Aria was an airline based in Mulhouse, France. It firstly operated a scheduled route and later on, from Paris – Le Bourget Airport, ad hoc passenger and cargo flights, as well as medevac flights.
History The airline was established on 7 July 2003 and started flying on the following 25 October. It operated a scheduled service between Basel/Mulhouse and Toulouse, "La compagnie aérienne Aria relance la ligne Toulouse-Mulhouse", La Dépêche du Midi, December 10, 2004 (in French). but this was suspended on 25 January 2005 because recorded passenger traffic was 1/3 of what was expected."Aria suspend sa ligne Mulhouse-Toulouse", L'Echo touristique, February 14, 2005 (in French)."Aria stoppe la ligne Toulouse-Mulhouse", La Dépêche du Midi, February 18, 2005 (in French). The airline hoped to resume and build a regional network, but this did not happen.
The only aircraft in the fleet – a single Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner – was moved to Coventry (U.K.) from where it flew to all Europe and part of Africa for freight or passenger contracts. When the Beechcraft owner sold the aircraft (it was on lease-purchase) Aria found itself without a flying machine and unable to find a replacement. So it was grounded in November 2006 and was put in liquidation from June 6, 2007.
Fleet At March 2007 Aria fleet consisted of the following aircraft:
1 Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner 1 Raytheon Beech King Air C90B
References
External links ARIA official website