After a long period of storage at Basel, former Italiatour Airlines Avro RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300) was ferried to Southend on January 20. She had been in outside storage at Basel since the Italian airline’s collapse in September 2009. She is currently receiving attention from Inflite.
Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority, ENAC, has suspended Italiatour‘s operating licence. The airline has not operated any flights since 21 September, and its sole aircraft, RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300), has been in Basel since 27 September, reportedly for an engine change. Although Italiatour had announced that a new schedule centered on […]
Italiatour Airlines is planning to switch its hub to Genova beginning on 30 October. Flights will be operated to Barcelona (three times a week), Crotone (daily except Sunday), and Palermo (three times a week). The airline will also continue its routes from Crotone to Bologna and to Brescia (each three […]
Italiatour Airlines has cancelled all its flights following maintenance problems with its sole aircraft, Avro RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300). The emergency oxygen system was discovered not to be functioning properly following a flight from Crotone to Bologna on 21 September. The RJ85 was later ferried to the airline’s base at Brescia, […]
Italian Avro RJ operator Italiatour Airlines is modifying its network, shifting its center of gravity from Brescia to Crotone. On 18 July, the airline started a four times weekly service between Crotone and Bologna. The loss-making Brescia-Roma segement of the company’s initial Brescia-Roma-Crotone route will be dropped in early September, […]
New Italian Avro RJ operators Italiatour Airlines flew its first services on 8 April, when Avro RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300) operated flight OI111 from Brescia to Roma Fiumicino. She then continued to Crotone as OI312, arriving an hour behind schedule. The RJ85 then retraced her steps. A similar rotation was […]
New Italian Avro RJ operators Italiatour Airlines received its operating certificate from the Italian civil aviation authority, ENAC, on March 11. The airline is planning to begin flights on 1 April, using former Club Air Avro RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300). RJ70 I-FASI (msn E1260) will join her soon, from the […]
The first former Club Air Avro RJ for startup Italiatour Airlines has been painted. Avro RJ85 I-CLBA (msn E2300) returned to Verona on 21 February after being painted at Köln. The company intends to begin operations shortly, initially flying from Brescia’s Montichiari Airport to Roma (Fiumicino), Napoli, and Catania. Catullo […]
Catullo spa, which manages Brescia’s Montichiari Airport, has announced that it will provide EUR1.6 million to Italiatour Airlines to support operations from the airport. Brescia was left without scheduled services when McDonnell Douglas MD-80 operator Air Bee suspended operations in September. Italiatour is being established by the Soglia Group and […]
Italian Avro RJ operator Club Air, grounded since late May, will be reborn as Italiatour Airlines. The airline is being acquired by Gruppo Soglia, which has important tourism interests. Plans call for Club Air’s two Avro RJs to be redeployed to Salerno airport, to operate flights in support of the […]
