Air Méditerranée

Air Méditerranée was a French charter airline headquartered on the property of the Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport in Juillan.^[1] It operated chartered passenger and cargo flights, mostly to and from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Air Méditerranée

IATA ICAO Call sign ML BIE MEDITERRANEE
Founded	1997
Ceased operations	15 February 2016
Hubs	Charles de Gaulle Airport
Focus cities	Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport Nantes Atlantique Airport
Subsidiaries	Hermes Airlines
Fleet size	6
Destinations	50+
Headquarters	Juillan, France
Key people	Antoine Ferretti, CEO
Website	air-mediterranee.fr

History

Air Méditerranée was established and started operations in 1997 and had its headquarters in Le Fauga, near Toulouse.^[2] In January 2015, the airline filed for receivership. By January 2016, there had been offers by potential investors to secure new funds for the struggling airline with no final decision made by the authorities.^[3]

The only incident of the airline occurred in February 2016 where a man urinated on a passenger over not being allowed to smoke on the flight. However, the victim fought back by punching the man in the face. The flight was diverted to Lyon, where both passengers were arrested.^[1]

On 15 February 2016 the airline was liquidated by the courts after amassing debts of €60m and all aircraft were returned to their lessors.^[4][5]

Fleet

Air Méditerranée Airbus A321-200

Prior to ceasing operations, the Air Méditerranée fleet had consisted of the following aircraft:^[6]

Air Méditerranée fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A320-200	1	2006	2012
Airbus A321-100	4	2003	2016	One would later be involved in Daallo Airlines Flight 159.
Airbus A321-200	3	2004	2016
Boeing 737-200	8	1998	2005
Boeing 737-500	4	2002	2016
Boeing 757-200	1	2006	2007	Leased from Icelandair.
Total	21