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List of defunct airlines of Italy

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Italy.

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
24Airways				2017		Not launched
A
Action Air		ORS	AVIATION SERVICE
Aeral	HS		SKYTRUCK	1958	1980
Aeralpi				1962	1968
Aerfly				2009		Not launched
Aermarche		MMC	AERMARCHE
Aermediterranea	BQ	BQI	MEDITERRANEA	1981	1985	Merged into Aero Trasporti Italiani
Aero Espresso Italiana (AEI)				1926	1934	Merged into Società Aerea Mediterranea
Aero Trasporti Italiani-ATI	BM	ATI	ATI	1964	1994	Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane subsidiary Merged back into them
Aernord		AED	AERNSPA
Aeropa	VZ	AAU		1973	1975	Formed out of SAV-Società Aerea Veneziana assets Operated Boeing 707
Aerotaxi Sud				1989	1990	Renamed Sagittair
Aeroveneta		EVT	AEROVENETA
Aertirrena				1966	1974	Operated Britten Norman BN.2 Islander, Yakovlev Yak-40
Air 70				1967	1975
Air Besit				1998	2001	Besit Servizi Aerei passenger scheduled operations brand Operated Swearingen Metroliner
Air Blu				1995	1995	Operated with third party AOC
Air Capitol	CK		AIRCAP	1978	1993	Aero-taxi with Falcon Mystere jets
Air Columbia				1984	2003	Renamed TAI, Transporti Aerei Italiani
Air Day						Not launched
Air Emilia	PQ			2003	2004	Operated ATR 42 and Beechcraft 1900 leased from Rossair
Air Europe	PE	AEL	AIR EUROPE	1989	2008	Operations coordinated with Volare from 2000
Air Freedom						Not launched
Air Halica				2002	2004
Air Industria	7Y	IDU		2002	2003
Air Italica	3B			2003	2003	Operated leased ATR 72
1st Air Italy (2001-2002)	NN	AJR	AIR ITALY	2001	2002	Operated leased MD.83 and Saab 2000
Air Italy (2005-2013)	I9	AEY	AIR ITALY	2005	2013	Merged operations into Meridiana
Air Italy (2018-2020)	IG	ISS	AIR ITALY	2018	2020	Previously Meridiana
Air Mach		KAM	ICO-AIR
Air One	AP	ADH	HERON	1995	2014	Previously Aliadriatica
Air One CityLiner	CT	CYL	CITYLINER	2006	2011	Merged operations into Alitalia C.A.I in 2009 and rebranded Alitalia CityLiner in 2011
Air Sal-Linee Aeree Campane	9B			2005	2005	Operated with third party AOC
Air Sardinia	VV	ASZ		1986	1994
Air Service Plus		AXY		2003	2008
Air Sicilia	BM	SIC	AIR SICILIA	1991	2002
Air Umbria		UMB	AIR UMBRIA	1993	2014	Operated Douglas DC-3
Air Vallée	VK	RVL	AIR VALLEE	1988	2018
AirSud				2016	2016
Ala Littoria				1934	1943	Formed through merger of SAM-Società Aerea Mediterranea, SANA, and SISA. Flag carrier of Italy in fascist years. Integrated into the air force after the start of WWII.
A.L.I.-Flotte Riunite				1949	1952	Formed by the merger of Airone, Avio Linee Italiane;, S.I.S.A, and Transadriatica
Aliadriatica	AP	ADH	HERON	1983	1995	Renamed Air One
Aliblu Airways	KR	KRO	ALIBLU	1987	1989	Operated two Jetstream 31
Alieurope				2000	2002	Operated Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
Aligiulia	RW	RWA	ALIGIULIA	1980	1986	Operated Nord 262 and leased Dart Herald
Alinord	DN	DNO		1986	1990	Previously CADABO Operated YAK-40, Fokker F28
Alisarda	IG	ISS	Alisarda	1964	1991	Renamed Meridiana
AlisCargo Airlines	CP	LSI	ALIS	2021	2022	Renamed MSC Air Cargo
Alistar				1990		Previously Milair Never operational
Alisud (Compagnia Aerea Meridionale)				1963	1964	Operated leased Carvair
Alitalia-Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali	AZ	AZA		1947	1957	Merged with LAI-Linee Aeree Italiane to form Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane	AZ	AZA	ALITALIA	1957	2008	Formed by the merger of LAI-Linee Aeree Italiane and Alitalia-Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali. Merged operations into Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana
Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana	AZ	AZA	ALITALIA	2009	2014	Merged operations into Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana
Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana	AZ	AZA	ALITALIA	2015	2021	Assets partly merged into ITA Airways
Alitalia Cargo	AZ	AZA	ALITALIA	1947	2009
Alitalia CityLiner	CT	CYL	CITYLINER	2011	2024	Previously Air One CityLiner Merged operations into Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana
