Flight operations began on 25 July 1966 with two Sud Caravelles and two Lockheed Super Constellations.

The airline changed its name on 8 December 1969 to Air Charter International (ACI).

In 1971, ACI operated a fleet of seven Caravelles and carried about 420.000 passengers.

Transatlantic charter flights to the USA and Canada were offered from 1982 onwards with leased Boeing 747-200 aircraft operated by Air France.

As the business grew, the first wide-body aircraft was introduced in 1988, the Airbus A300B4.