Air Dolomiti
IATA ICAO Callsign
EN DLA DOLOMITI
Founded30 December 1989 (1989-12-30)
Commenced operationsJanuary 1991 (1991-01)
Operating basesVerona Villafranca Airport[1]
Focus cities
Fleet size20[2]
Destinations26[1]
Parent companyLufthansa Group
HeadquartersDossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, Italy
Key peopleSteffen Harbarth (CEO)[3]
Employees748 (2020)
Websitewww.airdolomiti.eu

Air Dolomiti S.p.A. is an Italian regional airline that is a member of Lufthansa Regional with its head office in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona.[4] Its operating base is at Verona Villafranca Airport, Florence Peretola Airport and Venice Marco Polo Airport and focus cities at Munich Airport and Frankfurt Airport in Germany.[1]

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa. Air Dolomiti operates a network of routes from several Italian destinations to and from Munich and Frankfurt.[1][5] Most of these services are sold under the Air Dolomiti brand and codeshare with Lufthansa, while a few remain under the Lufthansa brand.[1]

History

Air Dolomiti was established on 30 December 1989 by the Linee Aeree Europee (L.A.E). The airline's name derives from the section of the Alps known as the Dolomites. It started airline operations in January 1991 with a Trieste-Genoa route. In 1992, the airline started international services with flights from Verona to Munich.[6]

After several years of co-operation, Lufthansa acquired a 26% stake in January 1999 and increased it to 52% in April 2003 and 100% in July 2003.[6][7]

The airline employed some 748 people in June 2020. Although most Lufthansa Regional subsidiaries operate under their parent's name and colours, Air Dolomiti retains its own identity. At one time the airline's registered office was in Dossobuono, Villafranca di Verona, while the airline's executive headquarters were in Ronchi dei Legionari.[8]

In September 2018, Lufthansa announced it would expand Air Dolomiti's fleet significantly by 12 pre-owned Embraer 190 and 195 aircraft to be transferred from sister company Lufthansa CityLine.[9] However in late 2021, Lufthansa stated that the relocation was no longer confirmed and maybe continued later or on a smaller scale if at all.[10] Later on, two Embraer 195 were relocated from Lufthansa CityLine by spring 2022.[11] In late 2022, Lufthansa confirmed it would transfer further aircraft from Lufthansa CityLine to Air Dolomiti to strengthen the group's presence in Italy after its bid to take over ITA Airways fell apart.[12]

Destinations

As of February 2021, Air Dolomiti operates routes from Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport to 14[1] destinations in Italy and Europe in cooperation with parent Lufthansa in addition to a domestic Italian network.

Codeshare agreements

Air Dolomiti has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[13]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2023, Air Dolomiti operates the following aircraft:[2]

Aircraft In service Orders Passengers Notes
Embraer E190 3 8 108 Further aircraft to be relocated from Lufthansa CityLine.[14]
Embraer E195 17 — 120
Total 20 8 —

Several of Air Dolomiti's aircraft are named after famous Italian operas, as a tribute to the city of Verona and its famous ancient theatre, the Arena di Verona.[15]

Gallery

Historic fleet

Air Dolomiti previously also operated the following types of aircraft:[2]

Air Dolomiti Historical Fleet
Aircraft Number Introduced Retired Notes
ATR 42-300 16 Dec 1993 Feb 2011
ATR 72-500 13 Mar 2000 May 2014 I-ADLT Named; Otello
Bombardier CRJ-200 5 Mar 2001 Oct 2005 All Leased To Eurowings And Reregistered[16]
BAe 146-200 1 Jul 1998 Aug 1998 Leased To Now Defunct Airline Flightline
BAe 146-300 5 Apr 2005 Sep 2009 All Named; Aida di Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco di Giuseppe Verdi, Madame Butterfly di Giacomo Puccini, Rigoletto di Giuseppe Verdi, And La Traviata di Giuseppe Verdi.
De Havilland Canada/Bombardier Dash 8-300 3 Oct 1990 Sep 1994
Embraer E190 1 Dec 2011 Oct 2012 The Only Air Dolomiti Embraer E190 Retired
Fokker 100 2 May 1999 Dec 1999 Leased From Now Defunct Airline Alphi Eagles
Total 44

