Alpine Airlines

Alpine Airlines is a French airline that flies passenger and private flights into mountain airports in the French Alps. It calls itself the only mountain airline. It is based at the Courchevel altiport and at Chambéry airport.

The company says it is the only airline authorised to use the altiports of Courchevel and Megève. The authorisation is issued by the French civil aviation authority, the DGAC, and by EASA. Its operations are carried out as commercial flights under a French airline certificate.

The mountain flying school began in 2011. It became an approved training organisation in 2012, and the company says it was the first professional school of its kind approved at European level. The airline project was launched in 2014 to bring passenger transport and mountain aviation together.

The commercial aircraft are all twin engine and suited to short mountain slopes and sea crossings. The passenger fleet includes the Vulcanair Aviator TP600 and the Vulcanair P68 Observer. Training aircraft include the Cessna 172R, the Pilatus PC-6 and the Jodel D140.

Services include business and VIP flights, scenic flights over Mont Blanc and the Three Valleys, and a first flight experience. Air taxi and charter flights link Courchevel, Chambéry, Saint-Tropez, Corsica, Nice and Cannes. Gift vouchers are sold for flights.

Mountain flying courses run at Courchevel, Méribel, Megève and Saint-Tropez. Courses include PC-12 and TBM type ratings and mountain qualification for the Courchevel altiport. The company says all of its pilots are trained to European standards by its own training centre.

Services

• Business and VIP flights
• Scenic Mont Blanc flights
• First flight experience
• Air taxi and charter
• Mountain flight training
• PC-12 type rating
• TBM type rating
• Gift vouchers
• Saint-Tropez flights to Corsica and Nice