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Maurice Freund

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Maurice Freund
Freund in 2010
Born(1943-07-13)13 July 1943
Guebwiller, Gau Baden, Germany
Died9 May 2026(2026-05-09) (aged 82)
Ardèche, France
OccupationBusinessman

Maurice Freund (French: [moʁˈis fʁˈœnd]; 15 July 1943 – 9 May 2026) was a French businessman and tourism personality.[1]

Freund often wrote of his travels[2] and of sustainable development,[3] notably developing charters to make air travel more affordable in the 1970s.[4]

Life and career

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Born in Guebwiller on 15 July 1943, Freund was the only son of Auguste Freund, a Malgré-nous soldier who was forcefully conscripted into the German armed forces.[5] His father passed away in 1957 just after his Camp 188 [fr], so Maurice was raised by his mother, who worked in the potash mines of Alsace. He was expelled from school at 14 and worked for the same mine as his mother until he trained as an electrician. In January 1963, he began his military service before joining the nonprofit Point Mulhouse, which promoted the construction of a youth chalet at Le Markstein.[6] He then began work at a Peugeot factory and joined the French Confederation of Christian Workers.[7] In 1969, Point Mulhouse began to charter flights to destinations such as London, New Delhi, and Naples, which arose his personal interest in aviation.[8] In 1980, he founded Point Air alongside Point Mulhouse, a low-cost airline, which ran flights from Basel/Mulhouse and Marseille to Ouagadougou thanks to Freund's close friendship with President of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara.[9] The airline went bankrupt in 1987.[10]

Freund died in Ardèche on 9 May 2026, at the age of 82.[11]

References

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  1. ↑ Ganne, Antoine (10 May 2026). "Maurice Freund, le fou volant du Sahel, s'est éteint". Afrik.com (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Clastres, Genevivèe (23 November 2011). "Rencontre avec Maurice Freund (Point Afrique)". Voyageons-Autrement.com (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Haski, Pierre (8 January 2012). "Maurice Freund, voyagiste engagé : cap sur l'oasis de Faya-Largeau". Rue89 (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Ayad, Christophe (8 June 2006). "Sa propriété, c'est le vol". Libération (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Freund, Maurice; Baldeweck, Yolande (1987). Charters interdits : quinze ans d'aventures pour la liberté du ciel (in French). Strasbourg: Bueb & Reumaux. ISBN 2-86856-022-9.
  6. ↑ Freund, Maurice (2016). Est-ce ainsi que les hommes volent : mémoires d'un Robin des airs (in French). Paris: Éditions de La Martinière. ISBN 978-2-7324-7260-7. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Courchay, Claude (1986). Histoire du Point Mulhouse : l'angoisse et le bleu de l'enfance (in French). Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 2-85802-737-4. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Maurice Freund ou la passion africaine". Association des Journalistes du Tourisme (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Jaffré, Bruno (July 2010). "Maurice Freund : "Nous avons créé Naganagani en 48 heures"". Thomas Sankara (in French). Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "La compagnie aérienne Point Air a déposé son bilan L'empêcheur de voler en rond". Le Monde (in French). 4 December 1987. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Maurice Freund, figure du tourisme solidaire et fondateur de Point-Afrique Voyages, est décédé". L'Alsace (in French). 10 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
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