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Air Dolomiti
Founded	1989
Hubs	Verona Airport; Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
Secondary hubs	Munich Airport
Frequent flyer program	Miles & More
Member lounge	Senator Lounge
Alliance	Star Alliance
Fleet size	19 (6 on order)
Destinations	21
Parent company	Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Headquarters	Villafranca di Verona, Italy (registered office); Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy (executive headquarters)
Key people
Website	http://www.airdolomiti.it/

Air Dolomiti BAe 146

Air Dolomiti L.A.R.E. S.p.A is an Italian regional airline with a registered office in Villafranca di Verona and an executive headquarters in Ronchi dei Legionari.^[1] It is part of Lufthansa Regional linking 11 domestic destinations and Vienna with the Lufthansa network via Munich and Frankfurt. Its main bases are Verona Airport and Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, Trieste, with a hub at Munich Airport^[2].

Air Dolomiti operates from 14 airports of which 11 are based in Italy. The others are Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna. Of the 15 routes currently operated 10 are to and from Munich. These account for the majority of the airline’s capacity.^[3]

The airline's name derives from the section of the Alps known as The Dolomites.

[edit] History

Air Dolomiti was established in January 1989 by the Leali Steel Group. It started regional operations in January 1991 with a Trieste-Genoa route and in 1992 started international services with flights from Verona to Munich. After several years of co-operation, Lufthansa acquired a 26% stake in January 1999 and increased it to 52% in April 2003 and 100% in July 2003^[2]. Since then Air Dolomiti has been controlled by Lufthansa as a member of Lufthansa Regional, a strategic cooperation between five regional European airlines (Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine).

The airline employs some 552 people (at March 2007)^[2] and although most Lufthansa regional subsidiaries operate under their parent's name and colours, Air Dolomiti retains its own identity.

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Air Dolomiti destinations

[edit] Fleet

I-ADJK at Gran Canaria airport in delivery flight on 1st of February 2009

All of Air Dolomiti's aircraft are named after titles of famous Italian operas as a tribute to the city of Verona and its famous ancient theatre, the "Arena di Verona"^[4]. As of September 2009, the fleet consists of following aircraft (registration, serial number and name):^[5]^[6]

**Air Dolomiti** Fleet
Aircraft	In Service	Passengers	Notes
ATR 42	6	46	I-ADLL (c/n 518, "La Rondine di Giacomo Puccini") I-ADLP (c/n 604, "Falstaff di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLQ (c/n 606, "Elisir d’Amore di Gaetano Donizetti") I-ADLU (c/n 609, "Luisa Miller di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLV (c/n 610, "Don Carlo di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLZ (c/n 611, "Lucia di Lammermoor di Gaetano Donizetti")
ATR 72	7	64	I-ADLJ (c/n 686, "Il Trovatore di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLK (c/n 706, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia di Gioachino Rossini") I-ADLM (c/n 543, "Tosca di Giacomo Puccini") I-ADLN (c/n 557, "Turandot di Giacomo Puccini") I-ADLO (c/n 585, "La Boheme di Giacomo Puccini) I-ADLS (c/n 634, "Ernani di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLT (c/n 638, "Otello di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADLW (c/n 707, "La Gazza Ladra di Gioachino Rossini")
Embraer ERJ-195	5	112	I-ADJK (c/n 19000245, "Aida di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADJL (c/n 19000256, "Nabucco di Giuseppe Verdi") I-ADJM (c/n 19000258, "Madame Butterfly di Giacomo Puccini") I-ADJN (c/n 19000270, ? ) I-ADJO (c/n 19000280, ? )
Total	18

In August 2008, Air Dolomiti's average fleet age was 10.6 years.^[7]

[edit] Accidents and incidents

On November 7, 1999 Air Dolomiti Flight 2708, a Fokker 100, wet-leased from Alpi Eagles (registration I-ALPL, c/n 11250), flying from Venice Marco Polo Airport, Italy, with 44 on board suffered maingear failure while approaching Barcelona International Airport, Spain - it landed safely on a foam carpet.^[8]
On August 24, 2008, an Air Dolomiti ATR 72 (registration I-ADLM, c/n 543), operating flight LH3990 from Munich, Germany, to Bologna, Italy, abandoned take off after the pilot announced a smoke alarm. The airline treated the plane's evacuation as a mild incident. But on August 26, an amateur video, filmed by a bystander, was circulating to great interest on television and the Internet. The footage shows tense moments of some 60 passengers jumping from and fleeing the burning plane before fire department workers extinguish the flames.^[9]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ "Office addresses." Air Dolomiti. Retrieved on 21 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 56. 2007-03-27.
^ "Lufthansa-owned Air Dolomiti focused on feeding MUC hub; new Malpensa base planned for 2009". anna.aero. 5 September 2008. http://www.anna.aero/2008/09/05/lufthansa-owned-air-dolomiti-focused-on-feeding-muc-hub/.
^ Fleet of Air Dolomiti on Air Dolomiti's homepage
^ Fleet of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net
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^ Fleet age of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 I-ALPL Barcelona Airport (BCN)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991107-0. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
^ Amateur films flaming plane at Munich airport

[0] "Office addresses." Air Dolomiti. Retrieved on 21 May 2009.

[FI-1] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 56. 2007-03-27.

[2] "Lufthansa-owned Air Dolomiti focused on feeding MUC hub; new Malpensa base planned for 2009". anna.aero. 5 September 2008. http://www.anna.aero/2008/09/05/lufthansa-owned-air-dolomiti-focused-on-feeding-muc-hub/.

[3] Fleet of Air Dolomiti on Air Dolomiti's homepage

[4] Fleet of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net

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[6] Fleet age of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net

[crash2-7] "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 I-ALPL Barcelona Airport (BCN)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991107-0. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

[8] Amateur films flaming plane at Munich airport

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