Air Italy (2018–2020)

Air Italy
IATA ICAO Call sign
IG ISS AIR ITALY
Founded29 March 1963 as Alisarda
Commenced operations1 March 2018 (2018-03-01); 5 years, 11 months ago
Ceased operations11 February 2020; 4 years, 3 months ago
AOC #EY0F937F
HubsMilan Malpensa Airport
Frequent-flyer program@MyAirItalyClub
(Part of Avios Loyalty program)
Subsidiaries
  • Air Italy Fleet Management
  • Meridiana Maintenance
  • Wokita
Fleet size12
Destinations26
Parent companyAQA Holding S.p.A.
HeadquartersOlbia, Sassari, Italy
Key people
  • Roberto Spada (Chairman)

Yousef Elzaro (CFO)

  • Rossen Dimitrov (COO)
Websitewww.airitaly.com

Air Italy (registered as AIR ITALY S.p.A.) was a privately owned Italian airline, headquartered in Olbia, Sardinia. In 2019, the company was the second largest airline in Italy, behind Italian flag carrier Alitalia, and the 40th largest in Europe by number of passengers in 2019. The airline was a subsidiary of AQA Holding, owned by Alisarda (51%) and Qatar Airways (49%). The airline operated a fleet of Boeing 737NG, Boeing 737 MAX 8 and Airbus A330 aircraft to over 34 scheduled domestic, European and intercontinental destinations. The airline operated from its main hub at Milan Malpensa Airport.

On 11 February 2020, Air Italy ceased operations and went into liquidation, announcing that all routes would be served until 25 February 2020 by third-party carriers. However, on 19 February 2020, the airline re-opened ticket sales for their Milan Linate-Olbia and Rome-Fiumicino-Olbia PSO routes and operated them until 16 April 2020.