- Mistral Air
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Mistral Air IATA
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AIRMERCIFounded 1981 Hubs Rome Ciampino Airport Fleet size 8 Destinations 5 Parent company Poste Italiane S.p.A. Headquarters Rome, Italy Website http://www.mistralair.it Mistral Air srl is a cargo airline based in Rome, Italy. It operates scheduled cargo services on behalf of TNT Global Express and Poste Italiane. It also undertakes flight training. Its main base is Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport, with a hub at Bologna Airport.[1]
The airline has also been contracted by the Vatican (Holy See) to fly Pilgrims to holy sites such as Lourdes, Fátima, Santiago de Compostela, Israel (Holy Land), Poland and Mexico. The first flight went from Rome to Lourdes on 27 August transporting the vicar of Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini.[2]
The airline operates charter flights between Cork(Ireland) and Verona (Italy) once a week, during Summer 2010 on behalf of Irish tour operator "Topflight".
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History
Mistral Air was established in 1981 by Bud Spencer and started operations in 1984. It was wholly owned by TNT N.V. [1] until March 2002 when TNT sold a 75% stake to Poste Italiane.
Fleet
The Mistral Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 2011)[3]:
- 3 Boeing 737-300 QC (EI-DVA, EI-DVC, EI-DUS) (Quick Change)
- 3 Boeing 737-400 (EI-ELZ, EI-DMR)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (operated by JeTran Air)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (operated by Medallion Air)
External links
- Mistral Air
- Mistral Air Fleet
- Mistral Air Boeing 737-33A(QC) at Airliners.net
- Vatican Airlines
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 51. 2007-04-10.
- ^ BBC news 27 August 2007
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14.
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