Star Europe
Scale 1-200 model
Airbus A320-200
Registration - Delivered - Exit date - Status:
F-GRSD (MSN 653) - 15 Feb 1997 - 1 Feb 1998 - OO-TCP Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium 7 Mar 2008 named Desire painted in ""Kabouter Plop"" special colours Jun 2010 - wfu 3 Nov 2013 - std at ROW 19 Dec 2013 - Broken up 2014 at ROW
F-GRSE (MSN 657) - 27 Feb 1997 - 1 Feb 1998 - std at TUS 28 Mar 2014 - Scrapped
F-GRSG (MSN 737) - 28 Nov 1997 - Jan 1998 - Broken up May 2016 at GYR
F-GRSH (MSN 749) - 10 Dec 1997 - 1 Feb 1998 - wfu 16 Nov 2014 - std at GYR 28 Feb 2015 - Broken up May 2016 at GYR
Flat black display stand - Original box
Airline Color Scheme - Introduced 1996
Aircraft type: Airbus A320-214
Configuration: Y180
Engines: 2x CFMI CFM56-5B4/P
IATA: SE
ICAO: SEU
Callsign: "STARWAY"
Country: France
Airline Founded: August 1995
Started operations: 22 December 1995
Ceased operations: 23 September 2019
History:
The airline was founded by Cédric Pastour in August 1995 as Société de Transport Aérien Régional and was trading under Star Europe.
In October 1997 it changed its trading name to Star Airlines.
On 23 November 2006 the airline changed its name to XL Airways France.
On 12 September 2008, parent XL Leisure was about to declare bankruptcy.
The airline was then bought by Straumur Investment Bank.
On 19 September 2019, XL Airways was placed under legal receivership due to financial difficulties.
Ticket sales ceased immediately, and flights were suspended from 23 September.
Negotiations with potential buyers had been under way for over a year, and the search for a new buyer continued under the auspices of the commercial court.
Only one formal bid was received by the deadline of 4 October – from Gérard Houa, former minority shareholder of Aigle Azur, who proposed to take over two of XL Airways' four planes and 48% of its 570 staff – but the court deemed that the guarantees were insufficient and ordered the liquidation of the company.
In January 2020, the airline's remaining assets were auctioned off, the company's brand names and domain names were sold to an unnamed bidder for €686,400, leaving open the possibility of the name being revived.
Brand: PPC
Colors: Black - Cyan - Darkblue - Grey - Red - White - Yellow
Material: Synthetic
Condition: New
Dimensions (cm): Box: 4 x 7 x 25
Weight (cm): 85