Air Dolomiti
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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Focus cities | Munich Airport | |||
| Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | |||
| Airport lounge | Senator Lounge | |||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |||
| Fleet size | 16 | |||
| Destinations | 20 in 3 countries | |||
| Parent company | Lufthansa | |||
| Headquarters | Villafranca di Verona, Italy | |||
| Website | http://www.airdolomiti.it/ | |||
Air Dolomiti S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee is an Italian regional airline with its head office in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, Italy.[1] It is a partner of Lufthansa Regional linking 13 Italian destinations to the Lufthansa secondary hub Munich, as well as operating a few other flights in Italy and Germany. Its main base is at Munich Airport.[2]
Air Dolomiti operates from 17 airports of which 14 are in Italy. The others are Frankfurt, Munich, and Vienna. Of the 15 routes currently operated 12 are to and from Munich. These account for the majority of the airline’s capacity.[3]
The airline's name derives from the section of the Alps known as The Dolomites.
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[edit] History
Air Dolomiti was established in January 1989 by the Leali Steel Group. It started regional operations in January 1991 with a Trieste-Genoa route and in 1992 started international services with flights from Verona to Munich. After several years of co-operation, Lufthansa acquired a 26% stake in January 1999 and increased it to 52% in April 2003 and 100% in July 2003.[2] Since then Air Dolomiti has been controlled by Lufthansa as a member of Lufthansa Regional, a strategic cooperation between five regional European airlines (Air Dolomiti, Augsburg Airways, Contact Air, Eurowings and Lufthansa CityLine).
The airline employs some 552 people (at March 2007)[2] and although most Lufthansa regional subsidiaries operate under their parent's name and colours, Air Dolomiti retains its own identity.
At one time the airline's registered office was in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, while the airline's executive headquarters were in Ronchi dei Legionari.[4]
Lufthansa, stated on 26 January 2011 that the CEO of Air Dolomiti, Michael Kraus, would be estabilished as CEO of Lufthansa Italia as of 28 March 2011, putting him at the head of Lufthansa's entire Italy division.[5]
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Fleet
All of Air Dolomiti's aircraft are named after titles of famous Italian operas as a tribute to the city of Verona and its famous ancient theatre, the "Arena di Verona".[6] As of May 2011, the fleet consists of following aircraft:[7]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Embraer E-195 |
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| Total | 16 | 0 |
In May 2011, Air Dolomiti's average fleet age was 7.4 years.[9]
[edit] Accidents and incidents
- On November 7, 1999 Air Dolomiti Flight 2708, a Fokker 100, wet-leased from Alpi Eagles (registration I-ALPL, c/n 11250), flying from Venice Marco Polo Airport, Italy, with 44 on board suffered maingear failure while approaching Barcelona International Airport, Spain - it landed safely on a foam carpet.[10]
- On August 24, 2008, an Air Dolomiti ATR 72 (registration I-ADLM, c/n 543), operating flight LH3990 from Munich, Germany, to Bologna, Italy, abandoned take off after the pilot announced a smoke alarm. The airline treated the plane's evacuation as a mild incident. But on August 26, an amateur video, filmed by a bystander, was circulating to great interest on television and the Internet. The footage shows tense moments of some 60 passengers jumping from and fleeing the burning plane before fire department workers extinguish the flames.[11]
- On October 3, 2011 the crew of an Air Dolomiti ATR 72-500 noted a problem with the left hand engine prompting them to shut it down. The crew decided to return to Florence Airport for a safe landing about 10 minutes after departure. The ANSV (Italian Flight Safety Agency) declared to open an investigation in order to clear the cause of the incident.[12]
[edit] External links
Media related to Air Dolomiti at Wikimedia Commons- Air Dolomiti
- Air Dolomiti (German)
- Air Dolomiti (Italian)
- Air Dolomiti Fleet
Media related to [edit] References
- ^ "Air Dolomiti addresses." Air Dolomiti. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "Registered Headquaters: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Paolo Bembo, 70 37062 Frazione di Dossobuono - Villafranca di Verona - Italy."
- ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 56. 2007-03-27.
- ^ "Lufthansa-owned Air Dolomiti focused on feeding MUC hub; new Malpensa base planned for 2009". anna.aero. 5 September 2008. http://www.anna.aero/2008/09/05/lufthansa-owned-air-dolomiti-focused-on-feeding-muc-hub/.
- ^ "Office addresses." Air Dolomiti. 7 March 2008. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "Registered Headquaters: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Paolo Bembo, 70 37062 Dossobuono di Villafranca (VR) - Italy" "Executive Headquaters [sic]: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Senatore Antonio Tambarin, 34 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari (GO) - Italy"
- ^ "Lufthansa restructures passenger business organisation". http://presse.lufthansa.com/en/news-releases/singleview/archive/2011/january/26/article/1864.html. Retrieved 1-feb-2011.
- ^ Fleet of Air Dolomiti on Air Dolomiti's homepage
- ^ Fleet of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net
- ^ Aviaport digiest
- ^ Fleet age of Air Dolomiti on www.airfleets.net
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 I-ALPL Barcelona Airport (BCN)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991107-0. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ Amateur films flaming plane at Munich airport
- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=138915
