Aermediterranea

Aermediterranea was an Italian airline founded in 1981 as a subsidiary of Alitalia to replace Itavia on the Italian domestic scene. The airline was owned by Alitalia and ATI, and was later merged into ATI in 1985.

"BQI" redirects here. For the dialect with the language code, see Bakhtiari dialect.
Aermediterranea
IATA ICAO Callsign
BQ[1] BQI Mediterranea
Founded16 January 1981[2]
Commenced operations1 July 1983
Ceased operations1985 (merged with Aero Trasporti Italiani)
HubsRome - Fiumicino
Fleet size8

History

The Italian Minister of Transport Rino Formica announced the formation of Aermediterranea as a joint-venture between Alitalia and ATI. Alitalia provided 55% of the capital and ATI provided the remaining 45%. After the revocation of the air operator's certificate of the private airline Itavia, all of the flight crew was transferred over to Aermediterranea.

The airline entered service on 1 July 1981, using eight McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s, serving 572,000 passengers in 1982. In 1985, Aermediterranea ceased to exist and its employees and aircraft were transferred over to ATI, which was itself later absorbed by the parent company Alitalia in 1994.

Fleet

The Aermediterranea fleet used eight McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft.

RegistrationNumberName
I-ATIH47553/642Lido degli Estensi
I-ATIQ47591/706Sila
I-ATJB47653/760Riviera del Conero
I-DIBO47237/451Conca d'Oro
I-DIKS47229/356Isola di Filicudi
I-DIKT47230/395Isola di Ustica
I-DIZF47519/615Dolomiti
N516MD47128/210Isola di Ponza

Destinations

In addition to charter service to and from cities in Europe (mainly in Germany and England), Aermediterranea operated flights between the following Italian cities:

See also

References
  1. "International airport" Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. NTV Logistics Corporation. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. "Aermediterranea". Airline Timetable Images. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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