Air Bee

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Air Bee
IATA ICAO Callsign
BMOBEAIRBEE
Founded2007
Ceased operations28 January 2010 (bankrupt)
Hubs Brescia Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations8
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Key peoplePaolo Rubino (CEO)
Website http://www.airbee.it/

Air Bee S.p.A. was an airline based in Rome, Italy. The airline has suspended operations on 11 September 2008 but has announced plans to possibly restart operations by the end of the month without providing further details on its planned route network should operations resume. The entrepreneur Robert Clarke owns the airbee.com domain having purchased from the liquidator. The URL is currently for sale on afternic.

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On 15 December 2008, corporate meeting declared liquidation.

Destinations

Fleet

The Air Bee fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

Air Bee Historical Fleet
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredRemark
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 420082008I-DAWW, I-DAWZ,
I-DAVA, I-DAVB
returned to ItAli Airlines [1]

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References

  1. "Air Bee Fleet". Airfleet.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.