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Eurofly was a privately owned airline based in Milan, Italy.[1] Listed on MTA Stock Exchange and controlled by Meridiana, it was Italy's leading carrier in the leisure flights market and mainly operated international, medium to long haul, point-to-point flights.

Eurofly

IATA ICAO Callsign GJ EEZ E-FLY
Founded	26 May 1989
Ceased operations	28 February 2010 (merged with Meridiana to create Meridiana fly)
Operating bases	Guglielmo Marconi Airport Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport Malpensa Airport
Fleet size	41
Destinations	41 (combined figure for Meridiana and Eurofly)
Headquarters	Milan, Italy
Website	eurofly.it/EN/index.asp

The medium-haul activity was centered mainly on operations to Egypt and the Red Sea Riviera, Spain and Greece. The long haul included some of Italians’ preferred tropical destinations like the Maldives and Sri Lanka or Africa. Furthermore, during the summer season, Eurofly operated non-stop scheduled flights to New York City, exploiting the reverse seasonality of if compared to tropical destinations and focusing on incoming traffic to Italy. The company slogan was The Italian [air]way of life.

In 2010, the airline merged with Meridiana to form Meridiana Fly (but returned to its name Meridiana after merging with Air Italy).

History

The airline was established on 26 May 1989 with the aim of selling medium-haul flights to tour operators. Eurofly started its operations on 26 February 1990. It was set up with a 45% shareholding by Alitalia in response to the needs of the flag carrier to develop the leisure travel market. The original shareholding was divided between Alitalia (45%), Olivetti (45%) and San Paolo Finance (10%). There have been several changes of ownership since.[2]

In January 2004, Eurofly was acquired by Profilo Spinnkaer Private Equity Fund, managed by Sandro Capotosti (CEO and Founder of Banca Prolilo) and Paolo G. Alberoni. The Fund listed Eurofly on the Milan Stock Exhange in December 2005 [3] At the end of 2006, Spinnaker sold the residual 29,95% stake in Eurofly to Meridiana and Mr Giovanni Rossi (CEO of Meridiana) took over the CEO position in Eurofly.

In January 2008, two capital increases took place and Meridiana participation in Eurofly's capital grew to 46.1%.

On 28 February 2010, Meridiana and Eurofly merged to create Italy's second-biggest airline. The new airline is called Meridiana fly (Later Replaced & Return To Meridiana former name after the Merge Of Air Italy). For now, both airlines aircraft will continue to carry their individual logos. However, Eurofly's GJ code will immediately disappear and be replaced by Meridiana's IG code.[4]

By 2013 & 2014, all of the Eurofly Airbus fleet that was merged with Meridiana to create Meridiana Fly (later to return to its former name Meridiana after merging with Air Italy) were by Boeing aircraft to pursue the aim of operating an all Boeing fleet together with Air Italy. All Airbus aircraft Eurofly formerly owned are currently still flying under its new owners.[5]

Destinations

Before eurofly was acquired by Meridiana, the airline had 2 codeshare agreements which are with Air One and British Airways.[6]

Fleet

The Eurofly fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of February 2010). As of 4 July 2009, the average age of the Eurofly fleet was 6.8 years.[7]

Eurofly Historical Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Remark
Airbus A319-115(LR)	1	2006	2007	I-ECJA on lease[8]
Airbus A320-214	16	2001	2010	on lease[9]
Airbus A330-200	5	2002	2010	on lease[8]
Boeing 737-400	1	2000	2000	TC-AFM leased from Pegasus Airlines[8]
Boeing 767-300ER	3	1998	2003	[10]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32	2	1992	1993	I-RIFP, I-RIZW leased from Alitalia[8]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	8	1995	2005	leased or transferred from Alitalia[8]
McDonnell Douglas MD-83	5	1994	2004	on lease[8]

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Italy

References

External links

• Official website (European site)
• Official website (European site) (in Italian)
• Official website (Indian site)
• Official website (U.S. site)
• Official website (U.S. Vacations site)
• Eurofly Fleet

На других языках

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[de] Eurofly

Eurofly war eine italienische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Mailand. Sie fusionierte Anfang 2010 mit Meridiana.

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- [en] Eurofly

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[fr] Eurofly

Eurofly S.p.A. (code AITA GJ ; code OACI EEZ) était une compagnie aérienne italienne, basée à Malpensa. Fondée en 1989, elle a fusionné en 2010 avec Meridiana sous le nom de Meridiana fly.

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[it] Eurofly

Eurofly era una compagnia aerea italiana, fondata nel 1989 e specializzata nei voli di linea per il tempo libero (no affari), ovvero le tradizionali destinazioni vacanza del mercato sia italiano che straniero. Oltre a servire il mercato dei maggiori operatori turistici Italiani, dal 2004 Eurofly si era posizionata anche sul mercato di attrazione per la destinazione Italia, con il progetto "New York - province italiane", con voli di linea programmati ogni estate da New York per gli aeroporti di Napoli e Palermo. Questo progetto prevedeva inoltre collegamenti di linea Mosca-Bologna e Mosca-Napoli.

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[ru] Eurofly

Eurofly — бывшая частная авиакомпания Италии со штаб-квартирой в городе Милан, в прошлом один из ведущих авиаперевозчиков страны на международных чартерных авиалиниях средней и дальней протяжённости[1].

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