Aero Trasporti Italiani
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| IATA code : | BM |
| ICAO code : | ATI |
| Call sign : | ATI |
| Founding: | 1963 |
| Operation stopped: | 1994 |
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Naples , Italy
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| Home airport : | Naples airport |
| Fleet size: | 42 |
| Aims: | national |
| ATI ceased operations in 1994. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Aero Trasporti Italiani , or ATI for short , was an Italian airline with its headquarters and base in Naples . As a subsidiary of Alitalia , it mainly operated domestic flights.
history
Foundation and first years
At the end of 1963, Alitalia founded the subsidiary ATI, which was to serve domestic routes in southern Italy from its headquarters in Naples. 90% of the company's share capital came from Alitalia and 10% from the state holding company IRI , which in turn also held the majority of Alitalia shares. ATI began flight operations on June 2, 1964 with two Fokker F-27 aircraft , thirteen of which were in service until 1969. The first four Douglas DC-9s also joined the fleet in 1969 .
Initially, the company flew on the routes Trieste-Venice-Florence-Rome, Rome-Naples-Palermo-Trapani-Pantelleria, Palermo-Catania-Reggio Calabria-Naples-Rome and Rome-Grosseto-Milan. In the following years, ATI was characterized by a. the east-west connections in southern Italy. From 1966 to 1969, ATI also served domestic routes in Libya and connections from there to Malta on behalf of the Kingdom of Libya Airlines . In 1968 ATI took over the subsidiary Elivie from Alitalia , which however had to cease its helicopter operations in 1971.
In 1973 ATI had 13 Douglas DC-9-32s in addition to the aforementioned F-27s and carried more than three million passengers. In southern Italy in particular, the company with the slogan Aerobus ("Luftbus") sold very well.
Development since the 1980s
In the 1980s, ATI gradually replaced its 27 DC-9s with 38 McDonnell Douglas MD-82s , and the Fokker fleet was replaced by 10 ATR 42 regional aircraft.
From the late 1980s, ATI also offered scheduled flights to other European countries. In 1994 Alitalia took over its subsidiary ATI entirely for economic reasons. Although officially part of the Alitalia fleet, quite a few MD-82s flew in the ATI livery in the years that followed. With the exception of the lettering and the blue color, this was identical to the Alitalia design. The former holiday airline Aermediterranea , also a subsidiary of Alitalia, had a similar design, only in blue, orange and red colors.
In many respects ATI was similar to today's low-cost airline because of its route network and because of the reduced services and correspondingly moderate prices .
Incidents
ATI has had a total of six fatal incidents in 30 years:
- On May 25, 1969, a Fokker F-27 with the aircraft registration number I-ATIT coming from Rome crashed while landing in Reggio Calabria, killing one passenger.
- On April 16, 1972, a Fokker F-27 with the registration I-ATIP crashed on the flight from Rome to Foggia near Amaseno . All 18 people on board were killed.
- On October 6, 1972, a Fokker F-27 with the registration I-ATIS was hijacked on the way from Trieste to Bari. The kidnapper was shot dead by the police.
- On October 30, 1972, a Fokker F-27 with the registration I-ATIR crashed on the way from Rome to Bari near Poggiorsini , killing all 27 people on board.
- On September 14, 1979, a Douglas DC-9-32 coming from Alghero had an accident while approaching Cagliari near Capoterra . All 31 people on board, 27 passengers and 4 crew members, died.
- On October 15, 1987, an ATR-42 with the registration I-ATRH crashed on the flight from Milan-Linate to Cologne-Bonn near Lasnigo . All 37 people on board the plane were killed (see also Aero-Trasporti-Italiani-Flight 460 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aero Trasporti Italiani accident statistics - ATI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 17, 2019.
