XL Airways France

This article is about the defunct French airline. For the current Taiwan-based airline company, see Starlux Airlines. For the defunct Alaska-based airline, see Star Air Service.
XL Airways France
IATA ICAO Call sign
SE[1] XLF STARWAY
FoundedAugust 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08) (as Star Airlines)[2]
Commenced operations22 December 1995; 28 years ago (1995-12-22)[2]
Ceased operations23 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-23)
Operating basesParis–Charles de Gaulle
Fleet size3
Destinations16
Parent companyALMC hf
HeadquartersTremblay-en-France,
Seine-Saint-Denis,
Île-de-France, France
Websitexl.fr

XL Airways France was a French airline with its head offices on the grounds of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. It operated scheduled flights mainly to long-haul destinations in Africa, the Middle East, the United States and the Caribbean as well as charter flights to medium-haul destinations in the Mediterranean, mostly out of Charles de Gaulle Airport. On 19 September 2019, XL Airways announced the suspension of all flights as of 23 September; ticket sales ceased immediately and the company was placed under legal receivership and subsequently wound up. With the closure of the airline, it joined its sister airlines XL Airways UK and XL Airways Germany, both of which were also defunct, ending the use of the XL Airways brand.

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "History". star-airlines.fr. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006. Retrieved 2 May 2015.