Air One
- Milan -Malpensa
- Pisa
- Venice Marco Polo
- Catania
Air One ( proper name Air One Smart Carrier) is an Italian low-cost airline based in Milan. It is just as Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana, a subsidiary of.
- 3.1 Former Fleet
History
Independent development until 2008
Air One was founded in 1983 in Pescara under the name Aliadriatica. In 1995 she received its current name and began offering scheduled flights between Rome and Milan. 1996 713.000 passengers were carried and the airline expanded rapidly.
From 2000 to 2009, there was a code -share agreement between Air One and Lufthansa.
2006 6.3 million passengers were transported, the market share in Italy was 33 percent. Air One at that time employed around 2,800 people and generated a profit of around 7 million euros on sales of 611.5 million euros. Two years later, the long-haul traffic began scheduled flights to Boston and Chicago, the winter was added in Miami.
Realignment under the CAI
The 2008 supported by the Italian Government Start-up of insolvent Alitalia through private investors meant that the "old" from the Alitalia leached activities were taken together with Air One from the set up for this purpose Compagnia Aerea Italiana holding company. Air One brought in the "new" Alitalia a nearly their entire fleet, in the previous livery of Air One by Alitalia flight numbers under which was at first but in the new joint route network on the go. Gradually, the machines were repainted or retired in the case of the Boeing 737.
Since early 2010, replaced by a considerably smaller Air One also again under his own name as a subsidiary of CAI as a so -called SmartCarrier on. With a price and service design, which was itself based between low cost and traditional airlines at the airport Milan -Malpensa ( where Alitalia had its hub closed) opened a new base for the point -to- point traffic and there first five Airbus A320 -200 stationed. Her biggest direct competitor site is the British budget airline easyJet. Lufthansa Italia, which was also in direct competition with Air One, stopped operating in late October 2011.
After the restart, Milan -Malpensa Air One Opened in July 2011, a second base in Pisa, in May 2012, a further in Venice, in October 2012, a fourth base in Catania.
Destinations
Since its realignment Air One operated in addition to several destinations within Italy mainly holiday destinations in Mediterranean Europe, including Ibiza and Rhodes as well as Prague and Tunis. Some of these destinations are also available from Pisa and Venice. Since March 25, 2012 Munich and Gatwick were flown from Milan, Munich but was reinstated on January 9, 2013. In addition, by September 2012, the objectives Warsaw, Mykonos, Amsterdam, Belgrade and Kiev served during the peak tourist season of July. Medium and long- haul flights will no longer be carried out. Since 30.03.2014 Stuttgart is also on Thursdays and Sundays connected with Catania.
Fleet
As of February 2013, the fleet of Air One consists of nine aircraft with an average age of 5 years:
- 9 Airbus A320 -200
Former fleet
The fleet of the formerly independent Air One, including its regional subsidiary Air One City Liner existed as of November 2008, 53 aircraft:
- 22 Airbus A320 -200
- 02 Airbus A330 -200
- 01 Avro RJ70 ( leased from Transwede Airways )
- 04 Boeing 737-300
- 14 Boeing 737-400
- Bombardier CRJ900 10 ( operated by Air One City Liner )
Trivia
- The name of the airline, in addition to his English and an Italian meaning, if it is read or written in one word. Airone is the Italian word for heron, which is located in stylized form on the vertical stabilizers of the aircraft from Air One. Her call sign HERON means heron.
- The airline was founded in early 1947 by the Aero Club Monserrato Cagliari Airone, which was acquired in 1949 by Avio Linee Italiane, is not to be confused with today's Air One.