AIGLE AZUR has announced the appointment of Mr Frantz YVELIN to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. He is replacing Mr Michael Hamelink, who is leaving the company.

At the age of 41, Frantz YVELIN has strong managerial experience in the air transport sector, which he acquired mainly in France and the United States. Passionate for aviation, Frantz YVELIN took the controls of an aircraft for the first time at the age of 15, prior to obtaining his Professional Pilot’s license at 21. He is qualified to fly the Airbus A320, Boeing B737, Boeing B757/767, Cessna Citation and McDonnell Douglas MD80.

As a renowned entrepreneur, Frantz YVELIN created the last two independent scheduled airlines in France: L’Avion (2006) and then La Compagnie Boutique Airline (2013), but also Dreamjet Participations (2013), the French holding company that has been owning La Compagnie Boutique Airline since its creation and which acquired 100% of XL Airways France in 2016.

Frantz YVELIN says: “I am very pleased to take control of the oldest private airline in France, Aigle Azur. All our shareholders, whom I would like to thank for their support, have thus chosen an entrepreneur, and it is a very great honour for me to follow a path that was pioneered for more than 70 years, first by Sylvain Floirat, and then by Arezki Idjerouidène. As of today, I am clearly committed to a logic of a quick return to profitability and a bold development for the second airline of our country. Numerous challenges await us, but I see them as an incredible opportunity for joining our forces, and it is with the whole Aigle Azur crew, both on the ground and in the air, that we will rise to meet them.”