Cargoitalia

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Cargoitalia
IATA ICAO Callsign
2GCRGCARGOITALIA
Founded2005
Ceased operations21 December 2011
Hubs Malpensa Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations7
Headquarters Lonate Pozzolo, Italy
Website cargoitalia.it/
A Cargoitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11F. Cargoitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11F Simon.jpg
A Cargoitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.

Cargoitalia S.p.A. was a cargo airline with its head office in the Avioport Logistics Park in Lonate Pozzolo, Province of Varese, Italy, near Milan. The airline had its registered office in Milan. [1] It operated all-cargo scheduled and charter services from Italy to the Middle East, the Far East and North America. Its main base was Malpensa Airport. [2]

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History

The airline was established in 2005 and is the first cargo airline to operate from Italy with private Italian capital.

As of December 2008, Alis Aerolinee Italiane has acquired Cargoitalia to get the air operator certificate of the financially struggling cargo carrier. The AOC is a prerequisite for its bid for the cargo division of Alitalia that CAI is not interested in. Cargoitalia has since replaced its operations with its single DC-10-30F freighter and has laid off the majority of its staff.

In May 2009, the airline restarted operations with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.

On 21 December 2011, the airline ceased operations again.

Destinations

Cargoitalia connected the following destinations at July 2011: [3]

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Fleet

The Cargoitalia fleet included the following aircraft (as of July 2011): [4]

Cargoitalia Historical Fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredRemark
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30AF 120062011I-CGIA [5]
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 320092012EI-EMS
EI-UPE
EI-UPI
on lease [6]

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References

  1. "Contacts." Cargoitalia. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Headquarter & Milan Office – Avioport Logistics Park Via del Gregge 100, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA)" and "Registered Office Via Wittgens 3, 20123 Milano – Italy "
  2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-03. p. 61.
  3. Destinations
  4. Fleet
  5. "McDonnell Douglas DC-10 I-CGIA". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  6. "Cargoitalia Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 19 July 2019.