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]

Cargoitalia
IATA ICAO Call sign
2G CRG CARGOITALIA
Founded2005
Ceased operations21 December 2011
HubsMalpensa Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations7
HeadquartersLonate Pozzolo, Italy
Websitecargoitalia.it/
A Cargoitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.

History

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The 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

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Cargoitalia connected the following destinations at July 2011:[3]

  China
  Hong Kong
  Russia
  United Arab Emirates
  United States

Fleet

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The Cargoitalia fleet included the following aircraft (as of July 2011):[4]

Cargoitalia Historical Fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Remark
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

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References

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  1. ^ "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 "
  2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 61.
  3. ^ Destinations
  4. ^ Fleet
  5. ^ "McDonnell Douglas DC-10 I-CGIA". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Cargoitalia Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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