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"At a time when the French aircraft industry is being torn apart by a spate of reckless, uncontrolled delocalisations, Air Méditerranée, through the training it gives its executives and its corporate culture, is proud to be part of the aeronautical tradition based in Toulouse. In our view our industry is too difficult and serious a business for us to have blind faith in the latest financial or technical fad. Our company structure, our projects and our management are based on the long view."
Antoine FERRETTI - CEO Air Méditérranée
Air Méditerranée is a French charter airline. Our main line of business is carrying passengers. Air Méditerranée's attention to detail has enabled it to operate successfully for the last ten years.
The solidity and strength of Air Méditerranée on the French scene is reflected in the variety of services it operates: carrying passengers, pilgrims, tourists, business people and VIPs, but also chartering aircraft and sub-contracting for major companies. These activities are the demonstration of the capacity and quality of Air Méditerranée's resources.
The values our company stands for are a safe, complete service. We make it a point of honour to ensure that the services we provide are of the highest quality in both material and human terms, regardless of whether we are carrying cut-price passengers or VIPs. |
Proud to be a charter company… |
What makes Air Méditerranée special is that it is a charter company. A charter company is one that sells flights to service providers such as travel agents or tour operators who in turn sell seats to passengers. So Air Méditerranée does not sell airline tickets directly to passengers. All our flights are chartered or hired by a tour operator.
We provide the tour operator with an aircraft, an aircrew, maintenance services, insurance, on-board services and luggage-handling. The tour operator takes charge of the rest of the trip. It is the tour operator who decides what meals and other services are sold or provided free once you are inside the aircraft.
In France, apart from the way it sells tickets, a charter company has no other technical or operational advantages. |
Apart from the way it distributes its services there is no difference between a charter company and a standard airline company. Contrary to popular belief, a charter company is not a cut-price operation. If your ticket for a tourist flight costs less, that's because on our cheaper flights we have decided to pool our costs by reducing seat-space.
On the other hand, our main maintenance sub-contractors are Air France Industries and SNECMA Services (a leading engine-building company), who are not in any way budget-driven. |
Air Méditerranée is now the number one medium-distance charter company. Our determination is to maintain our position. Our aim is to consolidate and structure our company while remaining more competitive than our foreign competitors. We want to retain our leading position in this economic context but not at the detriment of our values, safety combined with quality. |
But also: Nouvelles Frontières, Karavel, Ventaglio, Aerosun, Alpitour, Aeroviaggi, Air Master, Bipel, European Air Charter, Fineminster, Gestair, Killester Travel, National Tours, Salaun Holidays, Sogevi Tour, Tangneytours, Vacances Air Transat, Voyages Internationaux.
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