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Itavia was an Italian airline founded in 1958. During the 1960s it became one of the main private airlines of Italy, until its collapse in the early 1980s, following the destruction of Flight 870, also known as the Ustica disaster. Itavia was headquartered in Rome.[1]

Aerolinee Itavia

IATA ICAO Callsign IH IHS ITAVIA
Founded	1958
Ceased operations	1981
Headquarters	Rome, Italy

History

The airline was formed under the name of Società di Navigazione Aerea Itavia in 1958 and started domestic services a year later using de Havilland Dove and de Havilland DH.114 Heron aircraft. Operations were suspended in 1961, but resumed in 1962 under the name Aerolinee Itavia. The Herons were replaced in 1963 with the larger Handley Page Dart Herald, a pressurised turboprop liner. The Heralds remained in service until 1973.

Operations ceased again in 1965 and recommenced again in 1969 using Fokker F28 twin-jet airliners. In 1971 the Douglas DC-9-15 entered service. Other DC-9 versions operated were the Douglas DC-9-21, Douglas DC-9-31, Douglas DC-9-33 and Douglas DC-9-51. A total of 14 F28s and 11 DC-9s were used throughout its history.[2]

Itavia operated a domestic network, which was again suspended in late 1980. Eventually, the airline was replaced by Aermediterranea, a subsidiary of Alitalia and ATI, in 1981.

Fleet

Various aircraft types were operated by Itavia over the years:[3]

Itavia Historical Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Refs
Cessna 402B Utiliner	1	1967	1983	[4][5]
Dassault Falcon 20	1	1977	1978	[6]
de Havilland DH.104 Dove	1	1959	1960	[7][8]
de Havilland DH.114 Heron	7	1959	1964	[9][10]
Douglas C-47A Skytrain	2	1961	1962	[11][12]
Douglas C-47B Skytrain	2	1961	1963	[13][12]
Fokker F.28 Mk 1000 Fellowship	14	1969	1984	[14][15]
Handley Page HPR-7 Dart Herald	5	1963	1973	[16][17]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15	5	1971	1983	[18][19]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21	1	1980	1980	[20][19]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30	4	1972	1981	[21][19]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51	1	1976	1977	[21][19]
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	1	1983	1983	[22]
Sud Aviation Caravelle VI-R	1	1975	1975	[23][24]

Incidents and accidents

• On October 14, 1960, a De Havilland 114 Heron 2, registered as I-AOMU departed from Rome to Genoa, and crashed on mountain (Monte Capanne), in the Elba's Isle. All 11 passengers and crew on board died.
• On March 30, 1963, a DC-3, registered as I-TAVI departed from Pescara to Rome, and crashed on Monte Serra Alta, a mountain nearby Sora. All 8 passengers and crew on board died.
• On January 1, 1974, a Fokker F28, registered as I-TIDE departed from Bologna to Turin, and crashed on approach to Turin Airport. 38 of the 42 people on board died.
• On June 27, 1980, Itavia Flight 870, a Douglas DC-9-15 flying from Bologna to Palermo crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea for reasons unclear, killing all 81 people on board. An explosion caused either by a bomb on board or an air-to-air missile is considered the most likely explanation.

References

• Hengi, B.I. (2000). Vergangen, Vergessen, Vorbei [Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour]. Neil Lewis, translator. Leicester, England: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-091-3.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Itavia.

• Itavia entry at Rzjets

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[de] Aerolinee Itavia

Aerolinee Itavia war eine italienische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Rom.

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[fr] Itavia

Aerolinee Itavia, plus connue comme Itavia, est une compagnie aérienne italienne, fondée en 1958 sous le nom de Air Navigation Company Itavia, et qui a cessé ses activités en 1980, à la suite de la tragédie d'Ustica dans laquelle un de ses DC-9 a été descendu en vol par un missile près de l'île d'Ustica en mer Tyrrhénienne.

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[it] Itavia

L'Itavia (Aerolinee Itavia S.p.a.) è stata una compagnia aerea italiana fondata nel 1958 e operativa fino al 1981, quando fu posta dapprima in amministrazione straordinaria con un decreto ministeriale del 31 luglio 1981 e successivamente in liquidazione dal 1983[1]. Da quel momento ha cessato di possedere sede, mezzi o personale. Per ragioni di contenzioso, però, la società ha continuato formalmente a esistere, venendo successivamente posta nuovamente in amministrazione straordinaria nel 2019[2][3], in attesa della definizione delle diverse cause in corso. Il suo marchio (la scritta Itavia in caratteri stampatello maiuscoli, sovrastata dalla scritta aerolinee e dalla forma stilizzata di un'ala) non è più stato utilizzato nel settore del trasporto aereo passeggeri.

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