Regional Airlines (France)

For the successor this airline merged into, see Régional.

Regional Airlines was a French regional airline headquartered at Nantes Atlantique Airport and in Bouguenais, France,^[1] near Nantes.^[2]

Regional Airlines

Regional Saab 340B at Lisbon Portela Airport
IATA ICAO Call sign VM RGI REGIONAL
Founded	1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) (amalgamation)
Ceased operations	30 March 2001 (2001-03-30) (merged with Flandre Air and Proteus Airlines to form Régional)
Operating bases	Bordeaux Clermont-Ferrand Le Havre Nantes
Fleet size	See Fleet below
Destinations	See Destinations below
Headquarters	Nantes, France

History

The airline was formed on 1 January 1992 by the merger of Air Vendée and Airlec.^[1] On 30 March 2001 Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines merged into Régional.^[2]

Fleet

• 1 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
• 6 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced
• 4 Embraer ERJ-135ER
• 12 Embraer ERJ-145^[1]

Destinations

International

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Porto, Turin^[1]

Domestic

Ajaccio, Angers, Angouleme, Brest, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bourges, Clermont-Ferrand, Caen, Dijon, Basle, Le Havre, Lille, La Rochelle, Lyon, Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse^[1]

See also

• Cygnus Air

References

1. "World Airline Directory". Flight International. 2001. p. 66. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
2. "About Regional". Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2015.