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QM
  
MC.003

Secondary hubs
  
Nice Airport

Founded
  
1988

MC.003
  
MONACAIR

Destinations
  
1 (Scheduled)


Operating bases
  
Monaco Heliport Nice Airport Cannes Saint Tropez Paris Genève Le Castellet

Company slogan
  
The Wings of Trust and Safety

Hubs
  
Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport, Monaco Heliport

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Monacair is a Monegasque airline based at Monaco Heliport. This helicopter company is one of the two airlines in Monaco.

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History

It was founded in 1988 by Stefano Casiraghi. Today the majority shareholder are his son Pierre Casiraghi and Andrea Casiraghi. The airline flies regular shuttle services between Nice Côte d'Azur Airport to Monaco Heliport.

In 2015 the airline signed a firm order for 6 Airbus Helicopters H130 aircraft for delivery between December 2015 and May 2016.

Official supplier to SAS the Sovereign Prince of Monaco since 1999.

Services

Based at Monaco’s heliport and all Nice Côte d’Azur airport terminals, Monacair offers a wide range of services in the Helicopter industry, with dedicated teams :

  • Helicopter management (Consulting, Housing, Pilots, Maintenance … )
  • Private chartered flights to all destinations
  • Handling to passengers (embarkment and disembarkment, luggage handling) & crew (refueling, hangars) for non-based private helicopters
  • Maintenance
  • Since January 2016, Monacair is the official Monegasque operator of the regular line between Monaco and Nice Côte d’Azur international airport (over 40 daily flights, with a scheduled every 15 min.)

    • In September 2015, soon after Monacair won the Monaco’s Gouvernement Princier’s call of tender, the medias echoed an exceptional order of 6 brand-new air conditioned single-engine H130 helicopters, mostly dedicated to the Monaco-Nice-Monaco regular line. Deliveries between December 2015 & end of April 2016. These helicopters are air-conditioned and fitted with enlarged trunks.

    Since June 2016, all Monacair's flights to Nice airport will be in codeshare with Air France, ableling passengers to catch connection flights in Côte d'Azur Airport.

    The company hopes to add a couple of Airbus A319-100LR. These aircraft would be used to start services from Nice Airport to several international destinations including Moscow, Dubai, New York, and Grand Cayman as well as European destinations including Paris, London and Most Of Switzerland.

    Monacair’s AOC : MC.003

    IATA code : QM

    Fleet

    Monacair’s fleet is made of last generation twin engine helicopters (2012 to 2016) which belong to private owners which use Monacair for its management capabilities :

    Among which :

  • Agusta 109 SP (Agusta Westland)
  • AS 365 N3+ (Airbus Helicopters)
  • EC 145 C2 (Airbus Helicopters)
  • EC 155 B1 (Airbus Helicopters)
  • …

    • References

    Monacair Wikipedia
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