Proteus Airlines
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| Commenced operations | 1986 Parent company Air France[1] | | |||||
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| Headquarters | Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France | ||||||
Proteus Airlines was a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or, France,[1] near Dijon, and in Saint-Étienne.[2] Founded in 1986, it remained operational until 2001.[3]
History
The airline was originally established in 1986 as Proteus Air System. In May 1996, it began scheduled services under its new name Proteus Airlines. In 1997 the airline acquired a regional airline, Air Transport Pyrénées and its fleet of
HOP! in 2013.[2]
Incidents and accidents
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On July 30, 1998, a
SS Norway. While finishing the sightseeing pass over the ship and shifting their attention to landing preparations, the crew did not use the see and avoid concept that was part of the visual flight rules
they were operating under. In addition, the pilot of the Cessna had neglected to turn on his plane's transponder, effectively making the aircraft invisible to radar systems on the ground.
References
- ^ a b c d Staff writer; no by-line. (2001). "World Airline Directory". Flight International. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "About Regional". Régional. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ "Airlines in France". AIU Airlineupdate.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Proteus Airlines.
- Proteus Airlines (in French) (Archive)
