Link Air Express

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Link Air Express
IATA ICAO Callsign
6MLKXMUTTLEY
Founded2006
Ceased operations2008
Hubs Linate Airport
Headquarters Milan, Italy

Link Air Express was a cargo airline based in Peschiera Borromeo, Milan, Italy. It is an all-cargo airline operating domestic scheduled services. Its main base is Linate Airport, Milan. [1]

Cargo airline airline primarily involved in transport of air freight as opposed to passenger services

Cargo airlines are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.

Peschiera Borromeo Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Peschiera Borromeo is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on August 6, 1988.

Milan Italian city

Milan is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,395,274 while its metropolitan city has a population of 3,259,835. Its continuously built-up urban area has a population estimated to be about 5,270,000 over 1,891 square kilometres. The wider Milan metropolitan area, known as Greater Milan, is a polycentric metropolitan region that extends over central Lombardy and eastern Piedmont and which counts an estimated total population of 7.5 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and the 54th largest in the world. Milan served as capital of the Western Roman Empire from 286 to 402 and the Duchy of Milan during the medieval period and early modern age.

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History

The airline started operations in April 2006 and has 10 employees (at March 2007). [1]

Destinations

Link Air Express operates services to the following destinations (at June 2007): [2]

Fleet

The Link Air Express included the following aircraft at March 2007: [1]

The first two ATR 42 aircraft were with the airline from 3 April 2006 and a third ATR 42 was expected in June 2006.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-03. p. 106.
  2. "Link Air Express timetable". Link Air Express website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-08.