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was also established in 2007 to operate leisure flights from
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199:Destinations
149:Focus cities
110:Merged with
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1349:Italy First
1334:FlyOristano
1304:EGO Airways
1294:Cargoitalia
1269:Azzurra Air
1254:Alpi Eagles
1087:ITA Airways
912:20 February
887:19 February
793:ch-aviation
749:enac.gov.it
293:Early years
1464:Categories
1214:Air Vallée
1189:Air Europe
1179:Aertirrena
1118:Elitaliana
1106:Helicopter
1077:AeroItalia
937:12 October
706:References
528:Passengers
496:Air Italy
461:bankruptcy
457:Air Poland
315:Boeing 767
265:wet-leased
191:Fleet size
124:AOC #
104:2018-02-28
70:AIR ITALY
1399:MiniLiner
1389:Meridiana
1219:Airumbria
1113:Alidaunia
1070:Scheduled
1010:Companies
583:Meridiana
474:Meridiana
396:and five
386:Air Italy
374:Meridiana
363:Meridiana
355:Meridiana
327:Caribbean
282:Air Italy
270:Meridiana
253:Air Italy
213:Meridiana
116:Air Italy
112:Meridiana
29:Air Italy
1449:Wind Jet
1324:Evolavia
1299:Club Air
1259:Avianova
1239:Alitalia
1229:Alisarda
1097:Sky Alps
1059:Airlines
1022:Aviation
759:11 April
729:11 April
724:iata.org
694:See also
662:—
642:—
620:—
601:—
598:—
571:—
568:—
518:In fleet
513:Aircraft
390:Alitalia
325:and the
304:Budapest
263:. Using
128:YXYF237F
58:Callsign
1329:Fly Wex
1319:Eurofly
1204:Air One
1184:Air Bee
1151:Defunct
984:Portals
862:25 July
288:History
257:airline
237:Website
227:Sassari
202:36 Pisa
142:(Milan)
102: (
87: (
79:Founded
1419:Panair
1414:On Air
1354:Itavia
1309:Elivie
798:3 July
656:Total
523:Orders
453:Poland
321:, the
319:Africa
161:(Rome)
1404:MyAir
1159:Aeral
1128:Cargo
1063:Italy
998:Italy
856:(PDF)
849:(PDF)
554:Total
533:Notes
480:Fleet
429:Egypt
311:Euros
300:Turin
261:Milan
231:Italy
223:Olbia
1359:LATI
1092:Neos
939:2018
914:2018
889:2018
864:2011
800:2018
761:2015
731:2015
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607:189
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406:787s
134:Hubs
89:2005
82:2005
67:AEY
53:ICAO
48:IATA
1061:of
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341:or
302:to
278:AOC
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