in Europe Airpost colours The airline's roots go back to "
Companie Générale Aéropostale" which in 1927 pioneered mail transport between
Europe,
Africa and
South America employing famous pilots like
Jean Mermoz and
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The company was dissolved in 1932 and was then merged with other airlines to form
Air France. After WWII the company was re-estabilished as an
Air France subsidiary of from 1947 to 1991, operating as '''Société d'Exploitation Aéropostale
but with no aircraft of its own. A similar activity was set up in 1987 when Air Inter and EAS Europe Airlines jointly founded Intercargo Service
to fly cargo runs with all-cargo Vickers Vanguard made available by the latter parent. The air carrier was reformed in April 1990 with ICS-Inter Ciel Service
brand and over the following year Aéropostale
(or L'Aéropostale
) corporate name was adopted. As an Air France Group 50%-owned subsidiary the company grew rapidly and new aircraft gradually entered the fleet: Airbus A300, Boeing 727, Boeing 737, most of them in all-cargo internal configuration. Night operations were exclusively on La Poste behalf while during the day the airline flew scheduled and charter flights on Air France behalf. Regional flights were added thanks to the use of ATR 72 tuboprops. When La Poste took over full ownership the airline corporate name was changed to Europe Airpost''' on 1 December 2000. Consequently all flight activities were exclusively operated for the French national postal service. As of March 2007 The company had 400 employees. A proposed sale to Imperial Holdings of South Africa in February 2007 kwas cancelled but the sale to
Air Contractors of Dublin
Ireland (parially owned by Imperial Holdings) was agreed in February 2008. On March 14, 2008,
ASL Aviation Holdings DAC officially acquired the airline. The aircraft kept the former livery and
call sign. On June 4, 2015, the parent company ASL Aviation Holdings DAC announced that the airline would be renamed
ASL Airlines France. In June 2021, at the
Paris Air Show, ASL Aviation Holdings DAC announced an order with Boeing for up to 20
737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft - 10 firm orders and 10 options. This was extended to an additional 20 737-800(BCF) in March 2022 for a total of 40 orders including options. Eleven aircraft to operate for
ASL Airlines Belgium, ASL Airlines France,
ASL Airlines Ireland and ASL joint venture,
K-Mile Asia. == Fleet ==