Air One is an Italian scheduled and charter airline. It mainly operates domestic flights but also has some international destinations. Air One is a partner of Lufthansa. With around 40 aircraft more than 30 destinations are served.
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Air One traces its origins back to Aliadriatica, a light aircraft training school, established in 1983, and based in the city of Pescara, on the Adriatic coast of Italy.
In 1988, Aliadriatica became part of the Toto Group, a major Italian civil engineering firm and general contractor.
With the acquisition of a first Boeing 737 in June 1994, Aliadriatica began to operate both scheduled and charter operations over medium range routes. This was the first step towards the the foundation of today’s airline.
On April 27, 1995, Aliadriatica started scheduled services between Milano and Brindisi, Reggio Calabria and Lamezia Terme.
On November 23, 1995, the new Air One identity was unveiled, as the company inaugurated service on the Milan-Rome trunk route, bringing competition to Europe's fifth densest route for the first time.
Customer response was enthusiastic, with over 30,000 passengers carried in the first five weeks. In 1996, the first full year of operations, the total climbed to 713,000 passengers, with rapid growth in terms of fleet, network and staff.
A commercial partnership with Lufthansa, including code-sharing and Miles & More membership, was started in 2000.
In July 2002, Air One and Air Littoral entered a code-sharing partnership on routes between France and Italy and connecting domestic flights.
In September 2003, Aegean Airlines, the leading Greek private airline, began code-sharing with Air One. The Italian airline applies its code on the Aegean Rome-Athens flight and the Greek carrier applies its code to Air One domestic flights to and from Rome in connection with the Athens flight.
In 2006, Air One carried a total of 6.3 million passengers to more than 30 destinations in Italy and Europe. The airline owns around 40 aircraft with an average age of 11.6 years in 2004. The existing Boeing 737 fleet is to be replaced by Airbus A320s. There are also plans to lease two Airbus A340s to start long-haul flights in the near future.
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