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Continent Air Paris (CAP Airlines) was a French aviation company specializing in passenger charter transport, crewed aircraft rental or cargo with its subsidiary CAP Cargo Airlines and whose head office was on Garonor in Aulnay-sous -Wood in Seine-Saint-Denis.

Continent Air Paris
IATA ICAO Call sign
MO CBD MOONLIGHT
Commenced operations1995
Ceased operationsDecember 1997
HubsMarseille-Provence Airport
Fleet size3
FoundersXavier Dôme and Eric Chambard

History

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Founded in 1993 by Xavier Dôme[1], airline pilot and Eric Chambard[2] , also airline pilot and former journalist as well as Laurent Clary, this French airline Continent Air Paris operated from the beginning of 1995 for several airlines including Air France , Air Liberté, Régional, Air One, EasyJet or Even Corsair International either in aircraft rental with ACMI crew or in a passenger charter contract.


In 1995, CAP Cargo Airlines, the freight subsidiary of CAP, flew an ATR 42 (cargo capacity of 40 m), leased to Brit Air for Extand (now GLS france ), express carrier of small parcels, subsidiary of Calborsen ( SNCF Group)[3] , first big customer, between Roissy and Avignon every evening.


Due to lack of capital, CAP Airlines went bankrupt at the end of 1997 after five years of operation.

Network

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Palma de Mallorca (Charter)

Paris-Roissy - Avignon (freight)[4]

Corsica (freight)

Fleet

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Aircraft
Boeing 727-200
Boeing 737-210
ATR 42-320

See Also

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List of defunct airlines of France

Refrences

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  1. ^ "Meeting Xavier Dôme". October 2019.
  2. ^ "Eric Chambard: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.fr.
  3. ^ "Calberson lance sa première ligne aérienne". Les Echos. September 12, 1995.
  4. ^ "Meeting Xavier Dôme". October 2019.