Cargoitalia S.p.A. was a cargo airline with its head office in the Avioport Logistics Park in Lonate Pozzolo, Province of Varese, Italy, near Milan. The airline had its registered office in Milan."Contacts." Cargoitalia. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Headquarter & Milan Office – Avioport Logistics Park Via del Gregge 100, 21015 Lonate Pozzolo (VA)" and "Registered Office Via Wittgens 3, 20123 Milano – Italy " It operated all-cargo scheduled and charter services from Italy to the Middle East, the Far East and North America. Its main base was Malpensa Airport.
History The airline was established in 2005 and is the first cargo airline to operate from Italy with private Italian capital.
As of December 2008, Alis Aerolinee Italiane has acquired Cargoitalia to get the air operator certificate of the financially struggling cargo carrier. The AOC is a prerequisite for its bid for the cargo division of Alitalia that CAI is not interested in. Cargoitalia has since replaced its operations with its single DC-10-30F freighter and has laid off the majority of its staff.
In May 2009, the airline restarted operations with a single McDonnell Douglas MD-11F.
On 21 December 2011, the airline ceased operations again.
Destinations Cargoitalia connected the following destinations at July 2011:Destinations
Shanghai - Pudong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport
Krasnoyarsk - Yemelyanovo Airport
Dubai - Dubai International Airport Sharjah - Sharjah International Airport
Chicago - O'Hare International Airport New York City - John F. Kennedy International Airport
Fleet The Cargoitalia fleet included the following aircraft (as of July 2011):Fleet
+ Cargoitalia Historical Fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Remark McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30AF 1 2006 2011 I-CGIA McDonnell Douglas MD-11F 3 2009 2012 EI-EMS EI-UPE EI-UPIon lease
See also List of defunct airlines of Italy
References
Further reading N. Pedde, Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian language), "Landra Helicus", GAN, Roma, 2007,
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