Air Liberté."
- ^ "Découvrir Air Liberté." Air Liberté. 23 February 2002. Retrieved on 15 May 2010. "Le 22 Septembre 2001, AOM et AIR LIBERTE ont donné naissance à une nouvelle compagnie aérienne qui porte désormais le nom AIR LIB."
- ^ a b c Flight Global News, 20 September 1995 [1]
- ^ "AOM French Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 F-GTDI Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA)". Archived from the original on 2005-03-07.
- Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil. Retrieved on 13 June 2011.
- ^ aviation-safety.net
External links
Media related to AOM at Wikimedia Commons
- AOM French Airlines (Archive) (in French)
- Air Outre-Mer at the Aviation Safety NetworkDatabase
- AOM French Airlines at rati.com