AeroItalia

Not to be confused with Aeritalia, Alitalia, or ITA Airways.

Aeroitalia SRL is an Italian airline.^[5][6] It operates a fleet of Boeing 737s and ATR 72s from operating bases in Bergamo, Comiso and Rome–Fiumicino.

Aeroitalia

IATA ICAO Call sign XZ AEZ AEROITALIA
Founded	2021
Commenced operations	9 July 2022; 2 years ago (2022-07-09)
Operating bases	Bergamo[1] Comiso[2] Rome–Fiumicino[3]
Subsidiaries	AirConnect
Fleet size	14
Destinations	16[4]
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Key people	Germán Efromovich (President) Francesco Gaetano Intrieri (CEO)
Website	www.aeroitalia.com

History

The airline was launched in 2022, by an ex-consultant of Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Francesco Gaetano Intrieri, who is Aeroitalia's CEO. AeroItalia's backers include Germán Efromovich, the airline's president and previous owner of Avianca, and a French banker named Marc Bourgade.^[7][8]

On 9 July 2022, it started operating scheduled flights from Forlì to domestic destinations as well as Malta and Zakynthos. The airline planned to operate long-haul flights to the United States and Latin America by 2023,^[9] but has since stalled the plan in order to consolidate its domestic and European operations.^[3]

It announced an increase of flights to Sicily in 2023 including additional flights to Trapani, Palermo, and Catania with the support of the Sicilian government.^[10]

On 6 November 2023, it was announced the airline had acquired a 93.86% stake in AirConnect, a Romanian regional airline,^[11] which was later rebranded as Aeroitalia Regional in April 2024. In July 2024 the airline announced the opening of a new base in Bacau, Romania.

Destinations

As of August 2024^[update], Aeroitalia flies to the following destinations:^[12]

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Austria	Vienna	Vienna International Airport	Terminated	[13]
Greece	Heraklion	Heraklion International Airport	Terminated
	Karpathos	Karpathos Island National Airport	Terminated	[14]
	Mykonos	Mykonos Airport	Terminated	[14]
	Zakynthos	Zakynthos International Airport	Terminated	[14]
Italy	Alghero	Alghero–Fertilia Airport
	Ancona	Marche Airport	Terminated	[15]
	Bergamo	Milan Bergamo Airport	Base	[1]
	Bologna	Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport	Seasonal
		Bologna Forlì Airport	Terminated
	Brindisi	Brindisi Airport	Terminated
	Catania	Catania–Fontanarossa Airport		[16]
	Comiso	Comiso Airport	Base	[17]
	Cuneo	Cuneo International Airport		[18]
	Lampedusa	Lampedusa Airport	Seasonal
	Milan	Linate Airport		[19]
	Naples	Naples International Airport	Terminated
	Olbia	Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport		[20]
	Palermo	Falcone Borsellino Airport		[16]
	Perugia	Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport		[20]
	Pisa	Pisa International Airport	Seasonal
	Rome	Rome Fiumicino Airport	Base	[3]
	Trapani	Trapani–Birgi Airport	Terminated
	Verona	Verona Villafranca Airport	Seasonal
Romania	Bacău	George Enescu International Airport	Terminated	[21][22]
	Bucharest	Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport	Terminated	[22]
Spain	Barcelona	Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport	Terminated	[23]
United Kingdom	London	Heathrow Airport	Terminated	[24]

Fleet

Current fleet

Aeroitalia Boeing 737-800

As of August 2024^[update], Aeroitalia operates the following aircraft:^[25][26]

AeroItalia fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A319-100	1	—	144	Operated by Fly Air41 Airways
ATR 72-600	2	—	68	Operated by AirConnect
Boeing 737-400	2		168	Operated by 4 Airways.
Boeing 737-800	9	—	189
Boeing 737 MAX 8	—	3[27]	TBA
Embraer 175	—	TBD	TBD	[28]
Total	14	3

Historical fleet

Over the years, Aeroitalia has operated the following aircraft types:^[25]

Aeroitalia historical fleet

Aircraft	Number	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Boeing 737-700	1	2022	2024	Operated by HelloJets.
Saab 340A	1	2023	2024	Operated by RAF-Avia.

See also

• List of airlines of Italy

References

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