Alitalia Express	XM	SMX	ALIEXPRESS	1997	2015	Merged operations into Alitalia CityLiner
Alitalia TEAM	RD	NOV	ALITALIA TEAM	1996	2002	Merged operations into Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane
Aliway Airlines				2000	2000	Operated a leased Jetstream 31
Alpi Eagles	E8	ELG	ALPI EAGLES	1996	2008
Altair	SM	SMI	SIERRA MIKE	1981	1986	Operated Sud Aviation Caravelle
Antares Airlines					1987	Never operational Transformed into Unifly Express
Assofly Airlines				1999	1999
Avianova	RD	NOV	AVIANOVA	1987	1996	Merged operations into Alitalia Team
Avio Linee Italiane-A.L.I.	AV		AVIOLINEE	1926	1949	Re-established after WWII. Merged to form A.L.I.-Flotte Riunite
Avioligure	TF			1976	1980	Took over Aertirrena assets Operated YAK-40
Avion Express Italia				2011	2011	Short-lived Lithuanian Avion Express affiliate
Aviosarda	DF	ADZ	AVIOSARDA	1994	2000	Operated a single leased ATR 42
Azzurra Air	ZS	AZI	AZZURRA	1996	2004
B
Belle Air Europe	L9	BAL	BELLEAIR EUROPE	2010	2013
Benair International Freight		BEI		1998	1999
Besit-Air Besit				1989	2001	Merged into Air Columbia
Blue Panorama Airlines	BV	BPA	BLUE PANORAMA	1998	2021
C
Cadabo	KB		CADABO	1983	1986	Renamed Alinord Operated YAK-40
Cargoitalia	2G	CRG	CARGOITALIA	2006	2011
Ciao Fly		CIO		2002	2002	Operated leased BAe.146
CityFly		CII	CITYFLY	1999	1999	Previously Umbria Fly
Club Air	6P	ISG	ITALCARGO	2002	2008
C.I.E.-Compagnia Italiana Elicotteri				1956	1969	Operated Agusta-Bell 47 Summer scheduled services Rimini-San Marino 1959-1969
Columbia				1883	1986	Operated Dart Herald
D
Dolphin Air Express				2004	2004
E
Eagles Airlines	E3	EGS	EAGLES	2010	2011	Renamed PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani
Easy Islands				2002	2004	Operated leased aircraft
EGO Airways	E3	EGW	EGOL	2020	2021
ELI-Linee Italiane				1956	1959	Renamed Elivie
Elipadana-Società Alta Italia Trasporto Elicotteri				1959	1961	Operated Sikorsky S-58 leased from Sabena
Elivie-Società Italiana Esercizio Elicotteri	EV		EIVIE	1959	1971	Previously ELI-Linee Italiane
Ernest Airlines	EG	ERN	ERNEST	2017	2020
EuReCa	F4			1983	2001
Eurofly	GJ	EEZ	E-FLY	1990	2010	Merged operations into Meridiana with Meridiana fly brand
Eurojet Italia		ERJ	JET ITALIA	1987	2007	Renamed Air4
Evolavia				2002	2007
Executive Aviation Services		GDM		1993	2005	Operated Canadair CL-600, Hawker 700, Learjet 35
Executive Blue				2009	2014	Blue Panorama Airlines brand Operated Piaggio P.180 Avanti
F
Far Airlines				1994	1998	Requested regional routes never authorized
Federico II Airways	2D	FDE		1998	2001
Fly Ernest				2015	2017	Renamed Ernest Airlines
Fly Marche				2017	2017	Flight operated by Van Air Europe with Let Turbolet
Fly Wex	IM	IAD	FLYWEX	2004	2007	Previously SixCargo
FlyOristano				2010	2011
Fortune Aviation		FOR		1979	1993	Airline-type operations transferrd to Noman subsidiary
Foxair		FXR	WILDFOX	1995	2009	Merged into K-Air
FreeAir Helicopters		FRH	FREEAIR COPTER	1996	2001	Aerial work and public transport
G
Gandalf Airlines	G7	GNF	GANDALF	1999	2004
Gitanair	VG	GTA	GITANAIR	1989	1990
Goldwing Airlines	EE	GDW		2000	2002	Operated with third party AOC
H
Helisirio		HSL	HELISIRIO
Helitalia		HIT	HELITALIA
I
Idrolines				2009	2011	Seaplane services
INAER Aviation Italia				1978	2016	Rebranded Babcock MCS Italia
International Flying Services (IFS)	F4	IFS	EURECA	1989	1998	Previously Flying Services Renamed EuReCa
Interstate Airlines	I4			2005		Operated with third party AOC
Italair	B8	DRG	ITALAIR	1997	2000
ItAli Airlines	FS	ACL	ITALI	2004	2011	Previously TAI-Trasporti Aerei Italiani
Italjet	QJ	ITJ	ITALJET	1990	1992
Italy First	IF	IFS	RIVIERA	1999	2006
Itavia-Società di Navigazione Aerea Itavia	IH	IHS	ITAVIA	1958	1980
J
K
K-Air		FXR		2009	2018	Previously Foxair
L
LAI-Linee Aeree Italiane				1947	1957	Merged with Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali to form Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane
LAS-Linee Aeree Siciliane				1989		Virtual airline operating with Unifly Express aircraft
