Eurofly

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Eurofly
IATA
GJ		 ICAO
EEZ		 Callsign
E-FLY
Founded 26 May 1989
Fleet size 12
Destinations
Company slogan The Italian [air]way of life
Headquarters Milan, Italy
Key people
Website: [1]
Eurofly Airbus A330
Eurofly Airbus A330

Eurofly is an airline based in Milan, Italy. It operates scheduled services and inclusive tour charters from most Italian cities to destinations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Its main base is Malpensa International Airport, Milan. [1]

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[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. The original shareholding was divided between Alitalia (45%), Olivetti (45%) and San Paolo Finance (10%). There have been several changes of ownership since. [1] As of 2008, Eurofly is partly owned by Meridiana. [2]

Long-haul operations started in 1998 and in 2000, Alitalia acquired full control. In 2003 the company was privatized, 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 A320-200 aircraft operating charter flights between there and several airports in Italy.[citation needed]

In January 2008, EuroFly appeared in the news related to the civil war in Kenya. Two groups of 40 Italian tourists each (80 total) was refused boarding at Mombasa airport in Kenya, although they were in possession of regular return tickets. Eurofly claimed that this was due to the tour operator's failure to make the payment. Tourists, however, accused Eurofly of having sold their seats, at a premium price, to other travelers wanting to leave the country quickly because of the ongoing civil war (from la Repubblica, Jan 6, 2008).

[edit] Destinations

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A seasonal three times weekly A330-200 service from Bologna, Naples and Palermo to New York (JFK) and a five times weekly service from Rome both started in February 2005.

Direct flights between Pescara and New York were introduced in May 2007, but operate with a stop in Bologna, due to the short runway at Pescara. [3]

Destination from Milan:

  • Antalya
  • Antigua
  • Barcelona
  • Bodrum
  • Cagliari
  • Cairo
  • Cancun
  • Colombo
  • Copenhagen
  • Dabaa City
  • Dakar [Begins Summer 2008]
  • Djerba
  • Dubai
  • Dublin
  • El Alamein
  • Fuerteventura
  • Heraklion
  • Hurgada
  • Ibiza
  • Kos
  • La Romana
  • Lourdes
  • Luxor
  • Male
  • Marsa Alam
  • Mauritius
  • Mikonos
  • Mombasa
  • Nairobi
  • Napoli
  • Pointe-a-Pitre
  • Prishtina
  • Punta Cana
  • Rodhes
  • Samos
  • Sharm el Sheikh
  • Tallinn
  • Tel Aviv
  • Tenerife
  • Tivat
  • Valencia
  • Vilnius
  • Zanzibar

Destination from Bologna:

  • Bari (Seasonal)
  • Lamezia Terme (Seasonal)
  • Cairo
  • Hurgada
  • Male
  • Mombasa
  • Moscow-Domodedovo
  • New York-JFK
  • Sharm-El-Sheikh
  • Tenerife
  • Venice [begins 14 September]
  • Zanzibar

Destinations from Rome

  • Delhi
  • Heraklion
  • Male
  • Mauritius
  • Mikonos
  • New York-JFK
  • Sharm el Sheikh
  • Tenerife

Destinations from Naples

  • New York-JFK
  • Moscow-Domodedovo

Destinations from Venice:

  • Bologna [begins 14 September]
  • New York-JFK [begins 14 September]
  • Sharm El Sheik [Charter]
  • Turin [Charter]

[edit] Fleet

The Eurofly fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2008):

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, pp. 78-79. 
  2. ^ "Italy's Eurofly cancels outstanding A350 order", Flight International, 2008-01-08. 
  3. ^ Airliner World January 2007
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