Gallery

Accidents and incidents

  • On 7 November 1999 Air Dolomiti Flight 2708, a Fokker 100, wet-leased from Alpi Eagles (registration I-ALPL, c/n 11250), flying from Venice, Italy, with 44 on board suffered landing gear failure while on the runway at Barcelona, Spain. It came to rest safely on a grassy area near the runway.[17]
  • On 24 August 2008 an Air Dolomiti ATR 72 (registration I-ADLM, c/n 543), operating flight LH3990 from Munich, Germany, to Bologna, Italy, abandoned take off due to smoke alarm. The airline treated the evacuation of the aircraft as a minor incident, but on August 26 an amateur video, filmed by a bystander, circulated on television and the Internet. The footage shows tense moments of some 60 passengers jumping from and fleeing the burning plane before the fire department extinguishes the flames.[18]
  • On 17 May 2012 an Air Dolomiti ATR 72-500 operating on flight EN-1912/LH-1912 from Munich to Venice returned to Munich after the right engine shut down and smoke was discovered in both cockpit and cabin. Shortly after touchdown the plane deviated from the southern runway and came to a standstill about 80 metres (262 feet) into the grass covered side strip. The nose gear was reported to have collapsed in the process. Of the 58 passengers and four crew members aboard, five passengers were reported to have received minor injuries.[19][20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 airdolomiti.eu - Our flight destinations retrieved 29 March 2020
  2. 1 2 3 "Air Dolomiti Fleet Details and History". Planespotters. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ Bodell, Luke (16 September 2021). "Steffen Harbarth - Who Is Air Dolomiti's New CEO?". Simple Flying. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Air Dolomiti addresses Archived March 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." Air Dolomiti. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "Registered Headquarters: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Paolo Bembo, 70 37062 Frazione di Dossobuono - Villafranca di Verona - Italy."
  5. ↑ "Lufthansa-owned Air Dolomiti focused on feeding MUC hub; new Malpensa base planned for 2009". anna.aero. 5 September 2008.
  6. 1 2 Air Dolomiti: Universally Europe Airliner World February 2020 pages 31-37
  7. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 56.
  8. ↑ "Office addresses." Air Dolomiti. 7 March 2008. Retrieved on 21 December 2010. "Registered Headquarters: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Paolo Bembo, 70 37062 Dossobuono di Villafranca (VR) - Italy" "Executive Headquarters: AIR DOLOMITI S.p.A. Linee Aeree Regionali Europee Via Senatore Antonio Tambarin, 34 34077 Ronchi dei Legionari (GO) - Italy"
  9. ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Air Dolomiti erbt Embraer von Lufthansa Cityline (German) 26 September 2018
  10. ↑ "Air Dolomitis langes Warten auf Embraer-Nachschub". 4 January 2022.
  11. ↑ aerotelegraph.com (German) 1 February 2022
  12. ↑ aerotelegraph.com (German) 28 October 2022
  13. ↑ "Profile on Air Dolomiti". CAPA. Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  14. ↑ airliners.de (German) 8 December 2022
  15. ↑ "Fleet of Air Dolomiti on Air Dolomiti's homepage". Archived from the original on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
  16. ↑ https://www.aviation24.be/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27177
  17. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 I-ALPL Barcelona Airport (BCN)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  18. ↑ Amateur films flaming plane at Munich airport Archived 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ "Incident: Dolomiti AT72 at Munich on May 17th 2012, Emergency landing after engine failure and smoke". bd.de. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  20. ↑ "Incident: Dolomiti AT72 at Munich on May 17th 2012, Emergency landing after smoke, collapse of nose gear". Avherald.com. Retrieved 2012-05-17.

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