Alidaunia

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Alidaunia
Alidaunia Logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
D4 [1] LID [2] ALIDA
Founded1976
Hubs Gino Lisa Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations3
Headquarters Foggia, Italy
Website alidaunia.it

Alidaunia S.r.L. is an Italian airline based in Foggia. It operates scheduled passenger services, air ambulance, air taxi/charter, offshore, aircraft maintenance, flying school and aerial work services. Its main base is Gino Lisa Airport, Foggia. [3]

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History

Alidaunia was established in March 1976 and in 1978 was licensed for film and photographic work. In 1984 it received a license for public transport. With government support in 1985 it started scheduled services from Foggia to the Tremiti Islands. [3] 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 Perricone (5%). [3]

Destinations

Alidaunia operates the following services using helicopters (as at September 2020): [4]

Fleet

The Alidaunia fleet consisted of the following aircraft (at July 2015): [3]

Incidents and accidents

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References

  1. "Alidaunia Airline Profile-CAPA" . Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. "Elenco delle imprese titolari di licenza di trasporto aereo". enac.gov.it. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
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