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AeroItalia

Not to be confused with Aeritalia, Alitalia, or ITA Airways.
Aeroitalia
IATA ICAO Call sign
XZ AEZ AEROITALIA
Founded2021
Commenced operations9 July 2022; 2 years ago (2022-07-09)
Operating bases
Fleet size15
Destinations16[4]
HeadquartersRome, Italy
Key people
  • Francesco Gaetano Intrieri (CEO)
Websitewww.aeroitalia.com

Aeroitalia SRL is an Italian airline.[5][6] It operates a fleet of Boeing 737s and ATR 72s from operating bases in Bergamo, Comiso and Rome–Fiumicino.

History

The airline was launched in 2022, by an ex-consultant of Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Francesco Gaetano Intrieri, who is Aeroitalia's CEO and by the initiative of its investor Marc Bourgade, Executive Chairman.

On 9 July 2022, it started operating scheduled flights from Forlì to domestic destinations as well as Malta and Zakynthos. The airline planned to operate long-haul flights to the United States and Latin America by 2023,[7] but has since stalled the plan in order to consolidate its domestic and European operations.[3]

It announced an increase of flights to Sicily in 2023 including additional flights to Trapani, Palermo, and Catania with the support of the Sicilian government.[8]

On 6 November 2023, it was announced the airline had acquired a 93.86% stake in AirConnect, a Romanian regional airline,[9] which was rebranded as Aeroitalia Regional in April 2024. In July 2024 the airline announced the opening of a new base in Bacau, Romania. In December 2024 Aeroitalia Regional was sold again, this time to Sicilian investors.

In December 2024, Intrieri announced that Aeroitalia would look to go public in 2025.[10] This comes amid an ongoing ownership dispute in the United Kingdom's High Court involving Aeroitalia's chairman, Marc Bourgade, who is alleged to have subverted an agreed-on sale of the airline with its launch investor.[11]

Destinations

As of August 2024, Aeroitalia flies to the following destinations:[12]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated [13]
Czech Republic Brno Brno-Tuřany Airport Begins 23 March 2025 [14]
Greece Heraklion Heraklion International Airport Terminated
Karpathos Karpathos Island National Airport Terminated [15]
Mykonos Mykonos Airport Terminated [15]
Zakynthos Zakynthos International Airport Terminated [15]
Italy Alghero Alghero–Fertilia Airport
Ancona Marche Airport Terminated [16]
Bergamo Milan Bergamo Airport Base [1]
Bologna Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Seasonal
Bologna Forlì Airport Terminated
Brindisi Brindisi Airport Terminated
Catania Catania–Fontanarossa Airport [17]
Comiso Comiso Airport Base [18]
Cuneo Cuneo International Airport [19]
Lampedusa Lampedusa Airport Seasonal
Milan Linate Airport [20]
Naples Naples International Airport Terminated
Olbia Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport [21]
Palermo Falcone Borsellino Airport [17]
Perugia Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport [21]
Pisa Pisa International Airport Seasonal
Rome Rome Fiumicino Airport Base [3]
Trapani Trapani–Birgi Airport Terminated
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport Seasonal
Romania Bacău George Enescu International Airport Terminated [22][23]
Bucharest Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport Terminated [23]
Spain Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport Terminated [24]
United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport Terminated [25]

Fleet

Current fleet

Aeroitalia Boeing 737-800

As of August 2024, Aeroitalia operates the following aircraft:[26][27]

AeroItalia fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Airbus A319-100 1 — 144 Operated by Fly Air41 Airways
ATR 72-600 2 — 68
Boeing 737-400 2 168 Leased from 4 Airways
Boeing 737-800 9 — 189
Boeing 737 MAX 8 — 3[28] TBA
Embraer 175 1 — 88 Leased from Marathon Airlines
Total 15 3

Historical fleet

Over the years, Aeroitalia has operated the following aircraft types:[26]

Aeroitalia historical fleet
Aircraft Number Introduced Retired Notes
Boeing 737-700 1 2022 2024 Operated by HelloJets.
Saab 340A 1 2023 2024 Operated by RAF-Avia.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Machado, João (26 September 2022). "Aeroitalia goes bold, launches services from Bergamo". Aviacionline.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Aeroitalia, al via la base su Comiso con il via dei 3 collegamenti" [Aeroitalia, base at Comiso kicks off with 3 connections]. Travelnostop (in Italian). 16 May 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Hofmann, Kurt (10 July 2023). "Aeroitalia Sees Opportunities As 'Low CASK' Operator, President Says". Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Aeroitalia on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com.
  5. ^ Drum, Bruce (27 May 2022). "Aeroitalia to launch 9 routes from Forli on July 9". World Airline News. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022.
  6. ^ Machado, João (24 May 2022). "Aeroitalia puts its first flights for sale, bases aircraft in Forlì". Aviacionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022.
  7. ^ Villamizar, Helwing (28 April 2022). "Startup Aeroitalia Looks to the Americas for 2023". Airways Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ Machado, João (15 February 2023). "Aeroitalia, supported by local government, boosts its Sicilian operation". Aviacionline.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ^ Sipinski, Dominik (6 November 2023). "AeroItalia signs MoU to buy Romania's AirConnect". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Aeroitalia, l'ad Intrieri: «Noi, il terzo incomodo sui voli nazionali, puntiamo su Borsa e alleanze»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 2024-12-24. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  11. ^ "Aeroitalia 'will go public in Italy despite High Court wrangle' – Court News UK". 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  12. ^ "AeroItalia destinations". www.aeroitalia.com.
  13. ^ "Aeroitalia NW23 Ancona Network Changes". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  14. ^ "Aeroitalia adds Rome-Brno service from late-March 2025". AeroRoutes. 20 November 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Aeroitalia Plans Greece Debut in July 2022". Aeroroutes.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022.
  16. ^ "New Routes of the Day (1 October 2023): Aeroitalia's new routes from Ancona". Air Service One. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  17. ^ a b "AeroItalia presenta i nuovi voli da Palermo e Catania per Roma" [AeroItalia presents the new flights from Palermo and Catania to Rome]. italavola.com (in Italian). 15 February 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Aeroitalia Adds Comiso Service From May 2023". AeroRoutes. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Aeroitalia Plans Cuneo – Bacau August 2024 Launch". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  20. ^ "AeroItalia : In vendita i voli sulla Olbia – Milano Linate" [AeroItalia : Flights on sale for Olbia - Milan Linate]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 20 January 2023. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023.
  21. ^ a b "AeroItalia volerà anche nel 2024 la Perugia – Olbia" [AeroItalia will also fly Perugia - Olbia in 2024]. italiavola.com (in Italian). 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024.
  22. ^ "AeroItalia adds Milan Bergamo-Bacau service in NS24". AeroRoutes. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  23. ^ a b "AeroItalia discontinues Romania service in early-Nov 2024". AeroRoutes. 25 October 2024.
  24. ^ "AeroItalia discontinues Ancona-Barcelona in mid-Jan 2024". AeroRoutes. 11 January 2024. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  25. ^ Karp, Aaron (4 January 2024). "Startup Aeroitalia To Commence Milan Bergamo-London Southend Route". Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024.
  26. ^ a b "Aeroitalia Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. 9 March 2024.
  27. ^ "La nostra flotta" [Our fleet]. AeroItalia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  28. ^ Sipinski, Dominik (2 November 2022). "AeroItalia inks dry leases of three B737 MAX 8s". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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