Itavia
 |
|||||||
|
|||||||
| Founded | 1958 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceased operations | 1981 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy | ||||||
Aerolinee Itavia SpA was one of the principal private Italian airlines in the 1960s until its collapse in the early 1980s, after the infamous Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crash, also known as the Ustica disaster.
Its head office was in Rome. It opened in 1958.
The airline was formed under the name of Società di Navigazione Aerea Itavia in 1958 and started domestic services a year later using de Havilland Dove and de Havilland DH.114 Heron aircraft. Operations were suspended in 1961, but resumed in 1962, now under the name of Aerolinee Itavia. The Herons had been disposed off and from summer 1963, the larger turboprop and pressurised Handley Page Dart Herald airliner was being used. The Heralds continued to be flown until 1973.
Operations ceased again in 1965 and recommenced again in 1969 using Fokker F28 twin-jet airliners. In 1971 the Douglas DC-9-15 entered service. Other DC-9 versions operated were the Douglas DC-9-21, Douglas DC-9-31, Douglas DC-9-33 and Douglas DC-9-51. A total of 14 F28s and 11 DC-9s were used throughout its history.
Itavia operated a domestic network, which was again suspended in late 1980. Eventually, the airline was replaced by Aermediterranea, a subsidiary of Alitalia and ATI, in 1981.
The following aircraft types were operated by Itavia:
...
Wikipedia