Air Italy
The new Air Italy logo (featuring their parent Company's logo from Merdiana)
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| Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | Meridiana Club | ||||||
| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | see Meridiana | ||||||
| Parent company | Meridiana | ||||||
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy | ||||||
| Website | meridiana.com | ||||||
Air Italy is an Italian airline headquartered in Milan. It is a fully integrated subsidiary of Meridiana and operates domestic and international services using the Meridiana brand.
The airline was set up in 2005 and was originally owned by BV Asset Management (40%), Giuseppe Gentile (40%) and the Pathfinder Corporation (20%)). It started operations on 29 May of the same year with an inaugural flight from Turin to Budapest. In late 2006, an independent investment company acquired a 40% share in Air Italy.
The funding of 280 million Euros was used to buy three used Boeing 767 aircraft (one -200ER and two -300ERs) in 2007 and 2008 for services to leisure destinations in Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean. Most of Air Italy's independent flights left from either Naples Airport, Turin Airport, Verona Airport or Milan Malpensa Airport.
On 18 July 2011, Meridiana, known as Meridiana fly back then, announced to merge with Air Italy. Since 2013, Air Italy operates entirely on behalf of Meridiana using their corporate design. The name Air Italy is no longer used in public.
Air Italy used to maintain two subsidiaries, which meanwhile both ceased to exist:
All of Air Italy's operations are now done on behalf of its parent, Meridiana, under the Meridiana brand.
The Air Italy fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
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