LATI				1939	1941	Flights discontinued in 1941, but company existed until 1956
Lauda Air Italy	L4	LDI	LAUDA ITALY	1993	2005	Transferred operations and fleet to Livingston Energy Flight
Livingston Compagnia Aerea-New Livingston SpA	JN	NLV	SEAGULL	2012	2014	New Livingston brand
Livingston Energy Flight-Livingston SpA	LM	LVG	LIVINGSTON	2003	2010
Lufthansa Italia	LU	LIT	LUFTHANSA	2009	2011
M
Med Airlines	M8	MDS	MIZAR	1997	2001
Mediteravia-Mediterranea SpA				1959	1961	Operated a single Vickers Viking
1st Meridiana (1991-2010)	IG	ISS	MERIDIANA	1991	2018	Previously Alisarda Renamed 1st Air Italy
2nd Meridiana (2013-2018)	IG	ISS		2013	2018	Rebranded Air Italy (2018-2020)
Meridiana Fly	IG	ISS		2010	2018	Trading name of Meridiana (1991-2010) and Eurofly Merged with Air Italy (2005-2018) to form 2nd Meridiana (2013-2018)
Milair	2Q			1990	1992	Operated Yakovlev Yak-40, Yakovlev Yak-42. Renamed Alistar
Minerva Airlines	N4	MTC	AIR MINERVA	1996	2003
MiniLiner		MNL	MINILINER	1982	2015
Mistral Air	M4	MSA	AIRMERCI	1984	2019	Renamed Poste Air Cargo
MyAir-My Way Airlines	8I	MYW	FRANKY	2004	2009
MyJet				2015	2016	Bought by Blink
N
National Jet Italia				2000	2001	Operated B.737 and BAe.146 leased from British Airways
Noman	U4	NOM	NOMAN	1994	1997	Fortune Aviation subsidiary Operations transferred to AirOne
O
Ocean Airlines	VC	VCX	OCEAN CARGO	2004	2007
P
Panair	P2	PIT	PANAIRFLY	2001	2003	Previously Panair International
Posta Aerea Transadriatica				1918	1919
PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani	E3	EGS	EAGLES	2011	2011	Previously Eagles Airlines
S
Sagittair	SG	SGT		1990	1991	Previously Aerotaxi Sud
Salpanavi-Società di Navigazione Aerea				1947	1948	Merged operations into Aerea Teseo
1st SAM-Società Aerea Mediterranea		MQ		1928	1939	Merged to form Ala Littoria
2nd SAM-Società Aerea Mediterranea		MQ		1961	1977	Alitalia charter subsidiary
Samanta		CDF	SAMANTA
SANA-Società Anonima Navigazione Aerea				1926	1934	Merged to form Ala Littoria
Sardairline		SAP	SARDAIR	1994	2000
SATT-Società Avio Trasporti Torino				1962	1968	Charters, mainly cargo
SAV-Società Aerea Veneziana				1969	1972	Not operational Assets sold to Aeropa
Serib Wings	IF	ISW	SERIB	1988	1996	Operated Swearingen Metroliner
Si Fly	S6	KWY	SIFLY	1999	2001
1st SISA-Società Italiana Servizi Aerei				1923	1934	Merged to form Ala Littoria
2nd SISA-Società Italiana Servizi Aerei				1947	1948	Merger operations into Avio Linee Italiane and later into A.L.I.-Flotte Riunite
SixCargo	6P	ISG		2001	2004	Renamed Fly Wex
SkyBridge Airops		KYB		2005	2014	Operated Embraer Brasilia
SmartLynx Italia	6Y	ART		2009	2010	SmartLynx Airlines subsidiary
Sunline				1993	1994
T
TAI-Transporti Aerei Italiani				2003	2004	Previously Air Columbia Renamed ItAli Airlines
TAS Airways	TJ	TTS		1987	1994	Trading name of Trasporti Aerei Speciali airline-type operations
TEA Italia				1990	1995	Associated with TEA Trans European Airways
1st Transadriatica-Società Anonima di Navigazione Aerea Transadriatica				1926	1931	Merged into Società Aerea Mediterranea
2nd Transadriatica-Società Transadriatica di Navigazione Aerea p.A.				1947	1949	Merged to form A.L.I.-Flotte Riunite
Transavia				1961	1962	Specialised in the transport of newspapers in Italy
Transavio	TD	TVO	TRANS-BALLERIO	1981	1995	Mainly scheduled passenger summer service to Elba Island
Turavia Linee Aeree Turistiche				1971	1971	Briefly operated Fokker F28
U
Unifly (Unifly Express)				1976	1987	Operated Fokker F28 on charter flights
Unifly Express	IP	BJA	UNIFLY	1988	1990	Previously Antares Airlines
V
Victoria Airlines				1998	1998	Operated Airbus A320 with third party AOC
VIP-Air		VIT	VIPAIR	1967	1990	Aero-taxi company Operated a regional route 1981-1982
Volare and Volareweb.com	VA	VLE	REVOLA	1998	2015	Reformed in 2006 as Volare SpA In 2009 merged operations into Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana In 2015 merged operations into Alitalia - Società Aerea Italiana
VoliRegionali				2005	2005
W
Wind Jet	IV	JET	GHIBLI	2003	2012
Y
Yes Air				2005	2005	Briefly operated a leased ATR 42

