It was created on 12 November 1954 on initiative of different enterprises of transport and banking, in order to establish a reliable network of airline connections between the French regions. Partners were under other air France (24%) and the national railway SNCF. The first flight found to 16. March 1958 from Paris to Strasbourg instead of; the line air traffic began 1962 with Vickers Viscount airplanes.

Tariff systems

Air inter introduced new tariff systems, among them the first yearly map, with which one could one year long 30% more favorably fly, as well as the "“Tarification tricolore"”, with that the flight numbers depending upon time of day in red, blue or black writing in the flight plan as well as the appropriate prices was printed. Air inter offered last a variety at customer and discount maps, under it the own many flier program "“Frequence plus"”. It was separate from the gleichnahmigen program of the air France, which knew points however under certain conditions from the one will on the other hand transfer. In addition there was its own many flier program for young people, "“Frequence Jeune"”, which is continued in the meantime by air France on the French market. Likewise of air inter comes La Navette, regular, partly even hourly airline connections between Paris Orly and the French metropolises similarly the intertown center concept of the railway.

Competition to the SNCF

After the introduction of the TGV the SNCF particularly competed on short distances such as Paris Lyon with the airline; the SNCF sold its portions of air inter in the consequence.

Groupe air France

Starting from 1990 form air France, UTA (union of transport and air inter the Groupe air France. By the fusion of air the society control of air inter receives France and UTA, which were involved to 35% and 37% in air inter. The airplanes were umlackiert in the style of the air France and carried the signature air inter Europe, although the society umfirmierte in air France Europe, before it was merged after resistances by the French trade unions in April 1997 with air France.

Liberalisation

Beginning of the 90's made the European union a separation of the entwinement between air inter and air France the condition for the agreement subsidies, which the French state wanted to make available for the reorganization of the air France. One actually dissolved the entwinement, by fusing both societies. After the liberalisation of the air traffic in the 90's competed air inter short time with the ACT kontrolliereten by British Airways (transport express Transregional) as well as the French societies AOM (air Outre Mer) and air which controlled gradually to from Swissair "“new"” air fused, before the society had to announce bankruptcy after the financial problems of the Swissair. When cheap flier AirLib emerged the society again briefly at the market, disappeared however after renewed Konkurs.Die Southern French regional airline air suffer-orally cooperated a time long with air inter, however likewise bankruptcy to announce had. By the bankruptcy of the competitors inter and its successor air France a dominating position on the French market air could keep.

Basis

Seat of air inter and homeland airport was Paris Orly at the same time; only very few flights were accomplished to the airport Charles de Gaulle. Thus passengers from the foreign country, who usually arrived at Charles de Gaulle, had to often change into of Paris the airport, if they further-traveled within France. This situation improved after the fusion, moreover inland flights are completed however mainly in Orly.

Types of aircraft

Air inter was the only operator of the Dassault Mercure, a unsuccessful French competition model to Boeing 737. Further important airplanes were the Sud aviation Caravelle as well as the airbus of models A300s and A320, with the A330 were one Erstkunde. On Nebenstrecken the propeller types north aviation 262 and late Fokker F-27 Friendship were used.

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