Cargoitalia S.p.A. was a cargo airline with its head office in the Avioport Logistics Park in Lonate Pozzolo, Province of Varese, Italy, near Milan. The airline had its registered office in Milan.[1] It operated all-cargo scheduled and charter services from Italy to the Middle East, the Far East and North America. Its main base was Malpensa Airport.[2]
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Founded | 2005 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 21 December 2011 | ||||||
Hubs | Malpensa Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
Destinations | 7 | ||||||
Headquarters | Lonate Pozzolo, Italy | ||||||
Website | cargoitalia.it/ |
History
editThe airline was established in 2005 and is the first cargo airline to operate from Italy with private Italian capital.
As of December 2008, Alis Aerolinee Italiane has acquired Cargoitalia to get the air operator certificate of the financially struggling cargo carrier. The AOC is a prerequisite for its bid for the cargo division of Alitalia that CAI is not interested in. Cargoitalia has since replaced its operations with its single DC-10-30F freighter and has laid off the majority of its staff.
In May 2009, the airline restarted operations with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.
On 21 December 2011, the airline ceased operations again. [1]
Destinations
editCargoitalia connected the following destinations at July 2011:[3]
Fleet
editThe Cargoitalia fleet included the following aircraft (as of July 2011):[4]
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Remark |
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30AF | 1 | 2006 | 2011 | I-CGIA [5] |
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F | 3 | 2009 | 2012 | EI-EMS EI-UPE EI-UPI on lease[6] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Contacts." Cargoitalia. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Headquarter & Milan Office – Avioport Logistics Park Via del Gregge 100, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA)" and "Registered Office Via Wittgens 3, 20123 Milano – Italy "
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 61.
- ^ Destinations
- ^ Fleet
- ^ "McDonnell Douglas DC-10 I-CGIA". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Cargoitalia Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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