Meridiana
Meridiana Fly S.p.A., operating as Meridiana (formerly named Meridiana S.p.A.), was a privately owned Italian airline headquartered in Olbia with its main base at Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. It operated scheduled and charter flights to domestic, European and intercontinental destinations from several Italian bases. Some of its operations were carried out by the old Air Italy under the Meridiana brand. It was owned by Qatar Airways through AQA Holding (49%) and Alisarda S.p.A. (51%), who rebranded the airline as the new Air Italy effective 1 March 2018.
Key facts
- Airline.airline
- Meridiana
- Airline.fleet_size
- 11
- Airline.hubs
- Malpensa Airport (Milan)
- Airline.focus_cities
- Naples International Airport Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Verona Villafranca Airport
- Airline.destinations
- 66
- Airline.IATA
- IG
- Airline.ICAO
- ISS
- Airline.callsign
- MERIDIANA
- Airline.parent
- AQA Holding
- Airline.ceased
- (reorganized into a new Air Italy)
- Airline.headquarters
- Olbia, Sassari, Italy
- Airline.subsidiaries
- Air Italy (2005–2018) Meridiana Maintenance Wokita
Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Early years
- Merger with Eurofly to create Meridiana fly
- Meridiana's acquisition of Air Italy
- Redevelopment into the new Meridiana
- Meridiana ownership under AQA Holding
- Corporate affairs
- Head Offices
- AQA Holding
- Subsidiaries
- Destinations
- Codeshare agreements
- Fleet
- Current fleet
- Fleet development
- Historical fleet
- See also
- References
- External links
Meridiana Fly S.p.A., operating as Meridiana (formerly named Meridiana S.p.A.), was a privately owned Italian airline headquartered in Olbia with its main base at Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport. It operated scheduled and charter flights to domestic, European and intercontinental destinations from several Italian bases. Some of its operations were carried out by the old Air Italy under the Meridiana brand. It was owned by Qatar Airways through AQA Holding (49%) and Alisarda S.p.A. (51%), who rebranded the airline as the new Air Italy effective 1 March 2018.
==History== ===Early years=== The company was set up with the name of Alisarda on 29 March 1963 by Aga Khan Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī with the aim of promoting tourism in Sardinia. Scheduled flights commenced in 1964.