ItAli Airlines

Infobox Airline
airline = ItAli Airlines

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image_size = 200
IATA = FS
ICAO = ACL
callsign = ITALI
founded = 2003
ceased =
hubs = Abruzzo International Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer = ItAli Sky Pass
lounge = Club ItAli VIP
alliance =
subsidiaries =
fleet_size = 8 (+10 orders, 10 options)
destinations = 11
parent = Aeroservices Group
company_slogan =
headquarters = Pescara, Italy
key_people = Giuseppe Spadaccini
website = http://www.italiweb.it/

ItAli Airlines S.p.A. is an airline based in Pescara, Italy. It operates regional scheduled, charter and cargo services, as well as air taxi flights. Its main base is Abruzzo International Airport, Pescara.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 95 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline started operations in October 2003 and is wholly owned by Giuseppe Spadaccini. It is the new name for the former TAI – Transporti Aerei Italiani and the former Air Columbia and was operating two Fairchild Metro aircraft from Pescara to Milan and Rome in April 2004 (replaced by a Dornier 328Jet in January 2005 and a second one in August 2005). In July 2004 a Pescara to Olbia route was opened with a Dornier 328-110 wet-leased from Air Alps. During summer season 2005 new routes (operated by the two Dornier 328Jet linked Olbia to Pescara, Brindisi and Bergamo. Fact|date=February 2007

Destinations

*Milan-Malpensa: Foggia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria.
*Pescara: Dubrovnik, Milan-Linate, Milan-Malpensa, Nice, Olbia, Rome, Split, Turin, Venice.
*Reggio Calabria: Bologna, Milan-Malpensa, Turin.

As of December 2006 ItAli Airlines has begun charter services from Reggio Calabria, taking over a contract previously operated by Dutch airline Interstate Airlines. It provides flights to Bologna and Turin, and intends to add Milan and Pisa, using one of its 164-seat McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft [Airliner World January 2007]

Fleet

The ItAli Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 7 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=9X&al_op=1] :

*1 Cessna Citation 500
*2 Dornier 328Jet
*2 Fairchild Metro III
*3 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (two aircraft are operated for Air Bee)

As of 7 September 2008, the ItAli Airlines fleet age is 22.5 years old [ [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/?file=calcop&opp=ItAli%20Airlines ItAli Airlines Fleet Age] ] .

10 Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 aircraft have been ordered and are expected to be in service in 2009. This order also includes 10 options.

External links

* [http://www.italiweb.it/ ItAli Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=9X&al_op=1 ItAli Airlines Fleet]

References