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In 2000, when Jean-Paul Dubreuil decided to sell his regional airline (Air Vendée, now Régional Airlines) to Air France, he reinvested in the French West Indies and acquired Air Guadeloupe, which he renamed Air Caraïbes. At that time, the company served only a regional network, between the Caribbean islands.
In 2003, with the regional transport sector struggling, the Dubreuil group decided to give the company a new lease of life and position itself in the long-haul market - with the ambition, in particular, of bringing in complementary traffic to its regional network to breathe new life into the company.
Air Caraïbes opened its first flights between Paris and Martinique and Paris and Guadeloupe in December of that year, using Airbus 330 aircraft. It was the start of a new boom for the company!
2023, 20 years later and almost 16 million passengers carried on this transatlantic sector alone, Air Caraïbes has become a key player on the Paris / West Indies and Paris / French Guiana route.
Group professions
Today the leading Vendée-based group in terms of sales, the Dubreuil group is heavily invested in distribution and has diversified its activities around 7 businesses.
Distribution activities account for two-thirds of sales, with Air transport accounting for the remaining third: Automotive, Building and Public Works equipment, Energy, Agricultural Machinery, Heavy Goods Vehicles, Hotels and Real Estate - and Air transport with Air Caraïbes and French bee.
The Dubreuil Group's companies are mainly positioned on the Atlantic seaboard, but also much further west, in the West Indies, where Air Caraïbes has its headquarters.
Groupe Dubreuil Aéro holds over 97% of Air Caraïbes' capital, but 27% of Air Caraïbes and Air Caraïbes Atlantique employees also own Air Caraïbes shares, amounting to around 2% of the capital.
Key points
- 6,000 employees.
- 230 establishments.
- More than 40 brands represented in mainland France and the West Indies.
- A group invested in 7 businesses.
- 2.7 billion euros in sales expected in 2022.