Proteus Airlines was a French regional airline with its head offices in Saint-Apollinaire

Saint-Apollinaire, Côte-d'Or

Saint-Apollinaire is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-Sport and culture:Saint-Apollinaire is home to a small concentration of some of the best sporting facilities in the Greater Dijon area...

, Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or

Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, near Dijon

Dijon

Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....

, and in Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne

Saint-Étienne is a city in eastern central France. It is located in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Rhône-Alpes region, along the trunk road that connects Toulouse with Lyon...

.

The airline was originally known as Proteus Air System. In May 1996 it began scheduled services under its new name. In August 1997 the airline signed a franchise agreement with Air France

Air France

Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

. In October 1999 Proteus acquired another regional airline, Flandre Air

Flandre Air

Flandre Air was a French regional airline headquartered at Lille Airport and in Lesquin, France, near Lille....

. On 30 March 2001 Proteus, Flandre, and Regional Airlines

Regional Airlines (France)

Regional Airlines was a French regional airline headquartered at Nantes Atlantique Airport and in Bouguenais, France, near Nantes.The airline was formed by the merger of Air Vendée and Airlec. On 30 March 2001 Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines merged into Régional Compagnie...

 merged into Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne.

External links

• Proteus Airlines (Archive)