SkyAlps
IATA ICAO Callsign
BQ SWU SKYALPS
Founded2020
HubsBolzano Airport
Fleet size6
Destinations16
HeadquartersBolzano, Italy
Websiteskyalps.com

Sky Alps is an Italian airline which operates flights at Bolzano Airport in the autonomous province of South Tyrol. The airline's fleet consists of six leased De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft.[1][2] The airline is a subsidiary of Fri-El Green Power, an Italian company focusing on renewable energy.[3]

History

The airline was founded by South Tyrolean entrepreneur Josef Gostner, who was part of ABD Holdings, a company that purchased Bolzano Airport from the South Tyrol government in 2019.[4] The airline originally intended to commence operations in May 2020 with one daily flight between Bolzano and Rome, along with further connections to Vienna and Munich afterwards and charter flights to southern Italy during the summer season. Gostner also had plans to lengthen the runway at Bolzano Airport by 260 metres (850 ft) to allow larger aircraft to operate at the airport.[5] However, it delayed the start of operations to June 2021 due to the impact of border closures associated with COVID-19.[6]

The airline operated its first flights on 17 June 2021 to Olbia and Ibiza.[7] It commenced twice-weekly flights between Bolzano and Berlin Brandenburg Airport on 30 June.[2] It temporarily suspended operations in late 2021 while Bolzano Airport extended its runway from 1,293 to 1,462 metres (4,242 to 4,797 ft) to allow the handling of larger aircraft. It resumed operations on 15 December. The airline offers 13 weekly flights from Bolzano within its winter 2021 schedule.[8]

Destinations

As of December 2022, SkyAlps operates from Bolzano Airport to Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and several seasonal destinations. It primarily operates leisure flights with a focus on tourists travelling to ski resorts in South Tyrol.[8] It is the first airline to operate scheduled services from Bolzano Airport after Darwin Airline suspended its flights between Bolzano and Rome's Fiumicino Airport in 2015, although Austrian Airlines has operated charter flights from Bolzano since then.[3] Flights are operated by Luxwing, a Maltese charter airline.[9]

As of 2 August 2023, SkyAlps serves the following destinations, as listed on their website.[10]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Austria Linz Linz Airport [11]
Belgium Antwerp Antwerp International Airport Seasonal [12]
Brussels Brussels Airport Terminated [13]
Croatia Brač Brač Airport Seasonal [14]
Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Airport Seasonal [14]
Denmark Billund Billund Airport Seasonal [12]
Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Seasonal [12]
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport [15]
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport [11]
Hamburg Hamburg Airport [15]
Kassel Kassel Airport Seasonal [14][16]
Italy Aosta Aosta Valley Airport Terminated [17]
Bolzano Bolzano Airport Base
Brindisi Brindisi Airport Seasonal [18]
Cagliari Cagliari Elmas Airport Seasonal [18]
Catania Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Seasonal [18]
Crotone Crotone Airport [19]
Cuneo Cuneo International Airport [20]
Lamezia Terme Lamezia Terme International Airport Seasonal [18]
Olbia Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Seasonal [18][21]
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport [19]
Verona Verona Villafranca Airport [22]
Netherlands Rotterdam Rotterdam The Hague Airport Terminated [23]
Spain Ibiza Ibiza Airport Seasonal [14]
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Terminated [24]
Switzerland Bern Bern Airport Seasonal [21]
Zürich Zürich Airport Terminated [25]
United Kingdom London London Stansted Airport Seasonal [26]

Fleet

Sky Alps De Havilland DHC-8-400

As of August 2023, the SkyAlps fleet consists of the following aircraft, all under Maltese registrations (9H):[27]

Aircraft In fleet Orders Notes
De Havilland DHC-8-400 6 4 —
Total 6 4 —

References

  1. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (13 April 2021). "Italian start-up SkyAlps signs for Dash 8-400s". Flight Global. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sky Alps Airline Profile". CAPA Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Italy's Sky Alps plans June launch from Balzano Airport". Routes. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Südtirol bekommt eine eigene Fluggesellschaft". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Aeroporto, a maggio 2020 torna il volo Bolzano-Roma - Bolzano". Alto Adige (in Italian). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  6. ^ Drum, Bruce (19 June 2021). "Skyalps commences scheduled operations, operated by LuxWing". World Airline News. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Bozen: Flugbetrieb von Sky Alps hat begonnen - TGR Tagesschau". TGR (in German). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Italy's Sky Alps Resumes Operations With Regional Routes". Routes. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Italy's Sky Alps to charter Luxwing's Dash 8-400". ch-aviation. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. ^ "SkyAlps - All destinations". SkyAlps. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  11. ^ a b "SkyAlps: in vendita il volo Linz-Dusseldorf". 20 June 2023.
  12. ^ a b c "SkyAlps riconferma Anversa, Billund e Copenaghen per i voli per le vacanze bianche". 12 July 2023.
  13. ^ "SkyAlps : Bruxelles da il benvenuto al primo volo da Bolzano". 13 December 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d "SkyAlps apre Dubrovnik e Kassel nel 2023. Conferma Ibiza e Brac". 23 November 2022.
  15. ^ a b "SkyAlps aumenta i voli sulla Germania nell'operativo invernale 2023/24". 19 June 2023.
  16. ^ "SkyAlps e' atterrata a Kassel". 12 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Aosta inaugura il volo per Olbia con SkyAlps. Nel 2022 forse Lamezia e Catania". 31 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e "SkyAlps riproporrà cinque destinazioni italiane nell'estate prossima". 20 November 2022.
  19. ^ a b "SkyAlps opererà per 3 anni la Crotone Roma. Primo volo dal 2 ottobre". 7 August 2023.
  20. ^ "SkyAlps : in vendita i voli da e per Cuneo". 30 July 2023.
  21. ^ a b "SkyAlps sulla Berna – Olbia". 24 June 2023.
  22. ^ "SkyAlps cambia gli orari sulla Roma – Verona dal 30 ottobre". 1 August 2023.
  23. ^ "SkyAlps : Bolzano – Rotterdam ritornera' in febbraio". 5 January 2022.
  24. ^ "SkyAlps: in vendita l'estate 2022". 23 December 2021.
  25. ^ "SkyAlps volera' a Zurigo da luglio". 1 May 2022.
  26. ^ "SkyAlps aprirà i voli Bolzano – Londra da metà dicembre. Atterrerà a Stansted". 9 August 2023.
  27. ^ "SkyAlps Fleet Details and History".

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