Air Italy (2005)
| Air Italy SpA | |
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| IATA code : | I9 |
| ICAO code : | AEY |
| Call sign : | AIR ITALY |
| Founding: | 2005 |
| Operation stopped: | 2018 |
| Seat: |
Gallarate , Italy
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| Home airport : | Milan Malpensa Airport |
| Company form: | Spa |
| Fleet size: | 11 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.meridiana.it |
| Air Italy SpA ceased operations in 2018. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Italy was an Italian airline based in Gallarate and based at Milan Malpensa Airport . In 2011, the company discontinued flights under its own brand identity and then operated its aircraft for Meridiana , with which it merged on March 1, 2018.
history
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Air Italy began operations on May 29, 2005. At the beginning of 2007, the Egyptian subsidiary Euro Mediterranean Airlines started operations with a Boeing 757-200 , this company was renamed Air Italy Egypt in September 2009 . However, this stopped its flight operations at the end of 2009, the Boeing 757 was sold. Another subsidiary, which has since been sold, operated in Warsaw under the name Air Poland (until 2011 Air Italy Polska ).
In July 2011 Air Italy was taken over by Meridiana Fly for a purchase price of 89.9 million euros . In February 2012 Air Poland was sold to an investor.
In January 2013, the Italian aviation regulator Air Italy withdrew its permanent operating license for economic reasons until further notice, which was replaced by an annual license. At the same time it became known that the company should be fully integrated into the mother Meridiana in the near future. Since 2013, all Air Italy flights have been marketed under the name of Meridiana, which was renamed Air Italy in March 2018, and Air Italy's own website has been switched off.
Destinations
Air Italy flew exclusively on the route network of the parent company Meridiana. It connected several destinations within Italy and offered flights to Africa , Europe and North America as well as the Caribbean .
In the German-speaking area , Berlin-Tegel , Düsseldorf , Munich , Stuttgart and Vienna were served .
fleet
As of February 2018, Air Italy's fleet consisted of eleven aircraft with an average age of 17.8 years and a total capacity of 2276 seats. All aircraft were operated for Meridiana:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | 148 (0/148) | ||
| Boeing 737-800 | 7th | with winglets fitted | 189 (0/189) | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 1 equipped with winglets | 266 (18/248) | |
| total | 11 | - |
Previously, Boeing 767-200ERs were also used.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ch-Aviation, Meridiana fly confirms AirItaly rebranding, plots growth (in English), accessed on February 26, 2018
- ↑ Air Poland website ( Memento from May 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - Meridiana Fly and Air Italy merge, July 20, 2011
- ↑ flyairpoland.com - Ownership changes in Air Poland, February 11, 2012 ( Memento of March 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ airliners.de - news from all over the world week 04/2013 January 25, 2013
- ↑ ch-aviation - Air Italy to be merged into Meridiana fly from February , accessed on February 16, 2013
- ↑ meridiana.it - flight plan accessed on May 22, 2017
- ↑ ch-aviation - Ch-Aviation, Air Italy fleet, as of February 26, 2018 (in English), accessed on February 26, 2018
- ↑ meridiana.it - The fleet accessed on May 22, 2017
