Air Vallée
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| Founded | June 1987 | ||||||
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| Operating bases | Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport[3] | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Company slogan | Flying in a Good Company | ||||||
| Headquarters | Genoa, Liguria, Italy[2] | ||||||
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Air Vallée S.p.A. is an Italian charter and regional airline based in Genoa.[2]
History
Air Vallée was founded in June 1987 to promote the commercial development of Aosta Airport. In June 1988, a twice weekly link with Rome was started with a Beechcraft King Air C90. The King Air was replaced in October 1989 with a Cessna Citation I and another twin jet was acquired. Both were replaced by a Learjet 31 acquired in January 1992 and a Beechcraft King Air 200 was acquired in August 1993.
It used to operate scheduled services linking two destinations in Sardinia and six on mainland Italy, as well as charter services. Its main base was Aosta Airport, with hubs at Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Turin Caselle Airport.[4] The airline had its head office on the propertty of Aosta Airport in Saint-Christophe.[5]
In the summer of 2010, Air Vallée restarted operations, offering domestic flights from Rimini as well as a weekly flight from Perugia to Olbia on Sardinia. A single Dornier 328 Jet should be in use for these flights.
In early 2012, Air Vallée announced a plan to expand the destinations they operate, so they sold a significant number of tickets to Romania. Subsequently achieving an aggressive campaign to promote the company canceled all those flights.
As of September 2014, the airline was operating only charter flights but it has planned to resume scheduled flights from Foggia to Milan-Malpensa and Turin from 26 October 2014.
Destinations
As of October 2015, Air Vallée serves the following destinations:[6]
- Albania
- Grece
- Corfu - Corfu International Airport seasonal charter
- Italy
- Bari - Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport[7] charter
- Brindisi - Brindisi – Salento Airport focus city
- Catania - Catania-Fontanarossa Airport
- Olbia - Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (begins 11 June 2016)[8] seasonal
- Pescara - Abruzzo Airport charter [9]
- Rimini - Federico Fellini International Airport
Fleet
As of January 2016, the Air Vallée fleet consists of the following aircraft:[10]
| Aircraft | Number | Orders | Notes |
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| Fokker 50 | 1 | - | wet-leased from Amapola Flyg |
| Total | 1 | - | |
References
- ↑ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Elenco delle imprese titolari di licenza di trasporto aereo". enac.gov.it. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ↑ "Air Vallée". ch-aviation.com.
- ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 68.
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 20–26 March 2001. 72.
- ↑ "Vola con noi! - Air Vallee". Air Vallee.
- 1 2 "Government of Albania and Tirana International Airport sign the agreement to liberalise international flights - Tirana International Airport".
- ↑ http://www.abruzzoairport.com/news.aspx?lnk=Yvf3nhsj/i4=&lang=it
- ↑ "Balkan Express - Booking online".
- ↑ "Air Vallee Fleet - Airfleets aviation".
External links
Media related to Air Vallée at Wikimedia Commons
