Air One was introduced as Aliadriatica established in 1983 and used to operate back then as a flying school and providing air-taxi services and later took to regional scheduled services. It acquired its first Boeing 737-200 in June 1994 and started scheduled and charter operations. The new name Air One was adopted on 23rd November 1995 and it began operating scheduled flights between Rome and Milan. On its first full year of operations in 1996 713,000 passengers were carried as the airline expanded rapidly. The airline in 2000 announced a partnership with Lufthansa and almost all Air One flights are code-shared with Lufthansa. In 2003 Air One carried 4,951,774 passengers which was an increase of 21.8% over 2002. 99% of the airline is owned by by Gruppo Toto.
The Air One domestic destinations are, Albenga, Alghero, Bari, Bologna, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Cuneo, Florence, Genoa, Lamezia Terme, Lampedusa, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Pantelleria, Pescara, Pisa, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Trapani, Trieste, Turin and Venice. The airline in January 2006 the airline signed a contract with Airbus for 30 Airbus A320s and 60 options.
The airline has received three Avro RJ70 aircraft wet leased from Transwede Airways by December 2006 and January 2007. Air One announced the conversion of 10 Airbus A320 options in February 2007 into firm orders. The airline in May 2007 the airline announced the conversion of options and purchase rights for 50 Airbus A320s into firm orders. Air One expects by 2012 to operate flights to 35 destinations in Europe, rather than 9. Know more about Air One as Flightstoromeitaly.com offers information about the domestic flights operating in Rome.
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