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was also established in 2007 to operate leisure flights from
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711:List of defunct airlines of Italy
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827:"Directory: World Airlines".
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833:. 27 March 2007. p. 58.
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1290:Blue Panorama Airlines
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193:Frequent-flyer program
27:Former Italian airline
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230:Headquarters
210:Destinations
160:Focus cities
121:Merged with
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1360:Italy First
1345:FlyOristano
1315:EGO Airways
1305:Cargoitalia
1280:Azzurra Air
1265:Alpi Eagles
1098:ITA Airways
923:20 February
898:19 February
804:ch-aviation
760:enac.gov.it
304:Early years
1475:Categories
1225:Air Vallée
1200:Air Europe
1190:Aertirrena
1129:Elitaliana
1117:Helicopter
1088:AeroItalia
948:12 October
717:References
539:Passengers
507:Air Italy
472:bankruptcy
468:Air Poland
326:Boeing 767
276:wet-leased
202:Fleet size
135:AOC #
115:2018-02-28
81:AIR ITALY
1410:MiniLiner
1400:Meridiana
1230:Airumbria
1124:Alidaunia
1081:Scheduled
1021:Companies
594:Meridiana
485:Meridiana
407:and five
397:Air Italy
385:Meridiana
374:Meridiana
366:Meridiana
338:Caribbean
293:Air Italy
281:Meridiana
264:Air Italy
224:Meridiana
127:Air Italy
123:Meridiana
69:Call sign
40:Air Italy
1460:Wind Jet
1335:Evolavia
1310:Club Air
1270:Avianova
1250:Alitalia
1240:Alisarda
1108:Sky Alps
1070:Airlines
1033:Aviation
770:11 April
740:11 April
735:iata.org
705:See also
673:—
653:—
631:—
612:—
609:—
582:—
579:—
529:In fleet
524:Aircraft
401:Alitalia
336:and the
315:Budapest
274:. Using
139:YXYF237F
1340:Fly Wex
1330:Eurofly
1215:Air One
1195:Air Bee
1162:Defunct
995:Portals
873:25 July
299:History
268:airline
248:Website
238:Sassari
213:36 Pisa
153:(Milan)
113: (
98: (
90:Founded
1430:Panair
1425:On Air
1365:Itavia
1320:Elivie
809:3 July
667:Total
534:Orders
464:Poland
332:, the
330:Africa
172:(Rome)
1415:MyAir
1170:Aeral
1139:Cargo
1074:Italy
1009:Italy
867:(PDF)
860:(PDF)
565:Total
544:Notes
491:Fleet
440:Egypt
322:Euros
311:Turin
272:Milan
242:Italy
234:Olbia
1370:LATI
1103:Neos
950:2018
925:2018
900:2018
875:2011
811:2018
772:2015
742:2015
662:276
659:258
640:253
637:241
618:189
615:189
588:148
585:148
417:787s
145:Hubs
100:2005
93:2005
78:AEY
64:ICAO
59:IATA
1072:of
670:12
656:18
634:12
352:or
313:to
289:AOC
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