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Azzurra Air was a scheduled and charter airline based in Milan in Italy and flying to Spain, Greece, Holland, Portugal and other Mediterranean destinations. It was founded in December 1995 and was partly funded by the Italian investment group Seven Group and by Air Malta (49%). A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Air Malta is the national airline of the small island country of Malta, in the Mediterranean Sea. ...


In November 2003 it was announced that Azzurra Air was to take over French airline Air Littoral, but this fell through in the following month as Azzurra Air was in financial difficulties. In January 2004 operations were suspended. It had five Airbus A320-200 aircraft on order at the time. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Air Littoral was an airline in France founded in 1972 and originally based at Montpellier. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Airbus A320 is a short to medium range commercial passenger aircraft manufactured by Airbus. ...

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Code Data

  • IATA Code: ZS
  • ICAO Code: AZI
  • Callsign: Azzurra

The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ...

Services

Azzurra Air only operated one scheduled service from Bergamo to Rome using a Boeing 737-700. All other services were charter operations. 737 in new Boeing Colors. ...


Fleet

The aircraft fleet included:

  • 2 Airbus A320-200
  • 1 Boeing 737-300
  • 7 Boeing 737-700

and BAe Avro Regional Jets 737 in new Boeing Colors. ...


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The Managing Director and CEO of Azzurra Air, Dominic Attard, has rebutted comments put forward by It-Torca and Kullhadd, which had alluded this week that the airline, of which Air Malta holds a 49 percent primary stake, is in serious financial difficulty.
Azzurra, which is nearly the size of Air Malta, operates as a regional airline, operates a fleet of 12 aircraft - with its main operational base being located at Milan's Malpensa airport, although it also operates flights from Bergamo, Fiumicino, Verona and Palermo.
According to Airline Management Magazine's May 2001, Azzurra is rated the 52nd largest regional airline world-wide, the fastest growing regional airline in Italy and the second fastest in Europe.
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