Ocean Airlines

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Ocean Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
VCVCXOCEANCARGO
Founded2003
Ceased operations2008
Hubs Brescia Airport
Fleet size4
DestinationsHKG, PVG, ALA, VBS
Headquarters Brescia, Italy
Website http://www.oceanairlines.com/ (Apparently website not working anymore)

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]

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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:

Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Fleet

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

Ocean Airlines Historical Fleet
AircraftImageTotalIntroducedRetiredRemark
Boeing 747-200F Ocean Airlines Boeing 747-230F; I-OCEU@ZRH;08.09.2007 487dm (4305446520).jpg 420042007I-OCEA, I-OCEU
F-GCBF, F-GCBH [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-10. p. 58.
  2. "Ocean suspends ops". Air Cargo News.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Ocean Airlines Fleet". Planespotters. Retrieved 25 July 2019.