Sky Alps S.r.l.,skyalps.com - Privacy retrieved 13 March 2025 branded as skyalps, is an Italian regional airline which operates flights at Bolzano Airport, in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, with an all De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 fleet. The airline is a subsidiary of Fri-El Green Power, an Italian company focusing on renewable energy.
History The airline was founded by South Tyrolean entrepreneur Josef Gostner, who was part of ABD Holdings, a company that purchased Bolzano Airport from the South Tyrol government in 2019. The airline originally intended to commence operations in May 2020 with one daily flight between Bolzano and Rome, along with further connections to Vienna and Munich afterwards and charter flights to southern Italy during the summer season. Gostner also had plans to lengthen the runway at Bolzano Airport by to allow larger aircraft to operate at the airport. However, it delayed the start of operations to June 2021 due to the impact of border closures associated with COVID-19.
The airline operated its first flights on 17 June 2021 to Olbia and Ibiza. It commenced twice-weekly flights between Bolzano and Berlin Brandenburg Airport on 30 June. It temporarily suspended operations in late 2021 while Bolzano Airport extended its runway from to allow the handling of larger aircraft. It resumed operations on 15 December. The airline offered 13 weekly flights from Bolzano within its winter 2021 schedule.
As of December 2022, Sky Alps operated from Bolzano Airport to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and several seasonal destinations. It primarily operates leisure flights with a focus on tourists travelling to ski resorts in South Tyrol. It is the first airline to operate scheduled services from Bolzano Airport after Darwin Airline suspended its flights between Bolzano and Rome's Fiumicino Airport in 2015, although Austrian Airlines has operated charter flights from Bolzano since then. Flights were then operated by Luxwing, a Maltese charter airline.
Sky Alps and the city of Mostar have also signed an agreement which will see the Italian regional carrier base one of its Dash 8-400 turboprop aircraft at Mostar Airport from April 2025 and launch several new routes.https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/09/italys-skyalps-to-open-mostar-base-in.html
Destinations As of November 2024, Sky Alps serves the following destinations: CountryCityAirportNotesRefsAustriaLinzLinz AirportBelgiumAntwerpAntwerp International AirportBrusselsBrussels AirportBosnia and HerzegovinaMostarMostar AirportCroatiaBračBrač AirportDubrovnikDubrovnik AirportDenmarkBillundBillund AirportCopenhagenCopenhagen AirportGermanyBerlinBerlin Brandenburg AirportDüsseldorfDüsseldorf AirportHamburgHamburg AirportKasselKassel AirportItalyAnconaMarche AirportAostaAosta Valley AirportBolzanoBolzano AirportBrindisiBrindisi AirportCagliariCagliari Elmas AirportCataniaCatania-Fontanarossa AirportCrotoneCrotone AirportCuneoCuneo International AirportLamezia TermeLamezia Terme International AirportOlbiaOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportRomeLeonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino AirportVeronaVerona Villafranca AirportNetherlandsRotterdamRotterdam The Hague AirportSpainIbizaIbiza AirportPalma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSwedenGothenburgGöteborg Landvetter AirportSwitzerlandBernBern AirportZürichZürich AirportUnited KingdomLondonGatwick AirportLondon Stansted Airport
Fleet Current fleet , Sky Alps operates the following aircraft: + Sky Alps fleetAircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotesDe Havilland Canada DHC-8-40013—7678Total13—
Former fleet , Sky Alps operated 13 De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400.
Over the years, Sky Alps has operated the following aircraft types:
+ Sky Alps former fleetAircraftNumberIntroducedRetiredNotesDe Havilland DHC-8-400120242025
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