Eagles Airlines was an Italian airline founded in 2010 and headquartered in Marghera, the Venice industrial suburb, and backed by a Sicilian investment company."Contacts ." Eagles Airlines. Retrieved on 24 December 2010. "Eagles Airlines Via Banchina dei Molini, 8 30175 VENEZIA - Marghera" The hub was Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE).G. Endres (editor) & Flightglobal Data, "World Airlines 2011", Flight International weekly magazine supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutton (Surrey - U.K.), The airline made its first flight on 24 August 2010 on the Venice-Lamezia Terme route, and subsequently also launched flights to Catania, Reggio Calabria and Rome Fiumicino. The fleet was made up by a couple of Fokker 100s which sporadically operated short-medium haul charter flights as well.

On 23 May 2011 a lawsuit against the air carrier use of the Eagles name was decided in favour of Alpi Eagles (which had been declared bankrupt two years earlier), as a result of which the airline changed its name to PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani effective 27 May."AlpiEagles dichiara fallimento. Eagles Airlines costretta a cambiare nome" , Boarding Pass, 23 May 2011 "Eagles Airlines cambia nome e diventa Prima – Aero Trasporti Italiani" , Boarding Pass, 26 May 2011 G. Endres (editor) & Flightglobal Data, "World Airlines 2012", Flight International weekly magazine supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutton (Surrey - U.K.) Discouraged by this decision and faced with modest passenger traffic PRiMA halted operations on 4 November 2011.

Destinations

Italy Bergamo Bologna - Guglielmo Marconi Airport Catania - Fontanarossa Airport Crotone Forlì Lamezia Terme Naples Rome (both Ciampino and Fiumicino airports) Venice

Europe France: Nîmes, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Germany: Berlin-Tegel Greece: Athens Macedonia: Skopje Romania: Bucharest

Fleet

The PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani fleet included the following aircraft:

+ PRiMA Aero Trasporti Italiani Historical Fleet Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Remark Fokker 100 2 2011 2011 I-GIDA, I-GIDI

See also List of defunct airlines of Italy

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