Alitalia Express SpA , operating as Alitalia Express , is a former Italian regional airline headquartered in Rome , fully owned by the flagship carrier Alitalia . The company carried out regular and charter passenger and cargo air transportation under the brand Alitalia.
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| Founding date | 1997 | |||
| Termination | December 31, 2008 | |||
| Base airports | Linate Airport | |||
| Hubs | Linate Airport | |||
| Alliance | Skyteam | |||
| bonus program | Millemiglia | |||
| Fleet size | five | |||
| Destinations | 12 | |||
| Parent company | Alitalia | |||
| Headquarters |  Rome , Italy | |||
| Manual | Bernardino Libonati | |||
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The home port of Alitalia Express and its main transit hub ( hub ) was Linate Airport [1] .
After the merger of Alitalia and Air One, the regional carrier was formally disbanded and, jointly with Alitalia CityLiner, reorganized into a subsidiary of the Compagnia Aerea Italiana (CAI) consortium [2] . Currently continues to work on behalf of the flagship airline, but belongs to the CAI consortium, in which Alitalia holds a controlling stake.
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History
The airline Alitalia Express was formed in 1997 on the basis of the disbanded carrier Avianova and began operations on October 1 of the same year. By 2007, the company's full-time staff was 710 employees [1] .
In March 2003, it was reported that Alitalia plans to acquire another Italian airline, Minerva Airlines , which at that time temporarily suspended its flights, with the further transfer of a fleet of turboprop aircraft to Regions under the control of Alitalia Express. For various reasons, the carrier’s takeover did not take place. In September 2004, Alitalia's management announced its intention to acquire 12 Embraer E-170 jet airliners for its regional airline, but these plans were also not implemented [1] .
Route Network
Fleet
In September 2011, the air fleet of the former airline Alitalia Express , operating as a subsidiary of the Compagnia Aerea Italiana consortium, was composed of the following aircraft:
| Aircraft type | In operation | Ordered by | Passenger seats | Notes | |||
| J | Y + | Y | Total | ||||
| Embraer E-170 | five | 0 | - | 0 | - | 72 | |
As of May 20, 2010, the average age of Alitalia Express’s aircraft was 5.9 years [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Directory: World Airlines, Flight International (March 27, 2007), p. 73.
- ↑ Linate Airport departures - some Alitalia flights)
- ↑ Alitalia Express Fleet Age