01Further informations

In 1997 the Italian aviation monthly JP4 also listed these companies (years 1972-2007):

1 - project or proposal only: 4Air, Adria, Aer Tuscia (or Air Tuscia), Agent Air, Air Corse Italy, Air Freedom, Air Piemont, Ali Adria (renamed SAT-Società Aerea Triveneta), Ali del Sole, Ali Liguria, Alisicilia, Assofly, Aviosud, Brixia, Cargo Airways, CAT-Compagnia Aerea Triveneta, EAS Italia, Emilia Romagna, Fly Connection, G7, Galileo Airways, Italianwings, LTI, Mediterranea, Meridiana Express, Milair, Partnair, Ocean Airlines (1998), Phoenix, Puglia Air, Solair, Southwest Express, Transeuropa,Urbe Airlines, Wing

2 - established but never operational (dates): Air Blu (2002-2006), Alicalabria (2002), Antares (1976), ArtAir (2000), Avialpi (1972), Blue Line (2001-2002), Par Avion (1994), SATEL (1980-1982), SAV-Società Aerea Veneta (1972, Aeropa from 1973), Sicilian Airways (1980), 1st Sunline (1988), TAER (1977)

3 - operated with third party AOC: Allway Airlines (2000), Blue Air (2003-2004), Free Airways (2002), LAS-Linee Aeree Siciliane (1987-1989), Uniroyal International (1998-1999)

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