Eurofly
Eurofly was a privately owned airline based in Milan, Italy. Listed on MTA Stock Exchange and controlled by Meridiana, it was Italy's leading carrier in the leisure flights market and mainly operated international, medium to long haul, point-to-point flights.
The medium-haul activity was centered mainly on operations to Egypt and the Red Sea Riviera, Spain and Greece. The long haul included some of Italians’ preferred tropical destinations like the Maldives and Sri Lanka or Africa. Furthermore, during the summer season, Eurofly operated non-stop scheduled flights to New York City, exploiting the reverse seasonality of if compared to tropical destinations and focusing on incoming traffic to Italy. The company slogan was The Italian way of life.
In 2010, the airline merged with Meridiana to form Meridiana Fly.
History
The airline was established on 26 May 1989 with the aim of selling medium-haul flights to tour operators. Eurofly started its operations on 26 February 1990. It was set up with a 45% shareholding by Alitalia in response to the needs of the flag carrier to develop the leisure travel market. The original shareholding was divided between Alitalia, Olivetti and San Paolo Finance. There have been several changes of ownership since.At the end of 2006, Spinnaker sold a 29,95% stake in Eurofly capital to Meridiana. Mr Giovanni Rossi became CEO of Eurofly.
In January 2008, two capital increases took place and Meridiana participation in Eurofly's capital grew to 46.1%.
On 28 February 2010, Meridiana and Eurofly merged to create Italy's second-biggest airline. The new airline is called Meridiana fly. For now, both airlines aircraft will continue to carry their individual logos. However, Eurofly's GJ code will immediately disappear and be replaced by Meridiana's IG code.
By 2013 & 2014, all of the Eurofly Airbus fleet that was merged with Meridiana to create Meridiana Fly were by Boeing aircraft to pursue the aim of operating an all Boeing fleet together with Air Italy. All Airbus aircraft Eurofly formerly owned are currently still flying under its new owners.
Destinations
Fleet
The Eurofly fleet consisted of the following aircraft. As of 4 July 2009, the average age of the Eurofly fleet was 6.8 years.| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Remark |
| Airbus A319-115 | 1 | 2006 | 2007 | I-ECJA on lease |
| Airbus A320-214 | 16 | 2001 | 2010 | on lease |
| Airbus A330-200 | 5 | 2002 | 2010 | on lease |
| Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 2000 | 2000 | TC-AFM leased from Pegasus Airlines |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 3 | 1998 | 2003 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 | 2 | 1992 | 1993 | I-RIFP, I-RIZW leased from Alitalia |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 8 | 1995 | 2005 | leased or transferred from Alitalia |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 5 | 1994 | 2004 | on lease |