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Air Italy
Founded	29 May 2005
Hubs	Malpensa Airport; Verona Airport
Focus cities	Turin Airport
Fleet size	9
Destinations	15
Headquarters	Gallarate, Italy
Key people	Giuseppe Gentile (Founder and GM)
Website	http://www.airitaly.it

Air Italy S.p.A. is an airline based in Gallarate, Italy. It operates scheduled services for tour operators to destinations in Europe, Brazil and Kenya. Its main bases are Naples International Airport and Verona Airport with a hub at Malpensa Airport, Milan^[1].

[edit] History

The airline started operations on 29 May 2005 with a flight from Turin to Budapest. It is owned by BV Asset Management (40%), Giuseppe Gentile (40%) and Pathfinder (20%)^[1].

An independent investment company has acquired a 40% share in Air Italy for 280m euros and the funding is to be used to acquire a further three Boeing 767 aircraft in 2007 and 2008 for services to leisure destinations in Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean ^[2].

[edit] Destinations

Main article: Air Italy destinations

[edit] Subsidiaries

On 30 April 2007, Air Italy created Air Italy Polska, a Polish charter subsidiary, which currently operates a single Boeing 757-200.

Also in 2007, Air Italy created Euro Mediterranean Airlines, an Egyptian charter subsidiary, which operates a single Boeing 757-200. The Boeing 757-200 is to be sold to FedEx, and replaced by a Boeing 737-800.

[edit] Fleet

An Air Italy Boeing 757-200 landing at Stuttgart Airport, Germany. (2006)

The Air Italy fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 25 June 2009):^[3]

**Air Italy Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 737-300	2	136
Boeing 737-500	1	131	Operated by Bulgaria Air
Boeing 737-700	1	149	Fitted with Blended Winglets
Boeing 737-800	1	?	Fitted with Blended Winglets To be transferred to Euro Mediterranean Airlines
Boeing 757-200	2	209
Boeing 767-200ER	2	241
Boeing 767-300ER	1	296

[edit] External links

[edit] References and notes

^ ^a ^b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 58. 2007-03-27.
^ Airliner World January 2007
^ Air Italy Fleet

[FI-0] "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 58. 2007-03-27.

[1] Airliner World January 2007

[2] Air Italy Fleet

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