The commercial court in Bobigny outside Paris rejected the sole offer for the carrier and ordered that it be placed in judicial liquidation. XL Airways had on September 30th halted all flights and had struggled to attract bids after being placed into receivership. Flag carrier Air France, which dominates the French market, said it was not interested. XL operates four Airbus jets serving mainly cities in North America, and some destinations in China, and had around 730,000 passengers last year. Aigle Azur operated 11 planes serving mainly Algeria, and had posted years of heavy losses despite transporting around 1.9 million passengers last year.

Source: The Local October 04, 2019 15:11 UTC