Air One

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Air One is an independent airline based in Rome, Italy. It operates a high-frequency domestic scheduled network to about 25 destinations and international services to several cities in Europe. Regional destinations are served under the name Air One CityLiner with the brand new fleet of Canadair CRJ-900's.

Its main bases are Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, Rome, Linate Airport, Milan, and Turin International Airport, all equipped with a dedicate Air One Lounge named Sala Welcome.

Even though the official airline name is pronounced in the English way, "Airone" in Italian means heron, which is the company logo.

History

Air One began life as Aliadriatica which was established in Pescara in 1983 to operate as a flying school and provide air-taxi services and later regional scheduled services. With the acquisition of its first Boeing 737-200 in June 1994, Aliadriatica started scheduled and charter operations. On 23 November 1995, the new name Air One was adopted and the airline began operating scheduled flights between Rome and Milan. In 1996, the first full year of operations, 713,000 passengers were carried and the airline expanded rapidly. In 2000 Air One announced a partnership with Lufthansa and nearly all Air One flights are code-shared with Lufthansa.

In June 2006, Air One CityLiner was launched as a regional subsidiary; in the same year Air One carried over 6,3 millions of passengers (scheduled and charter), thus becoming the second Italian Airline in terms of passenger traffic.

Destinations

Air One operates services throughout Europe.

For a complete list of destinations (as of February 2008), see Air One Destinations.

Codeshares

Air One codeshares with the following airlines:

Fleet

The Air One fleet will include the following aircraft effective February 2008:

Air One Fleet
Aircraft	Total	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A320-200	13 (60 orders)	159 (12/147)	Replacing: Boeing 737
Airbus A330-200	2 (8 in order)	293 (30/263)	Entry into service: 2008
ATR 42-300	1	42	operated by White Eagle Aviation
Avro RJ70	1	70	operated by Transwede Airways
Boeing 737-300	6	148	Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320
Boeing 737-400	21	162	Replacement aircraft: Airbus A320
Canadair CRJ-900ER	10	90 (6/84)

In January 2006 the airline signed a contract with Airbus for 30 Airbus A320s and 60 options, reportedly worth $1.8 billion at list prices, to replace the carrier's leased fleet of Boeing 737-400s.
In May 2006, it has placed an order for 6 Canadair CRJ-900 along with options on a further 4 aircraft.
The airline has received the first of three Avro RJ70 aircraft wet leased from Transwede Airways.
White Eagle Aviation, of Poland, acquired a single ATR 42 on lease and placed it into service on a long-term Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) contract with Air One flying domestic Italian passenger routes.
In February 2007 Air One announced the conversion of 10 Airbus A320 options into firm orders, bringing its total order for the type to 40 firm, as well as 25 options and 25 purchase rights.
In May 2007 the airline announced the conversion of options and purchase rights for 50 Airbus A320s into firm orders, bringing its commitment to the type to 90 aircraft. By 2012 Air One expects to operate flights to 35 destinations in Europe, rather than 9 currently.

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