Azzurra Air
Appearance
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Founded | December 1995 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | December 1996 | ||||||
Ceased operations | March 2004 | ||||||
Parent company | Air Malta, Air International Services | ||||||
Headquarters | Milan, Italy | ||||||
Key people | Fausto Capalbo (Chairman, Board of Directors) | ||||||
Website | www.azzurraair.it |
Azzurra Air was a scheduled and charter
Mediterranean
destinations.
History
The airline was established in December 1995 and was a joint venture by the Italian investment group Air International Services (51%) and by Air Malta (49%). It started operations in December 1996. AIS shares were purchased by UK based 7 Group in 2003, anticipating the purchase of Air Malta shares later that year.
In November 2003 it was announced that Azzurra Air was to take over French airline
Airbus A320
-200 aircraft on order at the time.
Services
Azzurra Air only operated one scheduled service from Bergamo to Rome using a Boeing 737-700. All other services were charter operations.
Fleet
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The aircraft fleet included:
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airbus A320-200 |
2 | 2003 | 2004 | EI-DBC, EI-DBD on lease[2] |
Boeing 737-300 |
1 | 1999 | 2000 | 9H-ADH leased from Air Malta[3] |
Boeing 737-700 |
7 | 1999 | 2004 | all on lease[4] |
BAe 146-200 | 1 | 1998 | 1999 | G-TBIC leased from Aer Lingus[5] |
Avro RJ70 | 5 | 1997 | 2007 | [6] |
Avro RJ85 | 3 | 1996 | 2005 | [7] |
References
- ^ Air Littoral future still uncertain
- ^ "airbus A320". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Boeing 737". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Azzurra Air Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "BAe 146". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "BAe 146". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "BAe 146". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
External links
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