Ocean Airlines

Bresciair
IATA
VC
ICAO
VCX
Callsign
BRESCIAMAIL
Founded 2003
Ceased operations 2008
Hubs Brescia Airport
Fleet size 4
Company slogan The new way to fly cargo
Parent company Alitalia
Headquarters Brescia, Italy
Website http://www.oceanairlines.com/

Ocean Airlines S.p.A. was a cargo airline based in Brescia, Italy. It operated cargo services to Asia. Its main base was Brescia Airport.[1]

History

The airline was established in September 2003 and started operations in November 2004. It was owned by Finrep (40%), Ined Holdings (40%) and ITAL Aviation (20%). It had 100 employees as of March 2007.[1]

Ocean Airlines suspended operations in April 2008, they had stopped flying since October 2007. [2]

Former destinations

Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:

 Angola
 China
 Hong Kong
 Italy
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Turkey
 United Arab Emirates

Fleet

Boeing 747-200F of Ocean Airlines in Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan. Tail number is I-OCEA.

The Ocean Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 2007):

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 58.
  2. "Ocean suspends ops". Air Cargo News.

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