Minerva Airlines
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Commenced operations | 1996 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 25 October 2003 | ||||||
Fleet size | 10 Dornier 328 1 ATR 42 | ||||||
Headquarters | Italy |
Minerva Airlines was an airline based in Italy, which was operational from 1996 to 2003.[1]
The airline suspended operations due to bankruptcy on 25 October 2003. It had operated eight Dornier 328-110 aircraft partly under a codeshare agreement with Alitalia. In March 2004 there were reports that Minerva Airlines might resume operations using ATR 42 aircraft operating regional services on behalf of Alitalia. A further report in March also suggested that Alitalia might take over Minerva Airlines and transfer the turboprop fleet of Alitalia Express to them. In June 2004 there was a report that they planning to resume wet-lease operations on behalf of Alitalia using up to seven ATR 42-300s in the summer.[citation needed]
Fleet
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Dornier_328-110%2C_Alitalia_%28Minerva_Airlines%29_AN0155602.jpg/220px-Dornier_328-110%2C_Alitalia_%28Minerva_Airlines%29_AN0155602.jpg)
Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Remark |
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ATR 42–300 | 1 | 2002 | 2003 | I-RIMS[2] |
Dornier 328-100 | 10 | 1996 | 2006 | [2] |
Accidents and Incidents
Alitalia Flight 1553, a Dornier 328 operated by Minerva on behalf of Alitalia which overran the runway at Genoa Airport on 25 February 1999.[3]
References
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- ^ Information about Minerva Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ a b "Minerva Airlines". Planespotters. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19990225-0