Europe Airpost

Infobox Airline
airline = Europe Airpost

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fleet_size = 17
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IATA = 5O
ICAO = FPO
callsign = FRENCH POST
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founded = 1991
headquarters = Paris, France
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hubs = Charles de Gaulle International Airport
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website = http://www.europeairpost.fr/

Europe Airpost is an airline based in Paris, France. It operates mail and cargo flights for the postal service and newspapers dispatch during the night and scheduled and charter services for other airlines and tour operators by day thanks to its fleet of Boeing 737-400QC ("Quick Change") that could be switched between cargo and passengers configuration in 20 minutes only. Its main base is Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Paris.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 79 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline roots could be found with the glorious days of the "Companie Générale d'Aéropostale" in 1927 that pioneered mail delivery between Europe, Africa and South America with famous pilots like Jean Mermoz. It was originally part of Air France since 1947 then operated in 1991 as Société d'Exploitation Aéropostale (SEA). It took on the current name in 2000 when it started services on its own for the French national Postal Service (La Poste (France)). On March 14th, 2008 Air Contractors of Ireland officially acquired the airline. The aircraft keep the former livery and Call sign.It has 400 employees (at March 2007)

Fleet

The Europe Airpost fleet consists of the following aircraft (at June 2008) :

*4 Boeing 737-300F (dedicated cargo version)
*13 Boeing 737-300QC ("Quick Change" version)

In March 2006, the average age of Europe Airpost fleet was 15 years

Previously operated

*3 Airbus A300B4
*3 ATR 72-200

External links

* [http://www.europeairpost.fr/ Europe Airpost]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=FPO&al_op=1 Europe Airpost Fleet]
* [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/?file=calcop&opp=Europe%20Airpost Europe Airpost Fleet Age]

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