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. It was owned by Finrep (40%), Ined Holdings (40%), and ITAL Aviation (20%). It had 100 employees as of March 2007. The airline was declared bankrupt and receivers called in late April 2008.

Former destinations

Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:

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  • Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

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  • Shanghai - Pudong International Airport

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  • Hong Kong International Airport

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  • Brescia - Brescia Airport Hub

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  • Nagoya - Chubu Centrair International Airport

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  • Almaty - Almaty International Airport

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  • Bishkek - Manas International Airport

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  • Lahore - Allama Iqbal International Airport

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  • Istanbul - Atatürk International Airport

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  • Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport

Fleet

The Ocean Airlines fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of November 2007):

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Ocean Airlines Historical Fleet

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! Aircraft !! Image !! Total !! Introduced !! Retired !! Remark

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| Boeing 747-200F || 175px || 4 || 2004 || 2007 || I-OCEA, I-OCEU<br/>F-GCBF, F-GCBH

|}

References

  • Ocean Airlines