Air Littoral was an
airline in
France founded in
1972 and originally based at
Montpellier. Over the years
KLM,
Euralair,
Lufthansa and the SAir Group (
Swissair) , who sold their stake in
2001, all had ownership stakes in Air Littoral. A takeover failed in
2003 and the company was declared
bankrupt. A number of groups considered taking over Air Littoral including
Azzurra Air (which shortly after ceased operations due to its own financial difficulties), but none succeeded and the airline was closed down by the French authorities in February
2004.
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