Air Italy

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Air Italy
Image:Air Italy logo.png
IATA
I9
ICAO
AEY
Callsign
AIR ITALY
Founded29 May 2005
HubsMalpensa International Airport
Verona Airport
Focus citiesTurin International Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations15
HeadquartersGallarate, Italy
Key people
Website: http://www.airitaly.it

Air Italy is an airline based in Gallarate, Italy. It operates scheduled services for tour operators to destinations in Europe, Brazil and Kenya. Its main base is Turin International Airport, with a hub at Malpensa International Airport, Milan[1].

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[edit] History

The airline started operations on 29 May 2005 with a flight from Turin to Budapest. It is owned by BV Asset Management (40%), Giuseppe Gentile (40%) and Pathfinder (20%)[1].

An independent investment company has acquired a 40% share in Air Italy for 280m euros and the funding is to be used to acquire a further three Boeing 767 aircraft in 2007 and 2008 for services to leisure destinations in Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean [2].

Image:Air Italy B752 I-AIGA.jpg
Air Italy Boeing 757.

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Air Italy Polska

It was announced on the 30 April that Air Italy will be creating Air Italy Polska which will fly 2 Boeing 757-200's with Polish reg. The information in on www.lotnictwo.com in the news section (Polish). Air Italy Polska has started operations with 2 Boeing 757-200's.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Italy fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)[1] :

The second Air Italy Boeing 737-300 (I-AIGM) was delivered in mid-June 2007, only weeks after delivery of the first aircraft (I-AIGL).[3]

[edit] External links

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 58. 
  2. ^ Airliner World January 2007
  3. ^ "Boeing 737-300 delivered", Airliner World, August 2007, p. 9. 


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