Elivie

Elivie-Societá Italiana Esercizio Elicotteri was a helicopter airline of Italy.

Elivie
IATA ICAO Callsign
EV
Founded23 November 1956
Commenced operations20 July 1959
Ceased operations30 June 1971
HubsAeroporto di Napoli-Capodichino
Fleet size15
DestinationsCapri, Ischia, Sorrento
Key peopleGiovanni Buonamico
Marcello Mainetti
Employees18

History

The airline was established in November 1956 under the ELI-Linee Italiane S.p.A. with capital of IRI and Alitalia operating 1 A.B.204 and 2 Agusta-Bell AB.102 helicopters.[1][2] In 1959, the airline was rebranded as Elivie.

In 1967, the airline acquired two Sikorsky S-61.[3] In October 1969 Elivie carried 34,821 passengers.[4][5]

In 1970, Alitalia stopped the Elivie operations, because it was considered unprofitable. A year before, IRI retired their investment on Elivie.

Historical fleet

Elivie historical fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
Agusta Bell 47J Ranger419591970I-EUNO, I-EDUE, I-ETRE, I-EQAT[6]
Agusta-Bell AB.102219611965I-ECIN, I-ESEI[6]
Agusta-Bell 204519631971I-ESET, I-EOT, I-ENOV, I-EVCA, I-EVCO[6]
Agusta-Bell 206A219681971I-EVBA, I-EVBU[6]
Sikorsky S-61N219681971I-EVMA, I-EVME[6]

See also

References

  1. "merlo.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. Flightglobal
  3. dgualdo.it
  4. Flightglobal
  5. "portalecnet.it" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  6. "Elivie, gli elicotteri di Alitalia". Aviazionecilile. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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