Alitalia Express

Alitalia Express S.p.A. is a regional airline based in Rome, Italy and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alitalia. It operates regional scheduled services and charter flights on behalf of Alitalia. Its main bases are Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome, and Malpensa International Airport, Milan. The airline was established and started operations on 1 October 1997. It was founded from the defunct Avianova. It has 710 employees. In March 20... more

Alitalia Express S.p.A. is a regional airline based in Rome, Italy and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alitalia. It operates regional scheduled services and charter flights on behalf of Alitalia. Its main bases are Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport, Rome, and Malpensa International Airport, Milan. The airline was established and started operations on 1 October 1997. It was founded from the defunct Avianova. It has 710 employees. In March 2003 it was reported that Alitalia was considering taking over Minerva Airlines which had suspended flight operations and transferring the turboprop fleet of Alitalia Express to Minerva Airlines. This did not happen and in September 2004 Alitalia announced plans to acquire twelve additional Embraer E-170 aircraft for Alitalia Express. Alitalia Express operates the following services (as of June 2009): Alitalia Express fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 10 January 2009): As of 10 January 2009, the Alitalia Express average fleet age... less