Alidaunia

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Alidaunia Servizio Helibus is an aviation company based in Foggia, Italy. It operates scheduled passenger services, air ambulance, air taxi/charter, offshore, aircraft maintenance and aerial work services. Its main base is Gino Lisa Airport, Foggia^[1].

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Destinations 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 references

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: D4
• ICAO Code: LID
• Callsign: Alida^[2].

[edit] History

Alidaunia was established in March 1976 and in 1978 was licensed for film and photographic work. In 1984 it received a licence for public transport. With government support in 1985 it started scheduled services from Foggia to the Tremiti Islands^[1]. In 1992 and 1993 it operated on the Foggia to Milan (Malpensa) route and from 1993 to 1995 on the Foggia to Parma route using a Mitsubishi MU 300 aircraft on both routes.

The airline is owned by Roberto Pucillo (general Manager)(55%), Roberto Manzo Rocco (20%), Paulo Giangrossi (15%), Michele Perrieone (5%)^[1].

[edit] Destinations

Alidaunia operates the following services (at December 2006):^{[citation needed]}

Foggia to Isole Tremiti (using helicopters).

[edit] Fleet

The Alidaunia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at March 2007)^[1] :

• 4 Agusta A109
• 1 Sikorsky S-76A
• 1 Eurocopter BK 117 C1

• On order: 2 AgustaWestland AW139

[edit] External links

• Alidaunia

[edit] references

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Flight International 27 March 2007
2. ^ Airline Codes retrieved 9 April 2007