Ocean Airlines S.p.A. was a cargo airline based in Brescia, Italy. It operated cargo services to Asia. Its main base was Brescia Airport.
History
The airline was established in September 2003 and started operations in November 2004.N. Pedde, Almanacco delle Linee Aeree Italiane 1947-2007 (in Italian language), "Landra Helicus", GAN, Roma, 2007, It was owned by Finrep (40%), Ined Holdings (40%), and ITAL Aviation (20%). It had 100 employees as of March 2007.
It stopped flying in late October 2007 and was grounded in January 2008 by the Italian Civil Aviation Authority. The airline was declared bankrupt and receivers called in late April 2008.G. Endres & Flight Data, "World Airlines 2008", Flight International weekly magazine supplement, Reed Business Information Ltd., Sutto (Surrey - U.K.),
Former destinations Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:
Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport
Shanghai - Pudong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport
Brescia - Brescia Airport Hub
Nagoya - Chubu Centrair International Airport
Almaty - Almaty International Airport
Bishkek - Manas International Airport
Lahore - Allama Iqbal International Airport
Istanbul - Atatürk International Airport
Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport
Fleet The Ocean Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 2007):
+ Ocean Airlines Historical Fleet Aircraft Image Total Introduced Retired Remark Boeing 747-200F 4 2004 2007 I-OCEA, I-OCEUF-GCBF, F-GCBH
References
External links Ocean Airlines