Fiorenza de Bernardi, first female commercial pilot from Italy, in the cockpit of an Aertirrena Yakovlev Yak-40 (I-JAKA)
Aertirrena was founded in 1966 by the Italian employer Fiorenza de Bernardi and former Aeroflot worker Piotr Ivanov. The airline was planned on operating services between Genoa, Rome, Milan, Athens and Florence, but with Soviet capital and investment of Aeroflot, holding a 30% stake, with the remaining 70% in the hands of de Bernardi.[3] The first flight of the airline took off in June 1970 between Genoa and Florence, with a Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft.[4] The airline grew considerably and incorporated another 2 Yak-40 (although both aircraft operated for Olympic Airways for a time[5]) and increased their flight frequency considerably.
Aertirrena finally consolidated as an important company and grew, with passenger numbers increasing year by year. However, the strong pressure and competition by Alitalia in the regional routes finally forced Aertirrena to cancel its service in 1975. In the aftermath of Aertirrena's bankruptcy di Bernardi and Ivanov founded Avioligure and obtained a contract with Aeroflot to lease to Avioligure the 3 Yak-40 that had been leased to Aertirrena.
aertirrena, regional, airline, italy, operating, 1970s, italian, airlines, operate, soviet, aircraft, commenced, operations1966, 1966, ceased, operations1975, 1975, operating, basesflorence, airportfleet, size3, yakovlev, 40key, peoplefiorenza, bernardi, conte. Aertirrena S p A was a regional airline of Italy 2 operating in the 1970s It was one of the few Italian airlines to operate Soviet aircraft AertirrenaCommenced operations1966 1966 Ceased operations1975 1975 Operating basesFlorence AirportFleet size3 Yakovlev Yak 40Key peopleFiorenza de Bernardi 1 Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2 1 National 2 2 International 3 Fleet 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Fiorenza de Bernardi first female commercial pilot from Italy in the cockpit of an Aertirrena Yakovlev Yak 40 I JAKA Aertirrena was founded in 1966 by the Italian employer Fiorenza de Bernardi and former Aeroflot worker Piotr Ivanov The airline was planned on operating services between Genoa Rome Milan Athens and Florence but with Soviet capital and investment of Aeroflot holding a 30 stake with the remaining 70 in the hands of de Bernardi 3 The first flight of the airline took off in June 1970 between Genoa and Florence with a Yakovlev Yak 40 aircraft 4 The airline grew considerably and incorporated another 2 Yak 40 although both aircraft operated for Olympic Airways for a time 5 and increased their flight frequency considerably Aertirrena finally consolidated as an important company and grew with passenger numbers increasing year by year However the strong pressure and competition by Alitalia in the regional routes finally forced Aertirrena to cancel its service in 1975 In the aftermath of Aertirrena s bankruptcy di Bernardi and Ivanov founded Avioligure and obtained a contract with Aeroflot to lease to Avioligure the 3 Yak 40 that had been leased to Aertirrena Destinations editNational edit Florence Genoa Milan PisaInternational edit AthensFleet edit3 Yakovlev Yak 40 I JAKA I JAKE I JAKI leased from Aeroflot See also editList of defunct airlines of ItalyReferences edit Fiorenza de Bernardi www fiorenzadebernardi it Retrieved 29 May 2020 Aertirrena Airline History Retrieved 29 May 2020 I JAKA Yak 40EC Ed Coates Collection Retrieved 29 May 2020 Info Fiorenza de Bernardi www fiorenzadebernardi it Retrieved 29 May 2020 External links editYak 40 operators Italian operators of the Yak 40 in italian Portals nbsp Italy nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aertirrena amp oldid 1096456732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
