Ocean Airlines Explained

Ocean Airlines should not be confused with OceanAir.

Airline:	Ocean Airlines
Fleet Size:	4
Destinations:	HKG, PVG, ALA, VBS
Iata:	VC
Icao:	VCX
Callsign:	OCEANCARGO
Founded:	2003
Ceased:	2008
Headquarters:	Brescia, Italy
Hubs:	Brescia Airport
Website:	http://www.oceanairlines.com/ (Apparently website not working anymore)

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Ocean Airlines suspended operations in April 2008, they had stopped flying since October 2007.^[2]

Former destinations

Ocean Airlines served the following at closure in 2007:

Angola

• Luanda - Quatro de Fevereiro Airport

China

• Shanghai - Pudong International Airport

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong International Airport

Italy

• Brescia - Brescia Airport Hub

Japan

• Nagoya - Chubu Centrair International Airport

Kazakhstan

• Almaty - Almaty International Airport

Kyrgyzstan

• Bishkek - Manas International Airport

Pakistan

• Lahore - Allama Iqbal International Airport

Turkey

• Istanbul - Atatürk International Airport

United Arab Emirates

• Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi International Airport

Fleet

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

External links

• Ocean Airlines

Notes and References

1. News: Directory: World Airlines . . 58 . 2007-04-10.
2. News: Ocean suspends ops. Air Cargo News.
3. Web site: Ocean Airlines Fleet . Planespotters . 25 July 2019.