page_title: Aigle Azur
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Aigle Azur / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Douglas DC-3 of Aigle Azur (France) arriving at Manchester Airport on 3 April 1953. It is equipped with a ventral Turbomeca Palas booster jet engine for "hot and high operations"
context_page_description: Aigle Azur was a French airline based and headquartered at Paris Orly Airport. The airline operated scheduled flights from France to 21 destinations across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, with a fleet of Airbus A320 family and A330 aircraft. The airline filed for bankruptcy and was placed in receivership on 2 September 2019. Takeover bids were received, but none proved viable and the airline was liquidated by the court on 27 September 2019.
caption: Douglas DC-3 from Aigle Azur in 1953, equipped with a Turbomeca Palas
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