Regional Airlines (France)

The airline was formed on 1 January 1992 by the merger of Air Exel, Air Vendée and Avions Taxis Pyrénéens regional airlines, and scheduled operations operated by Air Aquitaine Transport aviation company.^[1] At the beginning the airline was legally a subsidiary of Air Vendée (79% shareholding) but after a few years majority ownership was taken over by Air France.^[1]

On 30 March 2001 Regional Airlines, Flandre Air, and Proteus Airlines merged their operations.^[2] In September of that same year Regional Airlines changed the corporate name to Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne and just Régional marketing and trading name was adopted.^[2]

On 31 March 2013 all operations were branded HOP!, an Air France-linked trademark. In March 2017 HOP! became a fully registered air carrier, always working in close connection with Air France.

In early years the fleet included the following aircraft types, all inherited from the founding airlines:

• BAe Jetstream 31
• Fairchild Metroliner II
• Fairchild Metroliner III
• Saab 340

At the beginning of 2001 the fleet included the following aircraft types^[1]:

• 1 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia
• 6 Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia Advanced
• 4 Embraer ERJ 135
• 12 Embraer ERJ-145
• 10 Saab 2000

International

Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bilbao, Copenhagen, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Porto, Turin^[1]

Domestic

Ajaccio, Angers, Angouleme, Brest, Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bourges, Clermont-Ferrand, Caen, Dijon, Basle, Le Havre, Lille, La Rochelle, Lyon, Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Nantes, Rennes, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse^[1]