Frantz Yvelin
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Frantz Yvelin | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 49â50) |
| Education | Commercial pilot |
| Occupation | President of Aigle Azur |
Frantz Yvelin is a French businessman, pilot, and serial entrepreneur. He was the President of Aigle Azur, France's 2nd largest airline until August 26, 2019.[1] Frantz Yvelin previously created and ran two French independent scheduled Airlines, (La Compagnie and L'Avion).
Early life and education
[edit]A commercial pilot since the age of 21, Yvelin is type-rated on Airbus A320, Boeing 737, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Cessna Citation and McDonnell Douglas MD80.[2]
Career
[edit]Yvelin started his career as an IT consultant (for GFI Informatique, CS Communication & SystĂšmes).[3] In 2006 he founded and ran Europe's first all-Business-Class airline, L'Avion, before selling it to British Airways.[4] (In 2009, L'Avion became OpenSkies and has since operated under that brand). Yvelin was Head of Strategy and Development for OpenSkies for a time after it was merged with L'Avion.
In 2013, along with La Compagnie, Frantz created a French holding company called Dreamjet Participations, which he ran as President and CEO until the end of 2016. Dreamjet Participations acquired 100% of French leisure airline XL Airways in 2016.[5]
Along with Peter Luethi, La Compagnie's co-founder, he has been an air transport advisor for three years[6] and was a lecturer in air transportation economics at the Ăcole nationale de l'aviation civile (teaching the MastĂšre spĂ©cialisĂ© course). In parallel, he has helped to develop an airliners' ferry and flight testing company based in the USA.[7]
Notes
[edit]- â "Nouvelle direction chez Aigle Azur, sur fond de dissensions". 26 August 2019.
- â Leguilloux, Claude (22 August 2017). "Frantz Yvelin nommĂ© PrĂ©sident d'Aigle Azur". Boursier.com (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- â Wall Street Journal (2014-12-10), Flying Business Class at Economy Prices, retrieved 2017-09-24
- â "Frantz Yvelin nouveau prĂ©sident de la compagnie Aigle Azur" (in French). L'Expansion. 16 August 2017.
- â "Aigle Azur: Frantz Yvelin est nommĂ© prĂ©sident". Tourmag (in French). 21 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- â "Frantz Yvelin". Ouest-France (in French). Groupe Ouest-France. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- â "Frantz Yvelin devient prĂ©sident d'Aigle Azur". Les Ăchos. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.[permanent dead link]
