Si Fly

Si Fly
IATA ICAO Call sign
S6 SIFLY —
Founded1998
Commenced operations
1999
Ceased operations
2001
HubsAncona
Secondary hubsPalermo
HeadquartersPalermo
Key peopleAlberto Carrotta President
Websitewww.sifly.it

Si Fly is a defunct airline based in Italy. The company tried to establish regional connections but a bad accident caused the loss of image and a drop in traffic until its final closure.

History

siFly srl was founded on December 31, 1998, in Palermo. Its management team included some officials who had worked for Air Sicilia and Med Airlines. In February of the following year, the company was officially presented, along with its plans: a network of regional flights departing from Rome's Ciampino airport, extending to more distant Italian destinations. Its technical base was at Ancona's Raffaello Sanzio airport.[1] Flight operations began that summer with a series of charters to Tunisia, operated with a leased ATR 42 twin-engine turboprop aircraft.[2]

Scheduled flights began on October 1, 1999, coinciding with the traditional start of the winter season, to a range of destinations which included Albenga, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, and Rome (Ciampino). That same month, a second ATR 42 joined the fleet.[3] To denote the type of service, a second designation, ‘’AeroServiziRegionali’’, was added for flights to and from Lamezia Terme-Sant’Eufemia airport.

On November 12, 1999, the ATR 42, registered F-OHFV, operating for the UNO, crashed while landing in Pristina (Kosovo). The accident created a negative image that persisted throughout the following months.[4] Furthermore, the initial projects, probably a little ambitious, were not accompanied by a positive market response, and between November 2000 and January 2001, operations were gradually halted. When resumed, operations resulted significantly reduced, until they finally closed down in the following month of June.[5]

Fleet

siFly fleet consisted of three ATR 42, all of them leased at different times between 1999 and 2000. One of them, registered F-OHFV, was lost in a crash-landing at Pristina airport (Kosovo) white operating Si Fly Flight 3275 for United Nations.[6]

References

  1. ^ Iarossi, M. (1999–2000). Compagnie Aeree (in Italian). Firenze: EDAI.
  2. ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
  3. ^ Iarossi, M. (1999–2000). Compagnie Aeree (in Italian). Firenze: EDAI.
  4. ^ Iarossi, M. (1999–2000). Compagnie Aeree (in Italian). Firenze: EDAI.
  5. ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.
  6. ^ Pedde, N. (2007). Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian). Roma: GAN. ISBN 978-88-89640-06-7.

See also

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