EAS Europe Airlines
EAS logo
IATA ICAO Callsign
EY EYT EURO LINE
Commenced operations1965
Ceased operations1995
Fleet sizeSee Historic fleet details below
DestinationsPerpignan–Rivesaltes Airport, Paris, Metz
Parent companySocieté Aero Sahara

EAS Europe Airlines was a French airline that operated from 1965 until 1995.

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Company history

An EAS Europe Service Vanguard at Athens Airport in 1978
Sud Caravelle in 1981
EAS Boeing 737-200 at Dublin Airport in 1993
An EAS Boeing 737-500 in an EAS/ Air Charter hybrid livery as seen at Dublin Airport in 1993

Europe Aéro Service was a subsidiary of Societé Aero Sahara and began flights in 1965 with services between Perpignan and Palma de Majorca with Handley Page Dart Herald aircraft. Other services were between Valence - Paris; Metz - Paris and Paris - Rennes. The airline also operated charter flights. In 1971 EAS was operating night freight flights for Air France mostly flying newspapers from Paris to Marseille, Toulouse, Algiers, Casablanca, Frankfurt, Milan, Tunis and Zurich. Another aircraft used in the 1970s was the Vickers Vanguard and from 1972 the SE 210 Caravelle was used for passenger flights.

EAS also had a small fleet of small aircraft to flight small package flights. Other aircraft used were the Boeing 737-222 and the Boeing 707-436.[1] Beginning in the 1990s, EAS began having financial problems and declared bankruptcy. A new owner was found who built up the airline once again, but the end could not be averted; on March 6, 1995 the company ceased operations.[2]

Historic fleet details

The following aircraft types were operated by EAS:[3][4]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ rzjets.net
  2. ↑ Hengi
  3. ↑ Klee, Ulrich & Bucher, Frank et al. jp airline-fleets international. Zürich-Airport, 1967–1994.
  4. ↑ Bernard Martin: The Viking, Valetta and Varsity. Air-Britain (Historians), Tonbridge, 1975, ISBN 0-85130-038-3.

Bibliography

  • Hengi, B.I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. Midland. ISBN 9781857800913.
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