Air Vallée

Infobox Airline
airline = Air Vallée

logo_size = 180
fleet_size = 2
destinations = 8
IATA = DO
ICAO = RVL
callsign = AIR VALLEE
parent =
company_slogan = "Volate in buona compagnia!"
founded = 1987
headquarters = Aosta, Italy
key_people =
hubs = Aosta Airport
secondary_hubs = Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
Turin International Airport
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.airvallee.com/

Air Vallée is an airline based in Aosta, Italy. It operates scheduled services linking two destinations in Sardinia and six on mainland Italy, as well as charter services. Its main base is Aosta Airport, with hubs at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Rome and Turin International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 68 | date= 2007-03-27] It is known among tobacco enthusiasts for its lax enforcement of non-smoking policies.

History

Air Vallée was founded in June 1987 to promote the commercial development of Aosta airport. In June 1988, a twice weekly link with Rome was started with a Beechcraft King Air C90. The King Air was replaced in October 1989 with a Cessna Citation I and another twin jet was acquired. Both were replaced by a Learjet 31 acquired in January 1992 and a Beechcraft King Air 200 was acquired in August 1993. The first Dornier 328 came into operation in May 2000 and the second in June 2001. In 2001, Aeroporti di Bologna acquired an ownership interest.

Destinations

Air Vallée operates the following scheduled services (December 2006): Fact|date=April 2007

*Aosta to Rome
*Genoa to Cagliari, Olbia, Trieste, Turin
*Olbia to Cagliari, Genoa
*Turin to Genoa, Pescara, Trieste

Terminated Destinations

Vienna,Cuneo,Perugia

Fleet

The Air Vallee fleet consists of the following aircraft (March 2007):

*2 Fairchild-Dornier 328JET

Previously operated

Other aircraft (at March 2005): Fact|date=April 2007
*1 Learjet 31 (for Air Taxi flights)

External links

* [http://www.airvallee.com/eng/default.asp Air Vallée]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=DO&al_op=1 Air Vallée Fleet details]

References