ItAli Airlines

ItAli Airlines S.p.A. was an airline based in Rome. It operated regional scheduled, charter and cargo services, as well as air taxi flights. Its main base was Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino International Airport, Rome.[1]

ItAli Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
FS ACL ITALI
Founded2003
Ceased operations11 March 2011
HubsLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino International Airport
Frequent-flyer programItAli Sky Pass
Fleet size11
Destinations5 (scheduled)
Parent companyAeroservices Group
HeadquartersRome, Italy
Key peopleGiuseppe Spadaccini
Websitewww.italiweb.it

History
An ItAli Airlines Fairchild Metroliner at Abruzzo Airport, Pescara, Italy. (2009)

The airline started operations in October 2003 and was wholly owned by Giuseppe Spadaccini.[1] ItAli Airlines was the new name for the former TAI – Transporti Aerei Italiani and the former Air Columbia and was operating two Fairchild Metro aircraft from Pescara to Milan and Rome in April 2004 (replaced by a Dornier 328Jet in January 2005 and a second one in August 2005). In July 2004 a Pescara to Olbia route was opened with a Dornier 328-110 wet-leased from Air Alps. ItAli Airlines connected Pescara airport with the main Italian airports to feed national and international flights and some international destinations, particularly the daily service to Milan-Linate Airport is still operated with Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner.

Line activity, operated with Dornier 328Jet dwindled in favor of charter/ACMI flights, operated with McDonnell Douglas MD-82, mainly from bases at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport and Milan-Malpensa Airport.

At the beginning of the Summer 2009 was created the Air Taxi sector of the company on Rome Ciampino Airport with secondary base on Milan-Linate Airport in order to increase Cessna fleet operations. The flights were sold under the brand of MustFly, a subsidiary of ItAli Airlines. MustFly aircraft operated as General aviation under ItAli Airlines Air Operator's Certificate, including two Dornier 328Jet specially reconfigured to 19 seats.

On 21 October 2010, Mr Giuseppe Spadaccini, ItAli Airlines owner, and other 12 people were arrested by Pescara's Guardia di Finanza on suspicion of international tax evasion (around 90 million euros globally).[2][3]

On 11 March 2011, the Italian Aviation Authority (ENAC) suspended the air operator's certificate due to the persistence of some critical issues from the carrier.[4]

Destinations
An ItAli Airlines MD-82. (2007)

During Winter Season 2010, ItAli Airlines served the following scheduled destinations:[5]

Europe
 Italy
 France

Fleet
An ItAli Airlines MD-82 landing at Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy. (2007)

The ItAli Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft at the time of closure:[6]

ItAli Airlines Historical Fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredRemark
Airbus A320-200120062007VT-WAZ on lease[7]
Cessna Citation Mustang120092011EI-SFD[8]
Fairchild Dornier 328JET220042011I-ACLG, I-ACLH[9]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82520052011[10]
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner220032011I-BSTI, I-BSTS[11]


ItAli Airlines had placed an order for 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 aircraft which were expected to be in service around mid-2010.[12] This order also included 10 options. However, in January 2011, the ItAli's firm order had been dropped from Superjet International's order book.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 95.
  2. Avionews Spadaccini's case. Italian GdF: "The societies involved all linked to the air transport world"
  3. ANSA Evasione fiscale da 90 milioni di euro
  4. AvioNews Italian ENAC suspended flight license to ItAli Airlines
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) ItAli Timetable winter 2010
  6. "ItAli Airlines - Fleet". ItAli Airlines. Archived from the original on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  7. "Airbus A320-214". rzjets. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. "Aircraft EI-SFD data". Airport-Data. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  9. "Itali Airlines". rzjets. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  10. "ItAli Airlines". Planespotters. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  11. "Swearingen SA227". rzjets. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  12. "Superjet pushes back first delivery for Western launch customer". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  13. "Superjet Western launch customer ItAli dropped from order book". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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