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CCM Airlines

IATA XK ICAO CCM Callsign CORSICA
Founded	2000
Hubs	Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport
Secondary hubs	Bastia - Poretta Airport Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport Figari Sud-Corse Airport
Fleet size	11
Destinations
Parent company	Collectivité Territoriale de Corse
Headquarters	Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Key people
Website	en.aircorsica.com

CCM Airlines Airbus A320

Compagnie Aérienne Corse Méditerranée S.A.E.M., trading as CCM Airlines, is a regional airline based in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. It operates passenger services from Corsica to metropolitan France. Its main base is Ajaccio - Campo dell'Oro Airport, with hubs at Figari Sud-Corse Airport, Bastia - Poretta Airport and Calvi - Sainte-Catherine Airport^[1].

History

The airline was established on 1 January 1989 and started services in June 1990. In November 2000 it changed its name from Compagnie Corse Mediterranee to CCM Airlines. A partnership with Air France has been developed and the network expanded. The airline is owned by Collectivite Territoriale Corse (60.37%), Air France (11.94%), Crédit Agricole (7.55%), SNCM (6.68%) and the remainder with 6 smaller investors. It has 653 employees (at March 2007)^[1].

Destinations

CCM airlines operates the following services (at May 2006):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Calvi, Clermont-Ferrand, Figari, Lille, Lyons, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Quimper, Strasbourg and Toulouse.
• International scheduled destinations: Geneva, Tetouan (begins May)

Fleet

On 14 June 2005 the airline agreed the purchase of 6 new ATR 72-500 aircraft to replace its existing older model ATR 72-200 aircraft, in a contract worth over $100 million. Deliveries took place between late 2005 and mid 2007, with the aircraft being operated under an Air France-KLM franchise on services from the four Corsican airports to Lyon, Marseille and Nice^[2].

References

External links

• Official website

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