Eurofly

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Eurofly is an airline based in Milan in Italy. It operates scheduled services and inclusive tour charters from most Italian cities to destinations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the United States. This airline is based in Malpensa Airport, but it has others bases like Rome, Verona and Venice.

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Destinations 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code data

• IATA Code: GJ
• ICAO Code: EEZ
• Callsign: Geejay ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established on 26 May 1989 and started operations on 26 February 1990. It was set up with a 45% shareholding by Alitalia in response to the needs of the flag carrier to develop the leisure travel market. Long-haul operations started in 1998 and in 2000 Alitalia acquired full control. In 2003 the company was privatised with 80% being sold to the Banca Profilo Spinnaker fund, which bought the remaining shares in July 2004. In the same year Eurofly set-up a base in Sharm el Sheikh with two Airbus A320-200s operating charter flights between there and several airports in Italy.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

A seasonal three times weekly A330-200 service from Bologna, Naples and Palermo to New York (JFK) started in February 2005. A seasonal daily A319-100LR service from Milan (Malpensa) to New York (JFK) began in June 2005.

Direct flights between Pescara and New York are to be introduced from May 2007, but will operate with a stop in Bologna, due to the short runway at Pescara ^[2] They also fly to Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India

[edit] Fleet

The Eurofly fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[3] :

• 1 A319-100CJ
• 8 A320-200
• 4 A330-200

Aircraft orders:

• 1 A330-200
• 3 A350-800 (on order, for delivery in 2013 and 2014)

[edit] External links

• Eurofly (Italian site)
• Eurofly (U.S. site)
• Eurofly Fleet

[edit] References