Air Vallée

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Air Vallée
Air Vallée logo
Dornier 328-300 of the Air Vallée
IATA code : VK
ICAO code : RVL
Call sign : AIR VALLEE
Founding: 1987
Operation stopped: 2016
Seat: Genoa , ItalyItalyItaly 
Home airport : Rimini Airport
Company form: Spa
Management: Gianluca Pellino
Fleet size: 1
Aims: national and continental
Website: www.airvallee.it
Air Vallée ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Air Vallée SpA was an Italian airline based in Rimini and based at Rimini Airport . The company suspended operations as of June 2016 due to a grounding; their air operator certificate has been withdrawn by the Italian civil aviation authority ENAC. On September 11, 2018, the airline was declared bankrupt.

history

The creation of Air Vallée in 1987 was financed by the Aosta Valley government to develop the region . In 2009 the first grounding was carried out by ENAC for one year, in 2013 the second and in June 2016 the third.

Destinations

Air Vallée flew from Parma to Catania and Olbia , from Turin to Pescara and from Pescara to Bucharest . Charter flights were also offered.

fleet

Most recently, Air Vallée's fleet consisted of a Fokker 50 ( registration SE-LEZ). Before that, the company also used the Airbus A320-200 , Dornier 328-300 / 310JET and McDonnell Douglas MD-83 .

Incidents

The crashed Fokker 50 (license plate SE-LEZ)

The Air Vallée recorded one incident in its history:

  • When a Fokker 50 (registration SE-LEZ) landed on April 30, 2016 from Rimini to Catania with 21 people on board, the crew had to land in Catania without the nose wheel . The aircraft has not been used since then.

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Vallée  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c The third grounding of the regional airline Air Vallée , accessed on June 8, 2016
  2. ^ Stefan Eiselin: The third grounding of the regional airline Air Vallée. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. June 6, 2016, accessed June 7, 2016 .
  3. ^ Italian court declares Air Vallée bankrupt. ch-aviation , September 19, 2018.
  4. airvallee.it - ​​Time Table ( Memento from April 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on July 27, 2012
  5. Air Vallee Fleet Details and History , accessed June 8, 2016
  6. Data on the airline Air Vallée in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on June 8, 2016.
  7. Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  8. SE-LEZ Air Vallee Fokker F50 - cn 20128 (English), accessed on June 8, 2016