PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani
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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Hubs | Bologna | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 7 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Venice | ||||||
| Website | http://www.primair.it/ | ||||||
Eagles Airlines was an Italian airline founded in 2010 and headquartered in Marghera, the Venice industrial suburb, and backed by a Sicilian investment company.[1] The hub was Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE).[2] The airline made its first flight on 24 August 2010 on the Venice-Lamezia Terme route, and subsequently also launched flights to Catania, Reggio Calabria and Rome Fiumicino. The fleet was made up by a couple of Fokker 100s which sporadically operated short-medium haul charter flights as well.
On 23 May 2011 a lawsuit against the air carrier use of the Eagles name was decided in favour of Alpi Eagles (which had been declared bankrupt two years earlier), as a result of which the airline changed its name to PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani effective 27 May.[3][4][5] Discouraged by this decision and faced with modest passenger traffic PRiMA halted operations on 4 November 2011.
Destinations
- Italy
- Bergamo
- Bologna - Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Catania - Fontanarossa Airport
- Crotone
- Forlì
- Lamezia Terme
- Naples
- Rome (both Ciampino and Fiumicino airports)
- Venice
Europe
- France: Nîmes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
- Germany: Berlin-Tegel
- Greece: Athens
- Macedonia: Skopje
- Romania: Bucharest
Fleet
The PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani fleet included the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fokker 100 | 2 | 2011 | 2011 | I-GIDA, I-GIDI |
See also
References
- ↑ "Contacts Deprecated link archived 2012-03-25 at archive.today." Eagles Airlines. Retrieved on 24 December 2010. "Eagles Airlines Via Banchina dei Molini, 8 30175 VENEZIA - Marghera"
- ↑ G. Endres (editor) & Flightglobal Data, "World Airlines 2011", Flight International weekly magazine supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutton (Surrey - U.K.), ISBN 978-1-898779-43-8
- ↑ "AlpiEagles dichiara fallimento. Eagles Airlines costretta a cambiare nome" Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Boarding Pass, 23 May 2011 (in Italian)
- ↑ "Eagles Airlines cambia nome e diventa Prima – Aero Trasporti Italiani" Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, Boarding Pass, 26 May 2011 (in Italian)
- ↑ G. Endres (editor) & Flightglobal Data, "World Airlines 2012", Flight International weekly magazine supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutton (Surrey - U.K.)
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