The story
1989-2015 - business and health care transport
Atlantique Air Assistance was created in 1989 by André Besseau. It offered ad hoc services such as corporate transport, charter flights, air ambulance, non-emergency medical transportation, cargo flights and international funeral transport in France and Europe, mostly on behalf of large French companies. The air carrier had a Global Operating License, as well as an Air Transport certification (CTA N°F-O-002) granted by the French civil aviation authority. The company was also ISO 9001-2000 certified.
By 2008 the fleet had grown to include a pair of Beechcraft 1900s and as many Embraer 120s. In the following years Atlantique Air Assistance became a partner of Atlas Tour, a tour operator based in Lille. In July 2014, the air carrier was acquired by the Lille-based BNA Holding.
2015-2017 - medium-haul airline
On December 17, 2015, the company adopted Atlas Atlantique Airlines brand and expanded its operations to include medium-haul flights between France and Algeria. It used a leased Airbus A320-200. In 2017, the company also leased an Airbus A319-100. The growth has been too fast and too reckless and in that same year, the company started experiencing serious financial problems, having difficulty in stabilizing its pattern. The air carrier was placed under court-ordered receivership and ceased operations in October, losing the operating license (AOC) on 13 November. Lacking a buyer, the airline was placed into liquidation on 6 December and will never restart operations.
From Wikipedia’s article on Atlas Atlantique Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4