Alinord
Italian airline
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Alinord is a small domestic charter airline based in Italy which also operated some scheduled routes for a short time before closing in 1990.
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| Founded | 1980 (as CADABO) |
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Commenced operations | 1980 (as CADABO), 1986 as Alinord |
Ceased operations | June 1990 |
| Hubs | Rome, Milan |
| Fleet size | 3 |
| Parent company | Unifly Express from January 1990 |
| Headquarters | Milan |
History
Previously known as CADABO, an acronym of the surnames of the founding pilots who took over a Yak 40 formerly owned by Avioligure and founded the company in Milan in 1980. After operating only charter flights, in July 1983 it managed to inaugurate the Bergamo-Rome Ciampino route and then the Perugia-Parma route. In 1985, it received a 300 million lire contribution from the Bastogi-Acqua Pia Marcia Group.[1]
In 1986, it changed its name to the more appropriate Alinord and established operational bases at Milan Linate and Rome Ciampino airports. In 1989, the scheduled Milan-Perugia and Taranto Bergamo-Rome Ciampino-Taranto routes were established, but overall traffic performance was below expectations. Charter flights and third-party flights continued.[2] In January 1990, the company was sold to Unifly Express, which had the intention of entrusting operation of secondary routes.[3] However, all flight activities ceased in June 1990.[4]
Fleet
Cadabo and Alinord fleets[5] consisted of the following aircraft:
- 2 x Fokker F28 leased by Alinord
- 2 x Yak-40 both transferred to Alinord for a short while
